2011/9/7 Florian Nemling <[email protected]>: > I'm using ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a couple of small servers. Recently, using > sbackup on a natty machine I noticed the BIG improvements this > application has received with the latest updates (esp. logging and > notification). However the updated package has never been added to the > lucid repositories. > > Is this intentional?
Yes, it is. While newer versions often offer improvements of various kinds, there are always a risks involved in backporting newer versions to older releases of Ubuntu. Of particular interest are: * The risk of regressions. You or I may not experience it, but someone using the software differently may suddenly end up with a non-functional backup system. This is generally not an acceptable risk. * Change in config file syntax, command line interface or other things. Even if there are no regressions at all, people may have cronjobs that call the software in a specific way, they may have written custom configurations for it, etc. Breaking these existing, perfectly functional (albeit without the snazzy new improvements you're seeing in Natty) setups is simply not acceptable. However, if there are serious bugs and/or security vulnerabilities we can fix those specific issues (by backporting the fixes, not by backporting an entirely new version of the software in question). This way, we can with good conscience say that we've done everything in our power to not break existing systems while at the same time addressing specific problems that users are experiencing. -- Soren Hansen | http://linux2go.dk/ Ubuntu Developer | http://www.ubuntu.com/ OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
