On Пн, 2021-09-13 at 08:35 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > - Backports. These are available to all users of the stable release, but > are opt-in; users must specifically choose to install the package from the > backports repository, or by default they will see the older version that > was available at the time of the stable release. You should be able to > work directly with the Ubuntu Backports team to get a backport done (which > has a baseline policy of: take the newer version of the package from the > latest Ubuntu release, and publish it for the earlier release) without > needing any sort of upload sponsorship by an Ubuntu Developer. > >
Nowadays backports are almost died in Ubuntu. For example, Ubuntu Focal Backports offer only three(!) standalone software (Cockpit, Ibus-typing- booster, and some closely related disk management utilities). https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal-backports/allpackages Too little benefits of using the repository.
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