>> Hello, >> >> The Universe and Multiverse repositories are enabled by default on a >> fresh ubuntu-server install. This change was implemented as of Feisty >> and outlined here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlwaysEnableUniverseMultiverse. >> This specification is target for desktop users. >> >> I was wondering if that situation also applies to the server. >> >> On one hand, a server user may be more cautious about installing >> unsupported software. One the other hand, I've read and heard of lot of >> users stating that they had to enable universe anyway to install some >> software to make their server running. >> >> So do you enable the universe repository on your server installs ? >> >> -- >> Mathias >> >> -- >> ubuntu-server mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server >> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >> > > > > I had never used ubuntu as server because of universe > all the software we use we need to be aware about the updates and risks of > using software with known bugs unfixed > > With universe we ( users ) need to be sure that the software we use is > updated and there are some choices : > > 1 report the bug > 2 report and try to fix the bug with the MOTU people > 3 roll your own .deb or compile from tarball > > but like me that I need some packages and I know there are others that > need those packages updated too I guess the best choice is 2 > > > I hope this can lead us the people who use ubuntu as server and need > universe packages updated to come to MOTU and help with updating > packages at least the packages we need. > > > > Leonel > > >
I forgot And yes I'm now using ubuntu as server and Keep an eye in the universe packages that need to be updated and try to fix what I can Leonel -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
