On 10/10/10 14:14, [email protected] wrote:
Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ].
Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1
It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update
OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months.
That's a decision taken by pretty much every Linux distribution... they maintain
the application version that was contemporary with a particular release - it's
basically a snapshot. This applies to OOo as well as most other applications.
The snapshot is maintained with security updates etc, but unless you step
outside the default repositories, you're not going to get newer versions. Best
example, look at kernel releases... each Ubuntu release has a specific kernel
version. You will not see that kernel bumped up to the next version unless you
do it yourself.
If you want the latest and greatest OOo in repository packaged form, add the OOo
PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive/ppa
http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu/
I know that this type of question should be posted to an Ubuntu forum,
which I have but with no answers in return, but here are the people who
are most affected by that lack of updating, the OOo users running
Ubuntu/Debian.
You're right, it's not an OpenOffice.org issue. When OOo is released... you can
get the latest packages on release day regardless of OS.
I wonder if a large number of us Ubuntu/Debian users who use OOo as
our main, or only, office package get together and "ask real nicely", would
something be done to solve the problem?
You will have to change the underlying principle of the release strategy of
Ubuntu.... or change to a Linux distribution that works on a rolling release
principle like Gentoo.
C.
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