Upgrading programs

[Tim M]

On 6/10/07, D. Michael McIntyre <michael.mcintyre at rosegardenmusic.com>
wrote:
>
> On Sunday 10 June 2007, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > python. When I installed Edgy I got version 2.4.4 of python. I see now
> > that the latest version is 2.5. However I never see that come up as a
> > choice when I am told that there are some upgrades available.
>
> A distro is a snapshot of different versions of packages that were all
> working
> together in harmony at the time of release.  Package updates are intended
> to
> fix security problems, address bugs that were discovered after release,
> etc.,
> but they should never change the version of a package without some really
> unusual cause.  Basically, the only time a version will change is when
> version x.y was riddled with gaping security holes, and version x.y+1fixed
> the problems in a way that could not be readily back-ported to version x.y
> .
>
> Some variation on this theme crops up very often around here.  "KDE
> released
> version $MY_DISTRO_VERSION+3 and I want to get the new packages through my
> package manager.  Help!"
>
> That's just now how Linux distros work--not just K/Ubuntu--unless you are
> running something like Debian Sid, which is perpetually "unstable," and in
> constant flux.
>
> So, the first thing you have to ask yourself is why you need Python 5.  Do
> you
> really need it?  Why?  If you have a real reason for needing it (eg.
> you're a
> Python developer, and you can't live another minute without the very
> latest
> version), then your best bet may be to build it from source.
> --
> D. Michael McIntyre
>
> Adept Manager has the 2.5 listed to install and if you're running Gnome
> Synaptic Package Manager also has it. It is much easier to use Adept than
> mess with building from source . . . Tim
>
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