Latest Software on Ubuntu ?

[David Curtis]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:43:22 +0200
Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Rakotomandimby Mihamina
> <mihamina at gulfsat.mg> wrote:
> > 09/16/2009 03:11 PM, Knapp:
> >>>   I am using jaunty repository to download software, but there
> >>> are many software which are quite old ( and some of them have
> >>> bugs which have been fixed in later versions). Is there any way
> >>> to get the latest software from
> >>>     any repositories ?
> >> The correct thing to do is to wait until 9.10 comes out in a few
> >> weeks
> >
> > Or joing the packagin teams. Why not?
> >
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> 
> I have always thought that Ubuntu needs a new repo called Bleeding
> Edge Repo for all the REALLY current new stuff! Might be a good way to
> get early bug reports too.

They sort of do.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas

There are ones that are strictly personal and should be avoided, and
ones for development teams. For example Xorg bleeding edge or Firefox
3.5/6/7. etc. 

Of course research carefully before applying them to your
sources, assume massive breakage or 'testing purposes only', risk of
data loss, must know exactly what you are doing, don't expect help from
here or anywhere else including from whomever owns the ppa etc.

Dave