Software repository question

[dave boland]

All,

I have noticed that the repositories for my ver. of Ubuntu, 10.04 LTS,
has one level of software, and 11.04 has newer versions of the same
software.  Why?  Shouldn't older versions of Ubuntu have easy access to
newer software?  I can understand the issue if a newer kernel is
required, but if it is only a normal dependency issue, then the software
manager should handle that -- right?

The bottom line is that all users should have access to latest stable
apps (or unstable if one wants the risk) without muss or fuss.

<comment>
It is time for an app store for all Linux distributions.  The apps need
to have a rating (like Tucows), description, perhaps multiple levels,
etc.  

There will be problems with all of the packaging methods, but that
should be easy to resolve if the will is there.
</comment>

Dave,
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