Thanks for the run-down. So simply a case of Universe not pulling an update from Sid yet then? (or will that never happen and each release’s Universe is always tied to Testing? and then Stable, etc.) I know there is a separate backports repository as well. Perhaps that’s a better solution?
Regards, Adrien > On Jul 31, 2018, at 12:46 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.truss...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:10 PM Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I’m not sure what kind of work this would be on the devs, but Ubuntu has a > special procedure for LibreOffice and Firefox (if not other apps, perhaps > Thunderbird and Chrome/Chromium as well) where new versions are available in > the LTS repos either as available or by point-release. > > This may be an option for GnuCash. > > I’m not sure what’s involved, or if the team just has to ask Canonical to > give it the same special treatment. > > But Canonical might prefer to push for an up-to-date Snap instead. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > What you're describing is a special Ubuntu maintainer -- essentially someone > who has volunteered (and in some cases paid?) to keep particular packages > up-to-date. They have identified a few "mission critical" packages such as > web browsers and LibreOffice as deserving special treatment. > > Most packages, like GnuCash, get copied in from Debian and go into the > "Universe" repository. The folks in charge of those are called "Masters of > the Universe" or MOTU. > > > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
