version 2.10 in ubuntu

puma · Post by **puma** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:38 am

why is the 2.10 not available for download using synaptic package manager (ubuntu 7.10)?
the latest version i can download in synaptic is 2.08

Post by **macsforme** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:44 am

It will be updated when the updated version has been processed by the applicable Ubuntu maintainers and Ubuntu makes another release. That process is beyond our control.

Longhair · Post by **Longhair** » Thu May 08, 2008 5:28 am

It's one of the gripes about the 6 month release process. The maintainers of Ubuntu tend to pick a set of packages that they know will work together, and stick with them unless security problems crop up. For most programs, this isn't a problem, for instance, KDE and GNOME haven't changed too much in the last 6 months other than a few minor things.

Sometimes, enabling the backports repository helps, but not always.

The problem is even worse with games that have a major version change in the 6 month period. For example, Battle For Wesnoth 1.2.x is incompatible with 1.4.x

One easy solution is to go to http://getdeb.net and just download and install the package manually. They have 2.0.10 for gutsy 32 bit here