Why is there a lack of Backports of Optional 10.10 or later Packages in repos?
- by EvilPhoenix
This question is about backports again, but is specific to the difference in availability of packages.
A specific example of this would be the two gcc packages in 10.10's repos: gcc (which is 4.4), and gcc-4.5 (which is gcc 4.5).
While this change is in 10.10's repositories, such optional packages aren't included in the 10.04 LTS repositories, and the option to have a gcc-4.5 compiler in 10.04 might help several people (such as myself, who needs the 4.5 compiler for University, and I can't upgrade to 10.10 because it doesnt operate correctly on my system).
Is there a reason a lack of such optional packages is in the 10.04 repositories?
