On 12 June 2010 08:16, Jeffrey Needle <jeff.nee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. I'm using Evolution 2.28.3 in a Ubuntu Linux environment. I see > from the Evolution web page that there is a version 2.3 available. Why > doesn't the Ubuntu update manager automatically know this and update my > Evolution version? > > I'm new to Linux, so this may be a dumb question. >
Because when Ubuntu releases, they're stable. That means the applications won't be upgraded, only patched for security. Well, that's the general idea, anyway. There are some exceptions, such as when security cannot be maintained without upgrading the software. You can read more about it here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Software in Ubuntu is also a much bigger part of the system than they are in that other operating system you might be familiar with, both from a human and a technical point of view. Software packages depend on one another. This has great advantages, but it also makes it more difficult to upgrade a single application. Evolution is part of the GNOME desktop environment and depends on many components which themselves depend on components. So upgrading only Evolution is quite a load of work, even though there might be packages ready. In normal cases, though, Evolution 2.30 would have been in Ubuntu 10.04. However, this was a special release to Ubuntu, and they wanted to use a bit more mature software to make it stable from release. GNOME (and therefore also Evolution) is released every six months. Ubuntu is also released every six months, and is based on GNOME. That means Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (10.10 -- for October 2010) will use 2.32 since releases of GNOME are also even numbered, while development versions are odd. Hope it helps you, and that you have fun using Ubuntu and Evolution. Jo-Erlend Schinstad _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
