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What are backports?

Postby Lolo Uila on Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:07 pm

I noticed there are some programs listed twice in the Mint Software Portal.

Audacity
Audacity (backport)

Exaile
Exaile (backport)

Deluge
Deluge (backport)

In each case they have the same decription, so what is the difference?

Thanks, Tim
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Postby Husse on Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:58 pm

If you google fro ubuntu backports the top hit is this
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291
which explains it - I think :)
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Postby clem on Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:11 am

Backports are typically newer versions than the ones you get from the repositories. They basically come from different repositories. In the portal, backports typically come from a 3rd party repository and allow you to install the latest version of the package.

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