Upgrading in Ubuntu

[Richard Mancusi]

On 5/9/07, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
> [this copy to the list]
>
> I asked on the Ubuntu Users list what it took to get into Ubuntu
> Backports. I was pointed to
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BackportRequestProcess  and from my reading
> the fixes to GnuCash fall under the following provision:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/SRU
>

Just to make sure that we are all on the same page ...
We have all tossed out ideas and it may be time to summarize.  What
you state is correct, I simply want to expand a bit.

A Ubuntu backport has nothing to do with a Debian package.  What it means
is that there exists a package in a newer Ubuntu version that you would like.
If you are a gui person, there is even a box to check in "Synaptic Package
Manager" called "Unsupported updates (feisty-backports)".

Step-1 is to make sure your package exists in the newer version - it does.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/i386/gnucash/2.0.5-1ubuntu1

Step-2 is to make sure that the new package meets the Ubuntu criteria for
backport.  That criteria has been covered well by others in this thread.

Step-3 request the backport and wait for a reply.

Note: the link in Step-1 has both:
gnucash 2.0.5-1ubuntu1 (source) in Ubuntu
gnucash_2.0.5-1ubuntu1_i386.deb  (2.0 MiB)  (download)

Perhaps we should take a shot with the .deb.  Just a guess, it will have
unresolved dependencies - but it may be worth a shot.

-rich