Repositories... how are they updated? and MonoDevelop?

[jluckett79]

Forgive me for asking but I could not find the solution after multiple searches.

How are the repositories updated? There are a couple of outdated packages that I'm interested in (MonoDevelop being my biggest interest) but they aren't yet in any of the main repositories.

Here is a copy of my repositories list:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

The latest MonoDevelop package shows in Synaptic as version 0.10-0prelubuntu6 (dapper).

The latest available from the developers is 0.11.

Thanks! Also, apologies if this is the wrong forum for this question.

[23meg]

They aren't updated after a stable release except for security updates and total showstoppers. You may request a backport if the software in question is eligible.

[jluckett79]

Fair enough and thanks for the reply.

How do you request a backport and what determines if the software in question eligible?

[23meg]

See here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40291

[jluckett79]

Perfect! Hey, thanks again for the replies - you gave me exactly the information that I was looking for.

[23meg]

No problem; thanks for doing a search before asking.