Precise Pangolin - backports enabled by default?

[djgrant]

So after upgrading from Feisty all the way up to Oneiric, I finally decided to to a clean install of Precise Pangolin. It looks like the backport repository is enabled by default, but I don't remember this being the case in older releases. Is it pretty safe/stable to enable the backports repository?

[Frogs Hair]

Proposed updates and backports shouldn't be activated by default . I use proposed updates but, beware of partial upgrades if you enable either .

[djgrant]

Proposed updates and backports shouldn't be activated by default. I use proposed updates but, beware of partial upgrades if you enable either .

Well backports were enabled by default. At least I'm pretty sure they were. It caught my eye immediately when I opened the software sources dialog because I'm so used to seeing that checkbox un-checked.

What do you mean by beware of "partial upgrades"? Why should one beware? And what is a partial upgrade?

[wojox]

It's default since last release. source (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#Using_Backports)

On releases after and including Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), this is not necessary, as apt is configured with Backports enabled by default.

[subhadip_sky]

It's default since last release. source (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#Using_Backports)

Thanks for the info. I also got confused as I remember in the previous releases, it would come unchecked by default. Somebody should mark this thread as SOLVED.