Recommended way to get newest runit?

[HippoMan]

I have noticed that the "runit" package is at version 1.2.3 in Ubuntu, but it's at 1.3.1 in Debian sid. The author of runit is also a Debian maintainer, and he keeps his package up to date over there.

I want to use runit-1.3.1, which has some new features, and I'm wondering what is the recommended Ubuntu way of installing that version. I know that I can do a non-dpkg install using the author's tar.gz package, but I'd prefer to use a Debian-ized/Ubuntu-ized version, because in this case, the package makes use of proper Debian/Ubuntu installation directories, which the tar.gz package does not.

Am I out of luck until runit-1.3.1 gets ported to Ubuntu, or is there some sort of accepted procedure in Ubuntu for hooking into the Debian repositories for one-off special installs such as this one? ... or what?

Thanks.

[m0biu5]

You may be able to get it in the backports if it is Debian supported. Go over and check out the request forum.

[HippoMan]

You may be able to get it in the backports if it is Debian supported. Go over and check out the request forum.
Thanks. I'm new here and until tonight didn't quite get the significance of the backports repository. I'm on my way over there now ...

[m0biu5]

Hey, no problem. I don't think you'll have much trouble if it is official debian.

[HippoMan]

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