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[Scott Testerman <question76464@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76464 on drupal6 in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/drupal6/+question/76464

    Status: Open => Answered

Scott Testerman proposed the following answer:
The latest version of Drupal 6 available in Karmic is 6.12.  Current
available version is 6.13.

For Drupal 5 Karmic has 5.18; current available is 5.19.

You can easily install the current version of Drupal from the
repositories and then upgrade manually.  Just remember that Ubuntu won't
simply drop the files into /var/www as you may be used to.

I'm trying to stay on top of the security situation with Drupal and file
bugs for the new versions whenever they are released, which has been
fast and furious for the past few weeks.  This serves merely to keep the
MOTUs abreast of the Drupal situation.

The big drawback with Ubuntu having every single security release of
Drupal available in the repositories is that automatic updates have the
potential to break lots of packages.  Administrators running many
servers, or very inaccessible servers, may be enabling the automatic
security update feature of Ubuntu Server, and the Drupal security
updates could easily break sites running on such servers.

I am also considering creating a PPA that will keep the latest versions
of Drupal available for those who would like to avoid the whole install
- immediate upgrade process (like me).

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