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Noble Numbat: Wireplumber update?

Asked by Michael Tie

Ubuntu 24.04 provides Wireplumber 0.4.17 which uses an outdated configuration format, with no up-to-date documentation available.
Are there plans to update Wireplumber to a more recent version?

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

Manfred Hampl suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #3037: “no rolling release”.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

There is at least one PPA with an updated version available, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=wireplumber

You are free to start the process for backporting the newest version available in Ubuntu oraculat/plucky to noble (see the information in the FAQ linked above).

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Michael Tie (mictiemix) said : 		#3

Thanks for your reply.

Its a little confusing for me, to see updates of app 5 packages every day (with some of them labeled 'security'), and read that it's 'not a rolling release'.

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Michael Tie (mictiemix) said : 		#4

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said (last edit ): 		#5

Attempt of a short explanation:

If there is version 17-1 of a package in Ubuntu noble , and version 18 is published at the original source of the software, then this version will usually not be implemented in noble (but only in the newest development version which currently is plucky).

If version 18 cures a severe bug or security vulnerability and adds new functionality, then only the relevant bug fix will be cherry-picked and implemented in the version in noble (resulting in a version number like 17-1ubuntu1)

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Michael Tie (mictiemix) said : 		#6

Thank you for the detailed explaination!