Preparing for 9.10: my sources.list

[barbolani]

I want to have my box well prepared for 9.10, and took a look at my sources.list (I must confess that I never saw it before)

deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty main restricted
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates main restricted
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty universe
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates universe
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty multiverse
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-updates multiverse
deb [url]http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-security main restricted
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-security universe
deb [url]http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] jaunty-security multiverse
deb [url]http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu[/url] jaunty main

Two questions arise:

First, what is the purpose of the intrepid-backports? If I'm running Jaunty I should not need it, should I?
Second, the last line refers to a day when I enabled the PPA repository in order to have the latest Amarok. That nicely upgraded my KDE, but I saw this post http://www.kubuntu.org/node/110 announcing that KDE 4.2.4 has been moved from PPA to jaunty-backports. Help->About KDE gives me version 4.3.1.

Do I need to do something to keep the box healthy and prepared for 9.10?

[kubicle]

Re: Preparing for 9.10: my sources.list

First, what is the purpose of the intrepid-backports? If I'm running Jaunty I should not need it, should I?

No, you don't need it.

Second, the last line refers to a day when I enabled the PPA repository in order to have the latest Amarok. That nicely upgraded my KDE, but I saw this post http://www.kubuntu.org/node/110 announcing that KDE 4.2.4 has been moved from PPA to jaunty-backports. Help->About KDE gives me version 4.3.1.

You have likely installed KDE 4.3.1 from that ppa, so you're running an "unsupported" (for jaunty) version of kde. Theoretically, that may cause some issues when upgrading to 9.10, but likely nothing major (IMO no cause for alarm, downgrading to KDE 4.2.4 would be more likely to cause problems).

[claydoh]

Re: Preparing for 9.10: my sources.list

When upgrading using the gui upgrade tool, it will disable the extra repos for you as well

[lmilano]

Re: Preparing for 9.10: my sources.list

When upgrading using the gui upgrade tool, it will disable the extra repos for you as well

And that's the preferred method by far