Mainstream Developers Repository

[Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi]

Assalam alaikum Usama,
The average user (i.e the group of users we're targeting) doesn't care
about what version of software X he is running, as long as it works.
For that reason, new versions of software will not land in the Ubuntu
main repositories. Furthermore, these new versions can also not land
in ubuntu-backports. If you want a (simple) desktop application to
have an updated version in backports, you should file a bug for
requesting it. You can find more information at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports.

Hope I've been useful :)
Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Usama Akkad <uahello at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wa alaikum alsalam,
> Bilal this is different from backports. for example Filezilla and Deluge
> have no problem have more recent release on windows than Linux. You
> already trust the developers of such applications. Why not help them
> reach the users directly under your supervision as Ubuntu.
>
> You might say any one can create such a repo. Yes but it would hardly be
> in the Ubuntu way.
>
> I'm not talking about packages that might break the system, like gnome
> or Xorg. It's just some  application that you might get from developer
> website to download and run instantly.
>
>                  في Thu، 28-10-2010 عند 08:34 +0300 ، كتب Bilal Akhtar:
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>> Assalam alaikum Usama,
>>       This is a good idea. But I think backports and GetDeb [1] are
>> implementing something that is close to this?
>>
>> [1] http://www.getdeb.net/
>>
>> Bilal Akhtar.
>>
>> On 10/28/2010 07:02 AM, Usama Akkad wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would like to know your opinion on an Idea of having (Mainstream
>> > Developers Repository) please read the draft wiki page on this subject
>> >
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/damascene/Decentralized%20Ubuntu%20Repository
>> >
>> > Sometimes user need to get the latest version of a software but he/she
>> > will have to add every Launchpad PPA manually.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Usama Akkad
>> > https://launchpad.net/~damascene
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> - --
>> Bilal Akhtar - Ubuntu Developer, yet still 14 years old.
>> More information about him can be found on
>> https://edge.launchpad.net/~bilalakhtar
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