About Upstream version choice

Mauricio Faria de Oliveira mfo at canonical.com
Tue Aug 9 17:15:12 UTC 2022


On Tue, Aug 9, 2022 at 12:35 PM 罗瑶明 <lym10061006 at 126.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Dear Oliveira,
> Thanks very much for your reply. I think you get my point, according to your guidance,
> I found the link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard mention the following:
>
> but no more details about how to select.:)


You're welcome!

Sorry, the reference you provided in an image couldn't be loaded
(apparently its URL is 404).
What text did you refer to from that page?

cheers,


>
>
>
> At 2022-08-07 02:27:41, "Mauricio Oliveira" <mauricio.oliveira at canonical.com> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm not directly involved with this in general, but if I understand
> >the question and some processes correctly:
> >
> >The package versions in a given Ubuntu release are (usually) a result
> >of a Time Based Release process
> >and what package versions are in Ubuntu's and Debian's package
> >archives; and there are exceptions.
> >
> >Ubuntu releases under development import packages (without Ubuntu
> >customizations) from Debian
> >until the Debian Import Freeze date, and there are packages that are
> >Ubuntu-only or replacements
> >that thus aren't (imported) from Debian.  There may be more
> >details/processes I'm not aware of.
> >
> >If you check the release schedule wiki page of, e.g., Focal [1], you
> >may find some of that information
> >and other related topics that might help as well. [2,3,4].
> >
> >And, of course, others here may correct me / add more information.
> >Hope this helps!
> >
> >[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseSchedule
> >[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeBasedReleases
> >[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze
> >[4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> >
> >On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 3:31 PM 罗瑶明 <lym10061006 at 126.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear ubuntu-devel-discuss,
> >>           I have questions about how to choice or decide which Upstream version to use for a certain software in Ubuntu Derived series.
> >> is there some guiding principle or refer documents. i.e.,why choice gcc-9.3.0 in the Focal Fossa.
> >>                                                                                                                                                                 thanks.
> >>
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