<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Ryan Oram <<a href="mailto:ryanoram@trentu.ca">ryanoram@trentu.ca</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> I'm looking at setting up a update service for Ubuntu Lucid called "Ubuntu AppUpdate". Developers would notify the team of their app updates and we would push them to our repo. It will be similar to GetDeb, but it will be based around Launchpad and PPAs and would have more extensive testing. I realize that Ubuntu is already taking steps towards this in Maverick, but it may take them a few releases to get the process right due to reservations about updating applications between releases. The AppUpdate PPA would provide a way for Ubuntu Lucid users (or users of any Ubuntu derivative) to get the latest tested versions of their applications in the meantime. ----- How it would work: Developers would notify the AppUpdate team via the mailing list about their package update, and a member of the team will push it to the "testing" repository. If it is pushed to "testing" and no major problems appear after at least a week, it will be pushed to "stable" and all users with the PPA will be notified of the update. All packages must be uploaded to a Launchpad PPA before they will be considered to be included in the Ubuntu AppUpdate PPA. Note: Keep in mind, this applies to applications like Firefox, Deluge and MPlayer, *not* the kernel, core libraries and the desktop environment. Packages that need core library updates will not be accepted. ----- Testing info: I would like to invite you guys to try out Ubuntu AppUpdate. I have uploaded packages from around 20 PPAs into the AppUpdate Testing PPA. They should all work, but I would like to give them a rundown before they are pushed to the Stable PPA. If you have any suggestions for PPAs or packages, let me know. If you would like to try it out, add the Ubuntu AppUpdate PPAs to your sources via the following commands: # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:infinity-team/appupdate-stable # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:infinity-team/appupdate-testing If you have any problems with any of the packages, post the issue on the Ubuntu AppUpdate mailing list/forum ( <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ubuntu-appupdate" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/ubuntu-appupdate</a> ). The package will be promptly removed from the repositories. Thanks, Ryan PS If you would like to join the team and help out, feel free to send me an email. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div> Why set up another project instead of participating in GetDeb ? What do you expect to achieve with "Ubuntu AppUpdate" that you can't with GetDeb ? Thanks -- João Luís Marques Pinto GetDeb Team Leader <a href="http://www.getdeb.net">http://www.getdeb.net</a> <a href="http://blog.getdeb.net">http://blog.getdeb.net</a>