Chromium dev.

[Brendan Donegan]

On 16/04/13 01:56, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
> If you don't mind me asking, What is an SRU?

SRU == https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Updates to a package that are released into already released versions of 
Ubuntu.

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> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Oh, my grammar!! "The dev version of chromium has now been added to raring
>> " Should read " A Raring dev version of chromium has now been added" to
>> this PPA. To save any further mis understandings, PPA actually stands for Personal
>> Package Archive  [1]. So, ANY PPA is to be considered as untrusted, this
>> includes all the ones that dev teams create when they ask you go test
>> something out. I mistakingly thought that the testing team would understand
>> what a PPA is, how to add it, the risks and how to remove it. I'm glad to
>> set the matter straight.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>> 1. https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
>>
>>
>> On 15 April 2013 23:36, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Phil,
>>>
>>> The "PPA" you refer to [1] is not supported and, as I said, is not part of
>>> Ubuntu.  Your statement that, "The dev version of chromium has now been
>>> added
>>> to raring" is not correct.
>>>
>>> Scott K
>>>
>>> [1] https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:23:24 PM you wrote:
>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>>
>>>> The 'PPA' I think you refer to [1] is not supported, and has not been
>>> for
>>>> over a year. The Ubuntu team are simply concentrating on having SRU's.
>>> The
>>>> PPA link I provided states that is not 'official', and this information
>>> was
>>>> sent to the QA/Testing members only. I also stated that if they were to
>>> use
>>>> it, they should know how to 'roll back'. At present, there seems no
>>> formal
>>>> method of getting Chromium from 'dev', to 'beta' to 'released'. Security
>>>> updates from the current version on release to the dev version are over
>>> 2
>>>> release steps out of sync. which is not ideal, but out of my hands.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phill.
>>>> 1. https://launchpad.net/chromium-project
>>>>
>>>> On 15 April 2013 22:14, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, April 15, 2013 10:11:05 PM Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> whilst the ubuntu guys do ensure timely updates for chromium, there
>>> are
>>>>>> some of us who do not mind being on the bleeding edge. The dev
>>> version
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> chromium has now been added to raring. Please understand that this
>>> is
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> the 'stable beta' which seems to have fallen by the way side owing
>>> to
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> enough man hours. If you want to 'play safe' then use the standard
>>>>>
>>>>> upgrades
>>>>>
>>>>>> that apply, if you want to try out the 'dev' version, then add
>>> Alex's
>>>>>
>>>>> PPA.
>>>>>
>>>>>> [1].
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As with all 'dev' versions, it may break so do be aware of how to
>>> 'roll
>>>>>> back'. But, for me it only had a (non-critical) bug for a couple of
>>> days
>>>>>
>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>>> the last 12 months.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @Alex, thanks for keeping the dev PPA updated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phill.
>>>>>> 1. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please keep a clear distinction between Ubuntu and other related
>>> things.
>>>>> There is an Ubuntu archive that's supported by the Ubuntu project.
>>>   Many
>>>>> people like to provide other packages in PPAs (such as this), but
>>> they are
>>>>> most emphatically not part of Ubuntu.  People installing software from
>>>>> PPAs
>>>>> need to do their own due diligence as there is absolutely no external
>>> QA
>>>>> or
>>>>> security checks done of what goes into a PPA, so it's important that
>>>>> people
>>>>> understand if they are doing thing from the official archive or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott K
>>>>>
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