Chromium dev.

Tue Apr 16 12:45:44 UTC 2013

@Brendon

Thanks for the link. Very good read :-)

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Brendan Donegan <
brendan.donegan at canonical.com> wrote:

> 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<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates>
>
> Updates to a package that are released into already released versions of
> Ubuntu.
>
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  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<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<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<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<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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