Upgrading to 11.04 - Desktop

[Peter Hillier-Brook]

On 02/05/2011 11:37, Alan Pope wrote:
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> On 2 May 2011 11:27, Peter Hillier-Brook<phb at hbsys.plus.com>  wrote:

>> .... This smacks to me of an attempt at branding that adds no value
>> to the product.
>>
>
> Every package on the Ubuntu CD is built by the Ubuntu build bots.
> It's not a case of branding the product. We build packages so we can
> ensure they work in our environment, allow for bug and security
> updates, and are signed by our keys.
>
> Personally I prefer to get my packages from the Ubuntu repo, not
> upstream. You may not, and that's fine, it's your system.

Thanks for the enlightenment, but I rest my case. From personal 
experience I know that when bugs are fixed anywhere other that with the 
developer of a product the chances of code clashing are quite high, 
introducing undesirable side effects. What's the problem with feeding 
bug fixes upstream and ensuring only one coding environment? I 
understand the need to "compile" for different architectures that are 
not supported upstream, it's just the source integrity that bothers me.

Please take that last question as rhetorical if you think this thread 
has lived for long enough. :-)

Peter HB