-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman wrote on 06/09/11 11:05: > > "S. Christian Collins" <s.chriscoll...@gmail.com> wrote: >... >> What would be ideal, IMO, would be a check box in the software center >> for each application that would say something like: "Always update to >> the newest program version available (may be less stable)."
If anyone sees anything in Ubuntu that suggests using something "less stable", please report a bug. :-) >> I don't know how this would work under the hood (selective access to >> the backports repository, perhaps), but it would make life much >> easier for the person who absolutely must have the latest version of >> Ardour or GIMP, and would help discourage people from adding >> potentially dangerous PPAs to their systems. > > Under the hood, this is how backports works now. You have to > explicitly pick to install a package from backports (it's enabled by > default in oneiric since enabling it doesn't cause packages from > backports to be installed) and once you've installed from backports > you'll automatically get any updated backports. I'm not sure how well > this is exposed in the U/I yet. >... It isn't exposed in the UI yet. I've designed it, now someone just needs to implement it. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#updates> - -- mpt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5zT1QACgkQ6PUxNfU6eco8mgCfX9jBWEWEd/QGRCi59c3916qe lVMAnjjpB9F7lt6SCtcyhmdQyTx05kHA =HX2c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp