I don't think that the built in updater should be completely disabled in
the packaged version of Vuze.  It simply should not check for updates to
Azureus/Vuze by default -- since that is the package manager's job (and
also, updates Vuze attempts to apply to itself will fail, which is the
reason for this problem).  Of course, the built-in update manager is
useful for updating things like plug-ins that were installed through
their built-in plug-in management system.

I suggested installing Azureus in your home directory without using the
package manager not because that is the best solution, but that is what
you have to do if you want to use the most current version, as Vuze in
the repositories is not updated very often (4.x is not even in the
jaunty repos at the moment), and also, the built-in update manager will
actually work.

Using Vuze's auto updater with the packaged version is not a good idea.
The package manager will not be aware of updates to Vuze in this case,
extra files may be added with new versions that the package manager is
not aware of, dependencies may change, etc.  When using the packaged
version, updates should come through the package manager.

The most ideal solutions to this situation are:
 - Vuze is updated more frequently in the repositories.
 - The Vuze folks run their own Debian repository that you can add to 
sources.list to receive updates through the package manager.  This way, new 
versions can be made available immediately to users of the packaged version, 
without relying on Ubuntu repository managers to get the update packaged and 
available right away.  (There are already a number of application writers that 
make their applications available through their own repositories, so that 
updates can be retrieved automatically by the package manager: VirtualBox, 
Opera, Google Desktop/Picasa, MKVToolNix, Ubuntu Tweak, ....).

-- 
Vuze's updater will not upgrade to 4.0.0.4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301189
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

-- 
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

Reply via email to