On Friday 23 November 2012 01:00:15 Scott Kitterman wrote: > The update was released for Kubuntu 12.10 a few hours ago. > > As a general rule, we don't update to new versions post release. There are > some packages that have exceptions to this policy based on upstreams > committing to be very strict about limiting there micro version releases to > strictly bug fixes (I gather from this and your previous commentary on IRC > that KDevelop does this). KDE SC has such an exception. To get an > exception for KDevelop would require someone to ask the Ubuntu technical > board to give it one as well. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions > > I would recommend finding someone in the Kubuntu community who is willing to > work on this for you and work with them. We can use this update that we > just did as an example as a successful trial run after waiting a bit to > make sure no regressions are reported. > > I understand it's frustrating. There is a balance between being to slow and > going so fast we end up breaking user's systems. We lean towards caution > (in the general process) because we place a high value on avoiding post > release regressions (even if that means it take a little longer to get some > things fixed). Is there any place with a list of all exceptions?
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