Rolf/Bobodod, I hear you, but I think that in the case of software like Gourmet, more is gained through a release-early release-often style than the traditional distro-based releases. Unless I'm mistaken, Ubuntu releases are always going to be frozen for 6 months -- active users interested in quick bugfixes etc. will want another solution. For many users for whom installing from a tarball is an impediment, having a development PPA available would mean they'd be willing to constantly test the newest releases, which would certainly help gourmet.
>From my experience with gnome-sudoku (another project of mine), I know that the problem with having software released in distros is that you get overwhelmed with duplicate bug reports for issues that you've already fixed... Anyway, I understand the reasoning behind ubuntu's policies, but it's also important to have an active group of users testing the latest code. Since the unstable 0.14.x series has been packaged anyway, we're much better off getting packages released as often and quickly as possible. I know that before I removed the debian/ directory from my source trees, creating a debian package was as simple as running a script. I presume that bobodod could get it down to a process as simple again, which would be a boon to the project. In the future, we obviously need to test the ubuntu packages better before they get into the 6-month freeze. But I'm not unconvinced that a bleeding-edge PPA might not actually be the ideal set up for many (perhaps most) users. It may well even be (ironically) more stable. -- gourmet doesn't print recipes, just blank pages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/298795 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
