Hi, Oh, my grammar!! "The dev version of chromium has now been added to raring " Should read " A Raring dev version of chromium has now been added" to this PPA. To save any further mis understandings, PPA actually stands for Personal Package Archive [1]. So, ANY PPA is to be considered as untrusted, this includes all the ones that dev teams create when they ask you go test something out. I mistakingly thought that the testing team would understand what a PPA is, how to add it, the risks and how to remove it. I'm glad to set the matter straight.
Regards, Phill. 1. https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA On 15 April 2013 23:36, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil, > > The "PPA" you refer to [1] is not supported and, as I said, is not part of > Ubuntu. Your statement that, "The dev version of chromium has now been > added > to raring" is not correct. > > Scott K > > [1] https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev > > On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:23:24 PM you wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > > > The 'PPA' I think you refer to [1] is not supported, and has not been for > > over a year. The Ubuntu team are simply concentrating on having SRU's. > The > > PPA link I provided states that is not 'official', and this information > was > > sent to the QA/Testing members only. I also stated that if they were to > use > > it, they should know how to 'roll back'. At present, there seems no > formal > > method of getting Chromium from 'dev', to 'beta' to 'released'. Security > > updates from the current version on release to the dev version are over 2 > > release steps out of sync. which is not ideal, but out of my hands. > > > > Regards, > > > > Phill. > > 1. https://launchpad.net/chromium-project > > > > On 15 April 2013 22:14, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, April 15, 2013 10:11:05 PM Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > whilst the ubuntu guys do ensure timely updates for chromium, there > are > > > > some of us who do not mind being on the bleeding edge. The dev > version > > > > of > > > > chromium has now been added to raring. Please understand that this is > > > > not > > > > the 'stable beta' which seems to have fallen by the way side owing to > > > > not > > > > enough man hours. If you want to 'play safe' then use the standard > > > > > > upgrades > > > > > > > that apply, if you want to try out the 'dev' version, then add Alex's > > > > > > PPA. > > > > > > > [1]. > > > > > > > > As with all 'dev' versions, it may break so do be aware of how to > 'roll > > > > back'. But, for me it only had a (non-critical) bug for a couple of > days > > > > > > in > > > > > > > the last 12 months. > > > > > > > > @Alex, thanks for keeping the dev PPA updated. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Phill. > > > > 1. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev > > > > > > Phil, > > > > > > Please keep a clear distinction between Ubuntu and other related > things. > > > There is an Ubuntu archive that's supported by the Ubuntu project. > Many > > > people like to provide other packages in PPAs (such as this), but they > are > > > most emphatically not part of Ubuntu. People installing software from > > > PPAs > > > need to do their own due diligence as there is absolutely no external > QA > > > or > > > security checks done of what goes into a PPA, so it's important that > > > people > > > understand if they are doing thing from the official archive or not. > > > > > > Scott K > > > > > > -- > > > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > > > > > > -- > > > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality> > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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