If you don't mind me asking, What is an SRU?
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > >
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