On 16/04/13 01:56, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote:
If you don't mind me asking, What is an SRU?
SRU == https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
Updates to a package that are released into already released versions of
Ubuntu.
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
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