Assalam alaikum Usama, The average user (i.e the group of users we're targeting) doesn't care about what version of software X he is running, as long as it works. For that reason, new versions of software will not land in the Ubuntu main repositories. Furthermore, these new versions can also not land in ubuntu-backports. If you want a (simple) desktop application to have an updated version in backports, you should file a bug for requesting it. You can find more information at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports.
Hope I've been useful :) Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Usama Akkad <uahe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wa alaikum alsalam, > Bilal this is different from backports. for example Filezilla and Deluge > have no problem have more recent release on windows than Linux. You > already trust the developers of such applications. Why not help them > reach the users directly under your supervision as Ubuntu. > > You might say any one can create such a repo. Yes but it would hardly be > in the Ubuntu way. > > I'm not talking about packages that might break the system, like gnome > or Xorg. It's just some application that you might get from developer > website to download and run instantly. > > في Thu، 28-10-2010 عند 08:34 +0300 ، كتب Bilal Akhtar: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Assalam alaikum Usama, >> This is a good idea. But I think backports and GetDeb [1] are >> implementing something that is close to this? >> >> [1] http://www.getdeb.net/ >> >> Bilal Akhtar. >> >> On 10/28/2010 07:02 AM, Usama Akkad wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I would like to know your opinion on an Idea of having (Mainstream >> > Developers Repository) please read the draft wiki page on this subject >> > >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/damascene/Decentralized%20Ubuntu%20Repository >> > >> > Sometimes user need to get the latest version of a software but he/she >> > will have to add every Launchpad PPA manually. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Usama Akkad >> > https://launchpad.net/~damascene >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> - -- >> Bilal Akhtar - Ubuntu Developer, yet still 14 years old. >> More information about him can be found on >> https://edge.launchpad.net/~bilalakhtar >> IRC nick: bilalakhtar >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMyQtOAAoJENsMxwzgYeH2hLsH/jzGxdfaiKOqXlAWVx62r23e >> /UjqZBsVIgrZgsipD2Pfw07oRn7M4vp+K8QA7aUdJCL6r5RdvpQszNxWMbQ1r92h >> xizEp48VYU3oOWOoxV/u21rWUXsxbXmiPxZFb3FOHjMU13z5y0ydVWxbbzQOpjtp >> nFjTLwkJTiiGYmayeCwdN8CakOZO/x/nfopDQea2GKxXK1eT3O3mX2QRffWgogKz >> DAg02jY+QT/vG1jRRSagd2MZABMQCw2UP0ZNXnwRR0aRUbGpXw9q+1HZ8TUKeDKI >> TAi60ZvLxjj166DSYTCiVzDOTI9BzVPuUzCxiNNKdcjI7DH+mbpgjRonq5YWTno= >> =mzR5 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
