-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 07/26/2011 11:13 AM, Erlan Sergaziev wrote: > There are a lot of packages even in Oneiric that are 1-2 versions > behind stable upstream. > > I would suggest therefore that Software Center has a feature where > users will be able to tag certain packages as outdated like in arch. > > Tagging should have the following benefits: > > 1) The number of users tagging a package will indicate the "heat" of > the need of package's new version. 2) An email message should be sent > to the main package maintainer. If no response received say within 3 > months, the package should be declared unmaintained and so other > packagers can chime in.
Hi, We don't do software version update on a released version of Ubuntu unless it's bugfix only or got an exception approved by the Technical Board. Therefore your idea will simply end up having most packages flagged as outdated and as our release cycle is of 6 months, they'll also all be marked unmaintained but that's wrong, it's just the way it's meant to be. Having a way to record interest in a backport of a newer version might be interesting though. We already have tools (uscan/watch files) to check if the version we have in our development version is in sync with the upstream's and when it's not in sync, we usually have a good reason not to be. - -- Stéphane Graber Ubuntu developer http://www.ubuntu.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOLt9aAAoJEMY4l01keS1nfFAP/0X9qen2b0vm+kNto12Bo48E 1qoA969gptilVXGyTFpAPPPtBCDcXk7XigyDpC5VCzCsGyLB+vuZBK6CPQvgDKfw tH5CEvypJzh+w70E8slCEiHLB8dyvBIlA5Ypi4DekPvWPP71GmXuPVqiW6PfGROR IqvTqbAulKlrnZd+1ePEZryfbP8PXU/Iu66w8DZQj5hJrVrjSmtbVzHTmVKbCMCZ RunswuW83C/gI5YnQ5+B1AK+gM+obuCNXhgz5IRpenSSR+JiIj0blRxjufJx1k3H CXPx49TYhAq+RxjEIqJm/A3UXbULtqN+tp/k566lY0m2nrW3cNV9sMHwPFIyWL3J 54sjxGz80gGNr6OVpnpFbhlkAqwAP3CMhvduHBr/Ke5+ShcdSeglj1RmBelcx9lS OLVSwERriLiwDH4cRCi6GTaWusSBAFSBgkhbyEXJxtG+OKF8gy3KmfQuUTvZn5QO Jlt9cxUVq2KHvgCk2POA4YUuRc0nD0+Qym0xzXF6qFFE9JpuD/7y96lbn9l6k2q4 hKWrvpga2TA3sJPkiczdiYv4JsvKNQLkMDgv7HtHOG1jWhaOH3aE7Aw8mLZr0KFS /wgsZ5Vjc3JeeDyuqNVY8RnC1Obj+l6tnAKvXHFJihsvH67XV0Yz8NnRYWikwLvr S4+ltTYqG3C3TAGLlp8y =T0iI -----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
