The premise of this bug report is invalid: Ubuntu is not adopting a rolling release. <http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu- meeting/2013/ubuntu-meeting.2013-03-18-21.01.moin.txt>
Furthermore, the updated period for non-LTS releases was reduced from 18 months to 9 months, because they are targeted mainly at enthusiasts. If you want access to the maximum number of applications, you should stick to the LTS. ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181084 Title: Unable to install previously purchased software in current ubuntu development release (saucy) Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I have some purchased software that I am not able to install due to Ubuntu Software Center considering that the development release (saucy as I'm writing this), is not supported. This means that advanced users that want to have saucy installed will not be able to access that purchased software anymore. With the incoming plans for the development release to be a "rolling release", this would mean that I'd not be able to access that software unless I go back to an "stable" release. Given that the development release is considered of use by not the regular users, but advanced ones that want to have the latest software, I would consider the "release check" in the software center to not be done in any case when in the latest development release. As a side note, maybe with even a different bug report, this also affects what new software I can install. As an example, I cannot find the steam client listed for installation, when it appears without problems in a computer with ubuntu precise. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: software-center 5.6.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.6-generic 3.9.2 Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.10.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 17 13:30:56 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-25 (173 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_SG:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_SG.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2012-11-25 (172 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1181084/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp