Re: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-26 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Conrad, Conrad Knauer [2010-05-24 3:08 -0600]: Most Firefox users have already moved to version 3.6 (see the graph on http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-monthly-200904-201005) which is where Mozilla wants you to be also BTW. Getting a new version of Firefox on an old

Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Conrad Knauer
I like the repository system that Ubuntu uses, but I feel that there is a problem with it and I have a suggestion as to how to fix it. ~ The Problem ~ Ubuntu inherited the Debian system of updating software versions with OS upgrades. This makes the most sense when you have many many packages

RE: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Chris Jones
I like your ideas Conrad and think that you've obviously put a lot of thought into it all. I'm very interested what others have to say about the concept. -- Chris Jones Photographic Imaging Professional and Graphic Designer ABN: 98 317 740 240 Photo Resolutions - Photo Printing, Editing and

Re: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Ryan Dwyer
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.auwrote: I like your ideas Conrad and think that you've obviously put a lot of thought into it all. I'm very interested what others have to say about the concept. I like this idea too. There were a lot of users asking how to

Re: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Evan
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:08 AM, Conrad Knauer ath...@gmail.com wrote: I like the repository system that Ubuntu uses, but I feel that there is a problem with it and I have a suggestion as to how to fix it. ~ The Problem ~ Ubuntu inherited the Debian system of updating software versions with

Re: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Bruno Girin
On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 09:01 -0400, Evan wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:08 AM, Conrad Knauer ath...@gmail.com wrote: I like the repository system that Ubuntu uses, but I feel that there is a problem with it and I have a suggestion as to how to fix it. ~ The Problem ~ Ubuntu inherited

RE: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Scott Kitterman
Chris Jones chrisjo...@comcen.com.au wrote: I like your ideas Conrad and think that you've obviously put a lot of thought into it all. I'm very interested what others have to say about the concept. This doesn't need a new pocket, just a policy decision. As an example, clamav has approval from

Re: Rethinking Ubuntu's Repositories

2010-05-24 Thread Ryan Oram
On Mon May 24 at 10:08:49 BST 2010, Conrad Knauer atheoi at gmail.com wrote: I like the repository system that Ubuntu uses, but I feel that there is a problem with it and I have a suggestion as to how to fix it. Splitting out the desktop apps would mean that old LTS releases (like Dapper, which