Dmitry Shachnev <mity...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> >wrote: >> ... >>> - Create and use -experimental pocket (as suggested by Stefano) for >>> testing unstable changes and handling transitions; >> >> I can understand why people ask for this, but new pockets are very >> complex to create due to extensive hardcoding of pocket semantics in >> Launchpad; they aren't something we can do easily or flexibly. > >We can just use a centralized PPA then (for example, the desktop team >already stages their experimental packages in their PPA). The only >problem will be with managing upload rights to that PPA. > >> ... >> Serious question: why is GTK+ materially different from the core KDE >> libraries, which typically seem to be updated (even if only by minor >> releases) as part of KDE version bumps? > >Because updating Gtk+ can potentially break the Unity stack and some >components of GNOME we are using in Ubuntu Desktop. Updating core KDE >libraries can break only KDE apps, which are updated to a compatible >version.
Please have a look at all the kdelibs reverse depends. Only a small fraction of its users are part of KDE. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
