On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 22:50 +0800, LI Daobing wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 22:39, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thursday, August 05, 2010 10:21:41 am LI Daobing wrote:
> >> it's somehow different, for example, the amule ppa shipped with
> >> ubuntu-tweak has DLP function, which is important for us.
> >
> > Can this be added to the amule package in Ubuntu?
> 
> I don't know why this patch does not exist in amule package in Ubuntu,
> maybe it makes amule more unstable? but for someone (like me), DLP is
> important, without DLP, amule totally does not work (it will only
> upload, but never download). I can bare the crash problem with it, so
> I choose DLP. but maybe some other think the patch is not perfect, or
> just he don't like the patch, so he refuse it.

So, if this is really a "showstopper" for amule, why doesn't someone fix
the patch to let it not crash, then add it to a wishlist bug and ask for
adding?


> 
> >
> >> it also provide some snapshot version program (just like gcc-snapshot
> >> which already in ubuntu).
> >
> > No.  gcc-snapshot is IN Ubuntu.  These PPAs are not.
> 
> I mean someone need snapshot version of these programs (such as
> snapshot version of vlc, opera, chromium, etc), just like the ubuntu
> people need the snapshot version of gcc.

I don't think that many people of Ubuntu use gcc-snapshot on a daily
basis.

More likely is that the standard ubuntu user doesn't even care about
gcc-snapshot, as many of our userbase are not caring about "newer"
versions of packages.

If they care, they could enable the backports repository and/or ask for
backports of current developement release packages (e.g. from maverick
to lucid).

Users who are reading "marketing statements like" "install this, you
will get newer versions and blablabla", will exactly do that, and they
will whine when they try to upgrade from there release to the next.

We had that in the past, and this will happen with unreflected usage of
tools like this. (Please read the threads about Automatix and Friends in
the past...google have references)

Regards,

\sh

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