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["S. Christian Collins" <s.chriscollins@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 09/05/2011 07:47 AM, Christian Rupp wrote:
> This is a good thing, but will this programs and others be updated to 
> the newest version or have we still to wait half a year for the next 
> version of ubuntu?
I usually want to have only certain applications updated beyond the 
versions available in the Ubuntu repositories, almost always because of 
a new feature or bug fix that has been added.  I don't care about the 
rest of the software; in fact, I would prefer the other programs to 
remain as stable as possible.

What would be ideal, IMO, would be a check box in the software center 
for each application that would say something like: "Always update to 
the newest program version available (may be less stable)."

I don't know how this would work under the hood (selective access to the 
backports repository, perhaps), but it would make life much easier for 
the person who absolutely must have the latest version of Ardour or 
GIMP, and would help discourage people from adding potentially dangerous 
PPAs to their systems.

-~Chris