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Re: make adding ppas easier

 

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Scott Kitterman wrote on 06/09/11 11:05:
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> "S. Christian Collins" <s.chriscollins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>...
>> 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)."

If anyone sees anything in Ubuntu that suggests using something "less
stable", please report a bug. :-)

>> 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.
>
> Under the hood, this is how backports works now.  You have to
> explicitly pick to install a package from backports (it's enabled by
> default in oneiric since enabling it doesn't cause packages from
> backports to be installed) and once you've installed from backports
> you'll automatically get any updated backports. I'm not sure how well
> this is exposed in the U/I yet.
>...

It isn't exposed in the UI yet. I've designed it, now someone just needs
to implement it. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#updates>

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