Updates, upgrades, and PPA's, oh my....

[Kwan Chan]

Ok. You're right! I should stop stating that.
Now I know that the packages is not always copying from the sid.

Really, downloading packages from the ppa repository is slow.
Is it possible to put the kde bug fix release packages to an extra
repository in Ubuntu (not Ubuntu Backports/update). Maybe make a Ubuntu
kde43 repository? Then people can have choice either upgrade or not while
people who would like to upgrade to the lastest stable can enjoy the benefit
from local mirror.



On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:09 AM, Richard JOHNSON <nixternal at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 03:57:39AM +0800, Kwan Chan wrote:
> > I think Kubuntu should provide kde bug fixed release(like kde 4.3.4, kde
> > 4.3.3) as stable packages like opensuse does.
> > Because these kde release is meant for slight improvement. I mean kde
> 4.3.4
> > should be more stable than kde 4.3.2, however, ubuntu user have to
> upgrade
> > from a ppa repository. And upgrading to the kde 4.3.4 makes Kubuntu even
> > more unstable. Then a kde+ubuntu fan is actually losing the meaning of
> > upgrading to the latest stable kde release.
> > For me, I happened to experience that. After a fresh installation of
> > kubuntu, I added the ppa repository for kde 4.3.4 then did a
> dist-upgrade.
> > Plasma can't even startup after reboot.
>
> We do release stable packages, but we aren't releasing them into -backports
> or -updates. I don't like the PPA archives for 1 reason, there are no local
> mirrors. I hope with your plasma issue, you either filed a bug report or
> added some commentary to an already existing bug report.
>
> > Is it because of the poor quality of the kde packages for kubuntu?
> > Are the kde packages on the ppa repository is directly copy from debian
> > sid?
>
> Will you stop with the "poor quality of kde packages for kubuntu" already.
> No, the packages in the PPA are not always copied from Sid, but they are
> merged when possible.
>
> > not blaming, just try to make Kubuntu better.
>
> By constantly stating the kde packages are poor, you aren't making Kubuntu
> better, you are just regurgitating the opinions of others.
>
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