Chromium dev.

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

If you don't mind me asking, What is an SRU?


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Oh, my grammar!! "The dev version of chromium has now been added to raring
> " Should read " A Raring dev version of chromium has now been added" to
> this PPA. To save any further mis understandings, PPA actually stands for Personal
> Package Archive  [1]. So, ANY PPA is to be considered as untrusted, this
> includes all the ones that dev teams create when they ask you go test
> something out. I mistakingly thought that the testing team would understand
> what a PPA is, how to add it, the risks and how to remove it. I'm glad to
> set the matter straight.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
>
>
> On 15 April 2013 23:36, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>
>> Phil,
>>
>> The "PPA" you refer to [1] is not supported and, as I said, is not part of
>> Ubuntu.  Your statement that, "The dev version of chromium has now been
>> added
>> to raring" is not correct.
>>
>> Scott K
>>
>> [1] https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev
>>
>>
>> On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:23:24 PM you wrote:
>> > Hi Scott,
>> >
>> > The 'PPA' I think you refer to [1] is not supported, and has not been
>> for
>> > over a year. The Ubuntu team are simply concentrating on having SRU's.
>> The
>> > PPA link I provided states that is not 'official', and this information
>> was
>> > sent to the QA/Testing members only. I also stated that if they were to
>> use
>> > it, they should know how to 'roll back'. At present, there seems no
>> formal
>> > method of getting Chromium from 'dev', to 'beta' to 'released'. Security
>> > updates from the current version on release to the dev version are over
>> 2
>> > release steps out of sync. which is not ideal, but out of my hands.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Phill.
>> > 1. https://launchpad.net/chromium-project
>> >
>> > On 15 April 2013 22:14, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>> > > On Monday, April 15, 2013 10:11:05 PM Phill Whiteside wrote:
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > whilst the ubuntu guys do ensure timely updates for chromium, there
>> are
>> > > > some of us who do not mind being on the bleeding edge. The dev
>> version
>> > > > of
>> > > > chromium has now been added to raring. Please understand that this
>> is
>> > > > not
>> > > > the 'stable beta' which seems to have fallen by the way side owing
>> to
>> > > > not
>> > > > enough man hours. If you want to 'play safe' then use the standard
>> > >
>> > > upgrades
>> > >
>> > > > that apply, if you want to try out the 'dev' version, then add
>> Alex's
>> > >
>> > > PPA.
>> > >
>> > > > [1].
>> > > >
>> > > > As with all 'dev' versions, it may break so do be aware of how to
>> 'roll
>> > > > back'. But, for me it only had a (non-critical) bug for a couple of
>> days
>> > >
>> > > in
>> > >
>> > > > the last 12 months.
>> > > >
>> > > > @Alex, thanks for keeping the dev PPA updated.
>> > > >
>> > > > Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Phill.
>> > > > 1. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium-dev
>> > >
>> > > Phil,
>> > >
>> > > Please keep a clear distinction between Ubuntu and other related
>> things.
>> > > There is an Ubuntu archive that's supported by the Ubuntu project.
>>  Many
>> > > people like to provide other packages in PPAs (such as this), but
>> they are
>> > > most emphatically not part of Ubuntu.  People installing software from
>> > > PPAs
>> > > need to do their own due diligence as there is absolutely no external
>> QA
>> > > or
>> > > security checks done of what goes into a PPA, so it's important that
>> > > people
>> > > understand if they are doing thing from the official archive or not.
>> > >
>> > > Scott K
>> > >
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