Suggestion for new repository of software - new versions,, of software in between Ubuntu releases

[Jeff Waugh]

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 23:44 -0500, Tim Hull wrote:
> After a release, are non-security bug fixes ever accepted into Ubuntu? 

We would push out fixes for high-impact or dataloss bugs.

> Also, with the development branch, is this as unstable as Debian sid? Is 
> there ever a significant risk in breakage among the core packages and 
> X/Gnome that would result in a system being inoperable (as in, you can't 
> start X or Gnome and/or can't log in), or is the risk mostly w/non-core 
> userland programs?

The development branch *is* Debian sid for a limited period, then we
freeze for bugfixing and testing. At times it may be more unstable than
sid or less unstable than sid. :-)

- Jeff

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