menachem
February 16th, 2007, 04:08 PM
The edgy-proposed repository (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=362624), mentioned in a previous thread, is similar to an idea I had for improving stability of updates.
A couple months ago there was an issue where a bug in an update caused X to stop working. It was fixed pretty quickly, but a lot of people complained about it.
If all package updates went into an edgy-proposed style repository [let's call it "edgy-new-updates"] a week before those updates were officially released to the general public, people could test out the updates before they were officially released to the general public.
That way, people who wanted the updates as soon as they were available would use that repository (they would be willing to put up with any show stopping bugs that might crop up). People who wanted to be safe could wait a week for the updates to hit the general repositories before getting the update.
I would guess that over 90% of ubuntu users would use the "edgy-new-updates" repository, so the same bugs would get found. However, since they accepted the possibility of those bugs, and cautious users have the option to wait a week before getting the package, there wouldn't be such a big tumult when these bugs are found.
Just a thought.
A couple months ago there was an issue where a bug in an update caused X to stop working. It was fixed pretty quickly, but a lot of people complained about it.
If all package updates went into an edgy-proposed style repository [let's call it "edgy-new-updates"] a week before those updates were officially released to the general public, people could test out the updates before they were officially released to the general public.
That way, people who wanted the updates as soon as they were available would use that repository (they would be willing to put up with any show stopping bugs that might crop up). People who wanted to be safe could wait a week for the updates to hit the general repositories before getting the update.
I would guess that over 90% of ubuntu users would use the "edgy-new-updates" repository, so the same bugs would get found. However, since they accepted the possibility of those bugs, and cautious users have the option to wait a week before getting the package, there wouldn't be such a big tumult when these bugs are found.
Just a thought.