Update policies for clients tied to network services
Many packages in Ubuntu exist to interface with network-based services, whose protocols and features change over time. Services that try to be good citizens with respect to Ubuntu clients, such as Ubuntu One, are left at a disadvantage because they must support the client that was current at the time the oldest supported version of Ubuntu was released. This prevents them being able to provide feature parity for all Ubuntu users, and also impacts their ability to deprecate old protocols in a timely manner.
Can Ubuntu provide a procedure for official updates for network clients that addresses these issues? What should that procedure be?
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- None
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- John Lenton
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- Accepted for oneiric
- Implementation:
-
Slow progress
- Milestone target:
-
oneiric-alpha-3
- Started by
- Joshua Hoover
- Completed by
Whiteboard
Work items for oneiric-alpha-2:
[chipaca] Get buy-in/approval from release team for new update/delivery mechanism: INPROGRESS
Notes at: http://
ScottK comment 6/16/11:
It's probably the tech board that needs to review this. We've done this before for Landscape. See https:/
