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## page was renamed from UbuntuBelowZero/BOFs/BackportsPromotion
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 * Created: [[Date(2005-09-18T14:49:31Z)]] by MartinMeredith
 * Priority: NeedsPriority
 * People: NeedsLead, NeedsSecond
 * Contributors: MartinMeredith
 * Interested:
 * Status: UbzSpecification, BrainDump (then DraftSpecification then EditedSpecification then ApprovedSpecification), DistroSpecification
 * Branch:
 * Malone bug:
 * Packages affected:
 * Depends:
 * Dependents:
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 * BoF sessions: none yet
 * '''Launchpad Entry''': https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/backports-promotion
 * '''Created''': <<Date(2005-10-27T20:14:44Z)>> by JaneWeideman
 * '''Contributors''': MartinMeredith, Trent , Stephan Hermann, Reinhard Tartler
 * '''Packages affected''':
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Make people more aware of backports, and make the backport request process less transparent

(SoftwareManager would cover some of the above)
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Backports is now official, and a lot of people use it. It would be nice to have a way for new users to know it's there and to be able to enable it in a similar way to enabling universe
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   * Create Wiki Documentation to explain what backports is, and how to use it with emphasis on the differences between backports and extras.
 * Fix update-manager so that it checks for backports updates
 * Update synaptic so that it shows a dialogue similar to the "universe" dialog to warn about enabling backports
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    self.templates.append(SourceEntryTemplate("deb",
                                         "http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/",
                                          "breezy-backports",
                                          _("Ubuntu 5.10 backports"),
                                          ubuntu_comps))
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CategorySpec

Summary

Make people more aware of backports, and make the backport request process less transparent

(SoftwareManager would cover some of the above)

Rationale

Backports is now official, and a lot of people use it. It would be nice to have a way for new users to know it's there and to be able to enable it in a similar way to enabling universe

Use cases

Scope

Design

Implementation

  • Create Wiki Documentation to explain what backports is, and how to use it with emphasis on the differences between backports and extras.
  • Fix update-manager so that it checks for backports updates
  • Update synaptic so that it shows a dialogue similar to the "universe" dialog to warn about enabling backports

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion

CategorySpec

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