Update the program in the repository of Ubuntu

In the article How hard to get into Ubuntu, I described the actions that I had to perform in order to include my program in the official Ubuntu repository. But time passes, and the version number of the program in the repository does not change. Therefore, the next step in capturing the world of conquering Ubuntu was to update the version. All the steps that I had to perform will try to describe below ...

Unsuccessful attempt

Since I already know a person who last time assembled a package and added it to the repository, the first thing I did was contact him. He is quite polite, as well as French. On the question of what to do to update the program, he replied:



Hi Sergey! And happy new year :-)

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It’s a ticket to launchpad, requesting an upgrade ,.

Then, it’s not. It should be easier than the initial packaging :-)



After this message, I immediately went to LaunchPad.net . But after a half-hour search, where is it still necessary to open a ticket to pay attention to it, I decided to return to my unfamiliar Frenchman. Now with the question: "And where exactly should I open this ticket?".





You can use this link:

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountmanager (you have a report a bug link)



CU,

Fabrice

Successful attempt

In my case, at the end of the link is mountmanager, but in general there can be any Ubuntu program that you want to complain or report an error. In general, it is strange that you have to use the bug tracker to update your program, because each program requires an update. Cannonical could create a separate branch in LaunchPad for such cases.

I would like to take this opportunity to ask what is meant by “CU” at the end of the message. He usually wrote me Cheers, and now suddenly CU.

The whole further course of events you can read here: MountManager Upgrade ticket . Now nothing depends on me. It remains just to wait until I see the Version: 0.2.6 line on the apt-cache show show mountmanager request.

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I need your comments not as to improve the program itself, but in order to understand what seems to the user a good interface. Recently I started reading Jeff Raskin, so this topic began to seem very interesting to me.



Thanks for attention.