Ubuntu
chromium-browser package

chromium isn't updated since months

Bug #1044307 reported by Florian Achleitner on 2012-08-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1086613: Please update to 23.0.1271.97. Edit Remove

This bug affects 6 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	chromium-browser (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

What can we do to get back continuous chromium updates and therefore make this browser secure and comfortable to use on ubuntu?
chromium is still on version 18.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-09-04:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2012-09-06:

I'm going to take a look at packaging the latest version.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Chris Wilson (notgary)

Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) on 2012-09-06

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Chris Wilson (notgary) → nobody

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Florian Achleitner (fachleitner) wrote on 2012-09-16:

I built the current stable version with the ubuntu packaging scripts. Several patches did no longer apply correctly. I simply removed them from the series without deeper inspection.

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Phill Whiteside (phillw) wrote on 2012-09-16: Re: [Bug 1044307] Re: chromium isn't updated since months

As a work around, please have a read of
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-chromium-stable-and-development.html

I run the daily build, you may not wish to.

Regards,

Phill.

On 16 September 2012 18:16, Florian Achleitner
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> I built the current stable version with the ubuntu packaging scripts.
> Several patches did no longer apply correctly. I simply removed them
> from the series without deeper inspection.
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> What can we do to get back continuous chromium updates and therefore
> make this browser secure and comfortable to use on ubuntu?
> chromium is still on version 18.
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