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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by rlpb on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:44PM (#36624300)
> The forced updating is particularly unacceptable.

Snaps allow you to hold updates indefinitely now: no forced updates any more. Use "snap refresh --hold <some snap name>". See https://snapcraft.io/docs/keeping-snaps-up-to-date#heading--....

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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by JohnFen on Thursday July 06, 2023 @07:07PM (#36624547)
Oh, that's good news!
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Re:Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote Debs (Apparen... by apple4ever on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:49AM (#36627293)
Oh wow I missed they finally gave in and fixed that. When did that happen?
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