I reported a duplicate of this bug. Just sharing my idea for a possible
solution.
Perhaps splitting the Ubuntu repos into two -- one for the Ubuntu Core
(kernel, desktop, system libraries, etc) and one for the applications.
The applications repo could then be continually updated as developers
update their apps without effecting the core system of Ubuntu. On system
upgrade ("distro upgrade"), only the System Repo would be updated to the
newest Ubuntu release, making the upgrade process far smoother then the
current mess that often results. I am sure there are problems with the
above approach, but perhaps there are ways to work them out on a
technical level.
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Upgrading packaged Ubuntu application unreasonably involves upgrading
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