Comment 19 for bug 578045

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.