Comment 20 for bug 578045

nerdy_kid, you are basically describing Ubuntu backports. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports> But backports are not used nearly often enough to fix this bug, because (1) issuing them still requires becoming (a) an "Ubuntu member", (b) an Ubuntu developer, and (c) a member of the Ubuntu Backporters team; (2) packaging is hard; (3) the backports process is bureaucratic; and (4) there is no simple UI for selectively installing backports, which lowers the incentive for providing them. Implementing the "Updates" section in USC <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#updates> would fix (4), but the other three probably can be fixed only with a process that does not involve the Ubuntu repos at all.