Synaptic Package Manager query

[Geoffrey]

In the list of packages there is a column between the select box and
package name columns. It is either occupied by the Ubuntu logo or is
blank.
What is the significance of the Ubuntu logo?
Geoffrey

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[Scott Evans]

They are fully supported by Ubuntu, meaning they maintain those packages...

On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 17:12 +1000, Geoffrey wrote:

In the list of packages there is a column between the select box and
package name columns. It is either occupied by the Ubuntu logo or is
blank.
What is the significance of the Ubuntu logo?
Geoffrey

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[Mike James]

According to the icon legend in the help menu, it means that the
"Package is Supported", although Im not sure what that really means either.

[IKT]

more info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#Package_classification_and_support