-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Raphael Geissert wrote: > William Pitcock wrote: > [...] >> The ideal way to handle this would be to have a single repository. PPAs >> solve a different problem, which is giving contributors and developers a >> playground to publish their in-progress packages. This is more about >> getting packages to users in an efficient way, for maintainers that do >> not wish to include those packages in Debian proper for either policy >> reasons, code quality reasons, or otherwise. > > Solution: > http://their.domain.tld/debian sid main > > Why do people even want to care about those packages? > I mean, why would one want to use a package which has dubious quality, dubious > maintenance, dubious origins (can it even be legally distributed/used/etc?), > dubious <insert whatever you want here>?. > > If a package is not in shape, then get it in shape. > If they don't know how to setup a simple repository or don't know how to > package > and are not willing to learn, then they should just forget about it and > install > the software by hand (if they know how to do that, of course). > > There's no reason to spend/waste more time/resources on all that extra stuff > only newcomers will, wrongly, use. > > Or do we have so much man power that there's no much left to do but to waste > it? > >> William > > P.S. no need to reply; I just can't stand seeing this topic being brought to > discussion over and over again, always suggesting the same, silly > IMO, "solutions". > > Cheers, > Raphael Geissert > > >
> Solution: > http://their.domain.tld/debian sid main Not for some people. Not to mention that most of those repos are improperly constructed, some aren't even signed! > Why do people even want to care about those packages? Same reason you care about <insert random package from your dpkg - --get-selections> > If a package is not in shape, then get it in shape. As some people will tell you that isn't always enough > There's no reason to spend/waste more time/resources on all that extra stuff > only newcomers will, wrongly, use. You are making the assumption that it will be like Upload > in, without QA, NEW or anything and that is not what has been proposed. > Or do we have so much man power that there's no much left to do but to waste it? This is a volunteer project, so individuals can allocate their time as they see fit. Matt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkwy/gACgkQfGeS0kace82B+gCggdV//dBEgLiLU7TdJ4B7IKc+ 4HYAn1QxM3zQkFrMC0/1Jvletczopq/+ =siPF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
