On 08/03/18 16:32, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 12:59:56PM +0000, Tony Travis wrote: >> The only systems that will break if you remove your packages are mine >> and I'll fix them. > > What exact packages are you relying to. You mean the ones you have > uploaded?
Hi, Andreas. Bio-Linux 8.0.8 does not use the Debian-Med PPA, but in Barcelona I began trying to replace Tim's 'legacy' of binary packages with deb's built from source packages in the Ubuntu Debian-Med PPA. I'm not yet relying on anything in the Ubuntu Debian-Med PPA, but I would like to eliminate the binary-only .deb's that Tim and Bela created (I had no part in that, and advised against putting _anything_ in /usr/local). >> Please go ahead and remove your packages and, if you >> think the PPA is now redundant/harmful I think it should be deleted. > > I did not said its redundant it is unmaintained (at least it does not > fit my criterion of maintenance). Anything unmaintained is potentially > harmful. We might be able to fix this by simply removing packages older > than two years - but since I never really cared about the PPA (honest > question: who actually did?) I have no idea whether this would really > break something. I've deleted some packages that I tried to add/update from Debian-Med because they have external build dependancies like g++7 or newer JDK's and it would not make sense to back-port all this to Ubuntu Trusty (14.04). In fact, I think it might be a good idea to add Ubuntu Xenial (16.04) to the Debian-Med PPA, which is more likely to have the build tools necessary for more recent packages from Debian Sid. However, the next version of Bio-Linux will be based on Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 and I plan to use as much as possible from Debian-Med, but not necessarily using the Ubuntu Debian-Med PPA unless you think that would be a good idea? Bye, Tony. -- Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028 Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford, AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK) tel. +44(0)19755 63548 http://minke-informatics.co.uk mob. +44(0)7985 078324 mailto:[email protected]
