Hello, > First, can you read me? I not sure if I subcribed correctly to the > mailing list.
Yes, we can read you. > Second and the main topic: Partner repository is our friend. I agree with that. It contains a number of software pieces existence of which offloaded us from a number of issues related to deployment of those. > We need think about Windows application who has ported for Linux (like > TeamViewer) and add to partner repo. This us useful, I think, because > managers will like to see popular applications available for Ubuntu. > They think "I need app X. That's OK, is ported already". > > What you think about it? Unfortunately, it's not that easy. The "partner repository" you refer to is actually "Canonical partner repository", so you should read it as "Repository of software shared in partnership with Canonical". Not every company providing commercial software for Linux is in partnership with Canonical. I believe that most of that software is actually packaged by Canonical employees themselves or at least a proper QA is put by them on those packages. The idea is that the software worked on Ubuntu as it is supposed to. Add to that the licensing restrictions enforced on some pieces of software. Even if the Canonical partner repository was open for any upload, the companies providing the software sometimes forbid to redistribute the software in any form, so it can't be legally uploaded. One example of that is Oracle Java 7, which is shared on the Oracle's website is a non-deb format installer that you are not allowed to embed inside a deb file nor distribute. I guess the only way forward with this thing is to pressure the software vendors to provide their Linux app to Canonical and establish some QA to create a proper deb package for the partner repository. For the time being we can help each other in the community by providing information on making a particular software piece working in Ubuntu and on making that easily available to the corporate desktops. We have solved the Oracle Java case by providing a deb package internally, so this does not constitute redistribution. Cheers, Ballock -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu Post to : enterprise-ubuntu@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-ubuntu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
