On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM, John McCabe-Dansted <gma...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the trust you put in me, but I do not nearly know enough about > > building software, configuration and ubuntu to feel comfortable with this > > role. > > I don't think that Ubuntu would let you fill the role without a mentor > anyway. I imagine more important than knowledge is > (a) finding an Ubuntu member willing to act as a mentor; and > (b) having the enough time to commit to working with Ubuntu over a > period of time etc. > I might definitely have problems with this part. > > But I think getting the PPA is a step in the right direction either > way. In addition to the advantage of having a PPA, making a PPA would > get you some skill as well as a pinch of respect in talking to Ubuntu, > if that's ultimately what you decide to do. > No - I have my niche and do not intend to change to software development. I just started this out of the realisation that I, as an advanced LyX user, had to compile LyX myself to have the newest releases on Ubuntu, despite the fact that there are ppas for many different projects. And if Even I find this slightly annoying, I can not imagine a normal ubuntu user doing this. > > > I do not think that a ppa can be considered an "extremistic" solution, as > it > > I think asking Ubuntu to drop LyX from their official repos, was the > "extremistic" part of that solution, not the creation of a PPA. > Ah - that would explain. Anyway - I will definitely follow up the ppa and with Rob's active help, we will be able to set it up as soon as possible. Cheers, Rainer > -- > John C. McCabe-Dansted > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
