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As +for registration I think that has never been needed to make PPA's for +Ubuntu. + +Users of any PPA have to trust the person or people who made it, that +they aren't getting malicious software from the PPA. So on a official +Mageia PPA's or something like PPA's sub site, they could be offered, +but I think should only be from people who have gone through the Mageia +packaging process and that are trusted, as I suggested in the other message. + +With Ubuntu Some PPA's used to be sort of supported by the Ubuntu +Community, more recently in general PPA's with Ubuntu are supported +more, because the software centre can install them for example. + +Before PPA's if I remember correctly Wine used to have a special repo +for Ubuntu, but for a rather long time those that want the very latest +final version can install the PPA instead. Pidgin also offers a PPA and +has done for a rather long time for it's latest final version. + +With Ubuntu 11.04 which uses GNOME 2 with their patches as the fall back +mode, and Unity on top of GNOME 2 as the default, there was also a PPA +made for GNOME 3. I tried the PPA out in both Beta 2 and the final I +think, and it didn't work that well for me, and this seems to have been +the case for a lot of other people as well, but it was known to be buggy. + +So put simply all a PPA tends to be is a way for users to easily install +later versions of software without having to use a development version +of the distribution that offers a later version of the software that is +wanted. Or without waiting until the next version of the distribution. + +PPA's are repo's as a result the software in those repo's will be +updated usually at times, and proper updates not just security. + +With PPA's it's ok for them to be buggy as mentioned in my previous +email, because unlike backports they probably haven't gone through a +proper QA process. + +Backports from Cauldron to Mageia 2 it seems will probably start being +offered soon after Mageia 2 has been released, but I don't know for +sure. However I do think that having something like PPA's as well for +Mageia would be quite a good thing indeed! As long as users understand +that they may be buggy, and shouldn't be relied on to much if wanting +loads of later software, than what the current latest stable version of +Mageia at the time is offering. Many Mageia users who would like a lot +of later versions of software than what the repo's of a final version of +Mageia has, should probably be running Cauldron instead really. + + From Sebastian sebsebseb +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20120421/39b59f73/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014618.html">[Mageia-dev] Freeze push: screengrab +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014588.html">[Mageia-dev] [Mageia-discuss] A proposal of some kind to get point of views & comments +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14577">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14577">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14577">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14577">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |