Dedicated Launchpad support forum for PPA porvided packaging.
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Poll Created Mon 10 Sep 2012 3:16AM
Dedicated Launchpad support forum for PPA porvided packaging. Closed Wed 12 Sep 2012 11:14AM
Diaspora is now in process of setting up a Launchpad PPA with up-to-date code and a packaging recipe.
Question is, should we support with the software provided by the PPA on Launchpad via Launchpad's support forum features?
If this proposal does not pass we will continue to handle any bugs with the Diaspora software via GitHub-wiki & IRC regardless if it was distributed from there or the PPA.
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tortoise Tue 11 Sep 2012 7:29PM
Sorry, but what is PPA?
Florian Staudacher Tue 11 Sep 2012 7:35PM
Personal Package Archive hosted on Canonical infrastructure (launchpad.net) for the Ubuntu (and derivate) distributions.
tortoise Tue 11 Sep 2012 7:38PM
OK, so it is a place to house code for installations? Is that it?
Sean Tilley Tue 11 Sep 2012 8:37PM
A PPA is an easy way to host Ubuntu-compatible packages. If we package Diaspora in a PPA, for instance, installation for people running Ubuntu servers would be able to install it by adding the PPA, and putting "sudo apt-get install diaspora" in a command terminal.
tortoise Wed 12 Sep 2012 7:00AM
And what is a package? Is it installation code?
Sean Tilley Wed 12 Sep 2012 8:15AM
Yes. Essentially, a package is software that a user installs on their computer. Some distributions, such as Ubuntu, make packages very easy to install.
tortoise Wed 12 Sep 2012 8:18AM
Thanks! :)
groovehunter · Mon 10 Sep 2012 9:49AM
For a successful usage of launchpad plus github/launchpad cooperation (issue transfer) the most important question is IMO if you, Hans are comfortable with launchpad,, use it regularly. And then the work style of the other people involved in packaging counts too of course.