On 06/02/2013 06:48 PM, Anders Jackson wrote: > OK, then why call it Personal Package Archive (PPA) if it isn't a PPA? > That is to practically asking to get comments like mine.
Probably because the new name hasn't been coined? I'm not sure. I am not responsible for this name. >> No it wont. In backports, we will only be able to support a single >> version of OpenStack, when upstream really is supporting 2. > > It can be worked around, by using meta packages and version named > packages so the released version is supported in the Debian repository > and new versions of OpenStack are added somewhere else like backports, > testing or wherever. I simply wouldn't have the time for such design. I'm practically alone doing all the packaging work, and that's quite huge. > And how is this going to be done, with Debian being released each > second-third year and OpenStack have a new release each 6 months? How > are the plans to support that? I'll try to make it possible to upgrade from Essex to the "J" release. But we're not there yet. > So don't use the same name. Make up something different, like Debian > Project Repository (DPR), DPA or whatever. Some people told about DPA yeah. Though again, I'm not the one that will make such decision / naming. Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
