If different repos are needed for ubuntu and debian then that can be done.

GC


On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 8:14 PM Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote:

> Except  it won't work when the dependencies are not the same between
> Debian and Ubuntu.
>
> (Unless the PPA repo is Debian specific:
> https://launchpad.net/debian/+ppas — however, a quick 1min look at this
> doesn't show packages actually being uploaded here, so maybe this is not
> supported anyway.)
>
> sent from phone
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 15:55 Maxthon Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> So… basically a PPA? I’m for it. (There is no reason why Debian can’t use
>> a Ubuntu PPA IMO.)
>>
>> On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:52 PM, Gregory Casamento <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> One of the things we have struggled with in the past is the fact that the
>> Debian packages are, necessarily, way behind.   I would like to set up a
>> repo that contains the needed packages (at first for deb, but then for rpm
>> based repositories as well) for users to get their packages directly from
>> us IF they choose to do so.  I am in no way saying we should not create
>> packages for Debian, but this would allow us to have more control and also
>> would allow us to create packages that use clang instead of GCC for Linux.
>>
>> I am going to set this up on an AWS server.  I will let you guys know
>> about my progress.  If anyone would like to help or has any advice, let me
>> know.
>>
>> Thanks, GC
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