2013/10/3 Cédric Krier <[email protected]> > Indeed all those arguments could be refuted by this simple question: > > If those "personal" packages are so good why are not there as official > packages in the distribution? >
Because "be official package" requires more time and effort and, as a people with limited resources, we have to choose in what we allocate these resources. Some examples of software served from personal package repositories: - PostgreSQL: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/postgresql - Google products: http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/ - XBMC: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Installing_XBMC_for_Linux#Official_Team_XBMC_repositories - Tilemill: http://www.mapbox.com/tilemill/docs/linux-install/#terminal_installation - PlayOnLinux: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/playonlinux - Dropbox: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/dropbox And others: http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppas Any answer to this question will be my concern about promoting the > package. > > -- > Cédric Krier > -- Guillem Barba http://www.guillem.alcarrer.net
