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 <xcvi...@me.com> 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 <greg.casame...@gmail.com> > 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 > -- > Gregory Casamento > GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant > http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron > https://gf.me/u/x8m3sx - My GNUstep GoFundMe > > >
