Debian builds are possible when we get our own repo and automated build infrastructure.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:42 PM, Manish Sinha <manishsi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, I have thought, researched a lot before shooting this > mail. It is a proposal to make elementary a great OS, even better than > it is currently at the same time making sure the proposals are sane, > achievable and realistic. > > Older packages when released > --------------------------------------------- > At the moment luna is based on precise. It is a good thing because > Precise is LTS and supported for 5 years, but at the end of the day > when luna is released, it is based on 1.5 years old snapshot of ubuntu > plus some updates. > > Why not base next elementary on say debian testing or unstable. Maybe > unstable is a bit too unstable, but testing should be fine. I am still > not sure if GNOME would be vanilla or not, but atleast it won't be > containing a lot of patches and radically different components than > GNOME. > > This is just a suggestion. I would like to hear from people who > maintain the archives and system architects. They would be knowing > what issues can be faced in case elementary moves away from ubuntu or > what can be even gained. > > - > Manish > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp