> On Feb 26, 2017, at 02:52, Anton Shestakov <a...@dwimlabs.net> wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 13:02:15 -0800 > heatherboo <heather.j.boo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> # HG changeset patch >> # User heatherboo <heather.j.boo...@gmail.com> >> # Date 1488054963 28800 >> # Sat Feb 25 12:36:03 2017 -0800 >> # Node ID b91f88bda2404c91722a62a2eb9afc63867a172b >> # Parent f8cee73d5cf0e9b4d46859c949ed0e23d65dd38c >> downloads: add link to PPA for ubuntu/debian >> >> diff --git a/templates/downloads/index.html b/templates/downloads/index.html >> --- a/templates/downloads/index.html >> +++ b/templates/downloads/index.html >> @@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ >> GUI the most. It integrates Mercurial directly into your explorer.</p> >> >> <p>Packages for common Linux, BSD and Solaris distributions can be >> - installed from the system specific repositories</p> >> + installed from the system specific repositories:</p> >> + <p>(Debian/Ubuntu: If you need a more recent version than what is >> available through apt-get, you can <a >> href="https://launchpad.net/~mercurial-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/releases";>try the >> PPA</a>.) >> + </p> > > I don't think it should recommend PPA for Debian too, because using > Ubuntu PPAs in Debian AFAIU is literally just rebuilding binary packages > from source packages. Which is easier with `make deb`.
I wonder if we should also suggest backports for Debian here? I very much like the idea of having the links to more up-to-date repos in the sidebar, and instructions for `make deb` aren't likely to fit very well here. pacem in terris / мир / शान्ति / سَلاَم / 平和 Kevin R. Bullock _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
