Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercur...@ringworld.org> writes: >> 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.
I kinda feel as if the entire site needs a new coat of paint. Maybe we can discuss this at the sprint. _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel