Hi Bjoern, Am 17.03.2012 02:14, schrieb Bjoern Michaelsen: > Hi all, > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 08:58:31AM +0100, eric b wrote: >> FYI, Ubuntu Mageia, Mandriva blocked us too : while issues asking >> for integration exist, nobody will never do anything serious, and >> every time we'll fit a condition, another will be invented to block >> again ... > > That is quite an outragious misrepresentation of facts. Nothing is blocking > you > from packing OOo4Kids in an Ubuntu ppa. I would like to see a link proving > these claims. That being said AFAIK nobody even bothered to try this. The same > goes for Apache OpenOffice -- feel free to make a ppa release for it. You > would > be well advised not to disturb LibreOffice (or any other package from the > main/universe repositories) in doing so. Not because it is strictly a > requirement in a PPA (which sometimes contain experimental/flaky stuff), but > because even the most adventurous users will not forgive you lightly when you > mess with applications from the default install. >
I think Eric was talking about the integration into the standard repositories, not building a Personal Package Archive on Launchpad. Christoph > Best, > > Bjoern > > (*) as long as you stick to the https://help.launchpad.net/PPATermsofUse >
