[Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, I took liberty to forward opinion about PPA naming from GRASS ML. The name for unstable PPA is simply confusing (moreover with combination of testing PPA used for experimental packages - especially for Debian users). Could be that I missed discussion about PPA naming, anyway current names do

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Daniel Morissette
Hi Martin, Little clarification for the non-expert lurkers like myself, are you suggesting that the naming order should be as follows? unstable --> testing --> stable ... which would match the Debian policy found here: https://www.debian.org/releases/ Daniel On 2016-09-16 8:37 AM, M

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Randal Hale
I'm one of the guys who was commenting on the confusion. Someone commented that the naming is in keeping with Ubuntu policy. Which probably for the Sys Admin crowd is perfect. We've got a weird blend of Users who want software BUT (and I didn't up until this last thread) understand the reasonin

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Randal Hale
from my perspective it should be (which will completely break policy on several fronts) Testing/unstable -> Fresh/Stable/Current -> Older Releases. I don't know how the naming would need to be. I hesitate to suggest because I'm advocating breaking with a standard on Two different Distros. I

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Johan Van de Wauw
I'm in favor of removing testing and adding "experimental" instead. This is closer to the actual way we use the ppa. On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Randal Hale < rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> wrote: > from my perspective it should be (which will completely break policy on > several fronts)

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Micha Silver
-- Original Message -- Subject: Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:08:33 -0400 To: Ubuntu From: Randal Hale I'm one of the guys who was commenting on the confusion. Someone commented that the naming is in keeping with Ubuntu policy.

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2016-09-16 15:45 GMT+02:00 Micha Silver : > "Experimental" (=Debian testing) --> "Current" (=Debian unstable) --> > "Legacy" (=Debian stable) AFAIK, Debian toolchains is: Experimental -> Unstable -> Testing -> Stable So: "Experimental" (=Debian experimental) --> "Current" (=Debian unstable/

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Micha Silver
-- Original Message -- Subject: Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:48:56 +0200 To: Micha Silver, Randal Hale, Ubuntu From: Martin Landa Hi, 2016-09-16 15:45 GMT+02:00 Micha Silver : "Experimental" (=Debian testing) --> "

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Sebastiaan Couwenberg
On 09/16/2016 03:45 PM, Micha Silver wrote: > Randal Hale >> I'm one of the guys who was commenting on the confusion. Someone >> commented that the naming is in keeping with Ubuntu policy. Which >> probably for the Sys Admin crowd is perfect. We've got a weird blend >> of Users who want software BU

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
+1 to renaming testing to experimental. On 09/16/2016 04:23 PM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: I'm in favor of removing testing and adding "experimental" instead. This is closer to the actual way we use the ppa. On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Randal Hale < rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> wrote:

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
On 09/16/2016 05:29 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: On 09/16/2016 03:45 PM, Micha Silver wrote: Randal Hale I'm one of the guys who was commenting on the confusion. Someone commented that the naming is in keeping with Ubuntu policy. Which probably for the Sys Admin crowd is perfect. We've got

Re: [Ubuntu] Fwd: [GRASS-dev] ubuntu gis policy

2016-09-16 Thread Sebastiaan Couwenberg
On 09/16/2016 07:14 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > On 09/16/2016 05:29 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >> On 09/16/2016 03:45 PM, Micha Silver wrote: >>> Randal Hale I'm one of the guys who was commenting on the confusion. Someone commented that the naming is in keeping with Ubuntu policy.