1) dapper sources already adjuested 2) less load on riddell's servers, better support- official, stuff like that. - plus people will get it through backports - less hassle for people - means they have nice things easily.
Riddell and I have been working on this for about a week now :D lol - oh - and correction: things wont need to be re-backported just the KDE 3.5.1 packages that arent base (kde-games etc) John Dong wrote: > (1) Is it actually possible to get that done without adjusting Dapper > sources? > > (2) What is the advantage of doing this through Backports vs Riddel's > wonderful Kubuntu repositories? > > > On 2/6/06, *Martin Meredith* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > Ok, so - well - I'm currently backporting KDE 3.5.1 ... it's a pain > in the > ass- but we're getting there. > > Anyways - it's a big job for one person - is anyone else out there > willing > to help me test backports? > > Once I've got the base stuff done I'll release a pbuild tar.gz ...for > people to use. > > But- yeah - everything from > http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy-backports/kde/ is going to need > re-backporting. > > So ... anyone willing to help? > > > > -- > ubuntu-backports mailing list > ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com > <mailto:ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports> > > > >
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