On Thursday, July 03, 2014 08:26:33 Alan Pope wrote: > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 02, 2014 10:49:17 Steve Langasek wrote: > > ... > > > >> Because you're building it from a ppa, so it's not a remix. > > > > ... > > > > Canonical has published "remixes" that included PPA packages, so there's > > nothing novel about this. I can't seem to find the official definition of > > a Remix on Ubuntu.com anymore, but IIRC UNR [1] was not fully in the > > archive when initially released. I don't think the Moblin Remix [2] was > > either, but my memory about that one is less clear. > > > > I actually agree that is should not be a remix, but that's not the way the > > term has been used so far. > > I believe this was tightened [1] up by the tech board after > conversations [2] back in 2012 about Ubuntu Business Remix and the > policy surrounding the extension repos. > > [1] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-February/001215.html > [2] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2012-January/001177.html
Nothing in those links says you can't have non-archive packages in a Remix. Rather the opposite. Scott K -- Ubuntu-release mailing list Ubuntu-release@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release
