Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Ubuntu rdiff-backup PPA?

[Andrew Ferguson]

Andreas,

I'm just happy to see more recent rdiff-backup packages appearing in  
the Ubuntu universe. Many thanks for taking on this project. Many of  
the bug reports in the past have been due to old releases.

I have a launchpad account which is somehow associated with the rdiff- 
backup project (so that I can manage bug reports). Let me know if you  
need any help getting your PPA "blessed" or whatever, or if there's a  
link I should put on the rdiff-backup webpage.


thanks,
Andrew



On Feb 10, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Andreas Olsson wrote:

> @Andrew:  What is your take on this idea? It would somehow feel  
> wrong to use
> the rdiff-backup name in a PPA without your approval.
>
> // Andreas
>
> On Tuesday 27 January 2009 01:08:59 Andreas Olsson wrote:
> > Right now I'm working on moving my rdiff-backup debs from a private
> > repository to a Launchpad PPA. In that process I got an idea...
> >
> > Unless you'r familiar with with Launchpad and their PPA, now is a  
> > good time
> > to find out :)  Feel free to visit https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA
> >
> > The idea is to have some kind of (semi-)official rdiff-backup PPA  
> > providing
> > updated packages of rdiff-backup to Ubuntu. This could be something  
> > really
> > useful, considering Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) will be the first release  
> > shipping
> > packages from the current rdiff-backup stable branch.
> >
> > For example; Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) provides rdiff-backup 1.1.15 by  
> > default
> > while Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) provide a somewhat patched rdiff-backup
> > 1.1.16. Both thse Ubuntu releases will most definitely be around  
> > for a
> > while.
> >
> > Provided there are some kind of official sanctioning I should be  
> > able to
> > take care of maintaining such a repository. By now I'm starting to  
> > get
> > quite familiar with both rdiff-backup and the debian packaging  
> > system. Of
> > course, it would probably be a good idea to have a few people  
> > helping out
> > the testing.
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