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[Nikos Vasilakis <nikos.ailo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Cody,

what do we need in order to get our own repo and automated build
infrastructure? Is it a hardware issue?

Cheers,
Nikos


On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Debian builds are possible when we get our own repo and automated
> build infrastructure.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:42 PM, Manish Sinha <manishsinha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone, I have thought, researched a lot before shooting this
> > mail. It is a proposal to make elementary a great OS, even better than
> > it is currently at the same time making sure the proposals are sane,
> > achievable and realistic.
> >
> > Older packages when released
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > At the moment luna is based on precise. It is a good thing because
> > Precise is LTS and supported for 5 years, but at the end of the day
> > when luna is released, it is based on 1.5 years old snapshot of ubuntu
> > plus some updates.
> >
> > Why not base next elementary on say debian testing or unstable. Maybe
> > unstable is a bit too unstable, but testing should be fine. I am still
> > not sure if GNOME would be vanilla or not, but atleast it won't be
> > containing a lot of patches and radically different components than
> > GNOME.
> >
> > This is just a suggestion. I would like to hear from people who
> > maintain the archives and system architects. They would be knowing
> > what issues can be faced in case elementary moves away from ubuntu or
> > what can be even gained.
> >
> > -
> > Manish
> >
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