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Re: Basing elementary on latest and greatest pieces of software

 

I'm working on it, I'd like to have it deployed by 14.04 but no promises.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Nikos Vasilakis <nikos.ailo@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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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