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Re: Basing elementary on latest and greatest pieces of software

 

Ah, sorry, I did not mean to press you, just ask as a way to identify were
help is needed.


On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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> Cody Garver
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