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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

*had NOT forgotten* :)

On 3 November 2012 23:43, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes I think they should,
>
> I've passed onto Julien Alex's details. Please bear in mind that this was
> just as the release came up, followed by UDS-R. The original email was to
> just say the tracking of things as far as I had got and that I had
> forgotten all those who have mentioned about the need to be able to get
> updates for Chromium.
>
> Feel free to ping towolf and see if we can get them to have a chat.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> P.S. Please use the 'reply to all option', it makes sure all the lubuntu
> people are fully updated and can join a conversation.
>
>
> On 3 November 2012 22:48, Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> i cant really do any dev stuff but should we try and put these 2 guys in
>> touch?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jackson.
>>>
>>> I've seen that PPA mentioned and if it is good then please feel free to
>>> mention. I've been using Alex's whilst trying to liase with getting the
>>> 'normal' ones back on. Feel free to invite him to the conversation. Having
>>> two people prepared to help out is always better than putting all the load
>>> load on one.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>> On 3 November 2012 22:23, Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> thanks, phill please let me know when a new ppa is out i have been
>>>> using sudo add-apt-repository ppa:towolf/crack. anything better than
>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Below is my best understanding of what is a truly grey area. Please
>>>>> feel to file corrections to facts. The Chromium-PPA ran out of volunteers
>>>>> to keep it all going.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whilst the 'usual' PPA's [1], [2] and [3] Are still in some flux,
>>>>> discussions have continued and sources sought. The -release team did add in
>>>>> the most upto date available Chromium that they had for 12.10, even though
>>>>> they knew it would be rapidly out of date. For doing that we owe a
>>>>> thank-you. Ubuntu do not 'per-se' maintain Chromium, it is a ported version
>>>>> of Chrome for F/OSS teams that up hold the differences between the
>>>>> commercial 'Chrome' and the true F/OSS Chromium.
>>>>>
>>>>> Part of this is trying to get that area resurrected. Along the way, I
>>>>> was lucky enough to have WebUp8 post me a link to getting 12.04 Chromium
>>>>> updates[4]. Those of you who know me will know that I would follow the
>>>>> trail :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex tries to keep an active PPA going [5] It covers all the releases
>>>>> of (L)ubuntu. The one shown as 'updated' was in fact the ubuntu version[6].
>>>>>
>>>>> You people have a headache yet? I have had plenty trying to track
>>>>> things and people down!
>>>>>
>>>>> So, for those of you who have read through this far.... there are new
>>>>> -ubuntu versions available by using the dev PPA listed at [4]. I just
>>>>> installed chromium-browser_23.0.1271.1~svn20120922r157674-0ubuntu1 So,
>>>>> there are newer versions about, just not yet in any "semi-official" PPA /
>>>>> Update route - So just add his if you want the latest versions.
>>>>>
>>>>> On a personal note:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it does infruriate me as well and I do try my best, but I'm not a
>>>>> dev / MOTU. If you do use Alex's PPA, do please drop him a quick email to
>>>>> say thanks... hopefully he will come on board and go through the hoops and
>>>>> jumps that are required to become official - just bear in mind, he is doing
>>>>> this out the kindness of his own heart & is *not* a part of bug
>>>>> reporting!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Phill.
>>>>> 1. https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa
>>>>> 2. https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable
>>>>> 3. https://launchpad.net/chromium-project
>>>>> 4.
>>>>> http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/new-chromium-stable-and-development.html
>>>>> 5. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop/+archive/chromium
>>>>> 6.
>>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/chromium-browser/22.0.1229.94~r161065-0ubuntu1
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. that well exceeds my last record for links in an email, but I
>>>>> thought it better that your could follow the full story as I have it.
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