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[Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Can you give me alex's details to pass onto tobias. also tobias lives in
berlin if that changes anything

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> *had NOT forgotten* :)
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> On 3 November 2012 23:43, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> On 3 November 2012 22:48, Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> i cant really do any dev stuff but should we try and put these 2 guys in
>>> touch?
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>>> 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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