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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

you can contact Alex via his LP account[1]

It's not hard to find his actual email account, but I prefer not to give
out peoples email addresses without their explicit permission.

Regards,

Phill.
1. https://launchpad.net/~a-v-shkop

On 4 November 2012 00:18, Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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* :)
>>
>>
>> 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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