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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,
You have to contact the upstream.  For Ubuntu you have to talk with
Debian and propose your package.
You have to send an RFP e-mail (Request for packaging).
https://wiki.debian.org/RFP
If Debian packages it, Ubuntu will bring it into the repos


On 09/29/2014 07:17 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Now I have uploaded mkusb version 9.0 to the stable PPA
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
>
> I think it will work well. After all the testing, most bugs should be
> squashed :-P
>
> Now to the next item: How to get mkusb into a real repository?
>
> Do *you* know anything about that process?
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2014-09-20 21:25, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I have made mkusb more user friendly, and I think that it is quite
>> convenient now to make USB pendrives. It is described at this link
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/v9
>>
>> This method works well for me, so I want to share it. As shown in the
>> attached file, mkusb copies / flashes / clones the Lubuntu
>>
>> utopic-desktop-i386.iso
>>
>> to a USB 3 pendrive in a USB 2 port in 21 seconds :-)
>>
>> PPA would be the preferred method to install mkusb for Ubuntu, maybe for
>> Debian and Linux Mint and other Ubuntu and Debian based distros and
>> re-spins, but the method described at
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/v9#from_phillw.net
>>
>> works also for Knoppix, Mageia, Fedora and openSUSE. To make it
>> convenient, the installers (corresponding to apt-get) are called and pv,
>> xterm and zenity installed automatically. The scripts at phillw.net can
>> also uninstall mkusb; 'money back' if you are not satisfied ;-)
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> mkusb is tested (and tweaked to work) in
>>
>> {Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu} {12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 14.10}
>>          with PPAs for these versions (precise, trusty, utopic)
>> Bento
>> Bodhi
>> Debian Wheezy (and 9w)
>> Knoppix 7.4 (needed treatment with isohybrid)
>> Linux Mint
>> LXLE 12.04.3
>> LXLE 12.04.4 revisited 32-bits (needed treatment with isohybrid)
>> Mageia 4.1 Gnome Live and installed (needs a legacy desktop file)
>> ToriOS alpha
>>
>> mkusb works with simpler display in 'legacy mode' (without colours and
>> other html features, where Zenity lacks the --html option) in
>>
>> Fedora 20 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141802
>>
>> openSUSE 13.1 - https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896674
>>
>> Use mkusb 7 alias mkusb-nox or mkusb 8 in distros, where zenity does not
>> work at all.
>>
>> mkusb 9 is tested with the following iso files / distros, which can
>> (only) be installed
>>
>> Clonezilla
>> Kolibri (mkusb works but does not identify the distro)
>> Ubuntu mini 14.04
>> Webconverger
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> 1. Please help me decide if mkusb version 9.04 is mature enough to be
>> copied to the stable PPA :-)
>>
>> 2. When are we ready to abandon mkusb version 8 (used in ToriOS now)?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> Den 2014-09-06 14:31, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> mkusb version 9.0 is uploaded to Phill's server and the unstable PPA.
>>>
>>> * Improvements *
>>>
>>> - File selection dialogue only via zenity (when graphical environment).
>>>
>>> - Cosmetic improvements: I try to make the colour scheme as consistent
>>> as possible given the limitations of zenity. The menu lists have no
>>> colour, only shades of grey. I use the icon colour in the final
>>> confirmation windows. The blue colour which is standard in dialog is
>>> abandoned. The read warning colour is still there, of course :-)
>>>
>>> - Extended help with a separate help menu. There is even a quick link to
>>> the wiki page. I call the default web browser with the normal user id to
>>> avoid browsing with superuser id (a security issue).
>>>
>>> -o-
>>>
>>> This version will be described at
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
>>>
>>> and will be possible to download from
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/
>>>
>>> but is also available from our PPA, that was set up by
>>> Jörn. He taught be how to use it one week ago.
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
>>>
>>> will install the stable version mkusb 8.5.4
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable
>>>
>>> will install mkusb 9.0
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> This version takes a greater leap: separate versions for
>>>
>>> GUI mode: mkusb
>>> txt mode: mkusb-nox
>>>
>>> This avoids some complicated logic and makes the code smaller. I
>>> guess 95% of the users will prefer the GUI version, but the text version
>>> is good for servers and for users who do not want eye-candy.
>>>
>>> Please test either or both of
>>>
>>> mkusb version 9.0 and mkusb-nox
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>


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