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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,

a begging email to Julien may help. He is aware of the application and may
be able to assist in finding you a sponsor :)

Regards,

Phill.

On 29 September 2014 13:41, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you Israel,
>
> I'll try ...
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
> Den 2014-09-29 14:26, Israel skrev:
> > 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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