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[Jörn Schönyan <joern.schoenyan@xxxxxx>]

Am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2014 21:01:01 CEST schrieb Israel:
> Hi Jörn!
> Will copying the packages over only copy a certain version, or will the
> icons/gtk theme continue to receive updates?
> If it will receive updated version we can simply copy packages.
> However, if they will not then we need to build their packages in our
> PPA so our users have everything up-to-date.
No, we have to look for updated packages - but for icons they are very 
rare.
> I do not think packaging everything into one PPA is exactly 'reinventing
> the wheel'.  I want the users to only have to add one PPA to have
> everything up to date rather than 4 or 5.
With reinventing the wheel I meant building new packages.
> If you know of a way to link in another PPA to an existing one that
> would save a lot of effort!!
Haven't seen a way for that, sorry. Maybe there is a way I don't know, 
though.
> Thanks
Very glad to help!
> On 12/05/2014 01:43 PM, Jörn Schönyan wrote:
> > ...
> > Hi Israel and the others,
> >
> > is there a reason for reinventing the wheel? Simply copying the
> > packages should do the job:
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/~numix/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+copy-packages
> >
> > Regards, Jörn