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New debian-mentors Public .deb Repository Available

Posted by timothy on from the chicken-and-egg-resolved dept.

JohnKFisher writes "For anyone who has ever put together a .deb package, but didn't want to bother with the hassle of setting up their own repository, or trying to get your package added to the official one, the Public Package Repository is up and running. I wonder if this means someone can finally add a version of KDE not dating from late in the Carter administration."

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  1. VERY useful by Taral · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is a nice way of hosting packages when someone doesn't have the space to put up their own apt-repository. If it's searchable, that's a bonus.

    It remains to be seen exactly what kinds of packages will end up here. At least it still requires a DD sponsor, so hopefully poorly-packaged/broken packages will not end up here...

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    Taral

    WARN_(accel)("msg null; should hang here to be win compatible\n");
    -- WINE source code

  2. Not Gentoo by RiverTonic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's great news. Now it seems that I don't have to move to Gentoo to get some very recent packages.

    FYI: This is also a good please to find your deb-packages.

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