<p dir="ltr">Good point here. PPAs are, in general, to be considered unstable and unsupported (read: risky). This is true with both of the PPAs we're discussing. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Often times daily build PPAs track upstream changes which may create problems. Because of this, they should not be recommended. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The reason using the Xenial packages is mentioned first is because they are in the repos. In other words, they are supported and stable. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Simon's PPA technically doesn't include any real packages. It's merely an instruction for apt. It does all the stuff mentioned in the wiki in one step. That's it. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The reason for this is there is no such package in Xenial yet and something has been wrong with the metapackage in the daily PPA for some time. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Clearly we need to better explain this on the wiki. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Meanwhile, I hope Julien can give us an update on the status of the metapackage in the Lubuntu daily. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 24, 2016 14:50, "rcmn73" <<a href="mailto:rcmn73@gmail.com">rcmn73@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I guess I missed a lot of the conversation when I replied earlier.<br>
<br>
I was not aware of the process. I really though you were working of<br>
Julien's Meta.<br>
<br>
I know a lot of people(testers) have been using Julien's Meta for a<br>
while and therefore when something breaks or is out of place it is<br>
fixed very rapidly . Actually breakage are becoming very uncommon at<br>
this point. So if anything this meta has been "maturing" and is<br>
pretty stable.But I get your point it is a Daily build. That was the<br>
reason why I used your meta for the upgrade of a VM and the fresh<br>
install of a PC.<br>
<br>
However when you said that you create this meta from stable package ,<br>
I guess the package are stable.But the meta is not... Resulting in<br>
some modifications in the wiki page for example and me posting this<br>
thread because the use of this meta (for a new install and upgrade)<br>
resulted in both cases in an inferior result as if I used the Daily<br>
Build.<br>
<br>
I guess my point is , both seems to be as " *not* wise at all to<br>
recommend it in *any* *way* to people wanting to try out LXQt. "<br>
I guess it gives some sort of choice. And people can *risk* either of<br>
the two PPA I guess...<br>
<br>
As for me, objectively, and in *my* case the Meta you made was not<br>
satisfactory for both new install and upgrade. The daily actually end<br>
up fixing most of the issues on the upgraded system. But I had to<br>
reinstall entirely the system that had a fresh install.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 10:38 PM, rcmn73 <<a href="mailto:rcmn73@gmail.com">rcmn73@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thank you Simon,<br>
><br>
> I do not have system to upgrade anymore so I won't have a chance to<br>
> test. But If I find some time I'll try to do a fresh install in a VM.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Simon Quigley <<a href="mailto:tsimonq2@ubuntu.com">tsimonq2@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Greetings,<br>
>><br>
>> I found out what the problem was and I have adjusted the wiki page.<br>
>><br>
>> The difference from the daily PPA and my PPA is that my PPA is *just* the metapackage and the daily PPA has more than that.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Simon Quigley<br>
>> <a href="mailto:tsimonq2@ubuntu.com">tsimonq2@ubuntu.com</a><br>
>> tsimonq2 on Freenode<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> R.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
R.<br>
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