GetDeb.net vs. Backports...

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:16:44PM -0500, Michael R. Head wrote:
> I just came across www.getdeb.net today. The goals appear to be similar
> to those of the backports project (to provide the latest versions of
> desktop apps for previously released versions of Ubuntu). 
> 
> However, they also have a number of packages available that aren't in
> either Debian or Ubuntu's universe (for example Referencer:
> http://icculus.org/referencer/index.html ). I'm wondering if there's
> some way to get a dialog started to make sure the work of the GetDeb.net
> folks gets integrated into the universe. 

I'd never heard of it until now.  I'm CCing the MOTU Council, who I hope can
provide a channel to begin a conversation with them.

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 - mdz