Ubuntu AppUpdate

[Joao Pinto]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Ryan Oram <ryanoram at trentu.ca> wrote:

> On Fri Jul 9 23:08:14 BST 2010, Joshua Timberman wrote:
> > Actually, the difference is that sbuild uses schroot with LVM snapshots
> for the chroot environments. It's quite a nice, elegant system and I prefer
> it to pbuilder for developing packages.
>
> Ya, I can definitely see why sbuild would be used for an automated
> build environment. It's quite a bit more customizable and better
> designed for industrial use.
>
> These differences aren't really all that relevant to individual
> developers though. sbuild and pbuilder both build in a chroot
> environment and if a package will build on one, it will very likely be
> able to build on the other.
>
> I'm probably going to use pbuilder for locally checking if the packages
> build in a chroot. The commands for pbuilder are very similar
> to those of debuild and it's quite a bit easier to use. It's more than
> enough for testing to see if the packages will build when uploaded to
> Launchpad, which is really all I would use it for. sbuild would be
> overkill for my individual use.
>
> -----
>
> Anyways, looking over both the projects of GetDeb and AppUpdate, they
> compliment each other more than they duplicate. GetDeb seems to build
> most of their own packages, while AppUpdate pulls them directly from
> the developer PPAs. This allows GetDeb to have more packages than
> AppUpdate, but this also allows for AppDate to have more up to date
> packages. Comparing the packages present on both GetDeb and AppUpdate,
> the packages on AppUpdate are a bit newer.
>
> My service will build very little on its own, as I feel that building
> the packages should be the responsibility of the developer. The goal
> of AppUpdate is to aggregrate the ~20 PPAs many Ubuntu users have in
> their sources, while giving the packages some extra testing to prevent
> the breakages that arise when a developer pushes a broken package to
> their PPA. Its main focus is to be a one stop place for Ubuntu users
> to get the latest applications for their install, without the risks of
> broken packages.
>
> Links to the AppUpdate PPAs:
>
> Stable: https://launchpad.net/~infinity-team/+archive/appupdate-stable<https://launchpad.net/%7Einfinity-team/+archive/appupdate-stable>
> Testing: https://launchpad.net/~infinity-team/+archive/appupdate-testing<https://launchpad.net/%7Einfinity-team/+archive/appupdate-testing>
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
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I am sorry but you are not correct, GetDeb only does packaging when such is
required, we try to avoid redundant work and package forking. Re-using
Ubuntu, Debian and PPAs building rules is a requirement if you intend to
minimize dependency conflicts with official packages. However we will not
use a developer's PPA or someone else build rules if we don't find them to
have sufficient quality.
We did a lot packaging because we have provided many applications before
they were packaged anywhere else.

João Luís Marques Pinto
GetDeb Team Leader
http://www.getdeb.net
http://blog.getdeb.net
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