Ubuntu Studio built by Canonical using Universe.

[Luis de Bethencourt]

Thanks Pete Savage for the unmet main deps list.

IMHO it's not that the software of ubuntu studio is in bad shape. It's
that most of them don't "fit" on main.

I agree with Matt Zimmerman. Neither Canonical nor Ubuntu Studio need
to change their policies. I understand the need for a universe
excluding standard build, and the safety it brings.

I see having an alternate build for Ubuntu Studio the cleanest
solution. This will not only help both sides maintain policies, but
will help third derivative projects that may come in the future. I
sincerely believe we should be looking at this problem in a broader
time spectrum and not as a specific and only once ever as it seams.
Ubuntu Studio might want to ship new packages in the future, stop
shipping old packages, or new projects with the same problem may rise
in the Ubuntu world.

Luis de Bethencourt
luisbg

On 7/5/07, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 02:07:20PM -0400, Cory K. wrote:
> > Getting all the packages Ubuntu Studio uses into Main. I
> > respectfully say I don't see this as a viable option as we use MANY
> > packages from Universe. Here's our package list as of Feisty:
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageList
> >
> > I don't see this as a option for 2 reasons. Time involved in getting
> > these packages into Main and more importantly, I feel there's no way in
> > hell all the packages even would be accepted. :)
> >
> > So. What can be done? Only thing I can think of is that the normal build
> > process could be modified to included building from Universe. I'm sure
> > this can be done as we have built our disks this way. It might just be a
> > matter of resources which I'm sure are tight atm.
>
> I see no reason why it should be necessary to push for these packages to go
> into main.  The fact that Canonical is building the images for you should
> not require any changes of policy on your part, and you can continue to ship
> the same software that you otherwise would.
>
> The reason that the standard build process excludes universe is as a safety
> mechanism, because we do not want to inadvertently ship software from
> universe.  It should be possible to modify this for the Ubuntu Studio build.
>
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>  - mdz
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