Partners repository

[Jef Driesen]

John French wrote:
> I am having a minor problem, which, I believe may, in other ways, affect
> a number of other people.
> 
> I use VMware Server on Feisty. When I tried to move to Gutsy, I found it
> was no longer in the repos. I enquired and was told that the "partners
> repository" was not yet in sync. So I am still waiting. Now, for all I
> know, someone has decided not to include it any more, so I should
> download it myself, or change to VirtualBox. Or, then again, maybe it
> will re-appear tomorrow. It would be nice to know. And there must be
> many other decisions to include or exclude components, which many people
> would find it valuable to be aware of.
> 
> I did write to the man who edits the weekly news, and asked him if he
> could include this sort of news. He agreed it was a valid question, but
> it hasn't appeared. Can anyone tell me the authoritative source of this
> sort of information ?

vmware server is available since a few days from the partner repository:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu gutsy partner