ppa directory disappeared

[Joep L. Blom]

On 10/05/11 14:09, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On 5/10/2011 6:53 AM, Joep L. Blom wrote:
>> Thanks, Yes I found that also. But where are the main packages for Lucid
>> 64-bit? It is annoying when the packager removes an active version,
>> especially when it is a LTS version.
>
> There are no packages for Lucid because the author no longer supports
> it, presumptively.  You'll have to use his profile page on launchpad to
> contact him and ask him why he stopped supporting an LTS release.
>
> It's absolutely up to the author what versions of Ubuntu he/she supports
> when it comes to PPA.  They are not confined to the support requirements
> of Canonical.
>
> Sometimes it just happens that they accidentally do it though.  There
> have been times I've emailed and asked an author why such is such and
> they admit it was a mistake and fix it pretty quickly so I would
> certainly suggest (again) you contact him/her and see if it was intended
> or accidental.
>
Nils & Jordan,
Thanks for the reply. I now see that it is on;y the gnokii packages that 
are discontinued for AMD-64. However, I have a nokia phone and use that 
package daily so I will follow the suggestion of Jordan and mail the author.
Thanks a lot,
Joep