[Qgis-developer] Could ubuntugis PPA be a recommended repository for QGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu ?

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Ivan,

On Mon, 06. May 2013 at 14:58:55 +0200, Ivan Mincik wrote:
> I wonder if ubuntugis PPA could be a recommended and only one repository
> for QGIS 2.0 on Ubuntu instead of distribution packaged version and
> package from 'http://qgis.org/debian'.

Recommended: ok.
Only: why?

I don't see the problem with a less intrusive version (ie. qgis on plain
ubuntu) and a more intrusive version (ie. qgis on ubuntugis).

Switching between the same versions from different repositories might be a
problem, but I suppose that doesn't happen often.

Maintaining both versions wasn't a big problem in the past, so I don't expect it
be come one in future.

The packages are only built on release, with the current dependencies at that
point - and only updated, when manually when necessary.  But that also applies
to both repositories.


> What needs to be done ?:

> 1. Fine tuned Debian 'control' file to prevent conflicting installation of
>    packages after upgrading from distribution packages to UbuntuGIS
>    (this is the case for example in GDAL)

0. Report those problems.


> 2. More clearly described relation between ubuntugis-stable and
>    ubuntugis-unstable repositories (when the packages move from unstable to
>    stable ...)

Yes, that would be nice to know - I only upload to ubuntugis-unstable ;)


Jürgen

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