Comment 12 for bug 77528

On 02/11/2009 01:35 PM, Elliott Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, February 11, 2009 08:48, John Vivirito wrote:
>> You do know that the repo is a debian repo right? that carries debian
>> binaries with it. Ubuntu has never supported unofficial repos since we
>> cant control what is uploaded to them its been like that since before
>> dapper release.
>
> as maintainer of the repository in question, i have a pretty good idea of
> exactly what's in it.
>
you stated that debian repo has nothing to do with this bug, see comment:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/update-manager/+bug/77528/comments/9
It has everything to do with it. Since we dont support it we wont try to
allow it in u-m.
If you want to use a repo for Ubuntu why dont you convert the debian
packages to ubuntu packages and use your PPA for Ubuntu packages?

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