[Gambas-user] URGENT request to people of Gambas stable PPA

[Sebastian Kulesz]

Hey there!

I haven't pushed the update to the stable ppa yet. Just last night I
updated the bleeding edge ppa and I would like to wait a day or two to see
if any issues arise.

I can not hold the update because of one user. Think that there are a lot
of people waiting for the new features and fixes this release brings.

>From what you wrote, I assume you are using a Debian based distro. Would it
be possible for you to download a local copy of the repository instead of
compiling Gambas? Google a tool named reprepo, try to set it up on a server
locally, and download the packages currently available on the stable ppa. I
won't update it for a day or two, and I will let you know with some time so
you can prepare. But know that holding it for more than a few days is not
ideal.

If I can be of any help let me know!
On Mar 16, 2015 11:17 AM, "Willy Raets" <willy at ...2734...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> First, thank you for all the good and hard work getting Gambas out
> there.
>
> I have an urgent request for the Gambas-team people taking care of
> Gambas stable PPA.
>
> Would it be possible to have a PPA where Gambas 3.6.2 is available (a
> copy for example of the current).
>
> The reason I am asking is as follows.
>
> At work, I have been working on  a complete rewriting of current VB
> Client applications under Windows/MSAccess to Gambas 3.6.2 client
> applications under Linux/MySql. This project started december 2013.
>
> The rewrites have finished a few months ago and since I have been
> testing all. I am about to migrate the Windows environment to Linux.
>
> For this I need a working Gambas 3.6.2 PPA.
>
> Compiling Gambas 3.6 on the local systems will not work. Simply because
> the installation of the Gambas 3.6 migrated application .debs will not
> work because of missing dependencies.
>
> Why? Well, the distros package management system is not aware of the
> locally compiled Gambas 3.6.2. and will try to look for a PPA that holds
> them. Since all my applications are coded for auto-update-install new
> application versions, using the newer .debs, my auto-update-install
> mechanisms will not work either!
>
> Access to a Gambas 3.7 PPA is no solution as none of the applications
> where tested against Gambas 3.7 and I do not have a few months time to
> retest all. The migration is planned for next week!
>
> For this reason I need access to a working Gambas 3.6.2 repository, but
> with the release of Gambas 3.7, the 3.6.2 will soon be updated and no
> more 3.6.2 PPA will be available.
>
> Is it possible to host the 3.6.2 version at launchpad in a separate PPA,
> so that it will stay available.
>
> And wouldn't it be handy to have such a PPA for each last 3.x version.
> Especially, for those working in a professional environment, where
> stability is more important that the latest and greatest version of
> something.
>
> I hope some kind of solution will be possible or else the project will
> have a setback of a few months and my bosses will NOT be happy.
>
> It took me quite some time to convince them to make the move from
> VB/Windows to Gambas/Linux,so this latest Gambas update is really bad
> timing for me.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Willy (aka gbWilly)
>
> http://gambasshowcase.org/
> http://howtogambas.org
> http://gambos.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
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