[Gambas-user] Launchpad, Debian maybe?

[Bruce Steers]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2023, 15:10 T Lee Davidson, <t.lee.davidson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/29/23 18:37, Bruce Steers wrote:
> > I was looking at launchpad and see they support Debian repositories too.
> >
> > Could a Debian launchpad be made / used instead?
> >
> > Wouldn't it also work for Ubuntu and all the systems it currently does
> with Ubuntu being Debian based ?
> >
> > Respects
> > BruceS
>
> I have been looking into switching to Debian, and so I did some, albeit
> minimal, research regarding packages from Ubuntu
> community repos working on Debian.
>
> As I understand it, an upstream (Debian) package *should* work on a
> downstream (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) system, but not necessarily
> vice versa. The package dependencies would be the deciding issue.
>
> My knowledge on this is quite limited, so weigh it accordingly.
>
>
> --
> Lee
>

Yeah I unpacked the launchpad Ubuntu files  once and tried installing them
in Debian but dependencies were all messed up.

Possibly it's the same trying to install a Debian built package upstream in
Ubuntu?

I don't know.
If a Debian launchpad did work upstream it would be great 😊

Respects
BruceS

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