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Re: Cluster repository for third-party software not in Ubuntu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew m. boardman)
Wed Oct 28 17:25:48 2009
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To: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:25:39 -0400
From: "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>
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> [...] I propose that we create a second apt repository in the
> debathena locker with name "apt-cluster" or somesuch, and give alexp bits
> to it, so he can use reprepro to upload Adobe's .debs there.
I'm happy with the concept, but I suspect we'd find other things to put
there than just cluster-specific stuff, so I'd like a more generic repo
name like "apt-extras" or somesuch.
In the past, non-local, non-OS-vendor stuff we've supplied has included
a/v plugins, various java stuff, and vmware stuff. (Can we get a matlab
.deb?) It's possible that the nature of Ubuntu will make such a need
unlikely, though; RHEL wasn't very interested in day-to-day shininess.
