Re: Chromium in Sid not working
On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 05:37:26PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Stephen Allen wrote:
> > > The linux Chrome binary from Google appears to work fine on both machines.
> >
> > I don't use the Debian Chromium as it's too old.
>
> I think you must be thinking of the Chromium in Stable Squeeze which
> released with version 6. That isn't the one under discussion. Stable
> is stable and so that one won't be changing by intent.
Browsers should be updated as they can be quite volatile. Therefore a fast moving target.
> The Chromium browser under discussion is the current one from Sid. It
> is normally up to date and current. However at this moment things are
> in a bad state due to the "Aw, Snap!" crash with the current version.
> Hopefully that will eventually be sorted out and things will be back
> on track again.
Every time I've looked at it, not so. Anyway a browser is a fast moving target.
> > Why not just download Chromium from the Ubuntu ppa? It works fine, and there
> > is a version that tracks the Google-Chrome developer version too.
> >
> > Add this to your 'etc/apt/sources.list'
> >
> > ## Chromium Dev matches Chrome Dev version number
> > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/dev/ubuntu/ maverick main
> > deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/dev/ubuntu/ maverick main
>
> If that works for you then great. However do remember that Ubuntu is
> not Debian and when you "cross the streams" sometimes bad things
> happen. In that aircraft you are a test pilot for every flight
> evaluating its flight characteristics. Be sure to wear your parachute
> and know where the seat ejection handles are located. :-)
Yes generally you're correct; however Chromium built on Ubuntu is safe
for Debian. I've been doing this for 2 years. ;)
Now if we could get an Ubuntone official Debian Package, that would be great. We could do with that in Experimental.
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