On Sat, 23 May 2015 16:28:19 +0800 mudongliang <mudongliangabcd@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 05/23/2015 03:28 PM, Petter Adsen wrote: > > The major problem with using a ppa is that the software has not been > > vetted by the Debian project. It could contain malware or other > > security problems, and the maintainer of the ppa can suddenly > > decide to drop support of it, leaving you with a package that does > > not receive updates. > > > > You need to consider whether you trust the person running the ppa to > > not introduce weaknesses to your system. With the Debian > > repositories, there is a system in place to handle all of this. > > Adding a foreign repository _can_ make you vulnerable. You just > > don't know. > I think Debian is a distribution which focuses security and stablity. > So maybe it should help these interesting ,useful,meaning project > import into Debian project! If you want to get the package adopted by Debian, there is nothing to stop you from offering to maintain it yourself. Somebody needs to take on the responsibility of building the package for Debian, and provide updates and fixes. In the Debian community, this happens within a framework. Everyone is free to contribute and suggest packages for adoption, but it is still dependent on someone actually taking responsibility for the package in question. I have no idea what the package you are talking about is, but if there is a significant need for it, I suggest you go through the appropriate channels to have it adopted. There is probably information on how to do this on the wiki, I'm just too lazy to check. (OK, I checked ;) Read this: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/index.en.html That is a guide on building/maintaining Debian packages. You should also take a look at: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html And read this if you want the package to actually be adopted: https://wiki.debian.org/SponsorChecklist If there are other things you need to know about, I hope someone else will speak up, as I know little about this. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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