Why is NeuroDebian not a Pure Blend?
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- Because the is not need for it to become one. NeuroDebian's goal is to
- provide software for neuroscientists using the Debian operating system, and
- therefore the ultimate goal is to get all relevant software **into Debian**.
+ Because there is not need for it to become one, as the existing Debian Pure
+ Blends already offer the desired functionality *within* Debian. Similar to
+ Pure Blends, NeuroDebian's goal is to provide software for neuroscientists
+ using the Debian operating system, and therefore the ultimate goal is to get
+ all relevant software **into Debian**.
However, various reasons exist that prevent a particular software from
entering Debian. Some are temporary, i.e. a package is already useable, but
- some technical bits do not meet Debian's standard yet, or a licensing issue
+ some technical bits do not meet Debian's standard yet or a licensing issue
needs to be resolved first. For some software the licensing is so restrictive
that it cannot be distributed by Debian, and hence cannot even go into its
*non-free* branch. Unfortunately, sometimes these issues cannot be solved to
.. _pkg-exppsy group on Debian's Alioth server: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-exppsy/
+Debian, Debian, Debian -- What about Ubuntu?
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+
+ NeuroDebian offers backported binary package for recent Ubuntu releases
+ whenever possible. However, since Ubuntu is a rather thin shell around Debian
+ it is more efficient to spend time packaging for Debian. After the appearance
+ of new packages in Debian, Ubuntu typically synchronizes them quickly and
+ they become available in the *Ubuntu universe* -- a repository of Debian
+ packages rebuilt for a particular Ubuntu release.
+
+
How to create a mirror of the repository?
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- If you are interested in sponsoring storage space and bandwidth for another
- mirror, please contact michael.hanke@gmail.com.
+ The NeuroDebian repository can be mirrored with rsync If you are interested
+ in sponsoring storage space and bandwidth for another mirror, please contact
+ pkg-exppsy-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org.