From 636ac2caee75a8ad43e37235a2d0acd6224b1162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Hanke Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:24:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ubuntu-related rewording. --- sphinx/faq.rst | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/sphinx/faq.rst b/sphinx/faq.rst index 98bce07..d2427dc 100644 --- a/sphinx/faq.rst +++ b/sphinx/faq.rst @@ -83,15 +83,17 @@ Debian, Debian, Debian -- What about Ubuntu? -------------------------------------------- NeuroDebian offers backported binary packages 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. We are not constantly - rebuilding of all available NeuroDebian packages for new Ubuntu - releases. Therefore, you might find some packages only being available - for older Ubuntu releases -- until the point when a new package version is - made and gets built for all currently supported releases. + whenever possible. However, since Ubuntu (like many other derivatives) uses + Debian as its foundation, it is more efficient to spend time maintaining + packages in Debian, instead of having to directly contribute to countless + child-distributions. 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. We are not constantly rebuilding of all available NeuroDebian + packages for new Ubuntu releases. Therefore, you might find some packages + temporarily being available for older Ubuntu releases only -- until the point + when a new package version is made and gets built for all currently supported + releases. How to create a mirror of the repository? -- 2.39.5