Mixing Repositories ...

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:16:52 +0100
Christian Eichert <moga at mx.homelinux.org> wrote:

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> In other words it whould be nice if Ubuntu whould stop using any trick
> they now to prevent people from installing Debian packages.
> Never forget where you are coming from.

Erm... no tricks involved. Installing Debian packages on Ubuntu may or may
not work, depending on the stage of evolution/development of whichever
Debian branch or repository you are using. Debian Etch and Sid are moving
targets, whereas Ubuntu only moves every six months or so... That's a
policy decision, not a lack of co-operation. Each release remains static
except for major bug fixes and security updates, just like Debian stable -
with the advantage of two releases per year, as opposed to "when it's
ready" a la Debian. It's just a different approach, that's all. Both are
valid, for different purposes and needs.

Note that quite a lot of Ubuntu developers are also Debian developers.

> 
> Every time I try to install something that is not "Ubuntu-branded" I
> need to make a lot of worarounds and I loose a lot of time.

Well, that isn't really surprising. See above.
> 
> I tried to install kernel 2.6.15-1 from Debian. I succeded at least but
> it took me a half of day. It is just for you to know.
> 
> I am very mad on Ubuntu because of this habbits.

I think your anger is misplaced. If you want to use Debian packages I
would suggest using source packages and compiling them. The binaries may
not be compatible, but the sources should be fine.


-- 
Peter Garrett