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[edwardp at linuxmail.org]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:51:59 +0200
Ricardo Mones <ricardo at mones.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 07:23:34PM -0400, edwardp at linuxmail.org wrote:
> > This Debian server was mentioned earlier today (Thursday, local
> > time) on the list. Is this the same as what the Ubuntu PPA would
> > do, provide already compiled packages, ready to install on a Debian
> > system?
> 
>   Yes, but with a couple of differences:
>   • PPA carries only packages for Claws Mail releases, hydra always
>     tries to build git version for both Claws Mail and packaging.
>   • PPA builds for several Ubuntu releases, hydra only for Debian sid.
> 
>   regards,

Thank you Ricardo.

Well, I guess the off-topic question I should ask is why Debian does
not update application packages like Claws. 

If Ubuntu is Debian-based, then you'd think the PPA would also work
with Debian...  :(

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