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authorDaniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>2009-04-12 22:33:04 -0400
committerDaniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>2009-04-12 22:33:04 -0400
commit5365f0150b0fcf3830f245220b1ea9e38813ebc9 (patch)
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parent8ca3fdd64f5ca2827d262b402f7e2eac068966ef (diff)
update download web page to describe debian-derived systems
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@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ version as follows:
If you are running Debian stable, you can get the monkeysphere package
from [backports.org](http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions)
+## Debian derivatives (including Ubuntu) ##
+
You can also install the Monkeysphere directly from the Monkeysphere
-Debian archive. You can add this archive to your system by putting
+APT repository. You can add this archive to your system by putting
the following lines in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/monkeysphere.list`:
deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@ signing key](/archive-key), key id EB8AF314 (fingerprint: `2E8D D26C
verify the packages, you'll want to [add this key to your apt
configuration after verifying its integrity](/archive-key).
+Note: Ubuntu appears to be planning to ship Monkeysphere 0.22 in their
+"Jaunty Jackalope" release (9.04). The Monkeysphere developers think
+that [Ubuntu shipping Monkeysphere 0.22-1 is a bad
+idea](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/monkeysphere/+bug/345054).
+If you are an Ubuntu user, we would prefer that you install from the
+APT archive above rather than run 0.22, which we no longer consider
+supported.
+
## FreeBSD ##
There is [a FreeBSD port