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[Ralph Janke]

For Drupal there is a pretty good software that allows you
automatically to create .deb packages from the modules
at the Drupal site. This allows you to stay current and
use the advantages of the packaging system.

https://github.com/egerlach/drupaldeb


On 2014-11-08 11:05, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Technically, those people packaged it for Debian.  Ubuntu just pulls 
>> in
>> everything from Debian and calls it "universe."
>> 
>> I ran into this years ago when I was self-hosting Wordpress.
> 
> This is why Debian repositories, as fantastic as they are, are not
> suitable for fast moving, complex projects, with lots of add-ons, and
> built in update mechanisms.
> 
> I install everything from the repositories, but make exceptions where
> they make sense.
> 
> Drupal is one such exception. Having it frozen in time in the
> repositories means you don't get security updates quickly enough. You
> are better off without debian repos here.
> 
> Again, those are the exceptions, not the rule.
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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