[R-sig-Debian] Why is rstudio not in Ubuntu repo or PPA?

[Xu Wang]

Thank you so much for the explanation, JJ! It is very kind of you to
give such detail and transparency. I am highly appreciative of it.

Kind regards,

Xu

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:50 PM, JJ Allaire <jj using rstudio.com> wrote:
> What keeps happening to us is that we end up requiring older or patched
> versions of Qt, which makes it challenging to be synced to whatever version
> of Qt happens to be in Debian/Ubuntu. Essentially we often need to vendor
> Qt, and that isn't something that is compatible with being in the standard
> Debian or Ubuntu repos (but may be compatible with Snaps or other
> packaging/bundling standards).
>
> We definitely should have a PPA though. Jonathan, is that something we're
> considering along with work on Linux bundling (w/ Snaps, etc.)? I guess we
> should also find out if it's acceptable to vendor Qt within a PPA.
>
> Note that automated installation of the latest versions of RStudio stable,
> preview, and daily builds is possible using the URLs published here:
> https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/203842428-Getting-the-newest-RStudio-builds.
> I realize this isn't a PPA, but it's at least a way of installing/updating
> non-interactively.
>
> J.J.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:36 PM Xu Wang <xuwang762 using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I try not to bump too much, but I just tried Ubuntu 18.04, and it is
>> not in repo and I still do not see any PPA available. If it would
>> help, I can spend the time to explain why I believe it helpful to
>> install using a command rather than webbrowser, but I think this is
>> already understood why helpful, but it seems there is just a technical
>> tricky problem to solve to implementation.
>>
>> Thank you so much for all of your works. I'm sorry to insist on this
>> issue. Let me know if there is something I can help for testing.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Xu
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 2:23 AM, Xu Wang <xuwang762 using gmail.com> wrote:
>> > OK thank you for your reply! It is too bad the environment is not
>> > right yet in Ubuntu, but I will keep hoping that things work out.
>> >
>> > Thank you for all of your work!
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Xu
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:02 PM, JJ Allaire <jj using rstudio.com> wrote:
>> >> We still haven't gone to Qt 5.6 unfortunately. They've deprecated
>> >> QtWebKit
>> >> (which is part of the Qt 5.4 release which we are on now) so that's not
>> >> a
>> >> good place to be long term.
>> >>
>> >> Qt 5.6 includes the Chromium based QWebView and is also an LTS Qt
>> >> release so
>> >> it's definitely the right platform to be on. We have a very small team
>> >> though and many other priorities, bug fixes, etc. tend to intrude.
>> >>
>> >> J.J.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 7:53 PM, Xu Wang <xuwang762 using gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Xu Wang <xuwang762 using gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:06 AM, JJ Allaire <jj using rstudio.com> wrote:
>> >>> >> Not yet. We need to migrate to Qt 5.6 then I think it will be
>> >>> >> pretty
>> >>> >> seamless.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I see. Thank you for update and for your kind work, J.J.!
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi JJ,
>> >>>
>> >>> Any update? It seems it did not make it into Ubuntu 16.04. But thank
>> >>> you very much for trying! I really appreciate your effort. Perhaps
>> >>> there is a chance we can get it into 16.10?
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Xu
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Kind regards,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Xu
>> >>> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> J.J.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Xu Wang <xuwang762 using gmail.com>
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:42 AM, JJ Allaire <jj using rstudio.com>
>> >>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> >>> > It seems likely that it will be in 16.04 since it's due in
>> >>> >>> > December
>> >>> >>> > of
>> >>> >>> > this
>> >>> >>> > year. That would indeed be a good time for things to come
>> >>> >>> > together!
>> >>> >>> >
>> >>> >>> > J.J.
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Can anyone confirm that the rstudio package is now in the 16.04
>> >>> >>> repos
>> >>> >>> ? That would be exciting!
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Kind regards,
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Xu
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>
>> >>