Re: [Tails-dev] i2p-0.9.25~Tails-2.3

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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] i2p-0.9.25~Tails-2.3
anonym:
> pr0ng:


>> I believe I've repackaged the 0.9.25 to 'conform' to the Tails layout
>> correctly and will be rebuilding the Tails dev branch with 0.9.25
>> over the next couple of days when I get another block of time, likely
>> mid-week ~ 20, 21st?
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Although I am able to explode the .deb from i2p (.25) and repack as
>> required I am not yet fully up-to-speed with how I 'release' this after
>> testing, so I will refer to zzz for some advice on that matter and if
>> you have any pointers on this, please do shout! :)
>
> [...]
>
> However, now it seems we'll have a non-official package for Tails. I
> wonder, why can we not use the Debian Jessie ones? That makes me think
> that Tails, rather, should adapted so the normal deb8 packages can be
> installed. Could you please elaborate?


So, I have built a Tails image with the 0.9.25-1~deb8u+1 packages from
deb.i2p2.no and it seems to work just fine. So what is the purpose of
repackaging them into 0.9.25~Tails-2.3 to "conform" to Tails? It doesn't
seem necessary on first glance.

Cheers!