[PATCH website] downloads: add link to PPA for ubuntu/debian

[Sean Farley]

Kevin Bullock <kbullock+mercurial at ringworld.org> writes:

>> On Feb 26, 2017, at 02:52, Anton Shestakov <av6 at dwimlabs.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 13:02:15 -0800
>> heatherboo <heather.j.booker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User heatherboo <heather.j.booker at gmail.com>
>>> # Date 1488054963 28800
>>> #      Sat Feb 25 12:36:03 2017 -0800
>>> # Node ID b91f88bda2404c91722a62a2eb9afc63867a172b
>>> # Parent  f8cee73d5cf0e9b4d46859c949ed0e23d65dd38c
>>> downloads: add link to PPA for ubuntu/debian
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/templates/downloads/index.html b/templates/downloads/index.html
>>> --- a/templates/downloads/index.html
>>> +++ b/templates/downloads/index.html
>>> @@ -114,7 +114,9 @@
>>>     GUI the most. It integrates Mercurial directly into your explorer.</p>
>>> 
>>>     <p>Packages for common Linux, BSD and Solaris distributions can be
>>> -    installed from the system specific repositories</p>
>>> +    installed from the system specific repositories:</p>
>>> +    <p>(Debian/Ubuntu: If you need a more recent version than what is available through apt-get, you can <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mercurial-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/releases">try the PPA</a>.)
>>> +    </p>
>> 
>> I don't think it should recommend PPA for Debian too, because using
>> Ubuntu PPAs in Debian AFAIU is literally just rebuilding binary packages
>> from source packages. Which is easier with `make deb`.
>
> I wonder if we should also suggest backports for Debian here? I very much like the idea of having the links to more up-to-date repos in the sidebar, and instructions for `make deb` aren't likely to fit very well here.

I kinda feel as if the entire site needs a new coat of paint. Maybe we
can discuss this at the sprint.