[Bug 33549] Wine download page Ubuntu instructions do not work on Mint 13 MATE

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33549

André H. <nerv at dawncrow.de> changed:

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--- Comment #18 from André H. <nerv at dawncrow.de> ---
(In reply to Jay Philips from comment #17)
> Well i noticed this problem in Mint 13 and 14. The PPA instructions on the
> Ubuntu page would work fine, but mint's distribution codename (i.e. maya and
> nadia) rather than the ubuntu's codename (i.e. precise and quantal) is being
> added. This is not an isolated issue for the wine PPA, this is for all PPAs
> added through the software sources gui or terminal. I've tested the ubuntu
> PPA instructions on Mint 15 and 16 and it work correctly.
> 
> Maybe a simple addition to the ubuntu page stating that these instructions
> also work for Linux Mint 15 and above would be useful. And then providing
> instructions for Mint 13 users, that they should use `deb
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main` in the gui and
> `sudo add-apt-repository "deb
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main"` in the
> terminal. As Mint 14 is no supported, i'm not sure if instructions should be
> added for it.

At best you'd make up a new site like the ubuntu one (or append to it) and
patch the website.git at source.winehq.org/git/
send that to wine-patches mailinglist or attach it here for review

I think we should take Mint into account as they advertising Wine in their
installer!

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