Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 08:53:53AM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> > and he was very much annoyed that he was getting bugreports for an X
> > version that he didn't make.
>
> sure, but there is my name and email in the changelog file, this should
> appear in the maintainer field, isn't it ?
Nope. Doesn't work that way, the one in the control file will.
> actually i checked, my packages are in potato, branden's one in slink,
> there should be no problem, that's what unstable is for, and we should
> not use experimental for this kind of things, at least that's what
> written in the developper doc, or even the policy, don't remember well.
Um. Branden also has packages in potato.
> so i thought, ...
>
> but we need 3.3.3.1 for powerpc, and it is against the DFSG to make a
> source less upload of such stuff.
>
> also i don't think using the X packages of the japanese debian folk is
> not the solution, we need true 3.3.3 and up packages in main debian, if
> branden has no time for that, ok, he says it, and people like me will
> jump in, and make the packaging, under his direction would be best. X
> is to huge a package to handle alone. ANd this will not help him in his
> current flamewar about the X reorg.
If you hadn't noticed, I've had 3.3.3 packages in my home directory for
months. I am waiting to pester Branden about them until slink X is
fixed, because every one of the changes he needs to make to it will
also need to be made to 3.3.3.1. It only introduces confusion to have
both versions packaged.
Dan
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| Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 |
| Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer |
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