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Re: ppp/dhcp into cvs?



David Whedon <dwhedon@gordian.com> writes:

> I wonder if it makes sense to import the ppp and dhcp packages that
> debian-installer will use into the debian-installer cvs tree.  Rational is:
> 
> -ppp maintainer relates that he can't work on Debian at the present time, so a
> udeb comes out of a NMU in any case.

Fine, but a one time NMU is hardly a rationale for a full-fledged
source fork.

> -I'm in the nm-queue so I can't actually upload anything, though I can commit to
> cvs, this way I don't have to look for a sponsor for anything, anyone can build
> the latest udeb out of cvs (it remains to be seen how much dhcpcd and ppp will
> have to change, probably not much, we'll see).

So submit a patch to the BTS and have a proper maintainer do the NMU
for you.

> -wouldn't it be nice to have all the componants that will potentially be on that
> magical single floppy in one place?

No.  This isn't BSD!

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>



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