Re: Revocation of adoption of mysql
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 02:33:42PM -0400, Johnie Ingram wrote:
> Christian> What does this mean ? ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Idiom, meaning it either takes too much time or is too hard to do --
> not sure which.
>
> Christian> If the package is only for experts then I let someone other
> Christian> :-)
>
> Not sure about 'expert', but the remaining problems seem to be due to
> the difficult packaging involved, not issues with the mysql code
> itself. Brian has orchestrated a GPLization that will require us to
> maintain two separate versions of mysql-server, in addition to (or
> instead of?) the free/non-free split we have now -- which still needs
> to be brought up to date for Potato. I understand theres a howto in
> mysql-freebits.
>
> If this doesn't faze you I'll concede the package to you, since I
> don't use mysql as heavily.
>
I'm also willing to help out whoever ends up taking the package, at least by
explaining how and why I did the freebits package if there are any questions.
Scott
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