Re: ITP: atm

[Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:01, Marc Haber wrote:
> >> There is an open RFP #109612 for that package, but I won't get around
> >> packaging the atm-tools before the freeze.
> >
> >Do you think I should call the main package atm-tools instead of atm which
> > is the name I currently use?
>
> Yes, I think so. raidtools give a good example. Makes clear that
> installing the package does not give working atm, but a special kernel
> is necessary.

Good point.  I'll upload such a package in the next few hours.

> >Actually there is no lib.  That's one thing I think needs to be done, the
> >code should be split out into a shared object and save a few hundred K of
> >disk space.
>
> Isn't that a upstream problem?

Yes, but I contribute lots of new code to every other package I maintain for 
Debian and I think I'll do the same for this.  I think on average I spend 
more time doing upstream work than on Debian packaging for most of my 
packages.

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