Re: ITP: Galeon -- Mozilla-based web browser with GNOME look and feel
What about splitting off PSM and putting that in its own package? Or
another version of the package (like lynx vs lynx-ssl)?
Regards,
Alex.
---
PGP/GPG Fingerprint:
EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GCS/CM>CC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++(++++)>$ UL++++>$ P--- L++>++$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? w---()
!O !M !V PS+(++)>+ PE-(--) Y+>+ PGP t+>++ !5 X-- R>++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++
G>+++ e--> h! !r y>+++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 05:44:54PM -0500, Frank Belew wrote:
> > On 01 Mar 2001 23:35:14 +0100, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> > > >> Frank Belew <frb@ximian.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Sorry, but mozilla is a little difficult to put into main now that
> > > > there is crypto code and I really don't think we want to put
> > > > everything that even wants to recommend mozilla, let alone depends on
> > > > it into non-US
> > >
> > > Uhm... what does that mean? That you are working on splitting/removing
> > > the crypto out of mozilla or that you won't upload mozilla because, as
> > > it is now, it would have to move to non-US along with the packages that
> > > depend/recommend it? AFAIU, there's no legal problem for you as a US
> > > citizen because Mozilla is free, and it's not a problem for the
> > > packages (modulo galeon and the like), because Mozilla is not the only
> > > web browser out there. And I see no problem with uploading something
> > > to non-US/main, that's Debian, too.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Marcelo
> >
> > First off, the crypto is in the source, and if I removed it, people
> > would bitch even louder since they wouldn't have the PSM, which is one
> > of the biggest advantages to 0.7 and later.
> > Second, look at what depends on mozilla....
> > Galeon, SkipStone, Nautilus, probably others...
> > You want to move all of this to non-US ?
> > I don't think non-US has the computing power, nor the bandwidth to
> > handle the building, and downloads of all these very popular packages.
> > Do we even have autobuilders for non-US?
>
> OK, so now I don't understand.
>
> Are you saying that you haven't uploaded mozilla because it's a
> complex packagin job, and you haven't finished? If so, fair enough.
>
> Or are you saying that you haven't uploaded it because it can't go to
> main, and you don't want to put it in non-US? If that's the case, then
> I think a solution is warranted: that doesn't sound like a problem
> which is going to go away. Perhaps it should be discussed here.
>
> Jules
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
Reply to: