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Re: orphaned packages



Hi Michael,

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 02:56:28PM +0100, Michael Piefel wrote:
> > Go to Freshmeat, download a small game or tool which you like and
> > package it... Small games or the like are quite good as a learning
> > experience, IMHO...
> 
> And after you packaged this small game, throw the package away please
> and start working on something more useful. Uwe, we don't need another
> 500 silly games.

small != useless

What I was trying to say is: Start with something simple (and
preferrably useful, too). *Don't* try to package mozilla or XFree86 or
<insert your favourite monster project here> as your first package...


> Trying to adopt orphaned packages is a very good idea.

ACK.


Uwe.
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