Re: non-maintainerpackages not good?
On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:14:44PM +0200, Christian Surchi wrote:
> > There is a program called 'xyz' and it is already packaged and maintained,
> > and then I also make a package of the same program but a more current
> > version.
> > I do not upload it to Debian, but I make it available to download for my
> > friends and those who wants it.
> >
> > Is this a Bad Idea?
>
> What about contacting xyz's maintainer? :o
One thing I have done, and I don't know if it's "OK" or not, is with
everybuddy. The "release" of the program occurs once in a blue moon,
but the CVS version is very active. So, I set up a script to pull
down the CVS version and package it up. I named the package "ebsnap"
instead of everybuddy, and made it conflict with everybuddy. In
hindsight, "everybuddy-cvs" would have been a better name.
If you really are updating the package...send a copy to the
maintainer. And if it's only intended for you and a few
friends...don't worry too much about it.
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