Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 03:06:02PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> ???? no X packages at least, no x source that i could find ????
>
> bash-2.02$ lftp ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11
> cd ok, cwd=/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11
> lftp> ls xfree*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 62 Jan 8 1999
> xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.diff.gz ->
> ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.diff.gz
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 58 Jan 8 1999 xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.dsc
> -> ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.dsc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 62 Jan 8 1999
> xfree86_3.3.2.3a.orig.tar.gz ->
> ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a.orig.tar.gz
>
> and i doubt he has powerpc packages, so my upload should cause him no problem,
> also he didn't respond to me when i wrote to him ...
Just because there are only symlinks to slink does not mean there are
no potato packages - they're just the same version as in slink. x86
users running potato will be broken by your upload.
> why you don't say it then, there have been people asking for a newer X since
> ages, and it would have saved me lot of time doing this stuff. and the current
> X packages, as well as the other packages that we could download from
> somewhere are incompatible with the current state of base. This is a grave
> problem, i think ...
I posted them twice to this list.
> sure, ...
>
> you upload a doted debian version to potato, let's say -0.1, like my packages,
> so no clash with branden's stuff, and then when he feels like he has time for
> it, he just check your stuff, and uploads a full debian version (-1 in this
> case) and your packages will get removed automatically.
>
> At least that should be the way to go, and is it not like that that
> xfree-3.3.2.3a-8.1 was downloaded, with fixes for m68k ?
Yes. And were you around for the screaming fight when Branden found
out about that NMU? He may be a little slow in answering his email,
but he is by no means missing. Uploading his packages without his
permission is very rude.
> If branden would have had a xfree package in potato, then i guess my packages
> would have gone to experimental instead ...
Please, put them in experimental.
Dan
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| Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 |
| Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer |
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