Re: debian's on ibook documentation updated
On 06 Oct 2002 16:12:12 +0200
Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
> On Son, 2002-10-06 at 03:10, Mij wrote:
> > On 05 Oct 2002 17:34:12 +0200
> > Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Some comments about the X section:
> > >
> > > * when you say 'acceleration', you really mean '3D acceleration'. 2D
> > > is always accelerated by the ati/radeon driver
> > > * my name is Michel
> >
> > really sorry. michel, your surname sounds like german, so michael comes
> > its way :) I'll fix it asap
>
> Thanks.
>
> > > * it's 'XFree86', not 'xfree'. The name has a meaning so I think
> > > it's important to spell it correctly
> > > * LinuxPPC was a bad distro which no longer exists. We are running
> > > Linux/PPC
> >
> > you're fucking paranoid! :P
>
> I'm a nitpicking perfectionist, sure, but paranoid? ;)
>
>
> > > * I have taken down the binaries at
> > > http://penguinppc.org/~daenzer/XFree86-4.2/ because I can't
> > > maintain them. The dri-trunk debs are much better anyway. I always
> > > keep at least two versions of the packages available, and old
> > > versions are kept in /var/cache/apt/archives, so broken upgrades
> > > shouldn't be a problem
> >
> > Actually, i noticed that. While writing, i was wondering whether someone
> > could in the future maintain them for you.
>
> Why would anyone want to do that?
apt gets automagically the newest version
each time it's available, so you don't have to check yourself
for updates
> > I proposed myself asking on the list but this went forgotten
>
> I'm not sure I understand this sentence. You want to maintain them?
I've had in mind to ask, but I never did.
Maintaining such a package shouldn't take too much, but
I'd probably have days delays.
>
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> XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
>
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