Re: debian's on ibook documentation updated
On Die, 2002-10-08 at 18:05, Mij wrote:
> On 06 Oct 2002 16:12:12 +0200
> Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
>
> > > > * 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
You lost me here. They weren't debs, just tarballs. And I wouldn't see the
use of making them debs now either in light of my DRI packages and 4.2.1
packages in sid.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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