Re: freshmeat repository

[Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 <graham.lillico@gecm.com>]

>> >> >From freshmeat page:
>> >> ----------
>> >> freshmeat RPM repository
>> >> As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with
>> >> the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for
>> >> them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him
>> >> questions or comments. A change invented with the move
>> >> of freshmeat to the new location includes SRPMS to be
>> >> available as well as the i386 binary packages.
>> >>
>> >> Note: We are still looking for volunteers to build debian packages. Feel
>> >> free to contact me for details.
>> >> ----------
>> >
>> >If somebody packages software and makes it conform to the Debian Policy,
>> >chances are that that person will already be or become an official Debian
>> >maintainer and then you'll find the packages in the official archive
>> >anyway.
>> 
>> 
>> Well, this certainly doesn't solve the problem, though, does it?  People
>> (like myself) looking to Freshmeat for the latest info on Linux are somewhat
>> dismayed that Debian is never mentioned.

I had a look last night on freshmeat and there was only one package that had
debs listed for it, which was nice to see. 

If i remember correctly freshmeat is run on a redhat machine, so its not
surprising that they don't mention Debian really.. Correct me if I am wrong.
 
>> While I'm still running Debian (for years - and on dozens of machines), I've
>> long considered switching to RedHat for the simple reason that RPM's seem to
>> be more readily available (leading to the (possibly) mistaken view that
>> RedHat is the more prevalent - and thus preferred - distribution out
>> there.).  (Oh, and the few times I've tried using alien, etc. to install
>> RPM's under Debian, the attempts have failed miserably - possibly
>> user-related, but non-the-less....)
>> 
>> So, why don't Debian maintainers inform Freshmeat when they build new
>> packages?  I'm sure Freshmeat doesn't have to actually store the files,
>> they'd be more than happy to provide links too them, though.  This would
>> solve *both* problems.... ???
>> 
>> Later,
>> Kevin
>> 
>> 
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