Um, somehow I meant to say this, but forgot to. Thank you for maintaining and fixing packages. More especially fixing those that can't be installed.
Bob On Tuesday 12 August 2003 10:07 am, you wrote: > On Tuesday 12 August 2003 08:29 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > w9ya wrote: > > > Afterall, the first rule of packaging should be to make sure it will > > > > actually > > > > > install as this is the first thing a package must do. I really have a > > > > tough > > > > > time considering things to be merely not be "polished" when it can't be > > > installed using the standard procedures set aside for installing. > > > > So, we can be expecting patches for the packages which don't install at > > present (aka this is a community distro, anyone can help)? > > Actually, somehow this got spread across (at least) two threads (as these > things sometimes seem to do !). i.e. So far this seems to have been fixed > by member(s) of the community after a request was posted about a week or so > ago by myself and one other. *And* -> I have publicly thanked those > involved in straightening this out. > > So yeah, the community has done their part well in correcting this "lack of > install" situation. I am more concerned about having to do this "fix for > lack of install" stuff. I was, and still am, concerned that (some) package > maintainers do not exhibit even this level of care. It indicates something > being more than just a little wrong IMHO. > > > I have fixed the packages which I could not install yesterday, the only > > one left now on my box is squid, which I can't fix since it's in main. > > Only problem is the hdlists aren't updating ... > > Um, there are some hosts exhibiting this behavior yes. This is more recent > than the bad packages, and as I indicated earlier, I had to switch. Someone > else has also mentioned this. > > Best regards; > > Bob > > > Regards, > > Buchan > > > > - -- > > > > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > > > > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 > > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQE/OOuzrJK6UGDSBKcRAhlJAJ9W0QaIek8Zk4dgwd7xg1VXNJlLEQCdFdCl > > BKX+Ga+ghzwime+Y0OeRNNc= > > =3wtU > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ****************************************************************** > > Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our > > e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. > > ******************************************************************
