On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:30:07PM +0100, xmb wrote: > hello... im writing to debian-project cause my point is more for the > project than users... > > im using deb 2.2r5 on a G3 266MHz desktop since a few months > wasnt amazed, the mouse device didnt work, and X crashed the whole system > while starting up > and everywhere old stuff from at least ?99, and some packages are missing > (pine, pico ect)
Pine and pico are available, in non-free as source. The license forces us to do this. > my point is makeing the deb ppc port better > the "offer" (maybe not the right word, im still learning english) i can do > is compiling packages from their sources and sending them to u, so u can > include them in the next dists (i wont care if i compile even more than 2k > packages, it will help deb!), dont let the ppc port die > im actually pretty useless (too much free time, no job ect) and i wanna do > something useful, and i think this would be very useful PPC is far from dieing. Debian owns a dual G4 that autobuilds the entire dist. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'