On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:04:31 -0500 Robert Connolly <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday November 6 2008 11:10:25 pm chris wrote: > > I have created a new hint for "installing the dpkg package manager" on LFS > > 6.3. The directions for actually submitting the hint are somewhat vague > > and I can't figure out how to submit my attachment file so that I will know > > its URL and can list it at the top of my hint (it's a config file, not a > > patch). The link to the "attachments" page from the "hints submission" > > page is also invalid. The word "attachments" should be capitalized in the > > URL. > > > > thanks, > > chris <[email protected]> > > Your attachment would end up in: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ATTACHMENTS/dpkg/ > assuming that "dpkg.txt" is the name of your hint file. > > You may want to note that a similar hint (now obsolete or unmaintained) is at: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/OLD/apt.txt > > If I remember correctly, the apt.txt hint was moved to OLD/ because it was > both unmaintained and also no longer worked with recent LFS versions. > > If your hint was developed completely independent of the apt.txt hint, I > don't > know the LFS Hint's protocol... normally when an old hint is taken over the > original author would remain in the AUTHOR field, and the license would > remain. If your hint is independent, I'm not sure if it should take a new > name, such as dpkg.txt, or if it can take the previous name of apt.txt. I > prefer reusing the apt.txt name for historical reason (svn history). Maybe > someone could enlighten me on LFS Hint protocol in this case. > > robert > The hints part of LFS has been almost completely dormant (I hesitate to say defunct, but that is my suspicion) for some time. I don't recollect seeing Tushar or Archaic make a post in over a year! I'd suggest putting this material in the BLFS wiki - which is certainly what I will do if I feel moved to write again. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hints FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
