On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 02:33:16PM -0700, Joseph Cheek wrote:
> hello, fellow lizard-lovers,
>
> two questions:
> first, i was pleasantly surprised to see col30 [LTP] come with an
> updated lizard.
There were not much changes ;)
> i am subscribed to lizard-cvs list also and had not
> seen any updates to lizard, so i wasn't expecting a new lizard. but
> there it was, and working with qt2.1 also! what a nice surprise! if i
> can get lizard to compile with qt2.1 i won't have to go back to my col24
> machine to work on lizard. that would be nice.
>
> is this lizard source available? i notice there is no new branch in
> cvs. of course the ftp site doesn't have anything newer than 990902.
We have included the SRPM in the product, it should be available on the
Source CD and for download.
We have not yet put it on the openlinux.org site.
> second, i am working on lizard for my distro, redmond linux, now based
> on col30, and would like to know if you are interested in any of my
> changes to incorporate into future lizard versions. my goal is reduce
> the number of steps it takes to install linux with lizard, and as such
> am mainly taking out stuff that you all put in 8-). but if you want my
> changes you are welcome to them.
Well... We do have slightly different design philosophy.
- Make sure that the (detected) defaults are selected. Ever noted that
the keyboard has german layout, the timezone is Europe/Berlin if you
install in 'german'? Such things.
- So most pages can be just skipped with [Next>>], but experienced users
can twiddle stuff around.
> if you want them, what's the best way to give them? should i:
> a] not worry about giving them back to you, ie fork lizard devel
> b] give you my changes verbatim
> c] give you my changes between #ifdef's so that a dev could compile
> either version from same source
Well, a diff between the original version you used from us and ours would
be best.
Ciao, Marcus
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