Bug#236721: Squeak in Debian main

2006-06-12 Thread Lex Spoon
"Andreas Kuckartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (4) The distributed files squeak.changes and squeak.image, both around > > 10MB, are shipped in binary form. I wonder if there should be source > > code to create them initially. (See DFSG.2, "Source Code") > > The .changes file contains Smalltalk

Bug#236721: Squeak in Debian main

2006-06-09 Thread Andreas Kuckartz
> (4) The distributed files squeak.changes and squeak.image, both around > 10MB, are shipped in binary form. I wonder if there should be source > code to create them initially. (See DFSG.2, "Source Code") The .changes file contains Smalltalk source code (if the system is not broken!). I think tha

Bug#236721: Squeak in Debian main

2006-06-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Ben, Ambiguity is the proper status for this RFP. While it remains so, people should use the external Squeak/Debian distribution. It is described as follows: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/3616 I am in the process of transfering maintainership to Matej Kosik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He (or w

Bug#236721: Squeak in Debian main

2006-06-09 Thread Ben Armstrong
This looks like a step in the right direction: http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2006-May/104466.html Although it has been noted in this thread that historically Debian has removed APSL2 packages, and that therefore BSD/MIT would be better. Also, it's one thing to get approv

Bug#236721: Squeak in Debian main

2006-06-09 Thread Ben Armstrong
Lex, I had hoped, as Petter suggested in the Squeak RFP #236721, that Squeak could now go into Debian main because the font issues have been resolved, as Debian Jr. would like to include Squeak in the junior-programming metapackage. However, it seems Roland's points here are not yet addressed in