> We have a list at Pixar that could serve the purpose - debian-dpkg
> isn't used for anything much at the moment.
...
> I think it would be good for the Red Hat people to have their own list
> - that way we can choose to crosspost or not to crosspost. I expect
> that most of our messages would be
> Yup, I'm here (but I don't necessarily read debian-devel very closely).
> We are about to embark (well, sometime in the next few months) on the
> design for RPM 2.0. Would it make sense for us to set up a mailing
> list for package issues? (we've been thinking about setting up an
> [EMAIL PROTE
Ian Jackson said:
> Supposing I don't trust anything. How am I to examine the source
> package ? For example, I might like to unpack it and do a diff
> against a source tree I have checked more thoroughly.
> [...]
> If I have a packaging format that I can extract using a standard tool
> that I k
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] reads debian-devel . He's made noises about working
> together before.
Yup, I'm here (but I don't necessarily read debian-devel very closely).
We are about to embark (well, sometime in the next few months) on the
design for RPM 2.0. Would it make sense for us to set up a maili
J. H. M. Dassen writes:
> [Ian Jackson writes:]
> > 7. Unpacking a source package should not require one to execute parts
> > of it (ie, source packages should contain only data, not code used
> > during the extraction). This is important for security reasons.
>
> If you don't trust the packaging
[EMAIL PROTECTED] reads debian-devel . He's made noises about working
together before.
Bruce
Bill wrote:
> Also, I think RedHat does something like this in their package admin
> tools. That's been discussed a bit in debian-devel, but I don't think
> anyone has taken the time to look at it.
I've browsed through it (http://www.redhat.com/rpm.html), and it is
remarkably like the current deb
On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, J.H.M.Dassen wrote:
> [...]
> Desirable goals for source packaging
>
> - Upstream sources should be used unmodified.
>[...]
> - Distribute wholly unmodified source
> - Have the source extracted and patches by a 'debianizer' script.
> Th
Subject: 1.0 issues: Packaging (esp. source)
Short Description
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There appears to be concensus among the developers that the current
source packaging system, which has debianized source packages,
should be replaced by a system that uses unmodified source.
Desirable goals for
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