Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El domingo, 18 de junio de 2006 a las 22:03:32 -0500, Ron Johnson escribĂ­a: When I tried to install it as root (using su - from an xterm window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. Unlike Sun Java Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. I've found sux works beautifully

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
El domingo, 18 de junio de 2006 a las 22:03:32 -0500, Ron Johnson escrib?a: When I tried to install it as root (using su - from an xterm window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. Unlike Sun Java Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. I've found sux works

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Joe Smith
Nikita V. Youshchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, I agree that it's ok to trust installer source that they will not install a backdoor into your system. However, chances that they will write to directories that should be under control of package manager, or

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Joe Smith
Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Smith wrote: Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is better

Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : (native package) * License : GPL Description : utility for automatically building a

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Joe Smith
Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : (native package) *

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Joe Smith wrote: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL :

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Joe Smith wrote: Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is better than what upsteam distributed is because using upstreams packages will mess

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Miles Bader
Joe Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is better than what upsteam distributed is because using upstreams

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Joey Hess
Wesley J. Landaker wrote: But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they want to. [1] (almost working--I'm still tweaking it a bit, since I've only been working on it for a few hours) Does it

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 23:56 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Wesley J. Landaker wrote: But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they want to. [1] (almost working--I'm still tweaking it a bit,

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Ron Johnson wrote: Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Joe Smith wrote: Wesley J. Landaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [snip] When I tried to install it as root (using su - from an xterm window), it complained about

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Paul Wise wrote: On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 23:56 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Wesley J. Landaker wrote: But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they want to. [1] (almost working--I'm still