Re: Seeking a sponsor/advocate for libdbi

2001-08-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:35:16PM -0700, David Parker wrote: > I'm looking for someone to sponsor me, especially since this is my first > Debian package. > > Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C: > > libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer in C, similar to > the way D

Re: Seeking a sponsor/advocate for libdbi

2001-08-08 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:35:16PM -0700, David Parker wrote: > > > I'm looking for someone to sponsor me, especially since this is my first > > Debian package. > > > > Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C: > > > > libdbi implements a databas

Re: package replacement and lack of disappearing...

2001-08-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to imply that if all files in a package are replaced by a > new package, the old package will 'disappear' and that is the > behavior I was hoping for That seems to be the case, only that (AFAIK) "disappearing" packages end up being in the "r

Re: installer question

2001-08-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What I would like to do is modify the standard debian install > process. I would like to remove certain packages altogether (all X > apps, anything non-OS essential), create some new ones and alter a > few configure files here and there. The installer takes what is th

Re: splitting upstream source (was Re: multiple source files)

2001-08-08 Thread Eduardo Ochs
Matthew Danish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thread reminded me of a question I've been wondering about: > What if you have some upstream source that would be better built > if it was split into two source packages one of which build-depended > on the other one's binary package? How should on

Re: Seeking a sponsor/advocate for libdbi

2001-08-08 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 03:35:16PM -0700, David Parker wrote: > > > I'm looking for someone to sponsor me, especially since this is my first > > Debian package. > > > > Database Independent Abstraction Layer for C: > > > > libdbi implements a databa

Re: package replacement and lack of disappearing...

2001-08-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to imply that if all files in a package are replaced by a > new package, the old package will 'disappear' and that is the > behavior I was hoping for That seems to be the case, only that (AFAIK) "disappearing" packages end up being in the "

Re: installer question

2001-08-08 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What I would like to do is modify the standard debian install > process. I would like to remove certain packages altogether (all X > apps, anything non-OS essential), create some new ones and alter a > few configure files here and there. The installer takes what is t

Re: splitting upstream source (was Re: multiple source files)

2001-08-08 Thread Eduardo Ochs
Matthew Danish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thread reminded me of a question I've been wondering about: > What if you have some upstream source that would be better built > if it was split into two source packages one of which build-depended > on the other one's binary package? How should o