ITP: javawrapper

Dear Colin, > I intend to package javawrapper. > > Package: javawrapper > Version: 1.0-1 > Section: utils > Priority: optional > Description: A wrapper for kernel execution of Java programs > javawrapper uses the binfmt_misc feature of newer Linux kernels to execute a > Java class file directly

Lisence and section

Dear Christian Holm Christensen, > I'm planning to make a ROOT (http://root.cern.ch) Debian GNU/Linux > package, but I'm not quite sure what thier Lisence entails, as far as > the Debian system is concerned. I've included the lisence below. The > lines that I'm concerned about are: > > Addi

Splitting a package between doc and binary

Peter S Galbraith asks: > The gri package for i386 is 2MB in size. About 3/4 of that are > docs suitable for all archs. > > Should I split the package to save space on servers (sharing the > doc) and keep it as is to reduce name space and number of > packages? > > I do think most gri users will

Re: PHOENIX.RPM : REDHAT --> DEBIAN

Samuele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: > Sorry if the subject is not one for mentors but i think you'llfind it > interesting. i would like to make a package for redhat to convert that > distribution into a debian one. the machines in which i would like to > install are connected to the net so i can m

OCAML Debian package

Dear Sven and Fernando, You have both expressed an interest in packaging a more recent version of OCAML than the one that is presently in Debian. This is a good idea but you should of course contact the maintainer of the existing OCAML package, version 1.05-2, before going further! It is Christo

Fw: New section in potato?

Dear Ben, > the following msg was ignored in the discussion. Have I done something > wrong? Is it unusual to discuss in devel, if U're no package-maintainer? Your message was not "ignored" because we only just saw it! Count a few days before reactions pop up. And then be aware that reactions ma

[old] follow w.r.t. french developers

Adam Di Carlo writes: > As I understood it, if some developer in the free world had the gumption > to create a stripped down pgp 2.6.2i (or whatever) which could only > perform signing/verifying functions, and which had all the crypto > functions stipped out, then French developers could participa

Re: General questions about debian-alpha...

Dear `Debian mentors', Now with 2.0 beta out you might have time to accept me into the crowd? I am especially interested in contributing work on - easy maintenance of small multi-architecture installations (i386+alpha+sparc in my own installation), in particular problems related to sharing