Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-02 Thread Thom May
* Matthew Twomey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in > addition to my Debian SPARC? > no

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Thom May
* Matthew Twomey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in > addition to my Debian SPARC? > n

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Simon Richter
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Matthew Twomey wrote: > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in > addition to my Debian SPARC? No, ma

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:49:40PM -0600, Matthew Twomey wrote: > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? No, a number of people upload on other architectures. There's an i386 autobuilder which picks up the differences. > I have a SPARC platform and was considering the idea of c

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Apr-2002 Matthew Twomey wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based

General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Matthew Twomey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in addition to my Debian SPARC? - -Matt --

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Simon Richter
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Matthew Twomey wrote: > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in > addition to my Debian SPARC? No, m

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 04:49:40PM -0600, Matthew Twomey wrote: > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? No, a number of people upload on other architectures. There's an i386 autobuilder which picks up the differences. > I have a SPARC platform and was considering the idea of

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Apr-2002 Matthew Twomey wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based

General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-01 Thread Matthew Twomey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in addition to my Debian SPARC? - -Matt -