Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
Hi, On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:10:55PM +0100, Stefan Schwandter wrote: But I don't understand why I also have to make both a statically and a dynamically linked version of the package, as reqested by 12.8. Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your package. Ok. So my package should contain 2 binary packages, one linked statically and one dynamically, but both to libmotif. I don't have to make a version with lesstif, do I?

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:10:55PM +0100, Stefan Schwandter wrote: My problem is: snd doesn't work well with lesstif according to the upstream maintainer, the gtk-gui isn't as mature as the motif-gui, so I have to use open motif (libmotif). The policy states that such a package must go

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 02:24:23PM +0100, Stefan Schwandter wrote: Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your package. Ok. So my package should contain 2 binary packages, one linked statically and one dynamically, but both

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Bastian Kleineidam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your package. But a package statically linked to OpenMotif must still not go into main. Not installing libmotif to keep your system free but installing it when bundled

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Watson wrote: It seems to me that this requirement is a relic of the times before OpenMotif was packaged. At that point it was sensible to require statically linked versions of Motif applications so that Debian users could use them without having to get hold of a version of Motif

Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Hello, I'd like to make a new package for snd. The current maintainer told me that he would sponsor me. My problem is: snd doesn't work well with lesstif according to the upstream maintainer, the gtk-gui isn't as mature as the motif-gui, so I have to use open motif (libmotif). The policy

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
Hi, On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:10:55PM +0100, Stefan Schwandter wrote: But I don't understand why I also have to make both a statically and a dynamically linked version of the package, as reqested by 12.8. Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Stefan Schwandter
Bastian Kleineidam wrote: Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your package. Ok. So my package should contain 2 binary packages, one linked statically and one dynamically, but both to libmotif. I don't have to make a version with lesstif, do I?

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 12:10:55PM +0100, Stefan Schwandter wrote: My problem is: snd doesn't work well with lesstif according to the upstream maintainer, the gtk-gui isn't as mature as the motif-gui, so I have to use open motif (libmotif). The policy states that such a package must go

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Bastian Kleineidam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Some people might not want to install the non-free libmotif, but want to have your package. But a package statically linked to OpenMotif must still not go into main. Not installing libmotif to keep your system free but installing it when bundled

Re: Open Motif

2002-01-11 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Watson wrote: It seems to me that this requirement is a relic of the times before OpenMotif was packaged. At that point it was sensible to require statically linked versions of Motif applications so that Debian users could use them without having to get hold of a version of Motif