On Tue, 7 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
Here's a suggestion:
If you're going to go to the trouble of compiling a missing program
for your system, it's only a few extra steps to add the debian control
files. Then you can share your work with the rest of the debian user
community.
Manfred Wassmann writes (Re: 'unsupported packages' (was Re: uugetty?)):
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
Here's a suggestion:
If you're going to go to the trouble of compiling a missing program
for your system, it's only a few extra steps to add the debian control
files
Bruce Perens writes (Re: 'unsupported packages' (was Re: uugetty?)):
Absolutely. If Bruce finds some time the dpkg and dselect ought also be
modified to show up a small WARNING message.
Those are Ian Jackson's programs.
Yep. I think the right way to do this is to describe the level
On Fri, 17 May 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
Yep. I think the right way to do this is to describe the level of
support in the Description, so that people see it in dselect.
Easiest and obviously most reasonable suggestion ! 8-)
Greetings,
Steffen
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Steffen R.Mueller __ ___ _
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
Morning Craig and all the others here ! 8-)
Yep, that's why any 'unsupported' directory would have to be clearly marked
Something like:
WARNING * WARNING * WARNING ** WARNING
*
Absolutely. If Bruce finds some time the dpkg and dselect ought also be
modified to show up a small WARNING message.
Those are Ian Jackson's programs.
P.S. Sorry I'm keeping a low profile on debian-user - I'm very busy
getting the release in shape and am unable to even _read_ all messages,
no
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Steffen Mueller wrote:
Maybe there should be an 'unsupported' directory for packages which
have been released but don't have an active maintainer...or is this
what 'contrib' is for? Also, allow any package in 'unsupported' can be
adopted by anyone who takes the time
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Steffen Mueller wrote:
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
Hi Craig,
As an added bonus, you also get the satisfying feeling of putting
something worthwhile back into debian!
8-)
At least some preservation of config files should be done additionally
to
Kevin M Bealer wrote:
How about a debian-hacker@ or debian-guru@ mailing list where programmers
debian can all take a crack at problems as they arise for unsupported
packages? I think a lot of people would contribute who otherwise don't have
the flexibility/confidence to fully maintain
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Kevin M Bealer wrote:
Hi Kevin,
How about a debian-hacker@ or debian-guru@ mailing list where programmers
debian can all take a crack at problems as they arise for unsupported
packages? I think a lot of people would contribute who otherwise don't have
the
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Manfred Wassmann wrote:
what package does uugetty come with?
uugetty is part of getty-ps which is not (yet?) available as a
debian-package. I use version getty_ps-2.0.7h and had to fix some
pieces to comply with the FSSTND.
Here's a suggestion:
If you're going to go to
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
Hi Craig,
As an added bonus, you also get the satisfying feeling of putting
something worthwhile back into debian!
8-)
At least some preservation of config files should be done additionally
to the simple control file setup.
Maybe there should be an
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