Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-05 Thread Julian Reschke
Michael Richardson wrote: "Melinda" == Melinda Shore writes: Melinda> suppose explains the 2544 packages. I'd certainly never Melinda> deny people the ability to easily maintain unused and Melinda> unnecessary software and we're headed *way* off-topic, but Melinda> I was just s

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-05 Thread Martin Rex
Michael Richardson wrote: > > > > "Melinda" == Melinda Shore writes: > Melinda> suppose explains the 2544 packages. I'd certainly never > Melinda> deny people the ability to easily maintain unused and > Melinda> unnecessary software and we're headed *way* off-topic, but > Me

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-05 Thread Arnt Gulbrandsen
On 02/04/2010 08:18 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: On Feb 4, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: 2544 different packages installed in my main computer. !!! It happens. So you want xterm. That's one package, but it depends on a few for the shared libraries and a whole lot for fonts. Xter

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Melinda" == Melinda Shore writes: Melinda> suppose explains the 2544 packages. I'd certainly never Melinda> deny people the ability to easily maintain unused and Melinda> unnecessary software and we're headed *way* off-topic, but Melinda> I was just struck by how odd it se

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Melinda Shore
On Feb 4, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: It is probably true that manually installing xml2rfc is easy in itself - just download the new file and unzip it a the right place. On the other hand, I have 2544 different packages installed in my main computer. !!! Anyway, I don't

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Marc Petit-Huguenin
On 02/04/2010 08:42 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: > Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: >> apt-get update is so much easier. > > I'm not sold (I totally hate ports systems), but > anyway, I'm specifically confused why somebody who's > been anxious to get their hands on 1.34 wouldn't download > it themselves, or ju

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Julian Reschke
Suresh Krishnan wrote: Hi Melinda, On 10-02-04 11:25 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Suresh Krishnan wrote: If you are one of the persons who were frustrated waiting for the "new" 1.34 version of xml2rfc to get into the Ubuntu disribution channels, I'm unclear on this - why wouldn't they pick i

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Suresh Krishnan
Hi Melinda, On 10-02-04 11:25 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: Suresh Krishnan wrote: If you are one of the persons who were frustrated waiting for the "new" 1.34 version of xml2rfc to get into the Ubuntu disribution channels, I'm unclear on this - why wouldn't they pick it up from resource.org?

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Melinda Shore
Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: apt-get update is so much easier. I'm not sold (I totally hate ports systems), but anyway, I'm specifically confused why somebody who's been anxious to get their hands on 1.34 wouldn't download it themselves, or just run it through the website. My experience has been th

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Arnt Gulbrandsen
On 02/04/2010 05:25 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: Suresh Krishnan wrote: If you are one of the persons who were frustrated waiting for the "new" 1.34 version of xml2rfc to get into the Ubuntu disribution channels, I'm unclear on this - why wouldn't they pick it up from resource.org? apt-get updat

Re: xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Melinda Shore
Suresh Krishnan wrote: If you are one of the persons who were frustrated waiting for the "new" 1.34 version of xml2rfc to get into the Ubuntu disribution channels, I'm unclear on this - why wouldn't they pick it up from resource.org? Melinda ___

xml2rfc 1.34 on Ubuntu

2010-02-04 Thread Suresh Krishnan
Hi Folks, If you are one of the persons who were frustrated waiting for the "new" 1.34 version of xml2rfc to get into the Ubuntu disribution channels, you can pick it up from the debian ftp registry at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/x/xml2rfc/xml2rfc_1.34-1_all.deb Cheers Suresh