Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-19 Thread M-L
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, George De Bruin shared this with us all: >--} So, I guess this situation leaves me in kind of a foobar snafu: >--} >--} (1) The current distribution official release in Ubuntu Gutsy is 1.5.1 >--} (2) 1.5.3 is only available in Ubuntu Hardy, and has dependencies not >--} satisfi

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-19 Thread George De Bruin
So, I guess this situation leaves me in kind of a foobar snafu: (1) The current distribution official release in Ubuntu Gutsy is 1.5.1 (2) 1.5.3 is only available in Ubuntu Hardy, and has dependencies not satisfied by Gutsy So, given this scenario, and the fact that the performance of 1.5.1 is

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sam Lewis
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Building real Debian packages is called backporting in this case. > You don't have to recreate the whole package because you can base > it on the work already done. > > Add a deb-src line for unstable to your sources.list and > apt-get update && ap

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 03:54:22PM +, Sam Lewis wrote: > Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > Reasonable assumption. I'm considering building a package that > specifies decencies. About backporting I'm not sure at all. That would be equal to a backport. :) > > IMHO it's easier to

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sam Lewis
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Sven, > I'll keep it on list because some of the topics might > help people eventually creating Ubuntu backports to do it right. Fine! [...] > > Again, what kind of LyX users are there? Why link LyX to a specific > > latex? Would there be anyone who

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 01:06:27PM +, Sam Lewis wrote: > Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Sam, I'll keep it on list because some of the topics might help people eventually creating Ubuntu backports to do it right. > > And then there is the user who doesn't remember what he did in g

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sam Lewis
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:26:48PM +, Sam Lewis wrote: > > Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Moin moin, > > > a) The social/trust problem > [...] > > What solution could you think of? Does the development team use key? > > Well the Debian

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-18 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:26:48PM +, Sam Lewis wrote: > Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Moin Sam, > > a) The social/trust problem [...] > What solution could you think of? Does the development team use key? Well the Debian project has a known web of trust based on key exchange and

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sam Lewis
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To be clear there are two sides of the story to consider: Thank you for your comprehensive account, trying to shed light on the situation! > a) The social/trust problem > There's someone providing binarys build on an unknown system with under > unknown

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 04:24:39PM +, Sam Lewis wrote: > Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, > > Sam please don't take it as an offense but I'd highly recommend to not > > use those checkinstall packages for Debian/etch. The same reasoning > > apply for Ubuntu so you might want to re

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread George De Bruin
Christopher Menzel wrote: On Jan 17, 2008, at 5:41 AM, Sam Lewis wrote: ftp Available LyX 1.5.3 checkinstall packages for *etch* and *dapper* on ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/incoming/ lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_dapper.deb lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_etch.deb Are we to assume negation as failure here or are there already

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Christopher Menzel
On Jan 17, 2008, at 5:41 AM, Sam Lewis wrote: ftp Available LyX 1.5.3 checkinstall packages for *etch* and *dapper* on ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/incoming/ lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_dapper.deb lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_etch.deb Are we to assume negation as failure here or are there already packages available for

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sam Lewis
Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just uploaded them to ftp.lyx.org. Thanks! Cheers, Sam

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sam Lewis
Sven Hoexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sam please don't take it as an offense but I'd highly recommend to not > use those checkinstall packages for Debian/etch. The same reasoning > apply for Ubuntu so you might want to read on as an Ubuntu user > aswell. Hi Sven, Thank you for your concern

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Sven Hoexter wrote: > > Available LyX 1.5.3 checkinstall packages for *etch* and *dapper* on > > ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/incoming/ > > Sam please don't take it as an offense but I'd highly recommend to not > use those checkinstall packages for Debian/etch. The same reasoning > apply for Ubuntu so you

Re: Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:41:42AM +, Sam Lewis wrote: Hi Sam, hi all, > Available LyX 1.5.3 checkinstall packages for *etch* and *dapper* on > ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/incoming/ Sam please don't take it as an offense but I'd highly recommend to not use those checkinstall packages for Debian/e

Incoming 1.5.3 binaries for debian/ubuntu distributions

2008-01-17 Thread Sam Lewis
Hi, Available LyX 1.5.3 checkinstall packages for *etch* and *dapper* on ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/incoming/ lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_dapper.deb lyx_1.5.3-1_i386_etch.deb lyx_1.5.3_i386_dapper.README lyx_1.5.3_i386_etch.README Could someone please move them to the appropriate place. Many thanks! Cheers, Sa