Re: warning in Plex86

2001-09-05 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer 
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

   | This code is EXTREMELY EXPERIMENTAL, and may well result in a   |
 
 Should this warning determine that this software should stay in
 'unstable' and not get into 'testing' untill they make a stable
 release?

IMHO no. People will file bugs if it is really that broken.

 If so, who should i contact about that matter?

If you want to keep it out of testing, just file a serious bug on the
package stating the issue.

 Also, should i make a postinst script that prints that message to
 ensure the user knows he/she is installing dangerous software?

That would be a nice move. Using debconf to display the notice would
be optimal (just echoing is overlooked easily).

 BTW, if anyone is already working on Plex86 please notice me ASAP. I
 haven't started yet.

I see you've found bug#77560 in the mean time.

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Robbe


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warning in Plex86

2001-08-27 Thread Robert Millan 

Hello,

In the README file of the Plex86 program, you can find the following warning:

  ,-.
  | IMPORTANT NOTICE|
  |-|
  | This code is EXTREMELY EXPERIMENTAL, and may well result in a   |
  | SYSTEM CRASH, and who knows what other ill effects.  RUN THIS   |
  | SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  As a precaution, do not attempt to  |
  | run this software on a system with important data on it, and|
  | make liberal use of the sync command!  Expect to have to use|
  | the power button.   |
  `-'

Should this warning determine that this software should stay in 'unstable' and not get 
into 'testing'
untill they make a stable release? If so, who should i contact about that matter?

Also, should i make a postinst script that prints that message to ensure the user 
knows he/she is
installing dangerous software?

BTW, if anyone is already working on Plex86 please notice me ASAP. I haven't started 
yet.


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warning in Plex86

2001-08-27 Thread Robert Millan 
Hello,

In the README file of the Plex86 program, you can find the following warning:

  ,-.
  | IMPORTANT NOTICE|
  |-|
  | This code is EXTREMELY EXPERIMENTAL, and may well result in a   |
  | SYSTEM CRASH, and who knows what other ill effects.  RUN THIS   |
  | SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  As a precaution, do not attempt to  |
  | run this software on a system with important data on it, and|
  | make liberal use of the sync command!  Expect to have to use|
  | the power button.   |
  `-'

Should this warning determine that this software should stay in 'unstable' and 
not get into 'testing'
untill they make a stable release? If so, who should i contact about that 
matter?

Also, should i make a postinst script that prints that message to ensure the 
user knows he/she is
installing dangerous software?

BTW, if anyone is already working on Plex86 please notice me ASAP. I haven't 
started yet.


--
Robert Millan   Debian GNU (Hurd) user
zeratul2 wanadoo es  http://getyouriso.org/