Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Brederlow
Here are my thoughts: Jules Bean [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 1:57 pm -0400 Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep source in Source Format and use the .deb files for what they were intended, the distribution of binary components. I have little doubt you're

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Falk Hueffner
Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be a great idea to have source dependencies. I compile all sources on my debian mirror and most fail because of missing files. One then has to search the package and install that before compiling again. A very simple way to improve in this area

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 7 May 1998, Falk Hueffner wrote: Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be a great idea to have source dependencies. I compile all sources on my debian mirror and most fail because of missing files. One then has to search the package and install that before compiling again.

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Jules Bean
--On Thu, May 7, 1998 10:38 am -0400 Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WRT [Falk's] suggestion above, I don't think that developers can/should edit the .dsc file (its check sum is computed by dpkg and provided in the changes file for dinstall to verify the components). The correct

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-05-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dale On 7 May 1998, Falk Hueffner wrote: Dale Whithout meaning to sound too negative, I want to caution Dale against such patch and fill design. Ian J. worked very hard (and Dale was very successful in my opinion) to design the current source

Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-04-30 Thread Jules Bean
--On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 1:57 pm -0400 Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep source in Source Format and use the .deb files for what they were intended, the distribution of binary components. I have little doubt you're right. I know none of the background. But... I think it would be nice

Re: Debian Source distributions (was Re: Intent to package pine-src)

1998-04-30 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Jules Bean wrote: [ ... ] Any thoughts? Very nice... but *not for hamm*, as I said in my first mail. I was just talking about *hamm*, the distribution that will not change anymore once it will be released soon. -BEGIN PGP