Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-22 Thread Pete Ryland
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:04:52PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: Or would you like to accuse me of tampering with the list archives while you're at it? Oh, ok. If you'd like. ;-) Consider me offended. g :-) Out of interest, are there any

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-21 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: Or would you like to accuse me of tampering with the list archives while you're at it? Oh, ok. If you'd like. ;-) Consider me offended. g Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate reply to list function? Most do AFAIK. Not

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Your mailer doesn't have a reply to all button? Get a better one, Debian has lots. The problem we're discussing, though, is that reply to

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: Tony Maro wrote: Why do I feel like I opened a can of worms? It is that squirmy feeling in the gut. Like just before the alien claws its way out. Tony really should read the labels better. - Matt

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Thomas Wouters
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 01:54:59PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate reply to list function? Yes, Mutt. See the 'Mailing Lists' and 'Handling Mailing Lists' sections of its manual (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz in its package.) --

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthew Palmer wrote: Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate reply to list function? KDE's 'kmail' for those into GUIs to read text. But you have to configure the list address on a per folder basis. Bob pgpKg8pXDLrj4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 09:56, Bob Proulx wrote: Matthew Palmer wrote: Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate reply to list function? KDE's 'kmail' for those into GUIs to read text. But you have to configure the list address on a per folder basis. Evolution also has a

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Pete Ryland
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 01:54:59PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Your mailer doesn't have a reply to all button? Get a better one, Debian

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Pete Ryland
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Your mailer doesn't have a reply to all button? Get a better one, Debian has lots. The problem we're discussing, though, is that reply to all means exactly that - to *all*. Hmm.. I

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Tony Maro
Pete Ryland wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Your mailer doesn't have a reply to all button? Get a better one, Debian has lots. The problem we're discussing, though, is that reply to all means

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2003-04-17 at 03:46, Matthew Palmer wrote: Of course, depending on your POV, it might be seen as less resource intensive just to set up a procmail duplicate-killer instead of trying to educate the entire Internet on proper e-mail technique. Does that even depend on the POV? :) Those

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Tony Maro wrote: Why do I feel like I opened a can of worms? It is that squirmy feeling in the gut. Like just before the alien claws its way out. Bob pgpClP4tDDzjT.pgp Description: PGP signature

First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2003-04-15 09:04:55 BST): Quoting Andrew Stribblehill [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You're still better off building from source even if your software doesn't use a Makefile. Just think Do whatever is necessary to compile where the docs say make and Get

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Tony Maro
Andrew Stribblehill wrote: However, you're not that far yet, in that you probably don't have an archive you can upload to. To get a package into Debian, it needs to be sponsored, often by someone on this list. Of course. I actually still have a lot to learn of the package format before I

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 08:12:26AM -0500, Tony Maro wrote: Andrew Stribblehill wrote: PPS. Most people who read the Debian mailing lists are subscribed to them. Mailing them as well as the list means they get two copies. Being a cantankerous lot as a rule, we don't like this :) Odd

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread David Z Maze
Tony Maro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Odd considering that so far most every reply that I've received (except yours of course) included two copies. And the fact that you can't just hit reply and have it go back to the list - it wants to only reply to the sender. Your mailer doesn't have a

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Odd considering that so far most every reply that I've received (except yours of course) included two copies. And the fact that you can't just hit reply and have it go back to the list - it wants to only reply to the sender. Your mailer doesn't