-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Luca Olivetti wrote: > Andi Payn wrote: > >> On the other hand, the fact that it's so much easier to get stuff into >> Mandrake contribs > > I beg to differ. I took more than a year to get cyrus-imapd in contribs. >
Well, it depends on whether the person who does most of the work on the packages has access to contrib or not. If not, then they have to find someone else who does, and is interested in uploading it, and who has the time ... For more trivial packages (ie some arb util or desktop app), this is usually not a problem (give me a package which is mostly ready, and I will have it up in under a week in most cases). With server apps, it's usually more difficult and time-consuming to test them ... But the problem is that the process for becoming a packager is not (yet) well-documented. Someone interested in doing this is free to do so: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/PackagingDoc#How_to_become_a_Mandrake_package assuming the process to get write access to the Wiki is sufficiently documented ;-). Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/HsVYrJK6UGDSBKcRArWPAJ49sWwUPSFxnO9pAuTsD3IC8Nx2TACeMcwA bvBDWB+WMu8IjCOn9JC/K2g= =MHc6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
