On Tuesday 12 August 2003 08:29 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > w9ya wrote: > > Afterall, the first rule of packaging should be to make sure it will > > actually > > > install as this is the first thing a package must do. I really have a > > tough > > > time considering things to be merely not be "polished" when it can't be > > installed using the standard procedures set aside for installing. > > So, we can be expecting patches for the packages which don't install at > present (aka this is a community distro, anyone can help)?
Actually, somehow this got spread across (at least) two threads (as these things sometimes seem to do !). i.e. So far this seems to have been fixed by member(s) of the community after a request was posted about a week or so ago by myself and one other. *And* -> I have publicly thanked those involved in straightening this out. So yeah, the community has done their part well in correcting this "lack of install" situation. I am more concerned about having to do this "fix for lack of install" stuff. I was, and still am, concerned that (some) package maintainers do not exhibit even this level of care. It indicates something being more than just a little wrong IMHO. > > I have fixed the packages which I could not install yesterday, the only > one left now on my box is squid, which I can't fix since it's in main. > Only problem is the hdlists aren't updating ... Um, there are some hosts exhibiting this behavior yes. This is more recent than the bad packages, and as I indicated earlier, I had to switch. Someone else has also mentioned this. Best regards; Bob > > 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/OOuzrJK6UGDSBKcRAhlJAJ9W0QaIek8Zk4dgwd7xg1VXNJlLEQCdFdCl > BKX+Ga+ghzwime+Y0OeRNNc= > =3wtU > -----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. > ******************************************************************
