Joakim Bodin a �crit :
> Ben Reser wrote:
>
> > No it doesn't. If you go look at the site. The latest *STABLE* release is
> > 0.8.10. Which is what Mandrake has in it. 0.9 (per normal Linux style
> > versioning) is a development version and shouldn't be considered stable or
> > usable.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 05:39:26PM +0200, Joakim Bodin wrote:
> > > I've noticed for a while now that Linux-Mandrake includes a pretty
> > > old/deprecated Eterm version. Are there any reasons to this? If there
> > > isn't a maintainer for it I'd gladly become it's maintainer.
> >
> > --
> > Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > http://ben.reser.org
> >
> > <snip>
>
> Ok, so I got KainX (Michael Jennings, Eterm Author) opinion about this and his
> reply was that 0.9.x wasn't "unstable" just a "development" version of Eterm
> and reffered me to part of the Eterm FAQ
> http://www.eterm.org/docs/Eterm-0.9-FAQ.php#q1
> which pretty much explains it all. My opinion is that Eterm 0.9 is seen as as
> stable as 0.8 which is barely maintained. Eterm 0.9 is also a great
> improvement and that is why I want it to be included in Linux-Mandrake instead
> of the outdated 0.8 version. As I said earlier I'm willing to maintain the new
> Eterm version if noone else wants to.
ok ! Feel free to do this . But before , take a look to the mandrake rpm howto
;-)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/mdk-rpm/
> I was also wondering if it could be
> possible to make a "hack" Eterm to the contrib section of Linux-Mandrake that
> is Eterm 0.9.1 which really is "unstable" and which includes Imlib2 that I
> could also package without much trouble.
Ask Lenny ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) .
>
>
> Joakim Bodin
>
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