-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:23:36AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >> ... >> >> The difference between my backports and those at backports.org is >> that I keep track of the chains of poisening during chained >> backports. If later a bug is revealed in part of a chain, I can >> easily see what needs rebuilding and can redo same chains again using >> newer/corrected parts. >> >> Backports.org is not transparent about this need for hacking not only >> each single package but also sometimes their dependencies. > > Well, I don't use backports.org myself and just trust your reasoning. > I'm not convinced that the poisoning you mentioned is that harmfull. > In my eyes your strategy hides a valuable effort (porting gnash to > Lenny) for a larger user base and I fail to see the advantage in this > - but finally it is your work and you have the last word.
Not the last word: I provide source packages too (also to fulfill licensing requirements the simplest way), There is nothing stopping others from repackaging based on my work. - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknkXAIACgkQn7DbMsAkQLjZSgCfQe0A9FmY6hyU7BSy9ASJ+GQX BAsAoKNQc6wsV+FglK13k3U2WvL4sbIw =pQII -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
