On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 03:06:02PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > ???? no X packages at least, no x source that i could find ???? > > bash-2.02$ lftp ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > cd ok, cwd=/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > lftp> ls xfree* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 62 Jan 8 1999 > xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.diff.gz -> > ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.diff.gz > lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 58 Jan 8 1999 > xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.dsc > -> ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a-8.1.dsc > lrwxrwxrwx 1 ftp ftp 62 Jan 8 1999 > xfree86_3.3.2.3a.orig.tar.gz -> > ../../../../slink/main/source/x11/xfree86_3.3.2.3a.orig.tar.gz > > and i doubt he has powerpc packages, so my upload should cause him no problem, > also he didn't respond to me when i wrote to him ...
Just because there are only symlinks to slink does not mean there are no potato packages - they're just the same version as in slink. x86 users running potato will be broken by your upload. > why you don't say it then, there have been people asking for a newer X since > ages, and it would have saved me lot of time doing this stuff. and the current > X packages, as well as the other packages that we could download from > somewhere are incompatible with the current state of base. This is a grave > problem, i think ... I posted them twice to this list. > sure, ... > > you upload a doted debian version to potato, let's say -0.1, like my packages, > so no clash with branden's stuff, and then when he feels like he has time for > it, he just check your stuff, and uploads a full debian version (-1 in this > case) and your packages will get removed automatically. > > At least that should be the way to go, and is it not like that that > xfree-3.3.2.3a-8.1 was downloaded, with fixes for m68k ? Yes. And were you around for the screaming fight when Branden found out about that NMU? He may be a little slow in answering his email, but he is by no means missing. Uploading his packages without his permission is very rude. > If branden would have had a xfree package in potato, then i guess my packages > would have gone to experimental instead ... Please, put them in experimental. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
