[Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] | It would be a good idea to see if a new, quicker development cycle or | paradigm could be started after 1.1.
Not a flame either, but let me simply state: The package format it to complicate. This isn't only my opinion here. These pre- and postinst scripts are quite sophisticated, sure, and they are needed. But e. g. there is no need to re-package the original program sources! The source should stay untouched as _virgin_ .tar.gz files. As long as the Debian community does not change their mind, I will *never* make any package (in the past, I have done a lot socalled Notes files for the BOGUS distribution -- but the Debianization of the sources prevents me from participating here, and -- believe me -- I'm really sad about it!). Please, change the format as soon as 1.1 is out (and, please, make it possible to create an .deb without becoming root: dpkg -i should set the permissions running an postinst script). Karl
