Vincent Danen wrote:
> I have plenty of room for these rpms and this is exactly the purpose
> of www.rpmhelp.net. Please visit the site for instructions on how to
> go about contributing packages... I have over 20GB of available room
> (but if we get that many files in there, we might want mirrors).
>
> http://www.rpmhelp.net/
>
> For an example of what the packages will look like, look at the
> sidebar Traktopel RPMS and Odyssey RPMS links.
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Michael, Franki, and Vincent,
This is the kind of synergy that has resulted in Mandrake being the best
distro going (yes, hopefully as many as possible took advantage of
Mandrake's recent IPO). Vincent is willing to get involved so we now
have the beginning of a plan for providing a wider variety of src.rpm
files for LMDK7.2. I am willing to dedicate a test box running LMDK7.2
for this purpose. Obviously, to avoid duplication testing, some
coordination in who is testing what will be needed. I will also need
some time to install and setup the LMDK7.2 test box. In order to insure
test consistency, what are your thoughts on how it should be set up,
i.e. what base installation should exist prior to any testing of new
src.rpms?
I have both LMDK8.0 and LMDK7.2 servers runnning on my network, and I
agree with Vincent that both are very stable. However, for my
gateway/firewall server I have stayed with LMDK7.2 because of all of the
months of customizations that I have completed. One of the most
important being my rules for ipchains, and I am not ready to re-do this
work with the iptables in kernel-2.4. Just like you, Vincent, when I do
get ready to upgrade, I like to do a complete re-install of the newer
version. My past experience has taught me that this is the best way to
go.
At any rate, let us all stay posted on how we want to handle the rpm
project. Special thanks to Vincent, and all the great folks at Mandrake
(hurry back, civileme, Vincent is working his butt off)
drjung
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Art is the illusion of spontaneity...
