---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Isaak Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [packman] Wanting to upload a package To: Henne Vogelsang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey, Well, since most of the work is done by the Truecrypt developers the only task I'll have is to maintain the versions and update the repository as soon as a new version is out. I have no experience with manual packaging but I do have the time to check for updates every several days. On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Henne Vogelsang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi Isaak, > > On Thursday, November 27, 2008 at 21:08:29, Isaak Malik wrote: > > > Oh I see, the page on the packman website just mentioned to request the > > details by contacting the mailing list, that's why I didn't mention any > > details. > > > > I'm just a simple OpenSUSE user and wanted to upload the truecrypt > package > > which the truecrypt developers compile themselves, it's available at > > www.truecrypt.org (download the binary file and extract the .rpm via the > > command line). > > > > Why upload it? So other SUSE users can easily find the package via Yast > and > > perform easy upgrades when a newer version is available. I don't > necessarily > > want to do this myself, if anyone else feels like doing this I'd > appreciate > > it. > > > Sorry we are not a package hosting service but a group of maintainers > that care for a repository of packages. Adding something to packman > needs way more then just uploading it. You need to adapt the package to > openSUSEs needs, maintain it for several versions, fix packaging bugs > and so on. You can do that for truecrypt if you want, but this needs > plenty of time and knowledge about packaging and so on. Are you willing > to do that? > > Henne > > -- > Henne Vogelsang, http://hennevogel.de > "To die. In the rain. Alone." > Ernest Hemingway > -- Isaak Malik Web Developer -- Isaak Malik Web Developer _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
