I'm building my toaster packages with my own changes with a local
installation of openSuSE Build Service (https://build.opensuse.org).
It could be a great solution to easy build the packages for many distros.

Just my 2 cts.

On Feb 2, 2008 1:59 PM, Uplink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lucian Cristian wrote:
> > Uplink wrote:
> >> Some packages are already in Debian: daemontools (source), ucspi-tcp
> >> (source, Debian only, not in Ubuntu), clamav, spamassassin, and I
> >> think we can use those as they are, but the rest of the packages have
> >> to be created.
> >>
> > we should keep all packages from qmailtoaster for easier support, I
> > have been caught with something and didn't have time to read about
> > packaging deb files, anyhow I'm determined to do it as soon as I have
> > time for it
> As I see it, the level of support doesn't change much if we use packages
> that already exist.
>
> My current list of packages that are already in Debian via APT:
>
>     libsrs2, daemontools, ucspi-tcp, clamav, spamassassin,
> courier-authlib, courier-imap, maildrop, autorespond, isoqlog, djbdns,
> squirrelmail
>
> This leaves these packages to be ported, unless the QmailToaster
> packages that have a correspondent in Debian have something that the
> Debian packages don't:
>
>     vpopmail, libdomainkeys, qmail, ripmime, simscan, ezmlm,
> qmail-admin, qmailmrtg
>
> and on my low priority list:
>
>     vqadmin, control-panel
>
> Personally I don't quite see the point of porting packages that already
> exist in the distribution. Especially when that list is longer than the
> list of packages not in the distro.
>
> If you really want to keep them all in one place, of course, nobody can
> stop you from doing that, but I would use the packages from the distro
> still when making my package collection rather than porting them from
> QmailToaster (which is extra work that has already been done, or so I
> see it).
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>     Uplink
>
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