Re: Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-17 Thread Richard Braakman
Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > > Remove as many dependencies on old libraries as possible, this > > > includes: > > > > > > libjpegg6a, libncurses3.4, newt0.25, libpgsql, tk4.2, tcl7.6, > > > libwraster1, libpng0g > > > > > > and various older gtk/gnome libraries. > > > > Lintian has a

Re: Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-17 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 11:36:41AM +0200, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > > Remove as many dependencies on old libraries as possible, this > > > includes: > > > > > > libjpegg6a, libncurses3.4, newt0.25, libpgsql, tk4.2, tcl7.6, > > > libwraster1, libpng0g > > > > > > and various older g

Re: Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-17 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> > Remove as many dependencies on old libraries as possible, this > > includes: > > > > libjpegg6a, libncurses3.4, newt0.25, libpgsql, tk4.2, tcl7.6, > > libwraster1, libpng0g > > > > and various older gtk/gnome libraries. > > Lintian has a "depends-on-obolete-package" tag. I wil

Re: Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-17 Thread Richard Braakman
Steve Dunham wrote: > Library dependencies: > > Remove as many dependencies on old libraries as possible, this > includes: > > libjpegg6a, libncurses3.4, newt0.25, libpgsql, tk4.2, tcl7.6, > libwraster1, libpng0g > > and various older gtk/gnome libraries. I hesitate to add this as

Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 07:03:37AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:28:16PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > > > PAM: > > Ben Collins sponsored full pamification as a release goal. The main > > packages that need work are the shadow suite, and xdm. > > /me blinks.

PAM notes... [was Re: Release Plans (19990513)]

1999-05-13 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 10:13:59AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about here. > > > > I use NIS and PAM all the time on RedHat (and Debian - although half > > of our stuff is not yet pamified). What exactly has to be pamified in > > the nis packa

Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
> I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about here. > > I use NIS and PAM all the time on RedHat (and Debian - although half > of our stuff is not yet pamified). What exactly has to be pamified in > the nis package? (In RH 6.0, setting up an NIS client is as easy as > typing the domain nam

Re: Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
Steve Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Remove as many dependencies on old libraries as possible, this > includes: > > libjpegg6a, libncurses3.4, newt0.25, libpgsql, tk4.2, tcl7.6, > libwraster1, libpng0g > > and various older gtk/gnome libraries. Looking at some of these, it oc

Old Library dependencies Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Steve Dunham
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (Please send followups to this mail to debian-devel, not > debian-devel-announce) > This is what I learned from the responses to the previous announcement. > Boot disks: > CD Images: > Architectures: > PAM: > Perl 5.005: Library dependenci

Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Steve Dunham
"Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:28:16PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > > > PAM: > > Ben Collins sponsored full pamification as a release goal. The main > > packages that need work are the shadow suite, and xdm. > /me blinks... > has nis (the p

Re: Release Plans (19990513)

1999-05-13 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:28:16PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > PAM: > Ben Collins sponsored full pamification as a release goal. The main > packages that need work are the shadow suite, and xdm. /me blinks... has nis (the package) been PAMified? I positively hate PAM because it's an all