Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-04 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Scott" == Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> Talk about quick service... I found the packages in Scott> Incoming this morning :) *grin* Well, it wasn't terribly difficult -- but I'm extremely glad for debhelper :) -- Brought to you by the letters X and D and the numb

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-03 Thread Scott Hanson
Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > "Scott" == Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Scott> As soon as someone packages xforms0.88, I'll rebuild both > Scott> xmysql and xmysqladmin with it... > > Well, I guess I'll do so, since nobody else is stepping forward to

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-03 Thread Richard Braakman
Ben Gertzfield wrote: > Well, I guess I'll do so, since nobody else is stepping forward to do > it. > > Should I distribute the binary-only .tar.gz as the .orig.tar.gz, and > make the diff as usual? Hmm... xforms0.86 is .deb only. I think having a source package would be preferable, yes. It wil

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-03 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Ben" == Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ben> Should I distribute the binary-only .tar.gz as the Ben> .orig.tar.gz, and make the diff as usual? *grin* Also, shouldn't the package be named 'libforms0.88'? I can also release a 'libforms0.86' that replaces, provides, and con

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-02 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Scott" == Scott Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Scott> As soon as someone packages xforms0.88, I'll rebuild both Scott> xmysql and xmysqladmin with it... Well, I guess I'll do so, since nobody else is stepping forward to do it. Should I distribute the binary-only .tar.gz as the

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-02 Thread Scott Hanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Braakman) writes: > Ben Gertzfield wrote: > [xforms0.86] > > > > I think this more than warrants a non-maintainer upload.. > > Heh, it wouldn't be a non-maintainer upload. If xforms 0.88 is > packaged, it will become a new package named xforms0.88. Whoever > package

Re: xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-02 Thread Richard Braakman
Ben Gertzfield wrote: [xforms0.86] > > I think this more than warrants a non-maintainer upload.. Heh, it wouldn't be a non-maintainer upload. If xforms 0.88 is packaged, it will become a new package named xforms0.88. Whoever packages it will simply be the maintainer of that package. Richard Br

xforms0.86 package insanity

1998-01-02 Thread Ben Gertzfield
>From the bug reprts on the xforms0.86 package, I've been able to ascertain the following: xforms0.86 currently depends on elf-x11r6, a virtual package that is now obsolete. xforms0.86 is libc5, and available in binary form only. xforms0.88 is available, and is distributed compiled for libc6. T