Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debian repositories

2010-09-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 03:35:27PM -0400, Alan O'Neill wrote: The package I'm ready to submit installs the 32-bit version of GT.M 5.4.000A. Additionally, I'll be able to build a package for the 64-bit version. Are there different source tarballs for 32 and 64 bit? I'm just asking because

Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debian repositories

2010-09-06 Thread Alan O'Neill
Hi Andreas, Thanks for the tips on SVN -- very helpful! When last I wrote, I had begun to think that you and I were working with one different assumption, and from what you just wrote, it is now confirmed. The package I have built is not a source package, it is a binary package. I have

Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debian repositories

2010-09-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 09:29:34AM -0400, Alan O'Neill wrote: Thanks for the tips on SVN -- very helpful! :-) When last I wrote, I had begun to think that you and I were working with one different assumption, and from what you just wrote, it is now confirmed. The package I have built is

Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debianrepositories

2010-09-06 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
I am catching up on e-mail and will try to respond to all the issues thoughtfully discussed by Andreas and Alan in this single response. Preference for no root owned files in the .deb distribution files: I have a preference for not including any files owned by root in the .deb distribution

Re: Connecting those interested in getting GT.M into the Debianrepositories

2010-09-06 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear Bhaskar, here are two short comments about unpacking binary packages and dependance on libicu. Le Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 11:40:55PM -0400, K.S. Bhaskar a écrit : Preference for no root owned files in the .deb distribution files: I have a preference for not including any files owned by