Hi, all. On Apr 20 2009, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 20 April 2009, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > In setting up everything on the powerbook, I did not trouble myself > > to re-enable the miboot builds anymore, since I understand they've > > been long broken and nobody is working on them; > > Agreed.
I am interested to know what is needed to contribute with the ppc side of things in Debian. I care about the oldworld machines (at least, as long as mine works). > > and, also, since I can't seem to find the miboot package anymore > > that's needed to do this (I believe Sven Luther used to maintain > > them, but, well). > > I "rescued" it from his $HOME on p.d.o: > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/pub/miboot/ I just did a facelift of the package and I think that it could enter non-free, perhaps. Here are my modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Format: 1.8 Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:37:43 -0300 Source: miboot Binary: miboot Architecture: source all Version: 1.0d4-2.1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Jeremie Koenig <spr...@sprite.fr.eu.org> Changed-By: Rogério Brito <rbr...@ime.usp.br> Description: miboot - Linux bootloader for OldWorld PowerMac computers Changes: miboot (1.0d4-2.1) unstable; urgency=low . * Non-maintainer upload. * The "don't let miboot die" release. * debian/compat: create it with a 5. * debian/watch: create watchfile for BenH's page. * debian/copyright: + include copyright notice. + include notice that packages in non-free are not part of Debian. + include information where GPL-2 can be found on Debian systems. * debian/control: + include debhelper on build-deps. + include homepage field. + change section to non-free/admin. * debian/rules: + include call to dh_md5sums. + include mandatory binary-arch target. Checksums-Sha1: df8f8083f4d20cd8bd126c0a7ad92090677cc2a1 750 miboot_1.0d4-2.1.dsc 4eb41fdf616f55c064c8b7a159386a583d6ebcf4 4596 miboot_1.0d4-2.1.diff.gz 7f45256ea86463de42a3723226cf8713b35fe416 32586 miboot_1.0d4-2.1_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: 819b512bd70630b70d63dc96a1d2ae163aab004109cc02e4de19f8bf20e26836 750 miboot_1.0d4-2.1.dsc e06847095dcca15bbe3c4fc650721ef064ad02aac3d7ee744666dd8ab99e43b0 4596 miboot_1.0d4-2.1.diff.gz 76b716a0bfee94146d056ccb0a8be7c803c359cac515cb58c4ae2e6c2c92484d 32586 miboot_1.0d4-2.1_all.deb Files: 334783f9515cfe8dfd54137f0ccc3be6 750 non-free/admin optional miboot_1.0d4-2.1.dsc 0408e04e9a9ba761c2b43a4cd57e15f5 4596 non-free/admin optional miboot_1.0d4-2.1.diff.gz e2121c65a56e1008f51cce9f1b34d1c1 32586 non-free/admin optional miboot_1.0d4-2.1_all.deb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks, Rogério Brito. P.S.: Please, CC'me, as I am not subscribed to this list (this is also the reason why I am CC'ing Frans---so that the message doesn't get lost). -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
