On 2008-04-21 Atsuhito Kohda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:14:28 +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > the situation seems to be rather simple: > Might be so but it looks to me that simple situation > is not understood correctly. I almost lost motivation > to argue this issue any more. But anyway; > > On top of that upstream tells us that the > > version shipped in the package "lynx" is outdated and that only > > lynx-cur should be shipped: > from the above, > > So we should not have a package lynx-cur in sid, and the package lynx > > should be at version 2.8.7dev.8. > it is natural or reasonable for me to concluse, we should > not have a package lynx in sid. Hello, well if we have a single version of lynx in the archive, calling the package lynx-cur instead of simply lynx seems wrong. (If there is good reason I just do not know it, but I might be wrong.) I did not intend to say who should package it. > > You'll need to arrange between you > > two how to get this done. > lynx and lynx-cur are maintained for quite a long time > independently and I don't think I need any co-maintenace > with lynx-cur at present. Further, [...] > But if I'm allowed to advice, it will be better to use > the package name lynx-cur because it is the name of the > upstream source. The binary is still called lynx, isn't it? Shouldn't "apt-get install lynx" simply work? How about naming the source package lynx-cur and the binary lynx? > Zephaniah, I'd like to hear your opinion if possible. The hijack of lynx was strange, two uploads, then quietness. http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lynx/news/20070501T061703Z.html > If my mail sounds unpleasant, it is not my intention > but it is because my English ability prevents me from > expressing my feeling correctly enough in Englisy ;-) AOL! cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
