On Tue, 10 Sep 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Buddha> The executable should be recompiled. There are a few outstanding
> Buddha> bugs on the fortune package, some dating back over a year, that
> Buddha> could easily be fixed by a repackaging. I could be wrong, but it
> Buddha> seems as if the maintainer has abandoned it.
Buddha: Read the policy.html to find information about updates by other
than the current maintainer. Then contribute an upgrade to the fortune
package. I will be happy to provide whatever assistance you may need, if
it is within my skill level.
>
> Raul> More likely, he's waiting for the new package specification issues to
> Raul> settle out.
The new package specifications are available in any of the most recent
dpkg packages. Between the policy and the programmers manuals (in html)
there is now a manual for everyone to read. The new source package
management scheme is easy to convert to, and a dream to execute. One
command builds everything you will need to upload including signed changes
and Debian Source Control files (.dsc). I am sure that there are, as yet
unanswered questions about the implementation. But so far all my
conversions are going "by the book".
>
> Excuse my French, but that is bullshit.
>
Excuse me?! I don't know much French, but I do know that that is not
French! ;-)
> He had six months to do an Elf release when our guidelines were unchanged.
> Moreover, both formats are currently allowed, you he could use the old one if
> need be.
>
No comment... I mean, This space intentionaly left blank.
> Aout needs to be extinguished soon rather than later.
>
True, however, like the ext file system, it will be supported (at least in
the kernel) for quite some time (read forever...).
Luck,
Dwarf
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