Sandro Tosi wrote: > > I looked at the homepage, and while this does appear useful, is it really > > nescessary to be packaged all by itself? > > > > Think about a collection package; I don't think debian should be overloaded > > with tons of single-program packages. > > I'm getting used to package software for debian, and this seems an > easy one, so I'd like to package it anyway (at least will be in my > repository and not in debian ones). > > But, what are collection package? how could I create one? (just curious).
I assume that doogie is referring to a source package that comprises several different single file programs. This would reduce the number of small packages and may as a bonus contain more useful programs for the user. In this case several GMail oriented utilities could be packaged as gmail-utils or something similar. Regards, Joey -- Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a good idea. Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]