Just to say that Nautilus packages are now apt-able correctly. Cheers
Bastien Nocera wrote: > > Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > > Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > http://hadess.net/idoru.shtml for all the info > > > > > > No Fifth Toe applications available yet, old applications should work > > > alright, maybe a symlink here and there for the libraries. > > > I'll add them as I build them, after GUADEC. > > > > These are the Ximian .debs? If so, they're binary incompatible with > > official > > GNOME .debs, and Ximian is no longer supporting sid: "unstable is changing > > a bit > > too fast underneath us." So I guess those .debs are for stable? > > Nope, for testing... Means that we won't get stuff like Nautilus 1.0.1 > (which is part GNOME 1.4, and works on PPC) until more than 2 weeks. > Nautilus 1.0 from unstable is broken on PPC. > > > See http://kt.zork.net/debian/dd20010328_28.html#5 > > > > IMHO, the Ximian .debs play an important role for some stable users (except > > for > > the upgrade headache because of their version numbers), and may have been > > helpful for 1.2 releases a few months ago. But now that Christian and Takuo > > etc. have caught up (and we even have a pretty complete set for PPC), it > > seems > > that for unstable users there is not such a strong reason to use them, and > > in > > addition to duplicating packaging effort, they split bug reports so nobody > > has a > > complete set. > > Sure... But there are people that want the stuff _now_. I wanted to test > Nautilus and Evolution more for example before going to GUADEC. I offer > them as a gift to the Debian/PPC users, and try to do my best to keep > them up-to-date and working. If you don't like them, and don't mind > waiting ages to get already obsolete packages, that's your problem. > > BTW, the packages are mostly based off Debian packages updated to the > latest sources (uupdate is my friend). -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
