Re: apt-get install wordperfect?

1999-05-27 Thread James Mastros
On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 08:01:27PM -0500, Mark Mealman wrote: > Is it possible for commercial software to make it into the Debian > archives(presumably in non-free)? [...] I'd tend to agree with the feeling in the above (apt-able archives of non-(DFSG)-free but (beer)-free are a Good Thing), but d

Re: ITP: file2

1999-05-27 Thread Kenshi Muto
Thu, 27 May 1999 10:53:22 +0900, Kenshi Muto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: ITP: file2 (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): kmuto> Wed, 26 May 1999 18:29:55 -0700, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: ITP: file2 (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): kmuto> joey> I take it this cannot be tested for using the tes

Re: ITP: file2

1999-05-27 Thread Kenshi Muto
Wed, 26 May 1999 18:29:55 -0700, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: ITP: file2 (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): joey> Kenshi Muto wrote: joey> > I intend to upload package "file2". joey> > File2 is similar "file" command, but it reports which KANJI code be used. joey> I take it this cannot be te

Re: ITP: file2

1999-05-27 Thread Joey Hess
Kenshi Muto wrote: > I intend to upload package "file2". > File2 is similar "file" command, but it reports which KANJI code be used. I take it this cannot be tested for using the tests available to file(1)? -- see shy jo

ITP: dviselect

1999-05-27 Thread Kenshi Muto
Hi, I intend to upload package "dviselect". Dviselect is specific pages from a TeX DVI file.This software is a part from seetex. Package: dviselect Version: 2.19-4 Section: tex Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1) Description: Select specific pages from a DVI file Dviselect selects pages

Re: Intent to package: src2tex

1999-05-27 Thread Takao KAWAMURA
> > Licence: > > > > Permission to use, copy, and modify this software and its > > documentation is granted under no conditions. > > > > I will upload it to master in a few days. > > "..is granted under no conditions" reads like 'is not granted'. > > I.e., there are no conditions under which su

ITP: file2

1999-05-27 Thread Kenshi Muto
Hi, I intend to upload package "file2". File2 is similar "file" command, but it reports which KANJI code be used. Package: file2 Version: 1.1-4 Section: misc Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1) Description: kanji code checker File2 tests each argument in an attempt to classify it to JI

apt-get install wordperfect?

1999-05-27 Thread Mark Mealman
Is it possible for commercial software to make it into the Debian archives(presumably in non-free)? A lot of commercial software uses license keys to control otherwise freely downloadable software. And being able to upgrade wordperfect, blender and vmware via "apt-get upgrade" would be this lazy

Re: Q: The processing time for new maintainers

1999-05-27 Thread Thomas Quinot
Le 1999-05-05, Bo Branten écrivait : > But since 6 months is a rather long time I think it would be interesting > if other people post here and tell us how long they had to wait so we can I applied 5 weeks ago. Since then I got a little feedback from Martin Schulz. I had one message on voice-mail

First post as maintainer :) (about 2-3 screenfuls)

1999-05-27 Thread jim
Hi... First off Glad to be here; thanks for accepting my app I'd like to maintain maybe 1 or 2 easy packages, pwgen comes to mind (Hi Vincent :) Also, I have some stuff I wrote that's unpackaged I'd like to package eventually, but I'm not so sure they'd be easy... Let me try to drum up some