Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-26 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 03:28:39AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > You've got it. That was the point of contention. The real objection Thanks for a lucid explanation, and my apologies for a late followup. > If you think your package really is only useful on Debian-like systems, > it may be o

Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-18 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 11:16:36AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > If you have nothing against a clear separation between the upstream > source and the Debian packaging, when why are you objecting when I say > you should have one? I am still not objecting to a clear separation per se, just to ha

Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-13 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:07:44PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > You say "us" so I assume you are more then one person. Why not make > one of them (or all as a group) Debian maintainer of the package? Make > the package a debian native package, which obviously includes a debian > dir. > >

Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-13 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 06:28:07PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > > In this particular case though, Debian is the primary environment for > > the program. > > That's not by itself a reason to include packaging-specific files in > the upstream tarball. Okay, fine. I'm just giving reasons I thi

Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-11 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 01:00:59PM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote: > On the other hand integrating Debian's *packaging* infrastructure > (i.e., the debian/ subdirectory) in upstream source cannot be > recommended. It only creates trouble for developers when the policy > and environment they are pack

Re: Bug#322282: ITP: swapspace -- Dynamic swap space manager

2005-08-10 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
t-class citizen in the upstream source tree. Doubly so in this case, where a number of agencies have agreed on Debian as a standard OS base. Jeroen Vermeulen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Swap space manager

2005-08-09 Thread Jeroen Vermeulen
greatly appreciated. Note however that I'm not subscribed to this list--we're having some serious problems with our Internet connection at the moment. Jeroen Vermeulen Software Industry Promotion Agency of Thailand Ministry of Information and Communication Technology -- To UNSUBSCR