Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Joe Smith
"Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Joe Smith wrote: Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is bett

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Joe Smith
"Nikita V. Youshchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, I agree that it's ok to trust installer source that they will not install a backdoor into your system. However, chances that they will write to directories that should be under control of package manager, o

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-19 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> El domingo, 18 de junio de 2006 a las 22:03:32 -0500, Ron Johnson > escrib?a: > >> When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm >> window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. Unlike >> Sun Java & Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. > > I've found "s

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El domingo, 18 de junio de 2006 a las 22:03:32 -0500, Ron Johnson escribĂ­a: > When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm > window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. Unlike > Sun Java & Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. I've found "sux" works beaut

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically ...

2006-06-18 Thread Christian Perrier
> Concur. Even if the installer isn't accepted into contrib, but were > in a separate mirror like Marrilat, I'd add it. If the installer works well (ie does the advertised job), I see no reason for it not going in the archive. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 23:56 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > >> Wesley J. Landaker wrote: >> >>> But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it >>> working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they >>> want to. >>> >>> [1] (almost

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: Joe Smith wrote: > "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > [snip] >> When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm >

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Ron Johnson wrote: > Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > >> Joe Smith wrote: > >>> "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: googleearth-package >

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 23:56 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it > > working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they > > want to. > > > > [1] (almost working--I'm still tweaking it a

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Joey Hess
Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > But the most important one of all is: I've found it useful, I've got it > working[1], and I'd like to give others an opportunity to use it if they > want to. > > [1] (almost working--I'm still tweaking it a bit, since I've only been > working on it for a few hours) Doe

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically ...

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miles Bader wrote: > "Joe Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure >> that the package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere >> with the system. Normally the main reason why a debian p

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Miles Bader
"Joe Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the > package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the > system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is better than > what upsteam distributed is because using upstr

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > Joe Smith wrote: >> "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>> Package: wnpp >>> Severity: wishlist >>> Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> * Package name: googleearth-package >>>

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Joe Smith wrote: > Is this really needed? Google was very careful in making sure that the > package installs in /usr/local, and does not interfere with the > system. Normally the main reason why a debian package is better than > what upsteam distributed is because using upstreams packages will mess

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Joe Smith wrote: > > "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> * Package name: googleearth-package >> Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Joe Smith
"Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : (native packag

Bug#374373: ITP: googleearth-package -- utility for automatically building a Google Earth Debian package

2006-06-18 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: googleearth-package Upstream Author : Wesley J. Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : (native package) * License : GPL Description : utility for automatically building a