Re: Non-Maintainer Upload Qs

1998-08-13 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 11:31:15PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Stephen" == Stephen J Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stephen> The package in question is a bit out of date and I need features in > Stephen> the latest version for my own system, so I needed to upgrade to >

Re: Non-Maintainer Upload Qs

1998-08-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Stephen" == Stephen J Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stephen> The package in question is a bit out of date and I need features in Stephen> the latest version for my own system, so I needed to upgrade to Stephen> the latest version...and decided to do it with the packaging system..

Re: Mirroring sid and slink/hamm sources

1998-08-13 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > > I know there have been talk about limiting syncing to master, so I'd want to > > know if it's okay to use master? > > It's not, never has been :) > (The very first time I logged in, I remember a notice asking people > n

Re: Mirroring sid and slink/hamm sources

1998-08-13 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12 Aug 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > : Second Q. Is master the best place to sync from for me? Or should I choose > some > : else site, to ease the burdon on master? > > I've got a full mirror available via anon rsync at debian.midco.net -

Non-Maintainer Upload Qs

1998-08-13 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
Ok, ive never made an NMU before...but am tempted to with a package at the least I would like to know if there is any policy (written or unwritten) on it? The package in question is a bit out of date and I need features in the latest version for my own system, so I needed to upgrade to the lates