Re: upstream changed the source tarball name...

2005-11-26 Thread Al Stone
On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 12:01 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 04:53:50PM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > > If it were my package, I'd make the judgement call to still call the source > package acovea, name the source tarball acovea_5.1.1.orig.tar.gz, and build &

upstream changed the source tarball name...

2005-11-26 Thread Al Stone
ng and re-reading Policy and such :(. The answers are probably staring me in the face, too Thanks in advance for any recommendations. [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/acovea.html [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337604 -- Ciao, al

dependency question

2004-01-07 Thread Al Stone
possible). Other DD's I've talked to prefer the looser restrictions that seem to allow for a broader range of use cases. What say the mentors? Should I force the dependencies? Should I gamble on the users knowing what to do (with proper README.Debian entries, of course)? Thanks in advance. -- Ciao, al Al Stone Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dependency question

2004-01-07 Thread Al Stone
possible). Other DD's I've talked to prefer the looser restrictions that seem to allow for a broader range of use cases. What say the mentors? Should I force the dependencies? Should I gamble on the users knowing what to do (with proper README.Debian entrie

debian/rules assumptions for kernel modules?

2003-03-28 Thread Al Stone
es so that the build fails if these things are not present; that'll be done. But, I just haven't been able to find anything that tells me what sort of build environment I can rely on. Have I just not looked in the right place? TIA. -- Ciao, al ---- Al Stone L

debian/rules assumptions for kernel modules?

2003-03-28 Thread Al Stone
es so that the build fails if these things are not present; that'll be done. But, I just haven't been able to find anything that tells me what sort of build environment I can rely on. Have I just not looked in the right place? TIA. -- Ciao, al ---- Al Stone Linux &am