Re: Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:16:28PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages > yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New > Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Yep. Move from there onto t

Re: Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:16:28PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > > I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages > yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New > Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Yes. The guide should he

Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Thorsten -- If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you ho

Re: Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:16:28PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages > yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New > Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Yep. Move from there onto t

Re: Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:16:28PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > > I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages > yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New > Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Yes. The guide should he

Initial Questions

2004-02-16 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, I want to adopt an orphaned package, but haven't worked with packages yet. Before I go in a completely wrong direction: Is the Debian New Maintainers' Guide (package maint-guide) a good way to start? Thorsten -- If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you ho