Re: FreeAmp/eMusic

1998-07-07 Thread Isaac Richards
On 07-Jul-98 Martin Schulze wrote: > Until this is done every package that depends on splay has to go into > contrib, too. I'm sorry. > >> Anyone see why eMusic couldn't go into main, as it does NOT rely on qt1? > > It relies on a package not in main but in contrib. *bummer*. > No, it doesn't

Re: FreeAmp/eMusic

1998-07-07 Thread Martin Schulze
Brian Almeida wrote: > Ok, looks like eMusic *can* go into main...as it uses splay (which is in > contrib) Nope. It has to go into contrib then. > Except from README.Debian out of the splay package... > "Currently the dependency upon qt1 for the xsplay interface forces this > package into cont

FreeAmp/eMusic

1998-07-07 Thread Brian Almeida
Ok, looks like eMusic *can* go into main...as it uses splay (which is in contrib) Except from README.Debian out of the splay package... "Currently the dependency upon qt1 for the xsplay interface forces this package into contrib. However, splay itself doesn't require this. At some point in the

Re: Question on conf files

1998-07-07 Thread Raul Miller
Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not saying this is the "right" way to think about it, just > explaining where my reaction was based... Note that you can always make a local modification which puts the dns stuff in /etc, leaving a symlink at /var/named/. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Question on conf files

1998-07-07 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Harris) writes: > My reading shows that named zone databases should go in > /var/state/named. However, the existance of /var/nis and /var/yp make > me think that /var/named makes more sense, and of course is in line > with historical practice. Can anyone enlighten this

policy on modules

1998-07-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
With the introduction of modutils 2.1.85-12 I think it's time to discuss kernel modules in here. I'm new on this list, so be gentle :) There are a couple of things about modules that should IMHO be stated in policy: 1) where to install modules. 2) how to configure modules 1) is outlined in /usr/

Re: shlibs in binary packages allowed at all or no?

1998-07-07 Thread Wichert Akkerman
On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 07:54:31PM -0400, Gregory S. Stark wrote: > It ought to be possible to have debhelper automatically split off library > package, the contents are very predictable. Too risky. And the main reason debhelper exists is because debstd did way too much on itself. debhelper does a

Re: shlibs in binary packages allowed at all or no?

1998-07-07 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 07:54:31PM -0400, Gregory S. Stark wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam P. Harris) writes: > > "Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 02:16:59PM -0400, Gregory S. Stark wrote: > > > > "Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > You

Re: Question on conf files

1998-07-07 Thread Michael Bramer
On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 01:11:48AM -0400, Adam P. Harris wrote: > Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If this true, then we must move a lot of files from /var/lists/*, > > > /var/named (and more?) to /etc// > > > Yep. For example, as far a

Re: Summary[2]: dpkg and alpha/beta versioning

1998-07-07 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On 7 Jul 1998, Adam P. Harris wrote: > > Yann, following your summary of alpha/beta versioning, it seems to me > that a best practiced has arised and reached some consensus. I wasn't > following too closely, but I thought I saw this happening. Did it? > > If so, could you just take the best p

Re: Question on conf files

1998-07-07 Thread Adam P. Harris
Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michael Bramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If this true, then we must move a lot of files from /var/lists/*, > > /var/named (and more?) to /etc// > Yep. For example, as far as I can tell, most of /var/named should be > in /etc/named. Symlinks from /

Re: Summary[2]: dpkg and alpha/beta versioning

1998-07-07 Thread Adam P. Harris
Yann, following your summary of alpha/beta versioning, it seems to me that a best practiced has arised and reached some consensus. I wasn't following too closely, but I thought I saw this happening. Did it? If so, could you just take the best practice, and, if it's something requiring dpkg chan