Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-02-01 Thread luther sven
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 01:39:09PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > > yes he contaceted me, but anyway, i just burnt my computer yesterday, > > so there will be no more packages from me for some time to come, so > > someone please move the stuff i did in experimental

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-31 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > yes he contaceted me, but anyway, i just burnt my computer yesterday, > so there will be no more packages from me for some time to come, so > someone please move the stuff i did in experimental I moved it into a subdirectory if Incoming for the moment (X-sven). I'll

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 02:51:54PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously luther sven wrote: > > It is true that there is branden's name listed as maintainer, but that > > is due to my little experience in the different packaging tools, i > > will fix that now that i know you want it like that

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-29 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously luther sven wrote: > It is true that there is branden's name listed as maintainer, but that > is due to my little experience in the different packaging tools, i > will fix that now that i know you want it like that. You really want to hijack the X packages from him? This is absolutely t

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-29 Thread luther sven
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 12:31:33PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 03:06:02PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > no X packages at least, no x source that i could find > > > > bash-2.02$ lftp ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > > cd ok, cwd=/debian/di

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-29 Thread luther sven
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 02:32:04PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:54:31PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > huh ??? as long as nobody compiles them on i386, there should be no > > problem ... and anyway, the packages in potato should be the same as > > the ones in slink, s

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:54:31PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > huh ??? as long as nobody compiles them on i386, there should be no > problem ... and anyway, the packages in potato should be the same as > the ones in slink, since they come from the same source, well i guess > the difference is in th

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-28 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 12:31:33PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 03:06:02PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > no X packages at least, no x source that i could find > > > > bash-2.02$ lftp ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > > cd ok, cwd=/debian/di

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-28 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 03:06:02PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > no X packages at least, no x source that i could find > > bash-2.02$ lftp ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > cd ok, cwd=/debian/dists/potato/main/source/x11 > lftp> ls xfree* > lrwxrwxr

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-28 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 08:55:09AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 08:53:53AM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > and he was very much annoyed that he was getting bugreports for an X > > > version that he didn't make. > > > > sure, but there is my name and email in the change

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-27 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 08:53:53AM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > and he was very much annoyed that he was getting bugreports for an X > > version that he didn't make. > > sure, but there is my name and email in the changelog file, this should > appear in the maintainer field, isn't it ? Nope. Do

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-27 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 03:56:33PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > > where should i put them (together with their source) in experimental ? in > > potato ? someplace else ? > > Experimental or a webpage I'ld say. At the very least I'ld talk to > Branden about it. S

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-25 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > where should i put them (together with their source) in experimental ? in > potato ? someplace else ? Experimental or a webpage I'ld say. At the very least I'ld talk to Branden about it. Someone did a X NMU a while ago without telling him and he was very much annoye

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-25 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 03:17:15AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > I probably don't need to say this, but I'll do it anyway: this is great > > of course, as long as those patches and fixes are send back the Branden > > again. > > Yes, of

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-21 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > I probably don't need to say this, but I'll do it anyway: this is great > of course, as long as those patches and fixes are send back the Branden > again. Yes, of course, that was what I meant. > I disagree: this will make it seem like Debian is

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-21 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > One thing I would like to note. The fact that Sven created the packages > for powerpc, somehow gives us a headstart. By the time the first official > 3.3.3 packages are out, we -that is debian/ppc- will be using 3.3.3 for > some time and will have bug fix

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > no problem, ... > > i have to say that was very useful for building this packages, and that i > applied the patches and tried to resolve most of the rejections quickly. > > it took me less time than to compile all the stuff. > > i needed them, since si

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 03:02:39PM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > Just to defend Branden: he has been doing great work on reorganizing the > > X packages. They are now much more modular and install easier. X being > > the huge monster th

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Just to defend Branden: he has been doing great work on reorganizing the > X packages. They are now much more modular and install easier. X being > the huge monster that it is introduced a bunch of weird errors that have > to be fixed before we can r

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > i have a second version of them, i would gladly upload them, but i > am not sure if i can, they are signed with a key that is not yet > in the debian keyring, and also i am not sure if 3.3.3.1 is > officially released yet. > > anyway, in the mean time, y

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 12:32:22PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:44:13AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > > > Not to offend anyone -again... I think I have that tendency after all- but > > > you created them so quickly, while th

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:44:13AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > > Not to offend anyone -again... I think I have that tendency after all- but > > you created them so quickly, while there have been 2 months since 3.3.3 > > has been released and no official d

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Wed, Jan 20, 1999 at 11:06:07AM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:44:13AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > > > Hello, ... > > > > > > i have done some unofficial

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-20 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:44:13AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > > Hello, ... > > > > i have done some unofficial xfree 3.3.3.1 debian packages for powerpc. > > GREAT! i have a second version of them, i woul

Re: Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-18 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > Hello, ... > > i have done some unofficial xfree 3.3.3.1 debian packages for powerpc. GREAT! > all is not yet perfect, and i have to work more on them so that they become > acceptable for debian, but in the > meantime, if someone

Xfree 3.3.3.1

1999-01-18 Thread Sven LUTHER
Hello, ... i have done some unofficial xfree 3.3.3.1 debian packages for powerpc. all is not yet perfect, and i have to work more on them so that they become acceptable for debian, but in the meantime, if someone is interrested, i can upload them somewhere, just don't know where i can put