Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 12:34:19PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > Anyway, like i said, i am in no hurry for it, just wanted to discuss it, since > this nobody is needing 4.0 stuff, is not exactly true ... Please indicate to me where I said anything like "nobody needs 4.0". -- G. Branden Robinson

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 12:05:59PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:22:50AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > What is wrong with making a debian 4.0 package, and put it in experimental > > (i > > did not say woody, i know you have problems with upgrading unstable). > >

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Christian T. Steigies
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:22:50AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > What is wrong with making a debian 4.0 package, and put it in experimental (i > did not say woody, i know you have problems with upgrading unstable). > > Debian 2.2 user are using potato, which comes with 3.3.6-whatever and should > w

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:46:25AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:22:50AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > What is wrong with making a debian 4.0 package, and put it in experimental > > (i > > did not say woody, i know you have problems with upgrading unstable). > > If

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:46:25AM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Also you tell you will be repackaging X from a clean start, care > > to explain a bit what you have planned to do, and how we can help > > in this process ? > > Writing all this up takes time, too. I've already written one m

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:22:50AM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > What is wrong with making a debian 4.0 package, and put it in experimental (i > did not say woody, i know you have problems with upgrading unstable). If I happen to get such a thing done soon, I may do so. > Debian 2.2 user are using

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:41:22PM -0600, Anthony Fok wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:30:49PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > Branden, i understand Xfree packaging is a big chunk of work, but would it > > not > > be easier if there was some kind of cvs repository of the packaging stuff, > > and

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:48:46PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:30:49PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > > but remember there are people who are working on Xfree driver or such that > > would like to have a working debian packaging, ... > > remember that there are people

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-29 Thread Anthony Fok
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:30:49PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > Branden, i understand Xfree packaging is a big chunk of work, but would it not > be easier if there was some kind of cvs repository of the packaging stuff, and > you would post the ideas you had for the new XF4.x packages, and that othe

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-29 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
> There will be no 4.0.0 .debs. 4.0.1 is expected in mid-June, and I > plan to package that. "Yay!" I say. /me is bouncing on the walls about Overfiend taking the no-nonsense approach to this... M.

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-29 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:30:49PM +0200, Sven LUTHER wrote: > but remember there are people who are working on Xfree driver or such that > would like to have a working debian packaging, ... remember that there are people who are going to be using Debian 2.2 or such that would like to have a worki

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-29 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 08:52:35PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > PLEASE REPLY TO THE LISTS, AND NOT MY MAILBOX. DO NOT FILE BUG REPORTS > ABOUT THIS, EITHER; THERE IS ALREADY A BUG FILED ABOUT A NEW UPSTREAM > VERSION OF X. > > Okay, with that out of the way... > > There will be no 4.0.0 .deb

ANNOUNCEMENT: there will be no XFree86 4.0.0 .debs (please read)

2000-05-27 Thread Branden Robinson
PLEASE REPLY TO THE LISTS, AND NOT MY MAILBOX. DO NOT FILE BUG REPORTS ABOUT THIS, EITHER; THERE IS ALREADY A BUG FILED ABOUT A NEW UPSTREAM VERSION OF X. Okay, with that out of the way... There will be no 4.0.0 .debs. 4.0.1 is expected in mid-June, and I plan to package that. Why? 1) Real-wo