Re: Deb's for GNOME 0.99.1?

[Dirk Ruediger <drue madmax boerde de>]

On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 11:29:14AM -0800, Jim Pick wrote:
> 
> Dirk Ruediger <drue@madmax.boerde.de> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > can I also download updated packages in deb-pkg-format? I've been looking at
> > ftp.gnome.org, but these pkgs seem to be outdated (v0.30).
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> 
> I'm working on them.
> 
> One problem is that they depend on an unreleased imlib.  I don't
> maintain the imlib package.  If I upload an unofficial version (out of
> the CVS), that will likely break other packages that depend upon imlib
> (ie. enlightenment).
> 
> So, I'm going to do snapshot packages for the debian-snapshots project
> instead.  See:
> 
>   http://master.debian.org/~jim/snapshots/
> 
> Unfortunately, this will be the first attempt at doing packages for
> this project, so it's fair amount of work upfront.  I've been pretty
> busy lately with the holidays, work, and such, so things have been
> moving slow.
> 
> I'm hoping to have some packages out by Monday or Tuesday.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>  - Jim
> 
> 
That's fine! Will you announce them at this list or do I have to read the
appropriate debian list (I've subscribed to debian-admintool only)?
 
Ciao for now, Dirk

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Dirk Ruediger, Magdeburg, Germany

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