From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6247 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2003 00:41:20 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 6238 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2003 00:41:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO garm.central.cmich.local) (141.209.15.48) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2003 00:41:18 -0000 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:38:58 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E1870036; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 19:38:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:54:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: bboett@adlp.org Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Xconq Packaging (was Re: Major improvement to the Xconq kernel) In-Reply-To: <20031113235340.GX1371@adlp.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Nov 2003 00:38:58.0724 (UTC) FILETIME=[B11AF640:01C3AA47] X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00663.txt.bz2 Hi Bruno, On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:07:00PM -0500, Eric McDonald wrote: > > I will update the Windows installer and the RPM packages after I > > get out of work, so that those who do not use CVS can enjoy the > > fruits of Peter's efforts. > :D please drop also a word to the debian mantainer :D Is there a Debian maintainer for Xconq? I didn't think there was one. (Even though I did notice that Debian people have packaged Xconq in the past; they also had a few Xconq related bug reports or feature requests.... When I implemented the X11 app-defaults directory choice in the Xconq config script, I got the idea from reading their archives....) Anyway, I was planning on installing Debian on one of my systems at some point. (It has been about 4 years since I last used Debian.) I know there are converters that can go from RPM's to Debs, but I want to properly build a Debian package on a native Debian system. Because this was my interest, I actually went to their Web site about a month ago and researched how to build a deb file. I know that at least two of the people on this list (or who used to be on this list) run Debian systems, and if either of them (or any other Debian user) was to step forward and offer to maintain Debian packages, we could address this sooner rather than later. (And it would make my life easier. This whole Xconq thing is supposed to be a hobby, not a chore, at least for me anyway. :) On another note, there is actually quite a bit more that needs to be done with the RPM's that I provide. Currently, they cannot make it into the Mandrake or Redhat distros because they do not contain all of the special little things that are expected. (I researched the Mandrake guidelines last weekend.) If I was to upload the existing Xconq RPM's into either the Mandrake or Redhat contrib directories, the RPM's would be rejected from being part of the next release of either distro. (Even though they probably successfully run and install on a vast majority of the RPM-using systems out there. Or, at least the source package anyway.) So what is my point? Well, I am semi-willing to maintain packages for all these different platforms, but if others wish to help, please be my guest. Furthermore, I will need to "re-architect" one of my systems to accomodate Redhat and Debian, since all I am running is Mandrake currently. I've been contemplating the purchase of a VMware license (I've used their stuff before, and it works fine), in which case I will run a Linux host (probably Mandrake again) and then have Redhat, Debian GNU/Linux, and Windows (probably XP, though I also have licenses for 95 and NT as well) run inside of VM's. When I originally set up my systems, I didn't have Xconq in mind.... So other package maintainers are welcome. If a package isn't being maintained right now, then you might have to wait awhile before I am ready to maintain it. (And, no, I don't have any plans to maintain Xconq for QNX....) Regards, Eric