Re: Debian installation of gnome?

[robert havoc pennington <rhpennin midway uchicago edu>]

On 27 May 1998, Jim Pick wrote:
> 
> I am still working on some Debian packages.  Unfortunately, I've
> gotten bogged down in the last three weeks with other stuff.  I plan
> to get going on them again later this week.
>

Great! Debian packages are sorely needed...
 
> I'm working on packaging both the officially released 1.3 stuff (which
> is pretty old - perhaps I will try to use a snap coinciding with the
> Gnome stuff in RH 5.1 instead) 

I vote for the snapshot. That old release is positively prehistoric.

> + daily/weekly snapshot packages.  I
> have to do a mico package as well.  It's a huge job.
> 

This would be cool. Why not put the packaging stuff in CVS so anyone can
build their own packages? People can also help you maintain it.

> I am also going to put in a bug system on www.gnome.org - that's
> gotten bogged down too.  Don't worry though - I'll get there
> eventually as I slog through everything.
> 

Somebody already did a bug system - have a look at the web site.

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