-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: [snip]
>>> That is just plain ignorance on the part of the person who made that >>> statement. The package format has not changed. It would be stupid for >>> Ubuntu to do something like that, since all package management tools >>> (apt, dpkg, etc) would need updating to deal with a new format. > >> To quote http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb > >> Packages here are designed to function on Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) and Dapper >> (6.06). Packages here used to also work for Debian unstable, however due >> to changes in Debian this no longer works and our Ubuntu maintainer is >> unable to support them. If you can help provide up-to-date Debian >> packages, please contact Scott Ritchie. > > Who's Scott Ritchie? The DD is Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > Scott Richie is the person in charge of building the Debian type distro packages. His name is listed as the Ubunutu and the Debian Maintainer on Wine HQ's website. I have no idea why they think he is the DD. In any event, they claim that the Ubuntu packages don't work with Sid. I just got back from installing a system for a friend, and installed wine and it worked with no trouble at all. But, I put Linux Mint on her machine, so it's not a wonder that the Ubuntu package worked. Why did I put Mint on her machine instead of Debian? Because she's a clueless person who has no idea how a computer works and cannot handle updates and just wants stuff to work. I didn't feel like supporting her, so I let the Mint community do it. It's almost Debian anyway, and she needed a working Wine. Her Moraff's Majongh works just fine. Joe [snip] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+rGUiXBCVWpc5J4RAiGBAJ4kePqxj0fWd5igPH3Ev95vZUZTdACgprcH mTQWII26Vns14p8uSqUSXuo= =e3KW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
