Re: [PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, May 23, 1999 at 05:01:39PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > I'm surprised by this attitude; you seem to be suggesting that others > > should not attempt a replacement, as yours already has Wichert's blessing. > > Personally I wouldn't mind other similar

Re: [PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-23 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Hamish Moffatt wrote: > I'm surprised by this attitude; you seem to be suggesting that others > should not attempt a replacement, as yours already has Wichert's blessing. Personally I wouldn't mind other similar projects. I do think that people should give this one a close look before g

Re: [PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-21 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 08:33:24AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > I'm surprised by this attitude; you seem to be suggesting that others > should not attempt a replacement, as yours already has Wichert's blessing. You are completely incorrect. This is not mine, it is involves Wichert as one of the

Re: [PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:47:22AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > This was not supposed to go out until Wichert got back and some details > were settled, but with all the talk about redoing dpkg, I felt it necessary > so that there weren't any duplication projects started and things didn't get > compl

Re: [PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-20 Thread Aaron Van Couwenberghe
On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:47:22AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: [snip] > Do not worry, everyone will have a chance to view the code in an anonymous > CVS server (which is already setup). There will be ample documentation > and views on the current spec will be heard. Please consider this a semi > form

[PRE-ANNOUNCE] DPKGv2 Project

1999-05-20 Thread Ben Collins
This was not supposed to go out until Wichert got back and some details were settled, but with all the talk about redoing dpkg, I felt it necessary so that there weren't any duplication projects started and things didn't get complicated. There is a project underway to build a new package manager.