Re: Better Xdm logo screen (Re: Doubts building a new package...)

1996-06-18 Thread Emilio Lopes
> "LW" == Lars Wirzenius wrote: LW> For those of you who have some free time, perhaps designing a flashy LW> xdm login screen would be a better project. That is, something more LW> sexy than the default criss-cross background with a dull, white LW> "login:/Password:" window in the middle. It

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
"Susan G. Kleinmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PNG is a bandwidth-conservative, patent-free replacement for GIF (as well > as many uses of TIFF). If you want to use it, you might be interested in > looking at: > http://www.boutell.com/boutell/png/ Thanks, Susan, that's what I meant to

Re: Better Xdm logo screen (Re: Doubts building a new package...)

1996-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ Note: I read this mailing list. There is no need to CC me on replies, > unless it is _really_ urgent. I pay for my PPP connections. Thanks. ] Hmm, what if the debian lists had a Reply-to header that was the list in question. That would cut down

Better Xdm logo screen (Re: Doubts building a new package...)

1996-06-17 Thread Lars Wirzenius
[ Note: I read this mailing list. There is no need to CC me on replies, unless it is _really_ urgent. I pay for my PPP connections. Thanks. ] Jon Rabone: > It's also available separately on (at least) the funet mirror sites in the > same directory as the 2.0 source. I don't think we really ne

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Susan G. Kleinmann
> On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emilio Lopes) writes: > > > > > 2- The logo itself is a gif file. Is it non-free? I can convert it to > > >a jpeg file if needed. > > > > Don't know about the other stuff, but for this I'd recommend png, not > > jpeg. PNG

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Jon Rabone
> AD> I'm not convinced we need the package at all. > AD> After all, you get the image with the kernel sources anyway. > > Sure? I didn't know that. It's really hidden in that "Documentation" > dir... > Anyway, maybe someone who does not want the sources may want the logo? > > ECL. It's also av

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Austin Donnelly
On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emilio Lopes) writes: > > > 2- The logo itself is a gif file. Is it non-free? I can convert it to > >a jpeg file if needed. > > Don't know about the other stuff, but for this I'd recommend png, not > jpeg. As I understand it gif'

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Emilio Lopes
> "AD" == Austin Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AD> I'm not convinced we need the package at all. AD> After all, you get the image with the kernel sources anyway. Sure? I didn't know that. It's really hidden in that "Documentation" dir... Anyway, maybe someone who does not want the sou

Re: Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Emilio Lopes) writes: > 2- The logo itself is a gif file. Is it non-free? I can convert it to >a jpeg file if needed. Don't know about the other stuff, but for this I'd recommend png, not jpeg. As I understand it gif's lossless, and so is png, and I think png was meant to

Doubts building a new package...

1996-06-17 Thread Emilio Lopes
Hi, I'm planning to do a package, erh, hm, ... it's the Linux-2.0 Logo package :-). But I have some doubts: 1- There is some trouble with dpkg naming it linux-2.0-logo_1.0-0.all.deb? 2- The logo itself is a gif file. Is it non-free? I can convert it to a jpeg file if needed. 3- Where should