Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-09 Thread Martin Mitchell
Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'll wait then. I was talking to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about > this, and whipped up some packages for the new version. They're > done, but I won't upload them until Jens or Sami gets back to me. > > Martin> Sami gave us http://www.x11amp.ml.org/ as web

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> There are one or two others who have already signed up for Martin> this package: Sami Haahtinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Jens Martin> Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Sami is still in the Martin> new-maintainer procedu

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Bramer
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 12:10:56PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 07:37:57PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > This is my formal announcement of intention to package x11amp, a > > graphical .mp3 player for X. > > > > x11amp is a clone of WinAMP. It's free to redistribute, bu

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Martin Schulze
On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 07:37:57PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > This is my formal announcement of intention to package x11amp, a > graphical .mp3 player for X. > > x11amp is a clone of WinAMP. It's free to redistribute, but no > source is available, so it's going into non-free/sound. > > Its ho

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Gertzfield wrote: > No source available. :/ In the FAQ, though, it says there will be source available sometime. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Andreas" == Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> don't make it suid if it works without (mpg123, amp both Andreas> work well as normal programs), register it with Andreas> suidmanager without suid bit, and document in Andreas> README.debian how to make it

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
>One question: x11amp uses the real-time functions of Linux (and sounds >much better) if it's installed suid-root, but there are unknown holes >that this opens up. Should I use suidmanager and make it suid? don't make it suid if it works without (mpg123, amp both work well as normal programs), reg

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
> "BG" == Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Larry" == Larry 'Daffy' Daffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Larry> I would say to register it with suidmanager, leave it Larry> non-suid by default, and place a notice somewhere that if Larry> performance is an issue, it may be

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Larry" == Larry 'Daffy' Daffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Larry> I would say to register it with suidmanager, leave it Larry> non-suid by default, and place a notice somewhere that if Larry> performance is an issue, it may be made setuid through Larry> suidregister. On my

Re: Intention to package x11amp

1998-05-08 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
> "BG" == Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BG> One question: x11amp uses the real-time functions of Linux (and BG> sounds much better) if it's installed suid-root, but there are BG> unknown holes that this opens up. Should I use suidmanager and BG> make it suid? I would say