Re: Alpha GNU software

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:29:07PM +0200, Andre Canis wrote: > Is there a policy in Debian on packaging "alpha" GNU software? > Officially (ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/README), distributing it is > discouraged, but some GNU software seems to be released even less often > than Deb

Re: Alpha GNU software

2002-06-24 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Andre Canis wrote: > I suppose it's up to the maintainer if they want to track "alpha" or > stick with "stable"? Yes. It is up to the maintainer to make the call on whether a software is good enough to be packaged, or not. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find th

Alpha GNU software

2002-06-24 Thread Andre Canis
Hi, Is there a policy in Debian on packaging "alpha" GNU software? Officially (ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/README), distributing it is discouraged, but some GNU software seems to be released even less often than Debian distributions. ;-P So, as a user I'm quit happy that tar, for exam