Bug#147303: marked as done (RFP: winex-light -- wine with microsoft directx support)

2004-04-10 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:30:16 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line closing has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen t

Bug#147303: your mail

2002-10-15 Thread D & E Radel
I downloaded the CVS version of Winex (which seems pretty much the same as Wine). Either the CVS version is different to the binaries, or subscribers have been had. Although, it compiled, none of the Direct3D stuff worked. D.Radel. - Original Message - From: "Dmitry Borodaenko" <[EMAIL PRO

Bug#147303: your mail

2002-10-15 Thread Dmitry Borodaenko
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 05:17:23PM +1200, D & E Radel wrote: DER> Any news on this subject? Sorry for delay, I wasn't subscribed to this bug, so I missed your message. I have lost interest in WineX (it doesn't give me any improvement over standard free Wine), and I am too overloaded to package i

Bug#147303:

2002-06-10 Thread D & E Radel
Any news on this subject? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-06 Thread Marc Leeman
> I would volunteer to take that action and package winex-light for > Debian, if no one else (knghtbrd?) is willing to do it [1], and if no > one presents here on debian-devel good [2] reasons not to do it. I would > also very much like to see opinion of Ove Kaaven, current Debian wine > maintainer

Bug#147303: Winex

2002-06-04 Thread grolschie
OOPPPSS!!! Sorry about the html post. Should read: Their argument that if mass distribution of Winex occurs, they''d go out of business is so NOT valid. If they had invested mega-bucks developing the code from scratch, they'd have a point. However, they have merely *added to* code written by many

Bug#147303: Winex

2002-06-04 Thread grolschie
Their argument that if mass distribution of Winex occurs, they''d go out of business is so NOT valid.   If they had invested mega-bucks developing the code from scratch, they'd have a point. However, they have merely *added to* code written by many hardworking volunteers. What do these people

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Scott Dier
* Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020603 11:51]: > There was a change in the license preamble in the WineX CVS about a week > ago. Does it suffice? ooo. spirit vs actual sledgehammers. Of course, it isn't on the HEAD for some reason on viewcvs. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/wine

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:54:36PM +0200, Ove Kaaven wrote: > > > > If they simply change the license now to reflect their true > > > > intentions, then that would be fine. > > > > > > There was a change in the license preamble in the WineX CVS about a week > > > ago. Does it suffice? > > > > C

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Ove Kaaven
On 3 Jun 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 3 Jun 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > > > If they simply change the license now to reflect their true > > > intentions, then that would be fine. > > > > There was a change in the license prea

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 3 Jun 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > If they simply change the license now to reflect their true > > intentions, then that would be fine. > > There was a change in the license preamble in the WineX CVS about a week > ago. Does it suffice? C

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But in the role of a transgaming affiliate, I'd prefer that you > don't if you want them to have an income; they're not "lying", the > license do allow you to make packages, but that permission is meant > to allow "fair use" (you can make packages for yours

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Ove Kaaven
On 3 Jun 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > If they simply change the license now to reflect their true > intentions, then that would be fine. There was a change in the license preamble in the WineX CVS about a week ago. Does it suffice? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Scott Dier
* Ove Kaaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020603 10:46]: > you to make packages, but that permission is meant to allow "fair use" Then the license should have been written that way, eh? Private distribution of binaries are ok or something to that effect? Gimmie a break. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Ove Kaaven
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dmitry Borodaenko wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:09:33AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Since Transgaming is essentially lying about the license, would it not > > be at least valuable to expose them more publicly by starting such a > > distribution to force their

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-06-03 Thread Dmitry Borodaenko
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 03:09:33AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Since Transgaming is essentially lying about the license, would it not > be at least valuable to expose them more publicly by starting such a > distribution to force their hand? Agreed. I would volunteer to take that action a

Bug#147303: 147303@bugs.debian.org

2002-06-03 Thread grolschie
>> 6. Will it be in debian? >> As things are now, no... >> Distributing it would only be temporary (most likely, it would be >> cut off before it even reaches unstable). > Since Transgaming is essentially lying about the license, would it not > be at least valuable to expose them more publicly by

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-28 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 6. Will it be in debian? > As things are now, no... > Distributing it would only be temporary (most likely, it would be > cut off before it even reaches unstable). Since Transgaming is essentially lying about the license, would it not be at least valuable

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-28 Thread Marc Leeman
The following text summarises (for me) the TransGaming experience (most probably to their relief). I am going to remove all related packages and look for some orphaned package to satisfy me "tweaking" need :) Thanks to those on debian-devel (and RMS) for making suggestions to the text. = Wine

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-24 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 07:32:25PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > This has never been Debian's attitude, and it shouldn't be so now. > > If it has a license appropriate for inclusion in Debian, or the > non-Debian nonfree archive, and there is a developer interested in > maintaining Debian p

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 07:48:08AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:45:41PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: > > > The ITP says that the source is in sourceforge. Isn't sourceforge > > > restricted to free software projects? > > Apparently not. (I wondered this, too.) > SF.net a

Bug#147303: its still a request for a package

2002-05-23 Thread Noel Koethe
reopen 147303 thanks Hello Marc, thanks alot that you are till willing to package the available WineX parts under the Alladin License!! Thank you!! -- Noèl Köthe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-23 Thread Joe Drew
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 03:37, Marc Leeman wrote: > I > suggest to refer to the package from as: > winex-light > > This should reduce the kind of "dilution" and "confusion" reaction, how > misguided they might be... > > the "light" reflects the > 1. not including Microsoft dll's > 2. binary insta

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-23 Thread Marc Leeman
WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING TO THE CURRENT LIMBO STATE OF THE PACKAGE, (not pushed into debian for the moment, but in discussion) I suggest to refer to the package from as: winex-light This should reduce the kind of "dilution" and "confusion" reaction, how misguided they might be... the "light"

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-23 Thread Marc Leeman
> I'd like to register my objection to this package being installed, even > in non-free. As a Transgaming subscriber and supporter of their work, I > don't want to see Transgaming's work be diluted, and I imagine that many > people feel similarly. I urge the prospective maintainer to reconsider.

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, I agree. But I also said "I urge the prospective maintainer to > reconsider." because I recognise that it's totally up to the prospective > maintainer. I personally don't wish it to be included, but can't do a > whole lot if the maintainer sees different

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-22 Thread Joe Drew
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 22:32, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > If it has a license appropriate for inclusion in Debian, or the > non-Debian nonfree archive, and there is a developer interested in > maintaining Debian packages in accord with the usual rules, we should > do so. Yes, I agree. But I also

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to register my objection to this package being installed, even > in non-free. As a Transgaming subscriber and supporter of their work, I > don't want to see Transgaming's work be diluted, and I imagine that many > people feel similarly. I urge the pr

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-22 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 09:40:59PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: > > * Package name: winex > > [...] > > This version of the TransGaming Wine Branch [...] > > I'd like to register my objection to this package being installed, even > in non-free. As a Transgaming subscriber and supporter of their work

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-22 Thread Joe Drew
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 16:56, Marc Leeman wrote: > * Package name: winex > [...] > This version of the TransGaming Wine Branch [...] I'd like to register my objection to this package being installed, even in non-free. As a Transgaming subscriber and supporter of their work, I don't want to see

Bug#147303: marked as done (ITP: WineX -- wine with compatibility for games developed using MS DirectX)

2002-05-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 21 May 2002 21:57:07 +0200 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Cannot be packaged: WineX -- wine with compatibility for games developed using MS DirectX has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > This version of the TransGaming Wine Branch is compiled with OpenGL > support. The sources can be found (from the original CVS) on > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17631. This package is compiled > against the 1.0-2880 version of the NVidia dr

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-19 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:56:12PM +0200, Marc Leeman wrote: > This version of the TransGaming Wine Branch is compiled with OpenGL > support. The sources can be found (from the original CVS) on > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17631. This package is compiled > against the 1.0-2880 version of

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 05:19:23PM +0200, Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > > He also mentioned the possibility to change the license to explicitly > > > forbid the distribution of binaries. > > > > How can they do that? Isn't WINE GPL? > > Ok, I'm moving onto thin ice her

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-18 Thread Marc Leeman
> > He also mentioned the possibility to change the license to explicitly > > forbid the distribution of binaries. > > How can they do that? Isn't WINE GPL? Ok, I'm moving onto thin ice here, since I do not know the knitty gritty of licensing. Wine used to be a X11 license (I think), which is

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-18 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 01:18:56PM +0200, Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > He also mentioned the possibility to change the license to explicitly > forbid the distribution of binaries. How can they do that? Isn't WINE GPL? Daniel -- / Daniel Burrows <

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-18 Thread Marc Leeman
> > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17631. This package is compiled > > against the 1.0-2880 version of the NVidia drivers (nvidia: loading > > NVIDIA NVdriver Kernel Module 1.0-2880 Tue Mar 26 08:12:38 PST 2002) > > and was built with winex-compile.sh v0.97." > E, why? Because I compil

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-18 Thread Peter Makholm
Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17631. This package is compiled > against the 1.0-2880 version of the NVidia drivers (nvidia: loading > NVIDIA NVdriver Kernel Module 1.0-2880 Tue Mar 26 08:12:38 PST 2002) > and was built with winex-compile.sh v0.97.

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-17 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Marc Leeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-17 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: winex > Version : x.y.z what version ? > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> er.. who ? > * URL : http://sourcef

Bug#147303: ITP: winex -- A DESCRIPTION

2002-05-17 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-17 Severity: wishlist * Package name: winex Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=17631 * License : Aladdin Free Public License Description : A D