Fons Rademakers wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> I don't mind if people mail you with their choice of package types,
> either rpm or deb. You can then report to us the results of this poll.
> Thinking about it I just started a poll, see:
> http://root.cern.ch/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=7650#7650
> and make your choice.
>
> -- Fons
hm, maybe i don't get it, but why is there an exclusive or between the
formats?
personally, i need all three, just right now i would prefer to have
deb's for a clean system.
most HEP linuxes are rpm based, so not providing those is clearly
no choice either.
> PS: note this is not a "referendum" :-)
>
>
>
> Christian Holm Christensen wrote:
>
>> Hi Gerhard,
>> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 09:51 +0200, Gerhard Brandt wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Now that the bug with with libAfterImage seems fixed,
>>> are there fixed debian packages for 4.04/02 available somewhere?
>>
>>
>>
>> Not to my knowledge.
>>
>>> (I checked Christians homepage and the PAIPIX site but couldn't
>>> find any)
>>
>>
>>
>> The packages on my web-site are terribly out of date (in fact, I should
>> remove them to not cause confusion). I don't know about the PAIPAX
>> site, and how often they update.
>>
>>
>>> If not, is there a cvs tag that includes the fix?
>>
>>
>>
>> HEAD :-)
>>
>>
>>> Generally, what is the stance on including debian packages
>>> in the ROOT release procedure? I would be very much in favour
>>> of that.
>>
>>
>>
>> I second that. In general, I think it would be a good idea for ROOT to
>> make RPM and Debian packages as part of the release procedure. It
>> shouldn't be that hard. I've made a prototype page for apt-get (both
>> Debian and Scientific Linux) which Fons has access to, and can look at
>> to see how it's done. To make Debian packages, the ROOT team obviously
>> need a Debian machine :-) I would suggest making packages for `stable'.
>> BTW, Sarge is due to be released at any moment now!
>>
>> Perhaps it we (at roottalk) could take a vote on whether or not we'd use
>> RPMs or Debian packages released by the ROOT team - all those in favour
>> say `Aye' - no, please don't - we don't need 1000+ mail to roottalk
>> saying `I want RPMs/Debs' :-) But it would good to know what the demand
>> is.
>> Yours,
>>
>
Received on Wed Jun 01 2005 - 11:53:18 MEST