Subject: Re: Posting the rpm
From: Logan Hall (warrior514@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Nov 30 1999 - 19:58:20 CST
Ok. I will change it to 0.7.6 with a build number of 2. I will write jason
but if you need me to I can make builds for you now that i have figgured out how
to do it.
sterwill@abisource.com wrote:
> Logan Hall wrote:
> > I would like to post the rpm to ftp.linuxppc.org/incoming, but im not
> > sure what the rules you guys have for that are. Is it alright with you
> > guys? Also i have the version number set at 19991129. Should i build
> > again with another version number? Also who should i mail at linuxppc
> > about getting the build host for you guys? I am on the developer mailing
> > list but Im not sure if that is the appropriate place for this kind of
> > request.
>
> As far as I know, no one here objects to new packages for the architectures
> we can't support ourselves. There have been RPMs of AbiWord (older versions,
> like 0.7.5) on ftp.linuxppc.org before. As for the version numbers,
> it would probably be least confusing to keep the same version ("0.7.6")
> and add a new build number (our RPMs are usually "1").
>
> We've contacted a few people at LinuxPPC (the .com side of the effort)
> and the made it clear that they had a build host for us to use (formerly
> crack.linuxppc.org), and we exchanged contact information and addresses,
> but no box ever came of it. You might try contacting Jason Haas
> (jhaas@linuxppc.com). We'd love to provide ready-built LinuxPPC packages.
>
> --
> Shaw Terwilliger
------ Logan Hall
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