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On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 13:32, John Dee wrote: |
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> I was looking at your netscape packages, and was wondering why you guys |
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> weren't using the 6.x series. The reason I ask, is that the 4.x series |
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> probably won't have another release (I'm the *NIX build engineer on the |
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> project). |
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> I'm also one of the build engineers on the 6.x project. |
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> Also, if needed, I could make a 6.x package for you guys. It really |
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> wouldn't take much to do. |
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> The only thing that might be a problem is the fact I don't know portage |
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> yet (I've been using gentoo a total of about 3 days). |
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> I *COULD* supply you guys with a tarball, and instructions, if you want. |
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That would be great! |
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One reason that netscape 6.x isn't in portage, is the difficulty of |
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fighting the gui installer to integrate with portages automatic installs |
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and package management. |
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Regards, |
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tod |
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