Tavis Ormandy <taviso_at_sdf.lonestar.org> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:30:55PM +0300, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > On 07 Sep 2003 14:33:24 -0400, Daniel B. wrote:
> > >
> > > Olivier Chapuis wrote:
> > > > I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot.
> > > >
> > > Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome?
> > >
> > Yes, much improved. Not just GNOME; KDE too.
> >
>
> Would there be any objection to me providing an fvwm-cvs package for
> Gentoo linux users?
>
> I already maintain ebuilds (basically bash scripts used to manage
> installation [1]) for the stable and development releases, but so much
> happens between releases it would be nice for those that are interested
> to be able follow development.
>
> A live-cvs package literally checks out the source from cvs, and
> installs it distinctly from the non-cvs package, so both can be
> installed simultaneously.
>
> some projects have objected in the past, on the basis that they dont
> want to provide support to people who are using cvs builds, and some
> projects have welcomed it (eg kde, a few developers were so impressed
> with the feature they even switched to gentoo).
>
> [1] For example, http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/fvwm-2.5.7-r2.ebuild
No one here will object to supporting CVS builds.
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Received on Mon Sep 08 2003 - 18:20:37 BST