Re: [Pan-devel] Mandrake RPMs and menus

[John J. LeMay Jr.]

** Reply to message from Christophe Lambin <address@hidden> on 18 Nov 2002
20:16:08 +0100

> On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:47, address@hidden wrote:
> > Maybe it is an idea for the Mandrake guys (or for here) to have an 
> > extra package (pan-extras or something) that contain menu's and other
> > extras. You simply install that package once and then upgrade the Pan
> > package with a more or less generic one from rebelbase.
> 
> I don't think the Mandrake people will be interested in this, since
> they've already got this covered in their own packages.
> 
> As for me, I really don't fancy forking the spec file for every distro's
> custom menu system (or whatever).
> 
> Does anyone know how long it takes for Pan releases to get into Cooker
> (which I assume has the custom menu's)? How big an issue is this really?

FWIW, the latest I see in Cooker tonight is 0.13.1 dated 4 November. Since
0.13.1 was released on 13 October, I'd say it is taking a bit of time. Not an
unacceptable amount however.

I am cc'ing the Pan maintainer for Mandrake in case he has any input on the
packaging schedule.

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John LeMay
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