Fwd: [Pan-devel] Mandrake RPMs and menus

[John J. LeMay Jr.]

** Forwarding message from Frederic Crozat <address@hidden> on 19 Nov 2002 
09:11:07 +0100


Le mar 19/11/2002 à 01:12, John J. LeMay Jr. a écrit :
> ** 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.

Usually (ie when we are not in freeze or release time), packages are
updated very quickly on cooker (often in the following days after
release..

Pan 0.13.1 wasn't packaged immediatly because I was on holiday from Oct
12 to Oct 26 and I took me more than a week to cope with emails,
packages to update and other various stuff..
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Frederic Crozat <address@hidden>
MandrakeSoft

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