Xconq Packaging (was Re: Major improvement to the Xconq kernel)

[Eric McDonald]

Hi Bruno,

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Bruno Boettcher wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:07:00PM -0500, Eric McDonald wrote:
> > I will update the Windows installer and the RPM packages after I 
> > get out of work, so that those who do not use CVS can enjoy the 
> > fruits of Peter's efforts.

> :D please drop also a word to the debian mantainer :D

Is there a Debian maintainer for Xconq?
I didn't think there was one. (Even though I did notice that 
Debian people have packaged Xconq in the past; they also had a few Xconq 
related bug reports or feature requests.... When I implemented the 
X11 app-defaults directory choice in the Xconq config script, I 
got the idea from reading their archives....)

Anyway, I was planning on installing Debian on one of my systems 
at some point. (It has been about 4 years since I last used Debian.)

I know there are converters that can go from RPM's to 
Debs, but I want to properly build a Debian package on a native 
Debian system. Because this was my interest, I actually went to 
their Web site about a month ago and researched how to build a deb 
file.

I know that at least two of the people on this list (or who 
used to be on this list) run Debian systems, and if either of them 
(or any other Debian user) was to step forward and offer to 
maintain Debian packages, we could address this sooner rather 
than later. (And it would make my life easier. This whole Xconq 
thing is supposed to be a hobby, not a chore, at least for me 
anyway. :)

On another note, there is actually quite a bit more that needs to 
be done with the RPM's that I provide. Currently, they cannot make 
it into the Mandrake or Redhat distros because they do not contain 
all of the special little things that are expected. (I 
researched the Mandrake guidelines last weekend.) If I was to 
upload the existing Xconq RPM's into either the Mandrake or Redhat 
contrib directories, the RPM's would be rejected from being part 
of the next release of either distro. (Even though they probably 
successfully run and install on a vast majority of the RPM-using 
systems out there. Or, at least the source package anyway.)

So what is my point? Well, I am semi-willing to maintain packages 
for all these different platforms, but if others wish to help, 
please be my guest.  Furthermore, I will need to "re-architect" 
one of my systems to accomodate Redhat and Debian, since all I am 
running is Mandrake currently. I've been contemplating the 
purchase of a VMware license (I've used their stuff before, and it 
works fine), in which case I will run a Linux host (probably 
Mandrake again) and then have Redhat, Debian GNU/Linux, 
and Windows (probably XP, though I also have licenses for 95 
and NT as well) run inside of VM's.  When I originally set up my 
systems, I didn't have Xconq in mind....

So other package maintainers are welcome. If a package isn't being 
maintained right now, then you might have to wait awhile before I 
am ready to maintain it. (And, no, I don't have any plans to 
maintain Xconq for QNX....)

  Regards,
   Eric