From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from chamber.cco.caltech.edu (chamber.cco.caltech.edu [131.215.48.55]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E5982019F75 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:11:31 -0500 (CDT) Received: from groug.home.net (PPP-36-240.caltech.edu [131.215.36.240]) by chamber.cco.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA20777 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" From: George Shapovalov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:04:09 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <3CB7285B.2060004@netscape.com> <200204121205.15245.georges@its.caltech.edu> <3CB734BE.50707@netscape.com> In-Reply-To: <3CB734BE.50707@netscape.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200204121304.09226.georges@its.caltech.edu> Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: da52f836-22e5-4401-b698-c898505f6686 X-Archives-Hash: e94cb8eb064f1f448f30c529d1d2d1c8 It will become default (by the way ebuilds are processed) if you put new=20 netscape-6 ebuild into the same directory (check net-www, there are quite= a=20 few netscape-related dirs there). However IMHO it would be unwise to block netscape-4 as many people still = use=20 it (and some may be hesitant to go with netscape-6). If there are no special reasons, [ebuilds for] different versions of pack= age=20 can coexist within portage tree. The one having highest version and revis= ion=20 number is chosen if user does not select version specifically. Sometimes=20 lower versions are installed, but this is the case when that lower versio= n of=20 package is listed as dependency for something. George On Friday 12 April 2002 12:25, John Dee wrote: > One more question I've got. > Would you guys be willing to replace netscape 4.x with netscape 6 as th= e > default browser? > Since netscape 4.x isn't really being maintained anymore (I do builds > once a week, blah bleh), and the 6.x line is nscp's main focus, would > you guys be willing to make netscape6 the default netscape browser? > > George Shapovalov wrote: > > If you would like to see Netscape 6 in gentoo and are willing to spen= d > > some time on it, please do contribute by any means. > > Now to the technical stuff. > > You do not need to know many details about portage code. What is gett= ing > > submitted is a set of build instructions wrapped in a bash script (an= d as > > such, the tarball itself will not help much). > > Please see: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/gentoo-howto.html > > for a description on how to create such an ebuild > > (bash script (quite often very basic) containing install instructions= ). > > You can also look at ebuilds for other packages. > > The ebuild and any necessary supplementary files (patches, etc) are t= o be > > submitted to http://bugs.gentoo.org, this page contains an ebuild > > submission description: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/ebuild-submit.html. > > > > If you still do not feel like creating an ebuild file (BTW you can al= ways > > go to #gentoo channel at irc.openprojects.net to get some real-time > > ebuild creation assistance) you can instead submit build instructions= and > > any url pointers to bugs.gentoo.org as a feature request ( but this w= ill > > take more time to process for obvious reasons :)). > > > > George > > > > On Friday 12 April 2002 11:32, John Dee wrote: > >>I was looking at your netscape packages, and was wondering why you gu= ys > >>weren't using the 6.x series. The reason I ask, is that the 4.x serie= s > >>probably won't have another release (I'm the *NIX build engineer on t= he > >>project). > >>I'm also one of the build engineers on the 6.x project. > >>Also, if needed, I could make a 6.x package for you guys. It really > >>wouldn't take much to do. > >>The only thing that might be a problem is the fact I don't know porta= ge > >>yet (I've been using gentoo a total of about 3 days). > >>I *COULD* supply you guys with a tarball, and instructions, if you wa= nt. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>gentoo-dev mailing list > >>gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > >>http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev