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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from Darkmere.psychozone (foo.stahl.nu [194.18.231.27]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C0B320193F9 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:29:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from Darkmere.psychozone (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Darkmere.psychozone (Postfix) with SMTP id AC4224AA9A for ; Sat, 13 Apr 2002 00:31:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 00:31:03 +0200 From: Spider To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages Message-Id: <20020413003103.3f639f54.spider@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <3CB75EE1.8020609@netscape.com> References: <3CB7285B.2060004@netscape.com> <20020413001947.6a7f6fd7.spider@gentoo.org> <3CB75EE1.8020609@netscape.com> Organization: Chaotic X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xF(Yu4HS=.dM:_X:" 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: cca9ef87-6c87-498d-bf07-41206ad1dd34 X-Archives-Hash: 2b566cfb9aea61710be82bb9b2c645bb --xF(Yu4HS=.dM:_X: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit to quote yourself: The only problem is the installer. It's evil. There's really no way to work around it though. about the only thing you can pull out and install manually (non-gui) is the JRE. -- yes. I read the whole thread. -- //Spider begin quote On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:25:37 -0700 antitux@netscape.com (John Dee) wrote: > read the whole thread. > > Spider wrote: > > the main reason I see against it is that for all that I see there's > > no way around the cute graphical installer. And, because of that its > > unlikely that you'll ever get it to work without user intervention. > > > > one could of course make it download the individual files, modify > > the ini' and instruct the user to run the installer themselves. > > > > > > //Spider > > > > > > begin quote > > On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:32:59 -0700 > > antitux@netscape.com (John Dee) wrote: > > > > > >>I was looking at your netscape packages, and was wondering why you > >>guys weren't using the 6.x series. The reason I ask, is that the 4.x > >>series probably won't have another release (I'm the *NIX build > >>engineer on the 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 > >>portage yet (I've been using gentoo a total of about 3 days). > >>I *COULD* supply you guys with a tarball, and instructions, if you > >>want. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>gentoo-dev mailing list > >>gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > >>http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > > > > > > > -- > > begin .signature > > This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! > > See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. > > end > > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end --xF(Yu4HS=.dM:_X: Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8t2AoXNNftdcUD70RApNIAJ4hycBmUeRqVh/Sna8ROjMVZbCUhgCfWD5H loFs9opUT0m7iIj0HGoz4l0= =GvmZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xF(Yu4HS=.dM:_X:--