Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages

[antitux@netscape.com (John Dee)]

okay, so what question did that answer?
mozilla != netscape


Jared H. Hudson wrote:
> I think mozilla 0.9.9 is what most people build these days on Gentoo.
> 
> -Jared H.
> 
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, John Dee wrote:
> 
> 
>>One more question I've got.
>>Would you guys be willing to replace netscape 4.x with netscape 6 as the 
>>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 spend 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 getting 
>>>submitted is a set of build instructions wrapped in a bash script (and 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 to 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 always 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 will 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 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.
>>>>
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