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=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_REJECT,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from netscape.com (c3po.netscape.com [205.217.237.46]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8163820193F9 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:25:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from judge.mcom.com (judge.mcom.com [205.217.237.53]) by netscape.com (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id g3CMPps02909 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:25:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from netscape.com ([10.169.97.219]) by judge.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GUH7N400.D30 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:25:52 -0700 Message-ID: <3CB75EE1.8020609@netscape.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:25:37 -0700 From: antitux@netscape.com (John Dee) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9+) Gecko/20020321 Netscape6/6.2.1+ X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Netscape Packages References: <3CB7285B.2060004@netscape.com> <20020413001947.6a7f6fd7.spider@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 3a7118f7-1cad-4db6-b061-471e8f6c23df X-Archives-Hash: 0977e782758dc79d472dc2e855390964 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