On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 18:08 -0400, Lex Spoon wrote:
> Jens Lincke <jens.lincke at hpi.uni-potsdam.de> writes:
> > I meant that squeak 3.7.7 package which comes with ubuntu
> > (http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/interpreters/squeak-vm)
> > was based on LinEx packages. I use my own squeak package 3.9.8
> > (http://impara.de/~jens/ubuntu/) that is based
> > on them and was build for squeakland.
> > 
> > I havn't yet looked at Matejs packages.
> 
> 
> Interesting, two more sets of deb's.  We should find a way to work
> together on this, guys.
> 
> I and Matej have spoken with the maintainers of the Ubuntu packages.
> All four of us seem interested in merging in theory, but nobody has
> yet done anything.
> 
> 
> There are parts of each set of debs that seems nice:
> 
>   1. The Ubuntu packages have a lot of desktop files so that Squeak
>   integrates nicely with many desktops.
> 
>   2. The Debian packages have a better package naming scheme.
> 
>   3. The Debian packages have a better startup script.
> 
> 
There should be no problem with merging. 2. and 3. don't read as
being questionable. If people are annoyed by the desktop integration
of ubuntu this could be a dialog option during install. That is the
way debian/ubuntu treat such problems most of the time.

my 2 ... (your currency/100)

regards,

Norbert