Re: Netsaint Debian packages

On 2.11.2002 13:24 Uhr, "Ben Bell" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 08:54:10AM +0100, Zeno Davatz wrote:
>> - Do you recommend installing the Debian package of Netsaint or do you
>> recommend compiling from source? Are the Debian packages up to date and
>> stable or are the buggy?
> 
> I was the initial maintainer of the Debian packages of NetSaint, but a
> change of job has left me without the time to devote to them. They are now
> maintained by [email protected].
> 
> My advice with any question of this sort is to try the packages for your
> distribution. As they have been built specifically for the distribution
> they should be more consistent with the way that dist does things, and any
> problems or features should already have been considered. This is
> particularly the case with Debian (plug, plug).
> 
> In practice, some packages are always buggy. With Debian you can look at
> http://bugs.debian.org/netsaint and http://bugs.debian.org/netsaint-plugins
> (any package names will work) and see what the current bug list looks like.
> 
> Arguably you get a "better" install if you use a distribution's package,
> but you are at the mercy of the package maintainer. Another alternative
> would be to get the Debian source and compile it from that to get the
> best of both worlds, but you would be somewhat on your own with regards
> support from this list. If you do decide to take that option though, contact
> me off list and I'll try to find time to answer any questions you have.
Thanks for your reply. I came to the solution that I first will compile form
source to get more knowledge regarding the 'innerism' of netsaint. As soon
as I feel comfortable I will try my go at the Debian packages. Somehow my
feeling and my 'experience' tells me to do it that way.

I compiled form source and it seems to be up and running.

Thanks for your time and help.

Zeno



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