Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:33:43 -0700, John Andersen wrote:
I should have said IRC is a waste of Philipp's time, unless he plans to do it 24/7 for years to come.
Ah, so tutorials/workshops are 24/7 for years to come?
Uh, the point, Philipp, was that people all over the world need this, and those of us who miss it will still need it, and those of us who don't yet use suse will need it, and...
Let others add to it, and pretty soon you have a complete How-To. Thats what wikis are for, No?
But not for something resembling an online workshop and that's what I have in mind.
But Philipp, you started out saying this was all trivial, or at least easy. Now you're saying you have to hold our hands through the process?
Be it as it may, I'd like people to propose packages that they would like to be packaged so that I have a list to choose from.
Ok. Personally, I've never had to compile anything (that's one of the reasons I use suse -- almost everything imaginable is available already). Now, I'd like to use the Cisco vpn client to work from home on my employer's systems. Cisco has a linux version, which I have to compile. The version I have is apparently adapted for my employer's environment, and it has to be compiled for my machine, or at least for my distribution. The package here is larc-vpn-linux-4.8.01.0640-k9, and I don't know whether I can even give it to you (I'd have to ask), but since Cisco distributes it to their customers, maybe they will give you a general copy. This may be more specialized than what you are thinking of, but it's the only thing I've ever considered trying to compile. And, of course, it's a perfect illustration of the usefulness of checkinstall. Without checkinstall, I'd have to try to keep track of whether and what to uninstall every time Cisco updates the package. And, even with checkinstall available, I've dithered for a couple of weeks, now, trying to work up the courage to do this :-). John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org