today i found this, why this is happening to slackware!!
from http://swaret.sourceforge.net/index.php
http://swaret.sourceforge.net/module...opic&p=122#122
yesterday i tried for gware or freerock gnome, i found tht new ver are no more available!! not even for slack 11

so i had to download dropline!!!

thought i will try swaret and found, most probably, no more maintenance..

WHO WILL SURVIVE?? (among many choices) the plain slackers !!

i was using slackpkg , which is already included in the distro, for updating to official slack packages. hope this will take over all autoupdating jobs.

Projects come and go... Dropline also lost its main developer, but a few great people continued to maintain everything even better. Same thing might happen with Swaret. There are also alternatives, which are probably also of the pretty similar quality.

Don't worry

IMHO:
- Dropline is absolutely best Gnome for Slackware
- I am still using 2 years old swaret (Bash version) without any problems

M.

Maybe everything won't be cutting edge but you can do everything yourself (including gnome).

I hope Swaret continues to function and be maintained. I just started using it the other day, and kinda like it as part of a great team: Slackpkg & Swaret. However, part of the reason I started using swaret is because slackpkg doesn't seem to be working properly lately. It will do jobs involving one package, like remove/install/search, but stuff like Upgrade and Update seems to be acting funny server-side.
Well, as mentioned above, an old swaret is better than no swaret, and as long as there are mirrors, it will continue to work, right?

SV

Well .... I don't really care . Not to sound too mean or inconsiderate, etc., I can manage with whatever is available, if not, then I write something myself to fill any "void".

Try giving the slapt-get/gslapt programs a try. I'm currently using those to update & install packages and it has worked fine so far. If a package isn't there that I want, I'll just use installpkg.

I am satisfied with slackpkg , keeps my boxes up to date and does not screw up like swaret has done to some of my installations ... maybe i was too lazy to read the changelogs ;-)

Don't panic! Slackware without swaret isn't like Suse without yast ;-)

yes this is the first gnome i am tring for slack 11 and it rocks!!
i was doing tht still now and i thought swaret a try.

let us see, the maintaner had a nice dream

this part form swaret page
did that means i have to try slapt-get?

H_TeXMeX_H
earlier i had enough time so i try manage to make package of my own, "make and checkinstall" now it is difficult, busy with my works. i didnt even checked lq forum for months!!

angryfirelord,
will try slapt-get, later!!, what this gslapt exactly does? seems like a gui from gnome for slaptget!!

nutronix, me too, it will keep the machine uptodate with official packages..

syvy.
yast is something more, not like package management, and is incredible

till now i didnt tried swaret or slaptget, but was happy all these 4-5 yrs.

I don't use a package management tool either, and I'm happy this way. I would be upset though if both Freerock and Gware projects die. I know that most people say Dropline is the best; however it would be nice to have a less intrusive alternative (shadow -> PAM business etc.).

Btw, Gware page says they're testing 2.16.1 for 11.0. Apparently things are going slowly due to lack of time, but it's safe to say that Gware is not quite dead yet.

even pat himself said this!! not quiet happy with it. otherwise he would ahev included it in the distro.

removing drop was a difficult task earlier, bu tnow i hope it is ok now.

i was using gware for 10.2 machine. it was nice