[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Ganymede fails after update

[Nick Boldt <codeslave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

IIRC, a .deb is just a .tar.gz of the filesystem tree, rooted at /, with 
an accompanying script for setting permissions and other after-unpacking 
steps. It can't be *that* difficult.

Kudos on offering to undertake this! Please keep us posted as to your 
progress -- I for one would be willing to help test your packages.

JDC wrote:
> Actually I'm reading through the Ubuntu MOTU stuff right now with 
> aspirations of deb'ing Eclipse. I dunno though; seems really hard, but 
> then again anything worth while usually is.

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