Re: .menu and .desktop files
[Thibaut Paumard, 01.02.2008] > your answer is a bit cryptic. Can you be more specific? Is there any > guidelines, policy, best practices for .desktop in Debian? Is the > Ubuntu-specific information provided by Siegfried-Angel all I need for > Debian? I was referring to: [Thibaut Paumard, 31.01.2008] > >> These menu files are not used in Ubuntu, > >>which apparently uses only the .desktop files. GNOME, Xfce and KDE are using .desktop files (except "Debian" submenu -> these items are taken from .menu files). I'm using OpenBox and I'm not using .desktop files at all. Ubuntu users that are using *box window managers are most probably using .menu files only as well. I just wanted to say that there are Ubuntu users who are using .menu files only and there are Debian users who are using .desktop files. If you want some more links, here they are (please install debian-policy and menu packages first): /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/menu-policy.html/index.html /usr/share/doc/menu/html/index.html `man menufile` pgphygdiTBpWy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: avant-window-navigator 0.2.1
On ven, 2008-02-01 at 09:01 +0100, Luca Bruno wrote: > Michael Biebl scrisse: > Yeah, when you repackage the tarball, you should mention that in > debian/copyright and name the tarball something like > avant-window-navigator_0.2.1.dfsg.orig.tar.gz Thanks Michael, I renamed it and reuploaded it to mentors. > As this package has to pass ftp-masters check, you have to include in > the debian/copyright the (part of) email where upstream said so (as I > didn't find the commit in bzr trunk; otherwise ftp-masters will think > that this is an arbitrary license change). This has to happen until > upstream releases a new tarball. The change was uploaded in the official trunk. I also mentioned the reason of the repack in the debian/copyright. I hope it'll be enough. > I'm now away from home, so I will be able to upload it only after > Tuesday, sorry... No problem, there is no emergency :) Thanks for your help. > > > Cheers, > > Michael > > Ciao, Luca > Kind regards, -- Julien Lavergne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: parallel building without make
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 29/01/08 at 17:23 -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote: >> Recently dpkg-buildpackage got the option to build in parallel via the -j >> option. This means that debian/rules is called with that option set, and sets >> parallel=n in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. >> The problem is that for build systems not using make (eg, scons), this option >> is not inherited. Of course, one could parse DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS and find if >> parallel=n is set and then call the build system with the equivalent option. >> However this means that, although one specified n threads of execution, there >> can be more than n threads concurrently. Consider this case: >> >> build: build-indep build-arch >> build-arch: >> scons -j$(NTHREADS) buildProgram >> build-indep: >> scons -j$(NTHREADS) buildDocumentation >> >> Where NTHREADS is calculated from DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. If I call >> dpkg-buildpackage with -j2, I will get build-arch and build-indep running >> concurrently, which means I will actually get 4 scons threads running instead >> of the intended 2. >> >> What should I do? I see 3 options: >> 1- Don't use the -j flag in scons >> 2- Use the -j flag and potentially use more threads than specified >> 3- Use the -j flag with a lower number (eg, NTHREADS/2). >> >> Any opinions? > > Don't use dpkg-buildpackage -j. Only set DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=n", > so build-arch and build-indep are not run in parallel, but you still get > several scons threads. OK. But it makes me wonder what is the real use for -j in dpkg-buildpackage, then. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cttex (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.23-2 of my package "cttex". This package has been removed from debian packagerepository, because it was orphaned. It builds these binary packages: cttex - Thai word separator for Thai TeTeX/LaTeX and HTML The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cttex - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cttex/cttex_1.23-2.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards -- ?? ? Prach Pongpanich http://prach-public.blogspot.com
Re: RFS: avant-window-navigator 0.2.1
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:50:42PM +0100, Julien Lavergne wrote: > * Package name: avant-window-navigator It spews several pages of dpkg-shlibdeps warnings during build -- what about trimming the libs somehow? -- 1KB // Microsoft corollary to Hanlon's razor: // Never attribute to stupidity what can be // adequately explained by malice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cttex (updated package)
On Feb 2, 2008 7:55 AM, Prach Pongpanich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.23-2 > of my package "cttex". This package has been removed from debian package > repository, because it was orphaned. Your orig.tar.gz is different from the 1.23-1 one on snapshot.debian.net, why? Looking at the code, it seems you checked it out of CVS again, best just to use the old tarball. debian/substvars should be removed as it is generated dynamically. debian/cttex.1 should be sent upstream, add it to CVS unless you don't have access (Theppitak can probably help with that). I guess it would probably be nice to have a Thai translation for it and now that man-db supports UTF-8 I guess that is possible. You might want to translate the package description to Thai and add it to ddtp.debian.net. You specifiy debhelper compat level 5 but do not build-depend on the right version. debian/copyright needs the copyright section renamed to Licence and a new copyright section written. You may also want to read this proposal: http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat Please commented out dh_* commands and non-useful comments from debian/rules. Please use $(MAKE) instead of make in debian/rules Do you know why install is used instead of $(MAKE) install? Any reason why you don't install the upstream ChangeLog file? The upstream VERSION file says 1.22, any idea why your version is 1.23? Does upstream have a homepage for the software? If so it would be good to add it: http://wiki.debian.org/HomepageFieldHOWTO Please fix these lintian info messages (run lintain -I -i for more info): I: cttex source: package-lacks-versioned-build-depends-on-debhelper 5 I: cttex: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/cttex.1.gz:27 I: cttex: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/cttex.1.gz:30 debian/changelog needs some work: NMU means non-maintainer upload, not new maintainer. Please write " * New maintainer" as the first entry in instead. Not sure what "rebuilt" means, you probably meant rebuild the tarball, which isn't nessecary. You didn't document the other changes you made (debian/compat, bump standards-version, add manpage . Please document changes you make in debian/changelog. You might want to read the developers-reference for more info on changelog standards. In the long term, do you think the cttex functionality belongs in texlive? That might be a good thing to persue if so. I missed out on meeting you last year, I hope we can meet next time I am in Thailand - perhaps at a future Thai Debconf :) -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cttex (updated package)
On Feb 2, 2008 1:20 PM, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your orig.tar.gz is different from the 1.23-1 one on snapshot.debian.net, why? > Looking at the code, it seems you checked it out of CVS again, best > just to use the old tarball. In addition, it seems there is a new upstream version, or a fork or something (I don't read Thai): http://vuthi.blogspot.com/2004/07/cttex.html You might want to figure out what the deal is there. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RFS: swath 0.3.2-1 (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.3.2-1 of my package "swath". It builds these binary packages: swath - Thai word segmentation program The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/swath - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/swath/swath_0.3.2-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: cttex (updated package)
On Feb 2, 2008 11:23 AM, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 2, 2008 1:20 PM, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Your orig.tar.gz is different from the 1.23-1 one on snapshot.debian.net, > > why? > > Looking at the code, it seems you checked it out of CVS again, best > > just to use the old tarball. > > In addition, it seems there is a new upstream version, or a fork or > something (I don't read Thai): > > http://vuthi.blogspot.com/2004/07/cttex.html > > You might want to figure out what the deal is there. It's the upstream author's blog. It seems he has forgotten the CVS version, leaving me think it has been abandoned. :-( The new upstream tarball [1] is one-third of the size of 1.23 that was in debian. I think the author has dropped some word lists that are in CVS. [1] http://www.mm.co.th/pub/firefox-thai/cttex-1.30.tgz Probably, Vuthichai, the upstream author (Cc:) could suggest what to do. Meanwhile, I think Prach had better build deb from the new upstream version instead. == To P'Hui Vuthichai: This message is from debian-mentors about the cttex package adoption. Chanop has orphaned the latest debian version, 1.23, which was built from LTN CVS snapshot, and now Prach Pongpanich has offered to adopt it. Could you give us a hint what to do between the old and the new version? Should they be merged, or should we just completely discard the old one? Thanks. === Regards, -- Theppitak Karoonboonyanan http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cttex (updated package)
On Feb 2, 2008 3:48 PM, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In addition, it seems there is a new upstream version, or a fork or > > something (I don't read Thai): > > > > http://vuthi.blogspot.com/2004/07/cttex.html > > > > You might want to figure out what the deal is there. > > It's the upstream author's blog. It seems he has forgotten > the CVS version, leaving me think it has been abandoned. > :-( Vuthichai, perhaps you could start using it again? Or are you using another version control repository? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
