Re: Please review internal package using a lot of "new" tools

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 09:27:29AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Haber
>  wrote:
> > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:12:40AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> >> In dh_auto_install, does upstream's Makefile not support DESTDIR?
> >
> > Sadly, incorrectly.
> > make install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/${PACKAGENAME}
> > places the executeable in
> > debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/usr/lib/nagios-plugin-check-multi/check_multi,
> > ignoring the setting for libexecdir given on the configure command
> > line.
> > make install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/${PACKAGENAME} \
> >   LIBEXECDIR=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins
> > seems to do the trick, but I am not too sure whether this is really
> > better than the way I did things in the demo package.
> 
> Sounds like a buggy configure.ac or Makefile.am.

I have already reported that upstream and have not yet recived a reply.

> > Is it common that DESTDIR= needs an absolute path ($(CURDIR)
> > prepended)? If I don't do this, the executeable is not even placed in
> > the package, but in plugins/debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/...
> 
> Not really sure to be honest.

I'll take a look at this in other packages and will probably report
this upstream as well.

> >> I also note that it uses /tmp/check_multi and wonder if that enables
> >> any symlink attacks.
> >
> > That is configurable. I could probably create
> > /var/cache/nagios-plugin-check-multi in postinst and use that as
> > tmpdir. Better idea?
> 
> Definitely.

I have done this in the package now.

> Getting upstream/nagios3 to use a better default would be good too.

Will be reported once I have established contact with upstream.

I have uploaded a new package to 
http://q.bofh.de/~mh/debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/, and the git 
repository can again be cloned from   
http://q.bofh.de/~mh/debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/git

I would like to solicit comments about the contents of the git
repository with regard to branches, upstream etc. I am not yet too
comfortable with git.

Greetings
Marc

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Re: Preventing init script start during package install

[Marc Haber]

Hi,

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:54:35PM +0300, Zaar Hai wrote:
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Marc Haber
>  wrote:
> > If you have dh_installinit, use --noscripts and have a good reason
> > for not starting the service automatically.
> Thanks! I'll try that out (looks like I'll need to some CDBS diving :).

I guess that CDBS allows you to provide additional parameters for the
dh_installinit call. Not having used advanced CDBS in a while, I
cannot give more useful advice.

> I do not want to start script, since I usually do upgrade right before
> making disk 'ghost'. So I have to terminate the service immediately
> right after dpkg starts it; but the service starts to process jobs,
> which have to be aborted and recovered then. Does it sound like a good
> reason?

Is that workflow valid for all users of your package? If so, it is a
valid approach; if not, you could prevent start of your service
locally on your systems by an apporpriate policy-rc.d layer.

Greetings
Marc

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RFS: sqlitebrowser (updated package)

[Stefan Haller]

Dear mentors,

I upgraded the package “sqlitebrowser” to a new upstream release. The latest
release is 2.0b1. That’s why I’ve choosen “1.9+2.0b1-1” as Debian version 
number.
The package uses now the the new dpkg-source format “3.0 quilt”, so I’ve changed
many files in the debian/-directory. (I hope this is ok?)

The package is not my own package, so if this not the right place to ask,
please give me a hint ;)
Lintian also complains, because it’s a NMU, but the version number doesn’t
reflect this. But I packaged a new upstream release, I don’t know how the
version number should look like in such a case.#

It builds these binary packages:
sqlitebrowser - GUI editor for SQLite databases

The upload would fix these bugs: 561643

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sqlitebrowser
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main 
contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser_1.9+2.0b1-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Kind regards
 Stefan Haller


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Re: RFS: sqlitebrowser (updated package)

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

[ CCed sqlitebrowser's maintainer ]

Stefan Haller  writes:

> I upgraded the package “sqlitebrowser” to a new upstream
> release. The latest release is 2.0b1. That’s why I’ve choosen
> “1.9+2.0b1-1” as Debian version number. The package uses now the the
> new dpkg-source format “3.0 quilt”, so I’ve changed many files in
> the debian/-directory. (I hope this is ok?)

Why not use 2.0~b1-1 as a version number? It is easier to understand and
still sorts before a stable 2.0-1 release.

If this ends up as a NMU, you should refrain from making too many
unrelated changes such as switching to the new source format (but see
below).

> The package is not my own package, so if this not the right place to ask,
> please give me a hint ;)

You should first try to contact the maintainer before doing a NMU.  If
the maintainer seems inactive, contact the MIA team so the package
can be orphaned properly.  See also the Developer's Reference [1].

[1] 

> Lintian also complains, because it’s a NMU, but the version number doesn’t
> reflect this. But I packaged a new upstream release, I don’t know how the
> version number should look like in such a case.#

If I remember correctly that would be 2.0~b1-0.1.

Regards,
Ansgar


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Re: RFS: sqlitebrowser (updated package)

[George Danchev]

Quoting "Stefan Haller" :


Dear mentors,

I upgraded the package “sqlitebrowser” to a new upstream release. The latest
release is 2.0b1. That’s why I’ve choosen “1.9+2.0b1-1” as Debian  
version number.
The package uses now the the new dpkg-source format “3.0 quilt”, so  
I’ve changed

many files in the debian/-directory. (I hope this is ok?)

The package is not my own package, so if this not the right place to ask,
please give me a hint ;)
Lintian also complains, because it’s a NMU, but the version number doesn’t
reflect this. But I packaged a new upstream release, I don’t know how the
version number should look like in such a case.#


The pair of maintainer name and the email address given in the last  
entry in debian/changelog could not be found in Maintainer nor  
Uploaders fields in debian/control, thus lintian correctly assumes you  
are trying to prepare an NMU, and insists on seeing a proper NMU  
version numbering. Either you add yourself as Maintainer or Uploders  
(lintian is not picky about spaces), with the acceptance of the  
current maintainer (I can't see any feedback from them in 561643), or  
prepare a proper NMU (see Debian Developers Reference). However a new  
upstream version, with so many changes applied, without fixing any  
RC-bugs does not justifies an NMU. If I were you, I'd probably ping  
the maintainer, once again via 561643 (though they only had few days  
to react according to the last entry), and discuss with them if a new  
upstream version is really warranted (perhaps it fixes important  
issues?) while the project is trying to approach a release.



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RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Nanakos Chrysostomos]

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.11-3
of my package "mpg321".

It builds these binary packages:
mpg321 - Simple and lighweight command line MP3 player

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 182122, 197726, 286176, 388587,
575836, 580062, 580193

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321
- - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- - dget
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321/mpg321_0.2.11-3.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Kind regards
 Nanakos Chrysostomos
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Re: Preventing init script start during package install

[Ignace Mouzannar]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:26, Marc Haber
 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:54:35PM +0300, Zaar Hai wrote:
>> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Marc Haber
>>  wrote:
>> > If you have dh_installinit, use --noscripts and have a good reason
>> > for not starting the service automatically.
>> Thanks! I'll try that out (looks like I'll need to some CDBS diving :).
>
> I guess that CDBS allows you to provide additional parameters for the
> dh_installinit call. Not having used advanced CDBS in a while, I
> cannot give more useful advice.

It does, you can try adding something like the following to your
debian/rules file:
--8<--8<--
DEB_DH_INSTALLINIT_ARGS := --no-start
--8<--8<--

Also, take a look at the man of dh_installinit(1) to see other available flags.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
 Ignace M


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RFS: fookebox

[Stefan Ott]

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "fookebox".

* Package name: fookebox
 Version : 0.4.2-1
 Upstream Author : Stefan Ott
* URL : http://fookebox.googlecode.com/
* License : GNU GPL
 Section : web

It builds these binary packages:
fookebox   - Web-based jukebox frontend to mpd

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fookebox
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fookebox/fookebox_0.4.2-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Kind regards
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Re: RFS: sqlitebrowser (updated package)

[Stefan Haller]

Am Montag, 24. Mai 2010, 12:03:15 schrieb Ansgar Burchardt:
> Why not use 2.0~b1-1 as a version number? It is easier to understand and
> still sorts before a stable 2.0-1 release.

Don’t know, I read it somewhere, but can’t remember where. There are so many 
places with different information in the web. 2.0~b1-1 would definetly be 
nicer. Thanks.

> You should first try to contact the maintainer before doing a NMU.  If
> the maintainer seems inactive, contact the MIA team so the package
> can be orphaned properly.  See also the Developer's Reference [1].
> 
> [1]
> 

Ok, I’ll try this first.

Thank you and also George Danchev for your fast responses.

Regards,
 Stefan Haller


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Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Sandro Tosi]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:32, Nanakos Chrysostomos
 wrote:
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>
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.11-3
> of my package "mpg321".

Giving it a look.

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Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Sandro Tosi]

Hi Michal,

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 13:38, Sandro Tosi  wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:32, Nanakos Chrysostomos
>  wrote:
>> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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>>
>> Dear mentors,
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.11-3
>> of my package "mpg321".
>
> Giving it a look.

I saw you sponsored mpg321. I didn't see a reply here, so I just
report what i've found now.

Closing bugs in debian/changelog has to be done only if the current
upload fixes those bugs; entries like:

  * Bug #182122 should close now because in this version of Debian we don't
face such problems. So i am closing this bug. (Closes: Bug#182122).
...
  * Tried to reproduce the same experiment as Bug #388587 and
i don't see any problem.
If someone else can simulate the same problem, please report the bug
and the way to simulate it again.So i am closing thsi bug also.
(Closes: Bug#388587)
...
  * Anyone who wants to use the "-a" option can follow the information from
the manpage. To give an example: "mpg321 -a /dev/dsp song.mp3".
So Bug #286176 should close.The "-a" option seems to work fine.
(Closes: Bug#286176).

seems very much something that should have been done via mailing to
BTS and not via debian/changelog.

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Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Michal Čihař]

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Hi

Dne Mon, 24 May 2010 13:32:12 +0300
Nanakos Chrysostomos  napsal(a):

> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.11-3
> of my package "mpg321".
> 
> It builds these binary packages:
> mpg321 - Simple and lighweight command line MP3 player
> 
> The package appears to be lintian clean.
> 
> The upload would fix these bugs: 182122, 197726, 286176, 388587,
> 575836, 580062, 580193
> 
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321
> - - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - - dget
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321/mpg321_0.2.11-3.dsc
> 
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Looks good, uploaded.

thanks
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Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Mon, 24 May 2010 13:55:01 +0200
Sandro Tosi  napsal(a):

> I saw you sponsored mpg321. I didn't see a reply here, so I just
> report what i've found now.

I sent an reply just before uploading the package, probably delayed
because of greylisting on liszt.debian.org.

> Closing bugs in debian/changelog has to be done only if the current
> upload fixes those bugs; entries like:
> 
>   * Bug #182122 should close now because in this version of Debian we don't
> face such problems. So i am closing this bug. (Closes: Bug#182122).
> ...
>   * Tried to reproduce the same experiment as Bug #388587 and
> i don't see any problem.
> If someone else can simulate the same problem, please report the bug
> and the way to simulate it again.So i am closing thsi bug also.
> (Closes: Bug#388587)
> ...
>   * Anyone who wants to use the "-a" option can follow the information from
> the manpage. To give an example: "mpg321 -a /dev/dsp song.mp3".
> So Bug #286176 should close.The "-a" option seems to work fine.
> (Closes: Bug#286176).
> 
> seems very much something that should have been done via mailing to
> BTS and not via debian/changelog.

I think it's perfectly fine to close the bug when it can not be
reproduced anymore. Doing it using separate mail would be probably
cleaner, but I don't think it hurts that much.

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Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

[Tony Houghton]

On Sun, 23 May 2010 16:06:40 +0300
George Danchev  wrote:

> Tony Houghton writes:
> > 
> > When I released the previous version I was contacted by a DD offering to
> > sponsor roxterm and help me become a DM, but when I told him George
> > Danchev had already uploaded it he said I didn't need his help after
> > all. 
> 
> This is true. Count me as second advocate, if needed.

Thanks. In the meantime do you intend to upload this version? I've had
another offer by private mail but I should think it's better if someone
who's reviewed it before continues to do so if possible.

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Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Nanakos Chrysostomos]

On 24/5/2010 14:31, Michal Čihař wrote:
> Hi
>
> Dne Mon, 24 May 2010 13:32:12 +0300
> Nanakos Chrysostomos  napsal(a):
>
> > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.11-3
> > of my package "mpg321".
>
> > It builds these binary packages:
> > mpg321 - Simple and lighweight command line MP3 player
>
> > The package appears to be lintian clean.
>
> > The upload would fix these bugs: 182122, 197726, 286176, 388587,
> > 575836, 580062, 580193
>
> > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> > - - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321
> > - - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> > main contrib non-free
> > - - dget
> > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mpg321/mpg321_0.2.11-3.dsc
>
> > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
>
> Looks good, uploaded.
>
> thanks
Thank you very much.

Chris.


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Re: RFS: xserver-xorg-video-qxl

[Julien Cristau]

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:05:36 +0800, Liang Guo wrote:

> On Friday 21 May 2010 04:08:53 Julien Cristau wrote:
> > 
> > You're calling dh_prep in debian/rules clean, this is wrong, should be
> > replaced by dh_clean.  dh_prep is used in the install target before
> > running make install, and obsoletes 'dh_clean -k', not all invocations
> > of dh_clean.
> 
> Corrected, Thank you. Could you please check it again ? 

Uploaded, thanks.

Not quite sure how to deal with the 3.0 (quilt) sillyness of deleting
the autogen.sh script and moving it to
debian/patches/debian-changes-0.0.12-1 during the build (the script is
in upstream git, but not in tarballs, so shows up as a diff), but I
don't care enough.

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Re: RFS: gedit-r-plugin

[Sandro Tosi]

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 07:42, Mateusz Kaduk  wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gedit-r-plugin".

Here are some comments:

debian/changelog:
  - remove -2 entry: the changelog is about the change you did from an
upload to Debian archive to the previous, since it's a new package,
there is no previous version, so just stick with -1 entry

debian/control
  - what about enabling those Vcs-* field?
  - you need python at runtime, so the binary pacakge has to define a
Depends on it. I suggest to try adding the ${python:Depends} variable,
and if it not works, add an explicit 'python' Depends
  - also, you need to Depends, or at least Recommends/Suggests
r-base-core (i tried the plugin and got "R --no-save --no-restore
bash: R: command not found")

debian/format
  - remove it

debian/patches/get_data_dir
  - what does this patch do?

debian/README.Debian
  - this information belongs to debian/copyright (the describe how to
obtain the tarball), so merge them there and remove this file

debian/rules
  - you decided to use debhelper 7, so I strongly suggest to use its
tiny rules file (/usr/share/doc/debhelper/examples/rules.tiny) +
override instead of cdbs, that's mainly "black magic"

ReadMe.txt
  - install it as documentation

> The package appears to be lintian clean.

ehm, not exactly :)

lintian -iIv --pedantic gedit-r-plugin_0.7.0-2_amd64.changes
...
I: gedit-r-plugin source: quilt-patch-missing-description get_data_dir
...
I: gedit-r-plugin source: debian-watch-file-is-missing
...
P: gedit-r-plugin: no-upstream-changelog

for sure, add a debian/watch file

Once done this changes, feel free to resubmit the package and the RFS.

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Re: Please review internal package using a lot of "new" tools

[Osamu Aoki]

Hi,

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53:54AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 09:27:29AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Haber
> >  wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:12:40AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> I have uploaded a new package to 
> http://q.bofh.de/~mh/debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/, and the git

I see

override_dh_auto_build:
make all


Is not this better to do

override_dh_auto_build:
dh_auto_build -- all

Then some extra features offered by dh_auto_build is preserved while
specifying build target.  DH_OPTIONS=-v, DH_VERBOSE=1 ...

Osamu


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RFS: dirsum

[jaromil]

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dirsum".

* Package name : dirsum
  Version  : 0.4
  Upstream Author  : Dirk Bartley
* Url  : ftp://ftp.dyne.org/dirsum
* License  : GPL-2
  Section  : misc

It builds this binary package:
dirsum - extended commandline directory summary

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 582321

My motivation for maintaining this package is: Because is an excelent
tool to visualize extensive information about filesystem usage;
because is left unmantained by upstream author and its sourcecode is
not more online (i'm recuperating it from my backups); because i'm
going to be the new upstream mantainer as well.  Ultimately because
it's a small easy package and i'm studying to become a DD.

The package cannot yet be found on mentors.debian.net: i cannot open
an account there since my GPG key is too big to be accepted by the
webform (a mail report about the issue was sent to mentors.debian.net
support address yesterday, a copy is here in attach).

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

thanks for your activity and attention to details,
ciao

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GPG: B2D9 9376 BFB2 60B7 601F  5B62 F6D3 FBD9 C2B6 8E39


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Hash: SHA256


re all,

i tried to register a debian mentor account, after filing an ITP, on
my way to follow the debian developer iter.

the problem is that the webform online at

 http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/maintainer-signup

doesn't lets me create an account with my GPG key, giving the error

 There seems to be a problem with your application: The PGP key file
 that you just sent contains more than one public key. Please send
 only one public key.

i suppose the reason is that my key is 8192 bits large. before
laughing about me being a paranoid :) just consider that Bruce
Schneier, in Applied Cryptography, has recommended a 8192 bit key if
you want it to have a useful lifetime beyond 2015.  Since changing GPG
keys is a faff (new keys, revocations, telling people, attending PGP
key signing parties etc), I decided to go for a nice long key this
time.

in case my supposition about the nature of the problem is true, is it
possible to raise the size limit of uploaded keys from the
mantainer-signup web form? for instance my actual public key file is
66795 bytes large.


thanks for your dedication and attention to details
kind regards

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Re: RFS: gedit-r-plugin

[Mateusz Kaduk]

Hi,

Thanks for comments and suggestions.
All mentioned issues fixed

* removed not necessary files (debian/format)
* removed not necessary second entry from changelog
* removed dependency on cdbs
* Readme.Debian merged with copyright
* removed dh_pysupport (not needed for this plugin)
* installed ReadMe.txt in documentation directory
* added dependency on python and python support
* added watch file and tested with uscan if it works
* pbuilder for building and tested plugin if it works by running gedit
* r-core-base was already in Recommended in case if one wants to edit
R and run files remotely without installing R environment
* debian/patches/get_data_dir patch fixes the system wide path
detection, without this patch plugin only works when installed in home
directory

package uploaded.
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gedit-r-plugin

Regards,
Mateusz Kaduk


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Re: RFS: xserver-xorg-video-qxl

[Liang Guo]

On Monday 24 May 2010 21:08:50 Julien Cristau wrote:
> 
> Uploaded, thanks.

Thanks, 
> 
> Not quite sure how to deal with the 3.0 (quilt) sillyness of deleting
> the autogen.sh script and moving it to
> debian/patches/debian-changes-0.0.12-1 during the build (the script is
> in upstream git, but not in tarballs, so shows up as a diff), but I
> don't care enough.

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Re: RFS: dirsum

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

jaromil  writes:

> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dirsum".

There was some discussion [1] on debian-de...@l.d.o what dirsum offers
that du and sort do not.  You might have missed it if you are not
subscribed to the list.

Regards,
Ansgar

[1]  and follow-ups


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Re: Please review internal package using a lot of "new" tools

[Marc Haber]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:21:17PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53:54AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 09:27:29AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 2:21 AM, Marc Haber
> > >  wrote:
> > > > On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:12:40AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> > I have uploaded a new package to 
> > http://q.bofh.de/~mh/debian/nagios-plugin-check-multi/, and the git
> 
> I see
> 
> override_dh_auto_build:
> make all
> 
> 
> Is not this better to do
> 
> override_dh_auto_build:
> dh_auto_build -- all
> 
> Then some extra features offered by dh_auto_build is preserved while
> specifying build target.  DH_OPTIONS=-v, DH_VERBOSE=1 ...

Applied, thanks.

Greetings
Marc

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po file and git (or any merge)

[Osamu Aoki]

Hi,

If you translate with po files, what kind of merge/rebase strategy
should we use?  Does any one know best hook script to automation of
merging with msgmerge?

Simple git merge is too much manual fix.  Is there good way to run

 $ msgmerge ...

While we run merge/rebase

Pointer to doc and script appreciated.

Osamu


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RFS: projectm (ping)

[Matthias Klumpp]

Hello!

I'm still looking for someone interested in reviewing & sponsoring my
packaging of projectM.

Package details:

* Package name: projectm
  Version : 2.0.1-1
  Upstream Author : projectM Team
* URL : http://projectm.sf.net
* License : GPLv2 and LGPLv2.1
  Section : sound

It builds these binary packages:
libprojectm-dev - Advanced Milkdrop-compatible music visualization library
- dev
libprojectm-qt-dev - projectM Qt4 (development files)
libprojectm-qt1 - projectM Qt4 bindings
libprojectm2 - Advanced Milkdrop-compatible music visualization library
libvisual-projectm - libvisual module for projectM
projectm-data - Advanced Milkdrop-compatible music visualization library -
data
projectm-jack - projectM JackAudio module
projectm-pulseaudio - projectM PulseAudio module

The package appears to be lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 565355

There's some "special" stuff to know about this package: The package
replaces the orphaned libvisual-projectm package and the libprojectm source
package.
I got authorization from the maintainer of libprojectm to take over
maintainership over this package.
The pkg produces some Lintian warnings about ancient Autotools scripts or
Windows binaries in the package. (projectM uses CMake, the
Autotools-Scripts are just cruft which isn't used) It also has some
binaries which unnecessarily linked against some libraries. All this
stuff
should be
fixed by upstream, but upstream seems to have a lack of manpower at time,
so I can't get a clean tarball or fixes for all issues.
But the overall quality of the pkg is okay, I think.
By including the package in Debian, a lot of other apps would benefit
from it. (Some audio-players use it for music visualization)
The package actually would be maintained by me and Andres Mejia as
co-maintainer.

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/projectm
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main
contrib non-free
- dget
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/projectm/projectm_2.0.1-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.
 
Kind regards
 Matthias Klumpp


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Re: RFS: tivion (updated package)

[Angel Guzman Maeso]

Hi Paul,

I upload again the package
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tivion/

Could you check it
again?

Regards.

2010/5/16 Paul Wise 

> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Angel Guzman Maeso 
> wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version
> 0.0.4-0debian5~unstable+nmu1
> > of my package "tivion".
>
> That is not the right version number. You probably want something like
> 0.0.4-1 instead.
>
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Re: RFS: tivion (updated package)

[Paul Wise]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Angel Guzman Maeso  wrote:

> Could you check it again?

I didn't check it the first time, but the version number looks fine now.

Next time I do a review run I'll see if I can include it.

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