libnet-finger-perl, remove?
hi, see forwarded Message. The Package has been orphaned 118 Days ago, the last upstream release was 2001. Personally, i dont think it makes sense to keep hit. However, if you think its still worth to do so, ill adopt it. - Forwarded message from Dennis Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Dennis Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:21:43 -0800 To: Michael Ablassmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: libnet-finger-perl On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:57:26PM +0100, Michael Ablassmeier wrote: > i recently stumblet about the libnet-finger-perl package within > debian, which misses an active Maintainer. Looking at the cpan Page, > there wasnt a new release since 2001. I've already updated the package > in order to get it in a better shape, but im curious about if you are > still active, and if it makes sense to ship this Module with the next > Debian Distribution. Well, there hasn't been a new release since 2001 because, as far as I know, nobody actually uses it. I think this is the first email I've gotten about it in 4 years, in fact. Heck, it was just a quick hack I did one afternoon while I was bored at work. You can make your own decision about whether it's distribution-worthy or not, but to the best of my knowledge, its actual user base approximates zero. -- Dennis Taylor "Remember, high-tech means `breaks down next [EMAIL PROTECTED]week', while cutting edge means `breaks down PGP key ID: 0x42F99A11 this afternoon.'" -- Bruce Sterling - End forwarded message - bye, - michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libnet-finger-perl, remove?
Hi Michael! You wrote: > see forwarded Message. The Package has been orphaned 118 Days ago, the > last upstream release was 2001. Personally, i dont think it makes sense > to keep hit. However, if you think its still worth to do so, ill adopt > it. Well, as it doens't have any bugs, I see no reason to have it removed. Feel free to adopt it, though. -- Kind regards, ++ | Bas Zoetekouw | GPG key: 0644fab7 | || Fingerprint: c1f5 f24c d514 3fec 8bf6 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] | a2b1 2bae e41f 0644 fab7 | ++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: libnet-finger-perl, remove?
hi Bas, *, On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:48:25AM +0100, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > You wrote: > > see forwarded Message. The Package has been orphaned 118 Days ago, the > > last upstream release was 2001. Personally, i dont think it makes sense > > to keep hit. However, if you think its still worth to do so, ill adopt > > it. > > Well, as it doens't have any bugs, I see no reason to have it removed. > Feel free to adopt it, though. okey. Adpopted. bye, - michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
python-pcgi RC state question/removal suggestion
Hello, I've been researching RC bugs for my NM T&S part and came across the python-pcgi package (bug #225539). After downloading the latest upstream version of this package I found out that: 1. Upstream has a new author and he changed the program name to python-pcgi2 to avoid a name clash with another program written by AM Kuchling of the python fame. There have also been substantial changes to the software itself. Its build requirements now include "apache-dev, debhelper, apache2-threaded-dev | apache2-prefork-dev" whereas the only Build-Depends the old version used to have was debhelper. 3. I can get the new upstream source to build and could rework the packaging rules enough to prepare an NMU to close this RC bug. However, the changes made to the software and needed packaging changes are substantial, current the maintainer seems to have been inactive for a long time (judging by the BTS as I don't yet have access to the Echelon) and the package needs a name change. No apache configuration is done at install by the old packaging rules as well. So, I wonder if someone from the QA group could take a brief look at the package and the upstream at http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/mod_pcgi2/ to verify my analysis and see if they agree with me that a reasonable course of action would be to remove this package from the archive and package the new upstream version correctly from scratch under the appropriate name later on. I may be interested in packaging the new version once I get through the NM process, or even earlier, depending on my progress and the QA group's decision and after attempts to contact the current maintainer, of course. I've just subscribed to this list, so I don't need a CC on replies. Thank you for your work, Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Feature request] Add SIZE listing to the print menu
There is wishlist item from 2001 in Debian bug tracking system a request
for SIZE to be added to the displayed columns. This is _very_ good feature
which helps to calculate correct sizes (start, end). Please consider adding
following patch (or similar) to future parted releases.
Jari
P.s.
I've CC'd QA, because this situation is too common in Debian's package bug
listings. What's the purpose of QA if there are years old items that nobody
cares to submit forward or act upon on? Shame on you - parted maintainer
team:
How closely do you work with your upstream software author?
http://blog.andrew.net.au/2005/02/25#upstream
---
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=109613
Package: parted
Version: 1.4.17-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Wouldn't it be nice if there is a 'Size' column on 'print' output?
Example:
(parted) p
Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-14324.625 megabytes
Disk label type: msdos
MinorStart EndSizeType Filesystem Flags
1 0.031298.081298.050 primary FAT boot
2298.081 8032.500 7734.418 extended
5298.112 3294.580 2996.468 logical ntfs
6 3294.611 4094.692800.081 logical ext2
7 4094.723 6142.038 2047.315 logical ext2
8 6142.069 8032.500 1890.430 logical ext2
3 8032.500 8158.007125.507 primary linux-swap
4 8158.008 14323.579 6165.571 primary ext2
(parted)
here's the patch of parted/parted.c
--8<--
--- parted.c-origWed Aug 22 12:24:25 2001
+++ parted.cWed Aug 22 13:45:07 2001
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
has_name = ped_disk_type_check_feature (disk->type,
PED_DISK_TYPE_PARTITION_NAME);
-printf (_("MinorStart End "));
+printf (_("MinorStart EndSize"));
if (has_extended)
printf (_("Type "));
printf (_("Filesystem "));
@@ -736,9 +736,11 @@
printf ("%-5d ", part->num);
-printf ("%10.3f %10.3f ",
+printf ("%10.3f %10.3f %10.3f ",
(int) part->geom.start * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS,
-(int) part->geom.end * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS);
+(int) part->geom.end * 1.0 / MEGABYTE_SECTORS,
+(int) (part->geom.end - part->geom.start)*1.0
+/ MEGABYTE_SECTORS);
if (has_extended)
printf ("%-9s ",
--8<--
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libunicode help required
Hi, I need some help from someone with more libtool fu than I to make a QA upload of libunicode (to fix #201922). It's using an antedeluvian version of libtool, and the instructions at http://people.debian.org/~keybuk/libtool-updating.html aren't cutting the mustard. regards Andrew -- linux.conf.au 2005 - http://linux.conf.au/ - Birthplace of Tux April 18th to 23rd - http://linux.conf.au/ - LINUX Canberra, Australia - http://linux.conf.au/ -Get bitten! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [Parted-maintainers] [Feature request] Add SIZE listing to the print menu
On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 01:22:41AM +0200, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote: > > There is wishlist item from 2001 in Debian bug tracking system a request > for SIZE to be added to the displayed columns. This is _very_ good feature > which helps to calculate correct sizes (start, end). Please consider adding > following patch (or similar) to future parted releases. Yep, just saw that. Now, parted is part of base, and thus frozen since forever, so upgrades to it are being difficult, but i will see what i can do. > Jari > > P.s. > > I've CC'd QA, because this situation is too common in Debian's package bug > listings. What's the purpose of QA if there are years old items that nobody > cares to submit forward or act upon on? Shame on you - parted maintainer > team: Notice that the parted maintainership was thrusted on me when Timshell Knoll dropped out of debian almost a year ago, and that i have been searching for one (or more) comaintainers for parted since over 6 month now, without much success. I guess you just volunteered, and i warmly welcome you. The package is maintained on alioth, in a subversion repository, so you only need to create an alioth account, and i would gladly add you to the project :) We can discuss the issue on #parted on freenode too (i am svenl), if you do irc. The real problem is that parted has been frozen since august, and updates to it have to convince the release managers first. > How closely do you work with your upstream software author? > http://blog.andrew.net.au/2005/02/25#upstream Rather closely, as the bug-parted or whatever mailing list archive will show you. I had planned on taking up parted maintainership, but lacked time to do this, and contributed the amiga partition table support to parted (my original and only planed involvement), as well as have been pushing the debian patches into upstream as best i can. Anyway, thanks for your patch, i will see if i can put it in the experimental branch for now, and see if it can go to unstable too. Mmm, actually it could go to unstable all the same, will add it to the repo. I want to see what Andrew responds to this, and ideally, we would have this kind of stuff configurable. BTW, have you tried graphical frontends like gparted ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
