Bug#516351: see/seetxt 0.61
> I've noticed you are managing the version number as if it was a > float. Yeah, I was not aware of this issue at all. It's all the same to me, so I could make the next one 0.6.2, or else 0.70. I thought the debian package was going to be called seetxt, you may have to bug Joop about that as I did not do the packaging. As for the project name and source tarballs, I can do that easily enough as well -- the homepage is actually already called seetxt.sourceforge.net since there was the same conflict there initially. So that will mean updating a few things at the website, I should be able to do that this week. I guess I will either have to actually tar another release, or else add some note to the effect that "seetxt 0.6.1" is the same as the previously released "see 0.61". Not sure what this will mean for the listing here: http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html Will we have to start all over again now? Or can it get accepted as "unstable" and then we can make minor adjustments? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: see/seetxt 0.61
On 07/14/2009 02:36:27 PM, Guillem Jover wrote: > That should not be a problem, renaming the source package afterwards > does > not imply major work, just few strings changed here and there. I just noticed the other day that using "no confirm" in the config file does not work unless the line is actually "no confirm:" because of an oversight in a strtok() call. I can correct that in the next version, but perhaps the man page in the current deb package can be updated, since it will work with a colon, but I doubt many people would guess that...is this possible? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: ITP: see -- lightweight Linux text file and manpage viewer
Mark Eriksen (the upstream author) here. My desire for the binary and package name would be "seetxt", which I have not been able to find any conflicts by googling. I will probably then also use a softlink to the binary, "seeman", which shouldn't conflict either. Regarding portability: GNU getline() is used, meaning it will not run on non-GNU systems, so to say it is generically POSIX might be a slight stretch. However, I can and will change this to something more generic as there is nothing crucial about the getline(). So, if someone can confirm that seetxt/seeman will be okay, I can make the necessary changes. Thanks all for your time and interest! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: ITP: see -- lightweight Linux text file and manpage viewer
On 03/03/2009 08:25:22 AM, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: -> MK wrote: -> > I -> > have not been able to find any conflicts by googling. -> > -> -> IMO, the best way to find conflicts is to use apt-file, not google. Thanks for that. I actually use fedora! (no real preference, since I don't use a desktop environment anyway and build everything from gtk on up from source). But I do have a copy of lenny installed (which went very smoothly, thanks for that!) so I will do this. -> > I will probably then also use a softlink to the binary, "seeman", -> > which shouldn't conflict either. -> -> What will be the difference between seeman and seetxt? What's the -> point of -> having seetxt pointing to seeman? "seeman" would point to seetxt. This would be used to invoke different behavior. It is easy to determine the name used to call the executable -- that's why "vi" and "view" link to "vim". As it is now, you must specify whether you want a text file (-f) or a manpage (-m). Having the softlink would be good, I think, for the occasional user who may end up using it mostly for one purpose or the other. This way there could also be two slightly different manpages (this is also common) stressing these slightly different purposes. Then, the neophyte linux user who is looking for a better manpage viewer than just "man" could do an apropos and find "seeman". But the actual package should be seetxt, I think, since this is more general and a lot of the functionality makes more sense in that context. Mark Eriksen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: (no subject)
Just a note: The -m switch may cause a problem if you try a non-existent manpage on a non-english system. I have discussed this with Joop a bit and the next version should work everywhere. I'll wait until we have agreed upon the name and then update the site. Mark Eriksen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: see update
Here's what's going on: 0.54 is done, I just have to test it for a few days and redo parts of the man page. The changes are: -the package name will remain "see", but the executable will be seetxt, with a softlink from seeman for loading man pages. -the man page check now uses the return value of man (instead of checking for "No " in the stderr output), so it should work regardless of the locale/language of the system -the "-x" switch is now implimented for server calls -corrected an oversight whereby when watching a file <250k, if the file grows over 250k, see switched to chunk-buffering rather than tailing (which would have been the case if the file was loaded initially at >250k) to rather silly and irritating effect. -replaced getline() to make "see" POSIX compliant. So the site (there is only one source, btw, freshmeat links to that) will be updated by the end of the week, I will post here and it should be ready to package. Mark Eriksen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: see update
On 03/09/2009 02:25:29 PM, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > I will see the freshmeat announcement when it's ready. I will be away > most of next week but will start working on it when I get back. Great, I will take a bit more time to tinker with this, then. I was using it in GNOME via lenny*, and decided to make minor behavioural changes so that it can cooperate more nicely with nautilus under (what I presume are) the default debian settings. I'm also adding drag n' drop functionality; if anyone else has had any similar deep thoughts, vis. little things that might be more and less appreciable, I'd be only too happy to hear them, if not actually cooperate ;) Mark *which is so nice! the first linux I ever installed was actually "slink", then I travelled and did various things and did not have a computer for a long time...I believe many things have changed...thanks people :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: update
I have added about 30% to the codebase while playing with see in lenny, which is very different than my normal environment -- mostly new features and improved functionality. I am still testing it and will release it as version 0.6 sometime this weekend. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: update
On 03/21/2009 03:32:13 PM, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > Mark, > > I seem to be having problems downloading see, it looks like your site > is > unreachable most of the time. > > Can you provide a mirror or maybe use a project site? > > Thanks, > Joop hmmm...I haven't noticed this, and I actually use a different provider most of the time. Perhaps it is the date or geography? Anyway, I may have somewhere, such as I will submit to sourceforge, which is very slow -- perhaps debian has somewhere I could ftp it, the site is only a few megs and all client side javascript? I will add some kind of short web "intro to see" later this week, trying to demonstrate how I envision it's use particularly under GNOME. --MK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#516351: copyright and license refinement
At the request/recommendation of someone at "Savannah" I have added some more explicit copyright and licensing info, qv. https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?9211 The code remains the same so I have not incremented the version. The tarballs via www.intergate.com/~halfcountplus/see/ seetxt.sourceforge.net reflect this; I have to wait to update the tarball accessed thru the sourceforge project page (https://sourceforge.net/projects/seetxt/). This includes a COPYRIGHT section added to the man page, but legally speaking everything remains the same so the issue is Not Very Significant. Have a nice weekend! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
