Re: Dummy packages and metapackages (call for consistency in the descriptions)

Hi, > * Metapackages > A metapackage is one of those packages used to pull in other packages. > If they are removed, it's likely that something goes wrong. They are > used for various reasons, such as ensuring that one out of many versions > of a package is installed (like the python modules do

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Re: Bug#336254: ITP: slang-cfitsio -- read and write FITS files from S-Lang

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Bug#336256: ITP: slang-pvm -- PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) interface for S-Lang

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: slang-pvm Version : 0.1.5 Upstream Author : John Houck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://space.mit.edu/cxc/software/slang/modules/pvm/ * License : MIT [*] Descript

Bug#336262: ITP: yakuake -- Yet Another Kuake, KDE terminal emulator

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ana Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name    : yakuake   Version         : 2.7.3   Upstream Author : François Chazal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL             : http://yakuake.uv.ro/ * License         : GPL   Description     : Yet Another Kuake, KDE termi

Re: Drop KRB4 support from HEIMDAL

> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> There have been increasing calls for me to drop krb4 Brian> support in Heimdal (first in bug #315059 and now by Brian> upstream in bug #334632 - it would also solve #236851). It Brian> would also eliminate confusion such

Bug#336255: ITP: slang-gsl -- GNU Scientific Library binding for S-Lang

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: slang-gsl Version : 0.5.2 Upstream Author : John E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://space.mit.edu/cxc/software/slang/modules/gsl/ * License : MIT [*] Descr

Bug#336254: ITP: slang-histogram -- create and manipulate histograms from S-Lang

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: slang-cfitsio Version : 0.3.2b Upstream Author : John E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://space.mit.edu/cxc/software/slang/modules/cfitsio/ * License : MIT [*

Bug#336253: ITP: slang-histogram -- create and manipulate histograms from S-Lang

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: slang-histogram Version : 0.3.1 Upstream Author : John E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://space.mit.edu/cxc/software/slang/modules/hist/ * License : MIT [*]

Bug#336250: ITP: slang-curl -- transfer files using HTPP and FTP from S-Lang

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: slang-curl Version : 0.1.1 Upstream Author : John E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://jedsoft.org/slang/modules/curl.html * License : GPL Description :

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

* Quoting Gabor Gombas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > So, how can the administrator tell dpkg "do _not_ remove this account > even if some package's postrm tries to purge it"? If there would be a > method to mark some accounts out-of-reach for automatic removal, that > would settle this issue I think.

Dummy packages and metapackages (call for consistency in the descriptions)

Hello, Some of us are using 'metapackage' and 'dummy package' in the wrong way, and this is bad, not only because they're different concept, but also because it leads people to categorize them wrongly with debtags. This could have implications: - future debtags-aware package managers might ch

Re: Can we just finish the C++ transition for crying out loud?

Nathanael Nerode writes: > And now, a new gcc-4.0 bumped the shlibdeps for libstdc++ -- and worse, > depends on new binutils and new glibc. This will undoubtedly mean that > either > forced package breakages, significant numbers of package removals, or months > more of waiting will be needed. t

Bug#336210: ITP: ihu -- Voice over IP (VoIP) application for Linux (using Qt)

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrea Capriotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: ihu Version : 0.5.1 Upstream Author : Matteo Trotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://ihu.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Voice over IP (VoIP) app

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Miles Bader: > >> Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: There are people in this world who can read and program PostScript. >>> >>> Sure, and it's the preferred form of modifcation for removing >>> ink-wasting background images from Powerpoi

PostScript can be the preferred form of modification (was: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch)

Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Frank Küster: > >> It is for sure not a bug to contain a PostScript file where PostScript >> is the preferred form of modification. If you have tetex-base >> installed, /usr/share/texmf/dvips/misc/resolution400.ps is a short >> example, /usr/share/tex

Re: Bits from the release team: the plans for etch

* Miles Bader: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> There are people in this world who can read and program PostScript. >> >> Sure, and it's the preferred form of modifcation for removing >> ink-wasting background images from Powerpoint presentations, but: This >> is not the kind of m