Re: Please test new sysvinit, sysv-rc, initscripts

On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 01:45:58AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Dec 17, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After installation you should have a tmpfs mounted on /run. > > I do not remember a consensus about this. Changes in Debian are generally decided by package maintainers, not by co

Debian menu entries(was Re: Debian and the desktop)

As a lurker to debian-devel, I would like to point to all a deficiency in the current KDE way of naming menus, and hope that if Debian menu goes this way, it should improve on it. The current way KDE names programs is: Type of Program (Application name) So, for amarok it's: Audio Player (amarok)

Re: buildd administration

Anthony Towns writes: > Generally, experimental fits the above role. Unstable's for uploading new > development of packages that will hopefully work, but might turn out not > to. In particular, though, they need to be fixed pretty quickly -- six > months in experimental, and another two so far in

Re: buildd administration

Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 03:51:06PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Rather, it seems much more likely that we would want to push such packages >> > *out* of unstable. >> >> Really? So now, unstable

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:56:30PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to congratulate our ftp-master team on their ability to timely > > process packages progressing through the NEW queue. > > > > [1]

Re: buildd administration

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 11:24:39AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > > No, that would be "unsuitable for release". Which is a problem that > > should either be fixed quickly, or means you're trying to make a big > > enough change that you should be working out how to get it done without > > breaking oth

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:30:15AM +, David Pashley wrote: >> 5.5 hours for a package to make it through NEW. I think you owe some >> people an apology. > > -> 8126 T Oct 25 Debian Installe ( 46) xmovie_1.9.13-0_i386.changes is N= > EW >10552

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:30:15AM +, David Pashley wrote: > On Dec 14, 2005 at 00:25, Anand Kumria praised the llamas by saying: > > I'd like to congratulate our ftp-master team on their ability to timely > > process packages progressing through the NEW queue. > > > >

Re: /run vs /var/run

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > The principle is the same: /lib is used only for the minimal system required > for booting, and everything else should go in /usr/lib. /run should be used > only for junk that needs to be stored early in the boot sequence, and > everything else should go

Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 03:57:35AM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Under Linux, can't all of this be done with mount --move anyway? I'm not >> convinced that we actually need a /run any more. > > So you would have these files stored in /var/run from the

Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 03:57:35AM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The principle is the same: /lib is used only for the minimal system required > > for booting, and everything else should go in /usr/lib. /run should be used > > only for junk that need

Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

[Steve Langasek] > Given the reality of /lib, is there any need for a separate /usr/lib? > > The principle is the same: /lib is used only for the minimal system > required for booting, and everything else should go in /usr/lib. > /run should be used only for junk that needs to be stored early in

Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The principle is the same: /lib is used only for the minimal system required > for booting, and everything else should go in /usr/lib. /run should be used > only for junk that needs to be stored early in the boot sequence, and > everything else should g

Re: /run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 06:09:05PM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Thomas Hood] > > After installation you should have a tmpfs mounted on /run. This has > > been created for the use of that handful of packages that need a > > place to store run time state files independently of networking. > Gi

Bug#343830: ITP: toycars -- physics based 2-D racer

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: toycars Version : 0.2.5 Upstream Author : Ruben Zilibowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : Web Page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/toycars * License : GPL Description :

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Bug#343662: fsck errors halting boot after upgrade]

Fixing this the right way will require changing when Debian boot scripts run hwclock (as the first very thing), and will require making changes to util-linux, the installer (so that /etc/zoneinfo is not a symlink, and so that the information about what the local timezone is stored somewhere else ot

Re: Access to svn.debian.org

Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> developer, and I can use it to access the pkg-perl repository on >> svn.debian.org without any trouble. When I became a Debian developer, I >> got a new Alioth ID rra. It's now also been added to the pkg-perl >> repository. But it doesn't work with svn

udev event completion order (was: Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20051214 meeting))

[CC'ing hotplug-devel] I demand that Marco d'Itri may or may not have written... > On Dec 17, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is currently very likely that systems with two network interfaces will >> end up with both switched on the installed system after the reboot. This >> is

Re: Access to svn.debian.org

> developer, and I can use it to access the pkg-perl repository on > svn.debian.org without any trouble. When I became a Debian developer, I > got a new Alioth ID rra. It's now also been added to the pkg-perl > repository. But it doesn't work with svn.debian.org. Assuming nothing is wrong, you

Re: Please test new sysvinit, sysv-rc, initscripts

On Dec 17, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After installation you should have a tmpfs mounted on /run. I do not remember a consensus about this. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#343827: ITP: zeroc-ice -- ZeroC Internet Communications Engine

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Francisco Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: zeroc-ice Version : 3.0.0 Upstream Author : ZeroC, Inc. * URL : http://www.zeroc.com/ * License : GPL Description : ZeroC Internet Communications Engine Ice is a C

Re: xmcd

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 the mental interface of Matthew Palmer told: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:37:28PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > does one know why xmcd isn't upgraded since 31 of May in 2003? The > > package is neither orphaned nor up for adoption, which I would do > > then. > > Have yo

Re: Curso Interativo HP12C - Função da Máquina GRATIS

English speakers: I am deeply sorry, I have already replied to this one, but forgot to Cc: the person, who is obviously not subscribed. Em Sáb, 2005-12-17 às 20:24 -0200, Hector R.Farias escreveu: > Prezados senhores:Como devo proceder para obter este curso interativo > e obter informações/manual

/run vs /var/run (was: Please test new sysvinit)

[Thomas Hood] > After installation you should have a tmpfs mounted on /run. This has > been created for the use of that handful of packages that need a > place to store run time state files independently of networking. Given the need, and now the reality, of /run, is there any need for a separat

Access to svn.debian.org

Okay, I'm stymied and I'm not sure where to ask. I had an Alioth ID rra-guest from before I was approved as a Debian developer, and I can use it to access the pkg-perl repository on svn.debian.org without any trouble. When I became a Debian developer, I got a new Alioth ID rra. It's now also bee

Re: Curso Interativo HP12C - Função da Máquina GRATIS

Prezados senhores:Como devo proceder para obter este curso interativo e obter informações/manual de funcionalidades deste produto? Grato Héctor

Please test new sysvinit, sysv-rc, initscripts

A new version of sysvinit (binary packages sysvinit, sysv-rc and initscripts) has just been uploaded to experimental. The reason for sending it to experimental is that a large number of changes were made, thus increasing the probability of errors. And errors in sysvinit can be especially troubl

Re: xmcd

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:37:28PM +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > does one know why xmcd isn't upgraded since 31 of May in 2003? The > package is neither orphaned nor up for adoption, which I would do > then. Have you asked the maintainer, Adrian Bridgett? He's around (last made an upload les

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Re: Checking package builds on hppa/arm/m68k?

> "Please (re)check, if the package can be built by g++ > 3.4 > on [hppa/arm/m68k]"? > > Do I simply remove the explicit build dependency on g++, > upload the package and wait if it succeeds (and probably > create another package version with the build dependencies > re-added again if it still fa

Re: Re: I need Wild FX Pro Demo serial key

Can you help me as well please with the serial number to WildFX Pro

xmcd

Hi, does one know why xmcd isn't upgraded since 31 of May in 2003? The package is neither orphaned nor up for adoption, which I would do then. Elimar -- We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: buildd administration

Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Funny, I just did a Google search for >> site:www.debian.org cvs repository www.debian.org >> and there it was, plain as day. > That implies that you already know/suspect it is in cvs. Goswin, wi

Re: Packaging swftools for Debian

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 03:21:41PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:36:38AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:56:29AM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:24:25AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > > > Did you notice there so

Bug#343734: ITP: libpar-perl -- Perl Archive Toolkit

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Krzysztof Krzyzaniak (eloy)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libpar-perl Version : 0.90 Upstream Author : Autrijus Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/PAR/ * License : Perl: GPL/Artistic Des

Bug#343729: ITP: libjingle -- components to interoperate with Google Talk's P2P and voice calling capabilities

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [B * Package name: libjingle Version : 0.1.0 Upstream Author : Google Inc. * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/libjingle/ * License : BSD Description : components to interoperate w

Re: urgency='low' testing propogation only 5 days for gtk+2.0?

* Kurt Roeckx [Sat, 17 Dec 2005 02:03:50 +0100]: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 06:10:11PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > It is my understanding that an urgency='low' upload defines a 10 day > > delay in testing propogation, unless overridden by hints. > > However, yesterday's gtk+2.0 upload indicati

Bug#343719: ITP: libimdb-film-perl -- Perl extension for retrieving movie info from IMDB.com

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libimdb-film-perl Version : 0.17 Upstream Author : Mikhail Stepanov (stepanov.michael (at) gmail.com) * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~stepanov/IMDB-Film-0.17/lib/IMDB/Film.pm * Li

ALSA packager needed

First, thanks to those who responded to my earlier call. In addition to people knowledgeable about the ALSA userspace library I would like to find someone willing to help maintain the driver side. ALSA drivers are included in Linux 2.6, but we still ship an alsa-source package for use with Linux

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > I explicitely said that stripping it > anyway will make the whole pondering on whether it can be in the > (source) package at all moot for the question whether mpeg encoding > would be legal to ship on ftp.debian.org. To the best of my knowledge, > mpeg encoding stuff

Re: Packaging swftools for Debian

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:36:38AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:56:29AM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:24:25AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: >>> Are there any obvious reasons why swftools can't/shouldn't be >>> packaged for Debian? >> Nobody h

Re: display-dhammapada

On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:44:28PM +0100, Jakub Nadolny wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to the list and would like to ask you what can I do in > following subject. > There is a package called 'display-dhammapada'. It has not been updated > since few years. But there is new version of this software since

Re: buildd administration

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 03:51:06PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rather, it seems much more likely that we would want to push such packages > > *out* of unstable. > > Really? So now, unstable should be maintained in a releasable state > *too*?

Re: Checking package builds on hppa/arm/m68k?

Andreas Fester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > what is the proper way to > "Please (re)check, if the package can be built by g++ > 3.4 > on [hppa/arm/m68k]"? > Do I simply remove the explicit build dependency on g++, > upload the package and wait if it succeeds (and probably > create another p

Re: Packaging swftools for Debian

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:56:29AM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:24:25AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote: > > > I was wondering, if anybody has been working on getting swftools > > (http://www.swftools.org/) into Debian? > > Apparently, not recently. > > > There seems to

Re: Debian Installer team monthly meeting minutes (20051214 meeting)

On Dec 17, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is currently very likely that systems with two network interfaces > will end up with both switched on the installed system after the > reboot. This is of course a blocker. > > The discussion showed that sticking with discover while udev

Checking package builds on hppa/arm/m68k?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, what is the proper way to "Please (re)check, if the package can be built by g++ > 3.4 on [hppa/arm/m68k]"? Do I simply remove the explicit build dependency on g++, upload the package and wait if it succeeds (and probably create another package