Work-needing packages report for Jun 9, 2006

2006-06-08 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 287 (new: 2) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 83 (new: 2) Total number of packages requeste

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-08 Thread MJ Ray
David Pashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Out of interest, if[0] that is saying that "we agree that anything isn't > Sun's fault isn't Sun's fault" (which is fair enough) then that doesn't > mention anything about any warranty that we might offer. For the large > majority of the software we ship, we disc

Re: Summary of Debconf i18n/l10n activities

2006-06-08 Thread Christian Perrier
raw answers... > Who does decide which files are being imported? I would say the team who administers the server (what we defined as "Administrators" in the infrastructure targets). This is of course coordinated with the upstream itself, to determine what notification method they prefer. An alte

Re: Bug#372239: ITP: Nmap::Parser - parse nmap scan data with perl

2006-06-08 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:50:32PM -0400, Joshua D. Abraham wrote: > * Package name : Nmap::Parser > * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~apersaud/Nmap-Parser-1.05/Parser.pm I guess the package should be named libnmap-parser-perl like all other Perl module packages. Cf. also http://www.debian.org/doc/

Re: Summary of Debconf i18n/l10n activities

2006-06-08 Thread Denis Barbier
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 08:52:13AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > If the content we're merging is free, there's no problem show this to the > > reviewer and let him accept or refuse the translation. It's way simpler to > > do > > than rewrite everything again. If the translation was overwritt

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Adam M.
Tyler MacDonald wrote: > I moved the server because wedohosting.com's bandwidth fees were > getting prohibitive (i'm with iweb.ca now).. otherwise I would have been > happy to have it continue running for another few thousand days. :-) I find that Tera-Byte.com in Edmonton has nice colo rate

Bug#372239: ITP: Nmap::Parser - parse nmap scan data with perl

2006-06-08 Thread Joshua D. Abraham
Package: wnpp Version: NA; reported 2006-06-8 Severity: wishlist * Package name : Nmap::Parser Version : 1.05 Upstream Author : Anthony G Persaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~apersaud/Nmap-Parser-1.05/Parser.pm * License : GPL Description : This module implements a interfac

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread The Fungi
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 05:57:22PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > This is the most sensible answer I've heard about this (and I've > bitched about the limitation a lot). Maybe it's time for me to delve into > the kernel source for the first time in 10 years. I gather this was "fixed" in Linux 2.5

Re: GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement?

2006-06-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It is true that gnutls uses libgcrypt, but libgcrypt doesn't provide >> anything like the same symbols as libcrypto. > > What functionality are you after? libgcrypto provides most of the > ciphers of libcrypto (the big players at least) as well as hash e

Re: GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement?

2006-06-08 Thread James Westby
On (08/06/06 16:47), Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Is there a GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement? The only libcrypto I > know of is the one bundled with openssl, which AFAICT is under the > same license as openssl itself, which is GPL-incompatible. Correct. > We have gnutls as a replacement

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Anthony Towns wrote: > No it wouldn't; it'd just require you to have two extra ints, and something > that > ran every so often (and as part of any syscall that tells userspace the > uptime), > that does: > > static unsigned last_uptime = 0; > static unsigned wraps = 0; > if (u

Re: GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement?

2006-06-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would it be statically linked? No. Take a look at the symbols in libcrypto, and notice that they are not in any of those libraries. It is the case that libssl requires libcrypto, and that libgnutls-openssl does not need anything like that. But libcrypt

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 10:39:48PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > Fixing this would require having every increment of the jiffies counter > to check for overflow, and using two counters. This is unnecessary > overhead (a very small overhead, granted, but still), for a very small > benefit. No it w

mystery of dh_installdirs

2006-06-08 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi all, I got an FTBFS bug yesterday; On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 08:13:53 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > Package: lynx-cur > Version: 2.8.6dev18-1 > Severity: serious > > There was an error while trying to autobuild your package: ... > > install -m 755 debian/lynx > > /build/buildd/lynx-cur-2.8.6dev18/

Re: GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement?

2006-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Is there a GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement? The only libcrypto I > know of is the one bundled with openssl, which AFAICT is under the > same license as openssl itself, which is GPL-incompatible. > > We have gnutls as

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Tyler MacDonald wrote: > I moved the server because wedohosting.com's bandwidth fees were > getting prohibitive (i'm with iweb.ca now).. otherwise I would have been > happy to have it continue running for another few thousand days. :-) > I don't suppose you could have moved it while still r

GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement?

2006-06-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Is there a GPL-compatible libcrypto replacement? The only libcrypto I know of is the one bundled with openssl, which AFAICT is under the same license as openssl itself, which is GPL-incompatible. We have gnutls as a replacement for openssl itself, but what about libcrypto? (Indeed, some things

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was finally retired today, after 875 days of uptime, not because there > > was a problem with it, just because there was a price problem with the > > hosting provider it's colocated at. For an "unstable" distribution, it gave > > me the most st

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:29:21AM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > It was finally retired today, after 875 days of uptime, not because there > was a problem with it, just because there was a price problem with the > hosting provider it's colocated at. For an "unstable" distribution, it gave > me th

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That production server has been running debian/unstable since it's inception > > in january of 2004, with dselect updates happening every couple of days. It > > was running apache, postfix, mysql, mydns. Despite being "unstable", there > > was never a prob

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tyler MacDonald wrote: > http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png > > That production server has been running debian/unstable since it's inception > in january of 2004, with dselect updates happening every couple of days. It > was running apache, post

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Roland Mas
Sebastian Harl, 2006-06-08 21:10:11 +0200 : >> http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png > > On that picture it says the box is up for 378 days. How does that go > with 875 days idle time? Old Linux kernels have their uptime roll over at about 497 days (which is like 2^32 ticks of a hundredth of

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Miguel Gea Milvaques
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sebastian Harl wrote: >> http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png > > On that picture it says the box is up for 378 days. How does that go with 875 > days idle time? zoom in - -- e-mail: Miguel Gea Milvaques <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Blog: http://www.

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread The Fungi
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 12:20:03PM -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Due to a bug with "w", or the kernel, or whatever, which nobody seems to > want to fix, the system uptime wraps around to 0 days after 400-and-someodd > days. That's why I circled the login/idle time on the screenshot. :-) The jiff

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Lars Wirzenius
to, 2006-06-08 kello 12:20 -0700, Tyler MacDonald kirjoitti: > Sebastian Harl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png > > > > On that picture it says the box is up for 378 days. How does that go with > > 875 days idle time? > > > > Due to a bug with "w", or the

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Sebastian Harl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png > > On that picture it says the box is up for 378 days. How does that go with > 875 days idle time? > Due to a bug with "w", or the kernel, or whatever, which nobody seems to want to fix, the system uptime wra

Re: unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Sebastian Harl
> http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png On that picture it says the box is up for 378 days. How does that go with 875 days idle time? Cheers, Sebastian -- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl GnuPG-ID: 0x8501C7FC http://tokkee.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Non-DD's in debian-legal

2006-06-08 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 07 juin 2006 à 12:18 +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit : > Jeremy Hankins writes ("Non-DD's in debian-legal"): > > I'm not sure I understand this part, though. Do you think that folks > > like myself, who are not DD's, should not participate in the discussions > > on d-l? > > Actually, I thi

Re: Who can make binding legal agreements

2006-06-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:47:24PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 09:07:07AM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > > So what am I trying to do? > > Most importantly, make sure that SPI and Debian aren't exposed to > > serious legal risks. > Then why don't you contact Greg and the SPI

unstable? nah. :-)

2006-06-08 Thread Tyler MacDonald
http://www.crackerjack.net/adserton3.png That production server has been running debian/unstable since it's inception in january of 2004, with dselect updates happening every couple of days. It was running apache, postfix, mysql, mydns. Despite being "unstable", there was never a problem that resu

[VAC] Montréal 2006-06-09/16

2006-06-08 Thread Shaun Jackman
My broken wrist has healed -- yeah! -- so I'm back from that `vacation', and now I'm on my way to Montréal for a week. Cheers, Shaun

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-08 Thread David Pashley
On Jun 08, 2006 at 12:19, MJ Ray praised the llamas by saying: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 05:42:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > > Exactly! It's not our fault, so why should we indemnify Sun against it? > > > > If it's not our fault, it's not under our control,

Re: GBit performance problem with nfs client

2006-06-08 Thread Gordon Grubert
Hi Pasi, The situation: I have a file server running on Sarge AMD64 connected with a 1GBit interface to a GBit uplink off the switch. Do not think that this sounds like a common problem. It isn't!!! Btw what switch do you have? There is a known problem in HP switches where traffic from port

Re: GBit performance problem with nfs client

2006-06-08 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Gordon Grubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060607 21:30]: > The most interesting fact is, that I obtain about 10MB/s with > my Debian client if I connect the file server to a 100MBit Port > on the switch. You might also want to try another GB switch to see if that has the same problem. NFS seems to do

Re: GBit performance problem with nfs client

2006-06-08 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 03:25:10PM +0200, Gordon Grubert wrote: > Dear Debian developers, > > it seems that there is a little problem with the NFS client > in Debian sarge. I hope this is the best place to post this > problem. I have discussed this on > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/2

Bug#356948: Info received (stumpwm: Clarify README.Debian - can't understand a thing how to start this wm)

2006-06-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the package maintainer(s) and to other interested parties to accompany the original report. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Luca Capello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Processed: Re: stumpwm: Clarify README.Debian - can't understand a thing how to start this wm

2006-06-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > tags 356948 + help Bug#356948: stumpwm: Clarify README.Debian - can't understand a thing how to start this wm There were no tags set. Tags added: help > retitle 356948 stumpwm: clarify how to start this WM in the README.Debian Bug#356948: stumpwm: Cla

Re: stumpwm: Clarify README.Debian - can't understand a thing how to start this wm

2006-06-08 Thread Luca Capello
tags 356948 + help retitle 356948 stumpwm: clarify how to start this WM in the README.Debian thanks Hello! For d-d: I'd like a more general advice about the user request, which I'm quite reluctant to accomplish. For all: please honor the R-T and M-F-T headers (no need to cc: me). On Fri, 02 Jun

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-08 Thread MJ Ray
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 05:42:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > > Exactly! It's not our fault, so why should we indemnify Sun against it? > > If it's not our fault, it's not under our control, and we *don't* need > to indemnify. That's what the FAQ says; and whethe

Re: GBit performance problem with nfs client

2006-06-08 Thread Gordon Grubert
I have a file server running on Sarge AMD64 connected with a 1GBit interface to a GBit uplink off the switch. Do not think that this sounds like a common problem. It isn't!!! ... The most interesting fact is, that I obtain about 10MB/s with my Debian client if I connect the file server to a 10

Bug#372113: ITP: codeine -- Simple, uncluttered KDE video player

2006-06-08 Thread Mark Purcell
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: codeine Version : 1.0.1-3 Upstream Author : Max Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.methylblue.com/codeine/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description

Bug#372111: ITA: spicctrl -- Sony PIC control program

2006-06-08 Thread Andrew McMillan
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The maintainer of this package has not updated it for nearly a year and has been put on hold in the NM queue due to being uncontactable. I have uploaded a newer version as an NMU, but unless someone strenuously objects I

Re: GCC 4.1 now the default GCC version for etch

2006-06-08 Thread Thomas Girard
Selon Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-07 02:20]: > > We did pick two compiler warnings and scanned the build logs of one > > archive rebuild on alpha (64bit), where wrong code may be generated. > > These warnings can be found in 1600 packages [

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-08 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 05:42:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Alternatively, I don't think it's hard for a judge to understand that > > there is this piece of software which we indeed do distribute, but which > > is used by many other people as well, and they all

Re: GCC 4.1 now the default GCC version for etch

2006-06-08 Thread Zak B. Elep
On 6/7/06, Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-07 02:20]: > We did pick two compiler warnings and scanned the build logs of one > archive rebuild on alpha (64bit), where wrong code may be generated. > These warnings can be found in 1600 packag

Bug#372084: ITP: cpm -- console password manager

2006-06-08 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: cpm Version : 0.22beta Upstream Author : Harry Brueckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.harry-b.de/dokuwiki/doku.p

Re: Hidden files

2006-06-08 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 05:00:26PM +0300, Linas ??virblis wrote: > Mike Hommey wrote: > > > Could you tell us what kind of harm can do a "hidden" empty file in /usr ? > > First of all, false positives in rootkit and security scanners. And too > many false positives lead to false negatives sooner