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: 322 (new: 13)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 100 (new: 2)
Total number of packages reques
Matthias Julius wrote:
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> So, is it possible to bootstrap an x86-64 OS with pbuilder on an i386
>> system running on an AMD64?
>
> Yes, this should be possible (if you are running an amd64 kernel). I
> would try (not tested):
>
> pbuilder create
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:46:25 +0200, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Le jeudi 24 août 2006 à 17:56 +0300, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
>> Round and round we go.
>>
>> The people writing the dh_* snippets insist that the details of how
>> they work, such as locations in which Python modul
Em Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:47:09 -0300
Otavio Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu:
> Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > e.g.
> > build: test_stable patch build-stamp
> > instead of
> > build: patch build-stamp
>
> That would be good to be add in cdbs. I think we might want to have it
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Package name: keytouch-editor
Version : 2.1.0
Upstream Author : Marvin Raaijmakers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://keytouch.sourceforge.net/index.html
License : GPL
Steinar H Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:26:04PM -0300, Fabricio aybabtu Cannini wrote:
>> I'm really a noob when it comes to the kernel guts, but i wonder, can't
>> it be made like updating /boot/grub/menu.lst with a new kernel version
>> ?
> Yes, you could in
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
* Package name: gnome-main-menu
Version : 0.6.2
Upstream Author : Dan Winship, Jim Krehl, JP Rosevear,
Scott Reeves (Novell)
* URL : No website. Included in Gnome CVS
* Lic
Em Quinta 24 Agosto 2006 19:37, Steinar H. Gunderson escreveu:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:26:04PM -0300, Fabricio aybabtu Cannini wrote:
> > I'm really a noob when it comes to the kernel guts, but i wonder,
> > can't it be made like updating /boot/grub/menu.lst with a new kernel
> > version ?
>
>
El día 24/08/2006 a 11:25 Michelle Konzack escribió...
> Am 2006-07-28 13:35:30, schrieb Katrina Jackson:
>
> > You say Ubuntu has better publicity, which it does. But why is this the
> > case? I know Mark has more money, but since you have so many programmers,
>
> He is Miliardaire (TV interv
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:26:04PM -0300, Fabricio aybabtu Cannini wrote:
> I'm really a noob when it comes to the kernel guts, but i wonder,
> can't it be made like updating /boot/grub/menu.lst with a new kernel version ?
Yes, you could in theory compile a kernel module package from another
packa
Em Quinta 24 Agosto 2006 18:08, Bastian Venthur escreveu:
Hi!
> Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> > Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install
> >> them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown
> >> Linux a
I'm installing a 32 bit chroot, following
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/356
First, there is a tiny typo under 1.2
-arch should be --arch
Second, it says that I have to put a soft link in /lib to the ld-linux.so.2 in
the chroot. My question is, given that I already have a ld-lin
Am Donnerstag 24 August 2006 19:19 schrieb Enrico Tassi:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Enrico Tassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> * Package name: luaexpat
Somehow, that doesn't match the rest.
HS
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Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
>> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to
>>> install them after the fact could be easier for people who are not
>>> full blown Linux admins?
>> Are you awar
Bastian Venthur wrote:
> Michelle Konzack wrote:
>> Hello Katrina,
>>
>> Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson:
>>
>>> PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better
>>> hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by
>>> Ubuntu 6 mon
Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks. The kernel works but I loose the nvidia driver and with it XGL,
> so X crashes on startup (I have the XGL server replace the standard X
> server, not run on top of it).
Maybe you just need to rebuild the nVidia kernel modules?
Matthias
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Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install
> them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown
> Linux admins?
Are you aware of module-assistant?
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Le jeudi 24 août 2006 à 17:56 +0300, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> Round and round we go.
>
> The people writing the dh_* snippets insist that the details of how they
> work, such as locations in which Python modules should actually be
> installed, can't be put into the Policy. The Policy editor, and
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Nacho Barrientos Arias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: gaffitter
Version : 0.4.2
Upstream Author : Douglas A. Augusto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://gaffitter.sourceforge.net/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C+
Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install
>> them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown
>> Linux admins?
>
> Are you aware of module-assistant?
module-assistant is coo
Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I don't think Debian should do that, but perhaps the process to install
>> them after the fact could be easier for people who are not full blown
>> Linux admins?
>
> Are you aware of module-assistant?
Nope, but I was going o
Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Quick question: Do I only need the AMD64 linux-image package, or also
>> the linux-restricted-modules package?
>
> You need corresponding versions of whichever modules package(s) you
> currently have installed.
Thanks. The k
Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quick question: Do I only need the AMD64 linux-image package, or also
> the linux-restricted-modules package?
You need corresponding versions of whichever modules package(s) you
currently have installed.
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Enrico Tassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: luaexpat
Version : 1.0.2
Upstream Author : oberto Ierusalimschy, André Carregal and Tomás
Guisasola as part of the Kepler Project <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.keplerpro
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 07:29:22PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> John Goerzen wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> >>> which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend
> >>> on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to
> >>>
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:43:22 +0100, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> also sprach Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0334
> +0100]:
>> Python (and any language that depends on vast amounts of installed
>> infrastructure) seems a bit dodgy for a core low-level facility.
> It's
Am Donnerstag 24 August 2006 16:31 schrieb Adam Cécile:
> Description : tool designed to break WEP keys
It is legal to ship a tool like that in all countries? Same question goes for
airsnort, I guess.
HS
John Goerzen wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
>>> which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend
>>> on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to
>>> get better hardware support, please contact the manufacturer.
>> Because, h
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:16:49PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> > which is definitifly a thing of the Kernel (Linux) which depend
> > on the support of the hardware manufacturer. If you want to
> > get better hardware support, please contact the manufacturer.
>
> Because, hardware support seem
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lintian maintainers, would you be willing to add a check to flag as an
> error any dependency against python*-minimal, based on the above
> explanation by Steve?
We already did for python-minimal. I've expanded that check for the next
release of lintia
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 05:56:07PM +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> installed, can't be put into the Policy. The Policy editor, and those of
> use who don't want to use debhelper, insist that writing policy based on
> debhelper tools is not acceptable.
Not just those who don't want to use debhelper.
Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello Katrina,
>
> Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson:
>
>> PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better
>> hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by
>> Ubuntu 6 months ago, should be supported b
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:05:53PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen:
>
> > I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of
> > Debian's competitors are 10 times that.
>
> Ist now over 200 MByte...
No. I've been doing a ton of etch
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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* Package name: weplab
Version : 0.1.5
Upstream Author : Jose Ignacio Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://weplab.sourceforge.net/
*
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> On 10756 March 1977, Sander Marechal wrote:
>
>> Nope, I run a K7 kernel now (Ubuntu dapper). Can I simply replace my
>> kernel and leave the rest of my system in tact? I don't see AMD64 kernel
>> images in Synaptic. Probably a silly question, but who knows :-)
>
> You need
Am 2006-07-28 13:35:30, schrieb Katrina Jackson:
> You say Ubuntu has better publicity, which it does. But why is this the
> case? I know Mark has more money, but since you have so many programmers,
He is Miliardaire (TV interview and his own words).
> and seem so passionate about your OS, why
Hello Katrina,
Am 2006-07-28 12:42:01, schrieb Katrina Jackson:
> PS. Hardware, Hardware, Hardware, I have to confess, if there was better
> hardware support I think most people would be happy. Hardware supported by
> Ubuntu 6 months ago, should be supported by Debian by now.
Why do you try to
Am 2006-07-28 12:43:55, schrieb John Goerzen:
> I like the fact that a base Debian install is only 100MB. Most of
> Debian's competitors are 10 times that.
Ist now over 200 MByte...
It was Woody with 64 MByte but a custom Sarge can striped to 92 MByte
which would be interesting for Servers, rout
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Nope, I run a K7 kernel now (Ubuntu dapper). Can I simply replace my
> kernel and leave the rest of my system in tact? I don't see AMD64 kernel
> images in Synaptic. Probably a silly question, but who knows :-)
Not silly at all. There used to be
On 10756 March 1977, Sander Marechal wrote:
> Nope, I run a K7 kernel now (Ubuntu dapper). Can I simply replace my
> kernel and leave the rest of my system in tact? I don't see AMD64 kernel
> images in Synaptic. Probably a silly question, but who knows :-)
You need to run dpkg with the right --fo
On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 16:51 +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
>
> If it's not my fault, however, I think we need a new package in
> experimental...
Already uploaded.
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Package: lintian
Severity: wishlist
* Steve Langasek [Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:45:26 -0700]:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:23:46AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:43:22AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > > Also note that much of Debian started out as Perl. I won't compa
to, 2006-08-24 kello 16:25 +0200, Josselin Mouette kirjoitti:
> Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 15:39 +0300, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> > > The location is specific to the packaging tool and shouldn't be
> > > mentioned in the policy.
> >
> > Sure, that's fine: no need to mention it in policy. What was
Hello!
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:51:56 +0200, David Nusinow wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:30:07PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
>> Drew Parsons wrote:
>>> Unfortunately it's happened against, this time with the upload of
>>> xorg-server (xserver-xorg-core) 1:1.1.1-3, accidentally uploaded
>>> to unst
Matthias Julius wrote:
> Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I am looking to create .deb's for x86-64. I have an AMD64 but run an
>> i386 OS due to the lack of some 64-bit packages (like flash and
>> what-not). I have pbuilder all set up to build packages for i386, but I
>> wonder if
Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 15:39 +0300, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> > The location is specific to the packaging tool and shouldn't be
> > mentioned in the policy.
>
> Sure, that's fine: no need to mention it in policy. What was said
> earlier in the thread was that the locations should not be refer
Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am looking to create .deb's for x86-64. I have an AMD64 but run an
> i386 OS due to the lack of some 64-bit packages (like flash and
> what-not). I have pbuilder all set up to build packages for i386, but I
> wonder if it's possible to use it to crea
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Goswin von Brederlow:
>
>>> However, patching rred to apply patches in a single run would be a
>>> good start because all further optimizations will need it.
>>
>> Why should the number of chunks matter?
>
> If you use the naïve algorithm, it does. B
> La configuration du paquet "${pkg}" sera modifiée.
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On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:41:11AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> But, if pkg=apache, this becomes:
>
> La configuration de apache sera modifiée.
>
> While it should be:
>
> La configuration d'apache sera modifiée.
True. But then, in most languages this can be worked around by using
differen
> Which can probably be worked around as
>
> La configuration du paquet «${pkg}» sera modifiée.
>
> or a similar construction, no?
Absolutely.
I actually changed the fr.po file in dbconfig-common SVN so that
"database fo ${pkg}" which was translated to "base de données de
${pkg}" is now "bas
On Thursday 24 August 2006 09:58, Miles Bader wrote:
> martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Python (and any language that depends on vast amounts of installed
> >> infrastructure) seems a bit dodgy for a core low-level facility.
> >
> > It's a great language to develop stuff at a modera
also sprach Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0958 +0100]:
> It may well be (kinda ugly though) -- but that doesn't mean it's
> appropriate for a core system facility, which often needs to work
> even when the system is in a degraded state.
Let me set this straight: I have no intention t
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:41:11AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> For instance, in French, translating this:
> The configuration of ${pkg} will be changed
> Becomes:
> La configuration de ${pkg} sera modifiée.
> If pkg=mysql, this becomes:
> La configuration de mysql sera modifiée.
> But,
On 8/24/06, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Python (and any language that depends on vast amounts of installed
>> infrastructure) seems a bit dodgy for a core low-level facility.
>
> It's a great language to develop stuff at a moderate speed.
> A package name should be treated as a literal, of course, regardless of
> language. While in some languages the particulars of a package name may
> trigger inflection of surrounding words, we've been using this form for PHP
> debconf templates for years now and I haven't had any complaints from
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Python (and any language that depends on vast amounts of installed
>> infrastructure) seems a bit dodgy for a core low-level facility.
>
> It's a great language to develop stuff at a moderate speed.
It may well be (kinda ugly though) -- but that doesn
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 09:05:38AM +0200, sean finney wrote:
> i have a package (dbconfig-common), which via debconf's register
> system shares a set of pre-defined templates between any number of
> packages that use it. to customize these questions and make them
> as generic as possible for trans
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 10:23:46AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:43:22AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > Also note that much of Debian started out as Perl. I won't compare
> > the two, but it's basically the same. And there is python-minimal
> > and I have heard ru
* Goswin von Brederlow:
>> However, patching rred to apply patches in a single run would be a
>> good start because all further optimizations will need it.
>
> Why should the number of chunks matter?
If you use the naïve algorithm, it does. But rred implements
something more involved, leading to
also sprach Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0923 +0100]:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:43:22AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> > Also note that much of Debian started out as Perl. I won't compare
> > the two, but it's basically the same. And there is python-minimal
> > and I have
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:43:22AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Also note that much of Debian started out as Perl. I won't compare
> the two, but it's basically the same. And there is python-minimal
> and I have heard rumours that it will be in base soon.
What? What? What?
Can you expand on th
hey d-d,
on the heels (or perhaps in the recent footsteps) of the discussion
regarding update-manager and the faults of arbitrarily substituting
strings in pre-translated text...
i have a package (dbconfig-common), which via debconf's register
system shares a set of pre-defined templates between
also sprach Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0811 +0100]:
> Introducing dependencies on DBUS into a package essential to
> system operation doesn't sound like a very good idea to me.
Take a p
Take a l
Take a u
Take a g
Take a i
Take a n
and mix and stir with "Suggests"
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also sprach Sylvain Le Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0727 +0100]:
> What about creating a DBUS interface -> it can be integrated in
> any language that support it, and can be integrated in a GUI
> application.
HAL, DBUS, whatever. I don't pretend to know anything about this
magic stuff, but
also sprach Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.24.0334 +0100]:
> Python (and any language that depends on vast amounts of installed
> infrastructure) seems a bit dodgy for a core low-level facility.
It's a great language to develop stuff at a moderate speed.
Also note that much of Debian st
* Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-08-24 08:05]:
> I am looking to create .deb's for x86-64. I have an AMD64 but run an
> i386 OS due to the lack of some 64-bit packages (like flash and
> what-not). I have pbuilder all set up to build packages for i386, but I
> wonder if it's possible to
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:27:26 +0700, Sylvain Le Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What about creating a DBUS interface -> it can be integrated in any
> language that support it, and can be integrated in a GUI application.
Introducing dependencies on DBUS into a package essential to system operatio
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