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: 299 (new: 7)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 94 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requeste
Quoting Jorge Salamero Sanz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Jorge Salamero Sanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
>
>Package name: libsys-lastlog-perl
>Version: 1.5
>Upstream Author: Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 06:52:55PM +0100, sean finney wrote:
> i'd argue that's it's somewhat backwards to expect a patch management system
> like dpatch or quilt to perform this task, and really it should be the
> responsibility of the vcs or vcs-wrapper tools.
I agree entirely.
- David Nusin
Hi buxy,
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 07:44:13AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> I just need a clear concept that I can try to implement.
>
> Some questions/problems:
>
> 1/ it seems that we agree that patches should be applied by default
> during unpack of the source archive. This means that dpkg-so
Hey there,
As an incredibly late follow-up to this [0] small thread, I created a
small script to act as backend for pdns and return a mirror for the
user's country.
It's a simple DNS based geographic mirror selection idea.
It works by:
- using logic based on D-I to select a mirror from a copy of
Le Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:52:28PM +0100, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> >No, but I think it's a *bug* that this is not the common case. If more
> >packages were maintained in distributed VCS, it would become practical to
> >consider publishing official "
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Romain Beauxis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: ocaml-magic
Version : 0.6
Upstream Author : Christophe Troestler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocaml-magic/
* License : LGPL+Link exception
On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 23:43 +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Also It's important that we can tell our users "Debian 4.0, as of
> > 2008-01-31 has flashplugin-nonfree version X.Y, skype version Z.Y"
>
> Some non-free works are distributed via Debian's infr
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Steve Langasek wrote:
No, but I think it's a *bug* that this is not the common case. If more
packages were maintained in distributed VCS, it would become practical to
consider publishing official "Debian" branches in an organized fashion,
keeping them synced with the mainta
Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And people should check the VCS history just to get the current
> "patch"?
What is "the current patch"? If you mean the entire set of differences
against the upstream source, I already addressed that: simply generate
a diff between the branches contain
Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - In the fist I propose that the 'patch' rule could only be provided
> by snippets such as those of dpatch, quilt, and CDBS, so that there
> is no security risk running this command.
This doesn't do anything to prevent a non-policy-compliant source
pac
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jorge Salamero Sanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Package name: libsys-lastlog-perl
Version: 1.5
Upstream Author: Jonathan Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sys-Lastlog/
License: Perl
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 04:38:42PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 31.01.2008, 16:45 +0200 schrieb Riku Voipio:
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 07:38:01PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > > > Because disk space is so mu
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 07:32:49PM +0800, Deng Xiyue wrote:
> As confirmed by QA team that Chris Leishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, the
> maintainer of libxml++{,2.6} is kind of MIA, I would like to help
> comaintaining these libs. I've already file a wishlist bug for
> libxml++2.6 (#430142[1]), which
> I just completed an archive wide check on amd64/all packages by searching
> for shell scripts in /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/etc/init.d:/usr/share
> and checking them with checkbashisms from devscripts 2.10.13.
script ./usr/bin/foo does not appear to be a /bin/sh script; skipping
you sh
[Raphael Geissert]
> No objections to start MBF then?
Not from me, at least. Make sure to usertag the bugs properly,
though, as a release goal bug. (tag goal-dash, user debian-release@).
Happy hacking,
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Hi Lars, I do not get your point.
If you are concerned that the persons who sent you a package to sponsor
have put malicious code in it, what I guess you will first review is
wether the scripts you have to execute to test the packages are safe. If
you trust the orig.tar.gz tarball and if it has th
Raphael Geissert wrote:
>
> Since there's a release goal which is to default /bin/sh to dash I'd like
> to do a MBF on the packages. It would be a manual MBF because there are
> many false positives which I wouldn't want to be reported.
>
> Besides providing this list so people can start fixing t
(Note: I've just discovered (read: started using) pristine-tar. I'm no
expert at all.)
On 31/01/2008, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > You're wrong, I don't store the whole orig.tar.gz, I keep its
> > content, and the delta (often less than 2kb).
>
> Then I seem to misunderstand you. What does "content"
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 01:14:40PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 31.01.2008, 13:36 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
> > On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:08:24PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 21:22 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
>
> [..]
> > > > Well
Charles Plessy kirjoitti:
> Le Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:51:05PM +1100, Ben Finney a écrit :
> > I'm *not* happy to need to run some target with arbitrary commands
> > in the 'debian/rules' file, just to allow me to examine the source.
> > A big part of the reason for unpacking the source could be t
Am Donnerstag, den 31.01.2008, 16:45 +0200 schrieb Riku Voipio:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 07:38:01PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > > Because disk space is so much cheaper than your time that I can't even
> > > find the adjectives to
On to, 2008-01-31 at 23:17 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> I do not know if it would be reasonnable to extend the scope of the
> discussion to third-party packages.
Third-party packages such as... sponsored uploads?
The process you propose for verifying that a source package can be
safely unpacked
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 06:36:05AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting William Pitcock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > Users are very good at missing these jokes.
> > > -Rob
> > Yes, I hadn't thought of that. I'll just refer to it as a "an advanced
> > and powerful syslog daemon" in the short d
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 07:38:01PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > Because disk space is so much cheaper than your time that I can't even
> > find the adjectives to describe how much cheaper it is?
> My current workflow is fast enough.
> "Serge" == Serge Vakulenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Serge> Would anybody please create a port for Bash Commander? It
Serge> is a traditional GNU bash shell extended with visual
Serge> two-panel file browser. Web site is here:
Serge> http://bashc.sourceforge.net/ ___ Rega
Am Freitag, den 01.02.2008, 00:01 +1100 schrieb Ben Finney:
> Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > But I am still missing something: how can we get the benefits of
> > using a patching strategy, that is to break up changes into logical
> > components, with the VCS strategy?
>
> Make c
Hi again,
Two long answers:
- In the fist I propose that the 'patch' rule could only be provided by
snippets such as those of dpatch, quilt, and CDBS, so that there is no
security risk running this command.
- In the second I question the VCS model, mostly because I still do not
fully under
Would anybody please create a port for Bash Commander?
It is a traditional GNU bash shell extended with visual two-panel file browser.
Web site is here: http://bashc.sourceforge.net/
___
Regards,
Serge Vakulenko
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Am Donnerstag, den 31.01.2008, 13:36 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:08:24PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 21:22 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
[..]
> > > Well, the point is that your repository isn't self contained in that
> > > case.
Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But I am still missing something: how can we get the benefits of
> using a patching strategy, that is to break up changes into logical
> components, with the VCS strategy?
Make commits to the VCS branch for the package, at the same level of
granularity
On Thu Jan 31 13:36, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
> I only need one tool, $SCM.
Which is great, for those people who want that workflow. I definitely
think we should come up with improvements to our packaging system which
makes this easier.
However.
Not everyone wants to work like this, and this i
sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> is there any reason why this issue couldn't be solved by amending
> policy (or just simply patching dpkg-source) to require that
> "debian/rules patch" (or some less commonly used name if we're
> worried about existing implementations of this rule) is call
Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Also It's important that we can tell our users "Debian 4.0, as of
> 2008-01-31 has flashplugin-nonfree version X.Y, skype version Z.Y"
That will never be true as long as those works are non-free. Debian
has no non-free software (and if it does, that's a
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:08:24PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 21:22 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:38:01PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > > > Daniel Leidert wrote:
>
Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 21:22 +0100 schrieb Pierre Habouzit:
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 06:38:01PM +, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess:
> > > Daniel Leidert wrote:
> > > > Why should I mirror the upstream VCS and blow up
> > > > svn.d.o o
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 07:38:01PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> I read your post/blog entry. That doesn't mean, that I agree to
> everything. I especially cannot agree to the flame on Fedora/Gentoo/BSDs
> way to just hold a spec (compares to our debian/*) + patches in a VCS,
> beecause its what I
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 01:09:44PM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> On to, 2008-01-31 at 20:03 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> > I am wondering if just mandating 'debian/rules patch' to work if
> > debian/patches exist shouldn't be just sufficient.
>
> The only big problem I have with that is that is
On to, 2008-01-31 at 20:03 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> I am wondering if just mandating 'debian/rules patch' to work if
> debian/patches exist shouldn't be just sufficient.
The only big problem I have with that is that is required some unknown
subset of build-dependencies to be installed, and t
Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
[Michael Biebl]
That's mostly because of lots of documentation in
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog. If you think that's an issue, I could split
out the doc into a separate package.
This is probably a good idea, for those that need a very small disk
foot
Le Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 10:54:03AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius a écrit :
> Perhaps it would be better to make the creation of the source package
> create a .diff.gz that already has the patches applied? This may be
> more complicated to change, and probably requires changes to how the
> patch systems are
[Raphael Geissert]
> Debian sysvinit maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>sysv-rc
Probably false alarm, as it has been successfully used on systems with
dash as /bin/sh. Please report a bug with the details if it still got
bashism.
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[Michael Biebl]
> That's mostly because of lots of documentation in
> /usr/share/doc/rsyslog. If you think that's an issue, I could split
> out the doc into a separate package.
This is probably a good idea, for those that need a very small disk
footprint. Please split it into a -doc package.
Ha
Lars Wirzenius kirjoitti:
> On to, 2008-01-31 at 09:19 +0100, sean finney wrote:
> > is there any reason why this issue couldn't be solved by amending
> > policy (or just simply patching dpkg-source) to require that
> > "debian/rules patch" (or some less commonly used name if we're
> > worried abo
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Le 31 janv. 08 à 08:52, Franklin PIAT a écrit :
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 10:48 +0100, Thibaut Paumard wrote:
Perhaps a possibility would be to have a sort of "module-assistant"-
like package with a database of third-party, non-free software. This
tool would either install the third-party softwar
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 08:54:03AM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> On to, 2008-01-31 at 09:19 +0100, sean finney wrote:
> > is there any reason why this issue couldn't be solved by amending policy
> > (or
> > just simply patching dpkg-source) to require that "debian/rules patch" (or
> > some less
Hi,
Le 30 janv. 08 à 21:22, Pierre Habouzit a écrit :
What I know for sure, is that upstream websites don't live forever,
and that google doesn't mirrors tar.gz yet. Again, your call, I know
where I stand.
But for any version that made it in a stable release of Debian,
orig.tar.gz is stor
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 12:19:17PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> On 30/01/2008, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > > 7 virtualbox
> > In sid, at least in part IIRC
>
> Called virtualbox-ose, but present indeed and also in testing.
virtualbox-ose is the Open Source Edition. My guess it that quite
On to, 2008-01-31 at 09:19 +0100, sean finney wrote:
> is there any reason why this issue couldn't be solved by amending policy (or
> just simply patching dpkg-source) to require that "debian/rules patch" (or
> some less commonly used name if we're worried about existing implementations
> of thi
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On Wednesday 30 January 2008 06:21:52 pm Joey Hess wrote:
> Clint Adams wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 05:37:03PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > > This work flow simply doesn't work with our current source package
> > > format and a patch management system. Requiring this to work *wit
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