Package: general
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TEST, excuses me
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shel
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: 458 (new: 4)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 117 (new: 0)
Total number of packages request
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libhtml-stripscripts-parser-perl
Version : 1.02
Upstream Author : Clinton Gormley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-StripScripts-Parser/
* License :
Felipe Sateler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I still don't understand why a SIGTERM is needed. If proper cleanup
> is not needed, why not just SIGKILL and be done with it? Is there a
> real reason?
My understanding only:
It is preferable for processes to clean up after themselves, which is
the s
Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> Also, note that sendsigs now (since Lenny) will wait for up to 10
> seconds for processes to die after the SIGTERM before sending SIGKILL.
> The period can be extended if it proves to be too short, but in most
> cases I have seen, processes have died within 2-3 seconds
[Brian May]
> How many dhclient scripts actually make use of this "feature" of
> being able to change environment variables? If it is little used
> maybe it isn't worth the effort in supporting.
That is exactly the question Martin asked as he opened the thread.
While I can't solve the halting pr
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: pkglab
Version : 1.3
Upstream Author : Berke Durak, Jaap Boender
* URL : http://gforge.inria.fr/projects/sodiac/
* License : GPL / LGPL
Programming Lang: OCaml
Des
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libtie-dbi-perl
Version : 1.02
Upstream Author : Lincoln Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Tie::DBI
* License : GPL + Artistic
Programming L
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libhtml-stripscripts-perl
Version : 1.04
Upstream Author : Clinton Gormley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTML-StripScripts/
* License : Artistic | GP
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:57:49PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>
> [Frank Lichtenheld]
> > While I agree with the general sentiment, there is really nothing
> > "mysterious" about checking buildd.debian.org (and calling it that
> > is just finding excuses for maintainers that don't spend the
[Goswin von Brederlow]
> The actual long term solution is the packages-arch-specific file.
I assume you know something I do not, as I do not understand what you
mean by "the packages-arch-specific file", but I suspect a file is
unable to solve a problem with frustration and friction, as that
probl
[Frank Lichtenheld]
> While I agree with the general sentiment, there is really nothing
> "mysterious" about checking buildd.debian.org (and calling it that
> is just finding excuses for maintainers that don't spend the time to
> check the status of their packages).
I would rather have maintainer
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[Matthew Johnson]
Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for
anyon
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > [Matthew Johnson]
>> >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
>> >> my package isn't for them, as lon
> "OB" == Olivier Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
OB> Le mercredi 06 août 2008 à 08:14 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>> Say, couldn't there be some automatic checks so we users don't encounter
>> # apt-get dist-upgrade
>> ERR: trying to overwrite `some file, which is also in package ot
Hello,
Although it is doubtful that anyone actually uses all of those zip
files in order to install debian, I think it is very likely that other
linux sites point to the debian/tools directory to inform people where
to download rawrite and md5sum, two relatively common utilities needed
if you have
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> unless someone has a *very* good reason (and is willing to do the work)
> we are planning to kick the tools/ directory from our mirrors, as well
> as the dftp*.gz files in project/misc.
Please check with the debian-cd team first. Files from tools are still
being included on
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > [Matthew Johnson]
> >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
> >> my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for
> >> anyone else either...
>
> > But evince was changed. We need poppler package (depends on
> > libpoppler-glib3)
> > to view PDF files, and if you want to view Japanese PDF file, you
> > also need to install poppler-data - but it is NOT in Debian yet.
>
> Debian lenny is frozen, it is too late to get new packages in.
Hi
unless someone has a *very* good reason (and is willing to do the work)
we are planning to kick the tools/ directory from our mirrors, as well
as the dftp*.gz files in project/misc.
Reason:
- They are useless nowadays. If someone wants to install Debian from a
windows system they use some
On Thu, 07, Aug, 2008 at 03:55:11PM +0200, Florian Rehnisch spoke thus..
> Hi folks,
>
> I got the news that apt-howto* packages were removed from
> sid (as they were from lenny before). Sad to me, because
> I worked hours to get the german translation up-to-date.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Florian Rehnisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got the news that apt-howto* packages were removed from
> sid (as they were from lenny before). Sad to me, because
> I worked hours to get the german translation up-to-date.
>
> No chance to revive it?
Looks like it
Hi folks,
I got the news that apt-howto* packages were removed from
sid (as they were from lenny before). Sad to me, because
I worked hours to get the german translation up-to-date.
No chance to revive it?
Thanks,
flori
http://www.florianrehnisch.de/apt-howto/
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Frederic Daniel Luc Lehobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: papillon
Version : svn
Upstream Author : Étienne Loks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.peacefrogs.net/svn/papillon/ (svn repository)
* License : GPL-3
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:42:53AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote:
> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU
> >> software
> >> that can be compiled on an architecture even if
2008/8/7 Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The time has come for me to give up the [0]Debian Jr. project for
> someone else to lead. While I still have a clear vision for it, my heart
> has not been in the work for some time. It has been in "maintenance
> mode" for some years with no forward mot
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Xavier Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libtext-patch-perl
Version : 1.4
Upstream Author : Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Patch/
* License : GPL
Progra
Vincent Danjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Olivier Berger wrote:
>> Le mercredi 06 août 2008 à 08:14 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
>>> Say, couldn't there be some automatic checks so we users don't encounter
>>> # apt-get dist-upgrade
>>> ERR: trying to overwrite `some file, which is al
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Niko Tyni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: podlators-perl
Version : 2.1.2
Upstream Author : Russ Allbery
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/podlators/
* License : GPL-1+ | Artistic
Programming Lang: Perl
Descriptio
Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [Matthew Johnson]
>> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
>> my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for
>> anyone else either...
>
> I agree. Perhaps a new rule should be introduced, that
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:30:44PM +0200, Manuel Prinz wrote:
>
>> Am Donnerstag, den 31.07.2008, 09:27 + schrieb Jörg Sommer:
>> > recently, I've installed a new system with a minimal configuration. Then
>> > I've imported my old package selection
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