Work-needing packages report for Nov 7, 2008

2008-11-06 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: 489 (new: 2) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 118 (new: 1) Total number of packages request

Re: DFSG violations: non-free but no contrib

2008-11-06 Thread Brian May
Manoj Srivastava wrote: But there is less pressure on the author, since they are getting paid, since people who want to run debian hassle free will by their hardware anyway. I think that the same argument would have helpd for including netscape in main as Alex Yukhimets was ar

Re: DFSG violations: non-free but no contrib

2008-11-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 18:06 +, David Given wrote: > So having the source doesn't actually gain you anything --- you would > neither be able nor allowed to do anything with it, apart from printing > it on T-shirts. You can learn about it. Remember the educational purpose of free software? Tho

Call for testers: Gutenprint 5.2.1-2 in experimental

2008-11-06 Thread Roger Leigh
Hi folks, The new release of Gutenprint, 5.2.1, has been packaged and uploaded to unstable. However, I currently lack an inkjet printer in order to test it. If you have five minutes to install and test printing, I would be grateful for any feedback. Once Lenny has been released and any major bu

Re: DFSG violations: non-free but no contrib

2008-11-06 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Nov 04, 2008, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > It is better and more honest to our users to tell them, "that's not > ours and we cannot fix it. We cannot pledge to support it. Here it is, > it is a nice blob, but it is NOT ours, go bug your hardware > manufacturer for support". Ack. > It is not that

Upcoming events in Japan

2008-11-06 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, This is a short note to tell you all about what kind of events are happening in Japan. Please tell me if there is a more suitable list or alias to send this to. 1. Kansai Open Source November 7-8 Osaka. Debian will have a booth, and a few sessions. http://k-of.jp/ 2. Tokyo Area Debian Meet

Bug#504706: ITP: vdr-plugin-softdevice -- Software output device plugin for VDR.

2008-11-06 Thread Onur Aslan
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Onur Aslan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: vdr-plugin-softdevice Version : 0.5.0 * URL : http://softdevice.berlios.de/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Software output device plugin for VDR. The

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Re: DFSG violations: non-free but no contrib

2008-11-06 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008, Robert Collins wrote: > It may be that for that hardware Debian does not fit your desires. Can I > remind you of this little statement Please, don't quote the social contract on me. And I already expressed that I understood my position implied changes to foundation docume