Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: > > This seems like an ideal use for debtags. No? > > It doesn't to me. The whole point of debtags is that it's > crowd-edited, but whether a package is a metapackage should be under > the direct control of the package maintainer. True enough. Thanks fo

Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Finney writes: > "Joe Smith" writes: >> Counter proposal: >> >> New meta-package Boolean field. > Why a new field in the Packages file? > This seems like an ideal use for debtags. No? It doesn't to me. The whole point of debtags is that it's crowd-edited, but whether a package is a metap

Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Ben Finney
"Joe Smith" writes: > Counter proposal: > > New meta-package Boolean field. Why a new field in the Packages file? This seems like an ideal use for debtags. No? -- \ “A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of | `\ five.”

Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Smith
Joe Smith wrote: Counter proposal: New meta-package Boolean field. Meta-packages would normally have few or no Depends, being almost completely recommends. Recommends (perhaps also Depends) of meta-packages are not marked as automatically installed. The usefulness of this part of my coun

Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Joe Smith
"David Paleino" wrote in message news:16193268.79mvg96...@home.hanskalabs.net... Hello people, per the DEP process described at http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep0/, this is the first call for comments on this proposal. Title: Meta-Package debian/control field DEP: 6 State: D

Re: [MBF] Handling python2.4 removal

2009-12-23 Thread Luca Falavigna
Il giorno Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:11:18 +0100 Luca Falavigna ha scritto: > Squeze will release with Python 2.5 and Python 2.6, while Python 2.4 > is scheduled for removal when no packages will depend on it. When > Python 2.6 will enter unstable, Python 2.4 will be no longer > supported version for mo

Bug#562217: ITP: jdownloader -- download manager for one-click hosting sites

2009-12-23 Thread Benjamin Drung
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Benjamin Drung * Package name: jdownloader Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : JDownloader DEV-Team * URL : http://jdownloader.org/ * License : GPL-3 Programming Lang: Java Description : download manager for one-clic

Re: [Expat-discuss] RFH: Patch for CVE-2009-3560 in expat breaks the Perl XML parser

2009-12-23 Thread Karl Waclawek
Daniel Leidert wrote: > x-post to expat-discuss, debian-devel and debian-perl > > Hi, > > The security issue known as CVE-2009-3560 [1] has been fixed in expats > source code some time ago [2]. Now a Debian user informed [3] me, that > the fix breaks parsing XML files with entities using Perls XM

An English presentation about Config::Model and package upgrades

2009-12-23 Thread Dominique Dumont
Le vendredi 4 décembre 2009 20:08:57, gregor herrmann a écrit : > Since you speak French you might be interested in Dominique's > presentation at some French Perl meeting: > http://fpw2009.ubicast.eu/videos/free/64/ For non-french speakers, I've recorded a new session in English. In this presenta

Bug#562199: ITP: dnsjava -- Implementation of DNS in Java

2009-12-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller * Package name: dnsjava Version : 2.0.8 * URL : http://www.dnsjava.org/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: Java Description : Implementation of DNS in Java dnsjava is an implementation of DNS in Java

Bug#562193: ITP: xen-qemu-dm-3.4 -- Xen Qemu Device Model virtual machine hardware emulator

2009-12-23 Thread Thomas Goirand
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Thomas Goirand * Package name: xen-qemu-dm-3.4 Version : 3.4.2 Upstream Author : Xensource * URL : http://www.xen.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Xen Qemu Device Model virtual machine hardw

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-23 Thread Jarek Kamiński
Na grupie linux.debian.devel napisałe(a)ś: > Jarek Kamiński writes: > >> Yes. Following code actually works (runs with bindv6only enabled, >> listens on [::]:1234 and accepts connection made to localhost:1234): > I'm sure it works. But I wanted to note that "localhost" is somewhat > ambigious.

Re: QA pages and epochs: problem?

2009-12-23 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Donnerstag, den 24.12.2009, 01:18 +0900 schrieb Osamu Aoki: > unstable has oldest version. > > old 0.9.7-3 > stable0.9.14-6 > testing 0.9.16-3 > unstable 0.9.7-1 > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gsynaptics.html > > I orphaned this long time ago without anyone taking it. I

Re: QA pages and epochs: problem?

2009-12-23 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 05:10:07PM +0100, Jens Peter Secher wrote: > Recently, it seems that the QA pages started ignoring the epoch in > changelog versions. Specifically > http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/haxe.html shows an ancient version > 20060912-2 as the version in sid, while it shows 1:2.4-3

Re: QA pages and epochs: problem?

2009-12-23 Thread James Vega
Julien is correct. See #559863 and merged bugs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: QA pages and epochs: problem?

2009-12-23 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 17:10:07 +0100, Jens Peter Secher wrote: > Recently, it seems that the QA pages started ignoring the epoch in > changelog versions. Specifically > http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/haxe.html shows an ancient version > 20060912-2 as the version in sid, while it shows 1:2.4-3

QA pages and epochs: problem?

2009-12-23 Thread Jens Peter Secher
Recently, it seems that the QA pages started ignoring the epoch in changelog versions. Specifically http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/haxe.html shows an ancient version 20060912-2 as the version in sid, while it shows 1:2.4-3 as the version in testing. Have anybody else seen the like? --

xserver-xorg-core_may_be_bug

2009-12-23 Thread krogar
Hello - (Systems - Debian test unstable AMD64) read from terminal - may be "unmet dependencies": dselect print error, and apt-get - read from terminals: "user# apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-apm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Som

Bug#562179: ITP: smem -- memory reporting tool

2009-12-23 Thread Michal Čihař
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Michal Čihař" -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: smem Version : 0.9 Upstream Author : Matt Mackall * URL : http://www.selenic.com/smem/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Python Descriptio

Bug#562180: ITP: monajat -- Islamic supplications screenlet/tray applet/console app

2009-12-23 Thread أحمد المحمودي
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "أحمد المحمودي" * Package name: monajat Version : 2.3.1 Upstream Author : Fadi Al-katout (cutout) , Muayyad Alsadi * URL : https://www.launchpad.net/monajat * License : GPL Programming Lang: Pytho

Re: Bug#559761: ITP: release -- provides information about the current releases

2009-12-23 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 15:57 -0600 schrieb Peter Samuelson: > [Benjamin Drung] > > Yes, the name is a bit to generic. Any other suggestions for the name? > > On the mailing list I found 'release-info'. On my list are now: > > > > * release-info > > * distro-release-info > > * distro-releases

Re: Bug#559761: ITP: release -- provides information about the current releases

2009-12-23 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 09:17 +0100 schrieb Frank Lin PIAT: > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 00:09 +0100, Benjamin Drung wrote: > > To sum up the naming discussion, there are two possible package names: > > > > * distro-release-info > > * release-info > > > > The two distro-specific script will be nam

Re: Bug#561688: ITP: turbotail -- drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files

2009-12-23 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Samstag, den 19.12.2009, 17:24 +0100 schrieb Christian Dietrich: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Christian Dietrich > > > * Package name: turbotail > Version : 0.3 > Upstream Author : Folkert van Heusden > * URL : http://www.vanheusden.com/turbo

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-23 Thread Bjørn Mork
Jarek Kamiński writes: > Yes. Following code actually works (runs with bindv6only enabled, > listens on [::]:1234 and accepts connection made to localhost:1234): I'm sure it works. But I wanted to note that "localhost" is somewhat ambigious. It may include ::1 ipv6-pppoe-1:~# grep localhos

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-23 Thread Jarek Kamiński
Na grupie linux.debian.devel napisałe(a)ś: > > I have failures now with a client that cannot connect() to the IPv4 address > but get an ENETUNREACH instead. > The application DOES set this socket option: > socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 3 ^-- You meant

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 23, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > 1. It obviously doesn't do this only on new installation but also on upgrades. This is correct. > 2. You cite RFC3493 but your request (and action) obviously violates it: RFC3493 is informational. > Did you ever test that "setting this option back to 0 by a p

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-23 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag 24 Oktober 2009 20:24:31 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > I propose that netbase will create on new installations a file in > /etc/sysctl.d/ containing net.ipv6.bindv6only=1. [...] > [2] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493#section-5.3 1. It obviously doesn't do this only on new installation but a

Bug#562167: ITP: php5-symfony1.4 -- Open-Source PHP Web Framework

2009-12-23 Thread Federico Gimenez Nieto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Federico Gimenez Nieto * Package name: php5-symfony1.4 Version : 1.4.1 Upstream Author : Fabien Potencier * URL : http://www.symfony-project.com/ * License : MIT Programming Lang: PHP Description : Open-Source P

Brazilian Sugar: ICUMSA45 Spot/Contract And High Seas Offer

2009-12-23 Thread
Concrad CraigNormalConrad Craig172292009-11-03T10:14:00Z2009-12-22T13:56:00Z120211549214179.2720110 Hello 1) We introduceourselves as selling/buying agents for Sugar/Urea White Crystal Sugar ICUMSA 45: Our Offer To Sell 2.a) Spot BookingOffer 25000 MT CIF = us$ 460/MT 2.b) Annual ContractBooki

Re: Bits from the kernel team

2009-12-23 Thread Michael Tokarev
Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 01:51 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> Currently you can install kernel images from unstable or backports >>> without any extra dependencies. I'm not aware of any significant >>> breakage though some packages may rely on deprecated an

Re: Bits from the kernel team

2009-12-23 Thread Frans Pop
Michael Gernoth wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 01:51:01AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> The following change in /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server fixes this: >> # See if our running kernel supports the NFS kernel server >> -if [ -f /proc/kallsyms ] && ! grep -qE 'init_nf(sd|)' >> /proc/

Re: Bits from the kernel team

2009-12-23 Thread Michael Gernoth
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 01:51:01AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > The following change in /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server fixes this: > # See if our running kernel supports the NFS kernel server > - if [ -f /proc/kallsyms ] && ! grep -qE 'init_nf(sd|)' > /proc/kallsyms; then

Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field

2009-12-23 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le 22 déc. 09 à 13:59, Rene Engelhard a écrit : Hi, On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 05:12:15PM +, Philipp Kern wrote: You're on your own with these. I don't think you want to go though A recommends B which depends on C which depends on D etc." route on servers which should have only the stuff i