Re: Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
(+cc: nod...@packages.debian.org. Sorry for the noise.) Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Patrick Ouellette wrote: >> You claim to not use either package, but yet you advocate for the node.js >> package to keep the executable name "node" - this is strange to me. > > Sorry, I must have been unclear. A few

Re: Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Patrick Ouellette wrote: > You claim to not use either package, but yet you advocate for the node.js > package to keep the executable name "node" - this is strange to me. Sorry, I must have been unclear. I was only explaining my preference. I wasn't lying. I also said: >> However, if the only

Re: Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Patrick Ouellette
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 09:20:31PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Hi Pat, > > Patrick Ouellette wrote: > > > The binary on the ham radio side is not "LinuxNode" in package "node" it is > > simply "node" in package "node" > > > > Since you are still concerned with this issue, and neither side

Re: Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Patrick Ouellette
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 01:27:42AM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Hi, > > In February, I wrote[1]: > > > Both LinuxNode (package "node") and node.js (package "nodejs") are > > designed to be accessed through the command name "node". > [...] > > If there is any way I can help, please feel free

Re: Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Pat, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > The binary on the ham radio side is not "LinuxNode" in package "node" it is > simply "node" in package "node" > > Since you are still concerned with this issue, and neither side has shown a > willingness to change, I would say the time has come for both packages

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:24:35 +1100 Brian May wrote: > On 7 November 2011 11:26, Andreas Bombe wrote: > > The sftp-server on the other hand is provided by the package that > > also contains its only caller AFAICS. That should be > > in /usr/lib/$PACKAGE together with other package specific binary

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Brian May
On 7 November 2011 11:26, Andreas Bombe wrote: > The sftp-server on the other hand is provided by the package that also > contains its only caller AFAICS. That should be in /usr/lib/$PACKAGE > together with other package specific binary stuff — it doesn't make a > difference whether it's linked, d

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 11:36:05PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > What is the use case? > > The use case is to have a place for executables that are treated > similarly to libraries by other executables. > > For example, tcpd gets

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 11:36:05PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > What is the use case? > The use case is to have a place for executables that are treated > similarly to libraries by other executables. > For example, tcpd gets run

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Clint Adams
On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > What is the use case? The use case is to have a place for executables that are treated similarly to libraries by other executables. For example, tcpd gets run by inetd but not by humans, so it would be silly to have it on root's

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 06 novembre 2011 à 14:46 +, Clint Adams a écrit : > On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 04:51:14PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > 1. There is still no good reason for libexec. > > Of course there is. What is the use case? -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- signature.asc Des

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Clint Adams
On Sat, Nov 05, 2011 at 04:51:14PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > 1. There is still no good reason for libexec. Of course there is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Release goal proposal: Archive-wide build-arch and build-indep support

2011-11-06 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:18:36 +0100 Niels Thykier wrote: > The reduced set is available thanks to some UDD queries. We are looking > at ~500 packages (see attached dd-list if some of your packages are there). > Thanks for considering, > ~Niels > > [1] http://people.debian.org/~nthykier/rg-build

Re: Release goal proposal: Archive-wide build-arch and build-indep support

2011-11-06 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2011-11-05 21:22, Niels Thykier wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like to propose the goal of getting archive-wide support for > the optional debian/rules targets "build-arch" and "build-indep". > The intention is to finally solve issues like #619284 and the goal > is related to #629385. > > [...] >

Re: Bug#645656: network-manager in Gnome

2011-11-06 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Samstag, 5. November 2011, 22:14:15 schrieb Tollef Fog Heen: > ]] Hendrik Sattler > > | Am Freitag, 4. November 2011, 20:55:24 schrieb Tollef Fog Heen: > | > So since gnome-shell actually needs gnome-bluetooth, the dependency > | > should be demoted to a Recommends? > | > | Needs? Why should a

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:51:14 + Ian Jackson wrote: > Clint Adams writes ("Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?"): > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 09:46:20PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > I don?t think Debian requests FHS to document something before we > > > can use it. The real proble

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2011-11-06 at 01:09 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le vendredi 04 novembre 2011 à 21:21 +, Ben Hutchings a écrit : > > It's not a GNU invention; I believe it derives from BSD. > > I stand corrected. That doesn’t make it have any more sense, though. > > > Apparently it's for executa

Is anyone maintaining (the ham radio tool) node?

2011-11-06 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, In February, I wrote[1]: > Both LinuxNode (package "node") and node.js (package "nodejs") are > designed to be accessed through the command name "node". [...] > If there is any way I can help, please feel free to ask. No response from the "node" package maintainers. My offer still stands, b