Re: ~ in package versions

2005-06-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Adam Heath [Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:47:39 -0500]: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Steve Langasek wrote: > > It was that such package versions could not be used *before* sarge released, > > not that they would be supported immediately *after* the release; the change > > has not yet been made to make this poss

Re: Planet Debian and Akregator

2005-06-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Marc Haber [Thu, 09 Jun 2005 07:13:45 +0200]: > Hi, Hi, (cc'ing Mako, the current Planet Debian maintainer) > as we all know, Planet Debian generates RSS feeds that Akregator > doesn't grok, and both packages point at the other one for being at > fault. > Does Debian have something like an "

Re: CDBS and /usr/share/doc links

2005-06-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Andreas Tille [Thu, 09 Jun 2005 12:00:20 +0200]: > Or is there even a hook for doing exactly what I want: Link to the doc > directory > of a dependant package? I use this in amarok: common-binary-post-install-arch:: for p in $(filter-out amarok,$(DEB_ALL_PACKAGES)); do \

Re: PostgreSQL transition ahead

2005-06-07 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Martin Pitt [Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:22:00 +0200]: Hello Martin, > I already did these steps for a fair number of packages. So if you > maintain one of the packages that have a debdiff at [3], you are lucky > and only need to apply the patch there (however, cyrus-sasl2 and > dovecot were nasty case

The story of speex/vorbis-tools, or how not to be disservicing to our users

2005-06-05 Thread Adeodato Simó
Hello, [I'm sending this to three lists. Please only reply to -devel unless the answer is on-topic for some of the others.] This mail is about making people aware of how actions aimed at improving Debian, like providing a new version of a library or NMUing a package, can have negative e

Re: need help to solve celestia bug#303860

2005-06-05 Thread Adeodato Simó
tag 303860 patch thanks * Mathias Weyland [Sun, 05 Jun 2005 02:38:49 +0200]: > Hi Hello Mathias, > I'm trying to solve bug #303860 but I need some help. The problem is that > the configure script errors on sparc because it can't find the KDE > libraries. All other architechtures build fine.

Re: Is Ubuntu a debian derivative or is it a fork?

2005-06-04 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Petter Reinholdtsen [Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:01:58 +0200]: > [Daniel Holbach] Hello Petter, Daniel, let me pop in. It's my intention to be constructive. > I believe we are discussing how to keep the packages in Debian and > Ubuntu as synchronized as possible, Specifically, packages in univer

Re: New Debian Package Customization HOWTO

2005-06-04 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Christoph Wegscheider [Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:46 +0200]: > "The official Debian packages are built by a buildd, also called build > daemon, which makes use of pbuilder to ensure that every package is ^^^ That bit is wrong, buildd/buildds use 'sbuild'.

Re: ogg123 cann't play speex files, 'cause stable speex is missing from sarge !

2005-06-03 Thread Adeodato Simó
* SZERVÁC Attila [Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:35:54 +0200]: > Sorry for irregular Bug Report, but I dont know, how can I refer > correctly to version number in this case in a correct Bug Report, but I > think, this is a grave (RC?) Bug. It's "important", and it's #306809. > Reason: stable 1.0.x Sp

Re: roxen4_4.0.325-2_i386.changes REJECTED

2005-05-30 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Turbo Fredriksson [Mon, 30 May 2005 12:52:54 +0200]: > Oki, I forgot that I already uploaded a -2 version. Now, in testing > (which this was intended for) I have -1... > I haven't done an update like this in years, but could someone > verify that I should take the '-1' version, do the modificat