Re: Bug#1005858: gh,gitsome: File conflict, both ship /usr/bin/gh

2022-02-28 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
ge to avoid the conflict issue? Since gh is the official GitHub client, probably it should retain "gh" and gitsome should move to "git some" or similar, as I have suggested in the above upstream issue. The only commentor there agreed with me. +1 Regards, Jeremiah

Re: Bits from the Release Team (Jessie freeze info)

2013-10-19 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
pectations are there around "up to date"? Is it expected to build Debian toolchain nightly and run a specific test suite? Is the expectation that one uses pbuilder and builds a set of packages? Perhaps this is outlined on the wiki somewhere and if not perhaps it ought to be? Regards

Bug#688629: ITP: genivi-layer-management -- Applications in an automobile are often stand-alone implementations, not integrated into a coherent whole. The Layer Management software is designed to prov

2012-09-24 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: genivi-layer-management Version : 0.9.7 Upstream Author : Michael Schuldt * URL : http://www.genivi.org/projects * License : Apache 2.0 Programming Lang: C D

Bug#688627: ITP: genivi-audio-manager -- The GENIVI AudioManager is a software framework for low-level management of audio in the context of a car.

2012-09-24 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: genivi-audio-manager Version : 2.1 Upstream Author : Christian Linke * URL : http://www.genivi.org/projects * License : Mozilla Public License v2.0 Programmi

Bug#688586: ITP: Diagnostic Log and Trace (DLT) -- Diagnostic Log and Trace is a collection of logging and tracing protocols commonly found in an infotainment ECU as standardized by Autosar.

2012-09-23 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: Diagnostic Log and Trace (DLT) Version : 2.7.0 Upstream Author : Alexander Wenzel alexander.aw.wen...@bmw.de * URL : http://www.genivi.org/projects * License : Mozilla Publ

Re: mentors.debian.net runs the debexpo code now

2011-08-17 Thread Jeremiah Foster
there is a lot of really great tooling in Debian and people saw links to code in the footer of various tools they would likely want to start using it in their projects, hopefully improving it in the process. Regards, Jeremiah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Dar

Re: Does anyone care about LSB on arm?

2011-06-01 Thread Jeremiah Foster
; free software community better off being spent elsewhere"?  and "what > benefit is there *TO THE FREE SOFTWARE COMMUNITY* of doing LSB for > ARM"?  forget the proprietary junkies, they'll suck anything from us > that moves and not give a dime in return. In my experience ther

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-11 Thread Jeremiah Foster
counter-productive. If you need a sandbox to test packages, pbuilder and/or cowbuilder are very useful, and you can create your own repository with reprepro which is an excellent tool. Fundamentally altering the current path that packages take into the stable distribution should have a

Bug#579147: ITP: libapp-cpanminus-perl -- Get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN

2010-04-25 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: libapp-cpanminus-perl Version : 1.001 Upstream Author : Tatsuhiko Miyagawa * URL : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=cpanminus

Bug#578170: ITP: mic2 -- A tool for creating and manipulating Moblin and MeeGo images.

2010-04-17 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: mic2 Version : 0.17 Upstream Author : Yi Yang * URL : http://moblin.org/projects/moblin-image-creator-2 * License : GPL v2 Prog

Bug#567412: ITP: libautobox-list-util -- Bring perl's List::Util functions to autobox which creates objects from perl primitive types

2010-01-28 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: libautobox-list-util Version : 20090629 Upstream Author : Chas. J. Owens IV * URL : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=autobox::list::util&mode=dist * License : (

Bug#566921: ITP: libautobox-core-perl -- Methods for core built-in functions in perl's primitive types

2010-01-25 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: libautobox-core-perl Version : 0.6 Upstream Author : Scott Walters * URL : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/autobox-Core * License : GPL | Artistic Programming

ITP: libclass-perl -- Alias for __PACKAGE__

2010-01-24 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" * Package name: libclass-perl Version : 1.00 Upstream Author : Michael G. Schwern * URL : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/htdocs/CLASS/CLASS.html * License : GPL | Artistic Programming

Re: where is /etc/hosts supposed to come from?

2009-12-31 Thread Jeremiah Foster
's policy manual[0] states that `hostname --fqdn` is where this information should be gathered from. Is that the canonical method? Jeremiah 0. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: where is /etc/hosts supposed to come from?

2009-12-29 Thread Jeremiah Foster
icron uses a call to hostname -f, which fails, while uname -n succeeds. Perhaps it should be a bug to use hostname -f since it unreliable? Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Has Debian abandoned Python?

2009-12-02 Thread Jeremiah Foster
h maintains perl modules in debian. Teamwork has allowed us to maintain a huge amount of high-quality debs, as well as enjoy each others company. :) The perl binary team is relatively new, but it has some talented veterans who keep the perl binary up-to-date. I strongly recommend working with a te

Re: zendframework package with or without bin package

2009-09-22 Thread Jeremiah Foster
way, users know what to look for on a debian system simply by the upstream name. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: lintian-like tools in teams / early lintian stories

2009-07-21 Thread Jeremiah Foster
of a baseline - it compares upstream with debian packages and lists bugs as well as work in progress. The debian perl team also has a tool called 'packagecheck'[1] which checks packages, amazingly enough. :) Warm regards, Jeremiah 0. http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin

Re: xcdroast does no longer work with wodim: Who to blame?

2009-03-04 Thread Jeremiah Foster
must be GPL. And the same argument works for mkisofs linked against libschilly and libscg. Wow, great explanation Goswin, thanks very much. You made parts of the GPL much clearer to me. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

Re: problems with the concept of unstable -> testing

2008-12-18 Thread Jeremiah Foster
good if we all learnt to embrace each others commitment levels, attitudes and opinions -- without resorting to rudeness, unkindness, or personal attacks. Well said. This is an attitude that can serve debian well. Regards, Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.

Re: First call for votes for the Lenny release GR

2008-12-18 Thread Jeremiah Foster
losely and I think that changing and restarting the vote would _definitely_ be the right thing. As another non-DD but active debian packager hoping to become a DD, I would also like to voice my support, in a grassroots style, for re- structuring the general resolution(s). Jeremiah -- T

ITP: IPC::System::Simple -- Run commands simply, with detailed diagnostics

2008-12-08 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libipc-system-simple-perl Version : 0.16 Upstream Author : Paul Jamieson Fenwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~pjf/IPC-Syst

ITP: autodie -- Replace functions with ones that succeed or die with lexical scope

2008-12-08 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jeremiah C. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libautodie-perl Version : 1.997 Upstream Author : Paul Jamieson Fenwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~pjf/autodie-1.997/li

Re: SmellyWerewolf.com perfume & make-up discount

2008-11-24 Thread Jeremiah Foster
rm is used as an epithet of political empowerment. It may appear that it is a double standard, but it is rather a turning of the tables - taking away power from the bigot and claiming it for oneself. The double standard would be if they called other people derogatory names. Jeremiah -- T

Re: Bug#484129: release.debian.org: packages in tasks should be fixed in priority and removed in last resort after discussion

2008-06-04 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
ucing RC counts and > improving Debian without crippling "Debian Desktop Edition". A rather facile conclusion to a complex problem. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What should postrm purge actually do?

2008-06-04 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
server X to replace it with web server Y. Log files should be out of bounds, even for --purge. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Alioth slowness - web pages not loading, top showing 10.00+

2008-05-28 Thread jeremiah
his list in case someone thought it was worth looking into. Thanks, Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Idea of Debian mascot

2008-02-28 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
How about a potato as a mascot? It is a staple in many diets, it dovetails nicely with the Toy Story leitmotif running through debian versioning, and is malleable allowing it to look like a lot of things, i.e. with a face, a swirl on its belly, etc. The logos are fantastic and should not be cha

Re: Debian-AI

2008-01-03 Thread Jeremiah C. Foster
ware will be able to build a decent enough package that the package just needs a review from a DD before upload. Warm regards, Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: libFOO-BAR naming convention

2007-11-23 Thread Jeremiah Foster
clude multiple modules may additionally include provides for those modules using the same convention." HTH Jeremiah [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packag es.html#s-package_names

libFOO-BAR naming convention

2007-11-23 Thread Jeremiah Foster
clude multiple modules may additionally include provides for those modules using the same convention." HTH Jeremiah [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Report on the Debian pkg-perl group presence at YAPC::EU 2007

2007-10-05 Thread Jeremiah Foster
minating a lot of the tedious, repetitive work needed to release CPAN modules, allowing you to focus on the more important QA aspects. I've talked at length with Jeremiah about this, and we found that it's basically a matter of 'just doing it' to make this work, as all t

Re: Automatic retrieval of information from qa.debian.org

2007-10-04 Thread Jeremiah Foster
thing you can do with frames you can do with CSS instead. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: User-Agent strings, privacy and Debian browsers

2007-10-04 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Oct 4, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Mark Brown wrote: On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:41:51AM +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote: This is most likely apocryphal. If there is any truth in the above link, it has been blown way out of proportion. Nobody gets arrested for using lynx, which is what that link

Re: User-Agent strings, privacy and Debian browsers

2007-10-04 Thread Jeremiah Foster
using lynx, which is what that link says. There is little evidence to corroborate the story so I would dismiss this as a red herring. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: User-Agent strings, privacy and Debian browsers

2007-09-25 Thread Jeremiah Foster
ek period - coincidentally the same time as our user was surfing. The authorities (or RIAA) use this information to narrow down the network and potentially the location of the user (through geolocation perhaps, but that is also unreliable). But this scenario seems highly implausible.

Re: User-Agent strings, privacy and Debian browsers

2007-09-25 Thread Jeremiah Foster
6 has some quirky CSS behavior that people often have to consider. Or people use the UA string with the IP and create a hash that is the 'signature' of the visitor. This of course breaks easily but it is still done. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-13 Thread Jeremiah Foster
There are so many ways to have a say in debian and change the code in debian directly that it renders your statement a non-sequitur. Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why no Opera?

2007-09-07 Thread Jeremiah Foster
Projects." Some of those are packaging teams which you can request to join. Look forward to seeing your @debian.org email address. :^) Jeremiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why no Opera?

2007-09-06 Thread Jeremiah Foster
ne off list. Kind regards, Jeremiah Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Key fingerprint = 9616 2AD3 3AE0 502C BD75 65ED BDC3 0D44 2F5A E672 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Packaging Handbook project

2007-08-19 Thread Jeremiah Foster
omeone actually interested in documentation and with a bit of free time, I will try to contribute as much as possible. Regards, Jeremiah Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Key fingerprint = 9616 2AD3 3AE0 502C BD75 65ED BDC3 0D44 2F5A E672 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Canonical's business model

2006-01-12 Thread jeremiah foster
suage some of the smoldering resentment harbored by DDs towards Canonical. Jeremiah

Re: Canonical's business model

2006-01-11 Thread jeremiah foster
u amongst debian developers, and that Mark Shuttleworth has some doubts about working with DCC, although he is rather vague in my opinion. But what are the problems with Ubuntu? Is it an unecessary fork? Or is it not contributing back its changes to debian software? Thanks, Jeremiah