Re: What makes a debconf?

2003-05-28 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 01:41:56AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > True enough, but since USENIX took over Atlanta Linux Showcase, ran it > for one year, and then shot it in the back of a head like a drug kingpin > assassinating an unwanted lieutenant, Debian developers in the U.S., > particula

Re: Orphaning my packages

2003-05-28 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:46:45AM -0400, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Another point of note is that nascent packagers are encouraged to adopt > > other software that's already in the archive before packaging new > > items. In this case, he is merely follo

Bug#195028: ITP: libmasonx-request-withapachesession-perl -- Session handler in the Mason Request object

2003-05-28 Thread Krzysztof Krzyzaniak (eloy)
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-28 Severity: wishlist * Package name: libmasonx-request-withapachesession-perl Version : 0.21 Upstream Author : Dave Rolsky, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/ * License : Artistic or GPL De

Bug#195040: ITP: libtk-xmlviewer-perl -- extended Text widget that displays hierarchical tree for XML

2003-05-28 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-28 Severity: wishlist * Package name: libtk-xmlviewer-perl Version : 0.15 Upstream Author : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.cpan.org/ * License : Perl Description : extended Text widget for XML in a

Re: Accepted bwidget 1.6.0-1 (all source)

2003-05-28 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Brian Nelson wrote: > Is it > worthwhile to Cc this stuff to -devel, or should I just give up and let > the proliferation of these IMO useless changelogs continue? (serious, not > rhetorical, questions) IMHO you should continue. Peer pressure is a powerful concept. ;-) -- Matthias Urlichs

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:26:27PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > - Icons are no more required to use 24 colors in cmap.xpm. See > > for explanations. I think this should be: http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/

Bug#195080: ITP: librmagick-ruby -- ImageMagick interface for Ruby

2003-05-28 Thread Mike Williams
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-29 Severity: wishlist * Package name: librmagick-ruby (RMagick) Version : 1.2.1 Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://home.nc.rr.com/rmagick/ * License : Artistic Description : ImageM

Re: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-28 Thread Daniel O'Neill
Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > While convenient for american developers, there are rather a number of > > non-american developers who will not set foot on American soil, due in > > part to the DMCA and (I imagine) the apparent dangers to non-americans > > coming into the country. > Two

Re: [debian-devel] Packages with i18n support disabled

2003-05-28 Thread Rüdiger Kuhlmann
>--[Denis Barbier]--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:39:09PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > Many thanks to those who replied, here is an updated list. Btw, did you also check for packages that don't contain the upstream provided translated man pages? Because often, upstream doesn't

Seeking sponsor

2003-05-28 Thread Thomas Wana
Hi, I am seeking a sponsor/mentor for my debian developer application. I packaged scponly, which is available at deb http://www.wana.at/debian ./ deb-src http://www.wana.at/debian ./ regards, tom

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Thanks a lot for your work on menu, this great software needed a lifting. Le mer 28/05/2003 à 15:26, Bill Allombert a écrit : > * i18n support is underway, see > > how to activate it. Is it planned to get it in an automat

Re: Bug#194938: ITP: drivel -- A LiveJournal client for the GNOME desktop

2003-05-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mar 27/05/2003 à 20:42, Neil McGovern a écrit : > Description : A LiveJournal client for the GNOME desktop > > Drivel is a LiveJournal.com client for the GNOME desktop. > > It supports all livejournal-based servers, and allows you to perform > most functions that are supported by the ser

Bug#195143: ITP: klapjack -- KDE Livejournal client

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Butler
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-29 Severity: wishlist * Package name: klapjack Version : 0.5 Upstream Author : M Traverse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://klapjack.sf.net/ * License : GPL Description : KDE Livejournal client A KDE-

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Cheney
Is the Debian menu system going to convert to using the freedesktop menu spec? http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu/draft/menu-spec/menu-spec.html As far as I know both Gnome and KDE follow it and possibly others. Chris

The City of Chemnitz becomes UNIFONT.ORG

2003-05-28 Thread Frl Prof Dr Romy Czyborra
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DELIGHT AND DISSEMINATION "Chemnitz is an inventor's paradise and computer technology is finally overcoming three milleniums of psychiatric disease in 2003" professes RomanGerd Czyborra, 33-year-old member of BiPolArBerLin discoverer of the sixual Periodic System of our Emoti

[ANN] Quantian: A Knoppix remastering for Scientific Computing

2003-05-28 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
[ If there is sufficient interest, this may morph into a Debian subproject. Please contact me if you would want to be part of it. --edd ] Announcing the "Quantian Scientific Computing Environment" A Knoppix / Debian variant tailored to numerica

Re: Bug#194938: ITP: drivel -- A LiveJournal client for the GNOME desktop

2003-05-28 Thread David Z Maze
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le mar 27/05/2003 à 20:42, Neil McGovern a écrit : >> Description : A LiveJournal client for the GNOME desktop >> >> Drivel is a LiveJournal.com client for the GNOME desktop. >> >> It supports all livejournal-based servers, and allows you to p