On Tue, 27 May 2003 11:04:07 +0200, Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> The order in which the patches are applied should in general not be
> significant. If it is, it should be stated in the patch
> description. I assumed that the 'Depends' tag is semantically more a
> 'Pre-Depends', right
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:01:26PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote:
> As far as I can tell /etc/menu, /usr/lib/menu, and /usr/share/menu will go
> away once we start using the desktop entry spec and /usr/share/applications
> directory. Anything natively supporting the desktop spec won't have any
> reas
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:07:00 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> OK. Let me ask you this question: what if the maintainer uploads a
> new upstream release which happens to fix bug #xxx, and then sends a
> message by hand to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "This
> bug is fixed in ups
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 07:39:38 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> So what? The *Debian* changelog is for Debian changes only. It's
> not there for listing upstream changes, copyright information, or
> who your favourite TV personality is.
A change that closes a bug is a signifi
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:29:24 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Is this a new sport in #d-d or something like that?
Asking for proper changelogs is a sport I can warm up to.
> I read that entry as "the new upstream version fixes the problem
> reported in #193497", a
On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 07:42:05 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:07:00PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>
>>> OK. Let me ask you this question: what if the maintainer uploads
>>> a new upstream release which happens to
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:50:45 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> You should really accept the decision of a package maintainer.
Why so, if they are not doing the right thing?
> However, it really might be better to put a longer statement into
> changelog. _But_ it's certainl
On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 22:29:56 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:07:00PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>> what if the maintainer uploads a new upstream release which
>>> happens to fix bug #xxx, and then sends a message by
On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 19:13:29 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Changes: tkdiff (1:3.08-4) unstable; urgency=low .
>>> * lintian fixes
>>
>> Issues that lintian reports are, in most cases,
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:18:03 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> So the gist of that text is: "debian packages can manage the
> configuration file by themselves, it's a good idea if they do and
> there's a chance something will break unless you really really know
> what you a
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 01:01:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> It is an either or situation -- give us your configuration
> files, or forever lose out on any configuration change the
> maintainers do, even though that shall break your packages.
Sure, I wasn't claiming it's perfec
This one time, at band camp, Martin Schulze wrote:
>Flaming with Jamie Zawinski.
Slow news day, Joey?
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On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:34:43AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > I read that entry as "the new upstream version fixes the problem
> > reported in #193497", and looking at the BTS that is exactly its
> > meaning.
>
> I thinik a good changelog should not require one to go off to
Package: wnpp
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-05
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: kwifimanager
Version : 1.0.2
Upstream Author : Stefan Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://kwifimanager.sourceforge.net
* License : GPL
Description : the wirele
On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 00:34:43 -0500, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> This is not dotting i'sand crossing t's. this is information
> that is inherent to a changelog; and writing poer changelogs must
> be encouraged.
*Sigh*. s/poer/proper/
manoj
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:24:38 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 01:01:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> It is an either or situation -- give us your configuration files,
>> or forever lose out on any configuration change the maintainers do,
>> even t
Jason Pepas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> dh_make does a good job of providing reasonable defaults, with one
> exception I have encountered.
[...]
> finally, I propose an addition be made to the new maintainer's guide
> to point out that
[...]
> again, I am new to all this, so constructive cr
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:04:03AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> Having a single "debconf" was a good idea when it was first started
> in Bordeaux. Since then things have changed, there is more apparent
> demand for conferences and more reluctance to travel.
It appears that I not be in the major
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:24:39AM +0200, Alexander Neumann wrote:
> While digging around in the calendar-files at infodrom.org I
> suddenly realized that Debian will have it's 10th birthday at
> August, 16th (according to the calendar.infodrom.debian file at
> http://www.infodrom.org/projects/cale
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 07:42:05 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 09:07:00PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>>
OK. Let me ask you this question: what if the maintainer
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030604 08:20]:
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:50:45 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > You should really accept the decision of a package maintainer.
> Why so, if they are not doing the right thing?
In real life there a three categories:
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:05:04PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Martin Schulze wrote:
> >Flaming with Jamie Zawinski.
>
> Slow news day, Joey?
I found it highly entertaining.
Michael
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Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:07:00 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> OK. Let me ask you this question: what if the maintainer uploads a
>> new upstream release which happens to fix bug #xxx, and then sends a
>> message by hand to [EMAIL PROT
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:07:00 +1000, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> OK. Let me ask you this question: what if the maintainer uploads a
>> new upstream release which happens to fix bug #xxx, and then sends a
>> message by hand to [EMAIL PROT
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 05:10:24PM +1200, Corrin Lakeland wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 13:59, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > If we put the Packages file under some sort of version control [...]
> You could use cvsup rather than cvs to reduce load further. But ideally
> you'd just use rsync and make the
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 02:12:55AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Given that were the defaults set differently this would be a
> serious bug, perhaps that says something about the purpose.
Come again?
Marcelo
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> To elaborate: I considered building all junior-* packages from a single
> source, but instead opted to build them individually from a minimal package
> template. This allows me to de-couple the release cycle for each meta
> package from each other. You
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:24:38 +0200, Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> My point is that given the way the question is written, its
>> priority and default answer seem to counter its purpose.
[...]
>Given that were the defaults set diffe
The latest libfreetype6 (as of this morning) seems to slight degrade font
rendering for me (this is an LCD screen with sub pixel hinting). For instance
the @ symbol under the Arial font looks slightly smudged, and there is a hint
of blue on the bottom left suggesting the sub pixel hinting is sli
Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The latest libfreetype6 (as of this morning) seems to slight degrade font
> rendering for me (this is an LCD screen with sub pixel hinting). For instance
<...>
Please do a Bug report about this.
TIA,
Otavio
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El día 04 jun 2003, Andreas Tille escribía:
> On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Ben Armstrong wrote:
>
> > To elaborate: I considered building all junior-* packages from a single
> > source, but instead opted to build them individually from a minimal package
> > template. This a
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