Re: debian-policy: Virtual package: change mp3-encoder with music-encoder

2005-02-14 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:04:36AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > Wouldn't it be necessary for this to work for all music encoders to have > the same command line interface? I haven't used MP3 encoders for many > years, but in their simple forms, I vaguely recall them to have been at > least som

Brain Trauma - Flatline EP (Sampler!)

2005-02-14 Thread Kasket Kyle
We now have the full FLATLINE EP sampler up for download. It contains clips from all 8 songs on the EP. go to the below link to download! http://www.kasketrecords.com/media/BrainTrauma-FlatlineSampler.mp3 Once again, pre-orders for FLATLINE start on Febuary 25th at http://www.kas

Re: Moin 1.3.x: Status of the package moin

2005-02-14 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Feb 13, Raphael Bossek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If not I will start creating a NMU. I fully supports this. Sticking to 1.2.x is a pain. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: First line in /etc/hosts

2005-02-14 Thread Francesco Paolo Lovergine
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 03:01:26PM +, Mark Brown wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 01:25:15PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > > However, now we've suddenly discovered that _other_ programs get confused by > > this! In particular, if you use an NFSv4-patched mount, it does a > > gethostna

mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread A Mennucc
hi I have uploaded a new version of the 'mplayer' package for Debian, namely version 1.0pre6-1 (Unfortunately it does not show yet in the new queue at http://qa.debian.org/~anibal/debian-NEW.html but it is also accessible at http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mplayer/sarge ) I REALLY think that the t

Re: Xsession doesn't use umask setting from /etc/login.defs

2005-02-14 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Tomas Fasth | PAM is good. The fact remains, it doesn't handle default umask. If you use libpam-umask, it does. -- Tollef Fog Heen,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' :

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-14 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Lucas de Sousa | Assuming that is unclean installation junk. Assume makes an ass of u an' me. -- Tollef Fog Heen,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' :

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach A Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.14.1146 +0100]: > I have uploaded a new version of the 'mplayer' package for Debian, > namely version 1.0pre6-1 Great. At least in the eyes of our (prospective) users, this was one major hurdle. Now let's hope that the ftpmasters look into NEW at

Re: Verify debianhttp://www.perrier.eu.org/debian/voices/-devel@lists.debian.org for Francois.Mescam@onera.fr

2005-02-14 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Christian Perrier | I was aware of his greylisting system and I should have imagined this | when sending my mail. Apologies to list subscribers for that. This isn't greylisting -- greylisting doesn't ask for verification, it just temporarily refuses to accept the mail. -- Tollef Fog Heen

[Bugzilla Experimental 2.18 Package] Request for testers

2005-02-14 Thread Alexis Sukrieh
Hello fellow developers, As some of you may know, Frankie uploaded a first 2.18 Bugzilla package to experimental a couple of days ago. To enhance the packaging of this big web application, I created a SubVersioN repository on alioth which already contain the last updates done on the source tree

Re: debian-policy: Virtual package: change mp3-encoder with music-encoder

2005-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 02:57:04PM +0200, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:04:36AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > Wouldn't it be necessary for this to work for all music encoders to have > > the same command line interface? I haven't used MP3 encoders for many > > years, but in t

Re: Bug#295122: RFA: iproute -- Professional tools to control the networking in Linux kernels

2005-02-14 Thread Milan P. Stanic
Hi Andi, On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:39:15PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > Package: wnpp > anyone who wants to work on iproute is greatly welcome, perhaps also as > co-maintainer (and I'm also willing to sponsor people). The reason I > intend to give the package away is that I'm not really the gre

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:46 +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > hi > > I have uploaded a new version of the 'mplayer' package for Debian, > namely version 1.0pre6-1 > > (Unfortunately it does not show yet in the new queue at > http://qa.debian.org/~anibal/debian-NEW.html > but it is also accessible at

Re: debian-policy: Virtual package: change mp3-encoder with music-encoder

2005-02-14 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:43:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Well, if any program were to actually depend on this virtual package, > they'd need to know which encoder was being used in order to correctly > support the differing argument conventions. In which case, why not just > depend on the en

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Tollef Fog Heen] > Assume makes an ass of u an' me. Why do people keep circulating this saying? It makes no sense. Normally, assuming only ever has the power to make an ass of the person who did the assuming, i.e. "me", not "u and me". And even then, it's not like you could get very far in lif

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Feb 14, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about the Packages for mplayer that Christian Marillat has been > providing for years? It's well known that he is not interested in having them become part of Debian. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debian-policy: Virtual package: change mp3-encoder with music-encoder

2005-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 01:01:15PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:43:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Well, if any program were to actually depend on this virtual package, > > they'd need to know which encoder was being used in order to correctly > > support the

Re: /etc under svk

2005-02-14 Thread Jesus Climent
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 06:36:04PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello, > > a tip to share: > ># Install svk >apt-get install svk > ># Initialize a depot in /root/.svk >svk depotmap --init > ># Import /etc making it a working copy >svk import --to-checkout //etc /etc

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
Greg Folkert wrote: What about the Packages for mplayer that Christian Marillat has been providing for years? Have you even discussed this with him? Hrm, you don't know him, do you? Otherwise you wouldn't be suggesting to discuss with him. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette/\./\ : :' :

Re: debian-policy: Virtual package: change mp3-encoder with music-encoder

2005-02-14 Thread Ricardo Mones
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:01:15 +0100 "Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:43:41AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Well, if any program were to actually depend on this virtual package, > > they'd need to know which encoder was being used in order to correctly

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-14 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 11:05:56AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > zsync looks suspiciously like it might have similar patent issues > which killed the rproxy project. > > Then again I am no expert; Please tell me I am wrong... i'm not an expert either, but the zsync maintainer and i talked to a lot of

Re: what is /.udev for ?

2005-02-14 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Peter Samuelson | [Tollef Fog Heen] | > Assume makes an ass of u an' me. | | Why do people keep circulating this saying? It makes no sense. | Normally, assuming only ever has the power to make an ass of the person | who did the assuming, i.e. "me", not "u and me". And even then, it's | not l

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 06:52 -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:46 +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > > hi > > > > I have uploaded a new version of the 'mplayer' package for Debian, > > namely version 1.0pre6-1 > > > > (Unfortunately it does not show yet in the new queue at > > http://

Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Tuomo Valkonen
Package: general Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss Apt-get upgrade just moments ago removed my /usr/local/ symlink and replaced it with a hierarchy of empty directories. The contents of the proper /usr/local/ on another disk seem to be intact. The contents of the new /u

Bug#295045: qucs: Excellent package - not in deb but should be: easy to compile too.

2005-02-14 Thread John D. Hendrickson
Package: qucs Version: 0.0.4 Severity: normal -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Hi, Linux ECAD is the topic today (

Re: Bug#295045: qucs: Excellent package - not in deb but should be: easy to compile too.

2005-02-14 Thread Martin Michlmayr
reassign 295045 wnpp retitle 295045 ITP: qucs -- an integrated circuit simulator with a graphical merge 252450 295045 thanks * John D. Hendrickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-13 03:30]: > Linux ECAD is the topic today (electronics CADs). > > qucs is on sourceforge.net and works with debian easil

Re: Bug#295045: qucs: Excellent package - not in deb but should be: easy to compile too.

2005-02-14 Thread José L. Redrejo
As you can check (http://qa.debian.org/~anibal/debian-NEW.html), qucs package is ready and waiting for ftp-masters approval since last December :'( version 0.0.5 is coming and I will repackage it, send it again to the queue and continue waiting... Mensaje citado por Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread A Mennucc
mplayer_1.0pre6a-1_i386.deb is linked against libxvidcore sorry folks I have compiled and uploaded mplayer_1.0pre6a-2_i386.deb it is also accessible at http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mplayer/sarge thanx emfox for pointing out a. -- Andrea Mennucc "Ukn ow,Ifina llyfixe dmysp acebar.ohwh att

Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Frank Küster
Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: general > Severity: grave > Justification: causes non-serious data loss > > > Apt-get upgrade just moments ago removed my /usr/local/ symlink and > replaced it with a hierarchy of empty directories. The contents of > the proper /usr/local/ on an

Re: Bug#295045: qucs: Excellent package - not in deb but should be: easy to compile too.

2005-02-14 Thread Maximiliano Curia
Hola John D. Hendrickson! El 14/02/2005 a las 13:53 escribiste: > Oh. A real debian bug too. Oregano is labeled a GPL sim. However it > is just a graphic interface for spice3: and it's "oregano2" which is a > rewrite of oregano for Gnome. The "old" oregano version (gtk-1.2) description says:

Bug#295230: ITP: swscanner -- Simple Wireless Scanner www.swscanner.org

2005-02-14 Thread Andres Seco Hernandez
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andres Seco Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: swscanner Version : 0.1.6 Upstream Author : Ivan Forcada Atienza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.swscanner.org * License : GPL Description : Simple Wir

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * A Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-14 15:53]: > > mplayer_1.0pre6a-1_i386.deb is linked against libxvidcore > > sorry folks > > I have compiled and uploaded mplayer_1.0pre6a-2_i386.deb > > it is also accessible at > http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mplayer/sarge > > thanx emfox for poi

Re: Bug#295045: qucs: Excellent package - not in deb but should be: easy to compile too.

2005-02-14 Thread Matt Flax
Hi all, Yes, ngspice is also awaiting ftp-master, it is packaged nicely now so that it shouldn't have compile time errors on any architecture (fingers crossed !) ... the version waiting is ngspice_15-4 Matt On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:38:38PM -0300, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > Hola John D. Hendr

Bug#295233: ITP: pigeonair -- scalable and modular email services

2005-02-14 Thread Riccardo Setti
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Riccardo Setti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pigeonair Version : x.y.z Upstream Author : Pigeonair Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.pigeonair.net * License : GPL Description : scalable and modular em

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A Mennucc) > Solution: > the DeCSS is deleted from the package proposed for Debian > (for this reason, I upload mplayer as a native package); That is not a valid reason to pretend it is a native package. The correct thing to do is to create a new .orig.tar.gz with t

Re: Bug#295233: ITP: pigeonair -- scalable and modular email services

2005-02-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 14 fÃvrier 2005 Ã 17:04 +0100, Riccardo Setti a Ãcrit : > * Package name: pigeonair > Description : scalable and modular email services > > The PigeonAir Project aims at releasing an Open and Free (as in Free > Speech) GPL solution to easily build up clustered, scalable and mo

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Josh Triplett
A Mennucc wrote: > mplayer_1.0pre6a-1_i386.deb is linked against libxvidcore > > sorry folks > > I have compiled and uploaded mplayer_1.0pre6a-2_i386.deb > > it is also accessible at > http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mplayer/sarge > > thanx emfox for pointing out Given the acceptance of ffmpeg, I can

Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Frank Küster
Please be so kind and keep the bug number address in the Cc Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 03:24:59PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> Is any tetex package installed on the system, and can you give the >> version numbers currently installed and, ideally, of the o

Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread Martin Schulze
Moin, We need help by competent developers who work on apt 0.6 with the goal to get it supported properly and eventually enter sid and sarge. There is a good chance the release will happen before the issues with apt 0.6 are resolved, so this may be a task that cannot address sarge in time but onl

Re: Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Frank Küster wrote: > Please be so kind and keep the bug number address in the Cc > > Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 03:24:59PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > >> Is any tetex package installed on the system, and can you give the > >> vers

Re: Verify debianhttp://www.perrier.eu.org/debian/voices/-devel@lists.debian.org for Francois.Mescam@onera.fr

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Tollef Fog Heen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This isn't greylisting -- greylisting doesn't ask for verification, it > just temporarily refuses to accept the mail. Oversimplification on my side. The point was not nitpicking the system but give a general explanation... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Verify debianhttp://www.perrier.eu.org/debian/voices/-devel@lists.debian.org for Francois.Mescam@onera.fr

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
> Then it is broken. Automatic mails should be sent to the envelope > sender, unless explicitly asked otherwise. Yes, it was (broken)...:-) And, now it is not broken anymore. People learn by mistakes..:) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.14.1851 +0100]: > We need help by competent developers who work on apt 0.6 with the goal > to get it supported properly and eventually enter sid and sarge. Thank you, Joey! For the record, I am too strung up right now to be any use in coordi

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.14.1851 +0100]: > > We need help by competent developers who work on apt 0.6 with the goal > > to get it supported properly and eventually enter sid and sarge. > > Thank you, Joey! > > For the re

Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Frank Küster
Hi Tuomo, Please be so kind and keep the bugnumber address in the Cc line. Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 05:54:22PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> Could it have been after January 24st? > > Unlikely. Then it is probably not tetex-base's fault. > And shou

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Why? What argument is there against a per-release key, including > > keys for security, testing, unstable, and experimental? It would > > certainly make things a little easier... > > You still need to deal with key revocation and a new k

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.02.14.1933 +0100]: > You still need to deal with key revocation and a new key being > needed, anyway. Yearly changes will not make it more difficult, > it will make sure those codepaths are tested (and used at least > once an year)

Bug#295258: RFP: festvox-itsomething -- Italian voice for Festival

2005-02-14 Thread Enrico Zini
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: festvox-itsomething Version : unknown Upstream Author : ISTC-SPFD CNR <[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.csrf.pd.cnr.it/TTS/It-FESTIVAL-license.htm * License : GPL (Final

Re: Bug#295213: general: Upgrade removed /usr/local (symlink)

2005-02-14 Thread Frank Küster
Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Frank Küster wrote: > >> Please be so kind and keep the bug number address in the Cc >> >> Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 03:24:59PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> >> Is any tetex package insta

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread sean finney
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:04:51PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > A similar 2 key system is probably a good idea for security, and maybe > also for the normal rotated keys (just ship 2005 and 2006 keys now). i think having two keys would make logistics a lot simpler for release upgrades, assuming

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 11:46 +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > (Unfortunately it does not show yet in the new queue at > http://qa.debian.org/~anibal/debian-NEW.html It does show on the summary. Since there were previous mplayer packages on NEW, it is listed inside the row of the first package timestamp

Bug#295267: ITP: gaim-extendedprefs -- extended preferences plugin for the instant messenger gaim

2005-02-14 Thread Arjan Oosting
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Arjan Oosting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: gaim-extendedprefs Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : Kevin Stange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://gaim-extprefs.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : extend

Package xxx has broken dep on yyy: normal?

2005-02-14 Thread Dan Jacobson
Upon apt-get, is it normal to every so often see "Package xxx has broken dep on yyy"? However the next day the problem is gone. If normal, then can't whatever intermediate stage not be split across the mirror push? Somehow can consistent versions of xxx and yyy either be made sure to go out this

Keine Sorgen mehr !

2005-02-14 Thread Steffi & Chris
Hallo User, Ihr habt Sorgen wegen Geld oder ähnlichen. Hier habe ich die Lösung, - wie man mehr Geld verdienen kann. ( als Arbeitsloser, Rentner, Mutter und Hausfrau, Sozialhilfeempfänger und Arbeiter das alles Nebenbei) - wie man Geschäftsverbindungen erweitern kann. - wie man selber Selbstä

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread Florian Weimer
* Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > You still need to deal with key revocation and a new key being needed, > anyway. Yearly changes will not make it more difficult, it will make sure > those codepaths are tested (and used at least once an year). Right now, it's not codepaths, but system administrat

Bug#295288: ITP: sendemail -- smtp email from console sending tool

2005-02-14 Thread David Moreno Garza
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: David Moreno Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: sendemail Version : 1.51 Upstream Author : Brandon Zehm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ * License : GPL with a non-fre

(forw) Packages not using po-debconf - more active actions to come

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
This was intended for being crossposted to -devel and -i18n but I finally forgot to add -devel. Please followup to -i18n if you don't mind. - Forwarded message from Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:54:42 +0100 From: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T

Re: Debian mirror scripts

2005-02-14 Thread Brian May
> "Goswin" == Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Goswin> zsync uses the algorithm described in the rsync technical paper Goswin> afaik. Does rsync have a patent issue? Do we realy care about some Goswin> stupid countries patents? My understanding is that rsync doesn'

Bug#295305: ITP: libapache-mod-choke -- limits concurrent connections per IP and data transfer rate for Apache

2005-02-14 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libapache-mod-choke Version : 0.06 Upstream Author : Nathan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copyright : Cyberheat, Inc * URL : http://os.cyberheatinc.com/mod_choke.ph

Re: Package xxx has broken dep on yyy: normal?

2005-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 02:54:26AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Upon apt-get, is it normal to every so often see "Package xxx has > broken dep on yyy"? However the next day the problem is gone. > > If normal, then can't whatever intermediate stage not be split across > the mirror push? Somehow c

Bug#295311: RFH: mysql-dfsg -- mysql database client library

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Hammers
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request assistance with maintaining the mysql-dfsg package. The package description is: MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world. Th

Bug#295312: RFH: mysql-dfsg-4.1 -- mysql database client library

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Hammers
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request assistance with maintaining the mysql-dfsg-4.1 package. The package description is: MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular database query language in the world

debian-devel-changes question/request

2005-02-14 Thread Marek Habersack
Hey folks, It's just a simple question/request. Would it be possible to include custom headers in the messages sent to debian-devel-changes that would contain the package name, version and distribution, like so: X-Debian-Package: foo X-Debian-PackageVersion: 1.2.3-1 X-Debian-PackageDist:

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Ken Bloom
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:46:38 +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > There have been two main problems keeping mplayer out of Debian: licenses > and copyrights. > > Licenses: > the upstream code contains some code that is protected by (more or less) > actively enforced licenses: DeCSS code to decode encrypted d

val message

2005-02-14 Thread valentine angel
i wish u d sweetest valentine u ever had & i hope u got some love in ur life cheers -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/05

Bug#295328: general: Help messages to stderr should be banned

2005-02-14 Thread Justin Pryzby
Package: general Severity: wishlist I occasionally install a program and need to know how to use it as quickly as possible; for example, while reading through bug reports. So, I run foo --help. Sometimes, the help screen is more than 25 lines long, and it scrolls on past. So, I run foo --help |l

Re: Bug#295328: general: Help messages to stderr should be banned

2005-02-14 Thread John Hasler
Justin Pryzby writes: > It occurs to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an > invalid option is given But '--help' is not an invalid option. I'll have to check my packages. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le Mar 15 FÃvrier 2005 03:02, Ken Bloom a Ãcrit : > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:46:38 +0100, A Mennucc wrote: > > There have been two main problems keeping mplayer out of Debian: > > licenses and copyrights. > > > > Licenses: > > the upstream code contains some code that is protected by (more or > > les

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Martin Schulze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Moin, > > We need help by competent developers who work on apt 0.6 with the goal > to get it supported properly and eventually enter sid and sarge. > > There is a good chance the release will happen before the issues with > apt 0.6 are resolved, so th

Bug#295331: O: fetchmail

2005-02-14 Thread Graham Wilson
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I haven't been able to take good care of the fetchmail package, and therefore I'm orphaning it. I'd like whoever adopts it to be able to spend a good amount of time with the package. Upstream has been slow lately, and the adopter would likely end up working with ups

Re: Bug#295328: general: Help messages to stderr should be banned

2005-02-14 Thread Francesco Paolo Lovergine
On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:47:24PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Justin Pryzby writes: > > It occurs to me that help output to stderr is arguably appropriate if an > > invalid option is given > > But '--help' is not an invalid option. > It depends on programs, sometimes the same usage function is u

all new Debian diagram - now with less chaos!

2005-02-14 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi debianista, after my initial work on a diagram, and the comments and the work of madduck, I had some time to redo my diagram to produce a totally new concept. any comment appreciated. http://kmark.home.pipeline.com/newdebian.png http://kmark.home.pipeline.com/newdebian.dia cherio, Kev ps.

Re: Bug#293785: ITP: gnomebaker -- CD/DVD writer for the GNOME desktop

2005-02-14 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 04:18:23PM -0200, Goedson Teixeira Paixao wrote: > Obs.: version 0.3 has not been released, yet. Packages built from current > CVS can be found at > http://people.debian.org/~goedson/debian/packages/gnomebaker/snapshots/ There's a reason it spews all this cr*p to std

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread Joshua Kwan
Ken Bloom wrote: Solution: the DeCSS is deleted from the package proposed for Debian What functionality do we lose by doing this? --Ken Bloom The ability to play any DVD you buy in a store? It's the same functionality Xine loses; however, if mplayer uses dvdread, it'll automatically use libdvdcss