Re: Any reason why libmotif3 vanished for Sparc

2005-08-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Andreas Metzler wrote: I know that it was there formerly because I once got it without any extra lines in my sources.list file. Now the Sparc port can be found at http://ftp.unixdev.net/pub/debian-udev/pool/non-free/o/openmotif/ This is a version with security issue

Re: Any reason why libmotif3 vanished for Sparc

2005-08-30 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Andreas Tille] > ... I'm not skilled enough to fix this. :-( Try using lesstif instead. It is a motif clone. I recommend installing lesstif2-dev instead of the motif development package, and try again. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Bug#325671: ITP: psignifit -- Fitting and testing hypotheses about psychometric functions

2005-08-30 Thread Michael Hanke
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: psignifit Version : 2.5.6 Upstream Author : Jeremy Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.bootstrap-software.org/psignifit * License : GPL Description : Fitting

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Simon Josefsson
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi. I'd like to get in contact with someone who would be interested in >> creating and supporting Debian packages for my Kerberos 5 >> implementation, and its related GSS-API library. Web pages are >> ava

Re: Any reason why libmotif3 vanished for Sparc

2005-08-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Try using lesstif instead. It is a motif clone. I recommend installing lesstif2-dev instead of the motif development package, and try again. I tried and failed - but thanks for the hint. And before you ask: I failed to find a reasonable bug rep

Re: Unnecessary "Conflicts" with imap-server packages

2005-08-30 Thread Brian May
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hamish> These problems should be solved by discussion and Hamish> generation of a policy. IMHO it would be better to have a Hamish> consistent approach that didn't solve every problem (or Hamish> had some other flaw) than

Bug#325696: ITP: arno-iptables-firewall -- Single- and multi-homed firewall script with DSL/ADSL support

2005-08-30 Thread Michael Hanke
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: arno-iptables-firewall Version : 1.8.4 Upstream Author : Arno van Amersfoort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://rocky.eld.leidenuniv.nl/ * License : GPL Description

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 29 August 2005 21:59, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 08:50:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > Also I don't think that "Patched" as a description for tag 'patch' is > > correct. The bug has not been patched, there just is a _proposed_ > > patch available. There is no certaint

Re: Bug#325696: ITP: arno-iptables-firewall -- Single- and multi-homed firewall script with DSL/ADSL support

2005-08-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Michael Hanke wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: arno-iptables-firewall Version : 1.8.4 Upstream Author : Arno van Amersfoort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://rocky.eld.leidenuniv.nl/

Bug#325703: ITP: libpod-index-perl -- Index and search PODs using X<> entries.

2005-08-30 Thread Florian Ragwitz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Florian Ragwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libpod-index-perl Version : 0.12 Upstream Author : Ivan Tubert-Brohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~itub/Pod-Index/ * License : Perl (Artistic/GPL)

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 05:59:17AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > The idea is that a maintainer can divide bugs by the actions needed: > > * patch: apply the patch, build, test, upload > * moreinfo: no action -- waiting for more info > * wontfix: no action -- won't fix anyway > * un

Re: a place for a package directory in root

2005-08-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:25:22PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:26:16PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > >> sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Some packages chose to place random junk in there (e.g. resolvconf). > >> This

Re: Bug#325696: ITP: arno-iptables-firewall -- Single- and multi-homed firewall script with DSL/ADSL support

2005-08-30 Thread Michael Hanke
Am Dienstag, 30. August 2005 11:36 schrieb Andreas Tille: > On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Michael Hanke wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > * Package name: arno-iptables-firewall > > Version : 1.8.4 > > Upstream Author : Arno

long long support on all archs?

2005-08-30 Thread Ondrej Sury
Hi, does all archs in debian have support for long long datatype? I want to apply 64bit quotas for cyrus22-imapd and I have to choose between patch which has checks for long long support and patch which doesn't have this check and use long long by default. Ondrej. -- Ondrej Sury <[EMAIL PROTECT

Bug#325709: ITP: xmms2 -- XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player

2005-08-30 Thread Florian Ragwitz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Florian Ragwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: xmms2 Version : 2.0.1DR2.1 * URL : xmms2.xmms.org * License : GPL Description : XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music pl

Re: a place for a package directory in root

2005-08-30 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Joerg Sommer [Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:51:16 +]: > > Do it and get enough things to use it. Then there is no stopping you. > Well, I add /run/ to the directories of my package and mount a tmpfs > there on startup. But I leave it mounted after exit, because I don't know > if someone else use it.

Re: long long support on all archs?

2005-08-30 Thread Richard Atterer
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:25:09PM +0200, Ondrej Sury wrote: > does all archs in debian have support for long long datatype? Yes, AFAIK, but... > I want to apply 64bit quotas for cyrus22-imapd and I have to choose > between patch which has checks for long long support and patch which > doesn't ha

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread Martin Langhoff
On 8/20/05, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Compared to SVN from the view of somebody who is acquainted with CVS, > > arch sucks badly. I tend to agree with most of the things that Florian > > Weimer lists on http://www.enyo.de/fw/software/arch/design-issues.html To which I'd respond

Re: Unnecessary "Conflicts" with imap-server packages

2005-08-30 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
On Aug 30, 2005, at 10:31, Brian May wrote: Would it be feasible to have something like "update-alternatives", but instead of managing files in the file system, it allocates port numbers? That way every service that listens on port, for example 143, will be registered, but only one will be "ac

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.1404 +0200]: > But I'm leaving the Arch (tla/baz/bzr) boat too - patch-oriented SCMs > were fun, but very disappointing. There is a central design flaw in > pure patch tracking, and neither Arch nor DARCS do anything about it: > no matter

Re: long long support on all archs?

2005-08-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Richard Atterer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 01:25:09PM +0200, Ondrej Sury wrote: > > does all archs in debian have support for long long datatype? > > Yes, AFAIK, but... > > > I want to apply 64bit quotas for cyrus22-imapd and I have to choose > > between patch which has

Re: Documentation of alioth?

2005-08-30 Thread Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 06:56:56PM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > Le lundi 29 août 2005 à 11:42 -0500, Branden Robinson / Debian Project > Leader a écrit : > > Eh? What exactly did I say? > > wiggy: if anyone from d-a is responding to any of the offers > they're getting, they're not CCing me. >

Re: Unnecessary "Conflicts" with imap-server packages

2005-08-30 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 04:49 am, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > On Aug 30, 2005, at 10:31, Brian May wrote: > > Would it be feasible to have something like "update-alternatives", but > > instead of managing files in the file system, it allocates port > > numbers? > > > > That way every service

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread J. Bruce Fields
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:32:58AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > I expect the initial packaging to be simple, it is just a './configure > && make install' package. Part of the 'make install' procedure should > be duplicated in the apt install scripts, for the KDC side, but that > part is not imp

Re: More pbuilder use!

2005-08-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:15:08 +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 01:52:22PM -0300, Humberto Massa Guimarães wrote: >> ** Bastian Blank :: >>> You have a linux kernel ready, which allows chroot as normal user? >>> Please share it with us. >> It's called

Re: Is dpkg --compare-versions canonical?

2005-08-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:03:05 +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050823 22:58]: >> Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > It is out of date since it does not explain ~ yet. Maybe, if you >> > have the time and since you just looked a

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Having you as a co-maintainer would be great. > I expect the initial packaging to be simple, it is just a './configure > && make install' package. Part of the 'make install' procedure should > be duplicated in the apt install scripts, for the KDC sid

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Russ Allbery
J Bruce Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have you looked at the libgssapi package at > http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/ ? > Currently we're just using this for the NFS rpcsec_gss implementation, > but we split it out into a separate library thinking it might be used as > you de

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Having those bugs classified as "patched" IMO gives the wrong impression > to casual readers (read non-developers) as it indicates that the problem > has already been fixed. > I personally read "patched" as synonymous to "patch has been applied", > which is

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IMHO it's useful to split out confirmed. For packages with large bug > lists, splitting confirmed from still-be-to-be-analysed reports is a big > improvement. I think the new classification is very useful for packages with lots of bugs. It makes the b

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 15:32, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Martin Langhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.1404 +0200]: > > But I'm leaving the Arch (tla/baz/bzr) boat too - patch-oriented SCMs > > were fun, but very disappointing. There is a central design flaw in > > pure patch tracki

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Simon Josefsson
"J. Bruce Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 09:32:58AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I expect the initial packaging to be simple, it is just a './configure >> && make install' package. Part of the 'make install' procedure should >> be duplicated in the apt install s

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Simon Josefsson
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Josefsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Having you as a co-maintainer would be great. > >> I expect the initial packaging to be simple, it is just a './configure >> && make install' package. Part of the 'make install' procedure should >> be dupl

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 10:45:47AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Having those bugs classified as "patched" IMO gives the wrong impression > > to casual readers (read non-developers) as it indicates that the problem > > has already been fixed. > > > I per

Re: Bug#325709: ITP: xmms2 -- XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player

2005-08-30 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Florian Ragwitz] > XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player. It features a > client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user > interfaces, both textual and graphical. Gee, and Beep Media Player is going through a similar redesign. Once that's finished and packaged, we'll ha

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.2111 +0200]: > Shorter: "with patch" (which could be moved to "with good patch" if the tag > +patch and +confirmed where used? Confirmed is a tag used when the maintainer can reproduce the bug, not when the patch is confir

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 29 August 2005 21:59, Anthony Towns wrote: On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 08:50:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: A patch or some other easy procedure for fixing the bug is included in the bug logs. If there's a patch, but it doesn't resolve the bug adequately or cau

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 00:04 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On 8/20/05, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Compared to SVN from the view of somebody who is acquainted with CVS, > > > arch sucks badly. I tend to agree with most of the things that Florian > > > Weimer lists on http://www

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread Martin Langhoff
On 8/31/05, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How does git aide you in identifying the differences in changes > > between two trees? George's got it right. In practice, I normally use gitk --all, or use cogito thus: cg-log -r onebranch:otherbranch cg-diff -r onebranch:otherbran

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.2346 +0200]: > for the record, to avoid other folk getting confused - bzr isn't > a 'patch orientated SCM'. bzr's design incorporates elements from > all of the VCS systems around when the project was started (and > updated since then) - it

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Helmut Wollmersdorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frans Pop wrote: >> In an perfect world a maintainer would review each patch as it is >> submitted and remove the tag if the patch is not good. > In common sense a patch is a proposed solution for a bug, independent > from the author (bug submit

mesag3 <-> xlibmesa-gl / libgl1-mesa-dri <-> xlibmesa-dri / libglu1-mesa <-> libglu1-xorg

2005-08-30 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi all, It seems that mesa (6.3.2) as well as xorg (6.8.2) both provide a GL/GLU implemetation. IIRC the xorg GL/GLU code is based on (older) mesa code. Why this duplication of code and which of this two implementations is the preferred one? Could I replace the xorg packages with the mesa packages

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.30.0729 +0200]: >> How about adding documentation to the bugs.debian.org webpage? > > How about a patch? Writing the documentation yourself has the added > benefit that you won't need it in t

FTPmasters (again)

2005-08-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
So the FTP masters always get fought with these long flame wars (you all know the ones I need). Sadly, threads with titles about the FTP masters are usually obnoxious flames. Well, they worked hard to get sarge out, cleared up a big backlog, and did all kinds of other wonderful stuff. I recentl

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread Martin Langhoff
On 8/31/05, Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for the record, to avoid other folk getting confused - bzr isn't a > 'patch orientated SCM'. bzr's design incorporates elements from all of > the VCS systems around when the project was started (and updated since > then) - its not derived from

Re: Bug#325709: ITP: xmms2 -- XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player

2005-08-30 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 14:31 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Florian Ragwitz] > > XMMS2 is a redesign of the XMMS music player. It features a > > client-server model, allowing multiple (even simultaneous!) user > > interfaces, both textual and graphical. > > Gee, and Beep Media Player is going thr

Re: arch, svn, cvs

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:25 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On 8/31/05, Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for the record, to avoid other folk getting confused - bzr isn't a > > 'patch orientated SCM'. bzr's design incorporates elements from all of > > the VCS systems around when the pro

Re: Re: Which CD is a package on?

2005-08-30 Thread Filipus Klutiero
While I was going to add this to #debian's "cd contents" factoid, which used to also only mention jigdo, I noticed that someone had added an effective solution. (00:58:29) *cheal:* cd contents (00:58:29) *dpkg:* To find out what is on what cd, download the .jigdo template, and zless fooimage.j

Re: Interest in packaging GNU Shishi and GNU Generic Security Service?

2005-08-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 08:01:41PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Shishi can co-exist with either of MIT or Heimdal. It doesn't use a > similar API at all. The library has a clean name space (shishi_*). > The tools doesn't conflict with any (to me) known tools. > I don't think the GSSAPI dev pa