Re: [Fwd: major problem with gnome-games dependency]

2005-10-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 10:41:09PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 22:00 +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > The main things that this thread shows me, is that it is *not* immediately > > clear to people not too familiar with Debian that the removal of the 'gnome' > > pack

Bug#333683: O: octave-statdataml, r-cran-statdataml, and r-cran-xml

2005-10-13 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
Package: wnpp Severity: normal Some time ago I packaged StatDataML (http://www.omegahat.org/StatDataML/) for Debian hoping that it would be a solution for communicating data between Octave and R. The current version of the statdataml package (1.0.9) still has me as maintainer, although I already

Bug#333690: ITP: prefixsuffix -- gui application that renames batches of files

2005-10-13 Thread Joachim Breitner
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Joachim Breitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: prefixsuffix Version : 0.5.0+cvs.2005.06.18 Upstream Author : Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://prefixsuffix.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Descripti

SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi all, I'm working on packaging xparam (http://xparam.sf.net). It's a C++ library for object serialization. The problem is that upstream does not belive in SONAME versioning for C++ libraries. He claims that he has no choice but to break interface with each and every release. As a result, he is

Bug#333695: ITP: linux-iscsi -- driver and daemon for using iSCSI on Linux

2005-10-13 Thread Christoph Martin
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: linux-iscsi Version : 4.0.2 Upstream Author : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://linux-iscsi.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : driver and daemon for us

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Andreas Fester
Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm working on packaging xparam (http://xparam.sf.net). It's a C++ > library for object serialization. > > The problem is that upstream does not belive in SONAME versioning for > C++ libraries. He claims that he has no choice but to break interface > with each

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Andreas Fester wrote: >If upstream is unwilling to change the SONAME each time the binary >compatibility breaks, then IMHO the only choice is that you do it >yourself for the Debian package. Otherwise trouble begins when other >packages within the Debian archive start linking against your library.

programs which libaudiofile0 appear in there dependencies

2005-10-13 Thread Lior Kaplan
Hi, I got a question why my gphpedit package depends on libaudiofile0. That's weird, and I tried to check why. I still don't have an answer, but I noticed that many programs also depends on this libaudiofile0, although they don't have any audio in them. examples: evince anjuta dia-gnome gedit gn

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:51:01PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Andreas Fester wrote: > > >If upstream is unwilling to change the SONAME each time the binary > >compatibility breaks, then IMHO the only choice is that you do it > >yourself for the Debian package. Otherwise trouble begins when o

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 13 octobre 2005 à 12:51 +0200, Shachar Shemesh a écrit : > What I thought was to use "0" as SO version, which is a standard way to > state that the interface is not guarenteed to remain stable. I'll also > add a comment to readme.Debian to the effect that, when linking against > the librar

Bug#333718: ITP: riot -- information organisation tool

2005-10-13 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jérémy Bobbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: riot Version : 0.1ds-20050822 Upstream Author : Tuomo Valkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/riot/ * License : GPL Description : information

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Andreas Fester
Shachar Shemesh wrote: [...] > What I thought was to use "0" as SO version, which is a standard way to > state that the interface is not guarenteed to remain stable. I'll also I did not know about this. Do you have a pointer to the appropriate section in the Debian policy or some other document?

Re: SONAME in C++ libraries

2005-10-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:57:27PM +0200, Andreas Fester wrote: > Shachar Shemesh wrote: > [...] > > What I thought was to use "0" as SO version, which is a standard way to > > state that the interface is not guarenteed to remain stable. I'll also > I did not know about this. Do you have a pointer

Bug#333728: ITP: tinycobol -- A GNU cobol compiler

2005-10-13 Thread Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: tinycobol Version : 0.62 Upstream Author : Rildo Pragana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://tiny-cobol.sourceforge.net/index.php * License : GPL, LGPL Des

Re: cannot log into debian svn server, communication via svn+ssh broken?

2005-10-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 08:10:04PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 01:38:47PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > >> Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi all! > >> > > >> > ATM I cannot log into the svn server, nor us

Bug#333738: ITP: xpn -- Newsreader written in PyGTK

2005-10-13 Thread Maykel Moya
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Maykel Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: xpn Version : 0.5.5 Upstream Author : Antonio Caputo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://xpn.altervista.org/ * License : GPL Description : Newsreader written in PyGTK X

Re: Bug#333738: ITP: xpn -- Newsreader written in PyGTK

2005-10-13 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Maykel Moya wrote: Description : Newsreader written in PyGTK XPN (X Python Newsreader) is a graphical newsreader written in Python with the GTK+ Toolkit. It features UTF-8 support, scoring, filtered views, external editor support, one-key navigation among others. If

Please Help me to install and configure Debian Correctly

2005-10-13 Thread kanchana thisaru
1 I need to install debian for my Sserver but i can not get a DHCP ID:    i get an Error message saying my DHCP configuration has faild.   Even if skip DCHP Configurations at the instalation time how i am going to get the DHCP IP  later and connect to the network.   2 My sever has two 2.8 Processor

Re: apt-get in Sid broke sound and /etc/modules?

2005-10-13 Thread Thomas Hood
> That did it, unloaded the snd-intel8x0 and 8x0m and then reloaded i810_audio > and things worked again. i810_audio is an OSS module, not an ALSA module. You fixed sound by switching from ALSA to OSS. -- Thomas Hood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: localhost.localdomain

2005-10-13 Thread Thomas Hood
The change from 'localhost' to 'localhost.localdomain' was made in svn revision 16759. The Debian changelog entry added at that time refers to bug report #247734. Looking at #247734 I see that 'localhost.localdomain' appeared without anyone either supporting its inclusion or objecting to it. Thi

Re: Please Help me to install and configure Debian Correctly

2005-10-13 Thread Markus Boas
Am Donnerstag 13 Oktober 2005 15:50 schrieb kanchana thisaru: > 1 I need to install debian for my Sserver but i can not get a DHCP ID: >i get an Error message saying my DHCP configuration has faild. > Even if skip DCHP Configurations at the instalation time how i am going > to get the DHCP IP

Re: Please Help me to install and configure Debian Correctly

2005-10-13 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, Most likely you get more answers on debian-users, this list is about coordinating the development effords of Debian. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > 1 I need to install debian for my Sserver but i can not get a DHCP ID: > i get an Error message saying my DHCP configuration ha

Bug#333756: ITP: roundcube -- modern, skinable webmail solution for IMAP servers

2005-10-13 Thread Neil McGovern
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Package name: roundcube Version : 0.1-20051007 Upstream Author : Thomas Bruederli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL : http://www.example.org/ License

Re: Bug#333756: ITP: roundcube -- modern, skinable webmail solution for IMAP servers

2005-10-13 Thread Neil McGovern
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 04:46:40PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Neil McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Package name: roundcube > Version : 0.1-20051007 > Upstream Author : Thomas Bruederli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http:

Bug#333805: ITP: php-json-ext -- json serialiser for PHP4/5

2005-10-13 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: php-json-ext Version : 1.0.7 Upstream Author : Omar Kilani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.aurore.net/projects/php-json/ * License : LGPL Description : json

Re: localhost.localdomain

2005-10-13 Thread Jeff Stevens
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 16:02 +0200, Thomas Hood wrote: > The change from 'localhost' to 'localhost.localdomain' was made in > svn revision 16759. The Debian changelog entry added at that time > refers to bug report #247734. Looking at #247734 I see that > 'localhost.localdomain' appeared without a

Bug#333840: ITP: pybot -- Powerful IRC bot with plugin support

2005-10-13 Thread Mathias Weyland
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: pybot Version : 2003-09-11 Upstream Author : Gustavo Niemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://labix.org/pybot * License : GPL Description : Powerful IRC bot with plugin support This is a full featured IR

Bug#333844: override changes are not announced to the package maintainers

2005-10-13 Thread Matthias Klose
Package: general override change are not announced to the package maintainers, _after_ a package is uploaded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#333844: override changes are not announced to the package maintainers

2005-10-13 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Matthias Klose wrote: Package: general override change are not announced to the package maintainers, _after_ a package is uploaded. I don't beleive this is true. I just got the following email from the archive: --- Subject: easyh10 override disparity There are disparities between your

Report from DSC 2005 in Seattle

2005-10-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Several weeks ago, I attended the 'Directions in Statistical Computing 2005' (or DSC2005 for short) conference in Seattle that was hosted by the Biostats department of U of Washington. [1] This email is meant to provide a brief report back to Debian. I. Well what is this anyway? DSC 2005 was t

Re: Bug#333844: override changes are not announced to the package maintainers

2005-10-13 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:36:43 -0400, Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Matthias Klose wrote: >>Package: general >> >>override change are not announced to the package maintainers, _after_ >>a package is uploaded. I agree. That's a bug which should be fixed. A maintainer should know bef

Work-needing packages report for Oct 14, 2005

2005-10-13 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 204 (new: 11) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 83 (new: 1) Total number of packages request