Re: Bug#377956: ITP: python-psycopgda2 -- PostgreSQL adapter for Python

2006-07-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:19:01AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote: > I intend to package this module which would be a successor of > python-psycopgda > > * Package name: python-psycopgda2 > Version : 2.0.2 > Upstream Author : Federico Di Gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [..] > Note: If th

Re: Broken applications: Could we be honest?

2006-07-13 Thread David Pashley
On Jul 12, 2006 at 21:52, Art Edwards praised the llamas by saying: > I posted the same initial message on the three sites I thought were > appropriate. My plea for honesty was a measure of frustration with > what should be well-established packages. It turns out that in the newer > distros, the st

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 03:58:13PM -0400, Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some examples and test files are licensed under Mozilla-sample-code. > > Uh, is that actually a license? Yes it is: BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK Version: Mozilla-sample-code 1.0 Copyright (c) 2002 Netscape Commu

Bug#378077: ITP: xsudoku -- A sudoku solver

2006-07-13 Thread Maxime ROBACHE
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Maxime ROBACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: xsudoku Version : 1 Upstream Author : Maxime ROBACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://candide.homeunix.com/xsudoku/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:46:51PM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > Joerg clearly stands that: > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > be called "scripts": > > """ GPL §3 requires the "scripts for compilation" to be provided but > as a first note, it is unclear w

Re: Bug#377956: ITP: python-psycopgda2 -- PostgreSQL adapter for Python

2006-07-13 Thread Toni Mueller
Hello Hamish, On Thu, 13.07.2006 at 09:03:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't upstream intend to package it himself? Please contact him to > check his plans. ok, I missed, and will check, that, but was deluded into thinking he wouldn't because he is also not the mainta

Bug#378093: ITP: tourney-manager -- perl interface to run chess engine tournaments

2006-07-13 Thread Oliver Korff
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Oliver Korff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: tourney-manager Version : 2006-06-15 Upstream Author : Holger Ruckdeschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.hoicher.de/hoichess/tourney_manager/index.html * License :

Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Paul Wise
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: gzrt Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : Aaron M. Renn * URL : http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/hacking/gzrt/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : gzip recover

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > Joerg clearly stands that: > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > be called "scripts": > > """ GPL §3 requires the "scripts for compilation" to be provided but > as a first note, it is unclear whether Makefiles may be

Re: Bug#377956: ITP: python-psycopgda2 -- PostgreSQL adapter for Python

2006-07-13 Thread Federico Di Gregorio
Il giorno gio, 13/07/2006 alle 09.09 +0200, Toni Mueller ha scritto: > > On Thu, 13.07.2006 at 09:03:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wouldn't upstream intend to package it himself? Please contact him > to check his plans. > > ok, I missed, and will check, that, but was d

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-13 15:54]: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: gzrt > Version : 0.4 > Upstream Author : Aaron M. Renn > * URL : http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/hacking/gzrt/ > * Licen

Re: Broken applications: Could we be honest?

2006-07-13 Thread Izak Burger
On 7/12/06, Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Please answer only to the list the mail is originating. Agreed. Cross posting is bad form. On top, I am wondering why we have so many ' tell the truth mail lately. Dan Brown started it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Broken applications: Could we be honest?

2006-07-13 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Art Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Excuse me for chiming in, but I think many places simply look > for the best performance and productivity/dollar(euro). We do use the PGI > compiler, > mostly because gnu had not had a f90-f95 compiler, and partly because > of, maybe, a 10% improvement in

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Martin Wuertele] > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > > No need to mension it in the description, that's what dependencies > are for. Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's entirely appropriate to explain

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Erast Benson
On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > > Joerg clearly stands that: > > > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > > be called "scripts": > > > > """ GPL §3 requires the "scripts for compilation" to be pro

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread David Pashley
On Jul 13, 2006 at 16:06, Erast Benson praised the llamas by saying: > > I don't want to insist on (1) too. But I must agree with Joerg that it > is unclear if Makefiles could be called as "scripts for compilation". > > Makefiles are programs written in non-scripting language. To understand > wha

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Jim Crilly
On 07/13/06 08:06:19AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > > > Joerg clearly stands that: > > > > > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > > > be called "scripts": > > >

Re: adduser: what is the difference between --disabled-password and--disabled-login

2006-07-13 Thread wieseltux23
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=pages&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fpages.google.com%3A80%2F On Sat, 14 May 2005 20:29:03 -0700 Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 10:33:28PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > > On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 07:22:56PM -0700,

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:06:19AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > > > Joerg clearly stands that: > > > > > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > > > be called "scri

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Roger Leigh
Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): >> > Joerg clearly stands that: >> > >> > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may >> > be called "scripts": >> > >> > """ GPL

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Erast Benson
On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 16:43 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > >> Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > >> > Joerg clearly stands that: > >> > > >> > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread George Danchev
On Thursday 13 July 2006 18:54, Erast Benson wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 16:43 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > Erast Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > >> Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > > >> > Joerg clearly stands that: > > >

Re: greylisting on debian.org?

2006-07-13 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The specific example used was some spam source sitting in the same /27 > netblock in a colo server room, and getting through the graylister because > a proper MTA from the same /27 netblock had already been added to the > "approve it, it do

Re: the planet is gone...

2006-07-13 Thread ed
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:51:26 +0200 Wolfgang Lonien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > np - is there a status page somewhere for the Debian boxes, so next > time ppl could look it up themselves? > > I would volunteer to make one, but I'm no DD... We might need a status page for the status page box ...

Re: the planet is gone...

2006-07-13 Thread Joey Hess
ed wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:51:26 +0200 > Wolfgang Lonien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > np - is there a status page somewhere for the Debian boxes, so next > > time ppl could look it up themselves? > > > > I would volunteer to make one, but I'm no DD... > > We might need a status page

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's > entirely appropriate to explain why in the description. README.Debian maybe, but not in the description... -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#378157: general: w gives some weird message

2006-07-13 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Package: general Severity: normal I couldn't figure out what package "w" belongs to, hence general. "w" is reporting some messages on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. 2.4+ kernel w/o ELF notes? -- report this 05:57:38 up 18 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.04 USER TTY FROM LO

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) > On Jul 13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Presumably he intends to merely Recommend cpio, in which case it's >> entirely appropriate to explain why in the description. > README.Debian maybe, but not in the description... The package desc

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-13 16:48]: > [Martin Wuertele] > > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > > > > No need to mension it in the description, that's what dependencies > > are for. > > Presumably he intends to

Bug#378157: general: w gives some weird message

2006-07-13 Thread Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 05:59:33AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > I couldn't figure out what package "w" belongs to, hence general. > "w" is reporting some messages on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. Where does /etc/alternatives/w point to in your system? -- Rodrigo Gallardo GPG-Fingerprint: 7C81 E60C 4

Bug#378157: general: w gives some weird message

2006-07-13 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 05:59:33AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > I couldn't figure out what package "w" belongs to, hence general. > "w" is reporting some messages on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. cassarossa:~> ls -l /usr/bin/w lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-06-04 11:39 /usr/bin/w -> /etc/alternat

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 12:59:53PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > If it's not obvious to someone then that person is either > (a) dishonest or (b) astonishingly out of touch with reality. That would seem to be an accurate description of some certain author of some certain rather popular CD-writing to

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 08:06:19AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:59 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Erast Benson writes ("Re: cdrtools"): > > > Joerg clearly stands that: > > > > > > 1) Makefiles != scripts or at least it is unclear whether Makefiles may > > > be called "scri

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-13 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 06:49:52PM +0200, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:10:29AM +0200, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Last time I checked (and it was after Gerv's post), the relicensing changes > > were still not applied to the MOZILLA_1_8_BRANCH

Bug#378167: ITP: sudoku -- console based sudoku

2006-07-13 Thread Nicolas François
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Nicolas François" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: sudoku Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Michael Kennett * URL : http://www.laurasia.com.au/sudoku/ * License : Public Domain Programming Lang: C Description

Re: Bug#378112: ITP: gzrt -- gzip recovery toolkit

2006-07-13 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Martin Wuertele [Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:24:38 +0200]: > > > > Please install cpio 2.5 or higher to facilitate recovery from > > > > damaged gzipped tarballs. > No need to mension it at all (skipping woody): ^^ Hopefully it == "the version" :) As Henning, I

sub : help on glade.

2006-07-13 Thread sameer tandra
Hi    This is sameer working in software devision in MIC Electronics.We are devoloping a project in LINUX with GLADE and using MY-SQL as back-end. 1) I compiled GLADE application using ---> make ---> makeinstall --- > ./filename and i got output for all the programs. 2) Later i have written a prog

information regarding glade

2006-07-13 Thread sameer tandra
Hi    This is sameer working in software devision in MIC Electronics.We are devoloping a project in LINUX with GLADE and using MY-SQL as back-end. 1) I compiled GLADE application using ---> make ---> makeinstall --- > ./filename and i got output for all the programs. 2) Later i have written a prog

Work-needing packages report for Jul 14, 2006

2006-07-13 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: 322 (new: 20) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 81 (new: 1) Total number of packages request