Bug#402280: ITP: mbpeventd -- Apple MacBook Pro hotkeys event handler

2006-12-09 Thread Julien BLACHE
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: mbpeventd Version : 0.3 Upstream Author : Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://technologeek.org/projects/mbpeventd/ (soon) * License : GPL Programming Lang:

Re: Bug#398533: RFP: tp-smapi -- exposes some features of the ThinkPad - first packaging attempt

2006-12-09 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:10:46 +0100 Daniel Baumann wrote: > If you're looking for a sponsor, I can do this. Thanks Daniel, as soon as I will know the packages are good enough for Debian, I'll come back to your offer. The packages still need some more text in README.Debian etc Regards Evgeni --

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:56:27 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 08 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:51:26 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >$ GET http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control|grep block >> >block bugnumber by bug >> >... >>

Re: Bug#398533: RFP: tp-smapi -- exposes some features of the ThinkPad - first packaging attempt

2006-12-09 Thread Daniel Baumann
Evgeni Golov wrote: > Thanks Daniel, as soon as I will know the packages are good enough for > Debian, I'll come back to your offer. good. > The packages still need some more text in README.Debian etc hehe, mine too :) -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Ema

Re: Bug#398533: RFP: tp-smapi -- exposes some features of the ThinkPad - first packaging attempt

2006-12-09 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 19:15:20 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > A few doubts about this: > > tp-smapi is either patch-only, or 2.6.19-only. How are you packaging > it? It cannot be just built out-of-tree in 2.6.18, it will not always > work as it needs to extend the DMI handling code. It

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-09 Thread Andreas Metzler
Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:56:27 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Fri, 08 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: >>> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 16:51:26 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >$ GET http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control|grep bloc

please no shlib bumps! (forw) Bug#401044: marked as done (libpng12-dev: [AMD64] asm API functions not exported)

2006-12-09 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, | * Fixed "Incorrect shlibs information". Closes: #401465. --- libpng-1.2.15~beta5.orig/debian/libpng12-0.shlibs +++ libpng-1.2.15~beta5/debian/libpng12-0.shlibs @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +libpng12 0 libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.15~beta5) WTF is that? An shlib bump in the last second? That prevents fixing *any*

Re: please no shlib bumps! (forw) Bug#401044: marked as done (libpng12-dev: [AMD64] asm API functions not exported)

2006-12-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 11:35 +0100, Andreas Barth a écrit : > Hi, > > | * Fixed "Incorrect shlibs information". Closes: #401465. > --- libpng-1.2.15~beta5.orig/debian/libpng12-0.shlibs > +++ libpng-1.2.15~beta5/debian/libpng12-0.shlibs > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ > +libpng12 0 libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.15~b

Re: please no shlib bumps! (forw) Bug#401044: marked as done (libpng12-dev: [AMD64] asm API functions not exported)

2006-12-09 Thread Andreas Barth
* Josselin Mouette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061209 12:07]: > Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 11:35 +0100, Andreas Barth a écrit : > > Hi, > > > > | * Fixed "Incorrect shlibs information". Closes: #401465. > > --- libpng-1.2.15~beta5.orig/debian/libpng12-0.shlibs > > +++ libpng-1.2.15~beta5/debian/libpng

Re: please no shlib bumps! (forw) Bug#401044: marked as done (libpng12-dev: [AMD64] asm API functions not exported)

2006-12-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 12:12 +0100, Andreas Barth a écrit : > Joss, one question: > You wrote in your changelog entry some time ago: > libpng (1.2.8rel-5) unstable; urgency=low > > * drop_pass_width.patch: don't export png_pass_width, it's absolutely > unnecessary. > > -- Josselin Mo

Bug#402287: ITP: pacman4console -- a console based pacman game

2006-12-09 Thread Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pacman4console Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Michael Billars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://freshmeat.net/projects/pacmanforconsole * License : GPL Progr

symlinks replaced by directories and vice versa

2006-12-09 Thread Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
Hello, IMHO, one of the most frequently re-appearing issues in package-upgrades is symlinks in previous package versions replaced by directories in current versions and vice versa. Although the Debian policy clearly states in 6.6 (4) "A directory will never be replaced by a symbolic link to a dire

Re: symlinks replaced by directories and vice versa

2006-12-09 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: > However, since this is such a frequent source of bugs and since so many > package maintainers seem not to be able to deal well with it, I'm asking > myself, if it wouldn't make sense to change this behaviour to something > which is more native

Re: symlinks replaced by directories and vice versa

2006-12-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 01:34:51PM +0100, Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 09, 2006, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: > > However, since this is such a frequent source of bugs and since so many > > package maintainers seem not to be able to deal well with it, I'm asking > > myself

Re: symlinks replaced by directories and vice versa

2006-12-09 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > IMHO, one of the most frequently re-appearing issues in package-upgrades > is symlinks in previous package versions replaced by directories in > current versions and vice versa. > Although the Debian policy clearly states in 6.6 (4)

Re: SUMMARY: Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Loïc Minier wrote: >> - goobox > > Alternative programs available with a superset of the features, and an > active upstream. I'm waiting for a final ack of the maintainer that > the alternatives are indeed okay and that we can proceed with removal. If goobox's unique feature is remote audio

Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Josselin Mouette wrote: > By hiding behind upstream, you're simply refusing to fix the problem. > The patch is a hack that is only guaranteed to work on a Debian system, > and upstream will refuse it until it is done in a proper way. This is > not how things work. Forwarding fixes upstream is impor

Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 15:36 +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff a écrit : > 2. If the GNOME maintainers come to an agreement that linking dynamically >is possible it would be _much_ appreciated, if not we need to bite the >bullet. I have made a new patch which is much cleaner and opened a bug

Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 05:23:47PM +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 15:36 +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff a écrit : > > 2. If the GNOME maintainers come to an agreement that linking dynamically > >is possible it would be _much_ appreciated, if not we

Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 17:28 +0100, Mike Hommey a écrit : > > Well, totem-xine is still the default in etch, which means > > gstreamer-ffmpeg is only important for people explicitly installing > > totem-gstreamer. However the reason until now for xine to be the default > > was its superior co

Re: Names of ROOT packages in Debian

2006-12-09 Thread Steffen Moeller
On Friday 08 December 2006 17:29, Florian Weimer wrote: > "root-project" instead of "root" could solve the problem. It's not > just that the name is too generic, your users might assume that > root-tail and root-portal are part of your packages. > > But you really need to get ftpmaster feedback.

Re: RFP: tp-smapi -- exposes some features of the ThinkPad - first packaging attempt

2006-12-09 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:48:40 +0100 Evgeni Golov wrote: > You can find the packages at > http://debian.die-welt.net/pool/main/tp-smapi/ - I would love to see > much feedback, because this is my first real packaging attemt (but > neither lintian nor linda do complain). I've impoved the packages a bi

Re: Dropping GStreamer 0.8 for etch

2006-12-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 05:31:47PM +0100, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le samedi 09 décembre 2006 à 17:28 +0100, Mike Hommey a écrit : > > > Well, totem-xine is still the default in etch, which means > > > gstreamer-ffmpeg is only important for people explicitly installing > > > t

Bug#402351: ITP: imsniff -- Simple program to log Instant Messaging activity on the network

2006-12-09 Thread Amaya
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: imsniff Version : 0.04 Upstream Author : Carlos Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/im-snif/ * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang:

Re: Names of ROOT packages in Debian

2006-12-09 Thread Florian Weimer
* Steffen Moeller: > I do not like "project" in the package name too much. If you think of > how "www.r-project.org" is presented in Debian (as r-..) then it would sound > strange to me to add "project" to a project that does not have "project" in > its name. It's less confusing than "root-sys

blocking bugs [Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?]

2006-12-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 09 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote: > What happens to a bug when it's blocked? Nothing, besides a little link in to the blockee's information to the blocker's page. > Which operations do behave as if the bug were not blocked, All. > which operations behave differently, None. > and what's t

Re: Bug#402193: ITP: macbook-backlight -- Program to change the brightness of Apple MacBook

2006-12-09 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
Le 08.12.2006, à 21:08:49, Enrico Tassi a écrit: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Enrico Tassi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: macbook-backlight > Version : > Upstream Author : Ryan Lortie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://desrt.mcmaster.ca/c

Re: Bug#402266: RFP: sxemacs --

2006-12-09 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 08:56 +0300, Kirill A. Korinskiy wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: sxemacs > Version : 22.1.6 > Upstream Author : > * URL or Web page : http://sxemacs.org/ > * License : GPL > Description : > So, the old addage:

Re: Ondemand governor by default in etch

2006-12-09 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Matthew Garrett wrote: > p4-clockmod is entirely useless. It's high-latency and doesn't drop the > core voltage. Nice. Is there a good alternative for P4 machines? Is the ACPI one any better (assuming a semi-sane BIOS)? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Ondemand governor by default in etch

2006-12-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: >> p4-clockmod is entirely useless. It's high-latency and doesn't drop the >> core voltage. > > Nice. Is there a good alternative for P4 machines? Is the ACPI one any > better (assuming a semi-sane BIOS)? It really depends on