Re: Bug#414966: ITP: svnmerge -- A merge helper tool for Subversion

2007-03-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 15 mars 2007 à 07:01 +0100, Dario Minnucci a écrit : > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Dario Minnucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: svnmerge Instead of 3 packages, couldn't these 3 scripts fit in a single svn-tools package? -- .''`. : :' : We are debian.

Re: Commit hooks to notify BTS

2007-03-15 Thread Loïc Minier
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007, Christian Perrier wrote: > During translation handling of several packages, I happen to commit a > big bunch of updates, each supposed to fix a l10n bug report and > sending a "Committed" mails with "tags xx pending" is also a > PITAand, of course, I happen to forget,

Debian qualified as a OMG operating system

2007-03-15 Thread Emanuele Rocca
Hi guys, quoting http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSystem#systemadministration "Debian has been qualified as a OMG operating system for administrators, primarily because of its ease of use, security and straight-forward common sense usage." What is a "OMG operating system"? In my head OMG could m

Re: Debian qualified as a OMG operating system

2007-03-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:33:45AM +0100, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > Hi guys, > > quoting http://wiki.debian.org/DebianSystem#systemadministration > > "Debian has been qualified as a OMG operating system for administrators, > primarily because of its ease of use, security and straight-forward > co

Re: May one use ~rc1 within versions although older lintians are complaining?

2007-03-15 Thread Roman Müllenschläder
Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2007 schrieb Gunnar Wolf: > Please set up the headers accordingly in your mail client :) What's wrong with my headers? Lg Roman

Re: May one use ~rc1 within versions although older lintians are complaining?

2007-03-15 Thread Roman Müllenschläder
Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2007 schrieb Gunnar Wolf: > Roman Müllenschläder dijo [Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 08:43:56PM +0100]: > > > > > So, why are you using a version that's not the one in testing, nor > > > > > the one in stable? > > > > > > > > Because my laptop, where I'm building the packages on, is ru

Re: May one use ~rc1 within versions although older lintians are complaining? (Closed)

2007-03-15 Thread Roman Müllenschläder
Am Dienstag, 13. März 2007 schrieb Roman Müllenschläder: > Hi there ... > > I'm packaging for debian right now and wanted to now if I may use a version > number like: 1.0.8~rc1-1 ? > > Reason is the following: I have this packages on my repository for making > it available to users for testing pupo

Bug#414988: ITP: twistedsnmp -- SNMP protocol implementation for Python Twisted framework

2007-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: twistedsnmp Version : 0.3.13 Upstream Author : Michael C. Fletcher, Patrick K. O'Brien * URL : http://twistedsnmp.sourceforge.net/ * License : BSD License Programmin

Re: Bug#414966: ITP: svnmerge -- A merge helper tool for Subversion

2007-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:01:25AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Instead of 3 packages, couldn't these 3 scripts fit in a single > svn-tools package? Seconded, and even more: the "subversion-tools" package is a binary package from the "subversion" source package. At first glance, stuff in subve

Re: Bug#414966: ITP: svnmerge -- A merge helper tool for Subversion

2007-03-15 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Heya, > Seconded, and even more: the "subversion-tools" package is a binary > package from the "subversion" source package. At first glance, stuff in > subversion-tools is contributed stuff to the subversion upstream. Can't > these 3 scripts be contributed upstream as well and hence distributed > d

Re: May one use ~rc1 within versions although older lintians are complaining?

2007-03-15 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On Thursday 15 March 2007 11:31, Roman Müllenschläder wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2007 schrieb Gunnar Wolf: > > Please set up the headers accordingly in your mail client :) > > What's wrong with my headers? Nothing AFAICS, at least not according to the Code of Conduct of these mailing lists. G

Re: What happened to Agnula.org (DeMuDi)?

2007-03-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Tomas Nykung wrote: DeMuDi is dead, H, well, what exactly means dead? I did not dived into the DeMuDi project personally, but besides producing ISO images ready to install my impression was that the people connected to that project are busy integrating audio related s

Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

2007-03-15 Thread Michael S. Peek
Hi gurus, I'm looking to buy or build an install host -- one machine dedicated to building and serving a local repository for the purposes of installing/upgrading/maintaining other Debian hosts throughout our organization. The problem is, I'm a little clueless when it comes to hardware, and

Bug#415021: ITP: pysnmp-se -- speed enhanced Python SNMP library for agents and managers

2007-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pysnmp-se Version : 3.5.2 Upstream Author : Mike Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/twistedsnmp/ * License : BSD Programming Lang:

Re: Commit hooks to notify BTS

2007-03-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Apart from "has anyone already done the same thing for the poor users of > stone age VCS like Subversion"? http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/svnlog/ I have a Debian package that I use on my own systems that I haven't uploaded just because, well,

Bug#415036: ITP: arp-scan -- arp scanning and fingerprinting tool

2007-03-15 Thread Tim Brown
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: arp-scan Version : 1.5 Upstream Author : Roy Hills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.nta-monitor.com/tools/arp-scan/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description

co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Hi all, I'm willing to present a Debian project proposal for the Google Summer of Code [1] for implementing a web frontend for reporting bugs to the Debian BTS. I'm volunteering for being a mentor for such a project. I've expertise in the field of usability and I know, as an user, debbugs related

Re: Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

2007-03-15 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 11:03 -0400, Michael S. Peek wrote: > Hi gurus, > > I'm looking to buy or build an install host -- one machine dedicated to > building and serving a local repository for the purposes of > installing/upgrading/maintaining other Debian hosts throughout our > organization. T

Re: Commit hooks to notify BTS

2007-03-15 Thread John Goerzen
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 06:45:45AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > Feedback appreciated. > > > Apart from "has anyone already done the same thing for the poor users > of stone age VCS like Subversion"? I think it should be trivial to accomplish in svn. All you have to do is extract the log

Re: Bug#414966: ITP: svnmerge -- A merge helper tool for Subversion

2007-03-15 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 12:35:19PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Heya, > > Seconded, and even more: the "subversion-tools" package is a binary > > package from the "subversion" source package. At first glance, stuff in > > subversion-tools is contributed stuff to the subversion upstream. Can't > >

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 3/15/07, Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'm willing to present a Debian project proposal for the Google Summer of Code [1] for implementing a web frontend for reporting bugs to the Debian BTS. I'm volunteering for being a mentor for such a project. I've expertise in th

Re: Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

2007-03-15 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Heya, > And for clarity, IA32 cover 32-bit Intel and works for AMD 32-bit > processors. > but ia32 will just work fine on amd64 architectures. You can decide if you want to run a 32 or 64bit Linux on amd64/emt64. Both ways have their advantages and drawbacks. Choose whatever you need. Cheers

A "desktop" kernel in debian?

2007-03-15 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi everyone, I've recently recompiled my kernel again, after running the standard debian one, to include stuff such as preemption and a higher tick frequency (1000Hz). It is hard to test whether this makes any noticeable difference on performance, but I've found that it seems to make the desktop

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:28:11PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Hi all, > I'm willing to present a Debian project proposal for the Google Summer > of Code [1] for implementing a web frontend for reporting bugs to the > Debian BTS. I'm volunteering for being a mentor for such a project. I've

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On to, 2007-03-15 at 15:06 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > capable of submitting a useful bug report? A GUI version of reportbug would be nice, thoug

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Shobhit Jindal
On 3/16/07, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On to, 2007-03-15 at 15:06 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > capable of submitting a useful bug

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Jan Michael C. Alonzo
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > capable of submitting a useful bug report? I don't think this is about abilities. Do you think anyone

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:10:10AM +0530, Shobhit Jindal wrote: > On 3/16/07, Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >On to, 2007-03-15 at 15:06 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > >> Debian. Do you really think that

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:48:53AM +1100, Jan Michael C. Alonzo wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > > capable of submitting a

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 15 mars 2007 à 16:49 -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > HTTP doesn't give you a callback mechanism, so you need to be able to tie > the web submission back to an email address. > > You want to avoid joe-jobbing, so you require registration in advance of > allowing bug submissions. > > Now

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 04:49:36PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Now you've reimplemented bugzilla, congratulations; and it's still inferior > to reportbug because the website can't automatically gather information > about the package status on your system when you submit a bug. I think with Acti

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:52:24AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > This is true for the initial report. But you also gain something > bugzilla has and reportbug doesn't: you can crawl on the website, find > an interesting bug, and direclty add some comments. > I don't see how this is anything

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 03:06:33PM -0700, Steve Langasek a écrit : > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 07:28:11PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm willing to present a Debian project proposal for the Google Summer > > of Code [1] for implementing a web frontend for reporting bugs to the

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:13:19AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > Hi all, > > There has been long thread on bug triaging recently. I think that a web > interface to the BTS could make the task easier for volunteers, since > exploring the bug space of a software (from the Debian package to the >

Bug#415091: ITP: csstidy -- CSS parser and optimiser

2007-03-15 Thread Kevin Coyner
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Kevin Coyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: csstidy Version : 1.2 Upstream Author : Florian Schmitz * URL : http://csstidy.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : CSS parser and

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I'm willing to present a Debian project proposal for the Google > Summer of Code [1] for implementing a web frontend for reporting > bugs to the Debian BTS. Any such frontend must not be worse than reportbug at actually gathering information and pro

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:23:09PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On to, 2007-03-15 at 15:06 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > > capable of submitti

Re: Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

2007-03-15 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 21:21 +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Heya, > > And for clarity, IA32 cover 32-bit Intel and works for AMD 32-bit > > processors. > > > > but ia32 will just work fine on amd64 architectures. > You can decide if you want to run a 32 or 64bit Linux on amd64/emt64. > Both ways

Re: Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

2007-03-15 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Thursday 15 March 2007 20.02:14 Greg Folkert wrote: > And for clarity, IA32 cover 32-bit Intel and works for AMD 32-bit > processors. IA64 is the Itanium series of processors, amd64 cover the > AMD K8/Opteron processors AND the Intel emt64* Intel processors. ... and just for completeness: x86_6

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Christian Perrier
> I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > capable of submitting a useful bug report? Hint, Steve: l10n...:-) signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Work-needing packages report for Mar 16, 2007

2007-03-15 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: 368 (new: 14) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 84 (new: 1) Total number of packages request

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 07:20:50AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > > capable of submitting a useful bug report? > Hint, Steve: l10n...:-) Heh

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Christian Perrier
> > Hint, Steve: l10n...:-) > > Heh, I'm unhappy as it is with the practice of translators of submitting > full .po files instead of diffs. ;) (getting OT) Actually, I'm among the ppl who discourage the use of diff files for PO files. The various differences in formatting behaviour of the PO ed

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On pe, 2007-03-16 at 13:03 +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:23:09PM +, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > A GUI version of reportbug would be nice, though. Having to open a terminal > > and deal with clumsy line based user interfaces is not a hindrance, but > > it is an obstacle,

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Steve Langasek wrote: I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is capable of submitting a useful bug report? IMHO the biggest problem of reportbug is that it is not announ

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread sean finney
On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 15:06 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I (continue to) object to the notion of web-based submission of bugs to > Debian. Do you really think that someone who can't maneuver reportbug is > capable of submitting a useful bug report? yes, actually. wrt web based interfaces: sure

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Bastian Venthur
Andreas Tille schrieb: > IMHO the biggest problem of reportbug is that it is not announced in the > end of the install process. I have seen so many (even skilled) Debian > users who were not aware that there is something like reportbug. IMHO > this definitely has to be advertised at at least one

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 15 mars 2007 à 20:10 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez a écrit : > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:52:24AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > > This is true for the initial report. But you also gain something > > bugzilla has and reportbug doesn't: you can crawl on the website, find > > an interesti

Re: co-mentor for a GSoC proposal wanted: debbugs web submission

2007-03-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 15 mars 2007 à 20:34 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez a écrit : > What will a web interface provide that cannot be found/done by browsing > http://bugs.debian.org/src: ? A way for us to manage our 1600 bugs? E.g. something like this: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=nautilus -- .