Re: Alioth upgraded

2007-05-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 13 May 2007, Roland Mas wrote: > - Subversion's new /usr/lib/subversion/hook-scripts/commit-email.pl > script complains if you don't pass it a hostname (with "-h > alioth.debian.org"). We've locally (and temporarily) patched that > script, but you should really check your Subver

Re: Getting Debian to use less power?

2007-05-14 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Baumann] > Just wondering... Why do you upload packages you don't want to maintain > afterwards? I remember the same with usplash. Because I want/need the packages and see no use in doing the packaging privately when I can make it available for all of Debian. One thing is getting it into

Re: Announce: DebianArt.org

2007-05-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sun, 13 May 2007, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > > That far I could guess but the reasoning is flawed. Getting a > > art.debian.org for this service is a matter of convincing DSA and I highly > > doubt that DSA will require uglyness to accept it. > > It was a joke. Adjust your view of reality,

Re: Mysterious NMU (Bug #423455)

2007-05-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > > > Should be ${source:Version}. pure-ftpd-common is > > > arch:all. > > > > I changed that and uploaded new packages. Thanks for you quick help! > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=4227

Re: request for clarification wrt POSIX /bin/sh and local

2007-05-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 13 May 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > this hasn't been discussed in a while, and i'm wondering if we could > > come to an agreement to clarify policy on the matter. > > We already did and have even agreed on language, and it's just waiting f

Bug#423770: ITP: rubypodder -- Unattended podcast downloader

2007-05-14 Thread Stephen Birch
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Stephen Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: rubypodder Version : 0.0.2 Upstream Author : Stephen Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/rubypodder * License : GPL Description : Ruby

Re: BTS subscription fixed

2007-05-14 Thread ar
Still get no subscribing confirmation mail. Please see my bugreport on that problem: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420261 The bug is still open for me. Also schrieb Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am Mon, 14 May 2007 01:01:07 +0200: > The mechanism that allows to subscribe to

Re: Bug#423770: ITP: rubypodder -- Unattended podcast downloader

2007-05-14 Thread Jochen Schulz
Stephen Birch: > > Rubypodder is a script designed to be called from cron to perform > unattended downloads listed in a configuration file containing a set of > ssl feeds. Rubypodder was inspired by bashpodder. ^^^ That should probably read 'RSS', I guess. J. -- If I had to live on a desert

Re: BTS subscription fixed

2007-05-14 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On ma, 2007-05-14 at 10:51 +0200, ar wrote: > Still get no subscribing confirmation mail. > > Please see my bugreport on that problem: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420261 > > The bug is still open for me. That bug is from April. Did you try again after Frans announced it as

Re: BTS subscription fixed

2007-05-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 14 May 2007 10:51, ar wrote: > Still get no subscribing confirmation mail. Subscribing to #420261 works for me now. > Please see my bugreport on that problem: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420261 I've replied to that BR. Please follow up to my mail you will receive

Re: Mysterious NMU (Bug #423455)

2007-05-14 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 09:24:35AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > > > > Should be ${source:Version}. pure-ftpd-common is > > > > arch:all. > > > > > > I changed that and uploaded new packages. Thanks for

Re: Alpha for developers?

2007-05-14 Thread Tim Cutts
On 10 Apr 2007, at 1:54 am, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi Bernd, On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 11:27:05PM +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: Sam Hocevar mentioned on his platform that there is no Alpha machine available for developers. As we have a few standing around in a cellar at work I'd be willing to

Re: CDD: GastroLinux (RFC)

2007-05-14 Thread Francois-Denis Gonthier
- KRYPTIVA PACKAGED MESSAGE - PACKAGING TYPE: SIGNED [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Beware that in (at least fr_FR) french, "gastro" is also a shortcut > for "gastroenteritis" and is strongly associated with its symptoms! > It may really hamper your success in french-speaking countries... >

Re: Mysterious NMU (Bug #423455)

2007-05-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > Your case is probably better handled with a simple higher-or-equal > > dependency. > > Maybe I misunderstand, but wouldn't something like (>= 1.0.1-1) and (<< > 1.0.1-2) be more correct? That way the package is still binNMU safe and > also safe f

Re: Getting Debian to use less power?

2007-05-14 Thread Daniel Baumann
Andreas Tille wrote: > I never read anywhere that you have to keep a package for a certain time > before you file an RFA bug even if it is unusual to do this just after > closing the ITP. neither did i say that, nor did i wanted to implicit that. my question was out of curiousity, not with the int

Re: CDD: GastroLinux (RFC)

2007-05-14 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Francois-Denis Gonthier wrote: Beware that in (at least fr_FR) french, "gastro" is also a shortcut for "gastroenteritis" and is strongly associated with its symptoms! It may really hamper your success in french-speaking countries... ditto for ca_FR that's a very unappeti

Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

2007-05-14 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Ask somebody, what distro would he install at desktop for novice or M$ refugee? Why many are choosing Ubuntu instead of Debian, and even worse, abandon Debian in favor of Ubuntu? Why do most people consider Debian to be user-unfriendly and server-oriented distro? Debian developers often see "U

Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

2007-05-14 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Ask somebody, what distro would he install at desktop for novice or M$ refugee? Why many are choosing Ubuntu instead of Debian, and even worse, abandon Debian in favor of Ubuntu? Why do most people consider Debian to be user-unfriendly and server-oriented distro? Debian developers often see "U

Re: CDD: GastroLinux (RFC)

2007-05-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:22:35PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Francois-Denis Gonthier wrote: > > >>Beware that in (at least fr_FR) french, "gastro" is also a shortcut > >>for "gastroenteritis" and is strongly associated with its symptoms! > >>It may really hamper your succe

Re: Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

2007-05-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:55:40PM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: > Ask somebody, what distro would he install at desktop for novice or M$ > refugee? Why many are choosing Ubuntu instead of Debian, and even > worse, abandon Debian in favor of Ubuntu? Why do most people consider > Debian to be u

Re: CDD: GastroLinux (RFC)

2007-05-14 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Mon, 14 May 2007 14:22:35 +0200 (CEST) Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So maybe Debian-Dinner would be better? ;-) > > BTW, I think we should have first something and then find an apropriate > name for this something. It makes no sense to do endless naming discussions > before someb

Re: Mysterious NMU (Bug #423455)

2007-05-14 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 01:56:30PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > Your case is probably better handled with a simple higher-or-equal > > > dependency. > > > > Maybe I misunderstand, but wouldn't something like (>= 1.0.1-1) and (<< > > 1.0.1-2)

Re: Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

2007-05-14 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Peter Tuharsky] > Ask somebody, what distro would he install at desktop for novice or M$ > refugee? Why many are choosing Ubuntu instead of Debian, and even > worse, abandon Debian in favor of Ubuntu? Why do most people consider > Debian to be user-unfriendly and server-oriented distro? Interest

Re: Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

2007-05-14 Thread Luis Matos
Seg, 2007-05-14 às 17:03 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen escreveu: > Interesting analysis, with several good points on keeping the stable > release working with newer hardware and keeping the software selection > relevant. But my first impression after reading your long text is > that you are ignoring

Re: spam from bugs.debian.org

2007-05-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-05-07 13:13:59, schrieb Wouter Verhelst: > On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 11:13:50AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I don't know how much this helps, but wouldn't it be good to more > > actively *recommend* the posters to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Something like a monthly reminder sent

Re: Getting Debian to use less power?

2007-05-14 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 02:01:26PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: >> How accurate is this tool? I saw that hald-addon-cpuf (which I >> assume is short for ...-cpufreq), more precisely in >> "queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn)" stood for a lot of >> wakeups, so I killed it. Yet it keep

print-system virtual package?

2007-05-14 Thread Andreas Fester
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I was just investigating a bug where the issue seems that no print system is installed (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=420746) That raised the question: would it make sense to add a virtual package like "print-system" or similar

Re: request for clarification wrt POSIX /bin/sh and local

2007-05-14 Thread Russ Allbery
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could you have a policy of releasing more often? I'd personally be happy to, but don't have a lot of time right now to drive the process personally. I'm also recovering from a pretty nasty bug that took out my weekend. :/ -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL P

ITP: bandwidthcalc -- file transfer time calculator written in GTK+

2007-05-14 Thread Christoph Goehre
Package: wnpp Owner: Christoph Goehre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Severity: wishlist * Package name: bandwidthcalc Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Christoph Goehre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.debiaan.de/~chris/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Descript

Re: CDD: GastroLinux (RFC)

2007-05-14 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Francois-Denis Gonthier wrote: >>> Beware that in (at least fr_FR) french, "gastro" is also a shortcut >>> for "gastroenteritis" and is strongly associated with its symptoms! >>> It may really hamper your success in french-speaking co

Re: ITP: bandwidthcalc -- file transfer time calculator written in GTK+

2007-05-14 Thread John Goerzen
I guess I have to just ask: how useful is this? This is really a quite trivial calculation, and many apps/websites perform it automatically these days anyway. On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 10:27:01PM +0200, Christoph Goehre wrote: > Package: wnpp > Owner: Christoph Goehre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Severity

Bug#423911: ITP: citadel -- Citadel.org is an highly integrated Groupware Platform with a Web 2.0 enabled Webinterface, but also providing SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and GroupDAV access to its content.

2007-05-14 Thread Wilfried Goesgens
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Wilfried Goesgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: citadel Version : 7.09 Upstream Author : Citadel Project https://uncensored.citadel.org * URL : http://www.citadel.org/ * License : (GPL) Programming Lang: (C) Desc

Liability protection project - call for participants

2007-05-14 Thread Bruce Perens
A long time ago we planned for SPI to protect Debian developers from liability connected with their development of Free Software. That never came to fruition. With the sword-rattling going on by various patent holders, it's a goal even more worth carrying out today. Some of us have homes, and

Re: Bug#423911: ITP: citadel -- Citadel.org is an highly integrated Groupware Platform with a Web 2.0 enabled Webinterface, but also providing SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and GroupDAV access to its content.

2007-05-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Wilfried Goesgens said: > > * Package name: citadel > > Citadel offers Versatile email services with verry low administration > needed. It provides its own implementations of these server protocols: > Imap, Pop3, SMTP, ManageSieve, Citadel Thank you for packaging

Processed: retitle 322762 to /usr/doc may still exist on upgrade of old systems

2007-05-14 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > # Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.10.4 > retitle 322762 /usr/doc may still exist on upgrade of old systems Bug#322762: /usr/doc still exists (transition tracking bug) Changed Bug title to /usr/doc may still exist on upgrade

Re: Bug#423911: ITP: citadel -- Citadel.org is an highly integrated Groupware Platform with a Web 2.0 enabled Webinterface, but also providing SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and GroupDAV access to its content.

2007-05-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/14/07 17:23, Wilfried Goesgens wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Wilfried Goesgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: citadel > Version : 7.09 > Upstream Author : Citadel Project https://uncensored.citadel

Debian base system package list

2007-05-14 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Is a file, webpage or command that can provide a list of packages that are part of the Debian base system? I tried searching in various places without much luck. Any help in the right direct is appreciated. Thanks, -Carlos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Debian base system package list

2007-05-14 Thread sean finney
hi carlos, On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 22:33 -0700, Carlos Ramirez wrote: > Is a file, webpage or command that can provide a list of packages that > are part of the Debian base system? I tried searching in various places > without much luck. Any help in the right direct is appreciated. the easiest wa

Re: Debian base system package list

2007-05-14 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Sean, Thanks for the info. It seems that all those would give me the info I want. I was thinking that I would be able to get that info from the actual build files of the Debian distribution itself, does there exists such a beast? I'm trying to compile a list packages that are common to 'base

Re: Debian base system package list

2007-05-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 07:33, Carlos Ramirez wrote: > Is a file, webpage or command that can provide a list of packages that > are part of the Debian base system? I tried searching in various places > without much luck. Any help in the right direct is appreciated. You could use debootstrap: deboot