Re: Bug#434465: ITP: vbrfix -- tool to correct MP3 files with incorrect Variable BitRate information

Hi, Description : tool to correct MP3 files that have broken Variable BitRate information For the record, I have had very good results with mp3packer : http://omion.dyndns.org/mp3packer/mp3packer.html A VBR null frame is placed at the beginning of the file to tell the MP3 player infor

ITP: cadabra -- Field-theory motivated computer algebra system

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: cadabra Version : 0.119 Upstream Authors: Kasper Peeters * URL : http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/cadabra/ * License : GNU GPL v2 Description : Field-theory motivated computer algebra system Cadabra is a comp

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ Allbery wrote: >> I was looking at the new menu structure to adopt it into my package, >> fbpanel[1], that before it was in Apps/Tools. Now this section is been >> removed and there's nothing else like this. > > I don't see an obvious place for

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Darren Salt wrote: > What would actually be useful is for packages which provide lots of menu > entries to use their own submenus. sgt-puzzles, which provides 27, is one > such; with several other entries in Games/Puzzles, it gets a bit long... If yo

ITP: libpj-java -- The Parallel Java Library

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Manuel Prinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libpj-java Version : 20070703 Upstream Author : Alan Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.cs.rit.edu/~ark/pj.shtml * License : GPL Programming Lang: Java Des

ITP: glaurung2 -- free UCI chess engine, to calculate chess moves.

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Oliver Korff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: glaurung2 Version : 2.e.5 Upstream Author : Romstad Tord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.glaurungchess.com/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description

open bugs against removed packages still in stable

When a package is removed (gchangepass, printtool), the removal message asks for the open bugs to be closed or re-assigned. These two packages still exist in stable and/or oldstable. It isn't appropriate to reassign any of these bugs, the question is should the bugs still be closed due to the remov

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Linas Žvirblis ha scritto: > What about System/Administration? It fits there because a) it changes > the way your desktop environment behaves, and b) you would usually > only start it once per session. This seems to be the best solution, even if fbpanel (or others similar apps) aren't administrati

Build the Debian Reference Card

Hi, Has anyone any advice on how to build the Reference Card[1] from source? I have removed the "--nonet" from the xsltproc call so that it can download "http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/xsl/docbook.xsl";, but now it fails: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/refcard/trunk$ make xsltproc --novalid --xinclude pre

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:04 +0100 (BST) "Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone any advice on how to build the Reference Card[1] from source? > > I have removed the "--nonet" from the xsltproc call I use xsltproc in a number of build situations and removing --nonet is NOT

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

On Tue, July 24, 2007 2:13 pm, Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:04 +0100 (BST) > "Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Has anyone any advice on how to build the Reference Card[1] from source? >> >> I have removed the "--nonet" from the xsltproc call > > I use xsltpr

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:42:07 +0100 (BST) "Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The error that led to you removing --nonet is actually more important > > than any results you get AFTER removing --nonet. > > ;-) > > > > Refcard.xsl contained: > > http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/xsl/doc

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

"Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Refcard.xsl contained: > > http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/xsl/docbook.xsl"/> > > Which failed "xsl:import : unable to load > http://db2latex.sourceforge.net/xsl/docbook.xsl"; > > I've tried removing the nonet and get the failure below. If I install > db

Bug#434518: ITP: libsnmp-info-perl -- OO interface to network devices and MIBs through SNMP

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Oliver Gorwits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libsnmp-info-perl Version : 1.04 Upstream Author : Eric A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://snmp-info.sourceforge.net/ * License : Perl/Artistic Programming La

Re: update-inetd don't update xinetd.conf

On Monday 23 July 2007 18:47, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jul 23, Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Packages containing servers that can be started from inetd should all > > provide an xinetd configuration file in /etc/xinetd.d. They will > > instantly work with > > Way too much work, and

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

Am Dienstag, den 24.07.2007, 14:13 +0100 schrieb Neil Williams: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:04 +0100 (BST) > "Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone any advice on how to build the Reference Card[1] from source? > > > > I have removed the "--nonet" from the xsltproc c

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 05:53:37PM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 24.07.2007, 14:13 +0100 schrieb Neil Williams: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:33:04 +0100 (BST) > > "Paul Cager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone any advice on how to build the Reference

Bug#434525: ITP: swing-layout -- Extensions to Swing layout

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: swing-layout Version : 1.0.2 Upstream Author : SUN Microsystems, Inc. * URL : http://swing-layout.dev.java.net * License : LGPL Programming Lang: Java Description :

Re: open bugs against removed packages still in stable

Neil Williams wrote: > When a package is removed (gchangepass, printtool), the removal > message asks for the open bugs to be closed or re-assigned. These two > packages still exist in stable and/or oldstable. It isn't appropriate > to reassign any of these bugs, the question is should the bugs sti

Re: Build the Debian Reference Card

On Tue, July 24, 2007 3:42 pm, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > Paul, > [ ... ] > - I like to make the reference card a Debian package, so that > you could file a FTBFS (fails to build from source) bug. Wolfgang, Thanks very much for this. I was hoping it would end up packaged (even if I don't have t

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about System/Administration? It fits there because a) it changes > the way your desktop environment behaves, and b) you would usually only > start it once per session. This isn't horrible, but I don't think it's a particularly great solution. I t

Re: update-inetd don't update xinetd.conf

Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps not, but the possibility to just drop a configuration snippet in > a ".d" directory, instead of having to mess with a single configuration > file, is appealing IMHO. Russ: May I ask why you don't like xinetd? A bad taste left over from Red Hat

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think there are a fair number. While a lot of them can find room > elsewhere (such as Games/Toys for things like xeyes), I really wouldn't look for xeyes in Games. I use it not too rarely, just as a "mouse cursor magnifier" when working in brigth sun

Bug#434532: ITP: netdisco -- Web-based network management tool

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Oliver Gorwits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: netdisco Version : 0.95 Upstream Author : Eric Miller, Bill Fenner and Max Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.netdisco.org/ * License : Perl/Artistic Programm

Re: Bug#434532: ITP: netdisco -- Web-based network management tool

forcemerge 434532 403113 thanks there was an RFP for that since > 200 days. -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

#include * Josselin Mouette [Wed, Jul 18 2007, 07:32:28PM]: > > The Debian menu system will generate .desktop files from .menu files if the > > .desktop file does not exist. This is intended solely > > as a temporary compatibility measure. > > This is a very bad idea. It is going to clutter the

Bug#434538: ITP: tinymce-compressor-php -- compress TinyMCE to reduce overall download size

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: tinymce-compressor-php Version : 1.1.0 Upstream Author : Moxiecode Systems AB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://tinymce.moxiecode.com * License : LGPL Descrip

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russ Allbery wrote: >> What about System/Administration? It fits there because a) it changes >> the way your desktop environment behaves, and b) you would usually only >> start it once per session. > > This isn't horrible, but I don't think it's a pa

Bug#434555: ITP: libmocha-ruby -- library for mocking and stubbing in Ruby

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Antonio Terceiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libmocha-ruby Version : 0.5.2 Upstream Author : James Mead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://mocha.rubyforge.org/ * License : MIT/X Programming Lang: Ruby Descripti

kydpdict relationships

Hi, [ retrying on this list as suggested by Sean ] I'm packaging kydpdict (#433847) which contains a Qt-based front-end for several dictionary formats. Most of them are proprietary English-Polish dictionaries that you need to pay for. However the upstream package contains free dictionary files ta

unarchiving doesn't work?

Yo all! I'd be happy if anybody can have a look at #376910: according to the message from madduck (third from the bottom atm), the bug should be open, but somehow this didn't work. thanks & greetings -- vbi -- Alle schlauen Amerikaner arbeiten bei der NSA, und die dürfen nicht mit Aus

Re: kydpdict relationships

On 11090 March 1977, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > Now I need to decide what the relationship between these two should be. Depends. > If you're lucky to have at least one of the proprietary dictionaries, then you > probably wouldn't want to install the free one, since any of the pay-for ones > are def

Re: unarchiving doesn't work?

found 376910 1.27-4 thanks On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > I'd be happy if anybody can have a look at #376910: according to the message > from madduck (third from the bottom atm), the bug should be open, but > somehow this didn't work. There was a bug with unarchiving not releas

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

Eduard Bloch wrote: > * Josselin Mouette [Wed, Jul 18 2007, 07:32:28PM]: > > > > The Debian menu system will generate .desktop files from .menu files > > > if the > > > .desktop file does not exist. This is intended solely > > > as a temporary compatibility measure. > > > > This is a very bad id

Re: Reasonable maximum package size ?

Hi, I am sorry to reincarnate the thread but I just wanted a simple clarification and give also few cents of my thoughts. > * it's better to have stuff distributed by Debian than sourced > elsewhere; we're a distribution, distributing is What We Do > * it's better for users to

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russ Allbery wrote: >> Rather Applications/"Desktop utilities" then, but I think that would be >> a sensible addition. > We need a good definition for the section, so that it would not become a > dump for packages that do not fit elsewhere. Ideas? "Do

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Hi, * Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-24 12:33]: > Russ Allbery wrote: [...] > > I do see the need for some sort of general category for that kind of > > thing. Applications/Tools is way too general-sounding, though, and I > > agree with removing that. > > What about System/Administr

Re: New Debian Menu & Apps/Tools

Hi, * Linas Žvirblis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-24 21:57]: > Russ Allbery wrote: [...] > >> I wonder if Applications/Desktop would make sense, for desktop utilities, > >> which seems to be the term most used for this kind of thing. > > > > Rather Applications/"Desktop utilities" then, but I thi

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:25:47 +0100, Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Eduard Bloch wrote: >> * Josselin Mouette [Wed, Jul 18 2007, 07:32:28PM]: >> >> > > The Debian menu system will generate .desktop files from .menu >> > > files if the .desktop file does not exist. This is intended >>

Bug#434583: ITP: tbb -- Thread Building Blocks is a parallelism library for C++

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: tbb Version : 2.0~20070719 Upstream Author : Intel Corporation * URL : http://www.threadingbuildingblocks.org/ * License : GPL with runtime exception Programming Lang: C++

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/24/07 17:31, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:25:47 +0100, Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Eduard Bloch wrote: >>> * Josselin Mouette [Wed, Jul 18 2007, 07:32:28PM]: >>> > The Debian menu system will generate

Re: kydpdict relationships

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:38:37 +0200, Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 11090 March 1977, Marcin Owsiany wrote: >> Now I need to decide what the relationship between these two should >> be. > Depends. Hmm. Let us examine the two common cases: a) User has not bought proprietar

Re: Bug#434206: ITP: moe -- powerful text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII character encodings

On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 16:22 +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: moe > Version : 0.9 > Upstream Author : Antonio Diaz Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.gnu.org/soft

Re: kydpdict relationships

Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm. Let us examine the two common cases: > a) User has not bought proprietary dictionaries. > i) With recommends installed by default; they can have a working >package. Without that, the binary package is useless. >ii) With

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:56:37 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 07/24/07 17:31, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:25:47 +0100, Matthew Johnson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >>> Eduard Bloch wrote: * Josselin Mouette [Wed, Jul 18 2007, 07:32:28PM]:

Installing Recommends by default (was: kydpdict relationships)

Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I currently can't ues Recommends by default because of lsb-release, so I > have a bit of a vested interest in solutions that don't require that.) What's the problem with lsb-release? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein

Re: adding desktop files to misc packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/25/07 00:14, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:56:37 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> On 07/24/07 17:31, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:25:47 +0100, Matthew Johnson >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sai