Re: merkel fs issues

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11631 March 1977, Anthony Towns wrote: > There seem to be some issues with the ftp mirror on merkel: > $ pwd > /srv/ftp.debian.org/ftp > $ ls -l dists/sid/Contents-powerpc.diff/ | tail -n2 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 archvsync archvsync 2053 Jan 14 13:40 Index > ?- ? ? ? ?

Re: merkel fs issues

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> Umh... This might be the cause, then. Our mirror sync has died three > days in a row - At 16:37, 15:49 and 17:36 (GMT-6): >From where are you pulling? -- bye, Joerg Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. -- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man -- To UNSUBSC

Re: merkel fs issues

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Anthony Towns wrote: > There seem to be some issues with the ftp mirror on merkel: > > $ pwd > /srv/ftp.debian.org/ftp > $ ls -l dists/sid/Contents-powerpc.diff/ | tail -n2 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 archvsync archvsync 2053 Jan 14 13:40 Index > ?- ? ? ? ?

Re: Change user used by package

2009-01-15 Thread Harald Braumann
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:49:22 -0500 "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > Marvin Renich wrote: > > * Harald Braumann [090113 05:47]: > >> > >> AFAIK, there's no way for multiple independent packages for using > >> the same user. So jabber-muc needs to create its own user. On > >> update, that's no problem.

Bug#511522: general: Man pages should say what package a program belongs to

2009-01-15 Thread Jack Grahl
As several people have pointed out, there is already a good way (that I was not aware of) to find out this information, therefore I agree that this bug should be closed. Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: Change user used by package

2009-01-15 Thread revuedelibre .
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Harald Braumann wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:49:22 -0500 > "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: > > > Marvin Renich wrote: > > > * Harald Braumann [090113 05:47]: > > >> > > >> AFAIK, there's no way for multiple independent packages for using > > >> the same user. So j

Re: Change user used by package

2009-01-15 Thread revuedelibre .
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM, revuedelibre . wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Harald Braumann wrote: > >> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:49:22 -0500 >> "Jamin W. Collins" wrote: >> >> > Marvin Renich wrote: >> > > * Harald Braumann [090113 05:47]: >> > >> >> > >> AFAIK, there's no way for

Re: merkel fs issues

2009-01-15 Thread Sergio Mendoza
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:05:22AM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > > Umh... This might be the cause, then. Our mirror sync has died three > > days in a row - At 16:37, 15:49 and 17:36 (GMT-6): > > From where are you pulling? syncproxy.wna.debian.org Sergio. -- Dr Sergio Mendoza

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:32:18PM +, Neil Williams wrote: > > Package: acpi-support-base > Architecture: any > Depends: acpid [i386|amd64] > I do not understand what you are proposing. The package would not be binary-indep in your proposal (and the current syntax for depends is "acpid [i386

Bug#511899: ITP: coinor-csdp -- A software package for semidefinite programming

2009-01-15 Thread Soeren Sonnenburg
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Soeren Sonnenburg * Package name: coinor-csdp Version : 6.0.1 Upstream Author : Brian Borchers * URL : https://projects.coin-or.org/Csdp * License : CPL Programming Lang: C Description : A software package for se

Re: Bug#509685: ITP: hardlink -- Hardlink multiple copies of the same file

2009-01-15 Thread Andrew Vaughan
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, John Goerzen wrote: > Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and > > replaces them with hardlinks. > > . > > The idea has been taken from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but > > the code has been written from sc

Re: Bug#509685: ITP: hardlink -- Hardlink multiple copies of the same file

2009-01-15 Thread Didier Raboud
Andrew Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, John Goerzen wrote: >> Julian Andres Klode wrote: >> > Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and >> > replaces them with hardlinks. >> > . >> > The idea has been taken from http://code.google.com/p/hardlinkpy/, but >> > th

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Julian Andres Klode [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:55 +0100]: Hello, Julian. > This would be my other proposal, also known as Bug#436733: > Package: acpi-support-base > Architecture: all > Depends: acpid [i386 amd64] > But in order to be correct, currently apt and co. do not support this. > The

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Thu Jan 15 17:49, Adeodato Simó wrote: > An arch:all package should be installable anywhere where its > dependencies can be satisfied. And if they can't be satisfied, dpkg/apt > will refuse to install it already. > > No, the only use for "Architecture: all [i386 amd64]" or > "Install-Architect

Re: Bug#509685: ITP: hardlink -- Hardlink multiple copies of the same file

2009-01-15 Thread Sandro Tosi
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 15:10, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2008, John Goerzen wrote: >> Julian Andres Klode wrote: >> > Hardlink is a tool which detects multiple copies of the same file and >> > replaces them with hardlinks. >> > . >> > The idea has been taken from http://code.google

Bug#511924: ITP: php-gtk -- PHP-GTK is an extension for the PHP programming language that implements language bindings for GTK+. It provides an object-oriented interface to GTK+ classes and functions

2009-01-15 Thread Atir Javid
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Atir Javid Package name: php-gtk Version : 2.0.1 Upstream Author : php-gtk URL : http://gtk.php.net/ License : (GPL) Programming Lang: (PHP, GTK+) Description : PHP-GTK is an extension for the PHP programmi

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthew Johnson [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:21:03 +]: > > No, the only use for "Architecture: all [i386 amd64]" or > > "Install-Architecture: i368 amd64" would be as a hint to dak (and other > > tools) that the package is known not to be installable anywhere else, > > and hence should not be put in

Re: merkel fs issues

2009-01-15 Thread Joerg Jaspert
>> > Umh... This might be the cause, then. Our mirror sync has died three >> > days in a row - At 16:37, 15:49 and 17:36 (GMT-6): >> From where are you pulling? > syncproxy.wna.debian.org Completly different machine, so not the cause for your trouble. -- bye, Joerg Linus: "Wenn Darl McBride die

Bug#511937: ITP: usbip -- USB device sharing system over IP network

2009-01-15 Thread Max Vozeler
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Max Vozeler * Package name: usbip Version : 0.1.7 Upstream Author : Takahiro Hirofuchi * URL : http://usbip.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL2+ Programming Lang: C Description : USB device sharing system over IP ne

Bug#511938: RFP: netlogo -- logo interpreter with several turtles

2009-01-15 Thread Nick Shaforostoff
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org --- Please fill out the fields below. --- please package it, if the license is ok for you. Package name: netlogo Version: Upstream Author: [NAME ] URL: [http://ccl.northwestern.edu/] Licen

Re: Arch:all package depending on package that isn't Arch:any

2009-01-15 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:49:33 +0100 Adeodato Simó wrote: (Please drop me from CC: where possible, -devel is fine for me. Keeping Julian in CC - not sure if he's subscribed to -devel but I'm confident you are, Adeodato.) > * Julian Andres Klode [Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:07:55 +0100]: > > > 4. An exter

percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread markus schnalke
Hoi, I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, because more oppinions do likely improve the result. My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. What do you think? meillo signature.asc Description: Digit

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Goetze
Hi, I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, because more oppinions do likely improve the result. My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. What do you think? before wild speculations ensues, you mig

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-01-15 22:37] Michael Goetze > > before wild speculations ensues, you might want to specify what you > really want to know: the percentage of people installing debian systems > who use popcon (always/sometimes), or the percentage of installed > machines that submit popcon data? Seems my

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread James Vega
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:55 PM, markus schnalke wrote: > [2009-01-15 22:37] Michael Goetze >> >> before wild speculations ensues, you might want to specify what you >> really want to know: the percentage of people installing debian systems >> who use popcon (always/sometimes), or the percentage

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Michael Goetze
James Vega wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:55 PM, markus schnalke wrote: I want to know the percentage of installed machines that submit popcon data. That requires knowing the number of computers that have Debian installed which, as has been discussed various times in the past on this list,

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Patrick Matthäi
Michael Goetze schrieb: > Hi, > >> I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which >> submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, >> because more oppinions do likely improve the result. >> >> My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. >> >> What do you thin

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Luciano Bello
El Jue 15 Ene 2009, markus schnalke escribió: > My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. that means that there is between 78055/(1/3)=234165 and 78055/(2/3)=117,082 of Debian installations. It doesn't look like a big number... I think that we are more. Maybe your estimation is too high. lucian

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <20090115210004.gv21...@serveme.schnalke.local> you wrote: > My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. Machines or Users? According to Linuxcounter there are estimated 29,000,000 users and debian has 18.36% which equals in 5m debian users. Popcon lists 78k submissions, which is less th

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Russ Allbery
markus schnalke writes: > I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which > submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, because > more oppinions do likely improve the result. > > My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. > > What do you think? We run Deb

ITP: mbrola-{de6,es1,fr4,us1,us2} -- various voices for Mbrola

2009-01-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Here is a list of ITPs for various mbrola voices. Samuel Bug#511973 ITP: mbrola-de6 -- German male voice for Mbrola Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2008-01-15 Severity: wishlist * Package name: mbrola-de6 Version : 0.0.20021125-1 Upstream Author : Faculte Polytechni

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le Thursday 15 January 2009 23:25:02 Bernd Eckenfels, vous avez écrit : > In article <20090115210004.gv21...@serveme.schnalke.local> you wrote: > > My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. > > Machines or Users? > > According to Linuxcounter there are estimated 29,000,000 users and debian > has 18.

Bug#511980: ITP: Plumi -- Plumi is a Free Software video sharing Content Management System based on Plone.

2009-01-15 Thread Andy Nicholson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andy Nicholson * Package name: Plumi Version : 0.2.3 Upstream Author : Andy Nicholson * URL : http://plumi.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Python Description : Plumi is a Free Software video sharing Conten

Bug#511981: ITP: liboggplay -- A library for playing OGG multimedia

2009-01-15 Thread John Ferlito
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: John Ferlito * Package name: liboggplay Version : 0.0.2~svn3836 Upstream Author : Shane Stephens (shans) Upstream Author : Conrad Parker (kfish) * URL : http://annodex.net/software/liboggplay/index.html * License : (s

ITH: libotf Debian packages

2009-01-15 Thread Harshula
Hi, I would like to update and maintain the libotf[1] Debian packages. I am already maintaining the related m17n Debian packages[2]. The libotf (0.9.4) packages have been neglected by the current maintainer for nearly 3 years. Upstream[3] have regularly released updates. I'm also in regular conta

Bug#511986: ITP: libkate -- Kate is a codec for karaoke and text encapsulation for Ogg

2009-01-15 Thread John Ferlito
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: John Ferlito * Package name: libkate Version : 0.3.0 Upstream Author : Vincent Penquerc'h * URL : http://code.google.com/p/libkate/ * License : New BSD License Programming Lang: C Description : Kate is a codec fo

Bug#511994: ITP: pacman-package-manager -- minimalist package manager using tarballs and scripts

2009-01-15 Thread William Pitcock
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: William Pitcock * Package name: pacman-package-manager Version : 3.2.2 Upstream Author : Judd Vinet * URL : http://www.archlinux.org/pacman * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : minimalist package man

Bug#511997: ITP: libdownload -- library for downloading files from HTTP/FTP

2009-01-15 Thread William Pitcock
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: William Pitcock * Package name: libdownload Version : 1.3 Upstream Author : Aaron Griffin * URL : http://www.archlinux.org/pacman * License : BSD Programming Lang: C Description : library for downloading files fr

Re: Bug#511980: ITP: Plumi -- Plumi is a Free Software video sharing Content Management System based on Plone.

2009-01-15 Thread William Pitcock
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:22 +1100, Andy Nicholson wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Andy Nicholson > > * Package name: Plumi Package names need to be lowercase. > Version : 0.2.3 > Upstream Author : Andy Nicholson > * URL : http://plumi.org/ > * L

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Noah Slater
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:00:04PM +0100, markus schnalke wrote: > I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which > submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, > because more oppinions do likely improve the result. This question of trying to figur

Re: Bug#511986: ITP: libkate -- Kate is a codec for karaoke and text encapsulation for Ogg

2009-01-15 Thread Sune Vuorela
On Friday 16 January 2009 03:00:38 John Ferlito wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: John Ferlito > > * Package name: libkate > Version : 0.3.0 > Upstream Author : Vincent Penquerc'h > * URL : http://code.google.com/p/libkate/ > * License : New

Work-needing packages report for Jan 16, 2009

2009-01-15 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: 460 (new: 2) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 109 (new: 2) Total number of packages request

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-01-16 05:59] Noah Slater > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:00:04PM +0100, markus schnalke wrote: > > I know it is not possible to _know_ the real percentage of uses which > > submit popcon stats of all users. But I want to ask for guesses, > > because more oppinions do likely improve the result.

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-01-15 23:25] Bernd Eckenfels > In article <20090115210004.gv21...@serveme.schnalke.local> you wrote: > > My current guess is between 1/3 and 2/3. > > Machines or Users? Popcon focuses on machines. In the end I want users. But any number would be good. > According to Linuxcounter there ar

Re: percentage of popcon submitters

2009-01-15 Thread Kjeldgaard Morten
Thanks. Unless you setup some experimental method, any argument should reduce to handwaving or extension of various particular examples.. Surely, it must be possible to get an estimate of the number of downloads of important packages and security updates? I know these downloads also are