Bug#523411: ITP: google-gflags -- a commandline flags processing library

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ehren Kret -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: google-gflags Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Google Inc. * URL : http://code.google.com/p/google-gflags/ * License : New BSD License Programmin

Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Hi folks, We have been pretty busy these past few weeks with the whole Google Summer of Code 2009 student application process. I can say that we have this year a very good set of proposals and I'd like to thank all the students and mentors for this. I am going to present to you our shortlist of p

Re: Bug#523093: undetermined copyright/license violation

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:27:19PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > > License and copyright are one and the same. > > GPL license relies on copyright law, just like almost any other open > source license there is, be it BSD, Artistic or LGPL. Without copyright, > the license is meaningless. Without lic

Re: tg3 firmware - was (Fw: [CASE#221365]: Closed - need firmware files)

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:34:15 + "brian m. carlson" wrote: > * The firmware actually has a separate license that reads as follows: > > * Firmware is: > * Derived from proprietary unpublished source code, OK, I wasn't aware of that. With the clear statement that source code was involved

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * > -- > Student: Philipp Kern, Mentor: Luk Claes I'm a bit puzzled by this. Philipp has been involved in Debian and a DD for years. He is already involved

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: >> * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * >> -- >> Student: Philipp Kern, Mentor: Luk Claes > > I'm a bit puzzled by this. Philipp has been involved in Debian and a DD

Re: realtime kernel for Debian

Uwe Kleine-König wrote: Hello, [your To: header was strange, maybe my mail reaches less recipents than your's] To get some progress here, I'm searching for a person who wants and is capable in filing a wishlist bug (with a patch vs. the package linux-2.6 Maybe providing a p

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

* Lucas Nussbaum (lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net) [090410 10:30]: > On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > > * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * > > -- > > Student: Philipp Kern, Mentor: Luk Claes > > I'm a bit puzzled by this. Philipp

Bug#523434: ITP: libfile-searchpath-perl -- Perl module for searching for a file in a PATH-like variable

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Taku YASUI * Package name: libfile-searchpath-perl Version : 0.05 Upstream Author : Tim Jenness * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/File-SearchPath/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Perl Description : Perl modu

Bug#523435: ITP: libsphinx-search-perl -- Perl module for Sphinx search engine

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Taku YASUI * Package name: libsphinx-search-perl Version : 0.18 Upstream Author : Jon Schutz * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sphinx-Search/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Perl Description : Perl module for

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:59, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Lucas Nussbaum (lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net) [090410 10:30]: >> On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: >> > * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * >> > -- >> > Student: Philipp Kern

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:59:49AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Lucas Nussbaum (lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net) [090410 10:30]: > > On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > > > * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * > > > -- > > > Stude

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

Obey Arthur Liu a écrit : > Hi folks, ... > I am inviting you to debate what you think is cool, what is useful, what > is important to Debian, maybe give us pointers to resources or people > that could be helpful for the projects. We will try to alter our current > rankings to reflect the zeitgeist

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

2009/4/10 Mike Hommey : > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:59:49AM +0200, Andreas Barth > wrote: >> * Lucas Nussbaum (lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net) [090410 10:30]: >> > On 10/04/09 at 09:18 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: >> > > * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * >> > > --

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > === "Debian's Shortlist": === > = My own shortlist of projects out of those that you have retained is the following: > - Port back update-manager to Debian and all Derivatives > - Debbugs Web UI: Amancay Strikes Back > - Au

Re: Multi-instance startup scripts

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 22:55:27 +0200, Pasztor Janos wrote: > Dear fellow Linux users, > > I would like to address an issue which has been a thorn in my side for > a long time. Recently I made multi-instance scripts for some server > packages like Apache, etc. I also noticed, that the PowerDNS pa

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Le vendredi 10 avril 2009 à 12:38 +0200, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > > * Automatic Debug Packages Creation and Handling * > > -- > > Student: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Mentor: Marc Brockschmidt > > > > This proposal aims at providing debug binary packa

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: mentors wanted errata

Obey Arthur Liu a écrit : I made an error in our shortlist and one more project needs a mentor: > The deadline for any modification is on the 15th, so get everything in > by the 14th. The final selected projects will be announced by Google > April 20th, ~12 noon PDT / 19:00 UTC. We'll have anothe

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: mentors wanted errata

Obey Arthur Liu a écrit : > Obey Arthur Liu a écrit : > > I made an error in our shortlist and one more project needs a mentor: >> * Automatic Debug Packages Creation and Handling * >> -- >> Student: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Mentor: *NEED MENTOR* >> >

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

On 2009-04-10, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> * Debian Autobuilding Infrastructure Rewrite * >> -- >> Student: Philipp Kern, Mentor: Luk Claes >> >> Rewrite the software that currently runs the Debian autobuilding >> infrastructure in a way that makes it

Bug#523455: ITP: gpointing-device-settings -- configuration tool for pointing devices

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Michal Čihař" -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: gpointing-device-settings Version : 1.3.1 Upstream Author : Hiroyuki Ikezoe * URL : http://live.gnome.org/GPointingDeviceSettings * License :

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

On 10/04/09 at 12:03 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > And please don't compare the Summer of Code with Dunc Tank, it's > insulting to all the students, mentors and admins involved. Should I > remind you all that I'm also a student ? > Dunc Tank was about funding working professionals to work on > re

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:03:57PM +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > Dunc Tank was about funding working professionals to work on > release-critical stuff that would otherwise have been done exactly the > same way. False. > They were paid a sum equivalent to a software engineer's salary. False. -

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > That's right. But DDs are free to apply to other projects, as are > contributors to other projects free to apply to Debian. DDs are free to go where they want, but I wouldn't be happy with a rule, written or unsaid, that banned DDs outright from Debian. We have a Gnome b

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

* Lucas Nussbaum [2009-04-10 15:10]: > What could be considered fair is, if DDs are involved as students in > GSOC, to give the money to Debian instead of giving it to the students I think this is so unreasonable it's not even funny. So it's okay for non-DD students to accept money but suddenly

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

On 10/04/09 at 18:05 +0200, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum a écrit : > > That's right. But DDs are free to apply to other projects, as are > > contributors to other projects free to apply to Debian. > > DDs are free to go where they want, but I wouldn't be happy with a rule, > written or

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Raphael Hertzog a écrit : Hi Raphael and thanks for your mail. > On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: >> * Automatic Debug Packages Creation and Handling * >> -- >> Student: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Mentor: Marc Brockschmidt >> >> This proposa

Re: tg3 firmware - was (Fw: [CASE#221365]: Closed - need firmware files)

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 01:14, Neil Williams wrote: >> * Firmware is: >> * Derived from proprietary unpublished source code, > electrical equipment or hardware tools, not text editors. As such, not > all firmware can be expected to have any source code. In this case, as > we have a decla

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: is not dunc tank

On 10 April 2009 at 18:05, Obey Arthur Liu wrote: | Lucas Nussbaum a crit : | > What could be considered fair is, if DDs are involved as students in | > GSOC, to give the money to Debian instead of giving it to the students [...] | That's a novel idea. It's worth discussing, but it's way too late

Re: [Soc-coordination] Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Hello Lists, > We did talk a lot about this issue among reviewing mentors. FYI, we > eventually rejected two other DD proposals and only kept this one. One of the two dropped DD proposals is mine. I've been involved as GSoC Mentor 2 years ago and GSoC Admin for Debian the last two years .I've even

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

> > === "Debian's Shortlist": === > = > > - Aptitude Package Management History Tracking /var/log/dpkg.log? harry signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#523525: ITP: inteltool -- Dump Intel CPU / chipset configuration parameters

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Uwe Hermann * Package name: inteltool Version : r4089 Upstream Author : coresystems GmbH * URL : http://www.coreboot.org/Inteltool * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Dump Intel CPU / chipset configu

Re: Google Summer of Code 2009: Debian's Shortlist

Harald Braumann a écrit : >> === "Debian's Shortlist": === >> = >> >> - Aptitude Package Management History Tracking > /var/log/dpkg.log? > > harry The basis of the proposal is here: It

Bug#523531: ITP: msrtool -- Dump chipset-specific MSR contents

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Uwe Hermann * Package name: msrtool Version : r4026 Upstream Author : Peter Stuge * URL : http://www.coreboot.org/Msrtool * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Dump chipset-specific MSR contents The