Re: Can linux-any arch and friends be used?

2009-10-30 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2009-10-29, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Philipp Kern writes: >> On 2009-10-29, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >>> We just had a similar issue (Architecture: linux-any) on irc yesterday >>> and the outcome was that linux-any will only work post squeeze because >>> the buildd need to grog that s

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 03:06:07PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > As there are certain lintian tags that should only appear in very rare > cases we have created two categories. The first is named "warning", tags > The second category is named "error" and the tags listed can not be > overridden. Tho

Re: Submitting bugs for manpage improvements

2009-10-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:33:37AM +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > Since the proof of concept was fairly well accepted, I intend to polish > my script a little bit before submitting it. Pretty cool, thanks for the status update. BTW, do we have a bug report where the progress of this can be tracked

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Tobi
Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > the special cases are needed? debian/rules is a specific interface for > Debian building, why are you using that same interface for other > purposes? It's just because we believe this is the easiest to use and easiest to maintain way to do this: Build a standard vdr-plugin

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] > > Build a development version of the vdr-plugin-* package from the same > source, but using the API of the development version of VDR and with a > different binary package name: > > SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel dpkg-buildpackage -tc -uc -us -rfakeroot > > This way it works out-of-the-box wi

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Tobi [091030 10:55]: > From our point of view this is so easy to do and so easy to maintain (it's > working quite well for over 2 years now), that this very specific > requirement of the policy just seems to be a useless piece of bureaucratic > over-specificiation. That is your point of view. F

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 05:51:12PM -0700, Ryan Niebur wrote: > I prefer "Author(s)". Less text to update when a new author is > added. It does no harm and affects nothing in the end result. I'm > curious as to why you think "Author(s)" is a bad thing? It's the sort of thing you get in automatical

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 09:37:53AM +0100, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 07:42:21PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Please note that the intention of the Lintian tag is not to complain > > about people using "Author(s)", but to catch people who have used > > dh-make and then never c

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Tobi
Michael Tautschnig schrieb: I think Manoj already explained quite well why policy is that specific about a single line. And I explaind why the policy is over specific in this case :-) The modified shebang line didn't had any drawback in the past and wouldn't have any drawback in the future.

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> Build a standard vdr-plugin-* package: > dpkg-buildpackage -tc -uc -us -rfakeroot > Build a development version of the vdr-plugin-* package from the same > source, but using the API of the development version of VDR and with a > different binary package name: > SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel dpkg-buil

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-10-30 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:01:08PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Kees Cook wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:14:25AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:55:25AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > >

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Tobi wrote: > Michael Tautschnig schrieb: > >> I think Manoj already explained quite well why policy is that specific about >> a >> single line. > > And I explaind why the policy is over specific in this case :-) No. You opined that the policy is over specific, but w

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Tobi
Manoj Srivastava schrieb: 1. SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel make -f debian/rules build 2. make -f debian/rules SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel build 3. SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel ./debian/rules build 4. ./debian/rules SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel build Giving you differing results is confusing enough to anyo

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Tobi wrote: > Manoj Srivastava schrieb: > >> 1. SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel make -f debian/rules build >> 2. make -f debian/rules SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel build >> 3. SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel ./debian/rules build >> 4. ./debian/rules SPECIAL_VDR_SUFFIX=devel build >> Giving

Bug#553359: ITP: darktable -- virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers

2009-10-30 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers * Package name: darktable Version : 0.3 Upstream Author : Johannes Hanika * URL : http://darktable.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL3 or later Programming Lang: Description : virtual

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Frank Küster
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On a second read of the proposal, it occurred to me (and a handful of > other DDs in private communications agreed) that the above naming choice > of "warning" and "error" can be a bit unfortunate. In fact, lintian > already has its own notion of warning/error and hav

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > On a second read of the proposal, it occurred to me (and a handful of > other DDs in private communications agreed) that the above naming choice > of "warning" and "error" can be a bit unfortunate. In fact, lintian > already has its own notion of warning/error and ha

Bug#553377: ITP: raul -- real time audio utility library

2009-10-30 Thread Paul Brossier
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul Brossier * Package name: raul Version : 0.5.1 Upstream Author : Dave Robillard * URL : http://drobilla.net/software/raul/ * License : GPL-2 Programming Lang: C++ Description : real time audio utility library

Bug#553386: ITP: flowcanvas -- interactive widget for “boxes and lines” environments

2009-10-30 Thread Paul Brossier
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul Brossier * Package name: flowcanvas Version : 0.5.1 Upstream Author : Dave Robillard * URL : http://drobilla.net/software/flowcanvas/ * License : GPL-2 Programming Lang: C++ Description : interactive widget

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Yavor Doganov
[ I haven't looked the vdr-* source; apologies if I miss something essential. ] Tobi wrote: > Personally I think debian/rules shouldn't be restriked to make. What happens if you do `./debian/rules -p | less'? Although seldom needed, that's a useful thing when you have to debug the build syste

Bug#553400: ITP: spyder -- Spyder is a Python development environment specially suited for scientific computing

2009-10-30 Thread Ludovic Aubry
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ludovic Aubry Package name: spyder Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Pierre Raybaut URL : http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ License : MIT Programming Lang: Python Description : Spyder is a Python developm

Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules’ shebang line (was: debian/rules "make -f" restriction)

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Manoj Srivastava writes: > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > conform to the principle of least surprise. Rather

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Manoj Srivastava writes: > > > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that > > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave > > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote reproducibility, and > > conform to the prin

Re: debian/rules "make -f" restriction

2009-10-30 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:35:58AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava a écrit : > > The interface definition behind this is: That ‘make -f debian/rules’ is not present anywhere in the Policy demonstrates it is not the interface. -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Clarify rationale for ‘debian/rules ’ shebang line

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > Ben Finney writes: > >> Manoj Srivastava writes: >> >> > I think it would be a good idea to _add_ to policy a rule that >> > says that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules" must behave >> > identically, to prevent confusion, and to promot

Re: Lintian based autorejects

2009-10-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, Oct 30 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > >> On a second read of the proposal, it occurred to me (and a handful of >> other DDs in private communications agreed) that the above naming choice >> of "warning" and "error" can be a bit unfortunate. In fact, lintian >> a