Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Osamu Aoki > We as DD have shell access to people.debian.org. Also many people have > shell access to alioth.debian.org. Both seems to have packages needed > to set up PPA like archive[1]. I think using any one of the following > tools should be good enough: Please don't encourage people

Re: bits from the DPL: December 2012

2013-01-06 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 05:31:46PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > buildd usage for events like BSP. Many thanks to Lucas Nussbaum and Erm, typo here. This should have been "Many thanks to Lucas Nussbaum and James Bromberger". Sorry James! -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.

Re: Architecture: all + M-A: foreign

2013-01-06 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:05:13AM -0600, Peter Samuelson a écrit : > > In bug #695229, I noted that an Architecture: all package really should > be Multi-Arch: foreign. This led to an IRC discussion between Goswin, > Steve L. and me in which I formulated the proposal: > > If a package is 'A

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:19:13AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Osamu Aoki > > > We as DD have shell access to people.debian.org. Also many people have > > shell access to alioth.debian.org. Both seems to have packages needed > > to set up PPA like archive[1]. I think using any one of th

Re: Architecture: all + M-A: foreign

2013-01-06 Thread Wookey
+++ Charles Plessy [2013-01-06 18:32 +0900]: > Le Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 02:05:13AM -0600, Peter Samuelson a écrit : > > > > In bug #695229, I noted that an Architecture: all package really should > > be Multi-Arch: foreign. This led to an IRC discussion between Goswin, > > Steve L. and me in which

Bug#697505: ITP: ocaml-re -- regular expression library for OCaml

2013-01-06 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mehdi Dogguy * Package name: ocaml-re Version : 1.1.1 Upstream Author : Jerome Vouillon * URL : https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml-re * License : LGPL 2.1 Programming Lang: OCaml Description : regular expression libr

Bug#697509: ITP: qt5 -- cross-platform application and UI framework for developers using C++ or QML

2013-01-06 Thread Fathi Boudra
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Fathi Boudra * Package name: qt5 Version : 5.0.0 Upstream Author : Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies) * URL : http://qt-project.org/ * License : LGPL-2.1 with Digia Qt LGPL Exception 1.1 or GPL-3 Programming Lang: C+

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 01:54:34PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > I agree on all what you said (eg: difficulties in doing such a maintenance, > the fact we don't have unlimited manpower, etc.), but I'm still convince it > would be worth a try. > > On 01/06/2013 04:39 AM, Neil Williams wrote: > > I

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/06/2013 02:32 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Sure. > > We as DD have shell access to people.debian.org. Also many people have > shell access to alioth.debian.org. Both seems to have packages needed > to set up PPA like archive[1]. I think using any one of the following > tools should be good en

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/06/2013 09:08 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > > It shouldn't not be some private repository in a dark corner of teh > interwebs, it must be an official thing with a mandatory apt line during > the installation. I agree that would be the best thing to do, however it doesn't seem like it's going to

Bug#697520: ITP: pugixml -- Light weight C++ XML processing library

2013-01-06 Thread Vasudev Kamath
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Vasudev Kamath * Package name: pugixml Version : 1.2 Upstream Author : Arseny Kapoulkine * URL : http://pugixml.org/ * License : MIT/X Programming Lang: C++ Description : Light-weight C++ XML processing library

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:48:20PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 01/06/2013 09:08 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Ie, anything that is likely to be vulnerable remotely. > > And also, anything that is likely to be a critical piece of software. > Like, for example I wouldn't really care about game

Re: Updates in the very-old-stable

2013-01-06 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/07/2013 01:32 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 09:48:20PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> On 01/06/2013 09:08 PM, Adam Borowski wrote: >>> Ie, anything that is likely to be vulnerable remotely. >> And also, anything that is likely to be a critical piece of software. >> Lik

Bug#697553: RFA: nqc -- Not Quite C compiler for LEGO Mindstorms RCX

2013-01-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
Package: wnpp The LEGO Mindstorms RCX is a Hitachi microcontroller embedded into a LEGO brick. This package lets you write programs in a C-like language and download them to your RCX using the serial or USB infrared tower included with the RCX. I am seeking a new maintainer for this package beca

Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, Following the discussion to #695906, I propose the following solution to the problem. First of all, I'd like to remind that ifupdown supports source directive since very long ago (it was actually my very first patch to ifupdown to add that support), so anyone can split their network config

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi, On 06.01.2013 23:48, Andrew Shadura wrote: > First of all, I'd like to remind that ifupdown supports source > directive since very long ago (it was actually my very first patch to I've checked the squeeze version of ifupdown, and it doesn't seem to support that directive. So calling it suppor

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Hello, Andrew Shadura (06/01/2013): > While there are various opinions on the question raised in that bug, I > don't agree that this is a policy violation, but I propose to resolve > this by enabling the usage of 'source' directive in the default > configuration, and moving 'lo' interface descrip

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:12:29 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote: > On 06.01.2013 23:48, Andrew Shadura wrote: > > First of all, I'd like to remind that ifupdown supports source > > directive since very long ago (it was actually my very first patch > > to > I've checked the squeeze version of ifup

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 07/01/2013 07:12, Michael Biebl wrote: > Please keep in mind that such a setup will break existing tools and > scripts, which rely on finding the interface definitions in /e/n/i. > E.g. the ifupdown plugin in NetworkManager doesn't know anything about > such a source directive. > If you are goin

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:50:26 +0800 Chow Loong Jin wrote: > > Please keep in mind that such a setup will break existing tools and > > scripts, which rely on finding the interface definitions in /e/n/i. > > E.g. the ifupdown plugin in NetworkManager doesn't know anything > > about such a so

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Andrew Shadura (07/01/2013): > On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:50:26 +0800 > Chow Loong Jin wrote: > > > > Please keep in mind that such a setup will break existing tools and > > > scripts, which rely on finding the interface definitions in /e/n/i. > > > E.g. the ifupdown plugin in NetworkManager doesn't

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:12:29 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote: > > ifupdown to add that support), so anyone can split their network > > config into small chucks and place them > > under /etc/network/interfaces.d — it's not done by default, > > however, yet. > Please keep in mind that such a set

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Michael Biebl
On 07.01.2013 02:07, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > There are probably more of them, but finding them all is left as an > exercise for the reader. You can at least add network-admin from gnome-system-tools to the list, or external config tools like webmin. Not counting any local scripts written by sysad

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:31:30 +0100 Michael Biebl wrote: > > There are probably more of them, but finding them all is left as an > > exercise for the reader. > You can at least add network-admin from gnome-system-tools to the > list, or external config tools like webmin. > Not counting an

Bug#697270: PC 32-bit programs fails to work on amd64

2013-01-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2013-01-04 at 13:03 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 06:59:49PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > dpkg --add-architecture i386 > > apt-get update > > > > The installer doesn't AFAIK provide even the option to do this. (The > > i386/amd64 installer images might at

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Andrew Shadura] > Well, yes, I forgot about NM. Actually, as far as I know, it's the only > tool affected, everything else either doesn't care to read /e/n/i, or > is already fixed, or this difference is irrelevant and doesn't need to > be urgently patched. Correct me if I'm wrong. You are wrong

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 07/01/2013 13:23, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > You are wrong. Debian Edu also expect /etc/network/interfaces to have > the complete network setup. What package is that? -- Kind regards, Loong Jin signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Ifupdown, loopback interface, /etc/network/interfaces.d

2013-01-06 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Andrew Shadura > I'd like to hear opinions on this idea. I think you should just get a wheezy-ignore tag from the release team and solve this properly for jessie. Also, your fix doesn't actually solve the RC bug either: You Must Preserve All Admin Changes in /etc. Not just the ones you thi