Re: Let's shrink Packages.xz

2014-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Let's shrink Packages.xz"): > I'm fairly sure Jakub's message was in response to the recent discussion > about small Node.js packages and the frequent complaints that we should > not introduce small packages into the archive because it bloats our > metadata. > > Reducing

Bug#756003: ITP: r-bioc-snpstats -- BioConductor SnpMatrix and XSnpMatrix classes and methods

2014-07-25 Thread Andreas Tille
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andreas Tille * Package name: r-bioc-snpstats Version : 1.14.0 Upstream Author : David Clayton * URL : http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/snpStats.html * License : GPL-3 Programming Lang: R Descripti

Re: /usr/lib to /lib symlinks (absolute?)

2014-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Colin Watson writes ("Re: /usr/lib to /lib symlinks (absolute?)"): > On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 10:45:14AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > I think it’s a bad idea to use symbolic links rather than bind mounts > > for this kind of stuff, but I’m pretty sure we would break some systems > > if we stop

Re: How Debian should handle users requests?

2014-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Abou Al Montacir writes ("Re: How Debian should handle users requests?"): > On Sun, 2014-07-20 at 17:01 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Suspend quirks are among worst bugs for a non-hacker to report. > > I fully understand this, but we can not close bugs just because we > assume that the user will

Re: How Debian should handle users requests?

2014-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Arto Jantunen writes ("Re: How Debian should handle users requests?"): > I don't think reportbug should allow filing bugs against general at > all. The extremely rare cases when one is needed can be filed manually. Indeed. If the user tries to do so, it should direct the user to a support forum.

Re: How Debian should handle users requests?

2014-07-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jonathan Dowland writes ("Re: How Debian should handle users requests?"): > Or a pseudo-package which *is* meant for user support, to which bugs are > re-assigned, and for which debian-user is the "maintainer". Making d-u (more) > useful as well as solving this issue sounds quite attractive to me.

Re: Let's shrink Packages.xz

2014-07-25 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Reducing the size of Packages.xz by 11% or 22% would leave room for quite >> a lot of small packages while not making the problem any worse than it is >> today. > > But the problem with lots of small packages is not that the > Packages.xz has

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 22. Juli 2014, 22:54:55 schrieb Julian Gilbey: > For me, this is a killer, as I still do not know how to solve the > problem I asked a while back on debian-user > (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/04/msg01286.html): in > summary, I need to unlock an encrypted filesystem during

Bug#756019: ITP: libmlx5 -- Userspace driver for Mellanox Connect-IB InfiniBand HCAs

2014-07-25 Thread Ana Guerrero
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ana Guerrero Lopez * Package name: libmlx5 Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Eli Cohen * URL : https://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/mlx5/ * License : To choose between OpenIB.org BSD license or GPL v2 Programming Lang

Bug#756022: ITP: apt-transport-s3 -- APT transport for privately held AWS S3 repositories

2014-07-25 Thread Marcin Kulisz (kuLa)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Marcin Kulisz (kuLa)" * Package name: apt-transport-s3 Version : 20120426090326git Upstream Author : Kyle Shank * URL : https://github.com/kyleshank/apt-s3 * License : GPLv3 Programming Lang: C++ Description : A

Re: How to build-depend on a C++11-capable compiler?

2014-07-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, I do not know about your case. FYI: I uploaded c++11 depending package as a sponsor since it compiled nicely on my amd64. Than got bug report from arm people. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:35:17AM +0200, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > Well, since g++-4.9 now c++11 feature complete (with one exce

Re: importing in git the history of a Debian package

2014-07-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 03:24:38AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > This script shows how to import in git the complete history of a Debian > package. It creates a structure of a properly merged upstream tree and > Debian changes. > > http://www.linux.it/~md/software/import-inn2.sh Interesting

Re: How to build-depend on a C++11-capable compiler?

2014-07-25 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
On 25/07/14 16:47, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > I do not know about your case. > > FYI: I uploaded c++11 depending package as a sponsor since it compiled > nicely on my amd64. Than got bug report from arm people. > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:35:17AM +0200, Thibaut Paumard wrote: >>> Well, si

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 25 juillet 2014 14:22 +0200, Martin Steigerwald  : > Re: Bug#755989: cfdisk: german help page strangely formatted > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=755989#15 > > (In addition to NFS mounts broken with systemd currently.) > > > Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that,

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Josh Triplett
Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if my > work requires changes in other packages and the recent systemd changes do > require this kind of work, I *help* with these changes, instead of uploading > my changes to unstable *before* the oth

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Cameron Norman
El Fri, 25 de Jul 2014 a las 8:47 AM, Josh Triplett escribió: Martin Steigerwald wrote: Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if my work requires changes in other packages and the recent systemd changes do require this kind of work, I *help* with these changes,

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread josh
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 04:00:31PM -0007, Cameron Norman wrote: > El Fri, 25 de Jul 2014 a las 8:47 AM, Josh Triplett > escribió: > >Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really > >>think if my > >> work requires changes in other packages and the re

Re: Let's shrink Packages.xz

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson writes: > But the problem with lots of small packages is not that the Packages.xz > has too many bytes. > It's that the packaging tools, UIs (for users and developers), and > humans, need to think about too many packages. > This makes packaging tools slow, UIs cluttered, and humans

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Martin Steigerwald > Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if my > work requires changes in other packages and the recent systemd changes do > require this kind of work, I *help* with these changes, instead of uploading > my changes to unstable *before* the ot

Thin provisioning Wheezy

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Ryan
It's my understanding, please correct me if wrong, that LVM thin provisioning is disabled in Wheezy due to lack of availability of user tools (at the time). I've reconfigured the kernel to include thin provisioning target support but when creating a thin pool I get: "WARNING: Unrecognized segment

Re: importing in git the history of a Debian package

2014-07-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 25, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Looks like I got a full history. Can you elaborate where it failed in your > case. Everything that I tried either failed to create the proper structure of merges from upstream to debian or just failed to import some of the releases. -- ciao, Marco signature.

Re: How Debian should handle users requests?

2014-07-25 Thread Abou Al Montacir
On Fri, 2014-07-25 at 13:24 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Abou Al Montacir writes ("Re: How Debian should handle users requests?"): > > On Sun, 2014-07-20 at 17:01 +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > > Suspend quirks are among worst bugs for a non-hacker to report. > > > > I fully understand this, but we

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Martin Steigerwald > > Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if my > > work requires changes in other packages and the recent systemd changes do > > require this kind of work, I *help* with thes

Re: Let's shrink Packages.xz

2014-07-25 Thread Gerrit Pape
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:07:25AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ian Jackson writes: > > But the problem with lots of small packages is not that the Packages.xz > > has too many bytes. > > It's that the packaging tools, UIs (for users and developers), and > > humans, need to think about too many pa

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 25. Juli 2014, 10:23:02 schrieb Steve Langasek: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > ]] Martin Steigerwald > > > > > Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if > > > my > > > work requires changes in other packages and the

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: >> ]] Martin Steigerwald > >>> Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if my >>> work requires changes in other packages and the recent systemd changes do

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > For the specific case of a change that makes basic desktop functions > unusable between upgrade and reboot (including the "reboot" button > itself), the right answer is "until it's ready, and if you want it > sooner then help." I continue to be baffled by people's appare

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 08:19:14PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > >> ]] Martin Steigerwald > >>> Sure I can go through setting up chroot for that, yet I really think if > >>> my >

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:42:16AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > For the specific case of a change that makes basic desktop functions > > unusable between upgrade and reboot (including the "reboot" button > > itself), the right answer is "until it's ready, and if you wan

Re: How Debian should handle users requests?

2014-07-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 25 iul 14, 13:26:30, Ian Jackson wrote: > Arto Jantunen writes ("Re: How Debian should handle users requests?"): > > I don't think reportbug should allow filing bugs against general at > > all. The extremely rare cases when one is needed can be filed manually. > > Indeed. If the user tries

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > The difference here is that, without systemd-shim, logging out and > logging back in still does not give the user a working session, you > would have to completely reboot instead. I think this is an important > difference in the quality of the upgrade experience. Ah, *t

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:42:16AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> I continue to be baffled by people's apparent belief that this >> happening during a major upgrade is some sort of regression. Having >> those buttons not work after a major component upgrade, until the X >

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 21:20, schrieb Steve Langasek: > I can't imagine how anyone can simultaneously hold the view that Debian > should use systemd for improved integration with end-user-targeted desktop > environments, and believe that Debian should leave these end users grubbing > around on the console t

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 22:00, schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 25.07.2014 21:20, schrieb Steve Langasek: >> I can't imagine how anyone can simultaneously hold the view that Debian >> should use systemd for improved integration with end-user-targeted desktop >> environments, and believe that Debian should leave t

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:50:53PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > I can't imagine how anyone can simultaneously hold the view that Debian > > should use systemd for improved integration with end-user-targeted > > desktop environments, and believe that Debian should leave

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:00:07PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 25.07.2014 21:20, schrieb Steve Langasek: > > I can't imagine how anyone can simultaneously hold the view that Debian > > should use systemd for improved integration with end-user-targeted desktop > > environments, and believe that

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-07-25 22:18:23 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > And we already concluded that you need to logout anyway, even with > systemd-shim. A reboot and relogin isn't that much different from a > users POV. Screen sessions, SSH sessions and computation processes running in background are lost after a

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 20:44, schrieb Steve Langasek: > Correct. But it's well-established that, when you upgrade your system, > things may be broken in a currently logged-in desktop session until you > log out and log back in. The release notes actually mention that the system should *not* be upgraded fr

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 22:43, schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > On 2014-07-25 22:18:23 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> And we already concluded that you need to logout anyway, even with >> systemd-shim. A reboot and relogin isn't that much different from a >> users POV. > > Screen sessions, SSH sessions and comput

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 interfaces. I just installed systemd-shim 6-4 and cgmanager 0.28-1. Unfortunately the cgmanager package seems to be not quite ready ye

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2014-07-25 at 23:10 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > I just installed systemd-shim 6-4 and cgmanager 0.28-1. > Unfortunately the cgmanager package seems to be not quite ready yet. > > The init script fails with > > # service cgmanager start > [] Starting cgroup management daemon: cgmanag

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > > systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > > cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 interfaces. > > I just installed systemd-shim 6-4 and cgmanager 0.28-1. > Unfortunatel

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:46:45PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 25.07.2014 20:44, schrieb Steve Langasek: > > Correct. But it's well-established that, when you upgrade your system, > > things may be broken in a currently logged-in desktop session until you > > log out and log back in. > The r

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi Serge! Am 25.07.2014 23:35, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): >> Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: >>> systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on >>> cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 interfaces. >> >> I just insta

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 23:35, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): >> >> The init script fails with >> >> # service cgmanager start >> [] Starting cgroup management daemon: cgmanagercgmanager: Failed >> mounting memory onto /run/cgmanager/fs/memory: No such file or director

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:10:41PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > > systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > > cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 interfaces. > I just installed systemd-shim 6-4 and cgmanager 0.2

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > > Am 25.07.2014 23:35, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > > Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > >> > >> The init script fails with > >> > >> # service cgmanager start > >> [] Starting cgroup management daemon: cgmanagercgmanager: Failed > >> mounting me

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > Hi Serge! > > Am 25.07.2014 23:35, schrieb Serge Hallyn: > > Quoting Michael Biebl (bi...@debian.org): > >> Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > >>> systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > >>> cgmanager, implem

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Cameron Norman
El Fri, 25 de Jul 2014 a las 2:50 PM, Steve Langasek escribió: On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:10:41PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 in

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:44:43PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Ah perfect. Seems this just hasn't hit the archive yet when I installed > cgmanager. > Steve, could you please bump the depends on cgmanager in systemd-shim > accordingly to ensure a working cgmanager is installed? No, I'm not going

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Cameron Norman writes: > Oh this is easy. The init script calls s-s-d and does not check the return > code (so always exits 0). I am just going to use set -e in the init > script, only a couple tweaks are needed. Please don't use set -e in init scripts. See Policy 9.3.2: Be careful of usin

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:44:43PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Ah perfect. Seems this just hasn't hit the archive yet when I installed >> cgmanager. >> Steve, could you please bump the depends on cgmanager in systemd-shim >> accordingly to ensure a working cgmanager i

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 25.07.2014 19:23, schrieb Steve Langasek: > systemd-shim 6-4 has now been uploaded to unstable with a dependency on > cgmanager, implementing the new post-v205 interfaces. libpam-systemd now > needs to be updated to depend again on systemd-shim (>= 6-4) | systemd-sysv. > > Michael Biebl has sa

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Cameron Norman
El Fri, 25 de Jul 2014 a las 3:42 PM, Russ Allbery escribió: Cameron Norman writes: Oh this is easy. The init script calls s-s-d and does not check the return code (so always exits 0). I am just going to use set -e in the init script, only a couple tweaks are needed. Please don't use se

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Cameron Norman writes: > I thought that start-stop-daemon (and status_of_proc) returned the > correct codes, and whatever it returns you can relay / let the shell > catch? The script is here > (https://github.com/cgmanager/cgmanager/pull/14/files), if you wanted to > take a look. It does not, at

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2014-07-25 23:04:55 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 25.07.2014 22:43, schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > On 2014-07-25 22:18:23 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> And we already concluded that you need to logout anyway, even with > >> systemd-shim. A reboot and relogin isn't that much different from a

Bug#756082: ITP: librevenge -- base library for writing document import filters

2014-07-25 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mattia Rizzolo * Package name: librevenge Version : 0.0.1 Upstream Author : David Tardon (and others) * URL : http://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/librevenge/ci/master/tree/ * License : MPL2+/LGPGL2.1 Programming Lang: C++

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org): > Cameron Norman writes: > > > Oh this is easy. The init script calls s-s-d and does not check the return > > code (so always exits 0). I am just going to use set -e in the init > > script, only a couple tweaks are needed. > > Please don't use set -e in in

Re: Bug#756082: ITP: librevenge -- base library for writing document import filters

2014-07-25 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Saturday, July 26, 2014 01:49:06 Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Mattia Rizzolo > > * Package name: librevenge > Version : 0.0.1 > Upstream Author : David Tardon (and others) > * URL : > http://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/librevenge

can't submit bugs

2014-07-25 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
Hello, whenever I try to send a bug with reportbug to sub...@bugs.debian.org, I get a failure notification 550 malware detected: Sanesecurity.Junk.3451.UNOFFICIAL: message rejected So, I can't open bugs. I don't know who is in charge for that, so I thought I'd write here. -- Salvo Tomaselli

Re: systemd now appears to be only possible init system in testing

2014-07-25 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 25 juillet 2014 16:19 -0700, Russ Allbery  : >> I thought that start-stop-daemon (and status_of_proc) returned the >> correct codes, and whatever it returns you can relay / let the shell >> catch? The script is here >> (https://github.com/cgmanager/cgmanager/pull/14/files), if you wanted to >>