Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal

2015-11-16 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 15 Nov 2015, Ian Jackson wrote: > * A request for anyone to say if they know of a reason I shouldn't do > this. I have to agree with Ben. A namespace differing only by the case is not very helpful. In DEP-14 we have already "debian/patches/" for the upstream branch with Debian patc

Re: Bug#805116: ITP: wifi-switcher

2015-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Control: reassign -1 wnpp Control: retitle -1 ITP: wifi-switcher -- script to automatically switch between networks On Sb, 14 nov 15, 16:53:04, Oleg SHALAEV wrote: > Package: wifi-switcher > Severity: ITP > License: GPL > Section: net > > Motivation: I think that network-manager and wicd duplica

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:10:11 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 05:47:41PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> Regarding dpkg, its conffile handling is IMO beyond repair, it should >> be deprecated and later removed. > >Could you explain why? - It does not give maintainers the level o

Bug#805274: ITP: fuel-astute -- Deployment Orchestrator of Puppet via MCollective

2015-11-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Thomas Goirand * Package name: fuel-astute Version : 7.0 Upstream Author : Mirantis * URL : https://github.com/openstack/fuel-astute * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: Ruby Description : Deployment Orchestr

Bug#805278: ITP: heka -- Stream processing software system developed by Mozilla

2015-11-16 Thread ChangZhuo Chen
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)" * Package name: heka Version : 0.10.0b1 Upstream Author : Ben Bangert, Mike Trinkala, Rob Miller, Victor Ng, David Birdsong, Michael Gibson * URL : https://github.com/mozilla-services/he

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Alexandre Detiste
Le lundi 16 novembre 2015, 10:27:14 Marc Haber a écrit : > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:10:11 +0100, Wouter Verhelst > wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 05:47:41PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> Regarding dpkg, its conffile handling is IMO beyond repair, it should > >> be deprecated and later removed. >

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:39:25 +0100, Alexandre Detiste wrote: >But adding dynamic file support in dpkg is a lot of work. I am aware of that. That's one of my reasons for advocating giving the needed love to ucf and to deprecate dpkg's conffile functions in favor of ucf. A extended / enhanced ucf c

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > I am aware of that. That's one of my reasons for advocating giving the > needed love to ucf and to deprecate dpkg's conffile functions in favor > of ucf. A extended / enhanced ucf can replace dpkg with a lot less > work than would be necessary t

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
[resending because my MUA messed up] Ben Hutchings writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal"): > Deliberately creating identifiers that differ only by case seems > gratuitously confusing. I acknowledge that this is a downside of my proposal. However, it is IMO important that th

Bug#805290: ITP: libjs-requirejs-plugins -- small set of plugins for RequireJS

2015-11-16 Thread Thomas Goirand
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Thomas Goirand * Package name: libjs-requirejs-plugins Version : 1.0.3 Upstream Author : Miller Medeiros * URL : https://github.com/millermedeiros/requirejs-plugins * License : Expat Programming Lang: JavaScript Desc

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > Colin Watson suggested (in pers.comm) >pkg/debian/ > This is better but it still has a problem with collate order. > > It may seem a petty thing to worry about, but for the reasons I > explain abo

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 02:02:32PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > I'm considering: >archive/{debian,ubuntu}/ >{debian,ubuntu}/archive/ > > I'm still considering the capitalisation idea. > > Other suggestions welcome. More of a meta-idea. You're absolutely right in being unwilling to use "d

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Iustin Pop
On 2015-11-16 13:27:33, Ian Jackson wrote: > [resending because my MUA messed up] > > Ben Hutchings writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace > proposal"): > > Deliberately creating identifiers that differ only by case seems > > gratuitously confusing. > > I acknowledge that this is a dow

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Guido Günther
Hi, On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 03:11:54PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 02:02:32PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I'm considering: > >archive/{debian,ubuntu}/ > >{debian,ubuntu}/archive/ > > > > I'm still considering the capitalisation idea. > > > > Other suggest

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Guido Günther writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 03:11:54PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > You're absolutely right in being unwilling to use "dgit" as part of the > > namespace, on the basis that it is just a specific

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Marc Haber writes ("Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks"): > On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:10:11 +0100, Wouter Verhelst > wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 05:47:41PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> Regarding dpkg, its conffile handling is IMO beyond repair, it should > >> be deprecated and later remo

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Ie, something which would allow packages to modify (in some controlled > and reproducible way) (or even generate) the notional `as shipped' > version. There are at least Config::Model, augeas and (I think) Elektra (with various levels of suppo

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:29:48 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Marc Haber wrote: >> I am aware of that. That's one of my reasons for advocating giving the >> needed love to ucf and to deprecate dpkg's conffile functions in favor >> of ucf. A extended / enhanced ucf can repl

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
I am open to suggestions. Manoj On November 16, 2015 9:38:23 AM PST, Marc Haber wrote: >On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:29:48 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >>On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Marc Haber wrote: >>> I am aware of that. That's one of my reasons for advocating giving >the >>> needed love to ucf

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Nov 16, 2015, at 04:52 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: >I'm leaning towards > archive/{debian,ubuntu,...}/ > >This is on the grounds that the tag's semantics are that the source >code referenced by the that is what is in the specified distro >archive, under the specified version number. LGTM, and I th

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 17/11/15 05:52, Ian Jackson wrote: Guido Günther writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]"): On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 03:11:54PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: You're absolutely right in being unwilling to use "dgit" as part of the namespace, on the b

Bug#805311: ITP: lua-unbound -- unbound binding for LUA

2015-11-16 Thread Victor Seva
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Victor Seva -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 * Package name: lua-unbound Version : 0.0+hg~14fd7a2875e4 Upstream Author : Kim Alvefur * URL : https://www.zash.se/luaunbound.html * License : Expat Program

Bug#707334: ITA: sampleicc -- ICC profiles i/o and manipulating library and CMM

2015-11-16 Thread Anthony Fok
Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #707334 Owner: Anthony Fok -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello, I intend to adopt Rene Engelhard's excellent sampleicc package. Motivations: 1. To scratch my own itch: I was looking for some tools to try to make sense of an ICM colour pro

Re: [DH] Planning to remove deprecated commands and compat levels in debhelper

2015-11-16 Thread Niels Thykier
Niels Thykier: > Hi, > > EXECUTIVE SUMMARY > = > > I am planning to remove the following features/commands in debhelper in > the near future: > > * compat level 1,2 and 3. > * dh_scrollkeeper > > All of the listed commands do nothing except a deprecation warning. > Please see

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages] [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Barry Warsaw writes: > On Nov 16, 2015, at 04:52 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > >I'm leaning towards > > archive/{debian,ubuntu,...}/ > > > >This is on the grounds that the tag's semantics are that the source > >code referenced by the that is what is in the specified distro > >archive, under the specifi

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Ian Jackson
Daniel Reurich writes ("Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > "archive" is rather indescript and confusing too. Sadly there's not space for an essay, and the underlying situation (particularly, the existing use of the DEP-14 namespace) is already confusing :-

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Brian May
Ian Jackson writes: > It has nothing to do with the source format. That's the opposite of > what this tag namespace is for. For a package and version this git > tag refers to the source code that you'd get out of `apt-get source' > or dpkg-source -x, _regardless_ of the source format. Maybe I

Bug#805324: ITP: libntirpc -- transport-independent RPC library

2015-11-16 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Owner: Dmitry Smirnov Control: block 613805 by -1 Package name: libntirpc Version: 1.3.1 License: BSD-3-Clause URL: https://github.com/linuxbox2/ntirpc Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debia

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > I advocate doing things exactly the other way roud. Give package > maintainers the power! Why would merging ucf into dpkg remove the power from maintainers? -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Bug#805332: ITP: ros-laser-geometry -- Robot OS laser geometry package

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805331: ITP: ros-image-common -- Robot OS camera and image libraries

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805335: ITP: ros-pluginlib -- Robot OS library for plugins

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805334: ITP: ros-pcl-conversions -- Robot OS library to convert from/to PCL data types

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805336: ITP: ros-python-qt-binding -- Robot OS python bindings for QT

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805333: ITP: ros-navigation-msgs -- Robot OS Map/Navigation messages

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805337: ITP: ros-random-numbers -- Robot OS random numbers package

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805339: ITP: ros-robot-model -- Robot OS model libraries and parsers

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805338: ITP: ros-resource-retriever -- Robot OS resource_retriever library

2015-11-16 Thread Wookey
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist user: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org usertag: ros X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org We (Robotics section of Debian Science team) are packaging ROS (Robot OS: http://www.ros.org/) for Debian. ROS uses many packages already in Debian, but also has a se

Bug#805340: ITP: golang-github-natefinch-lumberjack -- Go package for writing logs to rolling files

2015-11-16 Thread Potter, Tim (Converged Cloud)
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, pkg-go-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tim Potter * Package name: golang-github-natefinch-lumberjack Version : 0.0~git20140618.0.8ec9c6b-1 Upstream Author : Nate Finch * URL : htt

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal

2015-11-16 Thread Simon McVittie
On 16/11/15 22:57, Brian May wrote: > In what way does your use differ from the debian/ tag in > DEP-14? For a 3.0 (quilt) package, debian/1.2.3-4 is whichever the maintainer finds most useful for their particular workflow, either "patches applied" or "patches unapplied". The version with patches

Re: Ideas to improve dpkg/ucf with hooks

2015-11-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:47:33 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Marc Haber wrote: >> I advocate doing things exactly the other way roud. Give package >> maintainers the power! > >Why would merging ucf into dpkg remove the power from maintainers? Nowadays one can call ucf in