Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: wmfrog
Version : 0.1.6
Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.colar.net/wmapps/
* License : GPL
Description : A dockapp for showin
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: gitmail
Version : 0.4
Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gitmail
* License : GPL
Description : Very simple gr
| * Adeodato Simó [Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:58:24 +0100]:
|
| > And it may fall under the "too buggy that we refuse to support it"
|
| Ah, forgot to say that the code is, at least, full of malloc(FIXED_NUM),
| that afterwards get used without any check for errors.
I've renamed the package to
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Scripsit Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>>From http://gitmail.sourceforge.net/ :
>> This piece of software allows to send e-mails to any person
>> over the net with a fake email address, and also a fake name.
>
> Is this a feature, even? I
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> * Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-11 15:08]:
>
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> * Package name: wmfrog
>> Version
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 01:16 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
>>
>> The speciality is the small size + GUI to send mail. Useful for
>> low end harware (166Mhz / 64 M mem).
>
> But that's just it. It's for *sending* mai
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Can you all provide more information on
>
>> "too buggy that we refuse to support it"
>> full of malloc(FIXED_NUM)
>
>> So that I can take this to upstream. Is there improvements
>> that you would like to propose?
I noticed that later.
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 03:35 -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote:
>> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 10:07:45AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL P
Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> #include
> * Lars Wirzenius [Wed, Feb 15 2006, 10:42:02AM]:
>
>> (Once we use .tar.bz2, the sizes will be even smaller.)
>
> I cannot remember a clear consens from the "Size matters" thread, and
> IMO we should go for 7zip at least for source packages.
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Le samedi 28 janvier 2006 à 21:19 -0600, Manoj Srivastava a écrit :
>
>> And if we followed the the line of argument you are pressing
>> uncritically, we'd bloat essential/base with gazillions of
>> interpreters from people too lazy or incom
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: gt5
Version : 1.3
Upstream Author : Thomas Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gt5
* License : GPL
Description : Terminal
To my understanding the only way to obtain the license information
for a package is to actually download it (or install it) and the
study the content of
/usr/share/doc//copyright
It would be better if user could use the packaging search commands,
like
grep-dctrl -F License ... --and -F
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: bbweather
Version : 0.6.2
Upstream Author : Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.netmeister.org/apps/bbweather/index.html
* License : GPL
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: ultimate-othello
Version : 1789.12
Upstream Author : Jean-Christophe Hoelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.ios-software.com/?page=projet&quoi=2&lg=AN
* L
| On 02-Mar-06, 15:01 (CST), Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > The ultimate othello game with aqua-friendly graphics, full
| > cocoa interface and animations.
|
| And how is that relevant to a Debian GNU/Linux user?
Here is better description:
graphical client-ser
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jon Dowland wrote:
> > Hm. If you installed the gnome metapackage with aptitude,
> > then the dependencies would be marked 'auto' and removed
> > once you'd removed the manual package at the top of the
> > tree.
>
> Or you can just tasksel remove gnome-desk
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> policy, really -- policy could just take the approach /bin/sh ==
> bash [...]
>
> Why don't we do that? Because people wanted to have a
> different shell that can serve as /bin/sh. What purpose does it
> serve to allow that? We can't, in all hon
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > IMPROVE QA - THE LINTIAN PROGRAM
>
> > know how to comply with standard sh scripts, this is great oppurtunity
> > to make lintian to warn them. Simple typical
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061116 05:57]:
> > ,
> > | "Shell scripts specifying /bin/sh as interpreter must only use POSIX
> > | features, additionally, they may assume that echo -n . Also,
> > | they may use test -a/o and the lo
Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am of two mind with that. On the positive side it removes the promise
> to the users that the system works with _any_ POSIX-compliant /bin/sh, which
> is something we never actively tested.
>
> On the other hand, it more or less mandates that /bin/sh
Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Scripts specifying /bin/sh as their command interpreter (shell) must
> only use SUSv3[1] features or the following exceptions:
>
> - echo -n[2]
> - [ x -a y ] [3]
> - ...[4]
>
> Thus, the only shells allowed to be /bin/sh are those which are
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 16:28 -0700, Bruce Sass wrote:
> At that point, I suggested and still suggest that we change Policy to
> restrict /bin/sh to a specific set of shells, rather than just any
> "Posix-compatible shell".
I think this could be s
Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Jari Aalto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061117 17:40]:
> > I'm sure someone can rephrase the above better, my idea being:
> >
> > - /bin/dash is the measure (the minimum)
>
> I disagree to that.
Care to share your t
Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:58:58 +0100
> Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> But if they are concerned about the memory footprint of the shell
> used by default as /bin/sh, that is another matter. They can always
> install dash and symlink /bin/s
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay, here's try number two. I tried to incorporate the feedback from
> various people. Please critique.
>
> --- debian-policy-3.7.2.2/policy.sgml 2006-10-02 15:36:50.0 -0700
> +++ /home/eagle/dvl/policy/policy.sgml2006-11-20 22:35:59.0
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 01:15 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> >
> > I would drop that "special" case and always require explicit
> > requirement for the shell. It's more clear to see which packages
> >
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I would drop that "special" case and always require explicit requirement
> > for the shell. It's more clear to see which packages "need" bash to make
&
Marvin Renich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061123 06:56]:
> >
> > But for the shells there are. I think the Policy should exempt shells
> > and require that if package is not POSIX/Susv -compiant, it needs to
> > an
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 13:43 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> >
> > Bash is not essential for running Debian. It is possible to run old
> > PCs and old laptops completely free of bash. The point here is not the
> >
"Martijn van Oosterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 23 Nov 2006 13:43:52 +0200, Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There's a difference between requiring maintainer scripts to say
> /bin/bash if they need bash constructs and rewriting exist
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 20:07 +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 07:49:10PM +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > There's a difference between requiring maintainer scripts to say
> > > /bin/bash if they n
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 20:46 +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> > Well, let's hope people don't use any of the non-SuSv3 features of cat
> > in their shell scripts...
>
> Why? Who cares?
>
> This is some huge amount of work for some very little be
David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 07:09:49PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
>
> Now the choice of 464kB or 4528kB on a desktop where you're actually
> using the shell for interactive things is probably not a big deal,
> personally I'd never use dash, posh,
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 19:33 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > I don't see perl used that much for maintainer scripts, or daemon
> > scripts.
>
> Exactly the *point*. So why isn't this your target?
>
> >
David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 11:20:03AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 19:33 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > > I don't see perl used that much for maintainer scripts, or daemon
> > > scripts.
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> To be frank, I don't think you're going to have a lot of luck. Basically,
> you're trying to move bash into the same category as awk, where it's not
> explicitly
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> To be frank, I don't think you're going to have a lot of luck.
> >> Basically, you're trying
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 21:08 +0100, David Weinehall wrote:
> > You can use whatever bashisms you like when you're working
> > interactively, that won't hinder dash from executing shells on boot and
> > elsewhere. Using bashisms in scripts does howe
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Am 2006-11-22 01:15:59, schrieb Jari Aalto:
>
> > The memory footprint[1] of bash is bothering in old PC's, so there are
>
> But what do you mean with an OLD PC?
>
> A 486? Such computers should run busybo
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 22:54 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 07:09:49PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> > >
> > >
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 2006-11-25 at 00:02 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > "fast enought" is in the eye of a beholder. Try with PII/64M with
> > X deskop with 20 sessions of bash open. And opening firefox and xchat.
>
>
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I'm not sure I follow. I' puzzled why you do not seem benefit in:
> >
> > - Making scripts sh-agnostict. That is making them portable
> > - Supporting low end systems with minimal of effort
> > - Improving the overall awaress of shells
>
> I do
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 16:28 -0700, Bruce Sass wrote:
> > > > but it is Debian's job to be responsive to its users needs and
> > > > Debian has made a choice to strive for susv3 compatibility
> > >
> > > I don't think you understand what "compatibil
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 23:55 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
> > > Instead of focusing and hammering again and again on /bin/sh, why not
> > > instead ask maintainers to do #!/bin/dash?
> >
> > Because the cor
Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 23 Nov 2006 22:40:01 +0200, Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > My point. If there is explicit "Depends: bash", then someone can post
> > a patch to provide alternative solution to a person who may not
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 09:51:37AM +0200, Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > And this is only possible if scripts use
> >
> > /bin/sh
> >
> > The /bin/sh could be any valid shel
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This one time, at band camp, Jari Aalto said:
> > "Depends:" make dependency visible, whereas filing a wishlist is
> > usually result of someone by accident finding the script to include
> > bashism. He may offer a
Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Am 2006-11-25 00:02:34, schrieb Jari Aalto:
> > PII with 62-128M, fairly common.
>
> ACK
>
> > > For example my IBM TP570 (PII/366MHz/192MB)
> > > is happy with /bin/bash and fast enough.
> >
>
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Marc Haber wrote:
>> But I feel that it is _wrong_ to close wishlist bugs like that. It
>> is ok to tag them wontfix or help, or even usertag them send-patch,
>> but closing them immediately doesn't help anybody but statistics.
>
> I
[Please keep CC]
Where should the bugs found in "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" be
reported? BTS package name?
Jari
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What happens to them? Where c
| On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Jari Aalto wrote:
|
| > | Please note that policy says:
| > |
| > |A program must not depend on environment variables to get reasonable
| > |defaults.
| > |
| > | The way I read this, whatever "good" defaults you think should be in
|
Richard A Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 3 May 2006, Colin Watson wrote:
>
>
> The rest of the system accounts are happily running with /bin/false
>
There is now /bin/nologin which is more secure
Jari
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Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:12:35AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> > The rest of the system accounts are happily running with /bin/false
>>
>> There is now /bin/nologin which is more secure
>
> I think you mean /usr/sbin
José Luis Tallón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hijacking a package without contacting the maintainer first is against
> the Developers' Reference and can only be considered a personal attack.
>
>
> I still don't know what is John Goerzen trying to achieve with this.
> More on this later.
This th
no need to cc: me).
|
| On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 19:05:01 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
| > The debian/control::Description reads:
| [...]
| > From "StumpWM is a window manager written entirely in Common Lisp"
| > it suggests, that is is just another window manager only that the
| &
| Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
| reassign 363486 debian-policy
|
| each package should agree on which interface is needed to be able to
| provide a specific alternative. And if they should provide a virtual
| package for it.
|
| On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 14:44:08 +0300, Jari Aalto
| On 12/06/06, Jari Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > |
| > | tags 356948 + help
| > | retitle 356948 stumpwm: clarify how to start this WM in the README.Debi=
| an
| >AFTER
| >
| > Description: a Common Lisp window manager
| > Note: this is not and end u
ot;Word" as the word processor
program, similarly "Excel", but as suggested below
x-word-processor
x-office-spreadsheet
will do nicely too. I'll recap this issue in Debian devel.
Jari
| On 6/12/06, Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > On 6/12/06, Jari Aa
Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi David!
>
> About ITP's, they should be retitled to RFPs, rather than closed. That
> way, other people can have a go at packaging the software.
>
I concur. If someone did not produce a packge withing NN days (say 3
months) after ITP, the system shoul
Alfie Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:32:41 +, Gerrit Pape wrote:
|
| ...but try come up with a rule of thumb for '%%' (big suffix), '#'
| (small prefix), etc.? Maybe the 'p' in percent is for Prefix -- but no,
| the Prefix is the hash symbol; two signs are bigger t
"Nelson A. de Oliveira" writes:
>> README.Debian to explain how programs are used". Please provide
>
> The problem here is that we have a lot of -dbg packages on Debian
> Do we need the same README file on all of them?
>
> ...the package maintainer is responsible in helping the user to get a
> bac
FOREWORD
I have seen following construct to be used in shell-context
(makefiles, sh-scripts, Perl):
`cmd` [1]
However, the POSIX standard and SUSv[23] declares alternative way of
accomplishing the same with in *sh context:
$(cmd) [2]
I would see following probl
John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 07:26:21PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>> > I'm askinf if it is ok to to reopen such bugs based of better QA
>> > aspects. Possibly by providing patches if the maintainer is busy
>> > elsewhere to handle such a "minor issue" from hi
"Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Friday 09 February 2007 11:11, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> I have reported bugs against backtick and suggested to change to use
>> the more readable alternative. The result was surprising. To quote
>&
Ana Guerrero writes:
>
> It is good to care for packages from people who are currently too busy and
> making NMUs to fix critical/very important bugs. However, lately I have been
> seeing a lot of NMUs that are being very disruptive
Hi Ana,
The packages I took under close look have been carefull
Alexander Wirt writes:
>> Jari Aalto schrieb am Sunday, den 23. May 2010:
>>
>> [When package was not maintained]
>>
>> In addition to fixing the RC bugs, minor updates were usually done at
>> the same time. This was done for the reasons that in case the pa
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> Andreas Barth
>
>
> I agree that starting with the current scripts is for starters. But we
> should do it in a way that is prepared for doi
2011-03-15 21:24 Austin English :
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 13:52, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> - does not depend on external programs outside of Debian.
>
> ...vast majority of its uses requires downloading things from outside of
> Debian, typically with a potentially non-DFSG
I'd like to propose updates to:
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
(1) Use URL instead of real FSF address everywhere
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-License along with this package; if not, write to the Free
-Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St,
2012-02-11 20:44 Charles Plessy :
| Le Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:23:12PM +0200, Jari Aalto a écrit :
| http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
|
| > (1) Use URL instead of real FSF address everywhere
|
| The examples contain license notices for the GNU GPL version 2, and in
| these there is no URL
2012-02-11 20:44 Charles Plessy :
| Le Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:23:12PM +0200, Jari Aalto a écrit :
|> (2) No ending commas in years
|
| I would apply this change if it were supported by more people, but given
| that the object of DEP 5 is to record upstream license and copyright
| statements,
t; header to use 1 space indentation
as used in other headers.
- Drop unused comma after year element in copyright holder lines.
Comma would be used with multiple discrete years like in
, +3, +5; see FSF recommendation.
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto
---
deps/dep5.mdwn | 63 +
* Fri 2006-06-09 Ian Jackson
> If some program lacks a feature or bugfix you want for your package,
> then _implement it_ instead of whining !
>
> Most maintainers are much more cooperative when you tag the bug as
> +patch and say something like:
Nope. If you happend to send a patch to fix the pr
* Wed 2006-06-07 Axel Beckert
* Message-Id: 20060607001535.GT3066 AT fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de
> Hi!
>
>> I'm creating a meta package for install a lite desktop for old
>> machines with poor hardware.
>
> Hey, that's a really cool idea! Debian is one of the last modern (and
> not specialised) Linux dist
* Tue 2006-06-13 Josselin Mouette
* Message-Id: 1150231486.17236.21.camel AT utena.localnet
> Le lundi 12 juin 2006 à 20:44 +0200, Kurt Roeckx a écrit :
>
>> I think you're not very clear in what you're asking, so I'm going
>> to try and explain what I think you said.
>>
>> If you open a file in
* Wed 2006-06-14 Hendrik Sattler
>>
>> The proposal here talks about differnt thing, but indirectly concerns
>> the mime types, which are used to associate actions to certain file
>> extensions.
>
> Why not have something that starts the proper program according to the given
> mimetype? E.g.:
> x
* Wed 2006-06-14 Thibaut Paumard
* Message-Id: 1150288566.1225.141.camel AT pc-paumard.mpe-garching.mpg.de
> Le mercredi 14 juin 2006 à 01:33 +0200, Hendrik Sattler a écrit :
>
>> Why not have something that starts the proper program according to the given
>> mimetype? E.g.:
>> x-mime-handler app
-- This is summary of thread:
-- Subject: Bug#363486: dpkg: [update-alternatives] New categories for: WORD,
EXCEL ...
Please comment. --Jari
THE INTENTION
There are many programs that can act on a file if it contains
certain extension. The use of program names like 'konqueror', 'xfe'
* Thu 2006-06-15 Bernhard Link
* Message-Id: 20060615123501.GA11774 AT login.informatik.uni-freiburg.de
> * Jari Aalto+usenet [060615 12:32]:
>> The features would be those proposed at the beginning. Examples:
>>
>> x-mime-handler --run x-file-manager /home/
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