Re: KDE Metapackage fails - imlib2 package missing

2003-05-30 Thread Chris Cheney
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 02:21:57AM -0500, Donald Spoon wrote: > Warning: The imlib2 package was still missing from SID as of this > afternoon. This will cause NEW installs of KDE 3.1.1 to fail until > corrected. And it will stay gone... A couple days after I uploaded kdegraphics the imlib auth

Re: KDE Metapackage fails - imlib2 package missing

2003-05-30 Thread Donald Spoon
Donald Spoon wrote: I tried upgrading to KDE 3.1.1 in SID today (28 May 2003) by using the metapackage "kde", and it failed. The kdegraphics dependency couldn't be met. The kdegraphics fails because the kuickshow dependency couldn't be met, and the kuickshow fails to install because the imlib2

KDE Metapackage fails - imlib2 package missing

2003-05-29 Thread Donald Spoon
I tried upgrading to KDE 3.1.1 in SID today (28 May 2003) by using the metapackage "kde", and it failed. The kdegraphics dependency couldn't be met. The kdegraphics fails because the kuickshow dependency couldn't be met, and the kuickshow fails to install because the imlib2 dependency couldn'

Re: KDE metapackage (was: Where is kdenetwork, where is Chris?)

2003-03-04 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 04 Mar 2003 11:28, Ben Burton wrote: > > ... and the > > prospect of a simple kde metapackage for easy installation for > > newbies seems a farfetched dream. > > I'll adopt meta-kde if Chris isn't ta

KDE metapackage (was: Where is kdenetwork, where is Chris?)

2003-03-04 Thread Ben Burton
> ... and the > prospect of a simple kde metapackage for easy installation for newbies seems > a farfetched dream. I'll adopt meta-kde if Chris isn't taking it (it's currently orphaned, though there's no wnpp bug AFAICT). If I don't hear otherwise in a fe

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-22 Thread tluxt2
--- Simon Hepburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 21 Feb 2002 7:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > --- Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > metapackage will be the last thing I fix since it depends on every other > > > package. > > > > OK. So, approximately when (# days) do y

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-21 Thread Earl F Hampton
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 23:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for your quick reply! :) > I've got a couple questions: > > I will hopefully upload a new kdebase tomorrow (about 12hrs from now). > > They have new packages in them so have to be manually overridden before > > they can go

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-21 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Thursday 21 Feb 2002 7:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > metapackage will be the last thing I fix since it depends on every other > > package. > > OK. So, approximately when (# days) do you think that might be done? You are either very enthusias

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-21 Thread tluxt2
ving this problem? > > see above > > > If not - when (in # of days) do you think Sid systems will be able to > install > > metapackage "kde"? > > metapackage will be the last thing I fix since it depends on every other > package. OK. So, approximatel

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-21 Thread Chris Cheney
gt; If so - any idea why my Sid is still having this problem? see above > If not - when (in # of days) do you think Sid systems will be able to install > metapackage "kde"? metapackage will be the last thing I fix since it depends on every other package. I will hopefully upload a ne

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread tluxt2
--- Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:28:40AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > > I'm willing to do an NMU if there really is a dpendency problem (and Chris > > doesn't object) but is there really a problem? > > > > I have libglib1.3-12 installed and I was also abl

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread Daniel Stone
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:21:04AM -0800, ben wrote: > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 01:16 am, Daniel Stone wrote: > > While I appreciate your support, sometimes I think you overplay the > > maintainers' stocks a little bit. :) > > > > When we take on a package, we take on the responsibility of mai

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread ben
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 01:16 am, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:27:25AM -0800, ben wrote: > > just give it up. redeem yourself (if, indeed, you have any intent to do > > so) by conceding that the only necessary obligation--in this case, of > > gratitude and respect owed by

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread Daniel Stone
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:27:25AM -0800, ben wrote: > just give it up. redeem yourself (if, indeed, you have any intent to do so) > by conceding that the only necessary obligation--in this case, of gratitude > and respect owed by the benficiaries of the unpaid labor of others--exists on > the s

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread ben
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 10:30 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snipped, due to sheer irrelevance] for someone allegedly so concerned with detail and precision, neither your repost nor the archive link which you allege provides evidence of having included a quote of my post, actually, do that.

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread Brian K. Vagts
Since when have maintainers been allowed to have a social life? :-) Seriously...thanks for all the great work guys. I am very dependent on, and happy with the packages you provide, and I know several friends not anywhere near an official Debian list that are in the same position. Brian On Mon

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread tluxt2
The first sentence in my previous message should have been: I have read your message (below). not > I have ready your message (below). __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-20 Thread tluxt2
Hi ben, I have ready your message (below). I am sending you this note because, based on your very last comment below, I am concerned that somewhere along the communication channel part of the message I sent to you did not get to you. (See below.) --- ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesda

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Tuesday 19 Feb 2002 12:43 pm, ben wrote: > without the effort of the maintainers, debian > itself wouldn't exist, and i believe their consistent contribution to its > existence deserves every expression of support we, as beficiaries, can take > the time to make. > > ben Agreed. Thanks for doin

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread ben
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 04:23 am, Simon Hepburn wrote: > On Tuesday 19 Feb 2002 11:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi ben, > > > > Hi ben indeed. I see nothing in this post that concerns debian-kde. Could > you please continue this off-list. I do not want personal messages from you > to be

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Tuesday 19 Feb 2002 12:25 pm, Daniel Stone wrote: > It would be a very boring day when all Debian lists were on-topic. Too True, but there is a difference between personal and off-topic. OT is often entertaining and welcome. Personal is usually 90% mindless crap and not welcome. Simon Hepbu

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread Yven J. Leist
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 12:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ben, > > I read your message with some interest. In order to help me give you a > response on par with your interest, will you please provide me some > clarification about some things that are ambiguous to me about your > message? TI

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 12:23:17PM +, Simon Hepburn wrote: > On Tuesday 19 Feb 2002 11:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi ben, > > > > Hi ben indeed. I see nothing in this post that concerns debian-kde. Could you > please continue this off-list. I do not want personal messages from you

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread Simon Hepburn
On Tuesday 19 Feb 2002 11:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ben, Hi ben indeed. I see nothing in this post that concerns debian-kde. Could you please continue this off-list. I do not want personal messages from you to ben in my inbox. Perhaps you could identify yourself before making any f

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread ben
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 03:01 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi ben, > > I read your message with some interest. In order to help me give you a > response on par with your interest, will you please provide me some > clarification about some things that are ambiguous to me about your > message?

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-19 Thread tluxt2
Hi ben, I read your message with some interest. In order to help me give you a response on par with your interest, will you please provide me some clarification about some things that are ambiguous to me about your message? TIA. 1st: One ambiguity in your message is whether your message is (pl

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Chris Cheney
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:28:40AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > I'm willing to do an NMU if there really is a dpendency problem (and Chris > doesn't object) but is there really a problem? > > I have libglib1.3-12 installed and I was also able to install the kde > package without any dependency

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Magnus von Koeller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 18 February 2002 09:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned [...] > 6)  Find another maintainer who can fix the metapackage, etc. Just as Ben, Derek and Daniel, I'm really getting annoyed

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Brian Bilbrey
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 10:28:40AM -0500, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > I'm willing to do an NMU if there really is a dpendency problem (and Chris > doesn't object) but is there really a problem? > > I have libglib1.3-12 installed and I was also able to install the kde > package without any dependency

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned absence > kde metapackage in Sid doesn't install > fails on libkmid - libkmid: Depends: libglib1.3-12 (>= 1.3.12) > fails on libglib1.3-12 (>= 1.3.1

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Derek Gladding
On Monday 18 February 2002 12:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage? > What's the best long term fix for this? > Do we need someone to do an NMU of the kde metapackage? > > There are quick fixes, and long term

Re: How install kde metapackage depends by hand? And, Https?

2002-02-18 Thread Hendrik Sattler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 18. Februar 2002 05:02 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Ok, since I can't get the 'kde' metapackage in Sid to install, I did a > apt-cache show kde(I think) > and saw a bunch of depends and suggests. >

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Daniel Stone
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:00:04AM -0800, Derek Gladding wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 01:36 am, ben wrote: > > On Monday 18 February 2002 12:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok > > > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned > > > absence > > > > [stuff] > > Seconde

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread Derek Gladding
On Monday 18 February 2002 01:36 am, ben wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 12:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok > > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned > > absence > > it's great that you've taken such an interest in helping the > maintainers but you seem to have de

Re: What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread ben
On Monday 18 February 2002 12:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok > ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned absence it's great that you've taken such an interest in helping the maintainers but you seem to have developed an attitude of scorn that really seems unjustified. e

What's best quick fix for broken kde metapackage?

2002-02-18 Thread tluxt2
Ok ccheney is MIA for > 1 week with no advance notice of planned absence kde metapackage in Sid doesn't install fails on libkmid - libkmid: Depends: libglib1.3-12 (>= 1.3.12) fails on libglib1.3-12 (>= 1.3.12) is not available fails on kdebase-audiolibs fails on libkmid o

Re: How install kde metapackage depends by hand? And, Https?

2002-02-17 Thread Brian Bilbrey
On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 08:02:26PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > something?) I didn't see anything about https or ssh. How do I get that https > support installed? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l | grep crypto ii kdelibs3-crypt 2.2.2-5KDE core crypto libraries -- Brian Bilbrey

How install kde metapackage depends by hand? And, Https?

2002-02-17 Thread tluxt2
Ok, since I can't get the 'kde' metapackage in Sid to install, I did a apt-cache show kde (I think) and saw a bunch of depends and suggests. So, to get as much of the functionality of the 'kde' package as is possible, should I just go through and install by hand a

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-05 Thread Chris Cheney
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:02:27PM -0800, tluxt wrote: > Thanks for your info below. (See a few questions there.) > You missed this question at the very beginning of the message, :) > which refers to the subject of this message: > > Subject: What is keeping 'kde' meta

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-05 Thread tluxt
Thanks for your info below. (See a few questions there.) You missed this question at the very beginning of the message, :) which refers to the subject of this message: Subject: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody? Q: And, where exactly in the Debian package system databas

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-04 Thread Chris Cheney
On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:23:13AM -0800, tluxt wrote: -snip- > Um, ok, but why are there these two different pages? > These make it seem like there is both a package "kde", and > a package "meta-kde" that are different packages. > Do these two different URL, referring to both "package kde" >

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-04 Thread Hendrik Sattler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Montag, 4. Februar 2002 10:23 schrieb tluxt: > If you, when do you think you'll have all that work done? > > alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc > > Seriously: Is it _worth_ doing all that effort? IMHO yes. >

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-04 Thread tluxt
--- Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 03:32:24PM -0800, tluxt wrote: > > 1) What is package kde? I've heard of kde-base, and the 'kde' > > metapackage, but not a 'regular' package called 'kde'. > > 2)

Re: What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-03 Thread Chris Cheney
On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 03:32:24PM -0800, tluxt wrote: > 1) What is package kde? I've heard of kde-base, and the 'kde' > metapackage, but not a 'regular' package called 'kde'. > 2) Is a bug of level 'important' able to keep a package out

What is keeping 'kde' metapackage out of Woody?

2002-02-03 Thread tluxt
sage is received.) Debian bug tracking system administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Last modified: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:14:22 UTC ========= 1) What is package kde? I've heard of kde-base, and the 'kde' metapackage,

Re: Fwd: Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-06 Thread John Gay
after my previous, erroneous, message to the list, i did install the kde metapackage, with the same results you did. after the first failure, i did an apt-get -f install, allowed it to "remove" the as yet-uninstalled packages, configure and install the ones it could. then, i did anoth

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-06 Thread Bob Underwood
On Tuesday 06 November 2001 02:09 am, Donald R. Spoon wrote: > Bob Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > after my previous, erroneous, message to the list, i did install the kde > > metapackage, with the same results you did. after the first failure, i > > did an

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-06 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Bob Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > after my previous, erroneous, message to the list, i did install the kde > metapackage, with the same results you did. after the first failure, i did > an apt-get -f install, allowed it to "remove" the as yet-uninstalled

Fwd: Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Bob Underwood
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Kde metapackage Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:46:16 -0500 From: Bob Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Monday 05 November 2001 03:18 pm, John Gay wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread John Gay
Laurent Rathle wrote: Hello, Did anyone tried to install KDE with the metapackage kde ? I'm trying to write a little tutorial for the installation of KDE 2.2.x and when I installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and I took everything from unstable package by package. So I&#

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Patrick Schnorbus
On Monday, 5. November 2001 18:47, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > There are a couple things missing in the kde metapackage that I use (like > > kmail). I did notice it appears in one of the other kde metapackages, so > > i did an apt-get -t unstable install kde kde-extras -

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Bob Underwood
ge kde ? I'm trying > > > to write a little tutorial for the installation of KDE 2.2.x and when I > > > installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and I took > > > everything from unstable package by package. So I'd like to know if I > > > p

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread John Gay
hen I installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and I took everything from unstable package by package. So I'd like to know if I put in my tutorial that people can do : apt-get -t unstable install kde After several attempts to upgrade to KDE2.2.1 using apt-get install kde/unstable, I

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Ivan E. Moore II
allation of KDE 2.2.x and when I > > installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and I took > > everything from unstable package by package. So I'd like to know if I put > > in my tutorial that people can do : > > > > apt-get -t unstable install kde > > > &

Re: Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Bob Underwood
On Monday 05 November 2001 12:13, Laurent Rathle wrote: > Hello, > > Did anyone tried to install KDE with the metapackage kde ? I'm trying to > write a little tutorial for the installation of KDE 2.2.x and when I > installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and

Kde metapackage

2001-11-05 Thread Laurent Rathle
Hello, Did anyone tried to install KDE with the metapackage kde ? I'm trying to write a little tutorial for the installation of KDE 2.2.x and when I installed it on my machine there was no kde metapackage and I took everything from unstable package by package. So I'd like to know i