Developers in Ottawa, ON, Canada?

2000-10-17 Thread Warren A. Layton
I am currently in the process of becoming a new maintainer. However, I'm having trouble finding Debian developers near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I know David Huggins-Daines lives here, but he hasn't replied to the 3 messages that I have sent him. I just need to get my GPG key signed. Is there anyon

RE: A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
> No. This is a general problem which has yet to be solved. It is not > really the responsibility of the library package to say "I am only > useful for package X". And a Pre-Depends won't be useful. Just have > icu depending on the library package and leave it at that. Note also > that libicu1

Developers in Ottawa, ON, Canada?

2000-10-17 Thread Warren A. Layton
I am currently in the process of becoming a new maintainer. However, I'm having trouble finding Debian developers near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I know David Huggins-Daines lives here, but he hasn't replied to the 3 messages that I have sent him. I just need to get my GPG key signed. Is there anyo

Re: A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:21:57PM -0700, Yves Arrouye wrote: > OK, I have this package, libicu16, which contains libraries only. The > libraries are not really useful w/o the data contained in the icu package, > but it is reasonable to expect later libraries to work w/ the same data, > hence the s

A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
OK, I have this package, libicu16, which contains libraries only. The libraries are not really useful w/o the data contained in the icu package, but it is reasonable to expect later libraries to work w/ the same data, hence the separation. Also, the icu package has binaries which depend on libicu16

RE: A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
> No. This is a general problem which has yet to be solved. It is not > really the responsibility of the library package to say "I am only > useful for package X". And a Pre-Depends won't be useful. Just have > icu depending on the library package and leave it at that. Note also > that libicu

Re: A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:21:57PM -0700, Yves Arrouye wrote: > OK, I have this package, libicu16, which contains libraries only. The > libraries are not really useful w/o the data contained in the icu package, > but it is reasonable to expect later libraries to work w/ the same data, > hence the

A case for Pre-Depends?

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
OK, I have this package, libicu16, which contains libraries only. The libraries are not really useful w/o the data contained in the icu package, but it is reasonable to expect later libraries to work w/ the same data, hence the separation. Also, the icu package has binaries which depend on libicu1

RE: Q. about the way libc6 is packaged (looking for inspiration)

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
\ > > > libicu16: just the lib*.so.* > > > icu: the rest, depends on libicu16. > > > > This is the correct way to do it. > > Doesn't this mean that you have to upgrade both packages if you need > to change the *.so.* files in a binary incompatible manner. Yes. > Ie. wouldn't it be better to h

RE: Q. about the way libc6 is packaged (looking for inspiration)

2000-10-17 Thread Yves Arrouye
\ > > > libicu16: just the lib*.so.* > > > icu: the rest, depends on libicu16. > > > > This is the correct way to do it. > > Doesn't this mean that you have to upgrade both packages if you need > to change the *.so.* files in a binary incompatible manner. Yes. > Ie. wouldn't it be better to

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > I will sponsor you, if no one else has volenteered yet. Ueiii! Yes, I accept gladly. Thanks! *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source So

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Thus spake T.Pospisek's MailLists ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test > ;-). You can find it at: > http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff > I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can > start recieving bugrep

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > I will sponsor you, if no one else has volenteered yet. Ueiii! Yes, I accept gladly. Thanks! *t Tomas Pospisek SourcePole - Linux & Open Source S

Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test ;-). You can find it at: http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can start recieving bugreports (arghhh.). :-) *t

Re: Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Thus spake T.Pospisek's MailLists ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test > ;-). You can find it at: > http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff > I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can > start recieving bugre

Need sponsor for xxdiff

2000-10-17 Thread T.Pospisek's MailLists
I'm in the new-maintainer-queue, this is my applicant's admission test ;-). You can find it at: http://sourcepole.ch/sources/software/xxdiff I'd be grateful to find a sponsor so that it get's uploaded and I can start recieving bugreports (arghhh.). :-) *t ---