Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

On Monday 08 October 2001 23:28, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: > > Greetings all, > > > > I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... > > Geoff, > > I don't know anything about rockets but I was intrigued. > Your

Re: Upstream missing - what to do now

On Mon, 08 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Blarrgh. I adopted zicq/krolden earlier this year. Upstream has been AWOL [...] > I'm also unable (mostly due to skill level, but partly due to Literature > class this semester) to even attempt to update the code. Should I simply > re-orphan the pack

Upstream missing - what to do now

Blarrgh. I adopted zicq/krolden earlier this year. Upstream has been AWOL for months now; his website appears to no longer exist, and I have yet to see him connect on ICQ. I *think* krolden needs a good protocol overhaul to be able to talk to ICQ server. I'm l

RE: Please explain this odd lintian error

On 08-Oct-2001 Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > lintian -i (v1.20.16) sez: > > W: webmin-ssl: postinst-does-not-load-confmodule > N: > N: Even if your postinst does not involve debconf, you currently need to > N: make sure it loads one of the debconf libraries. This will be changed > N: in the futu

Re: Upstream missing - what to do now

On Mon, 08 Oct 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Blarrgh. I adopted zicq/krolden earlier this year. Upstream has been AWOL [...] > I'm also unable (mostly due to skill level, but partly due to Literature > class this semester) to even attempt to update the code. Should I simply > re-orphan the pac

Upstream missing - what to do now

Blarrgh. I adopted zicq/krolden earlier this year. Upstream has been AWOL for months now; his website appears to no longer exist, and I have yet to see him connect on ICQ. I *think* krolden needs a good protocol overhaul to be able to talk to ICQ server. I'm

Please explain this odd lintian error

lintian -i (v1.20.16) sez: W: webmin-ssl: postinst-does-not-load-confmodule N: N: Even if your postinst does not involve debconf, you currently need to N: make sure it loads one of the debconf libraries. This will be changed N: in the future. N: But the postinst looks like this: $ head deb

RE: Please explain this odd lintian error

On 08-Oct-2001 Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > lintian -i (v1.20.16) sez: > > W: webmin-ssl: postinst-does-not-load-confmodule > N: > N: Even if your postinst does not involve debconf, you currently need to > N: make sure it loads one of the debconf libraries. This will be changed > N: in the fut

Please explain this odd lintian error

lintian -i (v1.20.16) sez: W: webmin-ssl: postinst-does-not-load-confmodule N: N: Even if your postinst does not involve debconf, you currently need to N: make sure it loads one of the debconf libraries. This will be changed N: in the future. N: But the postinst looks like this: $ head de

Re: Mail access

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my > packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from > /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the > upgrade-checklist states that I should "[...] include a su

Re: unofficial apt source setup

On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using > dpkg-sc

Mail access

While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should "[...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]". What Depe

Htdig's english wordlist

Hi, I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in /etc/htdig/ - just a list of english words. Changing this file changes the behaviour of h

Re: Sponsor needed for xmms-jess

once upon a time Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Okay, I would sponsor you if noone volunteered before. Please clean up > the changelog, drop the -1.tar.gz file and look how to disable the > debug > messages. Then we will see. I've cleaned up the changelog spelling/grammer wise, the ups

Re: Mail access

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, peter karlsson wrote: > While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my > packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from > /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the > upgrade-checklist states that I should "[...] include a s

Re: unofficial apt source setup

On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using > dpkg-s

Mail access

While sifting through the policy upgrade checklist for one of my packages, I came to the information about changing mail access from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail. That's not hard. Also, the upgrade-checklist states that I should "[...] include a suitable Depends field; details in [12.6]". What Dep

Re: Sponsor needed for xmms-jess

#include Hereward Cooper wrote on Sun Oct 07, 2001 um 10:21:05PM: > I would like a sponsor for the XMMS Visulization -- Jess. I think it > looks really wickedly slick and even if you don't want to sponsor me, I > think you should have this anyway (if you run XMMS)! > Primaraly I wouldn't mind som

Htdig's english wordlist

Hi, I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in /etc/htdig/ - just a list of english words. Changing this file changes the behaviour of

Re: Sponsor needed for xmms-jess

once upon a time Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Okay, I would sponsor you if noone volunteered before. Please clean up > the changelog, drop the -1.tar.gz file and look how to disable the > debug > messages. Then we will see. I've cleaned up the changelog spelling/grammer wise, the up

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, I don't know anything about rockets but I was intrigued. Your package looks good. I think you are missing a build-dependency on cgil

Re: Sponsor needed for xmms-jess

#include Hereward Cooper wrote on Sun Oct 07, 2001 um 10:21:05PM: > I would like a sponsor for the XMMS Visulization -- Jess. I think it > looks really wickedly slick and even if you don't want to sponsor me, I > think you should have this anyway (if you run XMMS)! > Primaraly I wouldn't mind so

new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Package: rocketworkbench Description: Rocket Design Utilities The Rocket Workbench Project is a mission to develop open source high quality software tools for the design of experimental rockets. Using the most

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, I don't know anything about rockets but I was intrigued. Your package looks good. I think you are missing a build-dependency on cgi

Re: unofficial apt source setup

Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? In apt-ftparchive(1), which comes with apt-utils. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature

Re: Need a sponsor/advocate

David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > First of all, I appreciate the criticism. I've been pondering my eol > package throughout the week and I've decided it still has merit. It > is not intended to recode between unicode, ebdic, and ascii, like > recode. It's merely intende

Re: unofficial apt source setup

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:43:38 -0500, Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try us

new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Package: rocketworkbench Description: Rocket Design Utilities The Rocket Workbench Project is a mission to develop open source high quality software tools for the design of experimental rockets. Using the most

Re: unofficial apt source setup

Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where do I find some info on setting up an unofficial apt source? In apt-ftparchive(1), which comes with apt-utils. -- Robbe signature.ng Description: PGP signature

Re: Need a sponsor/advocate

David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > First of all, I appreciate the criticism. I've been pondering my eol > package throughout the week and I've decided it still has merit. It > is not intended to recode between unicode, ebdic, and ascii, like > recode. It's merely intend

Re: unofficial apt source setup

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 21:43:38 -0500, Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try u