Re: looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
> Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to > contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. > > However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? > For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at: > > http://2

looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at: http://24.31.107.28/~lex

libdb3-3.3.11, subversion server

2001-10-09 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm working on packaging subversion, a compelling replacement for cvs. The subversion server needs the Berkeley Database version 3.3.11, the current version in unstable is 3.2.9. I've build 3.3.11-1 based on patches in the BTS (#109853). The differences betwene 3.2.x and 3.3.x require a reco

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> I think that would be appropriate. Colin> Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin> Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin> particular, when sponsoring a package, which fie

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > > repeated assertion. :) > > Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the > dp

looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at: http://24.31.107.28/~le

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

libdb3-3.3.11, subversion server

2001-10-09 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm working on packaging subversion, a compelling replacement for cvs. The subversion server needs the Berkeley Database version 3.3.11, the current version in unstable is 3.2.9. I've build 3.3.11-1 based on patches in the BTS (#109853). The differences betwene 3.2.x and 3.3.x require a rec

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> I think that would be appropriate. Colin> Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin> Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin> particular, when sponsoring a package, which fi

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > > repeated assertion. :) > > Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the > d

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by > repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
> I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes > sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily > responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the > person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > spake forth: > > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > > > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. > > > > I think that's

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > > or debuild? > > > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. > >

Need help evaluating package

2001-10-09 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I have created a package of the LysKOM server (ITP bug #114231). Since this is the first server I have packaged, I would appreciate if someone would test and see that it works well on other systems than my own... :) The package can be found at http://www.softwolves.pp.se/deb/ It only has one

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
> I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes > sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily > responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the > person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake >forth: > > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > > > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. > > > > I think that's

Re: Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Stijn de Bekker wrote: > Hi, > > > Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa > architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): > > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=htdig&ver=3.1.5-3&arch=hppa&stamp=100 > 2598209&file=log&as=raw > > > My question is pretty simple;

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > > or debuild? > > > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > > .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. > >

Re: Need experienced perl module maintainer for a second pair of eyes on my package

2001-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:26:10 -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marc Haber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> > - Why is there an empty /usr/lib/perl5 directory in your package? >> >> Because the Makefile generated by MakeMaker makes that directory on >> install. I now delete it aft

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > or debuild? > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > .changes file as a result. Th

Need help evaluating package

2001-10-09 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I have created a package of the LysKOM server (ITP bug #114231). Since this is the first server I have packaged, I would appreciate if someone would test and see that it works well on other systems than my own... :) The package can be found at http://www.softwolves.pp.se/deb/ It only has on

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: > 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

Re: Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Stijn de Bekker wrote: > Hi, > > > Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa > architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): > > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=htdig&ver=3.1.5-3&arch=hppa&stamp=100 > 2598209&file=log&as=raw > > > My question is pretty simple;

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > or debuild? > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me

Re: Need experienced perl module maintainer for a second pair of eyes on my package

2001-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:26:10 -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marc Haber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> > - Why is there an empty /usr/lib/perl5 directory in your package? >> >> Because the Makefile generated by MakeMaker makes that directory on >> install. I now delete it af

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > or debuild? > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the > .changes file as a result. T

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: > 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 englis

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake forth: > Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just > eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage > or debuild? > > I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTEC

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

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
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, > [snip] > > Your debian/copyright file should say where you obta

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -m"Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTE

Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Stijn de Bekker
Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=htdig&ver=3.1.5-3&arch=hppa&stamp=1002598209&file=log&as=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I create a chroot environment on sarti (

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

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
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: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
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, > [snip] > > Your debian/copyright file should say where you obt

Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Stijn de Bekker
Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=htdig&ver=3.1.5-3&arch=hppa&stamp=1002598209&file=log&as=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I create a chroot environment on sarti