Re: [OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:24, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > > for the open source commity, hosting I think m

Re: Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:46:16PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Also: since gql-drivers is no longer needed, I want to get it off the > > archive. Is the correct way to file a bug against non-us.debian.org > > (where gql-drivers resides)? > > usually it is ftp.d.o, but in this case non-us

Re: your mail

2001-11-12 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:38:46PM +0100, Gundolf Kiefer wrote: > > I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion > into a future release of Debian > > I am not a Debian developer, > > How can I proceed further? one of two ways: you can apply to become a debian dev

Re: [OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:24, Andreas Fuchs wrote: > Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > > for the open source commity, hosting I think

Re: Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Now there are some open bugs against gql-drivers, which I want to > close with the upload of the new gql package. Should I reassign them > to gql and close them from the changelog? (I guess so) > looks like you have never had someone accidently close a bug of yours (-: Just close the bug as

Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Hi folks! I had a 'logical' software package consisting of two physical source packages. Now I have merged them into one source pkg, named after one of the original source pkgs. So, concretly, 'gql' and 'gql-drivers' are becoming 'gql' (with gql containing gql-drivers, of course). Now there are

[OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Andreas Fuchs
Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > for the open source commity, hosting I think more than 16000 projects > on their servers, which sort o

Re: Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:46:16PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Also: since gql-drivers is no longer needed, I want to get it off the > > archive. Is the correct way to file a bug against non-us.debian.org > > (where gql-drivers resides)? > > usually it is ftp.d.o, but in this case non-u

Re: your mail

2001-11-12 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:38:46PM +0100, Gundolf Kiefer wrote: > > I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion > into a future release of Debian > > I am not a Debian developer, > > How can I proceed further? one of two ways: you can apply to become a debian de

Re: Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Now there are some open bugs against gql-drivers, which I want to > close with the upload of the new gql package. Should I reassign them > to gql and close them from the changelog? (I guess so) > looks like you have never had someone accidently close a bug of yours (-: Just close the bug a

Source package merge

2001-11-12 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Hi folks! I had a 'logical' software package consisting of two physical source packages. Now I have merged them into one source pkg, named after one of the original source pkgs. So, concretly, 'gql' and 'gql-drivers' are becoming 'gql' (with gql containing gql-drivers, of course). Now there are

[OT] sf.net and "free" software (was: Re: sourceforge sucks)

2001-11-12 Thread Andreas Fuchs
Today, Yven Johannes Leist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By the way I'm of course not really of the opinion that sourceforge > "sucks"; one really has to admit that valinux does an incredible job > for the open source commity, hosting I think more than 16000 projects > on their servers, which sort

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Michael Weber
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 13:47:04 +0100, Florian Hinzmann wrote: > Hello! > > > On 04-Nov-2001 Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > In your original mail, the question was what to do about symbolic > > links like "missing --> /usr/share/automake/missing". The answer is: > > replace them by the file to

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Florian Hinzmann
Hi Eduard! On 04-Nov-2001 Eduard Bloch wrote: >#include > Florian Hinzmann wrote on Sun Nov 04, 2001 um 08:18:47PM: > >> I can't do a configure run as there is no configure script! >> I do have to run the autotools scripts. >> >> The question is when to run it. Before or after the Debian >> di

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Michael Weber
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 13:47:04 +0100, Florian Hinzmann wrote: > Hello! > > > On 04-Nov-2001 Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > In your original mail, the question was what to do about symbolic > > links like "missing --> /usr/share/automake/missing". The answer is: > > replace them by the file to

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Florian Hinzmann
Hello! On 04-Nov-2001 Steve M. Robbins wrote: > In your original mail, the question was what to do about symbolic > links like "missing --> /usr/share/automake/missing". The answer is: > replace them by the file to which they are linked. Yes, thanks. I do understand another part of this autoco

Re: sourceforge sucks

2001-11-12 Thread Yven Johannes Leist
On Monday 12 November 2001 09:59, Roland Mas wrote: > Yven Johannes Leist (2001-11-10 18:22:26 +0100) : > > On Saturday 10 November 2001 18:13, Yven Johannes Leist wrote: > >> das mit dem release könnte noch dauern, suckforge ist gerade grauenhaft > >> langsam bis überhaupt nicht mehr responding :-

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2001-11-12 Thread Gundolf Kiefer
Dear friends, I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion into a future release of Debian (it is a lightweight, non-intrusive backup tool targeting standalone/home computers that combines some properties I could not find in previously existing tools that way). I am

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Florian Hinzmann
Hi Eduard! On 04-Nov-2001 Eduard Bloch wrote: >#include > Florian Hinzmann wrote on Sun Nov 04, 2001 um 08:18:47PM: > >> I can't do a configure run as there is no configure script! >> I do have to run the autotools scripts. >> >> The question is when to run it. Before or after the Debian >> d

Re: dpkg-source: unrepresentable changes to source

2001-11-12 Thread Florian Hinzmann
Hello! On 04-Nov-2001 Steve M. Robbins wrote: > In your original mail, the question was what to do about symbolic > links like "missing --> /usr/share/automake/missing". The answer is: > replace them by the file to which they are linked. Yes, thanks. I do understand another part of this autoc

Re: sourceforge sucks

2001-11-12 Thread Yven Johannes Leist
On Monday 12 November 2001 09:59, Roland Mas wrote: > Yven Johannes Leist (2001-11-10 18:22:26 +0100) : > > On Saturday 10 November 2001 18:13, Yven Johannes Leist wrote: > >> das mit dem release könnte noch dauern, suckforge ist gerade grauenhaft > >> langsam bis überhaupt nicht mehr responding :

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2001-11-12 Thread Gundolf Kiefer
Dear friends, I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion into a future release of Debian (it is a lightweight, non-intrusive backup tool targeting standalone/home computers that combines some properties I could not find in previously existing tools that way). I a

Re: sourceforge sucks

2001-11-12 Thread Roland Mas
Yven Johannes Leist (2001-11-10 18:22:26 +0100) : > On Saturday 10 November 2001 18:13, Yven Johannes Leist wrote: >> das mit dem release könnte noch dauern, suckforge ist gerade grauenhaft >> langsam bis überhaupt nicht mehr responding :-(( > sorry for the inconvenience, this message was not sup

Adding a specific unrecognized lib to shlibs using debhelper?

2001-11-12 Thread Yves Arrouye
Sorry if that's an FAQ. I searched some on archives and didn't find what I wanted. The next release of ICU may have a library /usr/lib/libicudt20l.so which is not recognized by dh_makeshlibs because it has the wrong naming convention. As a result lintian complains my package contains

Re: sourceforge sucks

2001-11-12 Thread Roland Mas
Yven Johannes Leist (2001-11-10 18:22:26 +0100) : > On Saturday 10 November 2001 18:13, Yven Johannes Leist wrote: >> das mit dem release könnte noch dauern, suckforge ist gerade grauenhaft >> langsam bis überhaupt nicht mehr responding :-(( > sorry for the inconvenience, this message was not su

Adding a specific unrecognized lib to shlibs using debhelper?

2001-11-12 Thread Yves Arrouye
Sorry if that's an FAQ. I searched some on archives and didn't find what I wanted. The next release of ICU may have a library /usr/lib/libicudt20l.so which is not recognized by dh_makeshlibs because it has the wrong naming convention. As a result lintian complains my package contain