Re: packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:07:47AM +, David H. Askew wrote: > so there will be > > jedit > jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? jedit-doc > The docs are distributed in the same src package as the program, so if I > make two packages, one for the docs and one for the binary.. won'

Re: packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-Apr-2002 David H. Askew wrote: > > Ok.. so i'm working on packages for jedit .. and I'm contemplating > splitting the documentation into its own sepperate package. > > so there will be > > jedit > jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? > generally you specify html if there i

packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread David H. Askew
Ok.. so i'm working on packages for jedit .. and I'm contemplating splitting the documentation into its own sepperate package. so there will be jedit jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? background(for non-jedit users) : jedit has a built-in doc-browser which loads a startup page.

Re: packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 12:07:47AM +, David H. Askew wrote: > so there will be > > jedit > jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? jedit-doc > The docs are distributed in the same src package as the program, so if I > make two packages, one for the docs and one for the binary.. won

Re: packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-Apr-2002 David H. Askew wrote: > > Ok.. so i'm working on packages for jedit .. and I'm contemplating > splitting the documentation into its own sepperate package. > > so there will be > > jedit > jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? > generally you specify html if there

packaging question

2002-04-02 Thread David H. Askew
Ok.. so i'm working on packages for jedit .. and I'm contemplating splitting the documentation into its own sepperate package. so there will be jedit jedit-doc or jedit-doc-html (which is prefered)? background(for non-jedit users) : jedit has a built-in doc-browser which loads a startup page

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:39:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > > So I asked him what I should do. He pic

new package

2002-04-02 Thread Giorgio
Hi everyone. As I am using with high for months satisfation Debiain I would like to give my little contribute. My question is relativly simple: can I make a .deb file of a program I found useful or only "oprphaned" are for new maintainers? I already have read "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" but

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:39:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > > So I asked him what I should do. He pi

new package

2002-04-02 Thread Giorgio
Hi everyone. As I am using with high for months satisfation Debiain I would like to give my little contribute. My question is relativly simple: can I make a .deb file of a program I found useful or only "oprphaned" are for new maintainers? I already have read "Debian New Maintainers' Guide" bu

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Chad Miller
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:39:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > > So I asked him what I should do. He pic

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z > v

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
> The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z > versions, and I've never used them for zblast." > > Did I do s

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z > v

1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Oohara Yuuma
The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z versions, and I've never used them for zblast." Did I do something wrong

Re: ${shlibs:Depends} - What is it?

2002-04-02 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi! On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 05:10:24PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > if he compiled with debhelper from potato there is a good chance he would be > lying about his standards version. The standards-version should match the > standards you were compiled against. OK! That's right. I forgot t

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Chad Miller
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 08:39:33PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > > So I asked him what I should do. He pi

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z >

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Gergely Nagy
> The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z > versions, and I've never used them for zblast." > > Did I do

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0900, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z >

1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Oohara Yuuma
The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z versions, and I've never used them for zblast." Did I do something wron

Re: ${shlibs:Depends} - What is it?

2002-04-02 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi! On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 05:10:24PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > if he compiled with debhelper from potato there is a good chance he would be > lying about his standards version. The standards-version should match the > standards you were compiled against. OK! That's right. I forgot

Re: Uploading GPG keys

2002-04-02 Thread peter karlsson
Me: > Did I misunderstand something, or is the keyring server down? D'uh! GnuPG doesn't like my proxy. If I disable the proxy, it works just fine. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter

Uploading GPG keys

2002-04-02 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! According to the docs I an update my key on the Debian keyring by giving the command gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --send-keys 0x6394265E but I cannot get it to work. Everytime I try (from different machines) I get the error message gpg: error sending to `keyring.debian.org': eof

Re: Uploading GPG keys

2002-04-02 Thread peter karlsson
Me: > Did I misunderstand something, or is the keyring server down? D'uh! GnuPG doesn't like my proxy. If I disable the proxy, it works just fine. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/pete

Uploading GPG keys

2002-04-02 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! According to the docs I an update my key on the Debian keyring by giving the command gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --send-keys 0x6394265E but I cannot get it to work. Everytime I try (from different machines) I get the error message gpg: error sending to `keyring.debian.org': eof

Re: General question about maintaining a package

2002-04-02 Thread Thom May
* Matthew Twomey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Must all packages be maintained primarily in i386 format? I have a SPARC > platform and was considering the idea of contributing to Debian through > package management. Would I need to set up an i386 based system in > addition to my Debian SPARC? > no