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2002-07-08 Thread
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Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
On 8 Jul 2002, Mark Howard wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. Okay, the package has built on my box and is also

NEWS RELEASE

2002-07-08 Thread
BOATERS, SWIMMERS, FISHERMEN, CANOEISTS, KAYAKERS---ALL WATERSPORTSMEN: A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN WATER SAFETY! GET RID OF BULKY LIFE VESTS FOREVER--- The World's Most Compact Life Vest-"The Swimmer's Safety Belt ®" - First Ever U.S. Coast Guard Approved Personal Flotation Device (PFD) for Boate

Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
On 8 Jul 2002, Mark Howard wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. Okay, the package has built on my box and is also

Re: Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Mark, [shell code snipped] > This is obviously an ugly solution - it seems to give the versions of > whatever you have installed. How should build depends be handled > properly? It seems to me that doing this completely manually would > require knowledge of the changes between every version of ea

Re: Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Mark, [shell code snipped] > This is obviously an ugly solution - it seems to give the versions of > whatever you have installed. How should build depends be handled > properly? It seems to me that doing this completely manually would > require knowledge of the changes between every version of e

Re: Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon was faster, so i dont look at your package. :) > to create the build dependencies, I just followed the instructions in > the new maintainer's guide: Another way is to use pbuilder (or a selfmade chroot). First you go and look what Upstream says you n

Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Mark Howard
hi, to create the build dependencies, I just followed the instructions in the new maintainer's guide: strace -f -o /tmp/log ./configure # or make instead of ./configure, if the package don't use autoconf for x in `dpkg -S $(grep open /tmp/log|perl -pe 's!.* open\(\"([^\"]*).*!$1!' |grep "^/"| sort

Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Mark, > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. The diff looks good to me, I will try to build the packages now (takes a bit s

Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. > [1] http://gtkballs.antex.ru/ > [2] h

Re: Advice on source package name for multibinary packages

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Pablo, > In which cases one is allowed to change upstream package name for the > tarball. For instance, if I am packaging just 3 binary components out of 10 > in a package named "useless-components-all", should I change the source > package name to "useless-components-not-all" or something else th

Re: Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon was faster, so i dont look at your package. :) > to create the build dependencies, I just followed the instructions in > the new maintainer's guide: Another way is to use pbuilder (or a selfmade chroot). First you go and look what Upstream says you

Build Dependencies (was Re: Sponsor wanted)

2002-07-08 Thread Mark Howard
hi, to create the build dependencies, I just followed the instructions in the new maintainer's guide: strace -f -o /tmp/log ./configure # or make instead of ./configure, if the package don't use autoconf for x in `dpkg -S $(grep open /tmp/log|perl -pe 's!.* open\(\"([^\"]*).*!$1!' |grep "^/"| sort

Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Mark Howard
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. [1] http://gtkballs.antex.ru/ [2] http://www.tildemh.com/tmp/debian/ I am a computer sc

Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Mark, > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. The diff looks good to me, I will try to build the packages now (takes a bit

Re: Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Mark Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial > packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as > possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. > [1] http://gtkballs.antex.ru/ > [2]

Re: Advice on source package name for multibinary packages

2002-07-08 Thread Simon Richter
Pablo, > In which cases one is allowed to change upstream package name for the > tarball. For instance, if I am packaging just 3 binary components out of 10 > in a package named "useless-components-all", should I change the source > package name to "useless-components-not-all" or something else t

Sponsor wanted

2002-07-08 Thread Mark Howard
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for GtkBalls [1]. I have created initial packages [2], so please take a look at them and be as critical as possible. This is my first packaging, so is likely to contain mistakes. [1] http://gtkballs.antex.ru/ [2] http://www.tildemh.com/tmp/debian/ I am a computer s