Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: debian-jr > > Conflicts: limewire > > > > > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a > misconception here that seems to be prevalent abo

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Santiago Vila wrote: >On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >> >> So in the control file, I've speci

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Oohara Yuuma wrote: >On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, >Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >I pref

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, christophe barbé wrote: >On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >> >> So in the c

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 11:24:16AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces > > glutg3 for versions <= 3.7-15, and created a glutg3 package with no content, > >

Request for package review

2002-07-28 Thread Will Newton
I have packaged aqsis, a RenderMan renderer: Package: aqsis Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Description: A set of applications implementing the RenderMan Interface. The Aqsis Rendering System consists of a set of libraries and applications for creating high-quality computer imagery

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: debian-jr > > Conflicts: limewire > > > > > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a > misconception here that seems to be prevalent ab

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread christophe barbé
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replace

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
Damn, I am tired and reading too fast, I tought I was answering to my upstream... -- .''`. After all, only the mediocre are always at their best. : :' : -- Jean Giraudoux `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (2.4.18 + Ext3) `-

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Santiago Vila wrote: >On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >> >> So in the control file, I've spec

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Oohara Yuuma wrote: >On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, >Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >I pre

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Package: debian-jr > Conflicts: limewire > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a misconception here that seems to be prevalent about Debian Jr. Our group is not about censorship. We have a

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, christophe barbé wrote: >On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >> I intend to rename the glut packages from >> glutg3 >> glutg3-dev >> to >> libglut3 >> libglut-dev >> to follow the convention for library package naming. >> >> So in the

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am taking a look at renameutils > (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. > > Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... > > ¿Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use that as my > .orig.tar.

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 11:24:16AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces > > glutg3 for versions <= 3.7-15, and created a glutg3 package with no content, > >

Request for package review

2002-07-28 Thread Will Newton
I have packaged aqsis, a RenderMan renderer: Package: aqsis Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Description: A set of applications implementing the RenderMan Interface. The Aqsis Rendering System consists of a set of libraries and applications for creating high-quality computer imager

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread christophe barbé
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:04:07PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replac

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Craig Small
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
Marcin Owsiany dijo: > I guess the best way is to ask upstream to remove the debian directory. > Otherwise you have to repack the source tarball (removing it yourself). I'll probably do both :) -- .''`. After all, only the mediocre are always at their best. : :' :

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 08:15:12PM +0200, Amaya wrote: > I am taking a look at renameutils > (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. > > Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... > > ?Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use tha

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
Damn, I am tired and reading too fast, I tought I was answering to my upstream... -- .''`. After all, only the mediocre are always at their best. : :' : -- Jean Giraudoux `. `' Proudly running Debian GNU/Linux Sid (2.4.18 + Ext3) `-

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Package: debian-jr > Conflicts: limewire > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a misconception here that seems to be prevalent about Debian Jr. Our group is not about censorship. We have

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am taking a look at renameutils > (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. > > Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... > > ¿Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use that as my > .orig.tar

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 04:34:54PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not > > the norm. libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, > > libglut4-dev, libglut5-dev etc. and how libglut-dev makes upgrades > > much

Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
I am taking a look at renameutils (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... ¿Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use that as my .orig.tar.gz or just let diff do its thing and reflect my c

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
Marcin Owsiany dijo: > I guess the best way is to ask upstream to remove the debian directory. > Otherwise you have to repack the source tarball (removing it yourself). I'll probably do both :) -- .''`. After all, only the mediocre are always at their best. : :' :

Re: Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 08:15:12PM +0200, Amaya wrote: > I am taking a look at renameutils > (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. > > Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... > > ?Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use th

Was: Mentor Request: Now: Sponsor Request

2002-07-28 Thread Philip S. Hempel
My name is Philip Hempel, I am looking for someone that would be willing to sponser me for a package called MessageWall from http://messagewall.org. This package hase two libraries that it depends on. The first is libfirestring, a package used for parsing and managing configurations. The second

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 04:34:54PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not > > the norm. libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, > > libglut4-dev, libglut5-dev etc. and how libglut-dev makes upgrades > > muc

Upstream's debian/ directory

2002-07-28 Thread Amaya
I am taking a look at renameutils (http://freshmeat.net/projects/renameutils) in oprder to file an ITP. Upstream already has a debian/ directory and I am not sure what to do... ¿Should I just remove it form the .tar.gz and use that as my .orig.tar.gz or just let diff do its thing and reflect my

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 16:34:54 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > I prefer libglut3-dev . > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not the norm. > libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, libglut4-dev,

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 04:34:54PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not the norm. > libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, libglut4-dev, > libglut5-dev etc. and how libglut-dev makes upgrades much easier. Except that this means

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:37, Andrew Suffield wrote: > If the developers of limewire want to force people to view the ads, > they must write this into the license (and we punt it to non-free), > otherwise it is completely futile to try and make people do so. Less confrontationally, you might point

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, > Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I intend to rename the glut packages from > > glutg3 > > glutg3-dev > > to > > libglut3 > > libglut-dev > > to follow the convention for library package naming. > I pr

Was: Mentor Request: Now: Sponsor Request

2002-07-28 Thread Philip S. Hempel
My name is Philip Hempel, I am looking for someone that would be willing to sponser me for a package called MessageWall from http://messagewall.org. This package hase two libraries that it depends on. The first is libfirestring, a package used for parsing and managing configurations. The secon

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 16:34:54 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > > I prefer libglut3-dev . > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not the norm. > libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, libglut4-dev,

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 04:34:54PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > We should make versioned -dev (binary) packages the exception, not the norm. > libglut-dev is better. Think about libglut3-dev, libglut4-dev, > libglut5-dev etc. and how libglut-dev makes upgrades much easier. Except that this means

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Colin Walters
On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 09:37, Andrew Suffield wrote: > If the developers of limewire want to force people to view the ads, > they must write this into the license (and we punt it to non-free), > otherwise it is completely futile to try and make people do so. Less confrontationally, you might poin

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. I prefer libglut3-dev . -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Deb

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Oohara Yuuma wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, > Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I intend to rename the glut packages from > > glutg3 > > glutg3-dev > > to > > libglut3 > > libglut-dev > > to follow the convention for library package naming. > I p

Re: developer vs user wants

2002-07-28 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 03:18:09AM -0700, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I'm working on the limewire deb package, and the developer has asked > me to do something that I'm sure users are not going to want. > > Limewire displays small banner ads in the bottom of the application > window, and there's a

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces > glutg3 for versio

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 13:04:07 +1000, Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. I prefer libglut3-dev . -- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> De

Re: [binary+libs] or [binary] + [libs]

2002-07-28 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 06:05:04PM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: > > First you don't provide an URL so it's difficult to give you advice. > Then we have already a package named pwgen which seems to provide the > same functionality (perhaps it's the same soft but without url we can't > tell). URL

Re: renaming a package

2002-07-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > I intend to rename the glut packages from > glutg3 > glutg3-dev > to > libglut3 > libglut-dev > to follow the convention for library package naming. > > So in the control file, I've specified that libglut3 Conflicts and Replaces > glutg3 for versi

Re: [binary+libs] or [binary] + [libs]

2002-07-28 Thread Jesus Climent
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 06:05:04PM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: > > First you don't provide an URL so it's difficult to give you advice. > Then we have already a package named pwgen which seems to provide the > same functionality (perhaps it's the same soft but without url we can't > tell). UR