Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:38:34PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:02:12PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not work under > > Python 1.5.2, and may not work under 2.1. Upgrade, it will be good for > > you." > > IMO th

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:02:12PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not work under > Python 1.5.2, and may not work under 2.1. Upgrade, it will be good for > you." IMO this means that RMS had used some features that aren't available in versions earli

ITP spca50x usb camera driver

2002-09-26 Thread Miah Gregory
Hi all, I'm trying to package up the above linux kernel module, but having a few problems, and wondered if anyone would be willing to assist? I've looked at a few of the other debianised modules, but they seems overly complicated in comparison. Are there any quite simple examples that people can

Package upload

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, At "deb http://www.burtonini.com/debian /" are the following packages: * desktop-file-utils 0.3-3 * doclifter 1.0.0-2 If a kind DD would like to check these updates and upload them, I'd be a happy wanting-to-be-a-debian-developer. :) MD5 checksums: a1c8bcd648da58bfe0b142042292caa8 desktop

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:08:00PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 13:04, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > > > ESR surely? > > Yes... whoops. Wro

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:52:56PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Why shouldn't env be used? Its nothing that policy forbids, but its good for people like me who keeps forgetting that I have local python versions for testing installed :) > > It is always good to support the default python version.

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 12:52, Jérôme Marant wrote: > But I guess that if upstream absolutely want to use a specific Python, > there isn't any reason not to leave Depends: python2.2. > I don't see any problem here. The exact requirements are: "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 13:04, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > ESR surely? Yes... whoops. Wrong uber-geek :) > > > However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a v

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) ESR surely? > However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a valid Python > interpreter. I'd say this is a bug (and I intend to report it in a > minute) I thin

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:47:35PM +0200, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env > > python2.2" and

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env > python2.2" and the package Requires: python2.2. > > However, lintian now moans as "python2

Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env python2.2" and the package Requires: python2.2. However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a valid Python interpreter. I'd say this is a bug (and I inte

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:38:34PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:02:12PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not work under > > Python 1.5.2, and may not work under 2.1. Upgrade, it will be good for > > you." > > IMO t

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:02:12PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not work under > Python 1.5.2, and may not work under 2.1. Upgrade, it will be good for > you." IMO this means that RMS had used some features that aren't available in versions earl

ITP spca50x usb camera driver

2002-09-26 Thread Miah Gregory
Hi all, I'm trying to package up the above linux kernel module, but having a few problems, and wondered if anyone would be willing to assist? I've looked at a few of the other debianised modules, but they seems overly complicated in comparison. Are there any quite simple examples that people can

Package upload

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, At "deb http://www.burtonini.com/debian /" are the following packages: * desktop-file-utils 0.3-3 * doclifter 1.0.0-2 If a kind DD would like to check these updates and upload them, I'd be a happy wanting-to-be-a-debian-developer. :) MD5 checksums: a1c8bcd648da58bfe0b142042292caa8 deskto

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:08:00PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 13:04, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > > > ESR surely? > > Yes... whoops. Wr

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:52:56PM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Why shouldn't env be used? Its nothing that policy forbids, but its good for people like me who keeps forgetting that I have local python versions for testing installed :) > > It is always good to support the default python version.

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 12:52, Jérôme Marant wrote: > But I guess that if upstream absolutely want to use a specific Python, > there isn't any reason not to leave Depends: python2.2. > I don't see any problem here. The exact requirements are: "doclifter was written under Python 2.2a1. It will not

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 13:04, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > ESR surely? Yes... whoops. Wrong uber-geek :) > > > However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) ESR surely? > However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a valid Python > interpreter. I'd say this is a bug (and I intend to report it in a > minute) I thi

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Jérôme Marant
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:47:35PM +0200, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > > claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env > > python2.2" and

Re: Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Bastian Kleineidam
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:38:08PM +0100, Ross Burton wrote: > I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) > claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env > python2.2" and the package Requires: python2.2. > > However, lintian now moans as "python

Python scrips and deps

2002-09-26 Thread Ross Burton
I am the maintainer for doclifter, a Python 2.2 script. Upstream (RMS) claims that it requires Python 2.2, so the script calls "/usr/bin/env python2.2" and the package Requires: python2.2. However, lintian now moans as "python2.2" isn't a valid Python interpreter. I'd say this is a bug (and I int