faqomatic bug handling question

2003-01-29 Thread jereme
Hi all, I am working on fixing my first bug in the package faqomatic, which I would like to adopt. I have a few "how should this be handled" questions. The bug is #177890 and it basically reports that faqomatic, (a web based program for maintaining faq's) produces invalid HTML ou

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-29 Thread Britton
For the record, their are a lot of developers who agree absolutely with the sentiments you express here, and suggest you try to become an official DD rather than accepting the inconvenience of working always through a sponsor. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." On

faqomatic bug handling question

2003-01-29 Thread jereme
Hi all, I am working on fixing my first bug in the package faqomatic, which I would like to adopt. I have a few "how should this be handled" questions. The bug is #177890 and it basically reports that faqomatic, (a web based program for maintaining faq's) produces invalid HTML ou

Re: Install a file over the default

2003-01-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 15:52, David Frey wrote: > I am packaging a window manager and I want to replace one of the default > config files with my own. My idea was to just call install from the > postinst script, but I'm not sure exactly how I should do it. > > Am I taking the right approach

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-29 Thread Britton
For the record, their are a lot of developers who agree absolutely with the sentiments you express here, and suggest you try to become an official DD rather than accepting the inconvenience of working always through a sponsor. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." On

Install a file over the default

2003-01-29 Thread David Frey
I am packaging a window manager and I want to replace one of the default config files with my own. My idea was to just call install from the postinst script, but I'm not sure exactly how I should do it. Am I taking the right approach here? I want to install ./app-version/debian/data/menu to /et

Re: Install a file over the default

2003-01-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 15:52, David Frey wrote: > I am packaging a window manager and I want to replace one of the default > config files with my own. My idea was to just call install from the > postinst script, but I'm not sure exactly how I should do it. > > Am I taking the right approach

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Graham Wilson
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: > *FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems > interessant but not very clear. you cant just sign up to be an ftp-master. i dont really know, but id have to guess that you could become one after having wor

Install a file over the default

2003-01-29 Thread David Frey
I am packaging a window manager and I want to replace one of the default config files with my own. My idea was to just call install from the postinst script, but I'm not sure exactly how I should do it. Am I taking the right approach here? I want to install ./app-version/debian/data/menu to /et

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread samuel desseaux
Le Mercredi 29 Janvier 2003 20:17, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: > >Hi > (...) > > > >*FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems > >interessant but not very clear. > > ftp-master is a server, I

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Graham Wilson
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: > *FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems > interessant but not very clear. you cant just sign up to be an ftp-master. i dont really know, but id have to guess that you could become one after having wor

Re: joining Debian / packaging buildd

2003-01-29 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> You should probably subscribe to buildd-discuss at nocrew.org. done, but no reply so far. In the meantime, I have started work using your package as a base, and have got the buildd package to generate an /etc/default/buildd via debconf. It is structured exactly like the current /etc/buildd/buil

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread samuel desseaux
Le Mercredi 29 Janvier 2003 20:17, Filippo Giunchedi a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: > >Hi > (...) > > > >*FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems > >interessant but not very clear. > > ftp-master is a server, I

Re: joining Debian / packaging buildd

2003-01-29 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> You should probably subscribe to buildd-discuss at nocrew.org. done, but no reply so far. In the meantime, I have started work using your package as a base, and have got the buildd package to generate an /etc/default/buildd via debconf. It is structured exactly like the current /etc/buildd/buil

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: >Hi hi >My name is sam and I am interested in becoming a Debian developer (it may >be a dream but why not?) good! first have a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ and obviously at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > >

Re: ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Filippo Giunchedi
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:29:17AM +0100, Samuel Desseaux wrote: >Hi hi >My name is sam and I am interested in becoming a Debian developer (it may >be a dream but why not?) good! first have a look at http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ and obviously at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > >

A sponsor for uf-view

2003-01-29 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
Hi, I've packaged uf-view, a viewer for some comics distributed online for the GNOME environment (RFP bug #86005). I'm looking for a sponsor for it. Only thing special about it is that upstream doesn't provide a manpage. I've written one. This excluded, it is a pretty standard automake/autoconf p

Re: joining Debian / packaging buildd

2003-01-29 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> You might be interested in > http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/buildd/ Definitely, I'm looking through it right now. > You should probably subscribe to buildd-discuss at nocrew.org. Done, and browsing through the archives I see I'm going pretty much the same way as you as I also rely on autoco

A sponsor for uf-view

2003-01-29 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
Hi, I've packaged uf-view, a viewer for some comics distributed online for the GNOME environment (RFP bug #86005). I'm looking for a sponsor for it. Only thing special about it is that upstream doesn't provide a manpage. I've written one. This excluded, it is a pretty standard automake/autoconf p

Re: joining Debian / packaging buildd

2003-01-29 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> You might be interested in > http://www.whinlatter.uklinux.net/buildd/ Definitely, I'm looking through it right now. > You should probably subscribe to buildd-discuss at nocrew.org. Done, and browsing through the archives I see I'm going pretty much the same way as you as I also rely on autoco

Re: OpenEXR beta packages.

2003-01-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:47:07PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2003-01-28 at 17:35, Andrew Lau wrote: > > > * libopenexr0-dev should Depends: libopenexr0 (= ${Source-Version}), > > xlibmesa-gl-dev, xlibmesa-glu-dev. "grep #include > > /usr/include/OpenEXR/*" to see why. > > You prob

ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Samuel Desseaux
Hi   My name is sam and I am interested in becoming a Debian developer (it may be a dream but why not?)   So, there's two things,which could interest me   *FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems interessant but not very clear.   *orphaned packages: gnat-glade an

Re: OpenEXR beta packages.

2003-01-29 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:47:07PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Die, 2003-01-28 at 17:35, Andrew Lau wrote: > > > * libopenexr0-dev should Depends: libopenexr0 (= ${Source-Version}), > > xlibmesa-gl-dev, xlibmesa-glu-dev. "grep #include > > /usr/include/OpenEXR/*" to see why. > > You prob

ftp-master/orphaned packages

2003-01-29 Thread Samuel Desseaux
Hi   My name is sam and I am interested in becoming a Debian developer (it may be a dream but why not?)   So, there's two things,which could interest me   *FTP-Master: where could i find more informations about that? It seems interessant but not very clear.   *orphaned packages: gnat-glade an