RFS: fai-bootcd

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm looking for a sponsor to start the NM process. Package: fai-bootcd Licence: GPL Description: FAI BootCD - bootable CD for non-interactive Debian installs Scripts to create an FAI BootCD - a bootable iso9660 image for use with FAI - to perform no

RFS: fai-bootcd

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm looking for a sponsor to start the NM process. Package: fai-bootcd Licence: GPL Description: FAI BootCD - bootable CD for non-interactive Debian installs Scripts to create an FAI BootCD - a bootable iso9660 image for use with FAI - to perform no

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

Matt Kern ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have had a look at the axkit package. On the whole it looks good, > but I haven't had a chance to really put it through its paces yet. > One comment though; when I run lintian over the changes it throws up a > number of warnings: > > W: axkit source: newer

recommended sid upgrade method

On Nov 18, Zenaan Harkness ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I assume that (generally speaking) as DD's (in NM training or otherwise) > are expected to have a reasonably up to date sid install, whether > native, chroot, or whatever. > > What I'd like to know is, which upgrade command should I use.

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

Matt Kern ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have had a look at the axkit package. On the whole it looks good, > but I haven't had a chance to really put it through its paces yet. > One comment though; when I run lintian over the changes it throws up a > number of warnings: > > W: axkit source: newer

recommended sid upgrade method

On Nov 18, Zenaan Harkness ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I assume that (generally speaking) as DD's (in NM training or otherwise) > are expected to have a reasonably up to date sid install, whether > native, chroot, or whatever. > > What I'd like to know is, which upgrade command should I use.

Re: Moving package to non-free

Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>> And additionally: Can a package built from sources in non-free go to >>> contrib or do I have to split the source package? >> While it may (currently) be feasible to do the former, I'd strongly >> recommend aga

Re: Moving package to non-free

James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> And additionally: Can a package built from sources in non-free go to >> contrib or do I have to split the source package? > While it may (currently) be feasible to do the former, I'd strongly > recommend against it. So I'll split the source package into

Re: Moving package to non-free

Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>> And additionally: Can a package built from sources in non-free go to >>> contrib or do I have to split the source package? >> While it may (currently) be feasible to do the former, I'd strongly >> recommend aga

Re: Moving package to non-free

James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> And additionally: Can a package built from sources in non-free go to >> contrib or do I have to split the source package? > While it may (currently) be feasible to do the former, I'd strongly > recommend against it. So I'll split the source package into

Re: sponsors?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:23:32AM +1100, An?bal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:11:03PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > >On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: > >>i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone > > > >What

Re: sponsors?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:23:32AM +1100, An?bal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:11:03PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > >On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: > >>i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone > > > >What

Re: sponsors?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:11:03PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: >On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: >>i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone > >What correct page? He's listed at [0]. The debian page at [1] has a note at the end wi

Re: sponsors?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 07:11:03PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: >On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: >>i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone > >What correct page? He's listed at [0]. The debian page at [1] has a note at the end wi

Re: Moving package to non-free

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 06:56:04PM +, James Troup wrote: > Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia > > packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). > > The question is how do I do that? > > a) File a bug on f

Re: Moving package to non-free

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 06:56:04PM +, James Troup wrote: > Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia > > packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). > > The question is how do I do that? > > a) File a bug on f

Re: neglected RC bugs

> The list is short, but I don't consider it to be complete. Several > cases which aren't covered, such as when someone other than the > maintainer confirms the bug or provides more info, or where there has > been a dialog between the maintainer and reporter with the ball left in > the maintainer'

Re: Help with init replacement

On Tuesday 18 November 2003 10:35, Frank Küster wrote: > I generally agree with what Joachim said. But note that for the package > to be integrated into debian, you would need to write a daemond version > of update-rc.d, which is the generic interface packages use to add > themselves to the init p

Re: neglected RC bugs

> The list is short, but I don't consider it to be complete. Several > cases which aren't covered, such as when someone other than the > maintainer confirms the bug or provides more info, or where there has > been a dialog between the maintainer and reporter with the ball left in > the maintainer'

Re: Moving package to non-free

Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia > packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). > The question is how do I do that? > a) File a bug on ftp.debian.org requesting the move. > b) Upload a new version with the sec

Re: Help with init replacement

On Tuesday 18 November 2003 10:35, Frank Küster wrote: > I generally agree with what Joachim said. But note that for the package > to be integrated into debian, you would need to write a daemond version > of update-rc.d, which is the generic interface packages use to add > themselves to the init p

Re: Moving package to non-free

Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia > packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). > The question is how do I do that? > a) File a bug on ftp.debian.org requesting the move. > b) Upload a new version with the sec

Moving package to non-free

Hi! In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). The question is how do I do that? a) File a bug on ftp.debian.org requesting the move. b) Upload a new version with the section set to non-free/foo. Or c) both (in what o

Moving package to non-free

Hi! In order to get rid of the RC bug #174456 I intend to move the celestia packages to contrib (programs) and non-free (data). The question is how do I do that? a) File a bug on ftp.debian.org requesting the move. b) Upload a new version with the section set to non-free/foo. Or c) both (in what o

Re: keysigning at SCALE 2X?

Eric Wong wrote: > Hello, > > I'll be attending SCALE 2X in Los > Angeles and I'm wondering if I could meet some Debian developers to get > my GPG key signed and get myself going along the New Maintainer process. > We will have a booth there. There should be plent

RFS: libcharles0 -- Data structure library for Ada95 modelled on the C++ STL

I have filed an ITP with a complete description of this library here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=22 Now I have packaged the library and uploaded it to my repository. It is available here: deb http://www.ada-france.org/debian ada main deb-src http://www.ada-france.org/d

Re: neglected RC bugs

Duncan Findlay wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find that I'm able to be the m

Re: Help with init replacement

"Marc A. Pelletier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the case of (b) and (c) above, things are complicated by the fact that I > don't personally use debian. (b) would be possible if someone would give me > a tarball of the set of all possible boot time scripts from a sid install, > although tes

Re: keysigning at SCALE 2X?

Eric Wong wrote: > Hello, > > I'll be attending SCALE 2X in Los > Angeles and I'm wondering if I could meet some Debian developers to get > my GPG key signed and get myself going along the New Maintainer process. > We will have a booth there. There should be plent

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. There are two questions here: Right, and thank you. > I would not trust my English enough to decide whether > "configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, and > only deleted when the package is purged." should read "must

Re: neglected RC bugs

Michael K. Edwards wrote: Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to bl

RFS: libcharles0 -- Data structure library for Ada95 modelled on the C++ STL

I have filed an ITP with a complete description of this library here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=22 Now I have packaged the library and uploaded it to my repository. It is available here: deb http://www.ada-france.org/debian ada main deb-src http://www.ada-france.org/d

Re: neglected RC bugs

Duncan Findlay wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -0600, John Belmonte wrote: I've put together a list of neglected RC bugs: http://memebeam.org/john/tests/bug-mining/neglected-bugs.html These are RC bugs older than 2 weeks that have no follow-ups. I find that I'm able to be the most

Re: Help with init replacement

"Marc A. Pelletier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the case of (b) and (c) above, things are complicated by the fact that I > don't personally use debian. (b) would be possible if someone would give me > a tarball of the set of all possible boot time scripts from a sid install, > although tes

Re: Help with init replacement

Hi, if you don't use debian, I don't think )c makes any sense. Also, with b) you don't give much help to your prospective maintainer, since he has to take over a package he does not know yet. I guess it's the best to use way a). Of course nobody can guarantee that you will find someone to package

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm. There are two questions here: Right, and thank you. > I would not trust my English enough to decide whether > "configuration files must be preserved when the package is removed, and > only deleted when the package is purged." should read "must

Re: neglected RC bugs

Michael K. Edwards wrote: Two, I find it very encouraging to see that there are so few "neglected" bugs. A few of these bugs stem from known issues like the ruby 1.6->1.8 transition; i. e., the lack of follow-ups on a particular bug is misleading, because it's mostly there as a reminder or to bloc

Help with init replacement

Hello. I'm not entirely sure this is the best place for me to ask this, but it seemed like a reasonable guess. I am the author of daemond, an init replacement which is blindingly fast and flexible. I would like to allow it to work for debian but I am unsure how to proceed. Should I: (a) Ask

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

Matt Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > W: axkit source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 > The extra-license-file can be overridden; lintian doesn't really > understand what is happening here. > > The other warnings should be easy to fix. The first one should be a fix to lintian. And there's now e

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:30:55AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > If someone requests to "purge" a package, he doesn't want this. He asked > > you to remove anything you brought with you from his system. So why > > check if he modified the configu

[FWD kalfa@debian.org:] orig file fo torch3 not present [was: torch3_0.0-2.1_i386.changes ACCEPTED]

Someone could explain where the problem is and how to fix it? No .orig file is present in pool/t/torch3/ thanks :) Something like "contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any problem" or "file bug agaist ftp.debian.org virtual package at BTS" might be inserted at the end of sent reports. cosimo. - Fo

Re: Help with init replacement

Hi, if you don't use debian, I don't think )c makes any sense. Also, with b) you don't give much help to your prospective maintainer, since he has to take over a package he does not know yet. I guess it's the best to use way a). Of course nobody can guarantee that you will find someone to package

Re: recommended sid upgrade method

Hello! Zenaan Harkness schrieb: > I guess I > need to read the man pages to grok the difference there again too. Yes. :o) > Finally, now there is 5), and I wonder which one it corresponds to... apt-get -u dist-upgrade Ciao, Eike

To whom it may concern

: hi, : My name is Sanusi Oluwafemi John. I have completed my secondry education from goverment college Matori Grammar School, Nigeria in year 1998. in year 2001 i have completed my first year intermediate in computer science from from Private college name Reezdan Computer Institute of informatics

Help with init replacement

Hello. I'm not entirely sure this is the best place for me to ask this, but it seemed like a reasonable guess. I am the author of daemond, an init replacement which is blindingly fast and flexible. I would like to allow it to work for debian but I am unsure how to proceed. Should I: (a) Ask

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

> I could use the help of a DD to confirm that the packages I am building > are structurally fit for upload. I think I'm doing the right thing with > pbuilder, but I expect there are subtleties. > ... > axkit-1.6.2-4 > ... > The axkit packages are orphaned and I hope to adopt them; a couple of >

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

Matt Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > W: axkit source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 > The extra-license-file can be overridden; lintian doesn't really > understand what is happening here. > > The other warnings should be easy to fix. The first one should be a fix to lintian. And there's now e

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 11:30:55AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > If someone requests to "purge" a package, he doesn't want this. He asked > > you to remove anything you brought with you from his system. So why > > check if he modified the configu

[FWD kalfa@debian.org:] orig file fo torch3 not present [was: torch3_0.0-2.1_i386.changes ACCEPTED]

Someone could explain where the problem is and how to fix it? No .orig file is present in pool/t/torch3/ thanks :) Something like "contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any problem" or "file bug agaist ftp.debian.org virtual package at BTS" might be inserted at the end of sent reports. cosimo. - Fo

Re: recommended sid upgrade method

Hello! Zenaan Harkness schrieb: > I guess I > need to read the man pages to grok the difference there again too. Yes. :o) > Finally, now there is 5), and I wonder which one it corresponds to... apt-get -u dist-upgrade Ciao, Eike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

To whom it may concern

: hi, : My name is Sanusi Oluwafemi John. I have completed my secondry education from goverment college Matori Grammar School, Nigeria in year 1998. in year 2001 i have completed my first year intermediate in computer science from from Private college name Reezdan Computer Institute of informatics

RFS: libogg-vorbis-header-perl

Hi all, I've packaged the Ogg::Vorbis::Header module from CPAN. This package provides the perl the module Ogg::Vorbis::Header. This module presents an object-oriented interface to Ogg Vorbis files which allows user to view Vorbis info and comments and to modify or add comments. Currently, it's t

Re: Pre-RFS: axkit (orphaned), latex-xft-fonts

> I could use the help of a DD to confirm that the packages I am building > are structurally fit for upload. I think I'm doing the right thing with > pbuilder, but I expect there are subtleties. > ... > axkit-1.6.2-4 > ... > The axkit packages are orphaned and I hope to adopt them; a couple of >

RFS: libogg-vorbis-header-perl

Hi all, I've packaged the Ogg::Vorbis::Header module from CPAN. This package provides the perl the module Ogg::Vorbis::Header. This module presents an object-oriented interface to Ogg Vorbis files which allows user to view Vorbis info and comments and to modify or add comments. Currently, it's t

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> So is it then required that a package check wether the configuration >> file it is about to remove still looks like the one it once created - >> perhaps with small user changes? It mig

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: >> So is it then required that a package check wether the configuration >> file it is about to remove still looks like the one it once created - >> perhaps with small user changes? It mig

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > So is it then required that a package check wether the configuration > file it is about to remove still looks like the one it once created - > perhaps with small user changes? It might be that the file it created > now is called packag

Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Hi, Policy requires that a package remove any configuration files (not conffiles) that a maintainer script created when it is purged. However, if a user has added configuration files (e.g. because the program reads any file in /etc/$progname/ that corresponds to some naming scheme), the package sh

keysigning at SCALE 2X?

Hello, I'll be attending SCALE 2X in Los Angeles and I'm wondering if I could meet some Debian developers to get my GPG key signed and get myself going along the New Maintainer process. Thanks. -- Eric Wong

Re: Removal of user-edited configuration files?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 10:09:37AM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > So is it then required that a package check wether the configuration > file it is about to remove still looks like the one it once created - > perhaps with small user changes? It might be that the file it created > now is called packag

Re: sponsors?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: > i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone What correct page? There are plenty of places where potential sponsors hang out, but I'm not aware of any truly official place to request sponsorship - t

Removal of user-edited configuration files?

Hi, Policy requires that a package remove any configuration files (not conffiles) that a maintainer script created when it is purged. However, if a user has added configuration files (e.g. because the program reads any file in /etc/$progname/ that corresponds to some naming scheme), the package sh

keysigning at SCALE 2X?

Hello, I'll be attending SCALE 2X in Los Angeles and I'm wondering if I could meet some Debian developers to get my GPG key signed and get myself going along the New Maintainer process. Thanks. -- Eric Wong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

sponsors?

i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone answare my request do i have to listent to here? or somewhere else? -- Marco Massari Calderone -- Linux IS user friendly, it is just selective about who his friends are. signature.asc Description: Questa parte del messaggio è

Re: sponsors?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:02:47AM +0100, Marco Massari Calderone wrote: > i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone What correct page? There are plenty of places where potential sponsors hang out, but I'm not aware of any truly official place to request sponsorship - t

sponsors?

i requested a sponsor in the correct pagenow, to know if someone answare my request do i have to listent to here? or somewhere else? -- Marco Massari Calderone -- Linux IS user friendly, it is just selective about who his friends are. signature.asc Description: Questa parte del messaggio =?

RFS (Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb)

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:11, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Here goes round 3 ... found in the usual place, with the usual links to > the .deb, the directory containing all the build files, the parent > directory, etc. > > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~zenaan/zenaan/files/ This package has had no furt

recommended sid upgrade method

I assume that (generally speaking) as DD's (in NM training or otherwise) are expected to have a reasonably up to date sid install, whether native, chroot, or whatever. What I'd like to know is, which upgrade command should I use. For example, I currently know of, and have used, the following: 1)

RFS (Re: fastdep_0.16-2_i386.deb)

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:11, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Here goes round 3 ... found in the usual place, with the usual links to > the .deb, the directory containing all the build files, the parent > directory, etc. > > http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~zenaan/zenaan/files/ This package has had no furt