Re: How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 04:12:30PM +0100, Tom Huckstep wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:43:51PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > > > 1. Add a Depends: on Python > > > 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb > > > 3. Put teepeedee-share in a separate package > > > 4. Replace the 'teepeedee-share'

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 12:57:55PM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > >Why? How big are the components? Would somebdy e.g install package-name > >without package-icons or the other way round? > > It was a example. The person might only want the backgrounds or only the > icons. This alone is not suffic

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > Hello all. > > I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, maybe > someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? Or a > explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I wou

Re: Iuusues when packaging libraries..

2004-04-05 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 01:24:59PM +0200, Robert Ribnitz wrote: > I am responsible for the package htdig. Htdig is a full-text indexer for > (local) sites, ie. will generate a full-text (searchable) index of that > site. > The thing is written in C++, and comes with loads of libraries. While >

RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package

2004-04-05 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
Hi folks, I'd like to upload konversation pretty soon. Matthew Palmer offered back in December to do uploads, but I think he has become too busy, as I have received no response to my latest email. So, if someone here is willing to do a few uploads of this package, please let me know. The pac

RFS: Need a sponsor for my konversation package

2004-04-05 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
Hi folks, I'd like to upload konversation pretty soon. Matthew Palmer offered back in December to do uploads, but I think he has become too busy, as I have received no response to my latest email. So, if someone here is willing to do a few uploads of this package, please let me know. The pac

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 20:57, Erik Bourget wrote: > I'm wondering how to build multiple packages from a single source Any specific problems? Create two trees from debian/rules (man dpkg-deb ! and related (man deb) !!). You may want to do this using debhelper scripts (man debhelper, watch out fo

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Francesco Paolo Lovergine
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:57:14PM -0400, Erik Bourget wrote: > > The new-maintainer faq seems to not go into this depth. Can anyone help me > out with this one? > Just have a look to a multi-binary packages. You can find a lot of them around. Basically you need to distinguish binary-dep and bi

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Erik Bourget ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040405 22:48]: > I'm wondering how to build multiple packages from a single source tree, > specifically: > > foobar : a daemon nominally called 'foobar' > foobar-run : a daemontools/runit svdir for the daemon > > The new-maintainer faq seems to not go into this

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 14:31, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, WHAT'SYOURNAME wrote: > > I'm debianizing a package that I would like to split up, like: > > package-backgrounds > > package-icons > > package-examples > > Why? How big are the components? Would somebd

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 14:40, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? > I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but > > I tried to check some packages to find how do they solve this issue, > but now I'm really confused. >

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 20:57, Erik Bourget wrote: > I'm wondering how to build multiple packages from a single source Any specific problems? Create two trees from debian/rules (man dpkg-deb ! and related (man deb) !!). You may want to do this using debhelper scripts (man debhelper, watch out fo

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Francesco Paolo Lovergine
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:57:14PM -0400, Erik Bourget wrote: > > The new-maintainer faq seems to not go into this depth. Can anyone help me > out with this one? > Just have a look to a multi-binary packages. You can find a lot of them around. Basically you need to distinguish binary-dep and bi

Re: Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Erik Bourget ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040405 22:48]: > I'm wondering how to build multiple packages from a single source tree, > specifically: > > foobar : a daemon nominally called 'foobar' > foobar-run : a daemontools/runit svdir for the daemon > > The new-maintainer faq seems to not go into this

Building multiple packages from a single source tree

2004-04-05 Thread Erik Bourget
Hello; I'm wondering how to build multiple packages from a single source tree, specifically: foobar : a daemon nominally called 'foobar' foobar-run : a daemontools/runit svdir for the daemon The new-maintainer faq seems to not go into this depth. Can anyone help me out with this one? Thanks,

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 14:31, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, WHAT'SYOURNAME wrote: > > I'm debianizing a package that I would like to split up, like: > > package-backgrounds > > package-icons > > package-examples > > Why? How big are the components? Would somebd

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
I'm sorry I forgot to give a example , the structure of the packge looks like this: dir/icon dir/backgrounds dir/examples They all have a Makefile ofcourse in each directory. Joe _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.m

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
Hi, Ok, that seems to be all clear to me, what about the rules file? How do I separate packages, the example that Andreas Metzler told me to check out, doesn't clear things entirely. Is this the way we should learn it, by examples? So I move files into a directory then create a deb out of each

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread Martin Albert
On Monday 05 April 2004 14:40, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? > I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but > > I tried to check some packages to find how do they solve this issue, > but now I'm really confused. >

Re: RFS: mp3gain -- Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis

2004-04-05 Thread Stefan Fritsch
Hi, > Update: I've just tested the build on merulo.d.o (ia64), no problem > there. This is good news. Thanks to you and Aaron for trying this out. > OTOH, you should really fix those warnings (the same ones > you see when compiling on i386). I fixed the compile warnings. But during debuild, d

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
I'm sorry I forgot to give a example , the structure of the packge looks like this: dir/icon dir/backgrounds dir/examples They all have a Makefile ofcourse in each directory. Joe _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.msn.n

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
Hi, Ok, that seems to be all clear to me, what about the rules file? How do I separate packages, the example that Andreas Metzler told me to check out, doesn't clear things entirely. Is this the way we should learn it, by examples? So I move files into a directory then create a deb out of each

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 06:11:57PM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:55, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > > What does the ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} mean? I can't find the > > meaning of those in the debian policy either? Why not just put depends of > > the splited package in

Re: new maintainer application question

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 05:17:47PM +0200, GCS wrote: > I am applied[1] for a Debian Developer role, but as I see, Front Desk > is stalling; I can't see any progress on applicants who have been > advocated. So I have a couple of questions: > - may I hope that Front Desk will assign an AM to me bef

new maintainer application question

2004-04-05 Thread GCS
Hi, I am applied[1] for a Debian Developer role, but as I see, Front Desk is stalling; I can't see any progress on applicants who have been advocated. So I have a couple of questions: - may I hope that Front Desk will assign an AM to me before Sarge is released? (IMHO not :( ). - is it ok that

Re: How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Tom Huckstep
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:43:51PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > 1. Add a Depends: on Python > > 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb > > 3. Put teepeedee-share in a separate package > > 4. Replace the 'teepeedee-share' with a shell wrapper, which calls the > > script > >if Python exists

Re: RFS: mp3gain -- Lossless mp3 normalizer with statistical analysis

2004-04-05 Thread Stefan Fritsch
Hi, > Update: I've just tested the build on merulo.d.o (ia64), no problem > there. This is good news. Thanks to you and Aaron for trying this out. > OTOH, you should really fix those warnings (the same ones > you see when compiling on i386). I fixed the compile warnings. But during debuild, d

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:55, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > What does the ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} mean? I can't find the > meaning of those in the debian policy either? Why not just put depends of > the splited package in the depends line instead of this? You can manually enter the dependencies

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-04-05 14:40, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Hello. > > Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? > I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but > I couldn't find anything related to these files. Maybe

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 06:11:57PM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:55, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > > What does the ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} mean? I can't find the > > meaning of those in the debian policy either? Why not just put depends of > > the splited package in

Re: How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Frank Küster
Tom Huckstep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a small package which contains a Python "helper" script > 'teepeedee-share' to help with a basic configuration. As far as I can tell, > I have the following options: > > 1. Add a Depends: on Python > 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb > 3. Put

Re: new maintainer application question

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 05:17:47PM +0200, GCS wrote: > I am applied[1] for a Debian Developer role, but as I see, Front Desk > is stalling; I can't see any progress on applicants who have been > advocated. So I have a couple of questions: > - may I hope that Front Desk will assign an AM to me bef

new maintainer application question

2004-04-05 Thread GCS
Hi, I am applied[1] for a Debian Developer role, but as I see, Front Desk is stalling; I can't see any progress on applicants who have been advocated. So I have a couple of questions: - may I hope that Front Desk will assign an AM to me before Sarge is released? (IMHO not :( ). - is it ok that

Re: How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Tom Huckstep
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 03:43:51PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > 1. Add a Depends: on Python > > 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb > > 3. Put teepeedee-share in a separate package > > 4. Replace the 'teepeedee-share' with a shell wrapper, which calls the script > >if Python exists > [.

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 14:55, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > What does the ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} mean? I can't find the > meaning of those in the debian policy either? Why not just put depends of > the splited package in the depends line instead of this? You can manually enter the dependencies

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Separating packages. Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:31:43 +0200 On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote:

How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Tom Huckstep
I've got a package of teepeedee[1] shortly arriving in Debian via a sponsor. It's a small package which contains a Python "helper" script 'teepeedee-share' to help with a basic configuration. As far as I can tell, I have the following options: 1. Add a Depends: on Python 2. Remove 'teepeedee-sh

RFS: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs

2004-04-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. I'm looking for sponsor for package otak. It's a visual interface for commandline programs. It can be used as abook replacement if you use it with mutt, but it's not limited only to that application. Here goes relevant information: * Package name: otak Version : 1.3.4 Ups

Re: TORCS for testing

2004-04-05 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 05:53, Rudy Godoy wrote: > Hi, just to announce that TORCS[0] Debian package[1] is ready for testing, Cool, no more messing with CVS. :) > you can grab it from mentors[2]. There is a i396 package and the sources, if > you are > going to compile it, I encourage you to use l

.desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but I couldn't find anything related to these files. Maybe I searched wrongly, then tell me where can I find it. I tried to check some packages to find how do they sol

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, maybe > someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? Or a > explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I would like to > spl

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-04-05 14:40, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Hello. > > Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? > I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but > I couldn't find anything related to these files. Maybe

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "n.v.t n.v.t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Separating packages. Date: 05 Apr 2004 13:05:45 +0300 On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:24, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > package-backgrounds > package-icons > package-examples > pa

Re: How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Frank Küster
Tom Huckstep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a small package which contains a Python "helper" script > 'teepeedee-share' to help with a basic configuration. As far as I can tell, > I have the following options: > > 1. Add a Depends: on Python > 2. Remove 'teepeedee-share' from the .deb > 3. Put

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Separating packages. Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:31:43 +0200 On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > I have simple question which

How to deal with Python script

2004-04-05 Thread Tom Huckstep
I've got a package of teepeedee[1] shortly arriving in Debian via a sponsor. It's a small package which contains a Python "helper" script 'teepeedee-share' to help with a basic configuration. As far as I can tell, I have the following options: 1. Add a Depends: on Python 2. Remove 'teepeedee-sh

RFS: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs

2004-04-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. I'm looking for sponsor for package otak. It's a visual interface for commandline programs. It can be used as abook replacement if you use it with mutt, but it's not limited only to that application. Here goes relevant information: * Package name: otak Version : 1.3.4 Ups

Re: TORCS for testing

2004-04-05 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 05:53, Rudy Godoy wrote: > Hi, just to announce that TORCS[0] Debian package[1] is ready for testing, Cool, no more messing with CVS. :) > you can grab it from mentors[2]. There is a i396 package and the sources, if you are > going to compile it, I encourage you to use libf

.desktop files

2004-04-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. Is there any policy describing location of .desktop files? I've just checked Debian Policy, FHS and Developer's Reference, but I couldn't find anything related to these files. Maybe I searched wrongly, then tell me where can I find it. I tried to check some packages to find how do they sol

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:24:10AM +, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, maybe > someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? Or a > explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I would like to > spl

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "n.v.t n.v.t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Separating packages. Date: 05 Apr 2004 13:05:45 +0300 On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:24, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > package-backgrounds > package-icons > package-examples > package-name (which

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:24, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > package-backgrounds > package-icons > package-examples > package-name (which contains all of the above) Should I do this as a > meta-package? How do I create a meta-package? I don't think you need a meta package. I would do this to allow flexibili

Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
Hello all. I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, maybe someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? Or a explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I would like to split up in several parts, the package has a 'backgrounds'

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:24, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > package-backgrounds > package-icons > package-examples > package-name (which contains all of the above) Should I do this as a > meta-package? How do I create a meta-package? I don't think you need a meta package. I would do this to allow flexibili

Separating packages.

2004-04-05 Thread n.v.t n.v.t
Hello all. I have simple question which I could not find in the debian policy, maybe someone could point me out to that section or the right documentation? Or a explanation would be nice. I'm debianizing a package that I would like to split up in several parts, the package has a 'backgrounds' d