ITA and RFH for sawfish

2006-06-17 Thread Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz
sawfish, a window manager implemented in lisp, has been orphaned by its previous maintainer (#373702) I would like to adopt it, but I would require help and an sponsor. sawfish does not appear to be heavy on maintenance (upstream CVS shows 37 commits over the last year, there are 26 normal and 20

Re: Please help: Amendments for packages-arch-specific

2006-06-17 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi Goswin, Thanks for your response. On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 15:50 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dear mentors, > > > > I've had no luck so far with getting architectures added for my packages > > in > > http://cvs.debian.org/srcdep/Packag

Re: [RFS] OptiPNG - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

2006-06-17 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi On 6/17/06, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But is there a reason for using ';' instead of '.' in changelog lines? When I use ; I try to say that there are more itens after the current one. A period means "it's the end, there isn't anything more below this line". It's something like

Re: Library packages and build dependencies

2006-06-17 Thread marciotex
Nikolai Lusan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, [cut] Hi. > I get the feeling that this should be easy to deal with by compiling the > library packages and installing them so that debhelper can find things > in the right place, I am just a little unsure on how to do this. I'm not a mentor.

Re: RFC/RFS: bfilter, aspell-hr, myspell-hr

2006-06-17 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:58:29 +0200, Vedran Fura? wrote: > >> The upstream doesn't provide any version information so there shouldn't be > >> any problem if I fake new upstream releases: 1.0-1 -> 1.1-1 -> 1.2-1 . > > Can't you use dates then? Like MMDD-a? > No problem, but one question, just

Re: RFC/RFS: bfilter, aspell-hr, myspell-hr

2006-06-17 Thread Vedran Furač
Rene Engelhard wrote: > Hi, > > Vedran Fura? wrote: >> The upstream doesn't provide any version information so there shouldn't be >> any problem if I fake new upstream releases: 1.0-1 -> 1.1-1 -> 1.2-1 . > > Can't you use dates then? Like MMDD-a? No problem, but one question, just to be su

Re: [RFS] OptiPNG - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

2006-06-17 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-17 22:59]: > Could someone, please, verify and upload (if there are no > problems) an > updated package of OptiPNG, please? I only did a quick check of your .diff.gz file. Looks ok. But is there a reason for using ';' instead of '.' in ch

Re: [RFS] OptiPNG - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

2006-06-17 Thread Florian Ragwitz
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 05:57:11PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Could someone, please, verify and upload (if there are no problems) an > updated package of OptiPNG, please? > > It's a new upstream version, fixing one bug and one typo. > Also, OptiPNG is already on Debian (kindly sponsored

[RFS] OptiPNG - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

2006-06-17 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi! Could someone, please, verify and upload (if there are no problems) an updated package of OptiPNG, please? It's a new upstream version, fixing one bug and one typo. Also, OptiPNG is already on Debian (kindly sponsored by Florian Ragwitz). Files are all available here: http://biolinux.df.ibi

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 15:57 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote: Forget rewriting them, how about just aggregating them into one package? Sounds better. I mean to one binary with switches like --from= and --to= . My main objection is that this makes th

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
[I'm subscribed, not need to Cc] On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 12:43 -0700, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > Laszlo Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Agree. Also, binary ones sounds better for me; or if someone would like > > to reinvent the wheel, then please do it in Python instead of Perl. > I c

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: Hi Asheesh, Sounds good to have this. Hi! Thanks for the quick reply! Anyway, the package may use debhelper compatibility level 5, but that would make Sarge backports a very bit 'harder'. Right, I think it's better to use debhelper compatibil

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Alec Berryman wrote: Asheesh Laroia on 2006-06-17 15:03:22 -0400: I want to add that there are a lot of these little *2iso programs, and most of them are dead upstream because they are simple, well-tested programs that are complete. Someone on #debian-mentors suggested

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Alec Berryman
Asheesh Laroia on 2006-06-17 15:03:22 -0400: > I want to add that there are a lot of these little *2iso programs, and > most of them are dead upstream because they are simple, well-tested > programs that are complete. Someone on #debian-mentors suggested > rewriting them in Perl in one package

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Laszlo Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Agree. Also, binary ones sounds better for me; or if someone would like > to reinvent the wheel, then please do it in Python instead of Perl. I certainly hope this is just your opinion and isn't official debian advice... - T

Re: RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
Hi Asheesh, On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 15:03 -0400, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > ccd2iso is a program to convert CloneCD images to normal .iso CD image > files. It's helpful for users who have made CloneCD images of discs that > they want to use in a Free OS. Sounds good to have this. > I want to add t

RFS: ccd2iso (ITP #373150)

2006-06-17 Thread Asheesh Laroia
ccd2iso is a program to convert CloneCD images to normal .iso CD image files. It's helpful for users who have made CloneCD images of discs that they want to use in a Free OS. I've packaged it and would like comments or (preferably!) someone to sponsor this upload. It's lintian and Linda clea

Re: Please help: Amendments for packages-arch-specific

2006-06-17 Thread Steve Halasz
On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 20:35 +1000, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I've had no luck so far with getting architectures added for my packages > in > http://cvs.debian.org/srcdep/Packages-arch-specific?cvsroot=dak&rev=HEAD > as kindly suggested by Justin Pryzby here: > http://lists.debi

Re: Hello and request for sponsor (DomainKeys packages)

2006-06-17 Thread Joe Smith
On 6/17/06, Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] The whole DK thing is experimental, but for those wishing to experiment, at least Exim and SpamAssassin are prepared to use these prospective packages. It is also my understanding that Yahoo's license, unlike Microsoft's SenderID

Re: RFC/RFS: bfilter, aspell-hr, myspell-hr

2006-06-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Vedran Fura? wrote: > The upstream doesn't provide any version information so there shouldn't be > any problem if I fake new upstream releases: 1.0-1 -> 1.1-1 -> 1.2-1 . Can't you use dates then? Like MMDD-a? Anyway, I just saw a bug testing this for upload again... You register the h

RFS: subclipse (bug #238733) and related

2006-06-17 Thread Ivan Dubrov
Hello, I'm looking for a sponsor for subclipse (ITP: #238733) and several related packages (cdbs-eclipse is used for building the subclipse package itself and other packages are libraries used by subclipse). All packages pass lintian/linda check. Their licenses look DFSG-compliant to me. The pack

Re: RFS: Xapian - Search engine library

2006-06-17 Thread Olly Betts
On 2006-06-10, Olly Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm seeking a sponsor for packages for Xapian (http://www.xapian.org/). > > I'm the main upstream developer of Xapian. Richard Boulton (another > Xapian developer) did the original packaging work, and more recently > I've been maintaining them

Re: Please help: Amendments for packages-arch-specific

2006-06-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear mentors, > > I've had no luck so far with getting architectures added for my packages > in > http://cvs.debian.org/srcdep/Packages-arch-specific?cvsroot=dak&rev=HEAD > as kindly suggested by Justin Pryzby here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-

RFS: lianliankan (bug #373754) (was: Re: RFS: llk-linux)

2006-06-17 Thread Wei Mingzhi
Hello all, I requested the deletion of the old llk-linux package from the mentors.debian.net and it seems the admin deleted the new package instead of that. It should be okay now :) Sorry for inconvience. I've also rewritten the descriptions: * Package name: lianliankan Version :

Re: Hello and request for sponsor (DomainKeys packages)

2006-06-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
You can get a better response on debian-mentors. CCing. andrew On 6/17/06, Magnus Holmgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings, official and unofficial Debian developers! First, let me introduce myself. I'm a 27-year-old male from Sweden, for the time being living in Linköping where I am (or

Please help: Amendments for packages-arch-specific

2006-06-17 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Dear mentors, I've had no luck so far with getting architectures added for my packages in http://cvs.debian.org/srcdep/Packages-arch-specific?cvsroot=dak&rev=HEAD as kindly suggested by Justin Pryzby here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/04/msg00340.html I have asked the maintainers o