Re: swami - libgtk1.2

2009-09-27 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
> Od: Paul Wise > > Get upstream to port it to GTK+ 2.0 and ensure that it will be > compatible with GTK+ 3.0 (which will remove a bunch of deprecated > stuff from GTK+ 2.0). An alternative would be to send upstream a patch > for that. If upstream is not a

Re: swami - libgtk1.2

2009-09-27 Thread Paul Wise
Get upstream to port it to GTK+ 2.0 and ensure that it will be compatible with GTK+ 3.0 (which will remove a bunch of deprecated stuff from GTK+ 2.0). An alternative would be to send upstream a patch for that. If upstream is not active you could take over the upstream project: http://sourceforge.n

swami - libgtk1.2

2009-09-27 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
Hello, I am considering adopt swami package, which is now uninstallable in sid, because it's libgtk1.2-dev dependency. I've tried change build dependency in debian/control file to libgtk2.0-dev and build package in pbulder, but it didn't build. What is solution for such issue? regards mira

Re: Third-party patches when upstream is MIA

2009-09-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Ryan Kavanagh wrote: > Thanks Paul, will do. Are there any source packages that use CDBS and have > both > a binary package of the "vanilla"/unpatched sources and a binary package of > the > patched sources? I doubt it and I'm not sure that CDBS is flexible eno

Re: Third-party patches when upstream is MIA

2009-09-27 Thread Ryan Kavanagh
Hi, Sorry for the wait. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:38:13AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > While the upstream website is gone (but still on archive.org), their > code and bug tracker are located at sourceforge.net so they are not > gone. Please consider contacting the admins to ask for access to the > p

Re: RFS: aegis (updated package, NMU)

2009-09-27 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Walter Franzini writes: > Reinhard Tartler writes: > > [...] > >> If you follow up on the bug reports to obey the NMU protocol, I'd be >> willing to upload your NMU at once. > > I've updated the package on m.d.n to include the proper orig.tar.gz and > sent the output of nmudiff to the variuos bu

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Marco Presi
Il giorno dom, 27/09/2009 alle 12.52 +0200, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort ha scritto: > Hey, > > zufus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > there is a sonsoring request for an NMU on gdesklets: > > > > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=gdesklets > > > > I was wondering if is i

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Marco Presi wrote: > I'll try to fix the lintians. I'll update you. > > Btw, are going to take care of this package? I don't care for it myself, but I think Deng does (or maybe other team members). Emilio signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
Hey, zufus wrote: > Hi, > > there is a sonsoring request for an NMU on gdesklets: > > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=gdesklets > > I was wondering if is it OK to upload it as it fixes an RC bug (in case, > I can sponsor the upload) or if there are some

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Marco Presi
Il giorno dom, 27/09/2009 alle 11.11 +0200, Karl Ferdinand Ebert ha scritto: > Look at this > http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php?bydist=squeeze&sortby=srcpackages&ignhinted=on&ignclaimed=on&ignnew=on&ignsec=on&ignpending=on&ignpatch=on&ignmerged=on&igncontrib=on&ignnonfree=on&ignbritney=on&ign

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Marco Presi
Il giorno dom, 27/09/2009 alle 19.01 +0900, Charles Plessy ha scritto: > Le Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:11:35AM +0200, Karl Ferdinand Ebert a écrit : > > and explain me why _that_ many packages are horribly outdated with RC bugs. > > Because NMU is not a long-term solution for unmaintained packages?

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:11:35AM +0200, Karl Ferdinand Ebert a écrit : > and explain me why _that_ many packages are horribly outdated with RC bugs. Because NMU is not a long-term solution for unmaintained packages? http://www.gdesklets.de/ has no update since almost one year, the maintainer o

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Karl Ferdinand Ebert
:zufus wrote: : :> there is a sonsoring request for an NMU on gdesklets: :> :> http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor- pkglist?action=details;package=gdesklets :> :> I was wondering if is it OK to upload it as it fixes an RC bug (in case, :> I can sponsor the upload) or if there are some work in

Re: NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread Colin Tuckley
zufus wrote: > there is a sonsoring request for an NMU on gdesklets: > > http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=gdesklets > > I was wondering if is it OK to upload it as it fixes an RC bug (in case, > I can sponsor the upload) or if there are some work in progre

NMU upload for gdesklets

2009-09-27 Thread zufus
Hi, there is a sonsoring request for an NMU on gdesklets: http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=gdesklets I was wondering if is it OK to upload it as it fixes an RC bug (in case, I can sponsor the upload) or if there are some work in progress on this package, a