Bug#740543: minor update

2014-03-02 Thread Cédric Barboiron
Hi, I've uploaded an updated version with two minor changes : * debian/control: drop the Replaces field for eggdrop-data (according to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698599#12 ) * debian/changelog: Closes ITA #698272 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@l

Re: Maintainer scripts: execute command as another user: use sudo or su?

2014-03-02 Thread Emilien Klein
2014-03-02 0:41 GMT+01:00 gregor herrmann : > On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:55:20 +0100, Emilien Klein wrote: > >> One minor challenge that I faced is that I couldn't get the commands to >> run using su. With the help of Karsten Hilbert I understood that the >> issue was that the user being a system user,

Re: Using stable as a Debian Package Maintainer

2014-03-02 Thread Wookey
+++ Jan Dittberner [2014-03-02 16:19 +0100]: > On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 04:11:58PM +0100, Felix Natter wrote: > > hi, > > > > what is the consensus about using stable (s/testing/jessie/g in > > sources.list) for maintaining Debian packages (in conjunction with a sid > > VM or a chroot to make sure

Bug#734019: marked as done (RFS: nagiosplugin/1.2-1 [ITP] -- Python class library for writing Nagios (Icinga) plugins)

2014-03-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Mon, 3 Mar 2014 00:32:26 +0200 with message-id <20140302223226.gl4...@bunk.dyndns.info> and subject line nagiosplugins has already been uploaded to unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #734019, regarding RFS: nagiosplugin/1.2-1 [ITP] -- Python class library for writing Nagi

Re: Bug#740482: RFS: [RC][security] imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-8

2014-03-02 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
Le 2 mars 2014 16:19, "Andreas Metzler" a écrit : > > On 2014-03-02 Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > > Package: sponsorship-requests > > Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] > > > Dear mentors, > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "imagemagick" > [...] > >

Re: Weird conffile case

2014-03-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Dariusz Dwornikowski writes: > The previous maintainer of maradns modified conffiles in postinst > (dynamically checked for the maradns user id and filled > /etc/maradns/mararc with this info). This obviously rendered RC bug of > violation of policy 10.7.3 [2]. I closed the bug in a new release b

Bug#737698: marked as done (RFS: healpix-cxx/3.11.2-2 [ITP] -- C++ language interface for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization)

2014-03-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:44:03 +0200 with message-id <20140302194403.gf4...@bunk.dyndns.info> and subject line healpix-cxx has already been uploaded has caused the Debian Bug report #737698, regarding RFS: healpix-cxx/3.11.2-2 [ITP] -- C++ language interface for Hierarchical Equal Are

Re: Bug#740482: RFS: [RC][security] imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-8

2014-03-02 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2014-03-02 Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> Package: sponsorship-requests >> Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] > >> Dear mentors, > >> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "imagemagick" > [...] >>

Bug#740452: marked as done (RFS: qgis/2.2.0-1~exp1)

2014-03-02 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:29:54 + with message-id and subject line closing RFS: qgis/2.2.0-1~exp1 has caused the Debian Bug report #740452, regarding RFS: qgis/2.2.0-1~exp1 to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the ca

Bug#740543: RFS: eggdrop/1.6.21-1 [ITA #698272]

2014-03-02 Thread Cédric Barboiron
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "eggdrop" * Package name: eggdrop Version : 1.6.21-1 Upstream Author : EggHeads Development Team * URL : http://www.eggheads.org/ * License : GPL-

Re: Using stable as a Debian Package Maintainer

2014-03-02 Thread Jan Dittberner
On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 04:11:58PM +0100, Felix Natter wrote: > hi, > > what is the consensus about using stable (s/testing/jessie/g in > sources.list) for maintaining Debian packages (in conjunction with a sid > VM or a chroot to make sure it always builds)? Packages targeted for sid must always

Re: Bug#740482: RFS: [RC][security] imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-8

2014-03-02 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2014-03-02 Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] > Dear mentors, > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "imagemagick" [...] > Changes since the last upload: > Fix three security bug Uploaded.

Using stable as a Debian Package Maintainer

2014-03-02 Thread Felix Natter
hi, what is the consensus about using stable (s/testing/jessie/g in sources.list) for maintaining Debian packages (in conjunction with a sid VM or a chroot to make sure it always builds)? The problem with testing is that I spend >2-3 hours a week backing up data, apt-get dist-upgrade and making s

Re: Test builds in gbp patch-queue branch [was: Re: Is there a way to preserve pbuilder chroot environment?]

2014-03-02 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sun, 02 Mar 2014 08:38:06 +0100, Ross Gammon wrote: > >> 'gbp > >> buildpackage' fails because it detects altered files in the source code. > > Ah, here it is in the manpage: > > --git-export=treeish > Thanks Gregor, but I was already aware of --git-export=WC & > --git-ignore-new. I have

Bug#726490: sponsorship-requests: ethstatus/0.4.4 [ITA]

2014-03-02 Thread Thomas Goirand
You wrote: * Upstream is the same as Debian maintainer. Therefore, build a native Debian package IMO, that's a very bad idea. this is a pain for downstream Debian derivative who may want to add specific patches. With a native package, it becomes less convenient to add distro-specific patche

Re: Testing excuse "Section: non-free/science"

2014-03-02 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2014-03-02 12:05, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: > Hi, > > after I moved one of my packages (iausofa-c) from main to non-free, I > had for some time the problem that the source still appeared in > main. This, however, was solved "somehow" without any notice. > > However, now I get the migration "excuse"

Re: Test builds in gbp patch-queue branch [was: Re: Is there a way to preserve pbuilder chroot environment?]

2014-03-02 Thread Wookey
+++ Ross Gammon [2014-03-01 23:37 +0100]: > Now you have all helped me to realise that I can spam with 'debian/rules > build' to test if it fixes a FTBFS, or 'fakeroot debian/rules binary' to > go all the way to a 'deb' which I can try installing. (And very usefully, just retry the packaging step

Testing excuse "Section: non-free/science"

2014-03-02 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, after I moved one of my packages (iausofa-c) from main to non-free, I had for some time the problem that the source still appeared in main. This, however, was solved "somehow" without any notice. However, now I get the migration "excuse" [1] "Section: non-free/science". What does this mean? T

Bug#740482: RFS: [RC][security] imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-8

2014-03-02 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal [important for RC bugs, wishlist for new packages] Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "imagemagick" * Package name: imagemagick Version : 8:6.7.7.10-8 Section : graphics It builds those binary p

Weird conffile case

2014-03-02 Thread Dariusz Dwornikowski
hi, I would like to request some advice on a case I need to resolve with maradns package [1]. The previous maintainer of maradns modified conffiles in postinst (dynamically checked for the maradns user id and filled /etc/maradns/mararc with this info). This obviously rendered RC bug of violation