Re: RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

Hi all, On Tuesday 11 January 2005 16.26, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > [not subscribed to tetex-maint, so please cc: me if replying there.] > > Yo! > > I created a quick package of Achim Brucker's svninfo latex Package. > Available at

Re: RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

On Thursday 13 January 2005 10.15, Frank Küster wrote: > But you should also install the pdf or > dvi files, and put them or symlinks in a place where texdoc can find > them (i.e., /usr/share/doc/texmf/latex/svninfo) Ok. /usr/share/doc/texmf/README tells me to run mkhtml to regenerate helpindex.

upstream version in debian/rules in a $VARIABLE?

Hi, Do I have easy access to the upstream version in debian/rules? Of course, I can get it, but that'd be silly if it's already there. dpkg-parsechangelog | grep ^Version: | cut -f 2 -d \ | cut -f 1 -d - (I know, I really should read the sed and awk docs, it's probably easy to fold grep, cut

Re: Package Maintainer Mentor Wanted

On Monday 06 December 2004 03.26, Ryan Stutsman wrote: > I am interesting in getting involved with Debian likely by maintaining > an orphaned package. I don't have a particular one in mind, but I would > like to get up to speed first. > > If anyone would be willing to show me the ropes and help me

Re: hey

[becoming a debian developer] Go to and start fixing bugs. Fire up your IRC client, point it to irc.debian.org and #debian-bugs and ask which bugs require help. This weekend, there are bug squashing parties planned - several real-life parties, and als

Re: hey

[becoming a debian developer] Go to and start fixing bugs. Fire up your IRC client, point it to irc.debian.org and #debian-bugs and ask which bugs require help. This weekend, there are bug squashing parties planned - several real-life parties, and als

Re: RFS: ocrad - an OCR program

On Wednesday 17 November 2004 14.44, Stephan Beyer wrote: > Hm, there should be an official RFS database *suggest* ;) In theory most RFS should correspond to an ITP or ITA I guess filing RFS bugs to wnpp for the remaining cases would solve the problem, but I'm absolutely not sure if that's poss

Re: RFS: ocrad - an OCR program

On Wednesday 17 November 2004 14.44, Stephan Beyer wrote: > Hm, there should be an official RFS database *suggest* ;) In theory most RFS should correspond to an ITP or ITA I guess filing RFS bugs to wnpp for the remaining cases would solve the problem, but I'm absolutely not sure if that's poss

debian-mentors FAQ and the new maint guide (was: Re: `tcpshow` package)

Package: maint-guide Severity: wishlist Version: N/A On Saturday 30 October 2004 16.55, Matthew Palmer wrote: > cjs: > > I've read over the New > > Maintainer's Guide [...] > I think you'll want to read over the FAQ a little first: > > http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html I

debian-mentors FAQ and the new maint guide (was: Re: `tcpshow` package)

Package: maint-guide Severity: wishlist Version: N/A On Saturday 30 October 2004 16.55, Matthew Palmer wrote: > cjs: > > I've read over the New > > Maintainer's Guide [...] > I think you'll want to read over the FAQ a little first: > > http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html I

Re: Remove User on Remove, or Purge?

On Wednesday 27 October 2004 20.46, Peter Karlsson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > If a package creates a user when it is installed, should it remove this > > user when it is removed, on only when it is purged? [...] > how purging the package should remove it completely. To me, that includes > remo

Re: Remove User on Remove, or Purge?

On Wednesday 27 October 2004 20.46, Peter Karlsson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > If a package creates a user when it is installed, should it remove this > > user when it is removed, on only when it is purged? [...] > how purging the package should remove it completely. To me, that includes > remo

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

On Tuesday 19 October 2004 13.47, Russell Kliese wrote: > I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently > orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a > sponser. You should start by reading the documentation, if you didn't already:

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

On Tuesday 19 October 2004 13.47, Russell Kliese wrote: > I would like to maintain the aeromail package that is currently > orphaned. I am not a debian maintainer and therefore am looking for a > sponser. You should start by reading the documentation, if you didn't already:

Re: Where to submit a bug?

On Friday 15 October 2004 01.21, Craig Small wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:50:22PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > My experience is that if you can take the time to track down the > > upstream bug tracking system and learn how it is used, it is much > > better (== you get more reactions)

Re: Where to submit a bug?

On Friday 15 October 2004 01.21, Craig Small wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:50:22PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > My experience is that if you can take the time to track down the > > upstream bug tracking system and learn how it is used, it is much > > better (== you get more reactions)

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Thursday 29 July 2004 02.30, Joey Hess wrote: > To use lsb init scripts in Debian, you need to have the lsb package > installed. I don't think that we want to have debian packages > depending on lsb, for one thing it pulls in lots of other stuff. > > I've also discovered that supposedly lsb com

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Thursday 29 July 2004 02.30, Joey Hess wrote: > To use lsb init scripts in Debian, you need to have the lsb package > installed. I don't think that we want to have debian packages > depending on lsb, for one thing it pulls in lots of other stuff. > > I've also discovered that supposedly lsb com

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12.55, Chirag Kantharia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:57:02AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > Thanks for the url. I'm not sure how that solves my problem. As I > understand you, I need to convince the upstream maint

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 12.55, Chirag Kantharia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:57:02AM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > Thanks for the url. I'm not sure how that solves my problem. As I > understand you, I need to convince the upstream maint

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 10.09, Chirag Kantharia wrote: [init scripts] Hi, You may want to have a look at the LSB spec - I bet it does say something about init scripts. I haven't looked myself, yet, but it is on my TODO list - I have written a Debian-specific init script for postgrey, but I t

Re: Debian vs RedHat init script

On Wednesday 28 July 2004 10.09, Chirag Kantharia wrote: [init scripts] Hi, You may want to have a look at the LSB spec - I bet it does say something about init scripts. I haven't looked myself, yet, but it is on my TODO list - I have written a Debian-specific init script for postgrey, but I t

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [/etc/default] > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for e

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [/etc/default] > See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for e

Re: debconf question

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 12.24, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.13.1217 +0200]: > > case "$2" in > > 0.13*) [...] > After looking over debconf-devel(7), this should be in the > postgrey.config script and use db_input rather than db_get. B

debconf question

Hi, [Madduck cc:ed as he is my sponsor - but he tells me he's certainly not a debconf expert] How do I display a debconf note only on upgrades from versions older than x to x or newer? No need to annoy all users... (Of course, pointers to examples welcome.) And while I'm at it: the behaviour

Re: How to link against non-public shared libraries?

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 11.15, Milan Zamazal wrote: > How to ensure properly that the binaries can find the > library? Call the binaries from a wrapper script that sets up LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Not elegant, but isn't it what most Java applications do with their environment variables? greetings -- vb

Re: debconf question

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 12.24, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.13.1217 +0200]: > > case "$2" in > > 0.13*) [...] > After looking over debconf-devel(7), this should be in the > postgrey.config script and use db_input rather than db_get. B

debconf question

Hi, [Madduck cc:ed as he is my sponsor - but he tells me he's certainly not a debconf expert] How do I display a debconf note only on upgrades from versions older than x to x or newer? No need to annoy all users... (Of course, pointers to examples welcome.) And while I'm at it: the behaviour

Re: How to link against non-public shared libraries?

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 11.15, Milan Zamazal wrote: > How to ensure properly that the binaries can find the > library? Call the binaries from a wrapper script that sets up LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Not elegant, but isn't it what most Java applications do with their environment variables? greetings -- vb

Re: packaging newbie...: .svn directories / perldoc --> manpage

[answers...] Thanks everybody. Frank: 'cvs export': IIRC something similar exists, but I'm trying to build the package directly out of the working directory where I do the development (especially for development, I don't want to have to do a checking & export for every typo...) Oh, yes: the t

Re: packaging newbie...: .svn directories / perldoc --> manpage

[answers...] Thanks everybody. Frank: 'cvs export': IIRC something similar exists, but I'm trying to build the package directly out of the working directory where I do the development (especially for development, I don't want to have to do a checking & export for every typo...) Oh, yes: the t

packaging newbie...: .svn directories / perldoc --> manpage

Yo! It finally looks like I'll be getting my own package (#256969: postgrey; this is no RFS [yet]); now there are three issues where I'd appreciate some help. (Hmm. There were three things yesterday night. Seem to have forgotten the third issue. Anyway...) (i) I have the package in subversion,

packaging newbie...: .svn directories / perldoc --> manpage

Yo! It finally looks like I'll be getting my own package (#256969: postgrey; this is no RFS [yet]); now there are three issues where I'd appreciate some help. (Hmm. There were three things yesterday night. Seem to have forgotten the third issue. Anyway...) (i) I have the package in subversion,

Re: /etc/init.d/ script policy violation?

On Tuesday 25 May 2004 03.40, David Krovich wrote: > I have a question. If an /etc/init.d script hangs indefinately while > waiting for user input, is this a violation of Debian policy? My server not booting up to the point where ssh is running and accepting logins means a 2h journey to get ther

Re: /etc/init.d/ script policy violation?

On Tuesday 25 May 2004 03.40, David Krovich wrote: > I have a question. If an /etc/init.d script hangs indefinately while > waiting for user input, is this a violation of Debian policy? My server not booting up to the point where ssh is running and accepting logins means a 2h journey to get ther

Re: release as a package or add to APT's file list?

On Wednesday 19 May 2004 09.52, Jarno Elonen wrote: > echo -e "\nCleaning APT cache..." > apt-get clean Isn't there an APT option that can be put in apt.conf.d that does the same? IMVHO as IANADD, this may find a place in the deborphan package. Or perhaps in some script collection package like

Re: release as a package or add to APT's file list?

On Wednesday 19 May 2004 09.52, Jarno Elonen wrote: > echo -e "\nCleaning APT cache..." > apt-get clean Isn't there an APT option that can be put in apt.conf.d that does the same? IMVHO as IANADD, this may find a place in the deborphan package. Or perhaps in some script collection package like

Re: lksctp-tools - Dependancy to kernel-image-2.6

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 16.50, Michael Biebl wrote: > The problem is, that lksctp-tools in order to work needs a recent > 2.6.x kernel with SCTP support enabled. The 2.6.x kernels in > Debian/unstable have this SCTP support, so I added a "Depends: > kernel-image-2.6" dependency for this package.

Re: lksctp-tools - Dependancy to kernel-image-2.6

On Wednesday 12 May 2004 16.50, Michael Biebl wrote: > The problem is, that lksctp-tools in order to work needs a recent > 2.6.x kernel with SCTP support enabled. The 2.6.x kernels in > Debian/unstable have this SCTP support, so I added a "Depends: > kernel-image-2.6" dependency for this package.

OT:bad sig (was Re: Attending a RFP)

On Wednesday 05 May 2004 20.20, you wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David López Moreno wrote: > > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How ... Hi Robert, All of your messages I see in this list are reported as having a bad signature by kmail here. kmail

OT:bad sig (was Re: Attending a RFP)

On Wednesday 05 May 2004 20.20, you wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David LÃpez Moreno wrote: > > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How ... Hi Robert, All of your messages I see in this list are reported as having a bad signature by kmail here. kmail

Re: RFS: stripclub - Online Comic Reader/Archiver

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 09 April 2004 22.24, William Ballard wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:15:20PM -0500, elijah wright wrote: > > in my experience compiling stuff with -O3 just means that people on > > other architectures (where GCC may do odd things) will e

Re: RFS: stripclub - Online Comic Reader/Archiver

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 09 April 2004 22.24, William Ballard wrote: > On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:15:20PM -0500, elijah wright wrote: > > in my experience compiling stuff with -O3 just means that people on > > other architectures (where GCC may do odd things) will e

Re: Unicode conversion goals for Sarge (was Re: debian-changelog-file-uses-obsolete-national-charset)

On Wednesday 31 March 2004 08.05, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Would recoding names in the GECOS data from /etc/passwd into UTF-8 > solve it? No idea, if you're talking about the matching done by the Debian packaging scripts. > If your answer to this is Yes, then I think that upgrading a distro

Re: Unicode conversion goals for Sarge (was Re: debian-changelog-file-uses-obsolete-national-charset)

On Wednesday 31 March 2004 08.05, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Would recoding names in the GECOS data from /etc/passwd into UTF-8 > solve it? No idea, if you're talking about the matching done by the Debian packaging scripts. > If your answer to this is Yes, then I think that upgrading a distro

Re: debian-changelog-file-uses-obsolete-national-charset

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 13.24, Frank Küster wrote: > Sie benötigen eine Passphrase, um den geheimen SchlÃŒssel zu > entsperren. Benutzer: "Frank KÃŒster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" ^^ Your key has a proper UTF-8 uid, doesn't it? Whemn understand this correctly, Martin-

Re: debian-changelog-file-uses-obsolete-national-charset

On Tuesday 30 March 2004 13.24, Frank Küster wrote: > Sie benötigen eine Passphrase, um den geheimen Schlüssel zu > entsperren. Benutzer: "Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" ^^ Your key has a proper UTF-8 uid, doesn't it? Whemn understand this correctly, Martin-

Re: Development packages.

On Sunday 21 March 2004 20.49, Stephen Frost wrote: > .la files shouldn't be included in anything, they're just plain broken. 940 .la files on my system. Report bugs? /usr/lib/rep/... /usr/lib/libkabc_ldapkio.la /usr/lib/libesd.la /usr/lib/libkwireless.la usr/lib/gimp/1.3/modules/... /usr/lib/kd

Re: Development packages.

On Sunday 21 March 2004 20.49, Stephen Frost wrote: > .la files shouldn't be included in anything, they're just plain broken. 940 .la files on my system. Report bugs? /usr/lib/rep/... /usr/lib/libkabc_ldapkio.la /usr/lib/libesd.la /usr/lib/libkwireless.la usr/lib/gimp/1.3/modules/... /usr/lib/kd

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19.52, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be us

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 19.52, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be us

Re: data files in /etc?

On Friday 13 February 2004 19.25, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040212 22:52]: > > -if one wants to make the boot process unable to modify configuration, > > they will also be stumbled upon. (And given the fact that mount > > actually deletes and recreates /etc/

Re: data files in /etc?

On Friday 13 February 2004 19.25, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040212 22:52]: > > -if one wants to make the boot process unable to modify configuration, > > they will also be stumbled upon. (And given the fact that mount > > actually deletes and recreates /etc/

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Clinging to sanity, Florian Effenberger mumbled in his beard: [... wants to become a DD ...] IANADD myself. But from reading mailing lists, I think the sentiment of many is that getting an account on the Debian machines should be a question of 'is it

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Clinging to sanity, Florian Effenberger mumbled in his beard: [... wants to become a DD ...] IANADD myself. But from reading mailing lists, I think the sentiment of many is that getting an account on the Debian machines should be a question of 'is it