Re: Depending on non-buggy versions?

2006-01-17 Thread Blars Blarson
nly not prohibited. It's hard enough to support oldstable (security only), stable, testing, and unstable without trying to support every possible version that has ever existed. Since the bug was in another package that is no longer available, you don't have to go o

Re: Depending on non-buggy versions?

2006-01-13 Thread Blars Blarson
ecial about it other than requesting binNMUs if needed. If the buggy version is still in stable or testing, you should have a dependancy or conficts to avoid it. Cases between the second and third can be handled either way. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian package of InsightToolkit - A free and powerful image segmentation and registration tool

2005-09-07 Thread Blars Blarson
sign. This lets me test the build and do a local install before signing it. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: dealing with FTBFS issues on sparc/mipsel/etc as a non-DD?

2005-04-09 Thread Blars Blarson
wever. Generally, you can ask for help on the architecture specific lists like debian-sparc. (Ask for cc if you arn't subscribed.) In the case of sparc, I could help debug it. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html

Re: common function handling in maintainer scripts

2005-02-25 Thread Blars Blarson
Yes. Many systems don't have them. Use terminfo to find out what cababilities are available and use them only if available. What breaks depends on your program. d-i currently assumes terminal capabilies and on some systems I wind up installing mostly blind. (No indication of what option

Re: RFS(2): autoreply - A safe, rate-limited auto-responder

2005-01-31 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Blars Blarson wrote, On 01/31/2005 06:40 PM: > >> [...] >> In other words, this looks like yet another vaction clone by someone who >> didn't bother to read the vacation man page. At least it sound like i

Re: RFS(2): autoreply - A safe, rate-limited auto-responder

2005-01-31 Thread Blars Blarson
clone by someone who didn't bother to read the vacation man page. At least it sound like it might not be another bad clone of vacation. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option.

Re: Bug#147813: help converting from latex2html

2004-08-03 Thread Blars Blarson
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:33:27AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > Frank K?ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> 1. Get some help to fix the latex. > > > > This hthtml.sty is really d

Re: Bug#147813: help converting from latex2html

2004-08-03 Thread Blars Blarson
On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:33:27AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > Frank K?ster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> 1. Get some help to fix the latex. > > > > This hthtml.sty is really d

help converting from latex2html

2004-08-01 Thread Blars Blarson
n. The first is best, and hopefully will be relitivly easy. I think I saw bug reports about other packages swithcing, but I didn't pay much attention. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure

help converting from latex2html

2004-08-01 Thread Blars Blarson
n. The first is best, and hopefully will be relitivly easy. I think I saw bug reports about other packages swithcing, but I didn't pay much attention. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure

Re: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org

2004-04-27 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I'm in Mountain View, California. The San Jose California area has a group that meets periodicly. See the http://bad.debian.net/ web site for details. Here in Southern California, we meet irregularly. See http://scd.debian.net/ --

Re: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org

2004-04-27 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I'm in Mountain View, California. The San Jose California area has a group that meets periodicly. See the http://bad.debian.net/ web site for details. Here in Southern California, we meet irregularly. See http://scd.debian.net/ --

Re: Packaging phpLDAPadmin. Newbie's questions.

2003-11-15 Thread Blars Blarson
hclam clamav-daemon calc fontconfig apt-listchanges Warning: Due to a bug in debconf, packages that use both debconf and ucf in postinst need some ugly workarounds. hinfo has one of the more parinoid (and uglier) workarounds. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packaging phpLDAPadmin. Newbie's questions.

2003-11-15 Thread Blars Blarson
hclam clamav-daemon calc fontconfig apt-listchanges Warning: Due to a bug in debconf, packages that use both debconf and ucf in postinst need some ugly workarounds. hinfo has one of the more parinoid (and uglier) workarounds. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ucf and /dev/tty (was Re: preferred method for coexistence of debconf- and manual parts in conffiles?)

2003-11-05 Thread Blars Blarson
e, and only use /dev/tty if debconf didn't give postinst a chance at stdin first. This should check for the availability of /dev/tty before using it, but the only situation I came upon that did that was dpkg-reconfigure. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ucf and /dev/tty (was Re: preferred method for coexistence of debconf- and manual parts in conffiles?)

2003-11-05 Thread Blars Blarson
e, and only use /dev/tty if debconf didn't give postinst a chance at stdin first. This should check for the availability of /dev/tty before using it, but the only situation I came upon that did that was dpkg-reconfigure. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to make reportbug verbose?

2003-10-24 Thread Blars Blarson
me and into the BTS, without opening a new >bug, with the correct method, this time? The user could run reportbug and change the to address to the bug number, or you could ask the appropriate questions and have the user send them to the bug. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: how to make reportbug verbose?

2003-10-24 Thread Blars Blarson
me and into the BTS, without opening a new >bug, with the correct method, this time? The user could run reportbug and change the to address to the bug number, or you could ask the appropriate questions and have the user send them to the bug. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: inews package rename

2003-10-23 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >What is your question? >Are you waiting for 'go ahead' or 'hold your horses' ? >Please, tell us why you did the posting. I was wondering if anyone had any contructive critisizm or objection to my plans with

Re: inews package rename

2003-10-23 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >What is your question? >Are you waiting for 'go ahead' or 'hold your horses' ? >Please, tell us why you did the posting. I was wondering if anyone had any contructive critisizm or objection to my plans with

inews package rename

2003-10-22 Thread Blars Blarson
ee much point in changing it now. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature.

inews package rename

2003-10-22 Thread Blars Blarson
ee much point in changing it now. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: [OFFTOPIC] passwd-ng

2003-09-27 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:52:22AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: >> readable output >> lsuser has a glop of output that it is difficult to find >> anything in. > >You can specify what attributes y

Re: [OFFTOPIC] passwd-ng

2003-09-26 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:52:22AM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote: >> readable output >> lsuser has a glop of output that it is difficult to find >> anything in. > >You can specify what attributes y

Re: [OFFTOPIC] passwd-ng

2003-09-26 Thread Blars Blarson
things being updated by login should be in a database. The additional administrator set things should be in another editable file. I'm not fond of the paragraphs of glop format of /etc/security/passwd. wishlist: inactive-expire (expire after x days with no

Re: [OFFTOPIC] passwd-ng

2003-09-26 Thread Blars Blarson
things being updated by login should be in a database. The additional administrator set things should be in another editable file. I'm not fond of the paragraphs of glop format of /etc/security/passwd. wishlist: inactive-expire (expire after x days with no

changing from configuration file to conffile

2003-06-25 Thread Blars Blarson
e anything to watch for when chainging to a conffile? Should I do something to purge the obsolete debconf question? -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden

changing from configuration file to conffile

2003-06-25 Thread Blars Blarson
e anything to watch for when chainging to a conffile? Should I do something to purge the obsolete debconf question? -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nie

Re: Build non-free ncompress

2003-06-16 Thread Blars Blarson
the past month.) If you can confirm this, just wait till then and move it to main. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Re: Build non-free ncompress

2003-06-16 Thread Blars Blarson
the past month.) If you can confirm this, just wait till then and move it to main. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: upstream bugs

2003-03-29 Thread Blars Blarson
l that you should make as package maintainer. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Re: upstream bugs

2003-03-29 Thread Blars Blarson
l that you should make as package maintainer. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Seeking Sponsorship

2003-01-19 Thread Blars Blarson
intainers, you can send patches to the existing bugs. For new features, file a wishlist bug with patch. (You should discuss this with the current mainatainer before spending much effort doing this though.) [I'm starting the new-maintainer process, and have adopted one of the pack

Re: Seeking Sponsorship

2003-01-19 Thread Blars Blarson
ctive maintainers, you can send patches to the existing bugs. For new features, file a wishlist bug with patch. (You should discuss this with the current mainatainer before spending much effort doing this though.) [I'm starting the new-maintainer process, and have adopted one of the pack

hinfo -- looking for sponsor

2002-11-24 Thread Blars Blarson
I'm looking for a sponsor for my package hinfo. It's at: http://www.blars.org/debian/blars/hinfo/ (source and "binary", passes lintian and linda) Source: hinfo Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends-Indep: debh

hinfo -- looking for sponsor

2002-11-24 Thread Blars Blarson
I'm looking for a sponsor for my package hinfo. It's at: http://www.blars.org/debian/blars/hinfo/ (source and "binary", passes lintian and linda) Source: hinfo Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Blars Blarson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends-Indep: debh

user for getting files

2002-11-22 Thread Blars Blarson
ual use will be in a conffile. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden

user for getting files

2002-11-22 Thread Blars Blarson
ual use will be in a conffile. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request for Sponsorship

2002-10-24 Thread Blars Blarson
sn't? gpsim is in active development, and supports many pic chips. (Sorry I can't sponsor you, I'll be looking for a sponsor soon.) -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Re: Request for Sponsorship

2002-10-24 Thread Blars Blarson
sn't? gpsim is in active development, and supports many pic chips. (Sorry I can't sponsor you, I'll be looking for a sponsor soon.) -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is a way we che

pseudo-image-kit-2.0

2001-09-23 Thread Blars Blarson
faulting to that with the shortest ping time.) Since I'm not yet an official debian developer, it looks like I'll need a contact in the Los Angeles area to verify my existance. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is

pseudo-image-kit-2.0

2001-09-23 Thread Blars Blarson
faulting to that with the shortest ping time.) Since I'm not yet an official debian developer, it looks like I'll need a contact in the Los Angeles area to verify my existance. -- Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.blars.org/blars.html "Text is