Need sponsor for debdelta package to remain in Bullseye

2020-12-14 Thread Calum McConnell
The debdelta package is currently gravely flawed, as it cannot function in python3.9 without some minor changes to the source. I have prepared an NMU for it, but I need a sponsor to get it into Debian. It is at https://mentors.debian.net/package/debdelta/ : please give it a look, and possibly spo

Bug#977121: RFS: debdelta/0.65+nmu1 [NMU] [RC] -- diff and patch utilities which work with Debian packages

2020-12-10 Thread Calum McConnell
made to get the build onto Debian infrastrucure, however, I executed the makefile locally, as the maintainer seems to have done. I would be happy to take over maintenance of the package, however, it isn't officially abandoned yet. Regards, - -- Calum McConnell - -- System Informa

multibootusb builds multi-boot live-usb's, but it bundles compiled free software

2020-03-31 Thread Calum McConnell
I cracked open the package, and it seems almost straightforward, except for two complications: it bundles a compiled version of GRUB for i386 and amd64, as well as some other compiled tools. I think any working package would need to rewrite that to use a version of GRUB installed already on the ma

Re: Debuild cant find upstream source for repackaged PPA

2020-03-26 Thread Calum McConnell
ball and a Debian diff tarball. > > Use + (to increase vs. version without) or ~ (to decrease vs. version > without) as the delimiter for your version suffix, instead of -. > > Hope this helps! > > Ryan > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 12:49 PM Calum McConnell < > caluml

Debuild cant find upstream source for repackaged PPA

2020-03-18 Thread Calum McConnell
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -ui dpkg-buildpackage: info: source package boot-repair dpkg-buildpackage: info: source version 4ppa69-1 dpkg-buildpackage: info: source distribution UNRELEASED dpkg-buildpackage: info: source changed by Calum McConnell dpkg-source --before-build . dpkg-buildpackage: info: