Re: How to make a meta package unremovable?

2011-06-12 Thread Erik Schanze (Debian)
Hi Russ, thank you for you response. Am 09.06.2011 23:31, schrieb Russ Allbery: > "Erik Schanze (Debian)" writes: >> - Upgrade process hangs waiting for the user input > > This should only happen if you run it interactively. If you don't run it > interacti

How to make a meta package unremovable?

2011-06-09 Thread Erik Schanze (Debian)
Hi mentors, hope this is the right list for it, I wouldn't abuse debian-devel for it. [please keep me on CC, I'm not subscribed] I maintain a custom Debian installation on Clients without any user interaction during upgrade, so everything has to go automatically. I created a meta package to def

Re: RFS: totem-plugin-arte

2010-03-09 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi, Nicolas Delvaux Nicolas Delvaux : > Le mardi 09 mars 2010 à 19:12 +0100, Erik Schanze a écrit : > > Nicolas Delvaux Nicolas Delvaux : > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "totem-plugin-arte". > > > > > > * Package name: totem

Re: RFS: totem-plugin-arte

2010-03-09 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi, Nicolas Delvaux Nicolas Delvaux : > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "totem-plugin-arte". > > * Package name: totem-plugin-arte > Version : 0.8.1-1 > Upstream Author : Simon Wenner > * URL : http://gitorious.org/totem-plugin-arte > * License : GPL

Custom packages derived from Debian Source Packages

2010-01-26 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi mentors, I have a question regarding repacking and hope you could give me some suggestions. I'd like to run a special x86 based device with Debian. I could use most of the common Debian packages, but I have to repack some of them for the use on this device. The packages will be provided and m

Re: RFS: homebank (updated package) -PING-

2009-12-14 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Francesco, Francesco Namuri : > Hi again, > just a ping... > > Il giorno mar, 08/12/2009 alle 12.44 +0100, Francesco Namuri ha scritto: > > The respective dsc file can be found at: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/homebank/homebank_4.1-1.dsc > Does not work. Bye, Erik --

Re: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n work not as expected

2009-12-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi, [Sorry for crossposting to debian-dpkg, but perhaps they could clarify this. Orig. post was: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2009/12/msg00075.html] Erik Schanze : > I added to my package "gif2png" the support of > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n, as you can see in rule

DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n work not as expected

2009-12-05 Thread Erik Schanze
ze LDFLAGS auf Standardwert: dpkg-buildpackage: setze FFLAGS auf Standardwert: -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: setze CXXFLAGS auf Standardwert: -g -O2 dpkg-buildpackage: Quellpaket gif2png dpkg-buildpackage: Quellversion 2.5.2-1 dpkg-buildpackage: Quellen geändert durch Erik Schanze dpkg-buildpackage:

Re: RFS: texttrainer

2009-09-26 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Jacob, Jacob Kanev Jacob Kanev : > I am still looking for a sponsor for my package "texttrainer" [1]. A new > version has been uploaded to MDN. > > * Package name: texttrainer > Version : 0.0.4-1 > Upstream Author : Jacob Kanev > * URL : http://home.arcor.de/j_kan

Re: RFS: hexer (updated, adopted upstream, cleaned up)

2009-09-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Peter, Peter Pentchev Peter Pentchev : > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.1.5-1 > of my package "hexer". I've adopted the upstream development of > hexer, integrated the Debian patches, cleaned it up a lot, and > fix a nasty crash (or a weird display of characters in the status

Test-Buildd or Debian Machine?

2009-03-25 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi, I'd like to sponsor a package that have problems in building on some architectures. After fixing I need to build this package (at least) on problematic architectures. Is there any buildd network for test builds available? If not, I think I have to use some Debian Machines. Is there any docume

Re: ITR: varkon (updated package)

2008-01-17 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Matthias, Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Also, Varkon is not 64bit safe. I have noticed myself that the > compiler complains a lot about castings between integers and pointers > of different size when I build it for amd64. When asked on the list > upstream also confirmed that Varkon c

Re: RFS: varkon (updated package)

2007-12-26 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Matthias, Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sadly, nobody here seems to be interested in this package. > Ok, I would sponsor it. It would be great, if you could fix two things: - move all resources stuff beside file "varkonrc" from /etc to

Re: RFS: axel

2007-12-26 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Giridhar, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 07/12/25 23:09 +0100, Erik Schanze said ... > > Is this /usr/doc transition stuff still needed? > > I thought I'd keep it around to let people upgrade from oldstable. > But people have suggested that I remo

Re: RFS: axel

2007-12-25 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Giridhar, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 07/12/21 14:07 +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag said ... > > > I am (still) looking for a long-term sponsor for "axel" (v1.0b-7). > > I have had an offer for help since my last request [1] over a month > > ago, but ha

Special GnuPG option needed to make *.commands file working (was: *.commands file)

2007-12-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Bernhard, "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071215 20:09]: > > I created the cunit.commands and signed it by: > > $ gpg --clearsign cunit.commands > > $ mv cunit.commands.asc cunit.commands > > &

*.commands file

2007-12-15 Thread Erik Schanze
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Uploader: Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Commands: rm *cunit* -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHY/XBwAfeuzCCU0URAiI4AJ4vrXhVYWx9uy/5On0p8WBbktaN7gCeLo0e EWAdLZyrFzt7yAApd/NJxrA= =

Re: RFS: nted (4th try)

2007-11-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Gilles, Gilles Filippini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Erik Schanze a écrit : > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > libgtk2.0-bin: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.1-2) but 2.12.1-1 is > > to be installed. libgtk2.0-0: Depends: libgtk2.0-common

Re: RFS: nted (4th try)

2007-11-14 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Gilles, Gilles Filippini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > dget > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/nted/nted_0.9.2-2.dsc I tried to build it in pbuilder, but got: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libgtk2.0-bin: Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.1-2) but 2.12.1-1 is to be instal

Re: RFS: nted (3rd try)

2007-10-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Gilles, Gilles Filippini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "nted". > > * Package name: nted > Something to fix: - The author field in some translation files (*.po) is empty. - There are many warnings during compilation, so the build log is hard to read. Is

Re: RFS: codeblocks

2007-06-24 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Erick, Erick Mattos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > First, I have to say that it is very nice the name you have. My > favorite! > Your have a interesting spelling, I have never seen it before. > On Saturday 23 June 2007 18:45, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Did you check your snaps

Re: RFS: codeblocks

2007-06-23 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Erick, Erick Mattos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "codeblocks". > I intend to sponsor your package. > * Package name: codeblocks > Version : 1.0rc2~svn.20070620-1 > Why do you package a snapshot and not the current stable version? Did you check

Re: RFS2: eqonomize -- personal accounting software for the small household economy

2007-05-20 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Frank, Frank S. Thomas "Frank S. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thursday 17 May 2007, Erik Schanze wrote: > > I intend to sponsor your package, but IMO there is something to do. > > Thanks for your offer! I've uploaded an updated package based on your

Re: RFS2: eqonomize -- personal accounting software for the small household economy

2007-05-17 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Frank, Frank S. Thomas "Frank S. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm looking for a sponsor for the eqonomize package. This is the > second RFS I'm sending to -mentors and I'd be really glad if someone > could review or even sponsor eqonomize. > > Package name: eqonomize > I intend to sponso

Re: RFS: ipkungfu (updated package)

2006-11-09 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Luis, Luis Uribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 09:35:41PM +0200, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Hello Luis, > > I intend to sponsor your package, but there are some things to do: > > I've modified the package, and added some things, like the >

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-17 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Philipp, Philipp Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This probably is a good idea as to show the ftp-masters that this has > been checked. I added this statement to debian/copyright: > > "The documentation is distributed under the GNU Free Documentation > License. It does not contain any secondary se

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Phillip, Philipp Benner Philipp Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > CUnit 2.1-0.dfsg-2 is now available at > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cunit > > I had to change debian/copyright since the documentation > actually is distributed under the GNU FDL. > > Here is the changelog: > > cuni

Re: RFS: mp3togo - Audio transcode utility for portable players

2006-10-15 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi sim, sim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear Mentors, > I am seeking a sponsor for my package "mp3togo" > I think the package name is not appropriate, because it doesn't encode mp3 only and will not be able to encode any mp3 in Debian due license issues. A more general name would be better, IMO. Kin

Re: RFS: ipkungfu (updated package)

2006-10-13 Thread Erik Schanze
Hello Luis, Luis Uribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.5.2-8 > of the package "ipkungfu". > I intend to sponsor your package, but there are some things to do: - debian/rules build a manpage in build/ipkungfu.8, but you install your own manpage debian/ipkun

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-02 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Philipp, Philipp Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > But I think you should rename your repacked tarball by adding > > "dfsg" to upstream version number to show the remove of (probably) > > non free stuff. > > Done. > Ok, good work. Uploaded. Some suggestions for your next version: * I think you s

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-02 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Philipp, Philipp Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > But there are *.dsp files in package libcunit1-doc with: > > "Microsoft Developer Studio Generated Build File" in it. Could they > > be leagaly distributed? > > Could you explain this. > > Not sure about it but probably not. Anyway, I added a rul

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Philipp, Philipp Benner Philipp Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The new package has been uploaded: > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cunit/ > Your package builds fine. But there are *.dsp files in package libcunit1-doc with: "Microsoft Developer Studio Generated Build File" in it. C

wyrd UPLOADED

2006-10-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Kevin, sorry for the new thread, I already deleted the original RFS mail. I tried your package and it builds fine. There are some remarks: * I added the year in debian/copyright, please resync your package. * you should consider to use "sensible-editor" instead or in addition "$EDITOR" in wy

Re: RFS: bastet (updated package)

2006-09-14 Thread Erik Schanze
Nacho Barrientos Arias Nacho Barrientos Arias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/bastet > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian > unstable main contrib non-free > - dget > http://mentor

Re: RFS: weplab -- tool designed to break WEP keys

2006-09-14 Thread Erik Schanze
Hello James and Adam, James Westby James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On (12/09/06 13:53), "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" wrote: > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "weplab". > > > > * Package name: weplab > > Looks good to me. > > > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Re: RFS: bastet (updated package)

2006-09-13 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Nacho, Nacho Barrientos Arias Nacho Barrientos Arias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.41-4 of my package > "bastet". Its last maintainer was David Moreno Garza, i am adopting > it. See changelog file for more details. > It is technical good so far, but: d

Re: RFS: giac - computer algebra system with nice GUI

2006-07-14 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Carlos, I had a look at your package. I found some issues before I try to build it: Carlos Enrique Carleos Artime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Package name : giac > * License : GPL (separate package for non-free documents) > It builds these binary packages: > giac - computer alge

Re: RFS: 3dchess

2006-06-22 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Mihai, Mihai Felseghi "Mihai Felseghi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "3dchess". > > * Package name: 3dchess > Version : 0.8.1-12 > Upstream Author : Paul Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/games/st

Re: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/picprog.1.gz

2006-03-11 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Jan Jan Wagemakers Jan Wagemakers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > | pts/3 jan ~/deb$ lintian picprog_1.8-1_i386.changes > | W: picprog: manpage-has-errors-from-man > | usr/share/man/man1/picprog.1.gz 44: warning: can't find numbered > | character 195 pts/3 jan ~/deb$ > > > In this manpage the cha

Re: RFS: GOPchop

2006-01-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Paul, Paul Wise Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 16:24 -0800, John R. Hogerhuis wrote: > > At present the packaging stuff is merged with the upstream source. > > Use the usual cvs commands to download the current code (I merged > > in the changes you contributed). Sample c

Re: RFS: irmp3 -- mp3 Jukebox (LIRC support)

2005-11-09 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Daniel, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Erik Schanze wrote: > > Your way will not fail, but could be improved. > > The advantage of Build-Depends on autotools-dev is to have the > > newest config.* stuff available. There is no need to include the > > new

Re: RFS: irmp3 -- mp3 Jukebox (LIRC support)

2005-11-09 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Mario, please send your answers on my list mails back to the list, so others can also help or could correct me, if I'm wrong. Mario Iseli Mario Iseli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:42 +0100, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Perhaps you should mention, that irmp3

Re: RFS: irmp3 -- mp3 Jukebox (LIRC support)

2005-11-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Mario! Mario Iseli Mario Iseli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > License: GPL > > Description: mp3 Jukebox (LIRC support) > > With irmp3 you can build a mp3-database and control the playback via > remote control (over LIRC). There are a lot of settings to change > and your jukebox is like you want it. >

Re: RFS: august -- Tcl/Tk HTML editor

2005-11-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Mario! Mario Iseli Mario Iseli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > License: GPL > > Description: Tcl/Tk HTML editor. > August is a Tcl/Tk HTML editor with interesting features. > It is not WYSIWYG but is very useful for developing HTML pages. > > ITA: #312839 > Do you use august by yourself? I tried it so

Re: Putting accented characters in manpages?

2005-10-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Romain! Romain Beauxis Romain Beauxis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Le Jeudi 6 Octobre 2005 06:57, Rogério Brito a écrit : > > > W: pfb2t1c2pfb: manpage-has-errors-from-man > > > usr/share/man/man1/pfb2t1c.1.gz /tmp/zmanpkICfH:25: warning: > > > can't find numbered character 243 > > > > > > . It is pr

Re: problem with pbuilder

2005-09-23 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! Osamu Aoki Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 10:43:57AM +0200, Benoit Mortier wrote: > > i was trying for days now to create a pbuilder chroot for sid to > > build my packages, but i got each time the same error > > > > E: Couldn't download slang1a-utf8 pbuilder: deboot

Re: RFS: z80asm, assembler for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor

2005-05-12 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Bas! Bas Wijnen Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In order to learn about Debian packaging, I packaged a program I wrote. > The package is lintian and linda clean. Please give me comments on it. > > Since I think the program is actually useful as well, I am looking for a > sponsor to get it i

Re: using symlinks for manpages

2005-03-24 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Nico! Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I package a program which creates symlinks with different > names which point to one man page. lintian complains that > the files are not gzipped. if i only rename them to .gz > lintain says: > E: mutt-ng: manpage-not-compressed-with-gzip > usr/share/man/

Re: RFS: bookmarkbridge

2005-02-19 Thread Erik Schanze
Hello! Masami Ichikawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > on 02/19/05 20:20, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 08:11:42PM +0900, Masami Ichikawa wrote: > >>browsers. It is aware of X, y and z browsers and bookmark formats. > > > > I'm not familiar with those browsers. Are they packaged for D

Re: RFS[2]: cpufrequtils (comments on packaging also welcome)

2005-01-07 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Mattia! Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i386 bins and sources available here: > deb http://oioio.altervista.org/debian binary/ > deb-src http://oioio.altervista.org/debian source/ > There is cpufrequtils_0.1-1.diff.gz? Regards, Erik -- www.ErikSchanze.de *

Re: RFC: Packages Needing Sponsors page

2005-01-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Justin! Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm trying to clean up WNPP. > > As you may recall, I'm encouraging people to use ITP+patch to mean > "This packages is ready to be uploaded, and I'm only waiting on a > sponsor". As part of my effort, I've created a webpage [0] of such > packages.

Re: RFS: setserial

2005-01-04 Thread Erik Schanze
James Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Greetings, > I request a sponsor for the setserial package. > > I use this package regularly and would like to see it well maintained. > > This will close out bug# 285355. And what is with the ohter bugs which Ola would fix in next upload? #276667 #287646 #27

Re: package xsok

2005-01-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Carlos! Please keep on list, so others could comment or correct my suggestions. (I'm also not a DD). [ I quoted whole mail for others to keep informed. ] Carlos Parra Camargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > El vie, 31-12-2004 a las 14:33 +0100, Erik Schanze escribió: > > Carlos P

Re: package xsok

2004-12-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Justin! Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:33:46PM +0100, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Carlos Parra Camargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >- Contained XPMs stand under BSD-like license, not GPL, see > >./etc/COPYRIGHT.xpm > >I t

Re: package xsok

2004-12-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi again Carlos! Carlos Parra Camargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you want to have a look: > http://carlospc.homelinux.org/debian/xsok/ > debian/copyright: - Update or remove "Current Debian maintainer:" field - Download source isn't reachable, try an other one, like: http://www.ibiblio.org

Re: package xsok

2004-12-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Carlos! Carlos Parra Camargo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you want to have a look: > http://carlospc.homelinux.org/debian/xsok/ > I will look over it. > I've signed de .deb package... but i'm not a debian developer (not > yet :p). > What's the way, but you don't need to provide any .deb pac

RFS(2): mpgtx - Toolbox to manipulate MPEG files (video, system, and audio)

2004-12-22 Thread Erik Schanze
Dear sponsors! I'd like to ask here for sponsoring of my package mpgtx, because previous sponsor, Chris Danis, seems to be on MIA. * Package name: mpgtx Version : 1.3-3 Upstream Author : Laurent Alacoque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://mpgtx.sf.net * License

RFS: mpgtx - Toolbox to manipulate MPEG files (video, system, and audio)

2004-12-08 Thread Erik Schanze
Dear sponsors! I'd like to ask here for sponsoring of my package mpgtx, because previous sponsor, Chris Danis, seems to be on MIA. * Package name: mpgtx Version : 1.3-3 Upstream Author : Laurent Alacoque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://mpgtx.sf.net * License

Re: RFS aldo - A morse code tutor

2004-11-07 Thread Erik Schanze
Giuseppe Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have actually already read the New Maintainers Guide, and I have built > a Debian package for Aldo. > A good start, I mean. > You can find it on: > http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/aldo/aldo-0.6.5-1_i386.deb > > I have tested it. However, I am very

Re: RFS aldo - A morse code tutor

2004-11-07 Thread Erik Schanze
Giuseppe Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have actually already read the New Maintainers Guide, and I have built > a Debian package for Aldo. > > You can find it on: > http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/aldo/aldo-0.6.5-1_i386.deb > > I have tested it. However, I am very inexperienced at making

Re: RFS aldo - A morse code tutor

2004-11-07 Thread Erik Schanze
Giuseppe Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have actually already read the New Maintainers Guide, and I have built > a Debian package for Aldo. > A good start, I mean. > You can find it on: > http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/aldo/aldo-0.6.5-1_i386.deb > > I have tested it. However, I am very

Re: RFS aldo - A morse code tutor

2004-11-07 Thread Erik Schanze
Giuseppe Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have actually already read the New Maintainers Guide, and I have built > a Debian package for Aldo. > > You can find it on: > http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/aldo/aldo-0.6.5-1_i386.deb > > I have tested it. However, I am very inexperienced at making

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Erik Schanze
Russell Kliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my opinion: Do you really

Re: Looking for a sponser for aeromail package

2004-10-19 Thread Erik Schanze
Russell Kliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > I also had a look over aeromail a while ago. (See bug #229960) Please let me tell my opinion: Do you really

Re: cp: `/usr/share/misc/config.sub' and `config.sub' are the same file

2004-10-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Tommi! Tommi Maekitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I try to build my first debian-package. I followed the "Debian New > Maintainers' Guide", > No. > but I got a problem. > > The package I try to debianize is a library, which uses autoconf. > The DNMG discourages from debianize a library firs

Re: cp: `/usr/share/misc/config.sub' and `config.sub' are the same file

2004-10-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Tommi! Tommi Maekitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I try to build my first debian-package. I followed the "Debian New > Maintainers' Guide", > No. > but I got a problem. > > The package I try to debianize is a library, which uses autoconf. > The DNMG discourages from debianize a library firs

Re: RFS: http-replicator

2004-08-17 Thread Erik Schanze
"Gertjan van Zwieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a sponsor for http-replicator, a program I wrote myself. > It's a single-threaded proxy server written in python. I started working > on it some time ago because I needed a way to cache my downloaded debian > packages so they

Re: RFS: http-replicator

2004-08-17 Thread Erik Schanze
"Gertjan van Zwieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I'm looking for a sponsor for http-replicator, a program I wrote myself. > It's a single-threaded proxy server written in python. I started working > on it some time ago because I needed a way to cache my downloaded debian > packages so they

Re: sponsor for bitpim

2004-08-13 Thread Erik Schanze
liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > thanks! > > Where do I start? I have the source is there a faw or howto? Ive never > done this before :) > As I understand, your package isn't build yet, right? Then you should have a look over several documents in http://www.debian.org/devel/ esspecialy http://www.de

Re: sponsor for bitpim

2004-08-12 Thread Erik Schanze
liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > thanks! > > Where do I start? I have the source is there a faw or howto? Ive never > done this before :) > As I understand, your package isn't build yet, right? Then you should have a look over several documents in http://www.debian.org/devel/ esspecialy http://www.de

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-11 Thread Erik Schanze
Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:51, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). > > Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd > > like to ask here for a

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-10 Thread Erik Schanze
Wesley J Landaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:51, Erik Schanze wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). > > Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd > > like to ask here for a

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-10 Thread Erik Schanze
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Erik Schanze wrote: > > I hope so too, but unfortunately there are many unreplied RFSs here last > > month, perhaps most sponsors are on holidays? ;-) > > Or perhaps no one is packaging anything i

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-10 Thread Erik Schanze
"Jaldhar H. Vyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Erik Schanze wrote: > > I hope so too, but unfortunately there are many unreplied RFSs here last > > month, perhaps most sponsors are on holidays? ;-) > > Or perhaps no one is packaging anything i

Re: unnecessary adoption by QA-team

2004-08-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hello Lars! Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > la, 2004-08-07 kello 00:09, Erik Schanze kirjoitti: > > I have noticed that QA-team adopt the gif2png package. > > I'd like to veto here. > > As John mentioned, it was him who did the assignation to the QA tea

unnecessary adoption by QA-team

2004-08-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have noticed that QA-team adopt the gif2png package. I'd like to veto here. I have filed an ITA on gif2png: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261583 I have package a new version and request an RFS 3 times: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/07/msg00416.html http://l

Re: unnecessary adoption by QA-team

2004-08-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hello Lars! Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > la, 2004-08-07 kello 00:09, Erik Schanze kirjoitti: > > I have noticed that QA-team adopt the gif2png package. > > I'd like to veto here. > > As John mentioned, it was him who did the assignation to the QA tea

unnecessary adoption by QA-team

2004-08-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have noticed that QA-team adopt the gif2png package. I'd like to veto here. I have filed an ITA on gif2png: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261583 I have package a new version and request an RFS 3 times: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/07/msg00416.html http://l

RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. Perhaps it could also be an one-time-sponsorship, because I still have a sponsor for my another Palm related package, but he is actually very busy. -

RFS: gif2png

2004-08-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted gif2png (Bug #261583). I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. - * Package name: gif2png Version : 2.4.7-3 Upstream Author : Eric S. Raymond * URL : http:/

RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. Perhaps it could also be an one-time-sponsorship, because I still have a sponsor for my another Palm related package, but he is actually very busy. --

RFS: gif2png

2004-08-04 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted gif2png (Bug #261583). I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. - * Package name: gif2png Version : 2.4.7-3 Upstream Author : Eric S. Raymond * URL : http:/

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-02 Thread Erik Schanze
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hallo Erik, > * Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-01 19:25]: > > > > I have updated packaging stuff and translated all man pages into German. > > > > It is lintian clean and builds fine with pbuilder. >

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-08-01 Thread Erik Schanze
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hallo Erik, > * Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-01 19:25]: > > > > I have updated packaging stuff and translated all man pages into German. > > > > It is lintian clean and builds fine with pbuilder. >

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-07-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Nico! Thank you for your quick reply. Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-31 15:13]: > > I have updated packaging stuff and translated all man pages into German. > > It is lintian clean and builds fine with pbui

Re: RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-07-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi Nico! Thank you for your quick reply. Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Erik Schanze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-31 15:13]: > > I have updated packaging stuff and translated all man pages into German. > > It is lintian clean and builds fine with pbui

RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-07-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. Perhaps it could also be an one-time-sponsorship, because I still have a sponsor for my another Palm related package, but he i

RFS: imgvtopgm (was orphaned, now updated, man pages translated)

2004-07-31 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted imgvtopgm (Bug #261584). Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. Perhaps it could also be an one-time-sponsorship, because I still have a sponsor for my another Palm related package, but he is

RFS: gif2png

2004-07-29 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted gif2png (Bug #261583). Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. - * Package name: gif2png Version : 2.4.7-3

RFS: gif2png

2004-07-29 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I have adopted gif2png (Bug #261583). Since previous maintainer isn't able to do an upload for me, so I'd like to ask here for a sponsor, because I'm not a DD yet. - * Package name: gif2png Version : 2.4.7-3

Re: Silly question about man page

2004-07-22 Thread Erik Schanze
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This ought to be a simple question to answer. I've just created a > package for gcursor (no ITP filed yet). It's a binary executable in > /usr/bin so it needs a man-page. However, there is none from upstream, > so I simply left the one generated by dh_make (re

Re: Silly question about man page

2004-07-22 Thread Erik Schanze
Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This ought to be a simple question to answer. I've just created a > package for gcursor (no ITP filed yet). It's a binary executable in > /usr/bin so it needs a man-page. However, there is none from upstream, > so I simply left the one generated by dh_make (re

Man page for KDE-App

2004-07-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I'd like to write a man page for a KDE application, which has its own options (beside KDE and QT options). Should this man page explain all options including KDE- and QT-options as "--help-all" shows or are application-specific options enough? Regards, Erik -- www.ErikSchanze.de **

Man page for KDE-App

2004-07-16 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi! I'd like to write a man page for a KDE application, which has its own options (beside KDE and QT options). Should this man page explain all options including KDE- and QT-options as "--help-all" shows or are application-specific options enough? Regards, Erik -- www.ErikSchanze.de **

Re: RFS: splay -- Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3

2004-07-06 Thread Erik Schanze
John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Hedges: > I have done a fair bit of programming and I am not too phased by the > code despite being an mpeg codec newbie. My main concern is what to do > to implement additional functionality. Could I continue to call the > package splay if the functionality dif

Re: RFS: splay -- Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3

2004-07-06 Thread Erik Schanze
John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Hedges: > I have done a fair bit of programming and I am not too phased by the > code despite being an mpeg codec newbie. My main concern is what to do > to implement additional functionality. Could I continue to call the > package splay if the functionality dif

Re: RFS: splay -- Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3

2004-07-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi John! John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Hedges: > I'd like to adopt splay, a command line mp3 player. I've updated the bug > report (#246971) to reflect ITA but have a couple of questions before > uploading. > > - I'm not sure about the upstream. I've mailed the current upstream >mainta

Re: RFS: splay -- Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3

2004-07-06 Thread Erik Schanze
Hi John! John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John Hedges: > I'd like to adopt splay, a command line mp3 player. I've updated the bug > report (#246971) to reflect ITA but have a couple of questions before > uploading. > > - I'm not sure about the upstream. I've mailed the current upstream >mainta

Re: adopt orphaned package cpuburn

2004-05-27 Thread Erik Schanze
Lucas Albers: > Erik Schanze said: > > Lucas Albers: > >> I'd like to adopt this package, and I would need someone to sponsor me > >> on > >> it for the upload. > > > > Are there any files to look over? > > Did you realized that the proje

Re: adopt orphaned package cpuburn

2004-05-27 Thread Erik Schanze
Lucas Albers: > Erik Schanze said: > > Lucas Albers: > >> I'd like to adopt this package, and I would need someone to sponsor me > >> on > >> it for the upload. > > > > Are there any files to look over? > > Did you realized that the proje

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