Re: source package question

2003-06-19 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: [...] > The directory name doesn't matter that much as things like dpkg-source > seem to handle most of these quite well. The fact that the archive > extracts out to that directory means the orig.tar.gz is being created. > > I generally never let that happ

Re: source package question

2003-06-19 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: [...] > The directory name doesn't matter that much as things like dpkg-source > seem to handle most of these quite well. The fact that the archive > extracts out to that directory means the orig.tar.gz is being created. > > I generally never let that happ

Re: How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-18 Thread Johannes Rohr
Am Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:40:05 +0200 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Johannes Rohr wrote: >> as you both suggested. But I wonder if the BTS could have an "invalid" >> tag for such cases?!? > > Why clog it up with invalid reports? They st

Re: How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-17 Thread Johannes Rohr
Am Wed, 18 Jun 2003 02:40:05 +0200 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Johannes Rohr wrote: >> as you both suggested. But I wonder if the BTS could have an "invalid" >> tag for such cases?!? > > Why clog it up with invalid reports? They st

Re: How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-17 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: [...] >> What is the generally accepted way within the "Debian culture" to deal >> with such reports? Do I close the bug right away? Do I downgrade it? >> Do I reassign it (in this case to gstreamer)? > I'd close it. At the very worse tag it wontfix and

Re: How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-17 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: [...] >> What is the generally accepted way within the "Debian culture" to deal >> with such reports? Do I close the bug right away? Do I downgrade it? >> Do I reassign it (in this case to gstreamer)? > I'd close it. At the very worse tag it wontfix and

How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-16 Thread Johannes Rohr
Dear all, some days ago someone filed an obviously bogus bug against a package I'm co-maintaining (nautilus-media, bug #197352), i.e. he complained about being unable to install the gnome-core metapackage on hppa because nautilus-media on which gnome-core depends is unavailable on that arch. The

How to deal with bogus bug reports (#197352)

2003-06-16 Thread Johannes Rohr
Dear all, some days ago someone filed an obviously bogus bug against a package I'm co-maintaining (nautilus-media, bug #197352), i.e. he complained about being unable to install the gnome-core metapackage on hppa because nautilus-media on which gnome-core depends is unavailable on that arch. The

Re: Where can I get CVS space for collaborative maintenance?

2003-03-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 06:36:51PM -0500, Morgon Kanter wrote: > > Have you tried sourceforge? ( http://sourceforge.net ) > > par condicio: > > have you tried savannah? ( http://savannah.gnu.org ) [...] Well, thanks everyone! I've got a lot of

Re: Where can I get CVS space for collaborative maintenance?

2003-03-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 06:36:51PM -0500, Morgon Kanter wrote: > > Have you tried sourceforge? ( http://sourceforge.net ) > > par condicio: > > have you tried savannah? ( http://savannah.gnu.org ) [...] Well, thanks everyone! I've got a lot of

Where can I get CVS space for collaborative maintenance?

2003-03-25 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello mentors and Debian hackers, I am co-maintaining a small package (nautilus-media) with another newbie maintainer. The best way to keep our work in sync would probably be setting up a CVS repository for that package. But since I'm behind a dialup line, setting it up on my box is not an option.

Where can I get CVS space for collaborative maintenance?

2003-03-25 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello mentors and Debian hackers, I am co-maintaining a small package (nautilus-media) with another newbie maintainer. The best way to keep our work in sync would probably be setting up a CVS repository for that package. But since I'm behind a dialup line, setting it up on my box is not an option.

Re: nautilus-media uploaded, Thanks to sponsor!

2003-03-18 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 11:20:04AM +0100, Roland Mas wrote: > Johannes Rohr (2003-03-18 10:43:04 +0100) : > > > NOTE: The latest unofficial packages had Debian revision numbers > > > 1. If you had one of them installed, you have to force a downgrade > > to get the

Re: nautilus-media uploaded, Thanks to sponsor!

2003-03-18 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 11:20:04AM +0100, Roland Mas wrote: > Johannes Rohr (2003-03-18 10:43:04 +0100) : > > > NOTE: The latest unofficial packages had Debian revision numbers > > > 1. If you had one of them installed, you have to force a downgrade > > to get the

nautilus-media uploaded, Thanks to sponsor!

2003-03-18 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello, nautilus-media has been finally uploaded to the Debian archive and is in incoming right now. A big 'Thank you' goes out to Florian Weps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for sponsoring this package as well as to Emil Soleyman-Zolaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for doing most of the packaging work! Description:

nautilus-media uploaded, Thanks to sponsor!

2003-03-18 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello, nautilus-media has been finally uploaded to the Debian archive and is in incoming right now. A big 'Thank you' goes out to Florian Weps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for sponsoring this package as well as to Emil Soleyman-Zolaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for doing most of the packaging work! Description:

Re: pbuilder - how to use existing apt cache?

2003-03-17 Thread Johannes Rohr
Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Is there a 'canonical' way to achive what I'm asking for? > > > > I simply use APTCACHE=/var/cache/apt/archives/, it copies the contents > > into the chroot first and copies back the newly downloaded debs. > > > > I'll add this into the

Re: pbuilder - how to use existing apt cache?

2003-03-17 Thread Johannes Rohr
Junichi Uekawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Is there a 'canonical' way to achive what I'm asking for? > > > > I simply use APTCACHE=/var/cache/apt/archives/, it copies the contents > > into the chroot first and copies back the newly downloaded debs. > > > > I'll add this into the

pbuilder - how to use existing apt cache?

2003-03-16 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello everyone, I think this question has been answered here before. However, I could not find it in the list archives: Since I'm behind a 64-k ISDN line, I would like pbuilder to use cached packages from /var/cache/apt/archives, if available instead of unconditionally downloading all the stuff.

pbuilder - how to use existing apt cache?

2003-03-16 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello everyone, I think this question has been answered here before. However, I could not find it in the list archives: Since I'm behind a 64-k ISDN line, I would like pbuilder to use cached packages from /var/cache/apt/archives, if available instead of unconditionally downloading all the stuff.

RFS: nautilus-media - Multimedia extensions for Nautilus

2003-03-12 Thread Johannes Rohr
itate to set up a pbuilder. Thanks for any help! Johannes Rohr Package information: * Package name: nautilus-media Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Thomas Vander Stichele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> James Willcox Keith Conger * URL

RFS: nautilus-media - Multimedia extensions for Nautilus

2003-03-12 Thread Johannes Rohr
itate to set up a pbuilder. Thanks for any help! Johannes Rohr Package information: * Package name: nautilus-media Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Thomas Vander Stichele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> James Willcox Keith Conger * URL

Re: Point releases

2003-03-06 Thread Johannes Rohr
"Volker Sturm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > fixes. What worries me is packages like gnupg in version 1.0.6 on > woody. I think that it would be really important to stay extra current > with packages like this one. I have noticed that the trustdb.gpg > database changed for example becaus

Re: Point releases

2003-03-06 Thread Johannes Rohr
"Volker Sturm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > fixes. What worries me is packages like gnupg in version 1.0.6 on > woody. I think that it would be really important to stay extra current > with packages like this one. I have noticed that the trustdb.gpg > database changed for example becaus

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-03 Thread Johannes Rohr
Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It seems to me that they just don't care at all about Debian. I really > > wonder _how_ they build their debs. I mean: A binary package which has a > > "Build-depen

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-03 Thread Johannes Rohr
Kalle Kivimaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It seems to me that they just don't care at all about Debian. I really > > wonder _how_ they build their debs. I mean: A binary package which has a > > "Build-depen

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-03 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:13:56PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] I am examining if it is possible to replace > > the installer package with a package that contains the actual > > software. So I'm not plan

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-03 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:13:56PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] I am examining if it is possible to replace > > the installer package with a package that contains the actual > > software. So I'm not plan

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-02 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:34:20AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > [packing a virus detection program] > > > > amavis is already in Debian. It needs a third party virus scanner to > > work. Also clamav is already in Debian. (I never heard of it > > before.). So now I can choose either to abandon

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-02 Thread Johannes Rohr
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:34:20AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > [packing a virus detection program] > > > > amavis is already in Debian. It needs a third party virus scanner to > > work. Also clamav is already in Debian. (I never heard of it > > before.). So now I can choose either to abandon

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > Personally, BTW, I would really, really prefer to maintain Free > > Software, not *only* for political reasons but also because a > > commercial vendor is obviously the least responsive upstream you can > > have. And also, not having access t

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > Personally, BTW, I would really, really prefer to maintain Free > > Software, not *only* for political reasons but also because a > > commercial vendor is obviously the least responsive upstream you can > > have. And also, not having access t

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:19:48PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > > > if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, > > will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? > > In

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 03:19:48PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > > > if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, > > will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? > > In

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > AFAIK, non-free only needs permission to redistribute. > > Yes. For examples of disqualified-from-non-free software look at the > various installers. Newer Sun JDKs also haven't made it into > non-fre

Re: files in .deb

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > * Add your file to the package somewhere > > * Modify debian/rules (or possibly one of the debhelper config files > if it's using debhelper) to install your file at a particular > location [...] Is using the install(1) command recommended, o

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > AFAIK, non-free only needs permission to redistribute. > > Yes. For examples of disqualified-from-non-free software look at the > various installers. Newer Sun JDKs also haven't made it into > non-fre

Re: files in .deb

2003-03-01 Thread Johannes Rohr
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > * Add your file to the package somewhere > > * Modify debian/rules (or possibly one of the debhelper config files > if it's using debhelper) to install your file at a particular > location [...] Is using the install(1) command recommended, o

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-02-27 Thread Johannes Rohr
Xavier Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, > > will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? > > DFSG (http://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html) > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor

How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-02-27 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello there, if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? In the Debian Policy 2.1.6 there is a "warning" about usage restrictions but no definite statement. Thanks, Johannes -- ~/.signature under c

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-02-27 Thread Johannes Rohr
Xavier Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, > > will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? > > DFSG (http://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html) > 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor

How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-02-27 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello there, if a program license restricts usage to e.g. non-commercial use only, will this (usually) disqualify a package from inclusion into non-free? In the Debian Policy 2.1.6 there is a "warning" about usage restrictions but no definite statement. Thanks, Johannes -- ~/.signature under c

Re: The magic of debconf - can I avoid a second run of config?

2003-02-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 06:27:48PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > > Lately F-Prot has started offering their own deb, but it is rather > > broken. Therefore I think that the f-prot-installer package still has a > > reason to exist. &g

Re: The magic of debconf - can I avoid a second run of config?

2003-02-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Craig Small) writes: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 06:27:48PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > > Lately F-Prot has started offering their own deb, but it is rather > > broken. Therefore I think that the f-prot-installer package still has a > > reason to exist. &g

The magic of debconf - can I avoid a second run of config?

2003-02-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello, due to filing too many bug reports I have been coerced ;-) to take over maintainership of the f-prot-installer package in contrib. The package is intended to install the F-Prot for Small Business virus scanner which is availabe at http://www.f-prot.com/getfplinfree.html Lately F-Prot has

The magic of debconf - can I avoid a second run of config?

2003-02-26 Thread Johannes Rohr
Hello, due to filing too many bug reports I have been coerced ;-) to take over maintainership of the f-prot-installer package in contrib. The package is intended to install the F-Prot for Small Business virus scanner which is availabe at http://www.f-prot.com/getfplinfree.html Lately F-Prot has