Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-03 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > OK. How about now? now, it is good. package uploaded, thanks. if you want/need further sponsoring, contact me off-list: http://people.debian.org/~daniel/documents/sponsoring.html#contact -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email:

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Brandon Barnes
Resending message to debian-mentors list. On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:02:38 +0100 Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Barnes wrote: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil/xevil_2.02r2-5.dsc > > good, except... OK. How about now? -Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Brandon Barnes
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:02:38 +0100 Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon Barnes wrote: > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil/xevil_2.02r2-5.dsc > > good, except... OK. How about now? -Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil/xevil_2.02r2-5.dsc good, except: * 3.7.2.2 as standards version is over precise, should be only 3.7.2. * debian/copyright should have a reference to the full license text in /usr/share/common-licenses; look at e.g

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Brandon Barnes
Daniel- Re: xevil Ok. I've added a manpage, tested it, added the gpl blurb to the copyright file, and updated the standards version. I'm ready for you to test my package. For your convenience, here is the link to the dsc: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil/xevil_2.02r2-5.dsc -Bra

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > Where do I put the man page? I put it in the debian directory, as > specified in the New Maintainer's Guide. Not specified, exactly, but > vaguely alluded to. Anyway, that didn't work. Where am I supposed to > put it? in the debian directory, and install it with either a dh

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Brandon Barnes
Where do I put the man page? I put it in the debian directory, as specified in the New Maintainer's Guide. Not specified, exactly, but vaguely alluded to. Anyway, that didn't work. Where am I supposed to put it? -Brandon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Brandon Barnes
Just got back home late Saturday night, and have been settling in. Just getting back to packaging xevil now. On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:58:06 +0100 Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Baumann wrote: > > take your time, enjoy christmas/new year > > Hi, > > what is the current state? >

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2007-01-02 Thread Daniel Baumann
Daniel Baumann wrote: > take your time, enjoy christmas/new year Hi, what is the current state? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-18 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > Thanks, Daniel. I changed the standards version. I'm not sure what you > meant about the GPL blurb. Did you mean to include the entire GPL text > in debian/copyright? I'll write the man page next. I found an article > on writing man pages. It looks pretty easy; I just haven'

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-18 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/18/06, Brandon Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks, Daniel. I changed the standards version. I'm not sure what you meant about the GPL blurb. Did you mean to include the entire GPL text in debian/copyright? No, you just need to say the full "This program is free software; you can mod

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-17 Thread Brandon Barnes
Thanks, Daniel. I changed the standards version. I'm not sure what you meant about the GPL blurb. Did you mean to include the entire GPL text in debian/copyright? I'll write the man page next. I found an article on writing man pages. It looks pretty easy; I just haven't done it before. I'm going t

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-17 Thread Daniel Baumann
Daniel Baumann wrote: > However, please bump the standards version to the current one, write a > manpage for 'serverping', and I'm happy to sponsor it. Oh, and I forgot: Please include the full GPL blurb in debian/copyright, look at libextractor if unsure. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burg

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-17 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > The source is at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil Please include also the URI to the *.dsc file, otherwise I have to fire up a browser just because of that. > I can email the binary to anyone who asks. It looks like > mentors.debian.net doesn't accept bi

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-16 Thread Brandon Barnes
Oh yeah. Sorry about that. The source is at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xevil I can email the binary to anyone who asks. It looks like mentors.debian.net doesn't accept binaries. -Brandon On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:18:25 +0100 Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brandon B

Re: Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-16 Thread Daniel Baumann
Brandon Barnes wrote: > I'm new, so I'll need the help of a sponsor. Have you an updated package ready? If so, where do we find it? -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel

Looking for a sponsor, adopting an orphan

2006-12-15 Thread Brandon Barnes
I would like to adopt the package, xevil. It is a side-scrolling, evil, bloody, kill them before they kill you game. It is GPL software. It's upstream site is xevil.com . This package has been orphaned since February 2006. It's ITA Bug # is 353389. I have some experience packaging software for a de

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Pierre Ancelot [Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:55:36 +0100]: > Yes, okay, well thank you anibal and thank you all of you, seems i've done > everything the wrong way :/ In fact you didn't. You did the very first right thing to do, which is to read documentation and get to know the procedures. If only

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 04:40, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote: Oh, okay, seemed logical to me that hwtools was the package hwtools... > If you use that line, your 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]' will > fail, unless you use 'package wnpp' before 'owner 211921 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > It

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: > Hi, i am adopting a package to maintain. > As it is my very first package, i'm reading many things actualy. > i sent a mail to adopt it to the control server and set it as ITA Its good that you want to help, and this will be a good

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:19:46PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: >On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: >>>package hwtools If you use that line, your 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]' will fail, unless you use 'package wnpp' before 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. >>Ignor

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
Thank you to tell me, i sure was wrong on this i won't forget next time. On Wednesday 12 January 2005 04:30, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Also: Pierre, note that the 'retitle to ITA' expression means that you > change the "O" bit by "ITA", not that you change the full title to ITA > (if you do

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
> This is causing the problem with the 'owner' command -- although the bug > refers to the hwtools package, it's actually reported against the "Work > Needed and Prospective Packages" pseudo-package. Not sure, does it mean i can't adopt it ? owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- this syntax

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthew Palmer [Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:19:46 +1100]: > > > retitle 211921 ITA > > Bug#211921: O: hwtools -- Collection of tools for low-level hardware > > management > > Changed Bug title. > This actually shows a bug in debbugs -- it should have failed to allow you > to change this bug title...

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: > > package hwtools > Ignoring bugs not assigned to: hwtools This is causing the problem with the 'owner' command -- although the bug refers to the hwtools package, it's actually reported against the "Work Needed and Prospective Packa

Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
Hi, i am adopting a package to maintain. As it is my very first package, i'm reading many things actualy. i sent a mail to adopt it to the control server and set it as ITA I chosen this package since i have skills in hardware programming and C programming in general and i wish to help in debia