Re: First Packages

2003-09-03 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:13:44PM -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: > it looks like there is a RFP for mozilla-calendar and i don't > see any packages for thunderbird (mozilla mail) or RFP for it > i wanted to start being useful and start packaging some things > i use > i use both of those, but

First Packages

2003-09-03 Thread Derek Neighbors
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tried reaching someone in #debian-mentors on freenode w/o luck, so I am posting here. - -- it looks like there is a RFP for mozilla-calendar and i don't see any packages for thunderbird (mozilla mail) or RFP for it i wanted to start bei

Re: First Packages

2003-09-02 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:13:44PM -0700, Derek Neighbors wrote: > it looks like there is a RFP for mozilla-calendar and i don't > see any packages for thunderbird (mozilla mail) or RFP for it > i wanted to start being useful and start packaging some things > i use > i use both of those, but

First Packages

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Neighbors
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tried reaching someone in #debian-mentors on freenode w/o luck, so I am posting here. - -- it looks like there is a RFP for mozilla-calendar and i don't see any packages for thunderbird (mozilla mail) or RFP for it i wanted to start being

Re: Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:00:30AM +1100, Michael Still wrote: > I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, > but the web pages I have been reading imply that it is a bad thing to > attempt a library as a first package. Unfortunately most of my code > depends on librar

Re: Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Still wrote: > I have been an open source developer for some time, and am now an > experienced Debian user (a whole week under my belt!). Heh. > I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, > but the web pages I have been reading imply that

Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Michael Still
Hey, I have been an open source developer for some time, and am now an experienced Debian user (a whole week under my belt!). I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, but the web pages I have been reading imply that it is a bad thing to attempt a library as a firs

Re: Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:00:30AM +1100, Michael Still wrote: > I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, > but the web pages I have been reading imply that it is a bad thing to > attempt a library as a first package. Unfortunately most of my code > depends on librar

Re: Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Michael Still wrote: > I have been an open source developer for some time, and am now an > experienced Debian user (a whole week under my belt!). Heh. > I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, > but the web pages I have been reading imply that

Why are libraries considered bad victims for first packages?

2003-02-10 Thread Michael Still
Hey, I have been an open source developer for some time, and am now an experienced Debian user (a whole week under my belt!). I am interested in getting some of my code available as Debian packages, but the web pages I have been reading imply that it is a bad thing to attempt a library as a firs

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > The .orig tarballs should be as found on the original distribution site, > so people can check the original signatures (also I know several people > who build software on NetBSD and Solaris from the .orig.tar.gzs they find > at debian.org). Yes, I k

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:16:06AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > > dpkg-source: building libio-stty-perl in libio-stty-perl_0.02-1.diff.gz > > shell-init: could not get current directory: No such file or directory > > Hrm, these are caused by directories being deleted while someone is cd'ed > to i

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > Okay, I've found only one last thing: The perl modules in libio-stty are > chmod +x, while the module in libexpect is not. Other than that, the > packages seem to be fine. I have fixed that now, added '-m 0644' to the install command. Did the same wi

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Simon Richter
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as > > well (look at the .diff.gz files with diffstat). > Hmm, I could only see a few unused example files in the debian directory. > Was it them you meant? No, libexpect-perl was s

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > The .orig tarballs should be as found on the original distribution site, > so people can check the original signatures (also I know several people > who build software on NetBSD and Solaris from the .orig.tar.gzs they find > at debian.org). Yes, I

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:16:06AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > > dpkg-source: building libio-stty-perl in libio-stty-perl_0.02-1.diff.gz > > shell-init: could not get current directory: No such file or directory > > Hrm, these are caused by directories being deleted while someone is cd'ed > to

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > Okay, I've found only one last thing: The perl modules in libio-stty are > chmod +x, while the module in libexpect is not. Other than that, the > packages seem to be fine. I have fixed that now, added '-m 0644' to the install command. Did the same w

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-25 Thread Simon Richter
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as > > well (look at the .diff.gz files with diffstat). > Hmm, I could only see a few unused example files in the debian directory. > Was it them you meant? No, libexpect-perl was

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-23 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > >> > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains >> > loads of unnecessary stuff. > >> Ok, done, couldn't see any errors. > > libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as > well (look at the .di

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-23 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > >> > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains >> > loads of unnecessary stuff. > >> Ok, done, couldn't see any errors. > > libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as > well (look at the .d

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-19 Thread Simon Richter
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains > > loads of unnecessary stuff. > Ok, done, couldn't see any errors. libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as well (look at the .diff.gz files wit

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-19 Thread Simon Richter
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains > > loads of unnecessary stuff. > Ok, done, couldn't see any errors. libio-stty-perl is corrected, libexpect-perl not. You should do that as well (look at the .diff.gz files wi

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-18 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > >> ftp.axis.se:/pub/users/jh now contain all the files generated by >> dpkg-buildpackage, if you would be so kind to check them I would be happy. > > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains > loads of unnecessary st

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-18 Thread Joergen Haegg
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > > >> ftp.axis.se:/pub/users/jh now contain all the files generated by >> dpkg-buildpackage, if you would be so kind to check them I would be happy. > > You haven't corrected the clean rules yet, so the diff.gz still contains > loads of unnecessary s

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-18 Thread Joergen Haegg
> First of all, we should copy debian-mentors again. I forgot that on my > last mail. Is that okay with you? Ok, I wasn't shure of the normal procedures. > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > >> milamber{jh}55 dpkg-source -b libio-stty-perl-0.02 >> dpkg-source: building libio-stty-perl u

Re: help with my first packages

2000-10-18 Thread Joergen Haegg
> First of all, we should copy debian-mentors again. I forgot that on my > last mail. Is that okay with you? Ok, I wasn't shure of the normal procedures. > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Joergen Haegg wrote: > >> milamber{jh}55 dpkg-source -b libio-stty-perl-0.02 >> dpkg-source: building libio-stty-perl

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raphael> Le Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava écrivait: Raphael> Hi, >> Should configuration not go under /etc/sympa/? I note th you >> do have /etc/sympa.conf; are trhewse configuration files supposed to >>

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raphael> Why not, but why does debstd provide the possibilitry of modifying : Raphael> It seems to me unlogical since debstd should help the Raphael> developers to follow the Debian Po`qlicy... Should we Raphael> consider that de

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Joey Hess
Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Why not, but why does debstd provide the possibilitry of modifying : > - /etc/aliases > - /etc/syslog.conf > - /etc/inetd.conf > - /etc/services > - /etc/inittab > - /etc/protocols > - /etc/profile > - /etc/modules > - /etc/X11/window-managers > - probably some others > >

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava écrivait: Hi, > Should configuration not go under /etc/sympa/? I note th you > do have /etc/sympa.conf; are trhewse configuration files supposed to > be edited by the user? If yes, then they should go under /etc; if > not, then m

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 02:38:26PM -0400, Stephen J. Carpenter écrivait: > If you need this on...maybe you should work out some scheme with the > sysklogd maintainer. Eiether have you changes in by default or > add some way you can "turn it on" (ie by the existance of a file or > some such) Can be

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Raphael" == Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raphael> - I don't know if I follow FSSTND with my packages, i've used : Raphael> - /var/spool/sympa/* for the messages queues Raphael> - /var/lib/sympa/* for the configuration for the lists and for the Raphael> archives of

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 06:56:47PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:24:04AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog écrivait: > > Any comments is welcome... especially about the scripts. > > [sympa is a mailing-list manager && libmsgcat-perl a small perl > module who enable the use of ca

Re: libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 10:24:04AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog écrivait: > Any comments is welcome... especially about the scripts. [sympa is a mailing-list manager && libmsgcat-perl a small perl module who enable the use of catclose/catopen/catgets in perl] Since nobody wants to look a the (binaries

libmsgcat and sympa : my first packages

1998-08-03 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello, I'm happy to announce you the birth of my first packages... You cand find them here : http://prope.insa-lyon.fr/~rhertzog/debian/ Any comments is welcome... especially about the scripts. Thanks. PS: the sympa package depends on libmsgcat -- Hertzog Raphaël -+- [EMAIL PROT

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-07 Thread Kirk Hilliard
Hi Guys! I've put my packages back together without debmake helper scripts, and I feel much more confidant now that I know what is going on. A big help was Igor Grobman's unfinished work, the "Debian Programmers Manual" http://www.pics.com/~igor/debian/programmer.html/index.html which contain

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-03 Thread Igor Grobman
> I think that I will be able to manage the rules file (doing by > example, as Manoj said), but what I am missing is a feeling of what > utilities get run in what order. For instance, is dpkg-buildpackage > just another helper script, or is it something that all but the most > ardent do-it-your-se

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Kirk" == Kirk Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kirk> Thanks Manoj, Scott, and Igor for answering my questions. Manoj, Kirk> if you have that "Working set of rules files as a learning Kirk> example" available, then yes, I would like a copy. You Kirk> mentioning mailing it. That would b

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-03 Thread Kirk Hilliard
Thanks Manoj, Scott, and Igor for answering my questions. Manoj, if you have that "Working set of rules files as a learning example" available, then yes, I would like a copy. You mentioning mailing it. That would be fine, or I could grab it off you web site if you made it available there. I h

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Kirk" == Kirk Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kirk> 0. BTW, I built my packages in what I assume is the standard Kirk> way. I ran deb-make, edited the files in debian/ and ran build. Kirk> Should I be doing something differently? I am not quite Kirk> comfortable with this level of au

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-02 Thread Scott Ellis
On 2 Feb 1998, Kirk Hilliard wrote: > OK, here is my first bunch of question. > > 0. BTW, I built my packages in what I assume is the standard way. I >ran deb-make, edited the files in debian/ and ran build. Should I >be doing something differently? I am not quite comfortable with >

Re: My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-02 Thread Igor Grobman
> I would also appreciate it if someone could give my packages a quick > look before I upload them to Incoming. I could either put them in my > home directory on master or in an obscure corner of my web page. Were > I to do that and then decide that I wanted to change something, would > I have t

My first packages -- some questions.

1998-02-02 Thread Kirk Hilliard
Hi Mentors! I am putting together my first two packages: elisp-manual and emacs-lisp-intro. These are orphaned packages that I adopted and am converting over from old source format as well as updating with new upstream versions. I have several minor question, the first bunch of which I will ask