Re: Adding packages for new project (sView) - first steps

2013-10-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Godfrey Chung wrote: > Please follow the steps from http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers. In addition, since you are developing the software, please read our upstream guide: http://wiki.debian.org/UpstreamGuide -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWi

Re: Adding packages for new project (sView) - first steps

2013-10-25 Thread Godfrey Chung
Dear Kirill Please follow the steps from http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers. Regards Godfrey From: Kirill Gavrilov Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 3:51 PM To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Adding packages for new project (sView) - first steps Hi list, I am author of

Adding packages for new project (sView) - first steps

2013-10-25 Thread Kirill Gavrilov
Hi list, I am author of sView project and looking for answers from Debian community. I have found that there are several ways to add new packages to Debian but which way should I to use as newbie? Should I try to register as Debian New Member or search for a "sponsor"? I have some experience in m

Re: First steps

2009-05-27 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 27/05/2009 10:13, Federico Gimenez Nieto wrote: Pretty much anywhere is a good starting point, as long as (a) it's free, and (b) the source doesn't require a lot patching to work or manipulation to install. I haven't looked at openx myself, but as long as it doesn't require you to manually ins

Re: First steps

2009-05-27 Thread Federico Gimenez Nieto
> Pretty much anywhere is a good starting point, as long as (a) it's free, > and (b) the source doesn't require a lot patching to work or manipulation > to install. I haven't looked at openx myself, but as long as it doesn't > require you to manually install random files, etc. it's probably fine. >

Re: First steps

2009-05-26 Thread Daniel Moerner
Welcome! On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Federico Gimenez Nieto wrote: I would like to begin collaborating in package maintaining. I've followed the guide at [1] and, after looking at [2] for Os and RFAs (specially those related with php, ruby or xml in general), i've found at [3] an RFP for

First steps

2009-05-26 Thread Federico Gimenez Nieto
Dear mentors, This is my first message to the list so hi to all :) I would like to begin collaborating in package maintaining. I've followed the guide at [1] and, after looking at [2] for Os and RFAs (specially those related with php, ruby or xml in general), i've found at [3] an RFP for openx, a

Re: debian and astronomy (was: Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf))

2005-10-12 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Lastly, Florian Ernst kindly sponsored my sextractor package last > week; it is now waiting in the new queue. ds9 is already available in > Debian (though it won't be for much longer if upstream doesn't provide > unobfuscated source in their v4 relea

Re: debian and astronomy (was: Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf))

2005-10-12 Thread Justin Pryzby
Following up on -science. Justin On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 11:59:16AM +0200, Cedric BRINER wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:19:29AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:04:57AM -0400, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > > Cedric BRINER wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm wo

Re: debian and astronomy (was: Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf))

2005-10-12 Thread Cedric BRINER
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:19:29AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:04:57AM -0400, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > Cedric BRINER wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need > > > some softwares which are not provided by the

Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf)

2005-10-10 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:48:31AM +0200, Cedric BRINER wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need > some softwares which are not provided by the debian distribution. So > I thought that it will be a good idea to do this job well once and > to give this bac

debian and astronomy (was: Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf))

2005-10-10 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:04:57AM -0400, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > Cedric BRINER wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need > > some softwares which are not provided by the debian distribution. So > > I thought that it will be a good idea to do th

Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf)

2005-10-10 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Cedric BRINER wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need > some softwares which are not provided by the debian distribution. So > I thought that it will be a good idea to do this job well once and to > give this back to the debian community. > > the softw

Re: first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf)

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Wise
Cedric BRINER wrote: > I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need > some softwares which are not provided by the debian distribution. So I > thought that it will be a good idea to do this job well once and to > give this back to the debian community. Really, you will need

first steps (pcfitsio, pyraf and iraf)

2005-10-10 Thread Cedric BRINER
Hi, I'm working as a sysadmin at the Geneva Observatory and we do need some softwares which are not provided by the debian distribution. So I thought that it will be a good idea to do this job well once and to give this back to the debian community. the software that I'm willing to package are

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-22 Thread Pete Ryland
On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 01:04:52PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: > > > Or would you like to accuse me of tampering with the list archives while > > > you're at it? > > > > Oh, ok. If you'd like. ;-) > > Consider me offended. :-) > > > Out of interest,

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-21 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: > > Or would you like to accuse me of tampering with the list archives while > > you're at it? > > Oh, ok. If you'd like. ;-) Consider me offended. > > Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate "reply to list" > > function? > > Most do

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Pete Ryland
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 01:54:59PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: > > > > Your mailer doesn't have a "reply to all" button? Get a better one, >

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Moray Allan
On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 09:56, Bob Proulx wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate "reply to list" > > function? > > KDE's 'kmail' for those into GUIs to read text. But you have to > configure the list address on a per folder basis. Evolution als

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Matthew Palmer wrote: > Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate "reply to list" > function? KDE's 'kmail' for those into GUIs to read text. But you have to configure the list address on a per folder basis. Bob pgpKg8pXDLrj4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-18 Thread Thomas Wouters
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 01:54:59PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > Out of interest, are there any MUAs which have a separate "reply to list" > function? Yes, Mutt. See the 'Mailing Lists' and 'Handling Mailing Lists' sections of its manual (/usr/share/doc/mutt/manual.txt.gz in its package.) -- T

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Bob Proulx wrote: > Tony Maro wrote: > > Why do I feel like I opened a can of worms? > > It is that squirmy feeling in the gut. Like just before the alien > claws its way out. Tony really should read the labels better. - Matt

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Pete Ryland wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: > > > Your mailer doesn't have a "reply to all" button? Get a better one, > > > Debian has lots. > > > > The problem we're discussing, though, is

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Bob Proulx
Tony Maro wrote: > Why do I feel like I opened a can of worms? It is that squirmy feeling in the gut. Like just before the alien claws its way out. Bob pgpClP4tDDzjT.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Don, 2003-04-17 at 03:46, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Of course, depending on your POV, it might be seen as less resource > intensive just to set up a procmail duplicate-killer instead of trying to > educate the entire Internet on proper e-mail technique. Does that even depend on the POV? :) Th

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Tony Maro
Pete Ryland wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: Your mailer doesn't have a "reply to all" button? Get a better one, Debian has lots. The problem we're discussing, though, is that "reply to all" means e

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-17 Thread Pete Ryland
On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 11:46:21AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: > > Your mailer doesn't have a "reply to all" button? Get a better one, > > Debian has lots. > > The problem we're discussing, though, is that "reply to all" means exactly > that - to *all*.

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, David Z Maze wrote: > > Odd considering that so far most every reply that I've received > > (except yours of course) included two copies. And the fact that you > > can't just hit "reply" and have it go back to the list - it wants to > > only reply to the sender. > > Your mai

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread David Z Maze
Tony Maro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Odd considering that so far most every reply that I've received > (except yours of course) included two copies. And the fact that you > can't just hit "reply" and have it go back to the list - it wants to > only reply to the sender. Your mailer doesn't hav

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 08:12:26AM -0500, Tony Maro wrote: > Andrew Stribblehill wrote: > >PPS. Most people who read the Debian mailing lists are subscribed to > >them. Mailing them as well as the list means they get two copies. > >Being a cantankerous lot as a rule, we don't like this :) > > Odd

Re: First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Tony Maro
Andrew Stribblehill wrote: However, you're not that far yet, in that you probably don't have an archive you can upload to. To get a package into Debian, it needs to be sponsored, often by someone on this list. Of course. I actually still have a lot to learn of the package format before I c

First steps in packaging

2003-04-16 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-04-15 09:04:55 BST): > Quoting Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > You're still better off building from source even if your software > > doesn't use a Makefile. Just think "Do whatever is necessary to > > compile" where the docs say "mak