Re: lib package name of dependency changed after ftpmaster acceptance (was Re: How to resolve unsatisfied dependency (verisoned) after ftpmaster acception)

2022-01-21 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:31:38AM +0100, Markus Blatt wrote: > > When I look at the package tracker https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opm-common > > I see "unsatisfied dependency on libfmt7 (>= 7.1.3+ds1)" that is blocking > > migration to testing. Current version of libfmt in unstable is 8.1.1+ds1-2

lib package name of dependency changed after ftpmaster acceptance (was Re: How to resolve unsatisfied dependency (verisoned) after ftpmaster acception)

2022-01-21 Thread Markus Blatt
Hi Am Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 10:06:22AM +0100 schrieb Markus Blatt: When I look at the package tracker https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/opm-common I see "unsatisfied dependency on libfmt7 (>= 7.1.3+ds1)" that is blocking migration to testing. Current version of libfmt in unstable is 8.1.1+ds1-2. A

Bug#961477: Updating source package name throws Lintian errors

2020-05-31 Thread Vasyl Gello
I have revised the previous iteration of Debian patch for libshairplay, specifically fixed the source package name to match upstream repository name. Now Lintian throws an error "Package closes bugs in wrong way" despite of retitle. I am closing this bug and opening a new RFS w

Package name change problems

2019-11-21 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi, I am in the process to rename one of my packages (source and binary packages), from "sextractor" to "source-extractor" (see #941466 for rationale). For this, I followed the Wiki; in d/control: Package: source-extractor Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Breaks: sex

Re: package name for what upstream calls protobuf3

2016-05-18 Thread Jakub Wilk
I don't know anything about anything about Python, but if packaging policy says that the package name should be named after the module name, and it turns out that the package name is too generic or misleading or otherwise inadequate, then that's only because the module name had exac

package name for what upstream calls protobuf3

2016-05-18 Thread Jonathon Love
hi, i'm in the process of packaging protobuf3: https://github.com/Pr0Ger/protobuf3 this is an implementation of protocol buffers 2 for python 3. according to debian policy, this should be named python3-protobuf3, but i think this name isn't ideal, because it could be mistaken for: a) an imp

Re: package name conflict between RFP and ITP

2015-05-16 Thread Christoph Egger
Hi! lumin writes: > A package-name-conflicting RFP [4] was found. > > Description : Free software alternative for xv image viewer > > I have no idea about how to handle this name conflict. > Any advice or guide? As this is a 3 years old *Request* withou

package name conflict between RFP and ITP

2015-05-16 Thread lumin
Hi mentors, Initially I intend to package cv ITP : [1] * Description : cv - Coreutils (progress) Viewer Then I checked the packages.d.o avoiding package name conflict [2], there is indeed no package named "cv" for any suites. However immediate after I filed the RFS

Bug#715142: E: ocrodjvu: bad-provided-package-name python:any

2013-11-16 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi, I am trying to sponsor ocrodjvu but if I build it in a recent sid/chroot here is what I see: $ lintian -I /tmp/d/d/ocrodjvu-0.7.16/../build-area/ocrodjvu_0.7.16-1_amd64.changes E: ocrodjvu: bad-provided-package-name python:any I: ocrodjvu: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man1

Re: Need detailed help on creating a Debian package (package name)

2013-06-26 Thread Russ Allbery
T o n g writes: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:45:15 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> The typical thing to do in this sort of situation is to document the >> required modification in README.Debian; it's not entirely satisfactory, >> but sometimes there isn't another good option. > Understand & will do. S

Re: Need detailed help on creating a Debian package (package name)

2013-06-26 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:45:15 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > If you need to customize *only* /etc/pam.d/sudo, I'm afraid that Debian > Policy says you're not allowed to do that. Basically, configuration > files are owned by a single package, and only that package may modify > it. That package *can*

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-24 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Tomasz Muras [100824 19:34]: > So to summarize: > dfsg is a conventional way of naming a package, when the original > source has been changed. It usually happens when upstream software > contains some non-free elements. I do not think using "dfsg" makes sense if it was not repacked to remove no

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-24 Thread Tomasz Muras
in README.Debian-source. The recommended way of naming a package with the 'dfsg' bit is: +dfsg- For example: I have packaged foobar application which has just released version 1.2.3. Normally the package name would be: abc_1.2.3-1 - and it was packaged as such. I have then discovered that th

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Ludovico Cavedon wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Paul Wise wrote: >> I personally can't think of any situation where ~dfsg is useful. > > If I want to rebuild a package including the non-free bits, I could > just remove the "~dfsg" from the version and h

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-19 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > I personally can't think of any situation where ~dfsg is useful. If I want to rebuild a package including the non-free bits, I could just remove the "~dfsg" from the version and have it win over the one the official repository. Still, it is not

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Felipe Sateler wrote: > And if there are any prospects of upstream cleaning up their tree, the ~ > symbol makes it possible to re-release the same tarball without the > offending files. It would be better if upstream just incremented their version than re-release

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Felipe Sateler writes: > And if there are any prospects of upstream cleaning up their tree, the ~ > symbol makes it possible to re-release the same tarball without the > offending files. Yes, either ~ or + will work provided that you haven't just realized that upstream has files that have to be

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-18 Thread Felipe Sateler
On 18/08/10 18:23, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:42:09 +0100, Tomasz Muras wrote: > >> Is there any preference/reasoning for using any particular symbol that >> joins "dfsg" bit with the package name? I can see that different >> packages use

Re: dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-18 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:42:09 +0100, Tomasz Muras wrote: > Is there any preference/reasoning for using any particular symbol that > joins "dfsg" bit with the package name? I can see that different > packages use a different format, here are some quick stats from packages >

dfsg bit in the package name

2010-08-18 Thread Tomasz Muras
Hi Mentors, Is there any preference/reasoning for using any particular symbol that joins "dfsg" bit with the package name? I can see that different packages use a different format, here are some quick stats from packages in unstable (with the counts): 1179 +dfsg 1119 .dfsg

Re: Changing source package name

2008-07-24 Thread Don Armstrong
lly hard not to change your source package name. So hopefully whatever name you're switching to is one that you'll keep and won't have to switch again. [The reason why you don't want to change your source package name gratuitously is because it makes tracking bug versioning more

Re: Changing source package name

2008-07-23 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du mercredi 23 juillet 2008, vers 22:04, SZÉKELYI Szabolcs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > I would like to change the name of a source package; is there anything > non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using the new name in > debian/changelog? I m

Re: Changing source package name

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Wise
. Also need to change the source package name in debian/control -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Changing source package name

2008-07-23 Thread SZÉKELYI Szabolcs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I would like to change the name of a source package; is there anything non-package-specific thing to do apart from simply using the new name in debian/changelog? I mean adding new header fields, etc. Thanks, - -- cc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: SONAME vs illegal package name

2008-01-19 Thread Neil Williams
a dev package for each) - libopenvas and libopenvas_hg. However I'm now > > getting complaints that the package name of libopenvas_hg is illegal. > Multiple library packages are only useful if the libraries are going to > change independently (and probably only useful if applicatio

Re: SONAME vs illegal package name

2008-01-17 Thread Russ Allbery
braries, libopenvas and libopenvas_hg and I was getting > complaints that libopenvas didn't match the SONAME (for > libopenvas_hg.so), so I broke it down into one package per library (and > a dev package for each) - libopenvas and libopenvas_hg. However I'm now > getting complai

Re: SONAME vs illegal package name

2008-01-17 Thread Cyril Brulebois
1]). 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=27;bug=459851 > so I broke it down into one package per library (and a dev package for > each) - libopenvas and libopenvas_hg. However I'm now getting > complaints that the package name of libopenvas_hg is illegal. It'

SONAME vs illegal package name

2008-01-17 Thread Tim Brown
aints that libopenvas didn't match the SONAME (for libopenvas_hg.so), so I broke it down into one package per library (and a dev package for each) - libopenvas and libopenvas_hg. However I'm now getting complaints that the package name of libopenvas_hg is illegal. I am involved in the u

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Felipe Sateler
ble-rpath flag, though (testing right now). > > prefixes in the Makefile.am. > > GnuCash is a great one for private libraries, it has dozens and dozens. > Take a look at that source. All these use an rpath and none need to be > concerned about /usr/lib, only /usr/lib/gnucash/foo/

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Neil Williams
be concerned about /usr/lib, only /usr/lib/gnucash/foo/ Then compare with libqof1 which has public libraries with SONAME and a package name that matches the SONAME etc. -- Neil Williams = http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ pgpQiYtXIqAPk.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Felipe Sateler
Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:10:52 -0200 > Eriberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi mentors! >> >> I am packaging a tool to translate words (KTranslator). I fixed some > > Your most important comment is right at the end: > >> The libs are specifics to this program. > > In

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-14 Thread Eriberto
I understand now. It worked fine. Thanks. Regards, Eriberto - Brazil Neil Williams escreveu: > In which case, the libs MUST NOT be in /usr/lib/ but in /usr/lib/foo - > in your case probably /usr/lib/ktranslator/. Then lintian won't bother > you. You aren't building a library package, you are bui

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-14 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:10:52 -0200 Eriberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi mentors! > > I am packaging a tool to translate words (KTranslator). I fixed some Your most important comment is right at the end: > The libs are specifics to this program. In which case, the libs MUST NOT be in /usr/l

package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-14 Thread Eriberto
Hi mentors! I am packaging a tool to translate words (KTranslator). I fixed some warnings and erros showed by lintian. But I don't understood very well this warning: W: ktranslator: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libktranslatordictionaryinterfaces0 libktranslatoruiinterfaces0 The linti

Re: package name conflicts with oldstable [was: RFS: lsh...]

2007-05-31 Thread The Fungi
ve/build standpoint, I agree. It would, however, possibly result in users of oldstable getting the former replaced with the latter if it (and its dependencies) stuck around during an upgrade, so I understand the need to, at a minimum, have one release between removal and reuse of the same binary pac

Re: package name conflicts with oldstable [was: RFS: lsh...]

2007-05-31 Thread Magnus Holmgren
s not to confuse people who assume package name == what > you run). The only reason I packaged it as "weather-util" is that > there's already a completely unrelated "weather" package in > sarge/non-free (interactive fiction data in the games section). The difference

Re: package name conflicts with oldstable [was: RFS: lsh...]

2007-05-27 Thread The Fungi
rchived? [...] I'm in a similar situation with the weather-util package. Upstream (also me) releases it as just "weather" and the package installs a command line utility /usr/bin/weather (though a weather-util symlink is added so as not to confuse people who assume package name ==

Re: change in a package name

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Meredith
maintain). >> This new script is backward-compatible with the old one, and has some >> new features too. >> >> If I want to package the new script, is it better to choose a >> different name (something like mrename-ng) or keep the same? > > Keep same package

Re: change in a package name

2006-02-13 Thread Ricardo Mones
> > If I want to package the new script, is it better to choose a > different name (something like mrename-ng) or keep the same? Keep same package name and add the new script. Rename the old script to "mrename-old" or similar if you want to keep it around, but there is no ne

change in a package name

2006-02-10 Thread Tommaso Moroni
Hi! A Debian user some time ago sent me a script very similar to mrename (which I maintain). This new script is backward-compatible with the old one, and has some new features too. If I want to package the new script, is it better to choose a different name (something like mrename-ng) or kee

Re: [Pkg-icecast-devel] what package name to decide

2006-01-21 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:18:57 +0100 Rakotomandimby Mihamina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to Debian package the little "shout-python" software: > http://icecast.org/download.php > (in the midle of the page) > > The upstream tarball is: > http://

what package name to decide

2006-01-21 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hi, I want to Debian package the little "shout-python" software: http://icecast.org/download.php (in the midle of the page) The upstream tarball is: http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/libshout/shout-python-0.2.tar.gz What name should I give to it? - libhsout-python ? - python-shout ? - shout-

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Jonas Genannt
Hello thomas, Thomas Viehmann wrote: -p, --packagename Thank you for that tip. I have updated the packages [1]. Have anyone other suggestions that I can make better? Greets, Jonas [1] http://jonas.capi2name.de/mod-cband/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 05:01:22PM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Hi. > > Jonas Genannt wrote: > > So than I run dh_make to make a initial debianize: > > dh_make -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f ../mod-cband-0.9.5.tgz > > Package name "mod_cband" is not in a valid

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Jonas Genannt wrote: > So than I run dh_make to make a initial debianize: > dh_make -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f ../mod-cband-0.9.5.tgz > Package name "mod_cband" is not in a valid format. > > So that should I do? You could skip dh_make or try dh_make(8)'s recom

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Jonas Genannt
nd messing with the upstream source tarball unless you have problematically licensed material in it. the upstream tarball: mod_cband-0.9.5.tgz after extracted: mod_cband-0.9.5 So than I run dh_make to make a initial debianize: dh_make -e [EMAIL PROTECTED] -f ../mod-cband-0.9.5.tgz Package name

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Jonas Genannt wrote: > The problem is, that the source package has the following name: > mod_cband-0.9.5.tgz If I understand correctly, it is not the source package but the upstream tarball worring you? > So I have done: > extract the original package. > renamed the folder to: mod-cband-0.9.5/ > cr

libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

2005-10-12 Thread Jonas Genannt
tualhost's transfer limit is exceeded, mod_cband will redirect all further requests to a location specified in the configuration file. The problem is, that the source package has the following name: mod_cband-0.9.5.tgz But Debian Policy forbids a _ in the source package name. So I have do

Re: Package name

2005-05-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:44:47PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >The risk is that you can't install the new -dev package on a system that > >has > >the old lib installed, because they conflict. One normally wants to be > >able > >to build and test binaries for a new l

Re: Package name

2005-05-23 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Steve Langasek wrote: The risk is that you can't install the new -dev package on a system that has the old lib installed, because they conflict. One normally wants to be able to build and test binaries for a new library *before* purging the old version of the library... But the -dev package

Re: Package name

2005-05-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 01:07:38PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > >>Another thing that comes up is an incompatibility between the deb > >>currently provided by the site (as well as binaries compiled with > >>libargtable compiled from source) and the deb we would provide. Binaries > >>compiled w

Re: Package name

2005-05-22 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Steve Langasek wrote: But if I do introduce SONAME to the Debian version, what version should it have? The only sensible answer that I can think of is "0", as any other answer is sure to conflict with the upstream choice, should they come to their senses in the future. I don't see the major di

Re: Package name

2005-05-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 01:16:57PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >>I have still not totally given up on convincing him, though, so I'll be > >>in touch :-) > >It's not acceptable to install a shared library without an SONAME for two > >reasons: > >- if the library'

Re: Package name

2005-05-21 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Steve Langasek wrote: I have still not totally given up on convincing him, though, so I'll be in touch :-) It's not acceptable to install a shared library without an SONAME for two reasons: - if the library's ABI changes and the filename doesn't change, the new library package will

Re: Package name

2005-05-21 Thread Steve Langasek
an. > >So your options for this one are limited - you need to retain binary > >compatibility and can't go changing the SONAME or package name without > >breaking things. You CAN implement a SONAME where one is missing, but I > >don't see that skipping 1 is going

Re: Package name

2005-05-21 Thread Shachar Shemesh
can't go changing the SONAME or package name without breaking things. You CAN implement a SONAME where one is missing, but I don't see that skipping 1 is going to be any good. I think a more interesting question is whether I can NOT implement SONAME where one is missing? It seems tha

Re: Package name

2005-05-20 Thread Neil Williams
ng the SONAME or package name without breaking things. You CAN implement a SONAME where one is missing, but I don't see that skipping 1 is going to be any good. > I'm not sure binary incompatible is strictly defined with argtable. It's down to the exported functions - you won'

Re: Package name

2005-05-20 Thread Shachar Shemesh
l problems - leave a place if anyone decides to package version 1, and yet be compatible. See the archive: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2005/05/msg00057.html That's what triggered the question to begin with. Obviously, I will need to ad a "lib" at the beginning. I was won

Re: Package name

2005-05-20 Thread Shachar Shemesh
argtable2-4, then. I used that script to decide on the name to begin with. For the devel package I would take the binary package name without the SONAME like libargtable2-dev. Probably a good idea, yes. I'm having doubts about all choices, however: Should the source be named "argta

Re: Package name

2005-05-20 Thread Philipp Kern
this: source package: argtable2 shared object: libargtable2-4 devel: libargtable2-4-dev (Donated by Steve Langasek) $ objdump -p /path/to/libfoo-bar.so.1.2.3 | sed -n -e's/^[[:space:]] *SONAME[[:space:]]*//p' | sed -e's/\([0-9]\)\.so\./\1-/; s/\.so\.//' For the devel package I wo

Re: Package name

2005-05-20 Thread Neil Williams
ering about that - IS it actually mandatory? I've got: qof-0.5.2.tar.gz I can have a package name: qof1 leading to a library of qof1.so It'll be installed as a library, determined by debian/control, but does the file actually have to be prefixed lib to make libqof1.so? > At the

Package name

2005-05-19 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi list, I'm trying to package argtable (http://argtable.sf.net). I'm wondering about the names to give the package. The package itself had two major life cycles. As such, the source library is called "argtable2". As far as so version goes, it has version 4. Obviously, I will need to ad a "lib"

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-28 Thread Frank Küster
Tilman Koschnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One question though: Is there any problem if my > c3-tool-suite_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz unpacks into c3-4.0.1/? dpkg-source and > dpkg-buildpackage don't seem to have a problem with it, but are there > any other pitfalls with differing upstream-tarball names

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-12-28 15:03:33, schrieb Tilman Koschnick: > One question though: Is there any problem if my > c3-tool-suite_4.0.1.orig.tar.gz unpacks into c3-4.0.1/? dpkg-source and > dpkg-buildpackage don't seem to have a problem with it, but are there > any other pitfalls with differing upstream-tarball

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-28 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-12-22 00:25:59, schrieb Tilman Koschnick: > Hi, > > I'm intending to package the Cluster Command & Control tool suite [0], > commonly refered to as C3. My package name of choice would be c3, but I > was wondering if such short names are acceptable. Is there any &g

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-28 Thread Tilman Koschnick
On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 11:16 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Tilman Koschnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm intending to package the Cluster Command & Control tool suite [0], > > commonly refered to as C3. My package name of choice would

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-23 Thread Frank Küster
Tilman Koschnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm intending to package the Cluster Command & Control tool suite [0], > commonly refered to as C3. My package name of choice would be c3, but I > was wondering if such short names are acceptable. Is there

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-21 Thread Tilman Koschnick
On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 00:51, Stephan Beyer wrote: > Hi, > > > When looking at the existing names, I noticed that there are no package > > names with only two characters, and not that many with three. > > apt-cache show mc dc bc > to name a few ;) > > best regards, > sbeyer D'oh! I was counting

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-21 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:25:59AM +0100, Tilman Koschnick wrote: > When looking at the existing names, I noticed that there are no package > names with only two characters, and not that many with three. except for : af an at bb bc bl cu cw dc di dx ed ee es fv gb gq gs gv hf ht hx im kq le lv m4

Re: minimum package name length

2004-12-21 Thread Stephan Beyer
Hi, > When looking at the existing names, I noticed that there are no package > names with only two characters, and not that many with three. apt-cache show mc dc bc to name a few ;) best regards, sbeyer -- Stephan Beyer 0xFCC5040F IANADD http://www.noxa.de/~sbeyer/debian/ signature.asc Desc

minimum package name length

2004-12-21 Thread Tilman Koschnick
Hi, I'm intending to package the Cluster Command & Control tool suite [0], commonly refered to as C3. My package name of choice would be c3, but I was wondering if such short names are acceptable. Is there any documentation or general consent? When looking at the existing names, I not

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-18 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20041118T094050+1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > From what I can see, the package wouldn't provide anything useful at > runtime, which is the intent of lib* package (IMO), and a lib*-dev package > is for providing build-time stuff for a lib* package, so straight up > pstreams seems like a winner to

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20041118T094050+1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > From what I can see, the package wouldn't provide anything useful at > runtime, which is the intent of lib* package (IMO), and a lib*-dev package > is for providing build-time stuff for a lib* package, so straight up > pstreams seems like a winner to

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:37:16PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Antonio S. de A. Terceiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.17.2330 > +0100]: > > libfactory++-dev - C++ template factory framework > > ... that this is my software, which I named libfactory because I did > not know better.

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Antonio S. de A. Terceiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.17.2330 +0100]: > I'm finishing a package for PStreams (pstreams.sf.net), and the > name I gave at first for the package was "pstreams". But maybe the > correct name should be "libpstreams". I should note that I asked the question

package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread Antonio S. de A. Terceiro
Hello all, I'm finishing a package for PStreams (pstreams.sf.net), and the name I gave at first for the package was "pstreams". But maybe the correct name should be "libpstreams". Well, PStreams is in fact a library, in the sense it's a set of reusable code. But since it's implemented as C++ temp

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 11:37:16PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Antonio S. de A. Terceiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.17.2330 > +0100]: > > libfactory++-dev - C++ template factory framework > > ... that this is my software, which I named libfactory because I did > not know better.

Re: package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Antonio S. de A. Terceiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.17.2330 +0100]: > I'm finishing a package for PStreams (pstreams.sf.net), and the > name I gave at first for the package was "pstreams". But maybe the > correct name should be "libpstreams". I should note that I asked the question

package name conventions?

2004-11-17 Thread Antonio S. de A. Terceiro
Hello all, I'm finishing a package for PStreams (pstreams.sf.net), and the name I gave at first for the package was "pstreams". But maybe the correct name should be "libpstreams". Well, PStreams is in fact a library, in the sense it's a set of reusable code. But since it's implemented as C++ temp

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-09-07 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello frank.. sorry that it took so long, but i had my head full of other stuff lately. * Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 11:20 +0200]: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > > against it: > > htt

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-09-07 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello frank.. sorry that it took so long, but i had my head full of other stuff lately. * Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-23 11:20 +0200]: > Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > > against it: > > htt

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-23 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and > irda-common and the current version is called irda-utils. when doing a > dist-ugprade from stable to unstable, irda-tools and irda-common are > not replaced a

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Frank Küster
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > hello list... > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > against it: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 > > the fix suggested there does not work. > the problem is that the package(s) in stable

irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello list... i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed against it: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 the fix suggested there does not work. the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and irda-common and the current version i

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-23 Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and > irda-common and the current version is called irda-utils. when doing a > dist-ugprade from stable to unstable, irda-tools and irda-common are > not replaced a

Re: irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Frank Küster
Sebastian Henschel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > hello list... > > i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed > against it: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 > > the fix suggested there does not work. > the problem is that the package(s) in stable

irda-utils: howto dist-upgrade when package name has changed?

2004-08-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello list... i am the maintainer of irda-utils which recently got this bug filed against it: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=267278 the fix suggested there does not work. the problem is that the package(s) in stable are called irda-tools and irda-common and the current version i

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-08 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
On Friday 06 August 2004 05:32 pm, Christoffer Sawicki wrote: > Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or > gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? IMHO, you should keep the name you are using. It is nice to be able to do "apt-cache search ^gtk2-engines" and see all the GT

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-08 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
On Friday 06 August 2004 05:32 pm, Christoffer Sawicki wrote: > Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or > gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? IMHO, you should keep the name you are using. It is nice to be able to do "apt-cache search ^gtk2-engines" and see all the GT

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-08 Thread Christoffer Sawicki
> I would *never* blindly trust upstream to choose a name that is sane for > Debian. The upstream name (gtk-qt) is particularly poor in this case. The upstream name is actually gtk-qt-engine. */ Christoffer Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-08 Thread Christoffer Sawicki
> I would *never* blindly trust upstream to choose a name that is sane for > Debian. The upstream name (gtk-qt) is particularly poor in this case. The upstream name is actually gtk-qt-engine. */ Christoffer Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-08 Thread Brian Nelson
The name is currently gtk2-engines-gtk-qt which is sort > > of right since the package contains a GTK2 theme engine. However, it's not > > a > > standard theme engine since it depends on Qt for its drawing and is > > configured through KControl. > > > >

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-07 Thread Brian Nelson
is currently gtk2-engines-gtk-qt which is sort > > of right since the package contains a GTK2 theme engine. However, it's not a > > standard theme engine since it depends on Qt for its drawing and is > > configured through KControl. > > > > Do you th

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-06 Thread Nico Golde
ontains a GTK2 theme engine. However, it's not a > standard theme engine since it depends on Qt for its drawing and is > configured through KControl. > > Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? > > Please CC me, I'm not on the list. >

Package Name Choice

2004-08-06 Thread Christoffer Sawicki
rawing and is configured through KControl. Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? Please CC me, I'm not on the list. [0] http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/gtk-qt */ Christoffer Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Package Name Choice

2004-08-06 Thread Nico Golde
ontains a GTK2 theme engine. However, it's not a > standard theme engine since it depends on Qt for its drawing and is > configured through KControl. > > Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? > > Please CC me, I'm not on the list. >

Package Name Choice

2004-08-06 Thread Christoffer Sawicki
rawing and is configured through KControl. Do you think the package name should be gtk-qt-engine or gtk2-engines-gtk-qt? Please CC me, I'm not on the list. [0] http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/gtk-qt */ Christoffer Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Script in /usr/lib/package-name

2004-04-06 Thread Tom Huckstep
I'm packaging polipo, the web proxy. To help with starting, stopping etc. I wrote a helper script "polipo-control" that I put in /usr/lib/polipo/. It is called by /etc/init.d/polipo. How can I make this script executable? Can I get dh_install or another debhelper script to do it somehow or shal

Script in /usr/lib/package-name

2004-04-06 Thread Tom Huckstep
I'm packaging polipo, the web proxy. To help with starting, stopping etc. I wrote a helper script "polipo-control" that I put in /usr/lib/polipo/. It is called by /etc/init.d/polipo. How can I make this script executable? Can I get dh_install or another debhelper script to do it somehow or shal

"pim" is too generic for a package name

2004-03-23 Thread Number Six
I firmly believe the ancient pagan, hebrew, and Christian tradition that To Know Something's Name Is To Control It. My package is named pim. It might be aleithia (gr. "truth", literally "unhidden; to shine light on") or it might be tbpim or it might be tdb (Tom Ballard Database) or it might be

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