Re: questions on packaging

2003-01-08 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Tommaso! You wrote: > Should I wait for my application to be approved or look for a sponsor? No, just go ahead and find a sponsor. > Should I report an ITP even if I'm not a Debian Developer? Yes, definately. -- Kind regards, +

Re: questions on packaging

2003-01-08 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Tommaso! You wrote: > Should I wait for my application to be approved or look for a sponsor? No, just go ahead and find a sponsor. > Should I report an ITP even if I'm not a Debian Developer? Yes, definately. -- Kind regards, +

Re: questions on packaging

2003-01-07 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:45:28AM +0100, Tommaso Moroni wrote: > I've recently passed all the steps in the Debian NM process, but I > haven't been approved by the DAM yet. That happens to quite a few people. > I'm interested in packaging some software, and one of the packages I'd > like to main

questions on packaging

2003-01-07 Thread Tommaso Moroni
Hi! I've recently passed all the steps in the Debian NM process, but I haven't been approved by the DAM yet. I'm interested in packaging some software, and one of the packages I'd like to maintain is nearly ready. Should I wait for my application to be approved or look for a sponsor? Should I

Re: questions on packaging

2003-01-07 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:45:28AM +0100, Tommaso Moroni wrote: > I've recently passed all the steps in the Debian NM process, but I > haven't been approved by the DAM yet. That happens to quite a few people. > I'm interested in packaging some software, and one of the packages I'd > like to main

questions on packaging

2003-01-07 Thread Tommaso Moroni
Hi! I've recently passed all the steps in the Debian NM process, but I haven't been approved by the DAM yet. I'm interested in packaging some software, and one of the packages I'd like to maintain is nearly ready. Should I wait for my application to be approved or look for a sponsor? Should I r

Re: Questions on packaging.

1998-11-15 Thread Alexander Koch
On Sun, 15 November 1998 14:20:49 -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote: > I should follow up that I downloaded and looked at Diablo > (but did not compile because I don't have xmake). dists/slink/main/binary-i386/devel/xmake_1.05-1.deb ,-) > Looking at the XMakefile.inc, it appears that the author specific

Re: Questions on packaging.

1998-11-15 Thread Mitch Blevins
I should follow up that I downloaded and looked at Diablo (but did not compile because I don't have xmake). Looking at the XMakefile.inc, it appears that the author specifically disabled dynamic linking for GNU systems, but not for others. It would be worthwhile to contact the author to get his r

Re: Questions on packaging.

1998-11-15 Thread Mitch Blevins
Alexander Koch wrote: > G'Evening... > > I've several question and problems with a package I'm trying to build. > Well, here we go. > > 1. In the rules file some directories /var/run/diablo/, /var/spool/news/ >are 775 and not 755. How evil is that? Honestly I don't know whether >755 break

Questions on packaging.

1998-11-15 Thread Alexander Koch
G'Evening... I've several question and problems with a package I'm trying to build. Well, here we go. 1. In the rules file some directories /var/run/diablo/, /var/spool/news/ are 775 and not 755. How evil is that? Honestly I don't know whether 755 breaks anything. And it already was like th