Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-17 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi Paul, I've uploaded a new package which should address your packaging concerns.[1] I find a symbols file a bit overkill for a library which is not going to be developed any further in the forseeable future, but I've added one anyway. - You've pointed out a few things I might discuss with upstre

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-12 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > If you're still willing to sponsor libdnet: upstream is not very active > (wrt. source changes), but responds quickly. Review below. > Upstream location has changed, too. Argh, there is no indication at the sf.net page that it moved to

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-11 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi Paul, > I'll add libdumbnet/nmap to the security team's embedded-code-copies > file in the meantime. ok - I've added liblua/nmap, but that's only a bug in the buildscripts and will vanish again soon, I hope. If you're still willing to sponsor libdnet: upstream is not very active (wrt. source

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > Well, nmap has applied a ton of patches on top of its libdnet copy, and I've > only scrolled through the descriptions a few weeks ago - I'm not sure if I'd > like to merge all of those into the library if I was upstream-responsible, > so I

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
> > recent version uploaded no matter what the upstream status is. nmap even > > uses its own embedded copy of the library. > > Quite. That sounds like a bug in nmap, looks like it hasn't been filed > yet, please file one. nmap also looks like it could use a new > maintainer too. Well, nmap has a

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: > that is a different matter that doesn't void my RFS. libdnet has quite a > number of reverse dependencies in the archive and is in good shape (our > bugtracker is effectively empty, and the upstream tracker doesn't contain > any serious i

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi Paul, > > Upstream is dormant since I/2007 judging from the CVS graphs over > > at SF.[3] > > In that case, please take over the upstream project: that is a different matter that doesn't void my RFS. libdnet has quite a number of reverse dependencies in the archive and is in good shape (our b

Re: RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Jan Christoph Nordholz wrote: > Upstream is dormant since I/2007 judging from the CVS graphs over > at SF.[3] In that case, please take over the upstream project: Contact the admins of the project to get them to add you as an admin. If there is no response, reg

RFS (resent): libdumbnet

2009-05-09 Thread Jan Christoph Nordholz
Hi, (resending my request from Apr 1st) if someone has some time to kill, I'd like to revive[1] libdumbnet (O/ITA #474128). The last maintainer (i.e. non-NMU, non-QA) upload was in XI/2003. No use looking at interdiffs/ debdiffs of the dsc, this one is made from scratch[2]. Upstream is dormant s