Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-30 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 12:08 +0800, Emfox Zhou wrote: > in fact, the upstream has not officially released a tarball, i just > used the CVS checkouted ones. you know, thing like Makefile.in > couldn't be in CVS... Ooops, I see. > so, what should i do, is it ok to package the orig.tar.gz after > ru

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-30 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Fri, Sep 30, 2005, Emfox Zhou wrote: > in fact, the upstream has not officially released a tarball, i just > used the CVS checkouted ones. you know, thing like Makefile.in > couldn't be in CVS... > > so, what should i do, is it ok to package the orig.tar.gz after > running autogen.sh, so that

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Emfox Zhou
> > Note that bootstrapping autotoolage at build-time is an official QA > > nightmare [1] and if Dante would put > > > > 1. Don't believe me, look at Sam Hocevar's QA meeting talk slides: > > http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/img16.html > > Yes, this is what EmfoxZhou was doing before,

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 18:23 +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Paul Wise wrote: > > * Delete all the Makefile.in, config.h.in during debian/rules > > clean, or make otherwise make it so that they are not in the > > diff.gz > Why's that? What's the alternative? Mainly be

Re: pre-sponsored-package checklist (was: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6)

2005-09-29 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 01:13:19PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 06:30:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:16 +0200, Joost van Baal wrote: > > > > > On http://www.debian.org/ there is a link called "Help Debian", to > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/jo

Re: pre-sponsored-package checklist (was: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6)

2005-09-29 Thread Joost van Baal
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 01:13:19PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 06:30:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:16 +0200, Joost van Baal wrote: > > > > > On http://www.debian.org/ there is a link called "Help Debian", to > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/jo

Re: pre-sponsored-package checklist (was: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6)

2005-09-29 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 06:30:29PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:16 +0200, Joost van Baal wrote: > > > On http://www.debian.org/ there is a link called "Help Debian", to > > http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ ("How You Can Help". > > > > Perhaps that page should incorporate yo

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi, Paul Wise wrote: > * Delete all the Makefile.in, config.h.in during debian/rules > clean, or make otherwise make it so that they are not in the > diff.gz Why's that? What's the alternative? Note that bootstrapping autotoolage at build-time is an official QA nightmare [1]

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Emfox Zhou
2005/9/29, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 17:19 +0800, Emfox Zhou wrote: > > > > * short and long description in debian/control needs improvement. > > > A one line long description is not enough. > > improved > > I suggest adjusting the grammar. ahhh, sorry for

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Ben Finney
On 29-Sep-2005, Paul Wise wrote: > > > * debian/manpage.1: that isn't a real manpage, delete it > > > or write one > > > > deleted, i think a GUI apps needn't have a manpage As has been pointed out, all programs in Debian need a manpage. Even for a GUI program, a good manpage will sh

Re: pre-sponsored-package checklist (was: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6)

2005-09-29 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:16 +0200, Joost van Baal wrote: > On http://www.debian.org/ there is a link called "Help Debian", to > http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ ("How You Can Help". > > Perhaps that page should incorporate your (very nice!) checklist. > And/or maybe it should link to > http://pe

pre-sponsored-package checklist (was: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6)

2005-09-29 Thread Joost van Baal
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 06:05:47PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > > H, I wonder where this should be spelled out so people get it right: > > 1. Get interested in a package > 2. Find it is not in debian > 3. Check if it can be packaged and if it is already being packaged > 4

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 17:19 +0800, Emfox Zhou wrote: > > * short and long description in debian/control needs improvement. > > A one line long description is not enough. > improved I suggest adjusting the grammar. FileZilla is a great file transfer client, like FlashFXP or FTPRush

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-29 Thread Emfox Zhou
2005/9/29, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Comments: > > * Delete all the Makefile.in, config.h.in during debian/rules > clean, or make otherwise make it so that they are not in the > diff.gz done > * Any reason for using experimental instead of unstable in the >

Re: Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-28 Thread Paul Wise
Justin Pryzby wrote: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/12/msg00194.html Yep. This too: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/12/msg7.html -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 01:34:34PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > * debian/copyright needs improvement - who holds copyright? what > are the licencing terms written in the ustream README and source > files? There is a good FAQ about writing these on the lists > somewhere,

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 13:34 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > * Any reason for using experimental instead of unstable in the > changelog? Ooops, missed your comment about that. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

2005-09-28 Thread Paul Wise
Comments: * Delete all the Makefile.in, config.h.in during debian/rules clean, or make otherwise make it so that they are not in the diff.gz * Any reason for using experimental instead of unstable in the changelog? * debian/copyright needs improvement - wh