Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-12 Thread Paul Gevers
> Actually what I was saying is that the libxpm within the lesstif > package has remained stagnant for many years while the separate > libxpm has evolved, so those are in that package. You can see > this progression in the libxpm repo [0]. Ah, sorry, I completely misunderstood. The way you say it

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-11 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: >> On top of that, there are a few spelling corrections, and a couple >> cases of refactoring/improving the code in the standalone version. > > If this is really the case, I would propose to get these improvements > into the libxpm package (a

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Gevers
> One issue that I see with your changes, although I don't know enough > about libraries to tell know if I am right, is that you reduced the > symbols (as lesstif doesn't have them after your change). Interestingly, an other discussion on this list [1], mentions the Debian policy (8.1) where it is

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Michael, [This e-mail is not as coherent as I intended, I hope you catch what I mean. Don't hesitate to ask clarification.] > On the surface, the diff between the embeded library in lesstif and > the standalone libxpm seem rather large. However, if you dig into it, > you'll notice that 95% of

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:31:11 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: > Have you investigated the changes made by upstream lesstif in the > embedded code and verified that they are not necessary? Hi, On the surface, the diff between the embeded library in lesstif and the standalone libxpm seem rather large. Ho

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Michael, Thanks for your interest in lesstif. As I made the last couple of rounds of changes and are listed as one of the maintainers, I would have appreciated it when you had included me in your cc and maybe even have communicated about your intentions before contacting the mentors list. That

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2009-11-13 Thread Paul Gevers
Charles Plessy wrote: > do not hesitate to ping the maintainers of packages that depend on lesstif for > this task. Aaron M. Ucko was so kind to sponsor lesstif2. As the maintainer of a dependent package he rather keeps lesstif2 in the archive. :) Hopefully, I can get some long standing bugs out

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 06:16:08PM +0100, Paul Gevers a écrit : > > Point taken. I will do what I want to do with lesstif next weekend/weeks > and if nobody steps up to sponsor I will leave it on mentors and on > Alioth and just provide a package at Launchpad [1] for a while. Dear Paul, do not h

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-04 Thread George Danchev
> Hi mentors, Hi, > Paul Gevers wrote: > > I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a > > sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.2-1 of my package "lesstif2" [0]. > > This new upstream version is only the incorporation of a lot of patches > > already incorporated in the curr

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-03 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi mentors, Paul Gevers wrote: > I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a > sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.2-1 of my package "lesstif2" [0]. > This new upstream version is only the incorporation of a lot of patches > already incorporated in the current version of les

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-10-23 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi Paul, first of all, thanks for your work in Debian On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:57, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi mentors and mentees, > > [Sorry for the long mail, there are several issues/questions.] > > I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a > sponsor for the new versio

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-05 Thread LI Daobing
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 22:23, Paul Gevers wrote: >>> I hope somebody is able to give me more feedback (or ultimately upload >>> the package). >> >> uploaded. > > Thanks, but no comments? > Hmmm, comments: 1. package is lintian clean. 2. two program works as expected: xmgrace (from package gra

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-05 Thread Paul Gevers
>> I hope somebody is able to give me more feedback (or ultimately upload >> the package). > > uploaded. Thanks, but no comments? Paul signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-04 Thread LI Daobing
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 18:33, Paul Gevers wrote: >> This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time >> for such a large task? On your own? Is there any upstream activity? > > I have the intention to try. And of course all help is appreciated, but > I would say that any improve

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-03 Thread Paul Gevers
> This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time > for such a large task? On your own? Is there any upstream activity? I have the intention to try. And of course all help is appreciated, but I would say that any improvement over inactivity is good. I really think this cleanin

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]

2009-04-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.04.2009 23:12, schrieb Neil Williams: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess 2005-05-15 W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.sub 2005-05-12 The PTS claims 85 lintian errors and warnings

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]

2009-04-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.0-2.2 > of the package "lesstif2", this is not my package but I thought it > needed some attention. This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time for such a large