RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Rudy Godoy
Hi there, as i've said before [0] I'm willing to adpot xhangglider, I've worked on the package and I've finally uploaded [1] to mentors.debian.net. If there's anybody who wants to sponsor this package I'll appreciate to take a look on it and let me know. regards, Rudy 0- http://lists.debian.org/

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:54:57AM -0500, Rudy Godoy wrote: > Hi there, as i've said before [0] I'm willing to adpot xhangglider, I've > worked on the package and I've finally uploaded [1] to mentors.debian.net. > If there's anybody who wants to sponsor this package I'll appreciate to take > a look

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:07:28AM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > 2) You should remove Makefile from the orig.tar.gz in the clean target at > some point and upload a new one. Currently, refreshing the Makefile that > came in the orig.tar.gz causes major diff.gz bloat: Huh? I haven't looked at this, b

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:16:17AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Huh? I haven't looked at this, but why would one generate a new > .orig.tar.gz that isn't original? .diff.gz bloat is to be lived with. I guess the line between keeping the diff.gz bloat and orig.tar.gz constant with upstream is a gra

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:42:20AM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:16:17AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Huh? I haven't looked at this, but why would one generate a new > > .orig.tar.gz that isn't original? .diff.gz bloat is to be lived with. > > I guess the line between ke

applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Radu Spineanu
hello I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, however i ran into different opinions while looking on how to do this. Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just applying the patch dirrectly to the source. I would like xmail to be part of debian ( in case someone decides to

Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of "wouldn't it be cool if we could remove the SPOF of sponsors, and have a group of p

Re: applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:04:39PM +0200, Radu Spineanu wrote: > I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, > however > i ran into different opinions while looking on how > to do this. > Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just > applying the > patch dirrectly to the source. >

Re: applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:04:39PM +0200, Radu Spineanu wrote: > hello > > I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, > however > i ran into different opinions while looking on how > to do this. > Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just > applying the > patch dirrectly to the

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:57:55PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > The final question I'd like feedback on is this: how many sponsors > would consider pointing their sponsees to this service, rather than > whatever methods you're using now? The benefits are that other > sponsors might occasional

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or The BTS has several patches for mount that allow /etc/mtab to be a link to another file. Thats an exte

Re: buildd problem

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Belmonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > Not being much of a buildd expert, I'm wondering what is keeping my > xmlsec1 package from entering testing. There was a problem with the > s390 build attempted Feb 05: "libgnutls10-dev missing". However, I > see that the s390 binary of lib

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of > "wouldn't it be cool if we coul

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be usefull for > other purposes too. Why not just check if the key is

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi! > > > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or > > The BTS has several patches for moun

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be usefull for > >

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any >>>AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc >>>files against it sounds good to. And t

xmail package updated

2004-02-17 Thread Radu Spineanu
Hello to all Since it was a very small patch (it added 2 lines) i decided to apply it just like that. deb http://k9.bizland.ro/xmail ./ deb-src http://k9.bizland.ro/xmail ./ Linda returns an error that is misses a man page for a binary but that is a script that makes sendmail.xmail work

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of >

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > >>>AM after it has been verified, and checking the s

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > > > "could help lots of

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:54:57AM -0500, Rudy Godoy wrote: > Hi there, as i've said before [0] I'm willing to adpot xhangglider, I've > worked on the package and I've finally uploaded [1] to mentors.debian.net. > If there's anybody who wants to sponsor this package I'll appreciate to take > a look

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:07:28AM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > 2) You should remove Makefile from the orig.tar.gz in the clean target at > some point and upload a new one. Currently, refreshing the Makefile that > came in the orig.tar.gz causes major diff.gz bloat: Huh? I haven't looked at this, b

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:16:17AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > Huh? I haven't looked at this, but why would one generate a new > .orig.tar.gz that isn't original? .diff.gz bloat is to be lived with. I guess the line between keeping the diff.gz bloat and orig.tar.gz constant with upstream is a gra

Re: RFS: xhangglider package uploaded to mentors

2004-02-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 02:42:20AM -0800, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 10:16:17AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > Huh? I haven't looked at this, but why would one generate a new > > .orig.tar.gz that isn't original? .diff.gz bloat is to be lived with. > > I guess the line between ke

applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Radu Spineanu
hello I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, however i ran into different opinions while looking on how to do this. Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just applying the patch dirrectly to the source. I would like xmail to be part of debian ( in case someone decides to

Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of "wouldn't it be cool if we could remove the SPOF of sponsors, and have a group of p

Re: applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:04:39PM +0200, Radu Spineanu wrote: > I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, > however > i ran into different opinions while looking on how > to do this. > Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just > applying the > patch dirrectly to the source. >

Re: applying patches

2004-02-17 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:04:39PM +0200, Radu Spineanu wrote: > hello > > I have to apply a small patch to my xmail package, > however > i ran into different opinions while looking on how > to do this. > Some suggested dbs, others dpatch, others just > applying the > patch dirrectly to the

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:57:55PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > The final question I'd like feedback on is this: how many sponsors > would consider pointing their sponsees to this service, rather than > whatever methods you're using now? The benefits are that other > sponsors might occasional

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or The BTS has several patches for mount that allow /etc/mtab to be a link to another file. Thats an exte

Re: buildd problem

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Belmonte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > Not being much of a buildd expert, I'm wondering what is keeping my > xmlsec1 package from entering testing. There was a problem with the > s390 build attempted Feb 05: "libgnutls10-dev missing". However, I > see that the s390 binary of lib

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of > "wouldn't it be cool if we coul

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be usefull for > other purposes too. Why not just check if the key is

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Magosányi Árpád <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi! > > > > There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing > > the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or > > The BTS has several patches for moun

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > > AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc > > files against it sounds good to. And the keyring would be usefull for > >

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any >>>AM after it has been verified, and checking the signature on the dsc >>>files against it sounds good to. And t

xmail package updated

2004-02-17 Thread Radu Spineanu
Hello to all Since it was a very small patch (it added 2 lines) i decided to apply it just like that. deb http://k9.bizland.ro/xmail ./ deb-src http://k9.bizland.ro/xmail ./ Linda returns an error that is misses a man page for a binary but that is a script that makes sendmail.xmail work

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > > "could help lots of people" thing. The comment was along the lines of >

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > >>>Having a new-maintainer keyring, to which keys could get added by any > >>>AM after it has been verified, and checking the s

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

2004-02-17 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 07:11:08PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > Prompted by a comment made by one of my potential sponsees, I've been > > > reworking my semi-automated sponsorship queue from a "helps me" thing to a > > > "could help lots of