request for help with subversion 1.1.0-rc2 Debian packages

2004-08-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I've tried my hand at building Subversion 1.1.0-rc2 packages. I've imitated the packaging of the official Debian packages as far as possible. Whenever possible I applied the Debian patches. However, since I don't understand exactly what I am doing, I suppose some breakage was in

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Jesus Climent
Mathew is right. I have to be nicer with new people. And i should not write mails at 2AM when i am almost falling asleep and not taking more care of my language. However my points stand. DFSG are the guides by which a DD and non-DD wanting to put packages in the repository should be enlightened. T

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Mark Hymers
On Sun, 22, Aug, 2004 at 09:48:17AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker spoke thus.. > I'm willing to sponsor it once I can get it to build cleanly. That might > mean waiting a bit for some of the kde dependancies to trickle into > unstable, but if you drop me a reminder to try again, I'll give it > anothe

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:35:34PM +0100, Mark Hymers wrote: [...] > There is a KDE NMU in incoming at the moment which fixes the libopenexr > issue. Could you offer me one piece of advice? Should I make the > Build-Depends on kdelibs4 versioned (i.e. kdelibs4 (>> 3.3.0-1.1)) to > make sure buil

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 27 August 2004 06:35, Mark Hymers wrote: > On Sun, 22, Aug, 2004 at 09:48:17AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker spoke > thus.. > > > I'm willing to sponsor it once I can get it to build cleanly. That > > might mean waiting a bit for some of the kde dependancies to > > trickle into unstable, but i

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:43, Jesus Climent wrote: > On the other hand, as a comment, if the package has never been > uploaded, it does not make sense to have several changelog entries > (2.7c-1 and 2.7c-2). They should be put together, to avoid > dpkg-buildpackage to build a .changes which wi

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Mark Hymers
On Fri, 27, Aug, 2004 at 02:44:27PM +0200, Andreas Metzler spoke thus.. > No, that is useless. - It does not change a thing. > > The buildds do not automatically evaluate Build-Depends before they > download and try to build the package. They download the package, > install build-dependcies (ignor

Re: How to remove ITP from debian.org?

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 22:11, Lawrence Williams wrote: > John Buttery wrote: > >* Lawrence Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-26 23:26:25 -0230]: > >>It is pointless to leave them open, since neither package can ever > >> be released. > > > > Am I missing something here...couldn't these pa

Re: How to remove ITP from debian.org?

2004-08-27 Thread Lawrence Williams
Wesley J Landaker wrote: On Thursday 26 August 2004 22:11, Lawrence Williams wrote: John Buttery wrote: * Lawrence Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-26 23:26:25 -0230]: It is pointless to leave them open, since neither package can ever be released. Am I missin

Debian Packaging Question

2004-08-27 Thread Amr Nasr
Hi all, I have upgraded the automake to 1.7.9 and that took care of some the errors but when i try to generate the Makefile through the configure command it gives me an error saying saying that the script file is not found which is mainboard.py .  Which i think due to a path that it did not fi

How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Amaya
I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. Then I stumble upon this: Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in unstable >= new version (1.6-2

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Chris Anderson
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:38, Amaya wrote: > I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. > Then I stumble upon this: > > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new >version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-27 17:02:43 -0400]: > If I recall correctly, an epoch cannot be removed or else people with > the epoch packages will never have a sane upgrade path. Exactly. Someone has only one chance: upstream reasons; they change name, so package name has to be

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Brian Nelson
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:38:15PM +0200, Amaya wrote: > I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. > Then I stumble upon this: > > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new >version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb:

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Mark Hymers
On Sun, 22, Aug, 2004 at 09:48:17AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker spoke thus.. > I'm willing to sponsor it once I can get it to build cleanly. That might > mean waiting a bit for some of the kde dependancies to trickle into > unstable, but if you drop me a reminder to try again, I'll give it > anothe

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 01:35:34PM +0100, Mark Hymers wrote: [...] > There is a KDE NMU in incoming at the moment which fixes the libopenexr > issue. Could you offer me one piece of advice? Should I make the > Build-Depends on kdelibs4 versioned (i.e. kdelibs4 (>> 3.3.0-1.1)) to > make sure buil

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Friday 27 August 2004 06:35, Mark Hymers wrote: > On Sun, 22, Aug, 2004 at 09:48:17AM -0600, Wesley J Landaker spoke > thus.. > > > I'm willing to sponsor it once I can get it to build cleanly. That > > might mean waiting a bit for some of the kde dependancies to > > trickle into unstable, but i

Re: Sponsor for a new package

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:43, Jesus Climent wrote: > On the other hand, as a comment, if the package has never been > uploaded, it does not make sense to have several changelog entries > (2.7c-1 and 2.7c-2). They should be put together, to avoid > dpkg-buildpackage to build a .changes which wi

Re: RFS: kst: A KDE data analysis program

2004-08-27 Thread Mark Hymers
On Fri, 27, Aug, 2004 at 02:44:27PM +0200, Andreas Metzler spoke thus.. > No, that is useless. - It does not change a thing. > > The buildds do not automatically evaluate Build-Depends before they > download and try to build the package. They download the package, > install build-dependcies (ignor

Re: How to remove ITP from debian.org?

2004-08-27 Thread Wesley J Landaker
On Thursday 26 August 2004 22:11, Lawrence Williams wrote: > John Buttery wrote: > >* Lawrence Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-26 23:26:25 -0230]: > >>It is pointless to leave them open, since neither package can ever > >> be released. > > > > Am I missing something here...couldn't these pa

Re: How to remove ITP from debian.org?

2004-08-27 Thread Lawrence Williams
Wesley J Landaker wrote: On Thursday 26 August 2004 22:11, Lawrence Williams wrote: John Buttery wrote: * Lawrence Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-26 23:26:25 -0230]: It is pointless to leave them open, since neither package can ever be released. Am I missing somet

Debian Packaging Question

2004-08-27 Thread Amr Nasr
Hi all, I have upgraded the automake to 1.7.9 and that took care of some the errors but when i try to generate the Makefile through the configure command it gives me an error saying saying that the script file is not found which is mainboard.py .  Which i think due to a path that it did not fi

How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Amaya
I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. Then I stumble upon this: Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in unstable >= new version (1.6-2

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Chris Anderson
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 16:38, Amaya wrote: > I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. > Then I stumble upon this: > > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new >version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-27 17:02:43 -0400]: > If I recall correctly, an epoch cannot be removed or else people with > the epoch packages will never have a sane upgrade path. Exactly. Someone has only one chance: upstream reasons; they change name, so package name has to be

Re: How to get rid of an epoch?

2004-08-27 Thread Brian Nelson
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:38:15PM +0200, Amaya wrote: > I'm doing a little houskeeping before sarge releases. > Then I stumble upon this: > > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb: old version (1:1.6-1) in stable >= new >version (1.6-2) targeted at unstable. > Rejected: jail_1.6-2_i386.deb:

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