Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread John Skaller
I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, but I understand 'recommends' is only available for the binary package, not the source. Is this correct? The situation: the packaging machine requires 'ocaml' to make binaries from my source package, but if 'ocaml-native-compilers' is also installed

How to cope with bad package

2005-06-12 Thread John Skaller
How should a package build script cope with a fault in a package used in a build? The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary package for the amd64 architecture. This package would contain the native code ocaml compiler for amd64, which has a bug. Native code compilers for x86 works.

Re: How to cope with bad package

2005-06-12 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le Dim 12 Juin 2005 08:51, John Skaller a écrit : > How should a package build script cope with a fault > in a package used in a build? > > The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary > package for the amd64 architecture. This package would > contain the native code ocaml compiler for

Re: namespace conflict != package Conflict?

2005-06-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 11:11:16AM -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > rename /usr/bin/git to /usr/bin/cogito-git or whatever. It is not that hard. > > That's true Adam: renaming a file is not hard... But in this case it > has terrible consequences. > >

Re: How to cope with bad package

2005-06-12 Thread John Skaller
On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 10:30 +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > Le Dim 12 Juin 2005 08:51, John Skaller a écrit : > > How should a package build script cope with a fault > > in a package used in a build? > > > > The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary > > package for the amd64 archite

Re: RFS: Sponsor needed for em-panel-applet

2005-06-12 Thread Sven Mueller
Søren Hansen wrote on 09/06/2005 22:20: >>debian/copyright: >> >>- The license is GPL, the copyright is "Copyright 2005 Novell, Inc.", >> you said the opposite. > > Not understood. Miguel wrote it, passed the copyright to Novell and the > license is GPL. What am I doing wrong then? The way you

co-maintainers sought

2005-06-12 Thread martin f krafft
OB: cross-posted; please reply privately (Reply-To set). I am looking for co-maintainers for the following of my packages. Most of these packages are also up for adoption in case someone wants to take them over. If interested, please talk to me and I will assess whether I'd bestow ownership to you

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
[People from debian-ocaml-mail, please keep -mentors CC'ed.] * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:27:21 +1000]: > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, > but I understand 'recommends' > is only available for the binary package, not the source. > Is this correct? > The situation: the pac

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > [People from debian-ocaml-mail, please keep -mentors CC'ed.] > > * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:27:21 +1000]: > > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, > > but I understand 'recommends' > > is only available for the b

Re: How to cope with bad package

2005-06-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
[debian-ocaml-maint CC'ed again, quoting at full for the benefit of its subscribers.] * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:40:09 +1000]: > On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 10:30 +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > Le Dim 12 Juin 2005 08:51, John Skaller a écrit : > > > How should a package build script cope

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, > but I understand 'recommends' > is only available for the binary package, not the source. > Is this correct? > > The situation: the packaging machine requires 'ocaml' > to make binaries from my source packa

Re: How to cope with bad package

2005-06-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
John Skaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How should a package build script cope with a fault > in a package used in a build? > > The situation: there is a fatal bug in the 'ocaml' binary > package for the amd64 architecture. This package would > contain the native code ocaml compiler for amd64,

Re: co-maintainers sought

2005-06-12 Thread Christoph Hellwig
> - [RFA] bcm4400-source - module source for Broadcom's bcm4400 ethernet > driver > : http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bcm4400-source.html What problems do you see with the in-kernel b44 driver that you still need bcm4400? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Roberto C. Sanchez [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:28:24 -0400]: > Couldn't you also Build-Depend on 'ocaml-native-compilers | ocaml'? Good idea, but it won't work (at least with the version of sbuild in unstable, if buildds are using something more recent and smarter, that's another story). > That

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Adeodato Simó [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:14:00 +0200]: > * Roberto C. Sanchez [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:28:24 -0400]: > > Couldn't you also Build-Depend on 'ocaml-native-compilers | ocaml'? > Good idea, but it won't work (at least with the version of sbuild in > unstable, if buildds are using somethin

Re: co-maintainers sought

2005-06-12 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 02:57:38PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > - ipcalc - Parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses > : http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/ipcalc.html I would be interested in adoptioning or co-maintaining this package, since I'm using it quite often. So please decide whether

Re: co-maintainers sought

2005-06-12 Thread Drasko Draskovic
I am interested in maintaining gjay. I never maintanined any package, so I will need some help, but I am very willing to learn (and contribute). Best regards, Drasko On 6/12/05, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OB: cross-posted; please reply privately (Reply-To set). > > I am looking

Re: namespace conflict != package Conflict?

2005-06-12 Thread Adam Majer
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> >> >>>Hi folks, I have a noob question for you. I maintain the Cogito package >>>(my first), and it wants to install an executable as /usr/bin/git. The >>>GNU Interactive Tools package (gi

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > [People from debian-ocaml-mail, please keep -mentors CC'ed.] > > * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:27:21 +1000]: > > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, > > but I understand 'recommends' > > is only available for the b

RFS: terraform 0.9.0-3

2005-06-12 Thread Kari Pahula
Hello. I'd like to adopt terraform (wnpp bug: #267911). I'm not a DD yet, so I'll be needing a sponsor for the upload. Here's the changelog entry for my version: terraform (0.9.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * New maintainer. (Closes: #267911) * Run povray instead of x-povray for rendering. *

RFS: lincity-ng

2005-06-12 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Hi, I'm searching a sponsor for lincity-ng. Lincity-ng is a fork of the original lincity game with a more user-friendly interface and completely new, polished isometric graphics made in Blender. See http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Image:Liftoff2.png for an example. The 0.9 release is pl

Re: RFS: lincity-ng

2005-06-12 Thread Kari Pahula
On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:45:29PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > Hi, > I'm searching a sponsor for lincity-ng. Before anybody else looks for this too: this package does have an ITP submitted for it (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311787). Sorry, I'm not a DD and can't spons

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Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Adeodato Simó [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:14:00 +0200]: >> * Roberto C. Sanchez [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:28:24 -0400]: > >> > Couldn't you also Build-Depend on 'ocaml-native-compilers | ocaml'? > >> Good idea, but it won't work (at least with the version of sbu

Re: Build-Recommends

2005-06-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: >> [People from debian-ocaml-mail, please keep -mentors CC'ed.] >> >> * John Skaller [Sun, 12 Jun 2005 16:27:21 +1000]: >> > I could use a 'build-recommends' dependency, >> > but