Re: Debian package without released upstream source

2006-06-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hallo Nelson, > > Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> On 6/4/06, Jörg Sommer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Now, my question is: Can I release a package that bases on not-released >>> sources? If so, I request for an sponsor. Othe

[RFS] museek+: file-sharing application for the SoulSeek peer-to-peer network

2006-06-05 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor to upload museek+. Museek+ is a client for the SoulSeek network (like Nicotine, already in Debian) but it's in client/server mode. Museek+ provides 5 packages : * museekd : the daemon, written in C++ * museeq : A C++/Qt GUI * mucous : A Python/Curses GUI for cons

RFS: hearts-0.1-1 -- The classic Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop

2006-06-05 Thread Sander Marechal
Hello, I am the developer of Hearts for GNOME (http://www.gnome-hearts.org) and I just packaged the upcoming 0.1 release for Debian. I am looking for a sponsor who is willing to check and upload the package for me. Hearts is an implementation of the classic card game for the GNOME desktop, f

Re: optional building of a package

2006-06-05 Thread Florent Rougon
Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have made /usr/share/doc/probcons-extra a symlink to > /usr/share/doc/probcons (probcons-extra depends on probcons). Is it OK > to do such things? ^^ this is important Yes, this

Re: [RFS] museek+: file-sharing application for the SoulSeek peer-to-peer network

2006-06-05 Thread Lukáš Lalinský
Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: > * museek-python-bindings : Python bindings for the C++ daemon I think the name of this package should be "python-museek". http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names -- Lukáš Lalinský -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: RFS: hearts-0.1-1 -- The classic Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop

2006-06-05 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 6/5/06, Sander Marechal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I am the developer of Hearts for GNOME (http://www.gnome-hearts.org) and I just packaged the upcoming 0.1 release for Debian. I am looking for a sponsor who is willing to check and upload the package for me. You could take care of th

Re: RFS: hearts-0.1-1 -- The classic Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop

2006-06-05 Thread James Westby
On (05/06/06 14:10), Eddy Petri??or wrote: > You could take care of this warning, first thing (just looked over the > build log) > > "W: hearts source: newer-standards-version 3.7.2.0" > > Generally that would mean just bumping the standards version, but you > should check. That warning is the o

Re: optional building of a package

2006-06-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 01:04:37PM +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit : > Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have made /usr/share/doc/probcons-extra a symlink to > > /usr/share/doc/probcons (probcons-extra depends on probcons). Is it OK > > to do such things? ^^

Re: optional building of a package

2006-06-05 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi! On 6/5/06, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a way to make sure that probcons-extra will depend on the probcons package with the same version as itself? Yes. Just use Depends: probcons (= ${Source-Version}) inside the probcons-extra section. Best regards, Nelson -- To

Re: [RFS] museek+: file-sharing application for the SoulSeek peer-to-peer network

2006-06-05 Thread Le_Vert
Lukáš Lalinský a écrit : Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: * museek-python-bindings : Python bindings for the C++ daemon I think the name of this package should be "python-museek". http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names Packag

Re: RFS: hearts-0.1-1 -- The classic Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop

2006-06-05 Thread Sander Marechal
James Westby wrote: On (05/06/06 14:10), Eddy Petri??or wrote: You could take care of this warning, first thing (just looked over the build log) "W: hearts source: newer-standards-version 3.7.2.0" Generally that would mean just bumping the standards version, but you should check. That warnin

RFS: geany

2006-06-05 Thread Enrico Tröger
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for my program Geany. Package name: geany Version : 0.7 Upstream Author : Enrico Tröger (me ;-)) URL : http://geany.uvena.de/ License : GPL Programming Lang: C, C++ Description : A fast and lightweight IDE using GTK2

RFS: collectd - statistics collection daemon

2006-06-05 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi, I'm looking for a sponsor for my collectd package. collectd is a small daemon that collects various system statistics and saves them to RRD files. Since it is written in C and stays in memory it is very fast and easy on the system. The statistics are very fine grained since the files are updat

lost ITP?

2006-06-05 Thread Székelyi Szabolcs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've sent an ITP on libvrb last night (at about 23:19 CET), but I cannot see it on d-d and in the BTS. However, I got the copy to my personal inbox. I saw ITPs on d-d and in the BTS posted this afternoon. Is it possible that the ITPs are not proc

Re: optional building of a package

2006-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 09:29 -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Just use > Depends: probcons (= ${Source-Version}) Please don't use Source-Version - from the dpkg-gencontrol manual: "The source package version (from the changelog file). This variable is now deprecated as its meaning is differe

Re: RFS: geany

2006-06-05 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 16:26 +0200, Enrico Tröger wrote: > Geany is a small and fast editor with basic features of an integrated > development environment. It has some nice features like code > completion, call tips, code folding and symbol/tag lists. Geany > supports 19 different filetypes. It is a

Re: RFS: geany

2006-06-05 Thread Enrico Tröger
On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:12:51 +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 16:26 +0200, Enrico Tröger wrote: > > Geany is a small and fast editor with basic features of an > > integrated development environment. It has some nice features like > > code completion, cal

Re: RFC/RFS: bfilter, aspell-hr, myspell-hr

2006-06-05 Thread Vedran Furač
Thanks for uploading. I see that parser at NEW didn't catch the "Closes:" line. I will close that bug once it's accepted. Two more questions. What is the default procedure after I make a new revision or new upstream release arrives? Upload to mentors and inform you? What if I receive a bugreport w

Re: RFC/RFS: bfilter, aspell-hr, myspell-hr

2006-06-05 Thread Florent Rougon
Vedran Furaè <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for uploading. I see that parser at NEW didn't catch the "Closes:" > line. I will close that bug once it's accepted. If you used the right syntax, that probably happened because it wasn't part of the last changelog entry, in which case dpkg-buildpa

Re: optional building of a package

2006-06-05 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi! On 6/5/06, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 09:29 -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Just use > Depends: probcons (= ${Source-Version}) Please don't use Source-Version - from the dpkg-gencontrol manual: "The source package version (from the changelog file). Th

Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Redefined Horizons
I'm a realtively new user of Linux and Debian. It took me a while to get used to the way software is installed on Linux, although I think I'm finally getting the hang of it.   I've got some limited programming experience, and I'd like to take my experience with Debian's packaging system to the next

Re: Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Redefined Horizons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to install a Debian package named "Package A". > Package A lists as a dependency another Debian package named "Library A". > However, if Package A requires version 2.0 of "Library A", while another > Debian package I have installed on my system

Re: Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Florent Rougon
"Redefined Horizons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is my question. Can I create a custom Debian package for Library A that > satisfies the dependency requirements of Package A, but still keep the older > version of Library A required by my other programs? Of course. Look for example at the GT

Re: Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Redefined Horizons
Thank you Florent and Tyler.   You have answered my questions.   Tyler,   What is the proper procedure for notifying the maintainer of a package about the dependency problem?   Florent,   Where do I find the "Policy" that you speak of?   Scott Huey  On 6/5/06, Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Tyler MacDonald
Redefined Horizons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tyler, > What is the proper procedure for notifying the maintainer of a package about > the dependency problem? A good way is to use the "reportbug" utility that comes with debian; "reportbug ". Cheers, Tyler -- To

Re: Avoiding the Linux version of "DLL Hell"...

2006-06-05 Thread Lucas Wall
On 06/05/2006 07:42 PM, Redefined Horizons wrote: > Where do I find the "Policy" that you speak of? Check the Developers' Corner[1], you'll find lots of links to relevant documentation. Please do not top post[2]. K.- [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting

Re: Debian package without released upstream source

2006-06-05 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hallo Goswin, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just make sure to use a version that sorts lower than a future actual > 2.2 release. Optimaly 2.2~beta2 would be used but I think the DAK > still doesn't accept those. 2.1.99+2.2-beta might be a good choice. Good objection. I've chan