How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Hi there, i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle this by repackaging the orig.tar.gz (my former sponsor wanted this). But my new sponsor thinks this should be added during package build. But

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Pendant le temps de midi du dimanche 19 août 2007, vers 12:06, Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used > inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle this by > repackaging the orig

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Pendant le temps de midi du dimanche 19 août 2007, vers 12:06, > Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that is used > > inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently i handle

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 12:10 schrieb Vincent Bernat: > To be able to include it in diff.gz, you need to encode it. You can use But is it such a good idea to put a 120kb encoded file into the diff? I believe i read somewhere this is not a good practise... -- MfG, Christian Welzel GPG-K

RFS: pyxplot

2007-08-19 Thread Sam Morris
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pyxplot". * Package name: pyxplot Version : 0.6.3.1-2 Upstream Author : Dominic Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://pyxplot.org.uk/ * License : GPL (version 2 or later) Section : math It bu

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 12:26:21PM +0200, Christian Welzel wrote: > Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 12:10 schrieb Vincent Bernat: > > > To be able to include it in diff.gz, you need to encode it. You can use > > But is it such a good idea to put a 120kb encoded file into the diff? > I believe i read

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Ben Finney
Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that > is used inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently > i handle this by repackaging the orig.tar.gz (my former sponsor > wanted this). Is the ".sfd file" the source f

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 13:23 schrieb Ben Finney: > Is the ".sfd file" the source form of the font -- that is, is that > file the "preferred form of the work for making modifications to it", > as the GPL would say? (I ask because I don't know what a ".sfd file" > is.) sfd is a format that can

Re: RFS: multiget

2007-08-19 Thread LI Daobing
On 8/16/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2007, 23:50 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > Dear mentors, > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "multiget". > > > > * Package name: multiget > > Version : 1.1.4-1 > > Upstream Author : liub

Re: RFS: gviterm

2007-08-19 Thread LI Daobing
On 8/18/07, Li Daobing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: Patrick Winnertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Am Mittwoch, 15. August 2007 17:05:34 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > > > Dear mentors, > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gviterm". > > > * Package name: gviterm > > Version

Re: RFS: chmsee (updated package)

2007-08-19 Thread LI Daobing
On 8/18/07, Li Daobing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Mario Iseli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Aug 17, 2:40 pm > Subject: RFS: chmsee (updated package) > To: linux.debian.devel.mentors > > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 10:08:51PM +0800, LI Daobing wrot

Re: missing file in php-net-ipv4 in official package

2007-08-19 Thread Gregory Colpart
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 05:14:45PM +0200, Gregory Colpart wrote: > > > All together, now that I did about 10 pear extension Debian packages or > > so, I am wondering if it was possible to create a script that would > > parse the "package.xml" file to auto generate the debian/rules file the > > cor

Re: RFS: multiget

2007-08-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Am Sonntag, den 19.08.2007, 22:55 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > On 8/16/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2007, 23:50 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > Dear mentors, > > > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "multiget". > > > > > > * Package name

License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Hi all! These days I am trying to package md5deep for Debian[1]. Although it is my first compiled package (the other was in Python), I'm not having any technical problem. I have just a bunch of question for you about the license. I don't know if you should write to debian-legal, or you can help me

Re: License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > Hi all! Hi > These days I am trying to package md5deep for Debian[1]. Although it is > my first compiled package (the other was in Python), I'm not having any > technical problem. I have just a bunch of question for you about the > license. I don't know if you should w

Re: License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Giovanni Mascellani wrote: >> This file is surely GPL and not in the public domain. Isn't illegal to >> link GPL object code with other non-GPL object code and don't >> distribute it as GPL? In other words, because of only this GPL file, >> all the

Re: License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 07:06:13PM +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote: > Hi all! > These days I am trying to package md5deep for Debian[1]. Although it is > my first compiled package (the other was in Python), I'm not having any > technical problem. I have just a bunch of question for you about the >

Re: RFS: multiget

2007-08-19 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 06:20:19PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 19.08.2007, 22:55 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > On 8/16/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2007, 23:50 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > > Dear mentors, > > > > > > > >

Re: RFS: multiget

2007-08-19 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 06:20:19PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > Am Sonntag, den 19.08.2007, 22:55 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > On 8/16/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2007, 23:50 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > > >

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007, Christian Welzel wrote: > I think they also believe the above .sfd as the source of the font but the > do not want to redistribute it, because they think nobody ever wants this > file and it therefor would waste space in the tarball. You mean that they're distributing whatever

Re: RHS: libterm-ansicolor-ruby

2007-08-19 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 15/08/07 at 00:12 +0530, Deepak Tripathi wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libterm-ansicolor-ruby". Hi, Have you considered maintaining this package inside the pkg-ruby-extras team? It would probably help a lot when looking for sponsors. -- | Lucas Nussbaum

Re: RFS: multiget (still need sponsor)

2007-08-19 Thread LI Daobing
On 8/20/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Sonntag, den 19.08.2007, 22:55 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > On 8/16/07, Julian Andres Klode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 15.08.2007, 23:50 +0800 schrieb LI Daobing: > > > > Dear mentors, > > > > > > > > I am looki

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Christian Welzel
Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 21:28 schrieb Don Armstrong: > You mean that they're distributing whatever is built from the sfd (ttf > or whatever) in the tarball and not the sfd? Exactly what i wanted to say, yes. (one ttf, no sfd). -- MfG, Christian Welzel GPG-Key: http://www.camlann.de

Re: How to deliver an binary file

2007-08-19 Thread Ben Finney
Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Sonntag, 19. August 2007 13:23 schrieb Ben Finney: > > What, then, does upstream consider the source form of the work? Is > > their distributed source form something that would be considered > > free software? > > I think they also believe the abo

Re: License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Paul Wise
On 8/20/07, Giovanni Mascellani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These days I am trying to package md5deep for Debian[1]. I'd suggest a -r option for md5sum would be a better thing to work on, unless the GNU folks rejected it? -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: packaged blassic and looking for a sponsor

2007-08-19 Thread Gandalf Parker
It might be a good idea to include BLASSIC as a package. The two BASICs in the catalog now seem abit dead. YaBasic is being dropped by its developer. And BWBasic is open source but there is no documentation, and apparently no forums. Gandalf Parker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: License issues with md5deep

2007-08-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Paul Wise wrote: > On 8/20/07, Giovanni Mascellani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > These days I am trying to package md5deep for Debian[1]. > > I'd suggest a -r option for md5sum would be a better thing to work on, > unless the GNU folks rejected it? Why even bother with th