debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Hi there, the following is a problem that I already had with another package where a solution for this is also pending. The problem is the following. A Sourceforge project, for which I create the packages, does have several files on sf.net. One is the stable tree with a version like 1.4.x and the

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:37:33PM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > version=3 > http://sf.net//-(.*)\.tar\.gz > > Then it will report every development version as a newer version, which > is wrong. On the sourceforges projet site this files are divided into > different packages, on called and o

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 13:37 +0200 schrieb Patrick Schoenfeld: > Hi there, > > the following is a problem that I already had with another package where > a solution for this is also pending. The problem is the following. > > A Sourceforge project, for which I create the packages, does have >

Re: Building a package for a web application

2007-09-21 Thread liran tal
On 9/20/07, Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've uploaded the package to this address: > > http://daloradius.sourceforge.net/packages/daloradius-0.9-3/ > > which the debian/ directory in there is what interests us. > > why the package? Upload your sources if you want any kind of help

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Kumar Appaiah wrote: > If you are sure that they use only dots and numbers, you may wish to > use ([\d\.]+) instead of (.*) for versioning. How would that help me? This would match digits and points as part of the version instead of everything and so it would also consider 1.5.x to be newer then 1

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:06:48PM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > How would that help me? This would match digits and points as part of > the version instead of everything and so it would also consider 1.5.x to > be newer then 1.4.x. > Which is right, if one just compares version numbers to eac

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 13:54 +0200 schrieb Daniel Leidert: > Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 13:37 +0200 schrieb Patrick Schoenfeld: [..] > JFTR: If the project uses stable=even and unstable=odee (middle) version > numbers, you can also use > > http://sf.net//-(\d+\.\d?[02468]\.\d+)\.tar\.gz Ma

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 14:34 +0200 schrieb Patrick Schoenfeld: > Hi, > > Daniel Leidert schrieb: > > Then use > > > > http://sf.net//-([\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz > > > > I always use this to avoid matching on packages like > > package-foo-x.y.z.tar.gz, if I want to match on package-x.y.z.tar.gz > >

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Hi, Daniel Leidert schrieb: > Then use > > http://sf.net//-([\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz > > I always use this to avoid matching on packages like > package-foo-x.y.z.tar.gz, if I want to match on package-x.y.z.tar.gz no this does not help me. I think there is a misunderstanding. The filenames of the pack

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Daniel Leidert schrieb: > Well, you removed the second proposal from my answer, which exactly > handles this case (I e.g. have a similar problem for gchempaint and > gnome-chemistry-utils, see the debichem SVN). So I'm wondering, why you > didn't give it a try? Well, probably because it is _not_ h

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Ben Finney
Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A Sourceforge project, for which I create the packages, does have > several files on sf.net. One is the stable tree with a version like > 1.4.x and then it has a -devel tree with a version like 1.5.x. How are the URLs differentiated between stable

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Daniel Leidert schrieb: > version=3 > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14963&package_id=166159 > .*mantisbt\/mantis-([\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz.* Thanks. I will test that und use that concept for further packages. Seems to be an example of not seeing the forest cause of so much trees,

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 15:45 +0200 schrieb Patrick Schoenfeld: > Daniel Leidert schrieb: > > Well, you removed the second proposal from my answer, which exactly > > handles this case (I e.g. have a similar problem for gchempaint and > > gnome-chemistry-utils, see the debichem SVN). So I'm wond

Re: debian/watch, sf.net and -dev versions

2007-09-21 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Freitag, den 21.09.2007, 16:03 +0200 schrieb Daniel Leidert: [..] > Here is an example that works. However, you need to add some mangle > rules to make it work downloading the .tar.gz too and naming the file > correctly. [snip] The following seems to work out-of-the-box: version=3 http://sour

License Question

2007-09-21 Thread Charliej
Hello All, I am working on packaging a front end for MPD called Pitchfork. I was looking through the source gathering copyright information and noticed that some components are released under the: 1. Creative Commons License Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic 2. PHP License Version 3.01 Will t

Re: License Question

2007-09-21 Thread Ben Finney
(Charliej has asked a straightforward question about a package's license and whether it can be in Debian. Accordingly, I'm crossposting to debian-legal; please follow up on that list. Charliej, please subscribe to debian-legal to follow the discussion.) Charliej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am

RFS: xmms-pulse

2007-09-21 Thread Thomas Goirand
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "xmms-pulse". * Package name: xmms-pulse Version : 0.9.3-1 Upstream Author : Lennart Poettering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/xmms-pulse/ * License : GPL v2 Section