New packaging advice, manpages and binary additions

2007-10-15 Thread Robin Cornelius
Hi everyone, trying to create a new debian package but have a few queries. I'm trying to create a new package for an app that i use that I would like to see in debian, and hopefully in the longterm become a DD. I have not yet filed a ITP on WNPP. The first issue i had was getting my man page to be

Re: New packaging advice, manpages and binary additions

2007-10-15 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 10:46:08AM +0100, Robin Cornelius wrote: > The first issue i had was getting my man page to be found in the > debianised source. I could not find this documentation anywhere but it > seems that just having my manpage named debian/qavimator.6 was not > enough i had to also ha

Re: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath error message

2007-10-15 Thread varun_shrivastava
hi Justin Pryzby-43 wrote: > > > packagename.shlibs is what gets installed to /v/l/d/i. shlibs.local > is an additional thing read by dpkg-shlibdeps for cases when someone > elses public library package doesn't include packagename.shlibs. In > this case dpkg wouldn't otherwise be able to fin

Re: New packaging advice, manpages and binary additions

2007-10-15 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 03:59:46PM +0530, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > Put a file called manpages in the Debian directory (or > /manpages, in case you use multiple packages). The contents Sorry, it should be .manpages. > of this file should be: > > debian/qavimator.6 > > That's it, if you ensure that

RFS: ladr and prover9-manual (updated package)

2007-10-15 Thread Peter Collingbourne
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my packages "ladr" and "prover9-manual" (I am packaging the documentation separately because upstream distributes it in a separate tarball). * Package name: ladr, prover9-manual Version : 0.0.200710 Upstream Author : William McCune <[EM

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Hi, IANADD, but... On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:28:36AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Shall we open bugs for each and every problem encountered, with > individual patch, and then check them regularly through the QA? Or fix yes, thats probably the best way to go. > them all while we're at it, an

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 01:03:30PM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld a écrit : > > http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-nmu > > It states: "Do not do housekeeping tasks, do not change the name of modules or > files, do not move directories; in general, do not fix things which

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 08:36:26PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Since the maintainer is not a DD and is apparently inactive for one > year, I would recommend Cyril to ask on -devel, and -qa if he can orphan > the package, and then propose comprehensive NMU. If it is to be orphaned, there are two

Re: New packaging advice, manpages and binary additions

2007-10-15 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2007/10/15, Robin Cornelius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Second issue is how do I add a binary file, eg an icon (xpm), to the > source tree?. The applicaiton is a X11 QT app and so it would be nice > to have a menu icon but upstream does not have one. Clearly the ideal > situation is to get upstream to a

RFS: gbemol

2007-10-15 Thread Stefan Ebner
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gbemol". * Package name: gbemol Version : 0.2.1-1 Upstream Author : [Felipe Weckx ] * URL : [http://gbemol.sourceforge.net/] * License : [GPL] Section : sound It builds these binary packages: gbe

Re: New packaging advice, manpages and binary additions

2007-10-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
First, I'm not a DD, just I try to maintain some packages. So don't take my advices as facts. Robin Cornelius wrote: > Hi everyone, trying to create a new debian package but have a few > queries. I'm trying to create a new package for an app that i use that > I would like to see in debian, and ho

Re: On Homepage links [was: RFS: esmtp (updated package)]

2007-10-15 Thread José Fonseca
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:01:24 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >> I'd appreciate if a DD could sponsor the upload of esmtp (user >> configurable relay-only MTA): > > I'm no DD, etc., you know the drill. > >> Name:esmtp >> Version: 0.6.0-1 >> Uploaded:2007-09-03 17:27:01 >> Description

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 08:36:26PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > in the past, I followed those rules for an obviously unmanitained > package, and all it resulted in was that a DD ignored my NMU patch and > uploaded his own NMU which contained all the fixes I refrained to > include... (and I think

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 03:42:54PM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld a écrit : > > No? The maintainer of gpredict appearently is active (he answered in this > thread..) and a DD. Oops, I slipped a few lines when looking at the thread, and thought that the package was esmtp, which looks unmaintained but i

Re: RFS: grun -- GTK based Run dialog [delayed-7 NMU]

2007-10-15 Thread Bas Wijnen
Hi, On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:41:27PM -0500, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for a 7 days delayed NMU of package "grun". I was a bit busy, and expected someone else to look at this before me, but appearantly that didn't happen. It seems like a serious problem, so

Re: RFS: grun -- GTK based Run dialog [delayed-7 NMU]

2007-10-15 Thread Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz
Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have just one question about this part: > > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ > #include "grun2.xpm" > #if defined (HAVE_GETTEXT) || defined (HAVE_CATGETS) > #include > +#define UTF8 "UTF-8" > #else > #include "intl/libintl.h" > #endif > @@ -1107,6 +1108,7 @@ int

RFS: lsb-hardware4linux.info-collector

2007-10-15 Thread Victor Moral
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "lsb-hardware4linux.info-collector". * Package name: lsb-hardware4linux.info-collector Version : 0.9.4-2 Upstream Author : Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://hardware4linux.info/download/ * License

RFS: adanaxisgpl 1.2.2-1

2007-10-15 Thread Barry deFreese
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "adanaxisgpl". * Package name: adanaxisgpl Version : 1.2.2-1 Upstream Author : Andy Southgate * URL : http://www.mushware.com * License : GPL Section : non-free/games It builds these binary packag

RFS: gmult 5.1-1

2007-10-15 Thread Barry deFreese
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gmult". * Package name: gmult Version : 5.3-1 Upstream Author : Michael Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://mterry.name/gmult/ * License : GPL Section : games It builds these binary packages

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Felipe Sateler
Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:10:52 -0200 > Eriberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi mentors! >> >> I am packaging a tool to translate words (KTranslator). I fixed some > > Your most important comment is right at the end: > >> The libs are specifics to this program. > > In

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:40:43 -0300 Felipe Sateler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The libs are specifics to this program. > > > > In which case, the libs MUST NOT be in /usr/lib/ but in /usr/lib/foo - > > in your case probably /usr/lib/ktranslator/. Then lintian won't bother > > you. You are

Re: Bug#444514: marked as done (gpredict: FTBFS: error: 'GtkTooltips' undeclared)

2007-10-15 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (15/10/2007): > No? The maintainer of gpredict appearently is active (he answered in > this thread..) and a DD. You might not be aware of [1,2,3]. Reading the (originally) Cc'd bugreport might help… 1. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=10;bug

Re: RFS: adanaxisgpl 1.2.2-1

2007-10-15 Thread Paul Wise
On 10/16/07, Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think this should need to go in non-free, so I'm not sure why it's > defaulting there. This also closes RFP: 444144 If it is DFSG-compliant, please edit the Section in debian/control. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWis

Re: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

2007-10-15 Thread Felipe Sateler
Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:40:43 -0300 > Felipe Sateler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >> The libs are specifics to this program. >> > >> > In which case, the libs MUST NOT be in /usr/lib/ but in /usr/lib/foo - >> > in your case probably /usr/lib/ktranslator/. Then lint

Re: RFS: adanaxisgpl 1.2.2-1

2007-10-15 Thread Barry deFreese
Paul Wise wrote: On 10/16/07, Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think this should need to go in non-free, so I'm not sure why it's defaulting there. This also closes RFP: 444144 If it is DFSG-compliant, please edit the Section in debian/control. Yes, I realized th

RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

2007-10-15 Thread Muammar El Khatib
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.5.0-3 of my package "cegui-mk2". It builds these binary packages: libcegui-mk2-1 - Crazy Eddie's GUI (libraries) libcegui-mk2-1-dbg - Crazy Eddie's GUI (debugging libraries) libcegui-mk2-dev - Crazy Eddie's GUI (development files) lib