Re: Bug#496544: RFS: reportbug-ng (closes RC #496544)

Hi Bastian, On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:26:06PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote [edited]: > But since the release team decided that rng is 'unfit for release' and > blocked rng, it won't enter testing even if you NMU the bug. For future reference, where is this information recorded? Cheers, Serafeim

Re: RFS: GNU FreeDink

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 01:00:20AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 2008/8/27 Sylvain Beucler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi Miry, > > > > You may want to check the latest snapshot at: > > http://www.freedink.org/snapshots/freedink-1.08.20080826.tar.gz > > http://www.freedink.org/snapshots/debian/freedi

Re: RFS: GNU FreeDink

2008/8/27 Sylvain Beucler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'll create the watch file (and the proper changelog entry) along with > the first non-snapshot release :) > > If there nothing else to fix at first glance, I'll roll out the > upstream release within the next few days. Thanks, if I find something

Re: RFS: GNU FreeDink

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 10:35 +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > Is it possible to upload new packages to Debian at this point? Since > > it's freeze time, does they go to experimental? > > Yes, it is possible to upload them, but they won't get into Lenny. > They will stay in unstable until Lenny is rele

Re: Bug#496544: RFS: reportbug-ng (closes RC #496544)

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 09:09, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:26:06PM +0200, Bastian Venthur wrote [edited]: > > But since the release team decided that rng is 'unfit for release' and > > blocked rng, it won't enter testing even if you NMU the bug. > > For future referen

Re: RFC: packaging a daemon for an embedded platform

Hi, José. On Aug 23 2008, José Luis Tallón wrote: > Rogério Brito wrote: > > I intend to package a heartbeat program for an embedded computer > > (actually, a NAS) based on PowerPC, the Kurobox. > > > Yup, your thread on -devel is most detailed. I just included that preamble because I'm not su

apt-get update problem

I have created own repository using reprepro...hav added *.deb package to the repository and changed the sources.list but yet m getting the following error while apt-get update apt-get update Err file: sarge/main Packages File not found Ign file: sarge/main Release Err file: sarge/contrib Packa

Re: apt-get update problem

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 05:07 -0700, Kruti wrote: > I have created own repository using reprepro...hav added *.deb package to the > repository and changed the sources.list but yet m getting the following > error while apt-get update What source line have you added to the apt config? I think your co

RFS: socketapi

Dear mentors, We are looking for a sponsor for our package "socketapi". * Package name: socketapi Version : 2:2.2.0~rc1-0unstable2 Upstream Author : Thomas Dreibholz * URL : http://tdrwww.iem.uni-due.de/dreibholz/rserpool/ * License : GPL, LGPL Section

RFS: sctplib

Dear mentors, We are looking for a sponsor for our package "sctplib". * Package name: sctplib Version : 1:1.0.8~rc1-0unstable1 Upstream Author : Thomas Dreibholz * URL : http://tdrwww.iem.uni-due.de/dreibholz/rserpool/ * License : LGPL Section : net

No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

Hello everyone, I have created and uploaded (to mentors.debian.net) two Debian packages some weeks ago, and have advertized them on this group. However, until now, no sponsor was looking after the packages. I'd like to know what to do now? Just wait? Starting to personally e-mail Debian developer

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

Andreas Schildbach escreveu: > Hello everyone, > > I have created and uploaded (to mentors.debian.net) two Debian packages > some weeks ago, and have advertized them on this group. However, until > now, no sponsor was looking after the packages. > > I'd like to know what to do now? Just wait? Start

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

OoO Lors de la soirée naissante du mercredi 27 août 2008, vers 18:24, Andreas Schildbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > I have created and uploaded (to mentors.debian.net) two Debian packages > some weeks ago, and have advertized them on this group. However, until > now, no sponsor was looking

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 18:24 +0200, Andreas Schildbach wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have created and uploaded (to mentors.debian.net) two Debian packages > some weeks ago, and have advertized them on this group. However, until > now, no sponsor was looking after the packages. Problems: 1. Debia

Re: RFS: phpmyid

OoO En ce début d'après-midi ensoleillé du samedi 26 juillet 2008, vers 15:38, Andreas Schildbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phpmyid > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/d

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

Hi Dne Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:24:33 +0200 Andreas Schildbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > phpmyid - standalone, single user, OpenID identity provider > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phpmyid $ lintian -I phpmyid_0.9-1_i386.changes W: phpmyid: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 19:02, Neil Williams wrote: > 3. You're asking for sponsorship of PHP packages which are a security > nightmare (esp. wordpress that had a huge flamewar around the time of > the Etch release due to security issues). Many sponsors are justifiably > wary of PHP packages af

Re: Becoming a new contributor

[moving to debian-mentors] On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:18 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I have never done any development in Debian before, and I would like > to contribute a single program. Great, welcome ! Which "single program" ? > How should I go about this? > > I have alread

Re: RFS: vbackup

OoO En ce début d'après-midi ensoleillé du samedi 26 juillet 2008, vers 15:59, Stefanos Harhalakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "vbackup". > * Package name: vbackup > Version : 0.1.6pre1-1 > Upstream Author : Stefanos Harhalakis (me) >

Re: RFS: gmusicbrowser

OoO Vers la fin de l'après-midi du dimanche 27 juillet 2008, vers 16:46, Quentin Sculo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > The revised package can be found on mentors.debian.net: > - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gmusicbrowser > - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net

I want to contribute to Debian

Hello, I am Fabio Balzano, I write from Italy, I use debian sinc 1999 and currentli I am system administrator of different systems for my customers all debian based. I also made VOIP systems asterisk based with custom modifications and c modules. I want to help Debian and *I can: -write bash s

Re: RFS: disc-cover

OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du lundi 28 juillet 2008, vers 14:08, "Stefan Ott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "disc-cover". > * Package name: disc-cover > Version : 1.5.6-1 > Upstream Author : J.I. van Hemert <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 19:30 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Wednesday 27 August 2008 19:02, Neil Williams wrote: > > 3. You're asking for sponsorship of PHP packages which are a security > > nightmare (esp. wordpress that had a huge flamewar around the time of > > the Etch release due to securit

Re: RFS: desktop-data-model

OoO En cette nuit nuageuse du mercredi 27 août 2008, vers 01:36, Julien Lavergne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : >> You set DM-Upload-Allowed in debian/control while you are not a Debian >> Maintainer (but your co-uploader is). Moreover, I don't know your >> packaging skills so I can't

Re: I want to contribute to Debian

OoO Pendant le journal télévisé du mercredi 27 août 2008, vers 20:14, Fabio Balzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > I need some advice where I can start, and where > I can find a contact to receive first job. Hi Fabio! Nobody will assign you tasks. You need to find in what area you will be ab

RFS: apf-firewall (2nd attempt)

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "apf-firewall". * Package name: apf-firewall Version : 9.6+rev4-1 Upstream Author : R-fx Networks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.r-fx.org/apf.php * License : GPL Section : net It builds

Re: I want to contribute to Debian

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 21:14:06 Fabio Balzano wrote: > Hello, I am Fabio Balzano, > I write from Italy, I use debian sinc 1999 > and currentli I am system administrator of different > systems for my customers all debian based. > I also made VOIP systems asterisk based with > custom modificatio

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Wednesday 27 August 2008 20:23, Neil Williams wrote: > > Plus, I've surely not seen anyone being "flamed [...] by the security > > team", let alone "to crisp", > > (Some of that happened off-list and one of the people involved is > well-known to me due to interests outside Debian. I can vouch th

RFS: wmaker-data (updated package)

Dear mentors, My habitual sponsor said me he is busy. I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.9~3-2 of my package "wmaker-data". Please review it VERY CAREFULLY as it is a major refactoring of the package to use format 3.0 (quilt) of Debian source packages. It builds these binary packag

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 20:50 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Whatever you personally think of PHP, I'm not charmed with you making > allegations on a public forum that "many" people were "flamed to crisp" by > the team I am a member of, but then fail to support that statement when asked > where

Re: Becoming a new contributor

The program is a slideshow-type photo viewer. More specifically, it is meant give this functionality on older systems not running Gnome or KDE (like mine). It is quite simple, has no extra features such as zooming, and so far only supports the JPEG format. It is all original work, so I am puttin

Re: RFS: wmaker-data (updated package)

Hi, Noel David Torres Taño wrote: > Please review it VERY CAREFULLY as it is a major refactoring of the > package to use format 3.0 (quilt) of Debian source packages. I thought format 3.0 source packages are not yet allowed on the official Debian archive? Or did I miss something? Regards, Ansga

Re: Bug#496544: RFS: reportbug-ng (closes RC #496544)\

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:14:55AM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote [edited]: > On Wednesday 27 August 2008 09:09, Serafeim Zanikolas wrote: > > For future reference, where is this information recorded? > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/reportbug-ng.html shows: [..] Thanks Thijs. I must have only c

Re: I want to contribute to Debian

Hello Fabio, On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 08:14:06PM +0200, Fabio Balzano wrote [edited]: > Hello, I am Fabio Balzano, > I write from Italy, I use debian sinc 1999 > and currentli I am system administrator of different > systems for my customers all debian based. > I also made VOIP systems asterisk ba

Re: I want to contribute to Debian

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:14:06 +0200, Fabio Balzano wrote: > I want to help Debian and Great! > I need some advice where I can start, and where > I can find a contact to receive first job. An "easy" way for contributing to Debian way is to join one of the existing teams: http://wiki.debian.org/T

RFS: s3d

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "s3d". * Package name: s3d Version : 0.2.1-1 Upstream Author : Sven Eckelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simon Wunderlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://s3d.berlios.de/ * License : GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+ Secti

RFS: package TextTrainer

I'm looking for a sponsor for TextTrainer, a small learning helper written in c++ / qt4. The software is licensed under the GPL. Description: program which helps you learn native or foreign language texts by heart . TextTrainer is a program which helps you memorise poems or plain texts in y

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO Lors de la soirée naissante du mercredi 27 août 2008, vers 18:24, > Andreas Schildbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > >> phpmyid - standalone, single user, OpenID identity provider >> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phpmyid > > You can try to ask for

Re: Becoming a new contributor

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 15:26 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The program is a slideshow-type photo viewer. Does this program have a homepage on the internet where it can be downloaded ? > It is all original work, Is it your work ? Have you registered a "request for package" (RFP) as describe

Re: I want to contribute to Debian

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:36 AM, Vincent Bernat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nobody will assign you tasks. I disagree, getting people to ask you to do stuff is easy (world peace please), deciding which task(s) to do is the hard part. > You need to find in what area you will be > able to help De

Re: No sponsor found for weeks, what to do now?

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:53 AM, Raphael Geissert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (xlintian is an alias to the dev copy of lintian on my machine, which also > happens to have a couple or more checks that should/will be added to > lintian). Probably, people on mentors will love to use your xlintian :)