multiple database support with dbconfig-common : metapackages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Jérémy Lal
Hi, i'm working on redmine package, which supports three db types : sqlite, mysql, pgsql and is using dbconfig-common to setup the db. Instead of depending on : sqlite3 | postgresql-client | mysql-client, libdbd-sqlite3-ruby | libdbd-pg-ruby | libdbd-mysql-ruby as bugzilla, drupal, and others do,

Re: multiple database support with dbconfig-common : metapackages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 28 September 2009 15:09:15 Jérémy Lal wrote: > Instead of depending on : > sqlite3 | postgresql-client | mysql-client, > libdbd-sqlite3-ruby | libdbd-pg-ruby | libdbd-mysql-ruby > as bugzilla, drupal, and others do, which i think is > confusing the user; is it desirable to do as roundcube

Re: multiple database support with dbconfig-common : metapackages ?

2009-09-28 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 28/09/2009 23:05, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 28 September 2009 15:09:15 Jérémy Lal wrote: Instead of depending on : sqlite3 | postgresql-client | mysql-client, libdbd-sqlite3-ruby | libdbd-pg-ruby | libdbd-mysql-ruby as bugzilla, drupal, and others do, which i think is confusing

Upload of a non-latest upstream version?

2009-09-28 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
Hi all, I am packaging a software (tortoisehg) but I have an issues: the latest upstream version (0.8.2) depends on python-iniparse, which has been in ITP for quite a long time. Version 0.8, instead, has not such dependency. Moreover I had to repackage 0.8 to make it debian-policy compliant, while

Re: RFS: gnome-inm-forecast (updated package)

2009-09-28 Thread Ryan Niebur
Hi Gustavo, On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 01:13:30AM +0200, Gustavo Iñiguez Goya wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.8.0-1 > of my package "gnome-inm-forecast". > > It builds these binary packages: > gnome-inm-forecast - Spanish weather forecast applet for the G

Re: Upload of a non-latest upstream version?

2009-09-28 Thread Frank Loeffler
Hi, On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 03:50:28PM -0700, Ludovico Cavedon wrote: > Would it be acceptable to upload 0.8 to the NEW queue and in the > meanwhile help to get python-iniparse into Debian? Or is uploading > non-latest upstream versions something that must not be done? I am not a DD, but I would

Re: Upload of a non-latest upstream version?

2009-09-28 Thread Ben Finney
Ludovico Cavedon writes: > Would it be acceptable to upload 0.8 to the NEW queue and in the > meanwhile help to get python-iniparse into Debian? Or is uploading > non-latest upstream versions something that must not be done? As the package maintainer, it's your call what version to package, and