RFS: wepbuster

2009-11-27 Thread Dario Minnucci (midget)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wepbuster". * Package name: wepbuster Version : 1.0~beta0.7-1 Upstream Author : Mark Jayson Alvarez * URL : http://code.google.com/p/wepbuster/ * License : BSD Section : admin It builds these

Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog

2009-11-27 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:50:30AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Rather, it would be good to have a facility similar to the way the > Debian changelog is currently available: have the upstream changelog > published in a predictable location by package name. Where the changelog is already part of the

Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog

2009-11-27 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Where the changelog is already part of the source package and has a > sensible name, and the package calls dh_installchangelogs, it's already > installed as /usr/share/doc/*/changelog and the Debian changelog as > changelog.Debian. The

Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog

2009-11-27 Thread Ben Finney
Jonathan Wiltshire writes: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:50:30AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > Rather, it would be good to have a facility similar to the way the > > Debian changelog is currently available: have the upstream changelog > > published in a predictable location by package name. > > Whe

Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog

2009-11-27 Thread Russ Allbery
Jonathan Wiltshire writes: > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:50:30AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: >> Rather, it would be good to have a facility similar to the way the >> Debian changelog is currently available: have the upstream changelog >> published in a predictable location by package name. > Where t

Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-27 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le 26 nov. 09 à 21:59, Joe Smith a écrit : Hi, I'm having an issue with distributing a .deb package that has a dependency on another .deb package that might not be in an available repository (or the target may not have a network connection at the time of installation). What I'd like to d

RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2009-11-27 Thread Tony Houghton
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.16.1-1 of my package "roxterm". It builds these binary packages: roxterm- Multi-tabbed GTK/VTE terminal emulator The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 557049 The package can be found on mento

Re: Re: RFS: bluemindo (updated package)

2009-11-27 Thread Paul Wise
2009/11/27 Thibaut GIRKA : >> Your package drops this symlink with out any mention of that in the > changelog: >> >> lrwxrwxrwx  root/root   /usr/share/bluemindo/COPYING -> >> ../common-licenses/GPL-3 >> >> Did you mean to do that? > > Let me check... Yeah, the program does not use it anymore. Ok

Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2009-11-27 Thread George Danchev
> Dear mentors, Hi, > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.16.1-1 > of my package "roxterm". > > It builds these binary packages: > roxterm- Multi-tabbed GTK/VTE terminal emulator > > The package appears to be lintian clean. > > The upload would fix these bugs: 557049 > > The

RFS: g3dviewer

2009-11-27 Thread Sven Eckelmann
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "g3dviewer". * Package name: g3dviewer Version : 0.2.99.5~svn130-1 Upstream Author : Markus Dahms * URL : http://automagically.de/g3dviewer/ * License : GPL-2+ Section : graphics It builds thes

Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2009-11-27 Thread Tony Houghton
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:39:25 +0200 George Danchev wrote: > Package looks good and 557049 seems to be addressed as well, at least > works for me;-). JFYI I just run into some leftovers in the roxterm(1) > and roxterm- config(1) manpages -- they both contain [FIXME: manual] > and [FIXME: source], a

Re: Buildd failed: C compiler cannot create executables

2009-11-27 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Felipe Sateler (26/11/2009): > Your package build-depends on ccache, and it actively enforces it in > the debian/rules file. Why is that? > > I would be willing to bet money that the problem is that buildd's > have no (writable) home directory, so ccache fails. Drop the ccache > stuff, or if it _

Re: Buildd failed: C compiler cannot create executables

2009-11-27 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Joachim Wiedorn (27/11/2009): > thanks for this informations! Nice to see you noticed the FTBFS yourself. I opened a bug anyway (before opening my =debian-mentors/ folder). :) Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Can /usr/share/doc/ be deleted on upgrade ?

2009-11-27 Thread Jesús M. Navarro
Hi all: On Thursday 26 November 2009 15:00:18 Lucas B. Cohen wrote: > Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > Le 26 nov. 09 à 13:38, Lucas B. Cohen a écrit : > >> Esteemed Debian mentors, > >> > >> Is it considered acceptable for a package to blindly delete, then > >> recreate its entire directory under /usr/s

Re: linux-any arch

2009-11-27 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Benoit Mortier (21/11/2009): > So my question is can we use linux-any today or do we have to fix > the problem an other way ? Keep “Architecture: any” for now, possibly FTBFS very early when not on a Linux architecture (you could use a check on DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS in debian/rules), and get your pack

Re: Buildd failed: C compiler cannot create executables

2009-11-27 Thread Felipe Sateler
On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 03:17 +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Felipe Sateler (26/11/2009): > > Your package build-depends on ccache, and it actively enforces it in > > the debian/rules file. Why is that? > > > > I would be willing to bet money that the problem is that buildd's > > have no (writable

Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2009-11-27 Thread George Danchev
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:39:25 +0200 > > George Danchev wrote: > > Package looks good and 557049 seems to be addressed as well, at least > > works for me;-). JFYI I just run into some leftovers in the roxterm(1) > > and roxterm- config(1) manpages -- they both contain [FIXME: manual] > > and [FIX

Re: Can /usr/share/doc/ be deleted on upgrade ?

2009-11-27 Thread Ben Finney
"Jesús M. Navarro" writes: > Not personal but sysadmin related. When I want to find information > about a given package I go to /usr/share/doc/ so I find > reasonable that the local sysadmin would add notes about the package > right there if needed. No, I don't think that's reasonable. The ‘/usr