wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.” |
`\ —Groucho Marx |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "u
Ben Finney writes:
> The package is Lintian clean.
… though it does have ‘extended-description-is-probably-too-short’.
Please let me know if that's a problem, otherwise I'll simply override
it in a future release.
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
that you would lie if you were in his place.” —Henry L. |
_o__) Mencken |
Ben Finney
pgp1RuB0K4bEY.pgp
Description: PGP signature
|
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
what the original source claims).
I don't think it's acceptable to make false copyright claims in the
‘debian/copyright’ file.
--
\ “Are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “Well, I think so, |
`\Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn, and no one cares, why does he |
_o__)
t bugs and patches against it?
--
\ “I went camping and borrowed a circus tent by mistake. I didn't |
`\ notice until I got it set up. People complained because they |
_o__) couldn't see the lake.” —Steven Wright |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE,
Paul Wise writes:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Can this neologism “debianized” be replaced instead with
> > “packaged”?
>
> Please file bugs on dh-make, dh-make-perl, dh-make-php and
> dh-make-drupal.
Bug report filed against ‘dh-make’ http:
(the discussion seems to have some new wrinkles, so including
‘debian-devel’ again)
Neil Williams writes:
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:45:19 +1000
> Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Matthias Julius writes:
> >
> > > In the light of the recent discussion about debian/
Mike Hommey writes:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 09:45:19AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > I don't think it's acceptable to make false copyright claims in the
> > ‘debian/copyright’ file.
>
> Are you volunteering to rewrite webkit's debian/copyright file ?
No.
of spouse be spice?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
.” —John |
_o__)Kenneth Galbraith, 1962-03-02 |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
) Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_, 1906 |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
|
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Ben Finney writes:
> Okay, I will release 0.1~svn.r5690-3 and mark previous releases of the
> same version as ‘UNRELEASED’.
Done, incorporating the comments acknowledged in the previous message in
this thread.
$ dget
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/docutils-writer-m
Ben Finney writes:
> Done, incorporating the comments acknowledged in the previous message
> in this thread.
Done *properly* this time, actually fixing the ‘Depends’ as suggested
(and saving the file, and building the source package from that :-)
Context:
I am looking for a sponsor f
within.” —Mahatma Gandhi |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpZYcB52MnUe.pgp
Description: PGP signature
Michal Čihař writes:
> Ben Finney napsal(a):
>
> > More directly: Why is this package given a Debian-native version
> > when it's clearly not specific to Debian systems?
>
> It did have it since ever, because Debian was upstream here.
As pointed out in the
packages; the long description
can be used for distinctions.
--
\“We should be less concerned about adding years to life, and |
`\ more about adding life to years.” —Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
‘Well, what do you need?’” |
_o__) —Steven Wright |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
e |
`\ hijacking of morality by religion.” —Arthur C. Clarke, 1991 |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ther is better than actually WORKING for a |
_o__) living.” —ringsnake.livejournal.com, 2007-11-12 |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
“Judge: A law student who marks his own papers.” —Henry L. |
`\ Mencken |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpnJOII8FOcN.pgp
Description: PGP signature
e
indent for entries, so yes, policy still allows your chosen style.
--
\“I washed a sock. Then I put it in the dryer. When I took it |
`\ out, it was gone.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Fin
0302.html>
[2] DEP 5, http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/>
--
\ “If you ever reach total enlightenment while you're drinking a |
`\ beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose.” —Jack Handey |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpV862M2zEOU.pgp
Description: PGP signature
s is the right idea (once the corrected spelling of “analysis” is
applied).
--
\ “To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to |
`\ unlearn old falsehoods.” —Robert Anson Heinlein |
_o__)
.” —Emo Philips |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
ve, which is very difficult to achieve in isolation.
--
\ “Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse.” —Groucho Marx |
`\ |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpwbsbFJD3zx.pgp
Description: PGP signature
of the way, I hope you all enjoyed it as much
as I did.
--
\ “An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.” |
`\ —Donald Robert Perry Marquis |
_o__) |
Be
Ryan Niebur writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:31:35AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > I wholeheartedly agree with this, and would go further: even if
> > there are no Debian BTS reports to close, you should *still* give
> > the highlights of a new upst
-
\ “To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you |
`\must also be well-mannered.” —Voltaire |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpjdLisd2A1O.pgp
Description: PGP signature
debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#native_vs_non_native>.
--
\ “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.” —Groucho |
`\ Marx |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpDU
overagepy/get/79dd373074de.gz>?
--
\ “Unix is an operating system, OS/2 is half an operating system, |
`\Windows is a shell, and DOS is a boot partition virus.” —Peter |
_o__) H. Coffin |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-
Paul Wise writes:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > While that template is useful for prompting some of the information
> > needed in an RFS, it is still sadly deficient in some ways. How should
> > we report bugs and patches against it?
>
ho needs |
`\ that? I'm never going to England!” —Barney & Homer, _The |
_o__) Simpsons_ |
Ben Finney
pgp0hzK8y19Ee.pgp
Description: PGP signature
e uploading it?
--
\ “All good things are cheap; all bad are very dear.” —Henry |
`\ David Thoreau |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-m
making a new release.
--
\“Intellectual property is to the 21st century what the slave |
`\ trade was to the 16th.” —David Mertz |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgppOnO5wPmHM.pgp
Description: PGP signature
Andrea Bolognani writes:
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 18:11:38 +1000
> Ben Finney wrote:
> > Andrea Bolognani writes:
> > > The fix is a trivial one-line patch, so I was wondering if such a
> > > minor change could warrant a new upload.
> >
> > Many critic
widths.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
world flgkd!” —Kirsten Chevalier, |
`\rec.humor.oracle.d |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
\ “I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a |
`\ full house and four people died.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
s thread?
--
\“With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power |
`\ and expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach |
_o__) for the stars.” —Raymond Hettinger |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.de
ion, but to post the wrong information.” —Aahz |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
, hearing, and business engagements, have |
_o__) failed to fool him.” —Henry L. Mencken |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Tomlin |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgprojDuiovDR.pgp
Description: PGP signature
--
\ “Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, |
`\ give it to the guard on duty.” —zoo, Budapest |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpp78tMwqJN8.pgp
Description: PGP signature
n write a better
synopsis.
--
\ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, |
`\ Brain, but if they called them ‘Sad Meals’, kids wouldn't buy |
_o__)them!” —_Pinky and The Brain_ |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, em
state of your tree, and show the ‘foo.source_changes’ you get
so we can try reproducing the problem?
--
\“Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “Umm, I think |
`\ so, Brain, but three men in a tub? Ooh, that's unsanitary!” |
_o__)
Sweden |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
s more important than popularity of one option.
--
\“Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.” |
`\ —Melvin Kranzberg's First Law of Technology |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To
new”.
--
\“It is the responsibility of intellectuals to tell the truth |
`\and to expose lies.” —Noam Chomsky, 1967-02-23 |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.de
laws don't matter at that point. People sharing music in |
_o__)their bedrooms is the new radio.” —Neil Young, 2008-05-06 |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Ben Finney writes:
> I've never had a failure with simply specifying the ‘-v’ option with
> no argument. That has always (for me) been interpreted as “all
> versions in the changelog are new”.
Until today, that is :-(
Lenny just got dpkg 1.15.2, which includes a change made in th
Ben Finney writes:
> Until today, that is :-(
>
> Lenny just got dpkg 1.15.2
s/Lenny/Squeeze/
--
\ “Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he |
`\ sticks his head out when you're coming home his face mig
that He approve ours.” —Helga Bergold Gross |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
.
--
\ “We should strive to do things in [Gandhi's] spirit… not to use |
`\ violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in |
_o__) what we believe is evil.” —Albert Einstein |
Ben Finney
pgpP3YyIq3xFL.pgp
Description: PGP signature
for performing as part of a package installation.
--
\“Kill myself? Killing myself is the last thing I'd ever do.” |
`\ —Homer, _The Simpsons_ |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
e buy anything |
`\ specifically.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe".
n on
how to do that.
--
\ “I spent all my money on a FAX machine. Now I can only FAX |
`\ collect.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@list
[moving to debian-devel as this is a topic broader than debian-mentors]
Master Kernel writes:
> Ben Finney writes:
>
> > [To be likely to have your package sponsored,] You will need to
> > identify yourself; “Master Kernel” is hardly likely to be your real
> > name
--
\ “Liberty, n. One of imagination's most precious possessions.” |
`\ —Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_, 1906 |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgp564ngGbfbN.pgp
Description: PGP signature
cho Marx |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Howdy mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package ‘python-daemon’.
Package name: python-daemon
Version : 1.4.6-1
Upstream Author : Ben Finney
URL : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon
License : PSF
Section :
It builds these
wife.” —Groucho Marx |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgppGzSMhvMwP.pgp
Description: PGP signature
ng that, I'll be |
`\ over here, looking through your stuff.” —Jack Handey |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpsgPRb1xuTu.pgp
Description: PGP signature
h to strive for peace of soul, then believe; if you |
`\ wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.” —Friedrich |
_o__)Nietzsche |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of &
“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the |
`\ sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his |
_o__) wife is beautiful and his children smart.” —Henry L. Mencken |
Ben Finney
pgp0R1VX1PcZ7.pgp
Description: PGP signature
o reminisce with people I don't know. Granted, it |
`\ takes longer.” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpAMxIiXPQCe.pgp
Description: PGP signature
ccess.
--
\ “Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they |
`\ themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors |
_o__)were dead and in Hell.” —Henry L. Mencken |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ.
Russ Allbery writes:
> Ben Finney writes:
>
> > Can you suggest a means of searching for more occurrences of this
> > bug (a non-free MD5 implementation in an otherwise-free work) in
> > Debian?
>
> The RSA-licensed MD5 implementation is not non-free. It just ha
*tell* the reader that the command doesn't take arguments or options.
--
\ “I hope if dogs ever take over the world, and they chose a |
`\king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are some |
_o__) Chihuahuas with some good ideas.” —Jack Hande
ed in Mozilla's
bug#45715 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45715> which
is reportedly fixed in version 3.0.
--
\ “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will |
`\ not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog |
_o__)
rious!” —Steven Wright |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpQUSt9ILrw1.pgp
Description: PGP signature
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI writes:
> On Dom, 09 Ago 2009, Ben Finney wrote:
> > You mean, the list should lie about the author of messages so that
> > when you use the “reply to author” feature, it doesn't go only to
> > the author? No, that's not a viable option.
>
en in Python and
executed like any other Python program.
https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/>
--
\ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, |
`\Brain, but don't you need a swimming pool to play Marco Polo?” |
_o__)
Ben Finney writes:
> One option (which I never got around to evaluating) is Dogtail:
Sadly the Debian ‘python-dogtail’ package appears to be unmaintained.
Latest upload 2006-12-16, and has an outstanding ‘serious’ level bug
report open since 2008-06-11 http://bugs.debian.org/485
an optimal
way).
--
\ “Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.” |
`\ —Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_, 1906 |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
e Roman Empire was |
`\that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful |
_o__) termination of their C programs.” —Robert Firth |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe".
Sune Vuorela writes:
> On 2009-08-19, Ben Finney wrote:
> > That's interesting, thank you for that perspective. What do you
> > propose, then, for a maintainer who wants to get a new package into
> > Debian, but that package requires one or more separately-package
rity? What's posterity ever done |
`\for me?” —Groucho Marx |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubs
”. Is there such a list (and where is it maintained)?
Would such a list even make sense?
--
\ “When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a |
`\ closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator |
_o__)practice.” —S
”. Is there such a list (and where is it maintained)?
Would such a list even make sense?
--
\ “When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a |
`\ closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator |
_o__)practice.” —S
Josselin Mouette writes:
> Le jeudi 20 août 2009 à 19:07 +1000, Ben Finney a écrit :
> > Perhaps a good way to point it out on an ongoing basis would be a
> > central clearing house for “specific teams that a newcomer should
> > consider joining”. Is there such a
Bjelke-Petersen |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
pgpMkGpL8OwB7.pgp
Description: PGP signature
Patrick Matthäi writes:
> Ben Finney schrieb:
> > Out of interest (i.e. I'm not challenging you in this instance), why
> > do you dislike [smileys in changelog entries]?
>
> I think we should be a bit serious with out changelog entrys, the wide
> world is {not} re
package can be sponsored.
--
\ “Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.” —Henry |
`\L. Mencken |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian
on't wear the nylons?” —_Pinky |
_o__) and The Brain_ |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Steffen Joeris writes:
> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:19:28 pm Ben Finney wrote:
> > How can I have two separate releases of my package, targeting
> > separate archive suites, available at ‘mentors.debian.net’ for
> > prospective sponsors?
> Why don't you just email
an all parachutes are |
`\ perfect.” —Benny Hill |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Ben Finney writes:
> The debdiff against the version currently in Lenny is online at
> http://paste.debian.net/45120/>.
The syntax highlighter at that site is munging the display of some
characters. (I've reported this issue to the site maintainer.) The patch
as plain t
al is much |
_o__)harder.” —Ryan Singer, 2008-07-09 |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Felipe Sateler writes:
> Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Felipe Sateler writes:
> >
> >> I believe packages with updates to stable debian releases are
> >> versioned -+lenny1 or something like that.
> >
> >> BTW, I know this is not a hard requirem
Ben Finney writes:
> I don't want to change the version string based on a guess. I can't
> find any mention of the convention you're describing in the
> Developer's Reference or the Policy; what should I read to know what
> you're referring to?
Found it
—Douglas Adams |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
uniformity of belief is fatal to intellectual, moral, and |
_o__)spiritual health.” —_The Uses Of The Past_, Herbert J. Muller |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Piotr Ożarowski writes:
> [Ben Finney, 2009-08-29]
> > http://pastebin.ca/1546649>
>
> uh, package in Lenny is in bad shape.
Right, a lot of my work in Squeeze has been getting it into better
shape.
> I uploaded it with 2 additional changes (Architecture changed to all
&
Sandro Tosi writes:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 05:19, Ben Finney wrote:
> > The package has now been removed
> > http://packages.qa.debian.org/b/bk2site/news/20090823T163928Z.html>
> > but I can't find any public request for removal. Can we please see
> > that
o the same bug report that we
already knew about.
--
\ “I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.” —Emo Philips |
`\ |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
-
an English accent?” —_Pinky |
_o__) and The Brain_ |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
es,
and to Adam D. Barratt for working with us to get it into Lenny.
--
\ “I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not |
`\our children's children, because I don't think children should |
_o__) be having sex.” —Jack Han
package can be sponsored.
--
\ “Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.” —Henry |
`\L. Mencken |
_o__) |
Ben Finney
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian
401 - 500 of 870 matches
Mail list logo
