Moving a package (to non-free)

2014-01-30 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, I was trying to move a package (iausofa-c) from main to non-free with a new version. In the developers reference [1], the according paragraph is 5.9.1: > If you need to change the section for one of your packages, change > the package control information to place the package in the desired >

Testing excuse "Section: non-free/science"

2014-03-02 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, after I moved one of my packages (iausofa-c) from main to non-free, I had for some time the problem that the source still appeared in main. This, however, was solved "somehow" without any notice. However, now I get the migration "excuse" [1] "Section: non-free/science". What does this mean? T

Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-08 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, the FHS requires that this should be split between /usr/share/ and /usr/lib//. In the majority of cases, this could be done automatically by recognizing the

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-08 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Bartosz Feński writes: >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, >> the FHS requires that this should be split between /usr/share/ and >> /usr/lib//. In the majority of cases, this could be done >

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-09 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Osamu Aoki writes: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 08:47:41PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: >> Bartosz Feński writes: >> >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However,

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-09 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Bartosz Feński writes: > W dniu 09.03.2014 16:55, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr pisze: >> Osamu Aoki writes: >>> On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 08:47:41PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: >>>> Bartosz Feński writes: >>>>>> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-10 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Thibaut Paumard writes: > Le 08/03/2014 14:02, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, >> the FHS requires that this should

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-10 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Andrey Rahmatullin writes: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2014 at 02:02:48PM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, >> the FHS requires that this should

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-10 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Andrey Rahmatullin writes: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:54:44AM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: >> >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, >> >> the

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-10 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Andrey Rahmatullin writes: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:39:22AM +0100, Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr wrote: >> >> >> I am packaging some older software (eso-midas, [1]) that installs >> >> >> everything into a common directory (f.e. /usr/lib/eso-midas/). However, >&g

Renaming a source package

2014-04-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, this is already in discussion within a bug (#744280); however I think it is good to have the discussion a bit more general. I have a source package (cpl-plugin-xsh) that creates three binary packages: cpl-plugin-xsh (the arch dependent binary) cpl-plugin-xsh-doc (the arch independent documen

Re: Bug#745609: RFS: eso-midas/13.09pl1.2-1 [ITP] -- European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System

2014-04-25 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Alteholz writes: > your debian/copyright needs some additions: > install/unix/systems/Cygwin/values.h is LGPL > gui/GraphLib/libsrc/uimxR5/include/msg.h is some Apple license > libsrc/readline/* is GPL1+ > > gui/GraphLib/DESCRIPTION has some additional license information

Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi, I've uploaded a package to contrib [1], that needs a non-free package (pgplot5) as build dependency. While it builds nicely on my local pbuilder (after adding non-free), it fails to build on the buildds [2]. Is there a special thingy that I missed when I specified the dependency? Also, I am

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Jakub Wilk writes: > * Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr , 2014-08-14, 09:46: >> I've uploaded a package to contrib [1], that needs a non-free package >> (pgplot5) as build dependency. While it builds nicely on my local pbuilder >> (after adding non-free), it fails to build on the bu

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Jakub Wilk writes: > * Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr , 2014-08-14, 10:08: >>>> I've uploaded a package to contrib [1], that needs a non-free package >>>> (pgplot5) as build dependency. While it builds nicely on my local pbuilder >>>> (after adding non-free), it fails

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Ansgar Burchardt writes: > As I don't really care about Priority and Section for source packages, I > haven't thought further about this and dak currently uses misc:extra for > all of them. Policy, 5.6.6: Priority | This field represents how important it is that the user have the | package insta

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Russ Allbery writes: > debian-de...@liska.ath.cx (Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr) writes: >> Ansgar Burchardt writes: > >>> As I don't really care about Priority and Section for source packages, I >>> haven't thought further about this and dak currently uses misc:extra

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-14 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh writes: > Initial priorities are set by the ftpmaster that accepted the package from > NEW. They may, or may not match the ones in the package's priority field. > > i.e. that field is an _advisory_ field. This is not what is in the policy. The policy says, that it is

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-15 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
One more question: Jakub Wilk writes: > * Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr , 2014-08-14, 09:46: >> I've uploaded a package to contrib [1], that needs a non-free package >> (pgplot5) as build dependency. While it builds nicely on my local pbuilder >> (after adding non-free), it fails

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-15 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Jakub Wilk writes: > * Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr , 2014-08-14, 19:49: >>> i386 packages can be built in a chroot. For anything else, you can >>> ask on a porters' mailing list[0]; although it might not be worth >>> the effort. >> >> Since I am not a DD yet, this

Re: Build-depending on non-free package

2014-08-15 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Jakub Wilk writes: > [Out of curiosity, is there a reason your name in the From field is > written in a mixture of Latin and Cyrillic scripts?] That is my usenet-setup; it just makes it difficult do google my postings by my name while the name is still human-readable. > * Оlе Ѕtrеісh