RFS: commit-patch

2010-03-20 Thread David Caldwell
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "commit-patch". * Package name: commit-patch Version : 2.3-1 Upstream Author : David Caldwell * URL : http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/ * License : GPLv2 Section : vcs It builds th

Re: RFS: commit-patch

2010-03-21 Thread David Caldwell
> >The Motivation part sounds a bit like what git commit -p does > > (bazaar has something similar) Internally commit-patch uses "git apply --cached" when working with git. I don't seem to have the '-p' option in the version of git I have installed. > Yes, 'bzr patch foo.patch' will a

Re: RFS: commit-patch

2010-03-22 Thread David Caldwell
Ben Finney wrote: > David Caldwell writes: > > > Interesting. 'bzr patch' doesn't seem to be documented in my bzr, > > but it appears to apply the patch to the working directory instead of > > committing it. This is not what commit-patch does--it comm

Re: RFS: commit-patch

2010-03-22 Thread David Caldwell
> David Caldwell writes: > > > Here's a blog post about a possible use case, written a few years ago: > > > > <http://porkrind.org/missives/commit-patch-managing-your-mess> > > Okay. The author of that post acknowledges: > > Checking in patc

Becoming a Debian Developer [eol package]

2001-09-25 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, I've read the info on becoming a maintainer at www.debian.org. I would like to start the process but I don't have a PGP key signed, and I don't have an advocate. I did scan in my Drivers License and can gpg sign it if that suffices. I packaged a small easy program that I wrote a few

Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-21 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, No one wanted to sponsor my eol package, so I packaged up gcvs (which I couldn't find on dselect or by searching on debian.org (so I hope I'm not duplicating work). gcvs is a nice graphical front-end for cvs that uses gtk+ for it's gui. It shares the same codebase as wincvs and maccvs.

Re: Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-21 Thread David Caldwell
On Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:00:40 +0200 Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> E: gcvs: interpreter-not-absolute ./usr/share/gcvs/ChangeRoot.tcl # !CVSGUI1.0 >> W: gcvs: script-not-executable ./usr/share/

Re: Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-25 Thread David Caldwell
So... Does anyone want to sponsor this package? I got no replies (about a sponsor) the first time, so I thought I'd pester you guys again... Thanks, David --On Sunday, October 21, 2001 01:30:28 -0700 David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > No one wanted

Re: New key procedure

2001-10-27 Thread David Caldwell
On Friday, October 26, 2001 05:04:36 +0200 Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25 Oct 2001, James Troup wrote: > >> Anybody can update existing keys but new keys will be ignored. >> Alexander's key is new. > > OK, as I want to switch from PGP to GPG, I did as told (and mentioned in >

Needa sponsor/advocate

2001-09-29 Thread David Caldwell
Priority: optional Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7) Installed-Size: 64 Maintainer: David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: Translates text files between Mac, DOS, and Unix formats 'eol' contains 4 programs that help you deal with cross-platform text

Re: Need a sponsor/advocate

2001-10-07 Thread David Caldwell
On Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:48 PM +0200 Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Description: Translates text files between Mac, DOS, and Unix formats >> 'eol' contains 4 programs that help you deal with cross-platform text >> files: [snip] > Do you know "recode"? > recode knows over

Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???

2002-04-08 Thread David Caldwell
On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Michel Dänzer wrote: > >> On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 13:45, Adam C Powell IV wrote: >> >>> I just received bug #141738 against petsc2.1.1-doc saying that links >>> from /usr/share/doc/petsc2.1.1-doc/include are going to >>> /lib/petscdir/2.1.1/inclu

Re: Multiple configure-make cycles

2002-04-26 Thread David Caldwell
On 04/27/02 01:18:06 +0200 Josselin Mouette wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to modify one of my packages so that two versions of the > software get built. Then I have to run the ./configure, make and make > install cycle twice. > However, the debian/rules file usually makes a difference between the >

Re: lib sdl

2002-04-30 Thread David Caldwell
On 05/01/02 03:36:11 +0200 Christian Marillat wrote: >>> "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Pot. Kettle. Black. > > Can you translate ? http://www.goenglish.com/2014.asp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Bug#145113: gcvs: Section should be "devel"

2002-05-23 Thread David Caldwell
On 4/29/02 8:31 PM -0400 Thomas Hood wrote: > Package: gcvs > Version: 1.0a7-2 > Severity: normal > > The "x11" section is reserved for X server software, window managers > and such. > > This package should be in "devel". Hmm. That does seem to make more sense. But... I can't find where this is

Re: Binary depends

2002-05-24 Thread David Caldwell
On 05/24/02 11:37:42 -0500 Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 05:18:13PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >> Well, you could try running the program through strace, and then look at >> all the opened files (with the proper strace flag) and then run dpkg -S >> on them. > > Sounds like a good

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

2002-06-09 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, I just received a bug report: > Package: simpleproxy > Version: 3.1-1 > Severity: important > > This package fails to build from source on the ia64 autobuilder with the > error: > > make: dh_testdir: Command not found > > It would appear that you need to add a build dependency on debhelper

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

2002-06-09 Thread David Caldwell
On 6/10/02 12:28 AM +0100 Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 04:13:45PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: >> I already have this in the control file: >> Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0) > > I don't see this in the version of the package in the archive

Becoming a Debian Developer [eol package]

2001-09-25 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, I've read the info on becoming a maintainer at www.debian.org. I would like to start the process but I don't have a PGP key signed, and I don't have an advocate. I did scan in my Drivers License and can gpg sign it if that suffices. I packaged a small easy program that I wrote a few y

Needa sponsor/advocate

2001-09-29 Thread David Caldwell
: optional Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7) Installed-Size: 64 Maintainer: David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: Translates text files between Mac, DOS, and Unix formats 'eol' contains 4 programs that help you deal with cross-platform text files: - tou

Re: Need a sponsor/advocate

2001-10-07 Thread David Caldwell
On Sunday, September 30, 2001 4:48 PM +0200 Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Description: Translates text files between Mac, DOS, and Unix formats 'eol' contains 4 programs that help you deal with cross-platform text files: [snip] Do you know "recode"? recode knows over 200 differ

Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-21 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, No one wanted to sponsor my eol package, so I packaged up gcvs (which I couldn't find on dselect or by searching on debian.org (so I hope I'm not duplicating work). gcvs is a nice graphical front-end for cvs that uses gtk+ for it's gui. It shares the same codebase as wincvs and maccvs.

Re: Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-21 Thread David Caldwell
On Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:00:40 +0200 Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: E: gcvs: interpreter-not-absolute ./usr/share/gcvs/ChangeRoot.tcl # !CVSGUI1.0 W: gcvs: script-not-executable ./usr/share/gcvs/ChangeRoot.tcl W: g

Re: Sponsor request for gcvs

2001-10-25 Thread David Caldwell
So... Does anyone want to sponsor this package? I got no replies (about a sponsor) the first time, so I thought I'd pester you guys again... Thanks, David --On Sunday, October 21, 2001 01:30:28 -0700 David Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, No one wanted to spo

Re: New key procedure

2001-10-27 Thread David Caldwell
On Friday, October 26, 2001 05:04:36 +0200 Alexander List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 25 Oct 2001, James Troup wrote: Anybody can update existing keys but new keys will be ignored. Alexander's key is new. OK, as I want to switch from PGP to GPG, I did as told (and mentioned in the Develop

Re: Wierd bug report: /usr/share/.. = / ???

2002-04-08 Thread David Caldwell
On 04/08/02 13:25:39 -0400 Adam C Powell IV wrote: Michel Dänzer wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 13:45, Adam C Powell IV wrote: I just received bug #141738 against petsc2.1.1-doc saying that links from /usr/share/doc/petsc2.1.1-doc/include are going to /lib/petscdir/2.1.1/include instead of /us

Re: Multiple configure-make cycles

2002-04-26 Thread David Caldwell
On 04/27/02 01:18:06 +0200 Josselin Mouette wrote: Hi, I am going to modify one of my packages so that two versions of the software get built. Then I have to run the ./configure, make and make install cycle twice. However, the debian/rules file usually makes a difference between the configure,

Re: lib sdl

2002-04-30 Thread David Caldwell
On 05/01/02 03:36:11 +0200 Christian Marillat wrote: "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pot. Kettle. Black. Can you translate ? http://www.goenglish.com/2014.asp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

2002-06-09 Thread David Caldwell
Hello, I just received a bug report: Package: simpleproxy Version: 3.1-1 Severity: important This package fails to build from source on the ia64 autobuilder with the error: make: dh_testdir: Command not found It would appear that you need to add a build dependency on debhelper. A complete bu

Re: Bug#149486: FTBFS: bad build depends

2002-06-09 Thread David Caldwell
On 6/10/02 12:28 AM +0100 Colin Watson wrote: On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 04:13:45PM -0700, David Caldwell wrote: I already have this in the control file: Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0) I don't see this in the version of the package in the archive. The control file there look