Re: Sponsor for Ontographics?

2004-05-22 Thread Geert Stappers
something like this in debian - and I'd encourage > Roman to continue his work toward making it totally free. However I've > never packaged anything so I can't comment on technical issues :) > > Roman, you should look at free java components - especially check out > the free-java-sdk, gij, gcj, classpath packages. > Stephen. > Please make it possible to have in the mailinglist archive E-mails with the conclusion at the end of the thread that be read as easy as > > > > knock knock > > > Who is it? > > Merry > Mary WHO ?? Merry Christmas Cheers Geert Stappers pgp1nv9kxBZEY.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to get package in main with the same version to upgrade over a mentors.debian.net version?

2004-06-03 Thread Geert Stappers
sadvantage: in > bugreports with reportbug, and for the user itself, it's hard to see > whether the user/reporter has an unoffical version, or the official > one. > > --Jeroen > > -- > Jeroen van Wolffelaar > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) > http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl Cheers Geert Stappers pgpg0tzjGzgcR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to get package in main with the same version to upgrade over a mentors.debian.net version?

2004-06-03 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:30:12PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > > > > The proper way is to simply not upload to mentors.d.n with > > > 'official' debian revision numbers. Assuming the offical version > > > will be 1.0-1, use

Re: Adoption for python-gd, looking for sponsors

2004-06-08 Thread Geert Stappers
> python2.2-gd and python2.3-gd and a dummy package python-gd). > > My work is available on http://www.kobold.it/python-gd/ > > Thanks in advance, Have you contacted [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? ( they are now reading your RFS ) > F. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: How to get package in main with the same version to upgrade over a mentors.debian.net version?

2004-06-08 Thread Geert Stappers
an the uploaded version. > Instead, you should call the test version 1.2-1test1, which is clearly > between 1.2-1 and 1.2-2. (-: start with -0 ( e.g. -0test1, -0sss1 -0.1 ) so that -1 can enter the offical Debian archive. :-) Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I'm here

2004-06-16 Thread Geert Stappers
me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the time being. Cheers Geert Stappers pgpbBNRDWmb8u.pgp Description: PGP signature

sponsors and a mix up

2004-06-20 Thread Geert Stappers
quot; reporting [EMAIL PROTECTED] was unavailable for a while, should have gone to [EMAIL PROTECTED] My apology about the mix up. Making now this noise, this E-mail, so that other can learn from my mistakes. > > > Cheers > Geert Stappers P.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is on-line again. pgplr3s7fv2rC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: RFS: cc65 - Cross development suite for 65xxx processors

2004-07-01 Thread Geert Stappers
p://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cc65-common/ > [6] http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~cutler/debian/cc65.copyright > That is a solid RFS! I still didn't made time to check it out and will not able the next few days. Try to find a sponsor at Debian mailinglist that have interrest i

Re: sponsor wanted for 'ketchup' package

2004-07-01 Thread Geert Stappers
kernel. It also scripts the steps that need be taken to compile the kernel, which is quite convenient (forgetting a crucial step once was the initial motivation for this package). Please look at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/Rationale.gz for a full list of advantages of this package. > > Jack Wasey Cheers Geert Stappers pgpY7S2mxhgON.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Gwget packages ready.

2004-07-04 Thread Geert Stappers
is already a Debian package of gwget and you felt the itch to update it. My first thought was "looks like a hi-jack" http://packages.debian.org/gwget says "Can't find that package" So I will calm down and don't lecture you about working together or co-maintainership

Re: Searching for the list command to get a bugreport

2004-07-22 Thread Geert Stappers
ckages and even developers missing in action (Be aware to find unmaintained packages and evenDDsMIA;-) Those should also be reported to the Quality Assurance, QA, team. Cheers Geert Stappers pgpxFl20CXrZW.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: RFH: gradm2

2004-08-15 Thread Geert Stappers
an two weeks passed since > then, but no sign if it is accepted or rejected. I rephrase that as "What is the status of NEW?" I do have the same question. FWIW there is the Debian Archive Kit[1] but I don't where to start. > > Thanks, > Laszlo/GCS Cheers Geert S

RFH Re: conglomerate_0.7.14-2_powerpc.changes REJECTED

2004-08-17 Thread Geert Stappers
rsion 1.23.2, I use that version also. The linda program does report also the missing manpage, but not the permissions on directories warning. Which tool do I have to use to make these warnings visible? Cheers Geert Stappers pgpsXseDHRUmz.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: RFH: gradm2

2004-08-29 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 11:15:05PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 10:23:23PM +0200, Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I can not reach my sponsor for a while now, who is Martin F. Krafft. > > Can someone help me out inste

Re: RFH lintian too hush

2004-08-29 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:09:10PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 03:35:14AM -0400, Randall Donald wrote: > > hi, > Hello ftpmaster, > (Hello ftpmasters, ;-) > Hello debian-mentors, > > > E: conglomerate: no-copyright-file > > W: conglo

Re: RFH lintian too hush

2004-08-29 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 07:26:35PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 05:10:21PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > According the manual page of lintian is there a check for "huge /usr/share". > > Conglomerate 0.7.14-1[1] is about 1.4 Mb with a

Re: RFS: dmalloc

2004-08-31 Thread Geert Stappers
f5 > Description: Debug memory allocation library - transition package > ~ This is an empty package which depends on libdmalloc4, to provide for ^^^ > ~ smooth upgrades. It can safely be removed. > > > The package is lintian and linda clean. >

Re: Lintian warnings questions

2004-09-01 Thread Geert Stappers
symlink. So don't create bad symlinks, and don't use it as an argument for not conforming Debian packaging policy. > IANADD, > Justin Cheers Geert Stappers pgp6wtlpWucVf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: commenting out lines

2004-09-28 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 02:22:38PM -0400, ron r wrote: > > would it be possiable for you to explain to me how to comment out lines? Try http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > thank you. ron You are welcome Cheers Geert Stappers pgpO3jJCSKuEA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: My first package/Mutt patch

2005-03-07 Thread Geert Stappers
that is why dpkg -p produces "foobar+bs.1" > >Where do I have to change the sources? I can't find it. Search in .orig.tar.gz, not in the debian directory. > > >2. I installed the Debian files to other E-mail Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: My first package/Mutt patch

2005-03-07 Thread Geert Stappers
ound > > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ Summary: This mini-HOWTO shows how to build a minimal Debian .deb package. > Very interesting howto, enjoy it! The original poster has a .deb package. The question is about how to setup an apt archiv

Re: fetch souce packages

2005-03-07 Thread Geert Stappers
ilable for sparc. > > Which package is it? If the binary packages aren't available, you'll > have to specify the name of the source package, which is often but not > always the same as the name of the binary package. Indeed, stating the package name would allow others to rep

Re: fetch souce packages

2005-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 12:30:20PM +0100, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 11:56 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > stating the package name would allow others to reproduce the expriment > > No worth. I'm dumb-ass. Please, some more respect t

Re: apt-get: ftp vs. http

2005-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
for that topic, _please_ change the Subject: line. > > The `http' method seems to need a gzipped file > `Packages.gz'; the `ftp' method can be satisfied with a > plain one. Not very nice. `gzip Packages` produces the Packages.gz I'm very happy that each time I run `apt-get update` that I'm downloading Packages.gz and _not_ the Packages. > > Bertram Cheers Geert Stappers -- Becoming a DD is being a DD signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: apt-get: ftp vs. http

2005-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:22:46PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 09. Mär 2005, 09:38:33 +0100 schrieb Geert Stappers: > > On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 02:20:06PM +0100, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > The `http' method seems to need a gzipped file > > > `Pa

Re: subscribe

2005-03-26 Thread Geert Stappers
n I see unsubscribe requests on a ML, then I reply off-list. The whole idea is that when you say "Don't touch it, it is HOT!" there will allways some who _have_ to try. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-14 Thread Geert Stappers
onglomerate-0.9.0/debian/changelog @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -conglomerate (0.7.16-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low +conglomerate (0.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=low - * expecting new upstream version + * new upstream version - -- Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:58:34 +0100 + -- Geert Stap

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-14 Thread Geert Stappers
bute it with the source files." > > You can then ask him why he needs/wants to distribute it with the source > files. IMHO it is the best way to say to mankind "This software is good and I would like to see it running on more places." Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-14 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:35:12PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 12:09:45PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:33:49PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > > > also sprach Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005

Re: RFS: sitecopy

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
loading and deleting individual files using an FTP client. sitecopy will also optionally try to spot files you move locally, and move them remotely. . sitecopy is designed to not care about what is actually on the remote server - it simply keeps a record of what it THINKS is in on the rem

Re: build test

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
g and doing nothing does not seem very nice to me. Imagion what information people need to help you. (they have other things to do, then search the archive for your previous posting) > > Thanks, > Stanislav Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: build test

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 04:54:34PM +0300, Stanislav Maslovski wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > > > >Post in a follow-up message where to find the "AVInfo" work you did. > >And see if you get any feedback like > > > > It compiles fine on $ARCH >

Re: html-xml-utils, License: W3C Software Notice and License

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
refer(1) for HTML), list all > links, create cross-references, extract elements that match a (CSS) > selector, etc. Most are meant to be used in a Unix pipe or in shell > scripts. > > Thanks. > > > Regards, > Beverly Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
the executables with "hx_" > to try to avoid name conflicts. The package is lintian clean. I have > contacted upstream, and he would be glad to have html-xml-utils > available as a Debian package. What thinks upstream of the hx_ prefix? Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: html-xml-utils, License: W3C Software Notice and License

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:44:20AM -0600, Beverly Davis wrote, in a off-list message: > On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:57:28 +0200, "Geert Stappers" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 09:21:01AM -0600, Beverly Davis wrote: > > > Package: html-xml-u

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:46:56AM -0600, Beverly Davis wrote: in an off-list message > On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:58:51 +0200, "Geert Stappers" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 09:21:01AM -0600, Beverly Davis wrote: > > > Greetings, >

Re: A question...

2005-05-10 Thread Geert Stappers
ure , so i will > follow that procedure. See the archives of this mailinglist. Yesterday there was "New maintainer checklist" It covers the same things as you are looking for. > Thanks > > Deepak Tripathi . > (my blood says Linux positive) Cheers Geert Stappe

Re: Stupid shebang tricks & env -

2005-05-11 Thread Geert Stappers
ND. Not checked, but it seems to allow more parameters. Does #!/usr/bin env - perl -w so, the extra hyphen, the trick? Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: sitecopy

2005-05-28 Thread Geert Stappers
( please honour the explicite set 'Reply-To:' ) Hello Release Team, The text below is from [EMAIL PROTECTED] about a Request For Sponsoring. My questions are at the bottom. On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:25:11AM -0500, Reed Snellenberger wrote: > Geert Stappers wrote: > >On T

Re: Installation fails with "unofficial" tasksel .deb file

2005-05-30 Thread Geert Stappers
386/ > > Is there possible that am updating with a wrong md5sum or so? > I've updated the md5sum with the command: md5sum "find -follow -type > f` > md5sum.txt" That re-calculates the MD5 sum of all files, but you modified only tasksel. > Again, thanks for the i

Re: becoming a maintainer

2005-06-20 Thread Geert Stappers
r > and have already created a deb that works. Could you help find a > sponsor to me prepare this deb for inclusion into Debian? A good start is to read http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html where "maintainer" & "developer" can be considered

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-06-24 Thread Geert Stappers
> lintian clean. I have contacted upstream, and he would be glad to have > html-xml-utils available as a Debian package. May I interpreter that as "Upstream as included the hx_ prefix also" ? Cheers Geert Stappers signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-06-25 Thread Geert Stappers
ot;, and "count". Is this a problem? What should I do? > > I think you did the right thing, and it's not a problem at all given > that upstream will rename the same way eventually. > And I think it is not wise to have W3C software in Debian that differs from W3C s

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-06-25 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Jun 25, 2005 at 05:49:05PM +0200, Miros/law Baran wrote: > 25.06.2005 pisze Geert Stappers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > I have prefixed the names of the executables with "hx_" to > > > > > > try to avoid name conflicts (this was i

Re: RFS: html-xml-utils (W3C simple HTML and XML utilities)

2005-06-25 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 08:21:41AM -0600, Beverly Davis wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:24:07 +0200, "Geert Stappers" > > May I interpreter that as > > > > "Upstream as included the hx_ prefix also" > > > > ? > > No, he ha

Re: Becoming a Debian Developer [eol package]

2001-09-26 Thread Geert Stappers
scd > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >What about those of us in Memphis, TN? >Warren > Maybe that http://nm.debian.org/gpg.php can help you... Kind Regards, Geert Stappers - The Future is now, be part of it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: overwriting files

2001-10-12 Thread Geert Stappers
re a way to achive this? >that's a bug, if this is an official package you should fill a bug report >on it... IMHO it is a feature, a usefull feature Package "abc" should NOT overwrite files of package "xyz". If people have problems with the contents of "x

Re: a suitable program name?

2001-12-07 Thread Geert Stappers
At 21:37 +0100 12/5/01, Hereward Cooper wrote: >Hi there yal, > >Is 'fileconvert-v1-to-v2' a suitable program name within a package (this >is not >the package itself, just a program is supplies). Should it be shorter + more >relevant to the package in comes with? > Yep, make it more relevant to th

Re: update-modules and manually changed /etc/modules.conf

2002-05-05 Thread Geert Stappers
At 0:28 +0200 5/5/02, Daniel Lutz wrote: >Hello > >A user of the autofs package did send a bug report (Bug#145768) >about problems with a manually changed /etc/modules.conf file. >The problem is that update-modules fails in the postinst script. > >There are two possibilities: > >1. Don't catch the

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-10 Thread Geert Stappers
At 16:32 +0200 8/9/02, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:08:46PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: > >> I have one package (radvd) that builds only on Linux (and the *BSDs), >> but not on the Hurd. How dow I specify that arch requirement in the >> control file? Policy D 2.3 seems to i

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Geert Stappers
At 16:01 +0200 8/10/02, Russell Coker wrote: >On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 12:19, Geert Stappers wrote: >> At 16:32 +0200 8/9/02, Matt Zimmerman wrote: >> >On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:08:46PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote: >> >> I have one package (radvd) that build

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Geert Stappers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At 16:50 +0200 8/11/02, Russell Coker wrote: >On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:35, Geert Stappers wrote: >> When the cause of the buildproblem is in the package, fix the problem >> there. The package maintainer hasn't to do it by himself, &

Re: How to specify architectures *not* to be built?

2002-08-11 Thread Geert Stappers
At 21:34 +0200 8/11/02, Russell Coker wrote: >On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 21:16, Geert Stappers wrote: >> >So you think I should keep my selinux packages as architecture any, even >> >though they will never run on on HURD or BSD? >> > >> >What about the Trusted BSD

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 8:49 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> Hi, how can I easily determine the host architecture string in a >itz> maintainer script? dpkg-architecture is in the dpkg-dev package, >itz> which I obviously cannot depend on. I could massage the output >itz> of uname or arch, but that seems to

Re: obsolete, harmful conf files

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 1:05 +0200 6/25/02, Oliver Kurth wrote: >On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:42:25PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >> >> On 24-Jun-2002 Oliver Kurth wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > I have changed a package and made some files in >>/etc/pcmcia/ip-{up,down}.d/ >> > obsolete. Since they are in /etc they a

Re: architecture in script

2002-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
At 16:14 +0200 8/18/02, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >itz> The package uses a generic name for one of its configuration >itz> files. I >want to create a symlink from the generic name to the >itz> correct (architecture-dependent) one. > >Geert> Could you tell us that makes sence? Could you tell us

Re: obsolete, harmful conf files

2002-08-20 Thread Geert Stappers
At 11:39 +0200 8/19/02, Oliver Kurth wrote: >On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 12:02:03PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: >> At 1:05 +0200 6/25/02, Oliver Kurth wrote: >> >> >In principle they have moved to another location, >>/etc/network/if-{up,down}.d, >> >and at the

Re: Questian about Architecture

2002-09-12 Thread Geert Stappers
At 22:35 +0200 9/11/02, Marco Kuhlmann wrote: >Dear mentors, > >I do not quite seem to understand what I have to do in order to >prevent a source package being ported to certain architectures. >Do I have to write Architecture entries for the supported >architectures for all the packages that m

Re: Questian about Architecture

2002-09-12 Thread Geert Stappers
At 14:29 +0200 9/12/02, Marco Kuhlmann wrote: >* Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-09-12 13:48:43 +0200): > >> Could you tell us why you want prevent free software being >> ported to certain architectures? > >Sorry, perhaps I should reformulate my question:

Re: NMU with new upstream

2002-09-17 Thread Geert Stappers
At 20:47 +0200 9/17/02, Oliver Kurth wrote: >Hello! Hi, > >I would like to make an NMU (via sponsor) of nxtvepg. The bug in >question is #159525. What disturbs me, is that it is a new upstream version, >which has the bug fixed. > >I have submitted the bug 14 days ago, after another week I tried

Re: NMU with new upstream

2002-09-17 Thread Geert Stappers
At 21:42 +0200 9/17/02, Michael Banck wrote: >On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 08:47:59PM +0200, Oliver Kurth wrote: >> I would like to make an NMU (via sponsor) of nxtvepg. The bug in >> question is #159525. What disturbs me, is that it is a new upstream version, >> which has the bug fixed. > >Well, you c

Re: script as a configuration file

2002-09-27 Thread Geert Stappers
At 9:10 +0200 9/27/02, Carlo Contavalli wrote: >Hello, > > I was seeking for some opinions... I'm working now on a >package that relies on a script that may be modified by the system >administrator, and I'm wondering about: > > - how to manage upgrades (overwrites & co.) > - where to put it >

Re: Build-Depends on certain architecture

2002-10-01 Thread Geert Stappers
At 11:02 +0200 10/1/02, Daniel Lutz wrote: >Hello > >A package of mine, `synergy', does compile on every platform >except on hppa. hppa needs at least gcc 3.0. But this version >of gcc seems to have a bug, synergy doesn't compile with it >on hppa. So I need to use gcc 3.2 on hppa. > >Now I tried t

Re: Build-Depends on certain architecture

2002-10-01 Thread Geert Stappers
At 15:32 +0200 10/1/02, James Troup wrote: >Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> All the work you are doing is to work around a bug in gcc 3.0 for HPPA, >> that is fixed in gcc 3.2. >> >> So just upgrade the HPPA gcc to 3.2. >> Some day it ha

Re: Package gets only installed successfully the second timearound

2002-12-14 Thread Geert Stappers
At 22:16 +0100 12/13/02, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >Hi, > >I got a strange problem in here - I am finishing (I hope ;-) ) making a >package. Mostly everything works smoothly - I stumbled, however, across >this strange problem: [ problem report] > Am I missing something obvious? You are so deep involved i

Re: How free does a non-free package have to be?

2003-03-02 Thread Geert Stappers
ere is a whole family of E-mail client programs that when ever they see a script in a E-mail they start executing it. Those stupid programs are the default MUA on MS-Windows. Replacing the vicious E-mailers is the way to go to extinguish viri. > Johannes > Please don't take this personal. Geert Stappers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: package author and maintainer

2003-07-03 Thread Geert Stappers
t goes into the tar.gz. Store in that dir al the debian stuff. With a simple `cp -a deb debian` you have the debian directory for building the package and .diff.gz That makes it possible to act as both package author and maintainer. Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Developer

2003-07-08 Thread Geert Stappers
L PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is also at http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2003/debian-mentors-200307/msg00023.html > cu andreas > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building unstable packages with stable

2003-07-30 Thread Geert Stappers
romised software into > Debian. > A way to compile unstable on a stable systems is like this: Run debootstrap on an unstable system, make a tarball of it and take it to the stable system unpack the tarball there and chroot into it. If there is interrest for it, I can set such tarballs for PowerPC and i386 online. Geert Stappers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: search a sponsor fvwm-themes

2003-08-02 Thread Geert Stappers
dist". > Respect the time of other people, help them helping you. Tell us how to checkout from the CVS-server. > Ok i wait for respond. Please, don't wait. Make your self usefull elsewhere. Do good work, but DO NOT WAIT. > Andrei > Geert Stappers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: can't install from a local repository

2003-08-22 Thread Geert Stappers
y-i386 binary-powerpc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pub/debian/dists/sarge/main $ ls binary-powerpc/ Packages Packages.gz Release backup [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pub/debian/dists/sarge/main $ > Eric > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

2003-08-26 Thread Geert Stappers
rces.list: > > deb http://repository {dist} {section} > > > I used file:///{repos name}. But I believe that is minor. > > > You should also create Release files which you can mostly copy from > > debian. Take care to change the Origin for BTS purposes though. >

Re: backing up/replacing files from another package

2003-08-28 Thread Geert Stappers
users, groups, apply a file skeleton, patch things and more. Observe! No such configuration packages should be uploaded to the debian archives. This kind of things are intended to be created and used by the system administrator only. > > Thanks to any and all. I'm sure you will c

Re: managing existing packages

2003-08-28 Thread Geert Stappers
ss. In the > > generated Packages file you will have always the latest one. > > Is there a flag to include both? As I read the above, all versions are in the Package file. > That way one can tell apt get to get a lower version. Use wget & dpkg for that, and leave apt-get as it is. > > MfG > Goswin > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-03 Thread Geert Stappers
s: > - debian/compat: set to 4. > - debian/moon-lander.xpm.uue: icon for menu. > - Makefile.Debian: rewrite of upstream's borked makefile for Debian. > > -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:18:18 -0500 > update the changelog run 'dpkg-genchanges' and take a close look at the output. Geert Stappers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-04 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 04:38:09PM +1200, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:20:34AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > moon-lander (1:1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low > > > > > > * XPM files are text -- No need to uu{en,de}code. Thanks Roger Ward! >

Re: RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-04 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:11:25AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 11:32:39AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 04:38:09PM +1200, Mike Beattie wrote: | | | > only this part goes in the changes file | | | | | | only if you dont tell dpk

Re: RFS: picprog: Microchip PIC serial programmer software

2003-09-05 Thread Geert Stappers
e much > experience with packaging) and someone who likes to sponsor it. > It is RFS what I want to tell about: Ask at places where the audience for you package hang around. Don't take it personal, it is my two cents on the sponsor search. I would like to see these hints

Re: Request sponsor to upload esmtp

2003-09-16 Thread Geert Stappers
eca.dyndns.org/debian/ . > > > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on > sourceforge. > Or on a more open site such as savannah.gnu.org or alioth.debian.org Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Beyond sponsoring

2003-09-18 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 09:13:54AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, Geert Stappers wrote: Hello Matthias, > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:57:02PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > Not reachable at the moment. Please store your Debian files on > >> sourceforge

Re: RFS: aap, aap-doc (Debian package)

2003-10-05 Thread Geert Stappers
r temporarily hosting > this package? This will help me get it into Debian that much faster! > Have you considered http://alioth.debian.org for hosting your package? And then I saw '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' ... nevermind Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Build-conflicts: ?

2003-10-14 Thread Geert Stappers
U GPL: csak tiszta forrásból Wat zeg je nou? > > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: inews package rename

2003-10-23 Thread Geert Stappers
old your horses' ? Please, tell us why you did the posting. > -- > Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geert Stappers pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: RFS: avrdude - Programmer for Atmel AVR microcontrollers

2003-10-24 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:22:48PM +0200, Michael Mayer wrote: > This tool is the successor of the old avrprog shipped with woody. I'm already > done packaging it and would be happy to get some comments on my work. > You can find the files at http://mitglied.lycos.de/tenbahrt/debian > > Michael

Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
Hello debian-mentors, Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes file are the lines: Maintainer: Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Sven Luther &

Re: Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:21:21PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:33, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > > Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, > > I think they should be closed by the maintainer. > > > > Example given

Re: Advocate / Avalista Needed

2003-10-31 Thread Geert Stappers
nancial institutions > My full name is Fernando Bahamonde, i live in Madrid (Spain) > > I wait your response > > Thanks in advance Welcome "other non native english speaker", My advice is that you back when you have some program to show, because there is less language b

Re: Need help with Bug#217974: ttt_1.7-1(ia64/unstable): FTBFS: config.guess out of date (at least)

2003-11-04 Thread Geert Stappers
cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess endif > > Cheers, > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: geektool

2003-11-04 Thread Geert Stappers
my package?" > > -- > Cédric Gehin http://zynthetix.free.fr Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
dated config.guess and config.sub files manually each | time it becomes necessary; that way you might also remember to tell | upstream that they should update their copies, which is something a good | Debian maintainer should be doing. | | Cheers, | | -- | Colin Watson

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
nglomerate-0.7.6/data cat conglomerate.desktop > > Thanks. > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without a reload of the desktop. Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Put a program in the gnome menu

2003-11-06 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 11:16:44AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 10:09:01AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Let me^Wus know if you find away to update the gnome menu without > > a reload of the desktop. > > I just now modified the first deb s

Re: [debian-mentors] Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-10 Thread Geert Stappers
r ever use "|xargs rm -f". > > Thank you. Is it okay now? > > --- orig/debian/rules > +++ mod/debian/rules [still dangerous "|xargs rm -f" code] > > Use rm -f config.status and other files Geert Stappers -- Keep It Simple Stupid -- T

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-10 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:27:27PM +, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > A levelezõm azt hiszi, hogy Geert Stappers a következõeket írta: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:50:09AM +, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > > > A levelez?m azt hiszi, hogy Andreas Metzler a következ?eket írta:

Re: [debian-mentors] config.sub and config.guess | .diff.gz bloat

2003-11-10 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:57:17PM +, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:50:09AM +, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: > >> A levelezõm azt hiszi, hogy Andreas Metzler a következõeket írta: > >> > Two t

Re: question for a package

2003-11-13 Thread Geert Stappers
gement system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed. ) ? Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Seeking Sponsor for Bibview

2003-11-15 Thread Geert Stappers
cellaneous Q&A work, so the changes aren't too drastic. http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#rfs What is/does bibview ? Should I been interressed ? > Please reply to me, as I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks. And I was too busy to visit your URL on bibv

Re: Moving package to non-free

2003-11-18 Thread Geert Stappers
onally: Can a package built from sources in non-free go to > > contrib or do I have to split the source package? > > While it may (currently) be feasible to do the former, I'd strongly > recommend against it. Does that read splitting the package is the prefered way? (Please

Re: debian/tmp vs. debian/package

2003-11-19 Thread Geert Stappers
know where to set/change that. Would someone > please tell me? IIRC it is DH_COMPAT_DUNNO_EXACT. echo 4 > debian/compat should do what you looking for. Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sponsor for Scorched3D (game) wanted

2003-12-11 Thread Geert Stappers
ew paths and rebuild). > > Original website: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/ Cool graphics. > > The game is GPL. Fine. > > But where is the work that your wannabee sponsor should look at? Geert Stappers P.S. Matt, people.d.o. is still download, would you please post the mentor FAQ here?

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