Re: Request for advice

Hi, Stephane Bortzmeyer writes: > > a graphical tool (text-editor plus fancy bits, usually). > emacs (I prefer emacs because there is a fine SGML mode, psgml, > which works fine for XML). I fail to see a contradiction there. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb e

Re: time and interest and enough skill

Hi, > I know I want a xgospel_1.12-4.deb and xgospel_1.12-4.dsc I've recently expressed my intent to package xgospel. If you are interested, simply add the line deb http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian potato main to your /etc/apt/sources.list and install the package with `apt-

Request for feedback and sponsor: xgospel

Hi, I have packaged xgospel, probably the best client for playing Go on the Internet Go Server IGS, and put the sources into deb-src http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian sid main If you run the appropriate combination of system and platform, you can also use the binary packages f

Feedback on hfsplus package

Hi, I've packaged hfsplus, a set of tools to access volumes containing Apple Computer's file system HFS+, and would very much appreciate constructive criticism on what I've done. The package can be found at deb-src http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian sid main Thanks in advance

Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV

Hi, I am currently packaging the Mac-on-Linux emulator mol. For network access, mol needs a device file called sheep_net, which I would like to create during postinst. However, this device is unknown to MAKEDEV, while Debian policy is quite clear about device files: If a package needs any sp

Re: Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV

Hi, Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > Is this an "official" device? I can't find it in 2.4.3's devices.txt. I just checked and no, it's not. Officially, c 10 198 is /dev/sexec. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe le djuz tqtaj!

Re: new preliminary packages for mol in incoming (0.9.58-1)

Hi, Branden Robinson writes: > > > Sorry, I tend to ignore wankers who want everything sugar-coated. Aah, the joys of electronic communication. Anyway, I think the original problem should be taken to debian-mentors because it doesn't really relate to the PowerPC architecture. The situation i

Re: new preliminary packages for mol in incoming (0.9.58-1)

Hi, Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > What happens if the admin decides to delete the file in the time > window between config and postinst runs? So that the first clobber > check fails, and the second one succeeds? The postinst script uses default values, which almost certainly results in an unusable

Re: Where to find woody...

Hi, Lukasz Jachowicz writes: > I'm just wondering if I should install woody on my machine. No. > I have to get woody locally to maintain a package prepared for > woody? Yes. The solution is to set up a chrooted environment for the other distribution (I run sid, and keep potato chrooted). The

Re: .deb packages including kernel modules?

Hi, Marc Haber writes: > All three of these packages are quite large packages with a lot of > framework. Actually, I was hoping that there is a package that > simpily includes a kernel module, for example a network driver, that > I could simply cannibalize for my e100 package. You should probab

Re: Request for advice

Hi, Stephane Bortzmeyer writes: > > a graphical tool (text-editor plus fancy bits, usually). > emacs (I prefer emacs because there is a fine SGML mode, psgml, > which works fine for XML). I fail to see a contradiction there. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb

Re: time and interest and enough skill

Hi, > I know I want a xgospel_1.12-4.deb and xgospel_1.12-4.dsc I've recently expressed my intent to package xgospel. If you are interested, simply add the line deb http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian potato main to your /etc/apt/sources.list and install the package with `apt

Request for feedback and sponsor: xgospel

Hi, I have packaged xgospel, probably the best client for playing Go on the Internet Go Server IGS, and put the sources into deb-src http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian sid main If you run the appropriate combination of system and platform, you can also use the binary packages

Feedback on hfsplus package

Hi, I've packaged hfsplus, a set of tools to access volumes containing Apple Computer's file system HFS+, and would very much appreciate constructive criticism on what I've done. The package can be found at deb-src http://samiel.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/debian sid main Thanks in advance

Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV

Hi, I am currently packaging the Mac-on-Linux emulator mol. For network access, mol needs a device file called sheep_net, which I would like to create during postinst. However, this device is unknown to MAKEDEV, while Debian policy is quite clear about device files: If a package needs any s

Re: Creating a device file unknown to MAKEDEV

Hi, Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > Is this an "official" device? I can't find it in 2.4.3's devices.txt. I just checked and no, it's not. Officially, c 10 198 is /dev/sexec. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz je pézqbpbe le djuz tqtaj! -- To UNSUB

Re: new preliminary packages for mol in incoming (0.9.58-1)

Hi, Branden Robinson writes: > > > Sorry, I tend to ignore wankers who want everything sugar-coated. Aah, the joys of electronic communication. Anyway, I think the original problem should be taken to debian-mentors because it doesn't really relate to the PowerPC architecture. The situation

Re: new preliminary packages for mol in incoming (0.9.58-1)

Hi, Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > What happens if the admin decides to delete the file in the time > window between config and postinst runs? So that the first clobber > check fails, and the second one succeeds? The postinst script uses default values, which almost certainly results in an unusable

Re: Where to find woody...

Hi, Lukasz Jachowicz writes: > I'm just wondering if I should install woody on my machine. No. > I have to get woody locally to maintain a package prepared for > woody? Yes. The solution is to set up a chrooted environment for the other distribution (I run sid, and keep potato chrooted). Th

Re: .deb packages including kernel modules?

Hi, Marc Haber writes: > All three of these packages are quite large packages with a lot of > framework. Actually, I was hoping that there is a package that > simpily includes a kernel module, for example a network driver, that > I could simply cannibalize for my e100 package. You should proba

Re: Tarball question

Hi, Marco Kuhlmann writes: > Mozart upstream offers two tarballs: One containing the > complete sources, including sgml sources for the documentation, > and one convenience tarball containing a precompiled > html-version of the documentation. I would suggest that you keep the distinction and ma

Re: gpg sign method per picture

Hi, Maximilian Reiss writes: > > > My problem is that the next dd lifes pretty far away. > > > > Where do you live? > > Passau (Germany). The next dd are in Vienna and Munich. afaik I live in Munich, and if the weather remains nice until the weekend, I will take the motorcycle for a ride. I w

Re: Help on policy

Hi, Falco Cesare writes: > What would be best? > 1. A non-free debian package including both sources and needed roms > 2. Two debian packages: a contrib one including the source and a > non-free one with the roms only > Please note that it's a really weird situation: the programs can be > built

Getting packages into the archives

Hi, first of all, forgive me if this question is too stupid even for debian-mentors. I've searched the obvious documentation, and failed to find a solution by myself. I am maintaining the Mac-on-Linux emulator MOL, which consists of a bunch of kernel modules and all the rest. The kernel module

Re: Looking for a sponsor for Ppower4

Hi, Matthias Papesch writes: > Now I am looking for somebody to have a look at the package and help > me get it into proper shape for uploading. I'd be happy to take a look at the package and sponsor the upload. Regards, Jens. -- J'qbpbe, le m'en fquz pe j'qbpbe! Le veux aimeb et mqubib panz

Re: Looking for a sponsor for Ppower4

Hi, Matthias Papesch writes: > The way I solved it so far, is a > > Depends: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime|java2-runtime|j2re1.3 > > which works for me, and which I was going to ask my sponsor, if this > was all right ;-). Fine by me. > And this meant, right now the package would end u

Re: Tarball question

Hi, Marco Kuhlmann writes: > Mozart upstream offers two tarballs: One containing the > complete sources, including sgml sources for the documentation, > and one convenience tarball containing a precompiled > html-version of the documentation. I would suggest that you keep the distinction and mak

Re: gpg sign method per picture

Hi, Maximilian Reiss writes: > > > My problem is that the next dd lifes pretty far away. > > > > Where do you live? > > Passau (Germany). The next dd are in Vienna and Munich. afaik I live in Munich, and if the weather remains nice until the weekend, I will take the motorcycle for a ride. I wo

Re: Help on policy

Hi, Falco Cesare writes: > What would be best? > 1. A non-free debian package including both sources and needed roms > 2. Two debian packages: a contrib one including the source and a > non-free one with the roms only > Please note that it's a really weird situation: the programs can be > built

Getting packages into the archives

Hi, first of all, forgive me if this question is too stupid even for debian-mentors. I've searched the obvious documentation, and failed to find a solution by myself. I am maintaining the Mac-on-Linux emulator MOL, which consists of a bunch of kernel modules and all the rest. The kernel modules