Re: RFS: joystick (updated package)

2008-07-22 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hi Stephen, On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 01:25:47AM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 20051019-3 > of the package "joystick", which I'd like to adopt (it's been orphaned since > February, and last had a maintainer upload in October 2005). [sn

Re: RFS: teseq

2008-08-11 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Ryan, On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 02:50:15AM -0700, Ryan Niebur wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "teseq". > > * Package name: teseq [snip] > teseq - utility for rendering terminal typescripts human-readable A bit outside my usual territory, but the

Re: NMU for libkarma (Rio Karma tools)?

2009-10-30 Thread Joe Nahmias
the new version. The open problems listed in the BTS were easy to fix. > The worst part was cleaning up the patches done fore Debian, because not all > of Joe's changes were included. > > >This said, despite its maintainer seems to be active with other Debian > >activiti

Re: beginner's brief how to

2003-08-19 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric Winger wrote: > Anyway, if anyone thinks it might be of value, or wants to read and > improve on it, let me know. I'd be happy to attach it. I'd be interested to read this. Thanks, Joe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Li

Re: creating your own debian package repository

2003-08-20 Thread Joe Nahmias
Eric Winger wrote: > So, two questions: > > * Is this a reasonable way to maintain our internal packages - ie a > seperate archive? Or is there a better way. Yes. > * If this is the most reasonable way, where is the information on > building/maintaining your own archive. You need to create a rep

RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-03 Thread Joe Nahmias
y=low * XPM files are text -- No need to uu{en,de}code. Thanks Roger Ward! - debian/control: Build-deps -= sharutils. - debian/rules: remove references to uudecode. * debian/control(Std-Ver): 3.6.1.0 -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 1 Sep 2003 00:38:29 -0400

Re: RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-04 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Geert Stappers wrote: > Now I get it. It is the "-vversion" that I learned. > > For moon-lander it would be > fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -v1:0.9.0-6 -uc -us Now that we've figured out the usage of the -v option, will someone please use it and uplo

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-04 Thread Joe Nahmias
lp ;-), I would suggest adding the IRC channels #debian-mentors and #debian-devel. Thanks again! Joe Nahmias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/V1DaKl23+OYWEqURAloEAJ9BpH4IYCvo/rNhr3knY00wXA+kpgCfWS5o FqbfQ63OvNtCrprK5U8npiE= =2tWS -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: copyright guidance

2003-09-09 Thread Joe Nahmias
; they should be able to give you more specific advice. > More than anything else I want to be sure I don't screw things up by > doing nothing. File the bug, that'll make sure the problem doesn't get lost/forgotten. Otherwise, it sounds like you're on the right track. Jo

Re: RFS: Quickppp

2003-10-05 Thread Joe Nahmias
oved since, as implied by your mail, pppconfig is more powerful. If all this is ok with you, I will happily sponsor you. Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/f6/aKl23+OYWEqURAs0xAKDLjrbK2o94PSjsitVii1BzQjkoUACgo/KR 0WDePlsvjAg0FF4pVHtOfHU= =twa9 -END PGP SIGNATURE-

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

2003-10-06 Thread Joe Nahmias
Cory Dodt wrote: > Note to AAP list: can I borrow anyone's web space for temporarily hosting > this package? This will help me get it into Debian that much faster! Have you seen http://mentors.debian.net/ ? It was created for exactly this purpose! Joe Nahmias

Re: RFS 3: arp-sk, a network tool for the ARP protocol

2003-10-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Clément Stenac wrote: > Hello, > > This is my third try to find someone interested in the arp-sk program. > > (http://www.arp-sk.org) > > arp-sk is a tool that lets you create custom ARP packets, with fully > arbitrary fields, and at arbitrary rate. I was interested when you first posted, but I

Re: RFS: qtstalker - stock market charting and technical analysis

2003-10-21 Thread Joe Nahmias
ss, see Matt Palmer's excellent FAQ at: <http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html>. Let me know when you've solved the above and I'll take another look. Joe Nahmias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lM5lKl23+OYWEqURAhHqAKCGp3a0AguVWysc1xRYfO99nbxz/wCgsWhu iG1DteT4X6xY1nIOAZ7V5Ng= =qa5L -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: RFS: libogg-vorbis-header-perl

2003-10-31 Thread Joe Nahmias
Amit Shah wrote: > lintian complains about > > W: libogg-vorbis-header-perl: > package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 > usr/lib/perl5/Ogg/Vorbis/Header.pm > > but as Branden O'Dea mentioned[1], lintian is wrong in this case. In that case you should use a lintian override; see section

Re: dependency question

2004-01-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
Al Stone wrote: > The packages themselves are tools that run in > user-space, collecting and analyzing performance > data from a kernel module that must be loaded. Why not create a shell script wrapper around the tool(s) that checks that the module is loaded, or tries to load it if missing? If th

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

2004-02-08 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Florian, Florian Effenberger wrote: > I've been working with Debian for three years now and consider myself to be > very experienced regarding the system. I maintain several servers and > routers and even support datacenters using Debian systems. I've written down > about 100 pages of docume

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

2004-02-08 Thread Joe Nahmias
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > From your intro it looks like you could assist with the documentation > projects. Perhaps with the new installer docs? We always need more and > better documentation. Agreed. I would recommend that Florian subscribe to the debian-boot mailing list and see what you

Re: Help with my program

2004-02-12 Thread Joe Nahmias
Nico Golde wrote: > I am surprised because i saw programs with an automatic created debian > manpage or without a manpage. If you find a program in Debian without a manpage, please file a bug (severity normal) against the package that provides it. --Joe

Re: Need a Sponsor to upload #157749 - WNPP - 2vcard

2004-02-22 Thread Joe Nahmias
Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:04:52PM +0100, Arvind Autar wrote: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=157749 > > Go and retitle the bug and set the submitter to yourself as is standard > operating procedure for RFPs. > > $ mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > retitle 157749

Re: Need a Sponsor to upload #157749 - WNPP - 2vcard

2004-02-22 Thread Joe Nahmias
Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:13:24PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > submitter 157749 ! > > NO. Don't change the submitter. Instead, do: > > owner ! > > > > This way, the original submitter will get mail when the bug is closed > >

Re: Packaging for Sid on the Debian machines?

2004-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
J> I'm trying to compile and pack on different architectures, but > after my first attempt I realized > that all Debian hosts are running Woody, not Sid. This is a good thing -- Think security updates ;-) > Question: how and where do I build for Sid? > Has '+chroots' anything to do with it? > >

Re: Packaging for Sid on the Debian machines?

2004-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
Thorsten Sauter wrote: > * Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-10 19:08]: > | (base)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dchroot sid > | (unstable)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version > > ^ > > how do you do this? I have also tried something like this, but wit

Re: RFS: netdump -- Dump kernel crash information over the network

2004-07-14 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chirag, On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:23:14PM +0530, Chirag Kantharia wrote: > Hi! > > I've uploaded netdump package to mentors.debian.net and am seeking for > a sponsor for this package. I took a look at your package, a few issues: 0) For some reason you decided to build this as a debian-sp

Re: Packaging MAME

2004-08-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chris, On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:08:27PM +0100, Chris Jefferson wrote: > I'm currently trying to package MAME, but thought that I would also look > for a sponsor, as I wasn't sure if it might be difficult for a > contraversal package. Emulation in general is not *that* controversial -- I

Re: RFS: dmalloc

2004-08-31 Thread Joe Nahmias
Luk, On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:59:35PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I am looking for a sponsor for the 'dmalloc' package. Here is the > relevant information. > > Source package is available on mentors.debian.net, my current sponsor > hasn

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Hubert, On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:32:50AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > > way to do this? > > dpkg --print-architecture. Actually, I think the more p

Re: RFS: netdump -- Dump kernel crash information over the network

2004-07-14 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chirag, On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:23:14PM +0530, Chirag Kantharia wrote: > Hi! > > I've uploaded netdump package to mentors.debian.net and am seeking for > a sponsor for this package. I took a look at your package, a few issues: 0) For some reason you decided to build this as a debian-sp

Re: Packaging MAME

2004-08-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chris, On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:08:27PM +0100, Chris Jefferson wrote: > I'm currently trying to package MAME, but thought that I would also look > for a sponsor, as I wasn't sure if it might be difficult for a > contraversal package. Emulation in general is not *that* controversial -- I

Re: RFS: dmalloc

2004-08-31 Thread Joe Nahmias
Luk, On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:59:35PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > I am looking for a sponsor for the 'dmalloc' package. Here is the > relevant information. > > Source package is available on mentors.debian.net, my current sponsor > hasn

Re: architecture detection

2004-09-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Hubert, On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 09:32:50AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 07:25:45PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I am compiling under. What is the suggested/easiest/best/proper/Debian > > way to do this? > > dpkg --print-architecture. Actually, I think the more p

Looking for testers / sponsor for new package FCE Ultra (fceu)

2002-11-18 Thread Joe Nahmias
for your help! Joe Nahmias first-time Debian packager [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Please cc me on replies as I am not subscribed to the list. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92VkPKl23+OYWEqURAqljAJwJX1XPL/20L59a1RekLRpSYXRtWgCfc6sF Ld/pfo9IiscAyLKAI7UWBao= =3KZY

RFS: fceu - FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Nahmias
of FCE Ultra, for use in the linux console. fceu-doc - The documentation common to both. Version: 0.81 Homepage: http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ Source & 1386 debs: http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian/ Thanks, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - I have not applied to the NM process yet,

RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-12-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
common to both. Version: 0.81 Homepage: http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ ITP: Bug #160810 -- http://bugs.debian.org/160810 Source & i386 debs: http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian/ Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0), zlib1g-dev, svgalibg1-dev, libsdl1.2-dev Thanks, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PR

Re: RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit)NES

2002-12-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sean, Matthew, and anyone else who wants to test the package: You will have to download debs from the URL posted and then install them manually, since I don't know how to set up a file structure suitable to be an apt source (anyone care to enlighten m

Re: RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit)NES

2002-12-11 Thread Joe Nahmias
day 10 Dec 2002 20:20, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > Sean, Matthew, and anyone else who wants to test the package: > > > > You will have to download debs from the URL posted and then install them > > manually, since I don't know how to set up a file structure suitable to be &

Re: fceu sponsorship

2002-12-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Sam, > Does this mean apt-get -b source must be run with root equivilency in > order to pass dh_testroot? I have the following line in my /etc/apt/apt.conf: DPkg::Build-Options "-rfakeroot -b -uc"; This should configure apt-get -b source to create unsigned binary packages as a normal user (provi

Help! fceu FTBFS on many archs

2002-12-30 Thread Joe Nahmias
dwarp) What are the pros/cons of each of these methods? Is there another generally accepted solution to this problem that I haven't found? Thanks for your input! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Here is the relevant snippet from one of the buildd logs that failed: ** U

Re: Help! fceu FTBFS on many archs

2003-01-06 Thread Joe Nahmias
If you would like to try for yourself, add the following to sources.list: deb-src http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian / Thanks for your help! Joe Nahmias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mathwar - Orphaned Package

2003-01-28 Thread Joe Nahmias
ewbie guide to sort of adopting an orphaned > packages :0? See, for example, <http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/>, especially the information at the end. Hope this helps! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/L

Re: need help with bug #178837 (automake)

2003-02-03 Thread Joe Nahmias
> from debian/rules, or configure ? > > I'd use something like this: > > CFLAGS = "-O2 -Wall" > if > CFLAGS += "-mieee" > endif A reasonable incantation to do this in the makefile is: ifneq (,$(findstring alpha, $(shell /usr/bin/dpkg-architecture -

Re: manpages to different packages

2003-02-19 Thread Joe Nahmias
file to list all the manpages to be installed for a particular package. This is helpful if a package has more than one manpage. See dh_installman(1) for more info. Hope this helps! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Lin

RFS: festalon - an NSF music file player

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Nahmias
r this package (#183341) and am cc-ing the BTS. Thanks in advance for your sponsorship! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe PS - There are plenty of NSFs available to download on the net...they're not that hard to find if you search a bit... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux

RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
need to do is sponsor the person who has already done the work -- a win/win for all. Comments? Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe PS - Please forgive me if this has been raised/discussed/beaten to death...I didn't find anything in the archives... PPS - Let's keep the discussion on -mentors, that's

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-09 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:03:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > > > For Sponsorship? > > > Comments? &g

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Colin, > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:04:35PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > I just had a brainstorm about the sponsorship process that I wanted to > > share for comment. > > > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp pa

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
Colin, Does this mean that I have convinced you as to the merits of this proposal (ie. using WNPP for sponsorship requests)? > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:30:28PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > 3) Time-to-market: I believe the BTS-admins can implement this (better) > > solution in a

RFS: moon-lander: An SDL game based on the classic moon lander

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
of upstream's borked makefile for Debian. -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:18:18 -0500 Build-Depends are: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libsdl1.2-dev (>= 1.2.2-3.1), libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, libsdl-image1.2-dev, sharutils. Package (source and i386 binary for sarge) is

Re: I'd like to help out - where should I start?

2003-03-12 Thread Joe Nahmias
t! :-) That should get you started. > Thanks in advance, No, thank YOU in advance for your future contributions! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+b//rKl23+OYWEqURAu/QAJ9syCLUhiP2tnwYqTa6znn78No0TACfefrD pM5aZCSOI++tyZAdy3kHubs= =H

spam in the BTS

2003-03-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello mentors, quick question: Where is the proper place to report spam in the BTS (bug #137152, to be specific)? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? file a bug? Thanks! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: moon-lander: An SDL game based on the classic moon lander

2003-03-26 Thread Joe Nahmias
r (1:1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low * XPM files are text -- No need to uu{en,de}code. Thanks Roger Ward! - debian/control: Build-deps -= sharutils. - debian/rules: remove references to uudecode. -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:21:10 -0500 moon-lander (1

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
hine, only developers have access to the archive. Moderated : no Subscription: developers only So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^ ^^ Hope this answers your question! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.27.2151 +0100]: > > So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > looking at the mails in the archive, [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to > suffice. If you say so. I'm not a DD yet

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:51:52PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >^^^ ^^ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an alias for that. Those with accounts can see > /etc

Re: beginner's brief how to

2003-08-19 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eric Winger wrote: > Anyway, if anyone thinks it might be of value, or wants to read and > improve on it, let me know. I'd be happy to attach it. I'd be interested to read this. Thanks, Joe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Li

Re: creating your own debian package repository

2003-08-20 Thread Joe Nahmias
Eric Winger wrote: > So, two questions: > > * Is this a reasonable way to maintain our internal packages - ie a > seperate archive? Or is there a better way. Yes. > * If this is the most reasonable way, where is the information on > building/maintaining your own archive. You need to create a rep

RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-03 Thread Joe Nahmias
y=low * XPM files are text -- No need to uu{en,de}code. Thanks Roger Ward! - debian/control: Build-deps -= sharutils. - debian/rules: remove references to uudecode. * debian/control(Std-Ver): 3.6.1.0 -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 1 Sep 2003 00:38:29 -0400

Re: RFS: moon-lander

2003-09-04 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Geert Stappers wrote: > Now I get it. It is the "-vversion" that I learned. > > For moon-lander it would be > fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -v1:0.9.0-6 -uc -us Now that we've figured out the usage of the -v option, will someone please use it and uplo

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

2003-09-04 Thread Joe Nahmias
lp ;-), I would suggest adding the IRC channels #debian-mentors and #debian-devel. Thanks again! Joe Nahmias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/V1DaKl23+OYWEqURAloEAJ9BpH4IYCvo/rNhr3knY00wXA+kpgCfWS5o FqbfQ63OvNtCrprK5U8npiE= =2tWS -END PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: copyright guidance

2003-09-09 Thread Joe Nahmias
; they should be able to give you more specific advice. > More than anything else I want to be sure I don't screw things up by > doing nothing. File the bug, that'll make sure the problem doesn't get lost/forgotten. Otherwise, it sounds like you're on the right track. Jo

Re: RFS: Quickppp

2003-10-04 Thread Joe Nahmias
oved since, as implied by your mail, pppconfig is more powerful. If all this is ok with you, I will happily sponsor you. Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/f6/aKl23+OYWEqURAs0xAKDLjrbK2o94PSjsitVii1BzQjkoUACgo/KR 0WDePlsvjAg0FF4pVH

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

2003-10-06 Thread Joe Nahmias
Cory Dodt wrote: > Note to AAP list: can I borrow anyone's web space for temporarily hosting > this package? This will help me get it into Debian that much faster! Have you seen http://mentors.debian.net/ ? It was created for exactly this purpose! Joe Nahmias -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: RFS 3: arp-sk, a network tool for the ARP protocol

2003-10-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Clément Stenac wrote: > Hello, > > This is my third try to find someone interested in the arp-sk program. > > (http://www.arp-sk.org) > > arp-sk is a tool that lets you create custom ARP packets, with fully > arbitrary fields, and at arbitrary rate. I was interested when you first posted, but I

Re: RFS: qtstalker - stock market charting and technical analysis

2003-10-20 Thread Joe Nahmias
ss, see Matt Palmer's excellent FAQ at: <http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html>. Let me know when you've solved the above and I'll take another look. Joe Nahmias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lM5lKl23+OYWEqURAhHqAKC

Re: RFS: libogg-vorbis-header-perl

2003-10-31 Thread Joe Nahmias
Amit Shah wrote: > lintian complains about > > W: libogg-vorbis-header-perl: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5 > usr/lib/perl5/Ogg/Vorbis/Header.pm > > but as Branden O'Dea mentioned[1], lintian is wrong in this case. In that case you should use a lintian override; see section 2.

Re: dependency question

2004-01-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
Al Stone wrote: > The packages themselves are tools that run in > user-space, collecting and analyzing performance > data from a kernel module that must be loaded. Why not create a shell script wrapper around the tool(s) that checks that the module is loaded, or tries to load it if missing? If th

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

2004-02-08 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Florian, Florian Effenberger wrote: > I've been working with Debian for three years now and consider myself to be > very experienced regarding the system. I maintain several servers and > routers and even support datacenters using Debian systems. I've written down > about 100 pages of docume

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

2004-02-08 Thread Joe Nahmias
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > From your intro it looks like you could assist with the documentation > projects. Perhaps with the new installer docs? We always need more and > better documentation. Agreed. I would recommend that Florian subscribe to the debian-boot mailing list and see what you

Re: Help with my program

2004-02-11 Thread Joe Nahmias
Nico Golde wrote: > I am surprised because i saw programs with an automatic created debian > manpage or without a manpage. If you find a program in Debian without a manpage, please file a bug (severity normal) against the package that provides it. --Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Need a Sponsor to upload #157749 - WNPP - 2vcard

2004-02-22 Thread Joe Nahmias
Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 09:04:52PM +0100, Arvind Autar wrote: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=157749 > > Go and retitle the bug and set the submitter to yourself as is standard > operating procedure for RFPs. > > $ mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > retitle 157749

Re: Need a Sponsor to upload #157749 - WNPP - 2vcard

2004-02-22 Thread Joe Nahmias
Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:13:24PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > submitter 157749 ! > > NO. Don't change the submitter. Instead, do: > > owner ! > > > > This way, the original submitter will get mail when the bug is closed > >

Re: Packaging for Sid on the Debian machines?

2004-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
J> I'm trying to compile and pack on different architectures, but > after my first attempt I realized > that all Debian hosts are running Woody, not Sid. This is a good thing -- Think security updates ;-) > Question: how and where do I build for Sid? > Has '+chroots' anything to do with it? > >

Re: Packaging for Sid on the Debian machines?

2004-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
Thorsten Sauter wrote: > * Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-10 19:08]: > | (base)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dchroot sid > | (unstable)[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/debian_version > > ^ > > how do you do this? I have also tried something like this, but wit

Help!! Can't sign package: secret key not available

2002-09-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello list, I am trying to package FCE Ultra (bug #160810), however when I come to the crucial `dpkg-buildpackage` step, I get the following error message: gpg: skipped 'Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>': secret key not available However I am able to see my secret key

Re: Help!! Can't sign package: secret key not available

2002-09-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
> * Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-13 18:34]: > > gpg: skipped 'Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>': secret key not available > > > > However I am able to see my secret key when I issue the command > > `gpg --list-secret-keys`, and I am

Re: Help!! Can't sign package: secret key not available

2002-09-14 Thread Joe Nahmias
unable to... Should I file a bug against dpkg?? Anyways, thanks to everyone who responded to my pleas for help! Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/src/fceu-0.81 $ dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Maintainer: //p' Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/loc

Looking for testers / sponsor for new package FCE Ultra (fceu)

2002-11-18 Thread Joe Nahmias
. Thanks for your help! Joe Nahmias first-time Debian packager [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Please cc me on replies as I am not subscribed to the list. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE92VkPKl23+OYWEqURAqljAJwJX1XPL/20L59a1RekLRpSYXRtWgCfc6sF Ld/pfo9IiscAyLKAI7UWBao

RFS: fceu - FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-11-26 Thread Joe Nahmias
of FCE Ultra, for use in the linux console. fceu-doc - The documentation common to both. Version: 0.81 Homepage: http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ Source & 1386 debs: http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian/ Thanks, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - I have not applied to the NM process yet,

RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-12-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
common to both. Version: 0.81 Homepage: http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/ ITP: Bug #160810 -- http://bugs.debian.org/160810 Source & i386 debs: http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian/ Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0), zlib1g-dev, svgalibg1-dev, libsdl1.2-dev Thanks, Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PR

Re: RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-12-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sean, Matthew, and anyone else who wants to test the package: You will have to download debs from the URL posted and then install them manually, since I don't know how to set up a file structure suitable to be an apt source (anyone care to enlighten m

Re: RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-12-11 Thread Joe Nahmias
day 10 Dec 2002 20:20, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > Sean, Matthew, and anyone else who wants to test the package: > > > > You will have to download debs from the URL posted and then install them > > manually, since I don't know how to set up a file structure suitable to be &

Re: fceu sponsorship

2002-12-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Sam, > Does this mean apt-get -b source must be run with root equivilency in > order to pass dh_testroot? I have the following line in my /etc/apt/apt.conf: DPkg::Build-Options "-rfakeroot -b -uc"; This should configure apt-get -b source to create unsigned binary packages as a normal user (provi

Help! fceu FTBFS on many archs

2002-12-30 Thread Joe Nahmias
lib-dummyg1'. (eg. acidwarp) What are the pros/cons of each of these methods? Is there another generally accepted solution to this problem that I haven't found? Thanks for your input! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Here is the relevant snippet from one of the build

Re: Help! fceu FTBFS on many archs

2003-01-06 Thread Joe Nahmias
If you would like to try for yourself, add the following to sources.list: deb-src http://www.cooper.edu/~nahmia/debian / Thanks for your help! Joe Nahmias

Re: Mathwar - Orphaned Package

2003-01-28 Thread Joe Nahmias
ewbie guide to sort of adopting an orphaned > packages :0? See, for example, <http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/>, especially the information at the end. Hope this helps! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/L

Re: need help with bug #178837 (automake)

2003-02-03 Thread Joe Nahmias
y > > from debian/rules, or configure ? > > I'd use something like this: > > CFLAGS = "-O2 -Wall" > if > CFLAGS += "-mieee" > endif A reasonable incantation to do this in the makefile is: ifneq (,$(findstring alpha, $(shell /usr/bin/dpkg-architec

Re: manpages to different packages

2003-02-19 Thread Joe Nahmias
file to list all the manpages to be installed for a particular package. This is helpful if a package has more than one manpage. See dh_installman(1) for more info. Hope this helps! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Lin

RFS: festalon - an NSF music file player

2003-03-05 Thread Joe Nahmias
r this package (#183341) and am cc-ing the BTS. Thanks in advance for your sponsorship! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe PS - There are plenty of NSFs available to download on the net...they're not that hard to find if you search a bit... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux

RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-07 Thread Joe Nahmias
need to do is sponsor the person who has already done the work -- a win/win for all. Comments? Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe PS - Please forgive me if this has been raised/discussed/beaten to death...I didn't find anything in the archives... PPS - Let's keep the discussion on -mentors, that's

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-09 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:03:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp package 'RFS' = Ready/Request > > > For Sponsorship? > > > Comments? &g

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Colin, > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:04:35PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > I just had a brainstorm about the sponsorship process that I wanted to > > share for comment. > > > > What if we add a new type to the wnpp pa

Re: RFC: Merging sponsoring system with wnpp

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
Colin, Does this mean that I have convinced you as to the merits of this proposal (ie. using WNPP for sponsorship requests)? > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 12:30:28PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > 3) Time-to-market: I believe the BTS-admins can implement this (better) > > solution in a

RFS: moon-lander: An SDL game based on the classic moon lander

2003-03-10 Thread Joe Nahmias
of upstream's borked makefile for Debian. -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:18:18 -0500 Build-Depends are: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libsdl1.2-dev (>= 1.2.2-3.1), libsdl-mixer1.2-dev, libsdl-image1.2-dev, sharutils. Package (source and i386 binary for sarge) is

Re: I'd like to help out - where should I start?

2003-03-12 Thread Joe Nahmias
t! :-) That should get you started. > Thanks in advance, No, thank YOU in advance for your future contributions! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+b//rKl23+OYWEqURAu/QAJ9syCLUhiP2tnwYqTa6znn78No0TACfefrD pM5aZCSOI++tyZAdy3kHubs= =HIES -END PGP SIGNATURE-

spam in the BTS

2003-03-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello mentors, quick question: Where is the proper place to report spam in the BTS (bug #137152, to be specific)? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? file a bug? Thanks! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe

Re: RFS: moon-lander: An SDL game based on the classic moon lander

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
r (1:1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low * XPM files are text -- No need to uu{en,de}code. Thanks Roger Ward! - debian/control: Build-deps -= sharutils. - debian/rules: remove references to uudecode. -- Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:21:10 -0500 moon-lander (1

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
hine, only developers have access to the archive. Moderated : no Subscription: developers only So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^ ^^ Hope this answers your question! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE---

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.27.2151 +0100]: > > So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > looking at the mails in the archive, [EMAIL PROTECTED] seems to > suffice. If you say so. I'm not a DD yet

Re: debian-email@lists.debian.org

2003-03-27 Thread Joe Nahmias
Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 03:51:52PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > So you would cc such emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >^^^ ^^ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an alias for that. Those with accounts can see > /etc

Re: Initial Contact

2003-04-14 Thread Joe Nahmias
Fielder George Dowding wrote: > I will sign up for the d-mentors list. I will lurk until I > understand what my next step is. Also, you should peruse the list archives[0]. At lot of the same issues seems to come up with frightening regularity! Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe [0

Re: Lame Makefile problem

2003-04-15 Thread Joe Nahmias
27;s just a matter of making sure that upstream's makefile doesn't stomp on CFLAGS unnecessarily (ie. they should use += instead of := or = ). Joe Nahmias, DD wannabe

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