Re: DD Process

2003-11-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Adam Kessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm wondering if I should just sit tight and wait for a response, or if > it's a good idea to send a note to see if I'm lost in the stack or if > there's some problem with my application. I realize everyone is busy, so > I'm just wondering if there's anythi

Re: New Package (need final help)

2004-01-16 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alternatively, how do I create the Packages.gz file found on archive > sites, so people can apt-get from my server instead of downloading > manually? I've done this previously like this: 1. Create .override file into your package directory 2. In the package direct

Re: RFS: pdfmerge

2004-03-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Philipp Gortan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the question is: If I am a non-professional user and i wanted > to merge a bunch of pdf files, would I know what to look for in > dselect? killer ~ % apt-cache search merge pdf pdftk - A useful tool for manipulating PDF documents -- * Sufficie

Re: Should I recommend "less" if I use it in some scripts?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Should every little "ordinary" thing like less be included in my > Recommends? It's surely not germane to the package, but if it's not > there, these little scripts will break. If your package needs something that is not Essential you must declare a Depe

Re: Should I always clean in debian/rules before making binary?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > frank, can i beg you to doublecheck the way your last name is encoded in > your email client? it corrupts the screen state in pine EVERY time i get > one of your email messages... mutt doesn't get corrupted, but it shows me > a big fat questionmark inst

Re: Should I always clean in debian/rules before making binary?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I see it, it is > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frank_K=FCster?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, that's how I see it as well. My previous reply was based on the fact that my Gnus surprised me by showing the From-field correctly, if it is encoded, but NOT showing To, C

Re: expired key

2004-03-24 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you have to collect new signings. And even then it will take a while before your key actually gets installed into the keyring. -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology (T.P) * * PGP public key available @ http://www

Re: Closing bugs.

2004-04-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This led to non-closed bugs which are fixed in fact. > What now? Should I close those bugs manually, or is it correct way to > upload another version (1.1-3) including changelogs from 1.1-1 to 1.1-3? Just use the control interface to BTS to cl

Re: Closing bugs.

2004-04-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This led to non-closed bugs which are fixed in fact. > What now? Should I close those bugs manually, or is it correct way to > upload another version (1.1-3) including changelogs from 1.1-1 to 1.1-3? Just use the control interface to BTS to cl

Looking for sponsor - lib-gnu.regexp-java takeover

2003-02-02 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho is trying to get rid of maintaining certain packages and one of these is lib-gnu.regexp-java. I have already agreed with him and Lars Wirzenius to take over ispell-fi with Lars as my sponsor until my developer application goes through (Lars is also my advocate), but Lars is n

(Still) looking for sponsor - JSPWiki

2003-03-02 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
I'm still looking for a sponsor who would be willing to go through a slightly complex WikiWiki package called JSPWiki, which is actually a Tomcat-compliant webapp (packaging is done so that it runs with Tomcat4 out of the box, the application itself runs with any Servlet 2.2 -compliant web server).

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

2003-03-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to me that they just don't care at all about Debian. I really > wonder _how_ they build their debs. I mean: A binary package which has a > "Build-depends" field - wouldn't dpkg-buildpackage give an error message > on this? What makes you think t

Re: Closing bugs in unreleased packages?

2003-03-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > The released version of Debian is 'stable. Why are bug reports closed > against 'sid'? Shouldn't bug reports be closed only in released > versions of Debian? What am I missing? Requesting education. Actually I've marked two bugs in one of my packages as

Re: Installing writable configuration files for an Apache module.

2003-03-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Currently I create a directory '/var/lib/mod-virgule' and place > them there. However I do there could be a better location to use > and I'm open to suggestions. Are the files purely written by Apache or are they configuration files? If the latter, the

Re: Should I sign up for New Maintainer even though I don't have an advodcate?

2003-04-04 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
"B. Douglas Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree. Thus the real answer to my query. This makes it very hard > to apply because you need an advocate before you even apply, so nobody > even knows you are alive. It would be nice if there was a pre-applicant Well, basically you need to someho

Re: problems with upstream authors and the naming of perl modules

2003-05-30 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
José Luis Tallón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It would probably be easier for th users if the name-mangling yielded > "libperl-curl-easy" or "libperl-www-curl" instead of the current one... > > ...any reasons for doing it otherwise i have overlooked ? Debian Perl Policy is quite specific: Foo::B

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-07-14 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Might it be possible to replace the single-point-of-failure DAM with a > Peer Review system? I.e., some DDs (the existing AMs?) are tasked with It would still require DAM action to actually create the account. -- * There is no sweeter sound than

Re: DD Process

2003-11-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Adam Kessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm wondering if I should just sit tight and wait for a response, or if > it's a good idea to send a note to see if I'm lost in the stack or if > there's some problem with my application. I realize everyone is busy, so > I'm just wondering if there's anythi

Re: New Package (need final help)

2004-01-16 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alternatively, how do I create the Packages.gz file found on archive > sites, so people can apt-get from my server instead of downloading > manually? I've done this previously like this: 1. Create .override file into your package directory 2. In the package direct

Re: RFS: pdfmerge

2004-03-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Philipp Gortan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the question is: If I am a non-professional user and i wanted > to merge a bunch of pdf files, would I know what to look for in > dselect? killer ~ % apt-cache search merge pdf pdftk - A useful tool for manipulating PDF documents -- * Sufficie

Re: Should I recommend "less" if I use it in some scripts?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Number Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Should every little "ordinary" thing like less be included in my > Recommends? It's surely not germane to the package, but if it's not > there, these little scripts will break. If your package needs something that is not Essential you must declare a Depe

Re: Should I always clean in debian/rules before making binary?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > frank, can i beg you to doublecheck the way your last name is encoded in > your email client? it corrupts the screen state in pine EVERY time i get > one of your email messages... mutt doesn't get corrupted, but it shows me > a big fat questionmark inst

Re: Should I always clean in debian/rules before making binary?

2004-03-22 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As I see it, it is > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frank_K=FCster?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, that's how I see it as well. My previous reply was based on the fact that my Gnus surprised me by showing the From-field correctly, if it is encoded, but NOT showing To, C

Re: expired key

2004-03-24 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you have to collect new signings. And even then it will take a while before your key actually gets installed into the keyring. -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology (T.P) * * PGP public key available @ http://www

Looking for sponsor - lib-gnu.regexp-java takeover

2003-02-02 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho is trying to get rid of maintaining certain packages and one of these is lib-gnu.regexp-java. I have already agreed with him and Lars Wirzenius to take over ispell-fi with Lars as my sponsor until my developer application goes through (Lars is also my advocate), but Lars is n

(Still) looking for sponsor - JSPWiki

2003-03-02 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
I'm still looking for a sponsor who would be willing to go through a slightly complex WikiWiki package called JSPWiki, which is actually a Tomcat-compliant webapp (packaging is done so that it runs with Tomcat4 out of the box, the application itself runs with any Servlet 2.2 -compliant web server).

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

2003-03-03 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to me that they just don't care at all about Debian. I really > wonder _how_ they build their debs. I mean: A binary package which has a > "Build-depends" field - wouldn't dpkg-buildpackage give an error message > on this? What makes you think t

Re: Closing bugs in unreleased packages?

2003-03-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > The released version of Debian is 'stable. Why are bug reports closed > against 'sid'? Shouldn't bug reports be closed only in released > versions of Debian? What am I missing? Requesting education. Actually I've marked two bugs in one of my packages as

Re: Installing writable configuration files for an Apache module.

2003-03-15 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Currently I create a directory '/var/lib/mod-virgule' and place > them there. However I do there could be a better location to use > and I'm open to suggestions. Are the files purely written by Apache or are they configuration files? If the latter, the

Re: Should I sign up for New Maintainer even though I don't have an advodcate?

2003-04-04 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
"B. Douglas Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree. Thus the real answer to my query. This makes it very hard > to apply because you need an advocate before you even apply, so nobody > even knows you are alive. It would be nice if there was a pre-applicant Well, basically you need to someho

Re: problems with upstream authors and the naming of perl modules

2003-05-29 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
José Luis Tallón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It would probably be easier for th users if the name-mangling yielded > "libperl-curl-easy" or "libperl-www-curl" instead of the current one... > > ...any reasons for doing it otherwise i have overlooked ? Debian Perl Policy is quite specific: Foo::B

Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done

2003-07-14 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Might it be possible to replace the single-point-of-failure DAM with a > Peer Review system? I.e., some DDs (the existing AMs?) are tasked with It would still require DAM action to actually create the account. -- * There is no sweeter sound than