Re: warning: menu-command-not-in-package

2004-12-13 Thread Matt Brubeck
Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 02:32:47PM -0800, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > Justin Pryzby wrote: > > > > > #!/bin/sh -e > > > exec x-terminal-emulator -e /usr/lib/yadex/... > > One small downside to this idea is that it is not the expected

Re: [Fwd: Bug#296258: freemind: Integration into GNOME/KDE]

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Brubeck
Eric Lavarde wrote: > I got the below bug report, and I'm a bit hesitating: on one side I > understand the wish from the requester, and it would be a useful > extension of the package; on the other hand, I already use > update-menus and update-mime to manipulate exactly the same kind of > informat

Re: Is it tolerated to have compiled libraries in a package?

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Brubeck
Eric Lavarde wrote: > the new version of FreeMind is coming with a whole lot of pre-compiled > libraries (jar files to be precise). Some of these libraries already > exist in Debian, so fine; one isn't free but I can do without, so > acceptable (it's the online help, so it's not so nice, but well)

Re: [Fwd: Bug#296258: freemind: Integration into GNOME/KDE]

2005-02-23 Thread Matt Brubeck
Eric Lavarde wrote: > One question though: from the man page, dh_desktop takes only care of > update-desktop-database, not of update-mime-database!? Apparently this is now handled by dh_installmime: debhelper (4.2.30) unstable; urgency=low * dh_installmime: Patch from Loïc Minier to add suppo

Re: Help about license

2005-02-28 Thread Matt Brubeck
Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > When there is a program that only says "(c) GNU Copyleft", what do I > put on debian/copyright file, at section "License:"? You should contact the author(s) of the program and ask them to clarify this by placing the program under an actual license. Without a defini

Re: RFS: kdiff3 - compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories

2005-03-06 Thread Matt Brubeck
martin f krafft wrote: > > For merging two files (A and B), it opens a third plane where you > > can adopt version A or B for every differing part of the file. > > You'll find screenshots here: http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ > > Nice. Do people know about something like this for the console, or, i

Re: Program without source code

2005-03-15 Thread Matt Brubeck
Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Is it allowed to release a package that don't have the source codes > available? > For example, program XYZ just have a binary of it, but no source code. The program can't become a part of Debian, because it is not free software (see

new Audacity packages

2004-03-13 Thread Matt Brubeck
I am one of the upstream authors of Audacity (a free cross-platform sound editor). Another upstream author, Josh Haberman, is the current Debian maintainer of audacity. Josh is no longer as active in Debian as he used to be, and is planning to sponsor me as a new maintainer for audacity. I have

Re: new Audacity packages

2004-03-15 Thread Matt Brubeck
Matt Brubeck wrote: > I have prepared Debian packages for the new upstream version 1.2.0: > > http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~mbrubeck/debian/ Note: These are also available now from <http://mentors.debian.net/> (package "audacity"). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Where shoud I put my public key?

2004-03-15 Thread Matt Brubeck
Number Six wrote: > Where would be the most useful place to upload the Public Key I use to > sign the .dsc and .changes files with? One useful place is the public keyserver network. You can upload your key by using a command like: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key [EMAIL PROTECTED] See

Character encoding (was: Should I always clean...)

2004-03-22 Thread Matt Brubeck
elijah wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > alternatively, can someone suggest a solution to the screen > corruption? i think what might be happening is that the letter in > question is taking two cells on the screen instead of the ONE that > it should take up... It sounds like Pine is sending

Re: Development packages.

2004-03-22 Thread Matt Brubeck
Stephen Frost wrote: > We shouldn't be shipping or using static libraries. Why not? I know we shouldn't be linking to static libraries in our packaged software, but having the static libraries available is important for some end-users and local administrators. Debian Policy section 8.3 says,

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