Re: your mail

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 07:28:42PM -0500, Jake Spieker wrote: > I would like to do something small if possible, and as I understand > it, there is a way so that I can help someone? I don't think I have > the ability to do a package on my own. Other thoughts? You could act as a co-maintainer of a p

Re: your mail

On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 08:11:03PM -0500, Jake Spieker wrote: > Does anybody know of any small packages that may not require too much > programming/scripting skill? Any body want any help with something? I > don't have whole lot of time, nor do I have the resources to try a > package on a different

Re: How to : convinience package (or virtual package)

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:25:26PM -0800, tifr stud wrote: > We need to know the following. > How to create a virtual or convinience package for debian web site listing. > For example a package called 'kdeedu' contains all the educational packages > like khangman,kalzium etc. > What they have done

Re: About creating .deb packages

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:58:09PM -0800, TIFR students wrote: > We would like to know which files are absolutely necessary for creating > .deb package (assuming u have all the source files needed). Depends on how you want to create the .deb. Bare minimum is ar, tar, gzip, and cp, more or less.

Re: About creating .deb packages

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 08:47:48AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.30.0807 +0100]: > > > We would like to know which files are absolutely necessary for creating > > > .deb package (assuming u have

Re: About creating .deb packages

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 11:15:46AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.31.0058 +0100]: > > Surely there could be an alternate means of specifying the package > > version number, since you're not restricted to using

Re: Looking for sponsor for upload of sitemap 2.6-3

On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 05:50:02PM +0100, Aaron Isotton wrote: > I'm the maitainer of the package sitemap (already in unstable and > testing); I'm looking for a sponsor to upload the new version. What is it, what does it do, etc? You'll usually get more interest from potential sponsors if you pr

Re: RFS: When, Ben Crowell

On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 11:18:19PM +, Ben Crowell wrote: > The software is available here: > http://www.lightandmatter.com/when/when.html > The tarball is capable of building the debian package if you > do a 'make debian', but it requires my own GPG key's password. > If the idea is to have th

Re: About creating .deb packages

On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 03:30:04PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.31.1124 +0100]: > > Aah, well there's the thing -- we're talking absolute minimum > > requirements > > Were we? Yeah, at least I thi

Re: Advice in 3 packages

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 03:13:36AM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Antonio" == Antonio Ognio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Antonio> httplog > Antonio> --- > > Antonio> Main problem I have with this package is it's license: Free > Antonio> Software License. Haven't yet realized if this is a

Re: XOOPS Debian Package

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 05:40:18PM -0600, Erick Vresnev Castellanos Hern?ndez wrote: > W: xoops: extra-license-file usr/share/xoops/docs/COPYING.txt > W: xoops: extra-license-file usr/share/xoops/html/class/mail/phpmailer/LICENSE > W: xoops: possible-bashism-in-maintainer-script postinst:23 > 'p{(

Re: Adopting an orphan

On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: > > package hwtools > Ignoring bugs not assigned to: hwtools This is causing the problem with the 'owner' command -- although the bug refers to the hwtools package, it's actually reported against the "Work Needed and Prospective Packa

Re: help in chages necessary for rules file( creating .deb packages)

On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 07:31:33AM -0600, elijah wright wrote: > > >From: TIFR students <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >We are trying to make .deb packages using > > generally you will probably get more help if you subscribe with your > PERSONAL email accounts and *sign your name* rather than sending

Re: best way to announce important changes

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:00:08AM +0100, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > According to the developer reference (6.3.4) such changes should be > mentioned in the News.Debian file. I think that's not enough, because > if one doesn't change the conf file rsnapshot will not fail, but will > do things (m

Re: #281307

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 09:57:47AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > I'm the current flyspray maintainer ... and I should say I don't know > what to do with that bug [1] > > Upstream, and I agree on the fact that the problem is not flyspray's > fault. Should I close the bug ? or let it live with

Re: Exclude some files from package

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 11:20:28PM -0400, Maykel Moya wrote: > I'm building a program which generates some files under usr/include, > that I don't want inside the package. > > What is the recommended way to exclude those packages from being > packaged ? Remove the files from the tree before runni

Re: Looking for an advocate

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 11:42:44AM +0100, Martin Theiss wrote: > my name is Martin Theiss and I am looking for an advocate who will guide me > through the new maintainer process. http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html You don't ask random people off the street to advocate you.

Re: RFS: bookmarkbridge

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 08:11:42PM +0900, Masami Ichikawa wrote: > browsers. It is aware of X, y and z browsers and bookmark formats. I'm not familiar with those browsers. Are they packaged for Debian? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Looking for an advocate

On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 05:28:21PM +0100, Martin Theiss wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 11:42:44AM +0100, Martin Theiss wrote: > > > my name is Martin Theiss and I am looking for an advocate who will guide > > > me > > > through the new maintainer process. > > > > http://people.debian.org/~mpa

#debian-mentors IRC channel

Just a quick reminder to everyone that there is a #debian-mentors IRC channel on irc.debian.org (the FreeNode network) to complement this mailing list. You can ask for help on any technical problem you might be experiencing relating to Debian packaging or related topics -- pretty much the same top

Re: Looking for an advocate

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:12:19AM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > * Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-23 09:52]: > > For those so versed in the jargon soup that the last sentence did not sound > > strange to > > them, it was supposed to be ironic (despite being factually true). > > yes i

Re: Looking for an advocate

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:46:24PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > Hello Matthew, > > * Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-23 11:04]: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 10:12:19AM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > > > * Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-23 09

Re: fetch souce packages

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 01:58:57AM +0100, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote: > I have a sparc box > I want to recompile some packages only available for x86 to make > packages for sparc. > If I just try to fetch the source package with 'apt-get source > package_name' from the sparc it doesn't wo

Re: RFS: setserial -- Controls configuration of serial ports (2nd try)

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:44:41PM +0200, Jan Zizka wrote: > setserial (2.17-41) unstable; urgency=low > > * Closes: #276667: Czech translation of setserial debconf messages > Already fixed in 2.17-40, just closing bug report. Don't do this. If it isn't fixed in the changes described by th

Re: Open ITP without apparent work on it

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:53:15PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Bug #269329 is an ITP for Open Xchange - the Suse server gone GPL. It's > open since 31 Aug 2004, with a couple of people asking whether the > original submitter is intending to release, but without any actual work > done. > > M

Re: help with package restricted to specific arches

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 06:37:08PM -0500, Richard C Bilson wrote: > I maintan a source package, u++, which builds two packages: u++, which > is arch-specific, and u++-doc, which is arch-indep. The u++ binary > package can only be built on certain Debian architectures. > > The problem is that now

Re: installing files in cgi-bin/ etc/ and tt2/

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 01:28:44PM +1100, Jens Porup wrote: > My problem: in addition to files in lib/, I also want to install a > conffile in etc/, CGI::Application instance scripts in cgi-bin/, and > Template Toolkit templates in tt2/. > > How do I tell my rules script about them, so they don't

Re: reassigning bugs

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 05:54:36PM +0100, Arjan Oosting wrote: > Hi, > > I have packaged gaim-extendedprefs and yesterday I received a bugreport > [1]. After looking at the code in the package, I believe the bug is not > in gaim-extendedprefs but rather an interaction bug between gtk+2.0 and > saw

Updates to d-mentors FAQ

In preference to doing work, I've added an extra section to d-mentors FAQ entitled "For Sponsors". Comments / improvements appreciated. http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Updates to d-mentors FAQ

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 02:28:37PM +0800, Li Daobing wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > >In preference to doing work, I've added an extra section to d-mentors FAQ > >entitled "For Sponsors". Comments / improvements appreciated. > > > >http://people.d

Re: Updates to d-mentors FAQ

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:09:51AM +0200, George Danchev wrote: > On Friday 25 March 2005 07:56, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > In preference to doing work, I've added an extra section to d-mentors FAQ > > entitled "For Sponsors". Comments / improvements appreciated. &g

Re: Updates to d-mentors FAQ

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 09:48:00PM -0400, Bruno Barrera C. wrote: > On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 16:56 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > In preference to doing work, I've added an extra section to d-mentors FAQ > > entitled "For Sponsors". Comments / improveme

Re: what's a sponsor ?

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:21:23PM +0300, George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 31 March 2005 23:08, Florian Ernst wrote: > > Hello *, > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:02:47PM +0200, Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina > wrote: > > > I saw a flow of "RFS:" messages. > > > Does RFS mean Request For Spon

Re: Question about autogenerated data files

Torsten Marek said: > eric (a Python IDE which is built around QScintilla) supports code > completion and tool tips. For that feature to work, it needs API files > which can be autogenerated by some scripts from upstream (one for the > Python builtins & modules, the other one for PyQt APIs). > > I

Re: new debian package

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 05:27:40PM -0400, Albert Huang wrote: > My research group has a project that we believe could be useful to a few > people, and thought about distributing it through the debian > repositories. It seems like it could be a fair amount of trouble for us > to do, though, so I'm

Re: --purge and log/spool files

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 07:17:22PM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Note that there was a relevant thread on -devel around about last > October. Someone complained that their thesis was in /var/log/apache/ Stupidity like that must not go unpunished. It's worse than leaving your pr0n in /tmp and the

Re: How adopt an package ?

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 09:20:26PM -0300, José Carlos do Nascimento wrote: > I would like to adopt zoo package, but how can I do this ? > Just send an email to WNPP ? > What I need to after this ? http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#howto-o (To be added to the FAQ once gluck recovers from it's cur

Re: [off topic comment] Re: RFC: cycle (calendar program for women, written in python)

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:15:12AM +0200, Alexandre wrote: > On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:07:15AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > Apart from the fact that I still need to do a man page > > for cycle, I have a couple of questions: > > I'd advise writing a woman page instead. Dammit, you beat me to i

Re: RFS: drip

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 07:54:45AM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:01:07AM +1000, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > > See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > > and http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control > > and http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-m

Re: upgrading database tables and data

On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 12:29:29PM -0600, David Everly wrote: > Does anyone know of a package that I can look at that has a mechanism to > run a series of certain SQL scripts based on upgrading from a certain > version to a certain version? > > For instance, when upgrading from 1.1-1 to 1.1-2, I w

Re: debian directory included in upstream

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 07:49:08PM +0200, Herv=E9 Cauwelier wrote: > That's my case (well...) and I decided to apply the "Separation of > Concerns" paradigm: software development and packaging are different > matters, so they are worked and versionned separately. > > After a few month of usage, I c

Re: Possibly interested in

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 08:08:34AM +0200, Michael Koch wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:51:17PM -0400, Brett Meadors wrote: > > I am possibly interested in finding a sponsor. I would like to help with > > documentation, or maybe help with PR. I can provide more information if > > necessary. I

Re: RFS: gxine 0.4.4 (source NMU)

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:28:03PM +0100, Darren Salt wrote: > Re. , I've > prepared an NMU of gxine which fixes the RC bug and several other bugs which > are present in 0.4.1. There are a few small packaging changes which shouldn't >

Re: need a sponsor for my parens

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:56:35AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are these message genuine, or some kind of spam? People google for "sponsor" and get the list e-mail address. It's a kind of spam, since they've not done even 10 seconds of research to find out whether we might be interested, b

Re: debian/rules: Moving to debhelper or cdbs

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:16:02AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > I could, but in charity I shall not, point to cases where the > helper packages are used as a crutch, with the developer having no > idea what was going on , and copying rules files around, engaging in > cargo cult progr

Re: file name conflict

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 09:26:43AM -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Cogito is a front-end matched with a back-end called GIT. The upstream > package includes both Cogito and GIT. The GIT back-end wants to install a > manpage called git(1), and the bug is that this conflicts with the manpage >

When to close bugs on old package versions

us versions of a package for bugs to be tracked on. -- ------- #include Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: When to close bugs on old package versions

our will cause other, worse, problems for others, or possibly for other reasons." To my way of thinking, the only part of that description which is definite is 'This bug WON'T be fixed.' The rest looks like examples of usage, not the definitive description of the tag.

Re: lintian and statically link binaries

ly to be tapping into libc for much... -- ----------- #include Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sponsor request

ll check the packages you want inserted into the archive and then upload them on your behalf. But we need to know what you're packaging. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [binary+libs] or [binary] + [libs]

ning the binaries, depending on the shared library package. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: developer vs user wants

rcial products what we want in Debian? Where are these advertisers coming from? The first porn site that gets advertised via debian software probably isn't a long way off if we walk down this path. Package: debian-jr Conflicts: limewire -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: developer vs user wants

On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 01:53:42PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > Package: debian-jr > > Conflicts: limewire > > > > > > Ack! While realizing this is humour, I do feel I have to clear up a bit of a > misconcep

Re: Looking for information about finding sponsors.

fixing. Don't be offended if they ignore you or decline - sponsoring *does* take time (I know, I sponsor a couple of people) and everybody is very busy these days. Perseverence will win through in the end. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To

Re: dealing with dead projects

t for you. Brutal, but there aren't a lot of alternatives. Maybe someone would take it on as a personal interest learning project, but your chances of getting top-quality from that are pretty slim. -- ----------- #include Matthew P

Re: dealing with dead projects

ver folks that they pick up > that code and dust it off. That's probably the best option. The icecast people might keep it going on the idea that if there's good XMMS support, more people are likely to use icecast. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ww

Re: advocate location

have physical contact for is your keysigning. This page may help: http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step2#key_signature -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: Looking for sponsor for: libapache-mod-sqlinclude, hd-dma

f rules. It's a niggly thing, but there's no point leaving them in there. And I think I've ripped your packagin skills to bits enough for one day. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for a Sponsor

st, unfortunately, you got beaten to the punch. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for a Sponsor

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Shiju p. Nair wrote: > Just noticed it. I somehow got false information that its not possible > to ITP a package without first getting a sponsor. So I packaged phpbb and sent Anyone can file a bug; an ITP or RFP is no different in that regard. It's a little haphazard

Re: RFC: Sponsor request convention

On 24 Nov 2002, Rob Bradford wrote: > I think it would be nice to achieve some kind of convention on the > format of messages requesting sponsors for packages. Not a bad idea, on the whole. Feel like writing this up in a webpage somewhere, sort of a "Requesting Sponsorship HOWTO". That way, any

Re: On replacing orphaned packages

modules won't be overly disadvantaged by their disappearance - they weren't getting updates for the module anyway, and it's not as though apt removes packages from your system just because they're no longer in the archive... -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: On replacing orphaned packages

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > As far as I can tell, no modules depend on it - Maybe I am searching for > this the wrong way, but... There's an apt-cache command which shows reverse depends... Aah, there it is, showpkg. Run that over any package, and it'll show you Reverse Depends (am

Re: files in .deb

dpkg If you want to supply a concrete example, I'm happy to discuss specifics on the list. -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: greetings! - PennMUSH debian package

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Titus Barik wrote: > 1. Is the license for PennMUSH okay? If it's standard artistic, then yes. > 2. Is there any interest for such a package? >From the incredibly long list of "Packages of Dubious Interest" (which I can't find now, but which was very funny when

Re: search/get bug database, rc bugs excuses, closing bugs

sing. Good idea. I can't offer any help (free time? what's that? says I) but I can offer a hearty "best of luck!". -- ----------- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- T

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

[This is probably going to sound hypocritical coming from a DD, or excessively harsh, but try and stick with me] On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, B. Douglas Hilton wrote: > I would really like to be a contributing member of Debian, > but it is the chicken and egg thing. I can't help until I > become a member,

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

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, B. Douglas Hilton wrote: > I really could give a ratt's a$$ about a Debian email address, that is > the least of my concerns. Just what I don't need is another email address. Well, that's a start. I was hard on the issue of the e-mail address because it's an easy analogy...

Re: Please have a look at this package

emptive LARTing the way to go on -mentors. Wait until they do stuff up, then whack away. -- ------- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Initial Contact

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, Fielder George Dowding wrote: > Right! Get on with it, eh? I'd say that's a pretty succinct way of putting it! - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MusiXTeX

g in the changelog, that's all well and good, but don't close the bug. Only the maintainer should close bugs. Tag all bugs you've fixed as being fixed. I don't think there's a changelog entry to do that, so it'll be a big message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --

Re: Packages suggestion and "Sponsor needed"

apply to be a DD? As a > thankful and happy Debian user, I would be very glad if I could make it. Yup, if whoever sponsors you advocates for you, you can go through NM just like everyone else. > Sorry for my poor english. Beats my portuguese. -- --- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for sponsor

On 29 Jun 2003, francesco levorato wrote: > I am looking for sponsor for the package minido. Tell us what it is in the e-mail. Saves a bit of time for people who might be interested but don't want to possibly waste the time of checking the app site. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: RFS: pdsh

cations can't fulfill the licence conditions, it isn't free". -- ------- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: postgresql non-interactive install

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:07:00PM +0200, GCS wrote: > I would like to install postgres into a chroot environment, where the > postinst script can't ask for the path where to create the database > directory etc. How can I preset these data (like db_fset), so the > postinst script can get the data

Re: ADOPT THE ORPHAN PACKAGE ZED

On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:45:55PM +0200, Sergio Suarez wrote: > Hi Im new in debian develop and want adopt the orphan package zed, I = > need a sponsor Do you have anything to sponsor? It's all well and good to say "I want a sponsor", but unless you've got something to show us, it's unlikely any

Re: RFS agrep

On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:48:28PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > > Huh? This package is *not* part of Debian. > > A little bit more information would be appreciated. Well, you just failed Debian Philosophy 101. Hint: non-free is not part of Debian, it merely uses Debian's infrastructure. - Matt

Re: RFS agrep

On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 03:54:32PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 02:48:28PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote: > > > > Huh? This package is *not* part of Debian. > > > > > > A little bit more information would be appreciated. > > > > Well, you just failed Debian Philosophy 101. > > > >

Re: ADOPT THE ORPHAN PACKAGE ZED

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 06:58:06AM +1000, An?bal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 21:45 +0200, Sergio Suarez wrote: > > Hi Im new in debian develop and want adopt the orphan package zed, I = > > need a sponsor > > > > Package name: zed > > Package description: Powerful, multipurpo

Re: Upstream web

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 02:15:53AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > First a bug says: > * #143670: fda: Upstream location is bogus > > I've checked the location, it's not there anymore. > Look for a new web , and I only found references to the Debian archive. > I have contacted the upstream a

Re: Bug in last release is fixed in CVS - what to do?

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:11:46PM +0200, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > I packaged ROX-Filer (http://rox.sf.net/). Some time ago version 2.0.0 was > released as stable so I changed few things in packaging. Now I have 3 > packages: > > 1. rox - "stable release only" version of ROX-Filer > 2. rox-sn

Re: Obselete package

On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 02:15:00PM -0700, Keith Dunwoody wrote: > I want to adopt a group of related packages (the > abuse-related packages, in this case), but the > description of the "abuse" package says it has been > obseleted by abuse-sdl, and I would have to agree. I > think this package shou

Re: Sponsor vs. Developer Process?

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > You won't be approved with no package in the archive. bullshit Unless things have changed in the 18 months or so I've been a DD. I had no packages sponsored or otherwise in the archive for about the first month or so after I got m

Re: RFS: pose - Palm OS Emulator (5th -and last- try)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:04:34PM +0200, Marcin Orlowski wrote: > all doing your Debian work in own spare time, but doesn't this ring a bell > that there is something in the whole procedure that simply does not work? OK, please suggest a better way. Criteria to be fulfilled are: 1) Nobody shoul

Re: RFS: pose - Palm OS Emulator (5th -and last- try)

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 05:56:07PM -0600, Larry Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > In the case of software for Palmpilots and whatnot, unless a DD has > > compatible hardware, they can't test it. (Incidentally, if someone really > > want

Re: Re-request for sponsor: python-albatross

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:20:46PM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > This is my third or fourth attempt to find a sponsor for the > python-albatross package. So far, I've been contacted by one developer > who was interested in sponsoring the package; he never replied to my > reply, however, so I ass

Re: newbie packaging question

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 04:16:31PM -0700, Eric Winger wrote: > thx to all for the responses. I'm slowly making progress here. Could > someone distinguish the configuration section and how that applies to > debian packages for me (the eternal newbie). There are several "configuration sections" yo

Re: newbie packaging question

On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 11:24:13AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 07:38:11PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > The things which absolutely have to be in a package in order to be > > built are debian/rules and debian/control. debian/rules gives the > >

Re: newbie packaging question

On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 12:54:08PM -0700, Eric Winger wrote: > I hope that I've selected the correct debian mailing list for this > question. But if not, I would appreciate if you could redirect properly. Nope, this is the right spot. > My first steps are proving to be quite haltingly slow. I'm

Re: Looking for package sponsor: Wakkabox

On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:15:37AM +0200, Stefan Voelkel wrote: > I'd like to participate in the debian project. There is a small puzzle > game called wakkabox: > > http://frap.net/kenn/wakkabox/ > > I'd like to package. You don't need our approval to package something. Once you've got it

FAQ for debian-mentors

OK, having watched the same questions come past regularly, I've finally bitten the bullet and put a bit of a FAQ together for this list. I'd appreciate comments and more questions and answers. http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:52:39AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:54:49PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > OK, having watched the same questions come past regularly, I've finally > > bitten the bullet and put a bit of a FAQ together for this list.

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:49:09AM -0400, Joe Nahmias wrote: > 0) In the "General questions" section, you should mention the > #debian-mentors IRC channel. I know there aren't alot of ppl there, > but at times I have found it to be quite handy. Which IRC network is that on? > 5) In the "Where el

Re: mentors FAQ [was: RFS: picprog: Microchip PIC serial programmer software]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:45:09AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > It is RFS what I want to tell about: > > Ask at places where the audience for you package hang around. > > I would like to see these hints in the mentors FAQ. Last question in the FAQ at present: "Where else can I get a sponsor

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:24:15PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:54:49PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > OK, having watched the same questions come past regularly, I've finally > > bitten the bullet and put a bit of a FAQ together for this list.

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 04:44:10PM -0500, Michael Schultheiss wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > To facilitate that, I've put an explicit licence notice at the bottom of the > > page if someone wants to incorporate it into another Debian document > > (alternate licencing

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:03:46PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Re: FAQ for debian-mentors [Joe Nahmias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thu, Sep 04, 2003 > at 10:49:09AM -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > 4) Same section, there should be a step 3.5 which says something > > like: "Upload the source package

Re: In need of a mentor

On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 03:45:04AM -0500, Cam Desautels wrote: > but I haven't yet developed anything worth contributing. Anyway, I'm > not yet familiar with the exact duties of a maintainer but I understand > generally and I am willing to contribute the time to learn and to > conduct a package ma

Re: FAQ for debian-mentors

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:48:28PM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote: > I then went to the Mentors FAQ, searched for "source" and found nothing. > Upon close inspection, your statement is clear, but I'd change it: > > > # Provide a publically accessible place where all of the files > > (.orig.tar.gz, di

Re: fvwm-themes gets better

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:27:53AM +0200, Andrei Mitrofanow wrote: > nobody interestet to fvwm-themes? It would appear not, if you haven't gotten any private responses. If that's the case, try asking in other places where developers hang out who might be interested in your package - FVWM-related

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