Re: Control File

2002-10-03 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Sven LUTHER: > Mmm, is Provides a superset of Replaces, or do you have to specify both They simply have different semantics. It's better not to conflate them. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
f i go with virtual packages, i will most probably run with > problems on versioned dependencies You don't need them here. -bytecode and -native can even be versioned independently; if a program has a problem with an old -native it can register a conflict with lower versions of it. -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:12:52AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > I'd split the packages in three: > > - ocaml (arch-independent, common stuff) > > - ocaml-bytecode (ditto, bytecode interpreter) > > - ocaml-native (arch-dependent, c

Re: packages which can be arch: all and arch: any ...

2002-10-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
in the package list (I haven't checked the source -- no time :-/ ), that may well be a virtual package. You should probably ask the maintainer(s). -- Matthias Urlichs | noris network AG | http://smurf.noris.de/

Seeking a sponsor

2003-03-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
0) Thanks! -- Matthias Urlichs pgpyUQKu6OECo.pgp Description: signature

Re: debhelper upgrade makes lintian complain?

2003-03-27 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:26:30 +, Frank K|ster wrote: > So if I intend to prepare official packages, what should I do? Probably > I first should install debian-policy & Co. from unstable and make sure > that I always have the current version at hand. But what about software > involved in pa

Re: problems with debconf

2003-03-28 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, > I am experiencing strange things with debconf and the package I'm > working on, netenv. > debconf maintains an answer database distinct from the package's "real" configuration. Answers pertaining to your package don't get cleaned out by --purge. They probably should be -- file a bug against

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-31 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:31:37 +, Roland Mas wrote: > Kevin Rosenberg (2003-03-20 12:40:17 -0700) : >> I do the same. Additionally, I use the Debian cryptoapi and cryptoloop >> kernel modules to encrypt the USB drive. I think the chance of losing >> such a portable, small device is significa

Re: a lib* file within a package

2003-04-02 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 14:49:41 +, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Is it advisable for such .so's that are not intended to be linked against to > go > into /usr/lib, or is it preferable to have them in /usr/lib/package? > (Just curious.) > IMHO, if there's more that would go into /usr/lib/packa

Re: Initial Contact

2003-04-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:00:21 +, Matthew Palmer wrote: > 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! > Personally I'd rather use your >>> Then you can start the long and glorious journey thro

Re: Still no sponsor for PySol

2003-04-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, > However I got a warning from dpkg-source that the original source of > pysol-cardsets_4.40 will not be provided with pysol-cardsets_4.40-2. Has this > something to do with the -2, the second Debian release? > Yes. See the manpage, which also documents the option to force generating a tarbal

tix8.1_8.1.4-1 not in testing -- why?

2003-04-17 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, could somebody enlighten me why the current tix8.1 package from unstable hasn't moved to testing sometime in the last 100 days? The excuses page just says "valid candidate" and doesn't state any reason why. -- Matthias, confused

Re: Moving packages from "Requested" to "Can't be packaged"

2003-04-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:21:56 +, andy.grafha wrote: > Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from "Requested" > to "Can't be packaged"? I was investigating packaging "VisualBoyAdvance" a > gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it > impossib

Re: Mannaging non well-known port in inetd.conf/services

2003-04-27 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 08:26:48 +, Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > And I've got another question. Is there a way of handling "listen ports > conflicts" in debian. Of course there is. It's called "register your port with the maintainer of the /etc/services file". -- Matthias

Re: Testing of auto-built packages

2003-04-30 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 13:49:05 +, Joshua Kwan wrote: > I believe coreutils does this exactly this kind of thing. Or, for instance, Perl. Tests are good. More tests are better. => Do it. -- Matthias

Re: Non-DD filing ITAs...

2003-05-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Paul Hampson wrote: > I just want to clarify this, since the Developer's Reference > doesn't really specify... Do I have to be a DD to file an ITA? > No. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Consulting @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected rando

Re: The Debian Mentors Project

2003-05-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
ept for the steps marked '+', AFAIK the standard Debian FTP software already does all of the above. The reason for using two keyrings is that the DD ring can be updated more easily. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Consulting @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was sel

Re: RFS: pyx -- Python module for generating PostScript graphics [was: Re: RFS: colordiff -- tool to colorize diff output]

2003-06-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
you get for not paying attention. ;-) Anyway, "pyx" isn't a good name for a Python module. Try "python-pyx" instead. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de

Re: RFS: pyx -- Python module for generating PostScript graphics [was: Re: RFS: colordiff -- tool to colorize diff output]

2003-06-29 Thread Matthias Urlichs
gs, like I tend to do :-/ , jump at something else instead. ;-) Anyway, I'd love to sponsor the package, but I'm still waiting for DAM Approval. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. |

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

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > So, it might take people 3 years, but YMMV. [ continued in debian-newmaint ] -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- Mix a little foolishness w

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

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
e (with justification please...) relegates them to the DAM. If people think this is a good idea, I am willing, and actually have the time, to extend the NM pages to implement this. [1] http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint#DAM -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTE

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

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > It would still require DAM action to actually create the account. > [ Also continued in -newmaint. Sorry about the confusion. ] -- Matthias Urlichs

continued in -newmaint (Re: Excessive wait for DAM - something needs to be done)

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
I wrote: > [ stuff that should have gone to -newmaint ] Lack of sufficient sleep tends to do that to people. Sorry. -- Matthias Urlichs

Re: Sponsor wanted

2003-07-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, D.Hansmann wrote: > However, before trying to register as a DD If all you want to do is to submit the package to Debian, then registering as DD is overkill; your time would be better spent in finding a DD who is willing to check+submit+(co-)maintain it for you. -- Matthias Urli

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
r pressed ^D is a matter of (for the user) keybinding and (for the programmer) manual-reading. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de -- 'What can I do? I'm only human,

Re: signals, handeling the Control-D signal

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
> if (line_read && *line_read) > add_history (line_read); else if (line_read) { /* process empty line */ } else { /* process ^D, i.e. end-of-input */ } -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really.

Re: SML/NJ Packaging Difficulties

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
lnj package isn't cluttered with unpatchable binaries and that you only need to update the unpatchable -image package when absolutely necessary. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.n

RFS: videogen 0.32-1

2003-07-15 Thread Matthias Urlichs
al changes). * Updated standards version to 3.6.0 (no changes). * New debian/NEWS file. -- Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 16 Jul 2003 05:47:25 +0200 -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http:

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