nForge does provide a mechanism for
restricting new accounts based on a "I have read and agree to blah blah"
checkbox. But that only applies to account creation, not to existing
accounts.
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art as a separate file in your source
package and inline it in both files of the generated binary. A very
ugly implementation of this is in the fusionforge source package, using
an ad-hoc tool I called DSF-Helper (short for "Debian SourceForge
helper" -- that's how old it is).
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advance that Eray is likely to ask for a sponsor for his packages in a
not too distant future.
[1] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Eray+Ozkural
Roland.
PS: Rene Engelhard has been kind enough to keep a transcript of the
IRC session,
upload them.
> Unix - where you can throw the manual on the keyboard and get a command
:-)
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at gives you more info
on Lintian warnings/errors. In this case, Lintian is probably
complaining that you left the (s) in the Author(s): line. You're
supposed to know how many there are, and leave or remove the plural
accordingly :-)
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uploader stops reporting that as an NMU, then you should suggest
policy to be changed to document that fact.
Anyway, trust debian-policy, not me, as I don't have any diacritics
in *my* name :-)
Roland.
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-- Tevye, in Fiddler on the roof
ation with dput (with an appropriate
upload method), and it works like a charm.
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t done (and claimed anyway).
> #184885 LSB 1.3 test suite failures
Done already.
Thanks again for the email, but please refresh the claims page before
next one :-)
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Roland Mas (2003-07-24 18:25:55 +0200) :
[...]
> After rehashing the arguments once or twice again, I submitted the
> following proposal: if Eray fixes the four packages he's supposed to
> be maintaining, and puts them into an honourable shape, I'll sponsor
> at least
Roland Mas (2003-08-25 11:52:06 +0200) :
> Roland Mas (2003-07-24 18:25:55 +0200) :
>
> [...]
>
>> Anyway, the offer as it stands is this (fairly standard)
>> sponsorhip offer: Eray makes fixed packages, makes them available
>> on a public URL, posts this URL to d
ot;, apart from the implementation
language?
Roland.
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ontribute to :-) Debix, which has a
similar goal. Debix has a project on alioth.debian.org.
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Hello people,
Is there such a thing somewhere? I'm done through the NM process,
and there are several packages I would have gladly sponsored it I knew
how to do it the right way.
Thanks,
Roland.
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Just because you're dead doesn't mean they aren't
non-0
means problem creating.
This is the method I'm using for the Sourceforge package, and it
seems to work exactly the expected way.
Roland.
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/package_version.orig.tar.gz file.
Or your latest debian/changelog entry has a Debian revision number
different from 0 and 1. dpkg-buildpackage only adds the source to the
package for the first upload of an upstream release, and subsequent
ones only need the .diff.gz.
Um... Not sure I unde
Emacs? I'm a big Emacs-lover (and the
dpkg-dev-el maintainer, by the way), but even so, I don't want to
impose Emacs onto anyone.
I suggested Wichert (dpkg-dev maintainer) to add a Suggests:
dpkg-dev-el in the dpkg-dev package, but even that seemed to be too
much for him. Bitc
Michèl Alexandre Salim (2001-06-01 14:48:30 +0100) :
> > From: Michèl Alexandre Salim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: ITP: glib2, gtk2, inti
[...]
Does that include Pango or what will becone Pango? I think *that*
would be most useful.
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t's not in Debian Policy, it's a Unix tradition going back 30 years.
One single letter: X :-)
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here in the world might have a doubt whether Jimmy is
> equivalent to James. I guess I wouldn't sign the key in this situation.
I concur. I for one wouldn't sign a key for a "Jeff" if the photo-ID
is for a "Jean-François", since it could also be for a
"
Hello people,
Is there such a thing somewhere? I'm done through the NM process,
and there are several packages I would have gladly sponsored it I knew
how to do it the right way.
Thanks,
Roland.
--
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Just because you're dead doesn't mean they aren't
non-0
means problem creating.
This is the method I'm using for the Sourceforge package, and it
seems to work exactly the expected way.
Roland.
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Magic is one thing, and reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits is another.
-- Twoflower, in The Colour of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
--
/package_version.orig.tar.gz file.
Or your latest debian/changelog entry has a Debian revision number
different from 0 and 1. dpkg-buildpackage only adds the source to the
package for the first upload of an upstream release, and subsequent
ones only need the .diff.gz.
Um... Not sure I unde
ds on Emacs? I'm a big Emacs-lover (and the
dpkg-dev-el maintainer, by the way), but even so, I don't want to
impose Emacs onto anyone.
I suggested Wichert (dpkg-dev maintainer) to add a Suggests:
dpkg-dev-el in the dpkg-dev package, but even that seemed to be too
much for him. Bitc
Michèl Alexandre Salim (2001-06-01 14:48:30 +0100) :
> > From: Michèl Alexandre Salim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: ITP: glib2, gtk2, inti
[...]
Does that include Pango or what will becone Pango? I think *that*
would be most useful.
Roland.
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Magic
> It's not in Debian Policy, it's a Unix tradition going back 30 years.
One single letter: X :-)
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here in the world might have a doubt whether Jimmy is
> equivalent to James. I guess I wouldn't sign the key in this situation.
I concur. I for one wouldn't sign a key for a "Jeff" if the photo-ID
is for a "Jean-François", since it could also be for a
"
m arsehole issues.
Maybe it would be worth listing it on the "can't be packaged" page
at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package>?
Roland.
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S'agirait pas d'atteindre la sublime transcendance du supramental sans
se bouger le fion un minimum...
truly). It's not as current as sf.net, obviously, since the
upstream code hasn't been released for a while, but it works rather
fine. Of course, if it doesn't, bug reports are welcome :-)
Roland.
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fig file and shoves its values into Debconf, then
asks the debconf questions, then updates the sourceforge.conf file
with the new values from Debconf. It sounds horribly messy, though,
and I'm not sure it's doable without too much hackery.
Anyone got a fourth hand? Please?
Rolan
general rule, you should not act on bug reports. Add as much
info as needed/useful, but do not close/merge/reassign/whatever a bug
report, as it is the maintainer's job. Unless it's your bug report
and you know it's either an error while submitting or you can prove
that the bug has bee
propriate arch-specific package).
If it were "all", though, they would be able to install and use it
just fine.
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> debhelper ?
Upload a new version of the package, with a versioned Build-Depends:
field in the control file.
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run it, and use the "-sgpg
-pagpg" options for dpkg-buildpackage/debuild/whatever.
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ommon when I make apt-get install php4?
Maybe because php4 depends on a specific version of apache-common.
You can't do versioned Provides: (yet), so apt uses one that is known
to be the appropriate version.
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est, but if I
can help you (and help the other potential sponsors by reducing the
number of packages they'd have to check), then I'd be glad to.
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Ah bah, my conscience kicks in and I hate myself for letting you
down after an implied promise. I'll sponsor libsort-versions-perl if
noone else steps up.
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nstable) and
gforge is this: the main package (sourceforge) depends on
sourceforge-mta-exim | sourceforge-mta, and then I have
sourceforge-mta-exim and sourceforge-mta-postfix pacakges. Depending
on which one you install, then, you know what MTA to configure for.
Roland.
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That's one
that somebody has run 'dselect
> update' but not yet upgraded.
How about the following?
BASH_VERSION=$(dpkg -s bash | awk '/^Version:/ { print $2 }')
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ing. I assessed the
risks :-)
Oh, and also, when people see that black plastic thingy on my
keychain, I'm allowed to tell them that's my digital keys :-)
Roland.
PS: Total cost is ~ 30 EUR, an hour for the initial setup (including
errors), then 5 minutes for following setups on other ma
There's nothing wrong with your first official package having a Debian
revision number > 1, you know. You just have to be careful that your
upload includes the .orig.tar.gz (debuild -sa, in other words).
Roland.
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Andrew Stribblehill (2003-03-18 10:44:49 +) :
> Quoting Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-03-18 10:20:04 GMT):
[...]
>> There's nothing wrong with your first official package having a
>> Debian revision number > 1, you know. You just have to be careful
>
Kevin Rosenberg (2003-03-20 12:40:17 -0700) :
> Roland Mas wrote:
>> It works flawlessly, and it allows me to have my GnuPG private
>> key on exactly zero machine, only on this USB key thing (don't
>> worry, I also have backups). I have recently added SSH to the sa
by the soon-to-be-announced Alioth
(see http://alioth.debian.org/ for details).
Roland.
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d not
> have the long term friendship and trust required. There were a lot
> of cool people there, but the time was much to short to develop any
> real friendships.
You don't need "long term real friendship" to be advocated. Want me
to advocate you? Read on.
> HEY ... P
s: You're Cc:ed because you might like to know in
advance that Eray is likely to ask for a sponsor for his packages in a
not too distant future.
[1] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Eray+Ozkural
Roland.
PS: Rene Engelhard has been kind enough to keep a transcript of the
IRC session,
upload them.
> Unix - where you can throw the manual on the keyboard and get a command
:-)
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at gives you more info
on Lintian warnings/errors. In this case, Lintian is probably
complaining that you left the (s) in the Author(s): line. You're
supposed to know how many there are, and leave or remove the plural
accordingly :-)
Roland.
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that, and if
the uploader stops reporting that as an NMU, then you should suggest
policy to be changed to document that fact.
Anyway, trust debian-policy, not me, as I don't have any diacritics
in *my* name :-)
Roland.
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ation with dput (with an appropriate
upload method), and it works like a charm.
Roland.
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t done (and claimed anyway).
> #184885 LSB 1.3 test suite failures
Done already.
Thanks again for the email, but please refresh the claims page before
next one :-)
Roland.
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-- Signatures à collectionner, série n°1, partie 3/3.
Roland Mas (2003-07-24 18:25:55 +0200) :
[...]
> After rehashing the arguments once or twice again, I submitted the
> following proposal: if Eray fixes the four packages he's supposed to
> be maintaining, and puts them into an honourable shape, I'll sponsor
> at least
Roland Mas (2003-08-25 11:52:06 +0200) :
> Roland Mas (2003-07-24 18:25:55 +0200) :
>
> [...]
>
>> Anyway, the offer as it stands is this (fairly standard)
>> sponsorhip offer: Eray makes fixed packages, makes them available
>> on a public URL, posts this URL to d
ot;, apart from the implementation
language?
Roland.
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ontribute to :-) Debix, which has a
similar goal. Debix has a project on alioth.debian.org.
Roland.
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m arsehole issues.
Maybe it would be worth listing it on the "can't be packaged" page
at http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package>?
Roland.
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S'agirait pas d'atteindre la sublime transcendance du supramental sans
se bouger le fion un minimum... -- in Sri Raoul le petit yogi (Gaudelette)
truly). It's not as current as sf.net, obviously, since the
upstream code hasn't been released for a while, but it works rather
fine. Of course, if it doesn't, bug reports are welcome :-)
Roland.
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Qu'est-ce qui est jaune, qui pèse deux cents kilos et qui chante ?
Un sumotori qui a bu trop de saké.
fig file and shoves its values into Debconf, then
asks the debconf questions, then updates the sourceforge.conf file
with the new values from Debconf. It sounds horribly messy, though,
and I'm not sure it's doable without too much hackery.
Anyone got a fourth hand? Please?
Roland.
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rule, you should not act on bug reports. Add as much
info as needed/useful, but do not close/merge/reassign/whatever a bug
report, as it is the maintainer's job. Unless it's your bug report
and you know it's either an error while submitting or you can prove
that the bug has bee
propriate arch-specific package).
If it were "all", though, they would be able to install and use it
just fine.
Roland.
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Oshitemo damedara, hiite mina.
-- Proverbe japonais
d to rebuild these arches with the new
> debhelper ?
Upload a new version of the package, with a versioned Build-Depends:
field in the control file.
Roland.
--
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It would be hard to be deader without special training.
-- in Theatre of Cruelty (Terry Pratchett)
run it, and use the "-sgpg
-pagpg" options for dpkg-buildpackage/debuild/whatever.
Roland.
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--END GEEK
ommon when I make apt-get install php4?
Maybe because php4 depends on a specific version of apache-common.
You can't do versioned Provides: (yet), so apt uses one that is known
to be the appropriate version.
Roland.
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-- in Hogfather (Terry Pratchett)
est, but if I
can help you (and help the other potential sponsors by reducing the
number of packages they'd have to check), then I'd be glad to.
Roland.
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Ah bah, my conscience kicks in and I hate myself for letting you
down after an implied promise. I'll sponsor libsort-versions-perl if
noone else steps up.
Roland.
--
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Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes n'ont qu'un oeil.
nstable) and
gforge is this: the main package (sourceforge) depends on
sourceforge-mta-exim | sourceforge-mta, and then I have
sourceforge-mta-exim and sourceforge-mta-postfix pacakges. Depending
on which one you install, then, you know what MTA to configure for.
Roland.
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That's one
that somebody has run 'dselect
> update' but not yet upgraded.
How about the following?
BASH_VERSION=$(dpkg -s bash | awk '/^Version:/ { print $2 }')
Roland.
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Il vaut mieux insulter une commode Louis XV qu'une armoire à glace.
ing. I assessed the
risks :-)
Oh, and also, when people see that black plastic thingy on my
keychain, I'm allowed to tell them that's my digital keys :-)
Roland.
PS: Total cost is ~ 30 EUR, an hour for the initial setup (including
errors), then 5 minutes for following setups on other ma
There's nothing wrong with your first official package having a Debian
revision number > 1, you know. You just have to be careful that your
upload includes the .orig.tar.gz (debuild -sa, in other words).
Roland.
--
Roland Mas
Such compressed poems / With seventeen syllables / Can't
Andrew Stribblehill (2003-03-18 10:44:49 +) :
> Quoting Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2003-03-18 10:20:04 GMT):
[...]
>> There's nothing wrong with your first official package having a
>> Debian revision number > 1, you know. You just have to be careful
>
Kevin Rosenberg (2003-03-20 12:40:17 -0700) :
> Roland Mas wrote:
>> It works flawlessly, and it allows me to have my GnuPG private
>> key on exactly zero machine, only on this USB key thing (don't
>> worry, I also have backups). I have recently added SSH to the sa
by the soon-to-be-announced Alioth
(see http://alioth.debian.org/ for details).
Roland.
--
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Qu'est-ce qui est petit, jaune et vachement dangereux ?
Un canari avec le mot de passe de root.
d not
> have the long term friendship and trust required. There were a lot
> of cool people there, but the time was much to short to develop any
> real friendships.
You don't need "long term real friendship" to be advocated. Want me
to advocate you? Read on.
> HEY ... P
y application" My question
> is, did it go threw or not? I really can't tell by that message. Or
> do I need to have the gpg key signed as well before I fill out the
> application?
I'd say you can submit a gpg key even if it is not signed, and get the
signature later as par
ls for an ADSL
modem on USB). I haven't been able to also provide precompiled kernel
modules yet, but I might do it sometime.
I'll be glad to have a look at your package sometime this week, but
you'll have to post an URL first :-)
Roland.
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Just because you'r
an explicit version number as an argument, so you are not on your
own when going from one upstream tarball to another.
Your package version number doesn't have to use exactly the same
numbering scheme as the upstream version number. Especially for
prereleases.
Roland.
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Death *w
dir). Available on demand.
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Certains disent que les vrais hommes ne font pas de backups.
Mais ils disent aussi que même les vrais hommes pleurent parfois.
dir). Available on demand.
Roland.
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