Re: RFS: plr 1:8.2.0.7-3

src/makefiles/pgxs.mk is the correct fix as opposed to making libpq-dev's pg_config return the correct path and making plr depend on a fixed version of libpq-dev. Kind regards Thomas -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: RFS: alml 2005.01.01-3

upstream URL seems to have changed to http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/appuntilinux/ there also seems to be a new upstream version. Is there any indication that anyone is actually using this except for the upstream author? Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/

Re: RFS: alml 2005.01.01-3

e can tell whether and which changes you made in order to adapt to the standards. But hey, I do trade an RC bug against a lintian error. Kind regards T. P.S.: For the plr package, it might be nice if you could write something about how to test it. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net

Re: RFS: alml 2005.01.01-3

Barry deFreese wrote: > Thanks. I don't know if you got it but the upload was rejected because > I made it a non-native package and it can't find the orig.tar.gz. I was > thinking this morning that I'm not sure that is even viable since it is > the same version. Is that allowable?? My bad, I for

Re: RFS: QA Upload -- quiteinsane

very wrong and needs to be redone. It misses copyright statements and even copyright holders (e.g. Trolltech). On the other hand, in debian/control: . Author: Michael Herder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> does not belong in the description. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://th

Re: RFS: QA Upload -- quiteinsane

Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Barry deFreese wrote: >> Here is another QA upload. Closes 1 bug and does some package clean-up >> / standards update. > Your changes all look great (it's not quite done building yet, but you will > have > done that), maybe we can

Re: RFS: QA Upload -- quiteinsanegimpplugin

Barry deFreese wrote: > Since I did quiteinsane I figured it was only right to fix up > quiteinsanegimplugin. Fixes 1 bug and some package clean-up / standards > updates. Including fixing up similar debian/copyright issues to > quiteinsane. Uploaded. Thanks! Kind regards T

Re: zoo: directory traversal security bug

Jose Carlos do Nascimento wrote: > I'm mantainer of zoo package and I need help to solve this bug: ... > I dont know C :( Is it just me or does this sound wrong? Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: zoo: directory traversal security bug

Ganesan Rajagopal wrote: > Not to me. I don't think it's a requirement to know C to maintain a > package. Well, how about if the package's source is 1 lines of C code? I do prefer people knowing what it actually is they're putting into the archive. Kind regards T.

Re: zoo: directory traversal security bug

language, you might or might not see a point in what I'm suggesting. It won't matter much, because there's plenty of people who don't care about maintainers being able to fix their packages' source if needed. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.ne

Re: Can I simulate a weak conflict?

having one more > package only for this would be quite insane! Let's not. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for python-xlib sponsor

rom vacation+moving in two and a half or three weeks, you fix the first and I understand the others, I'll sign the papers. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can I simulate a weak conflict?

) along with the rest of Debian (because that will likely contain a newer udev). Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for python-xlib sponsor

Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Thomas Viehmann wrote: >>- If you read Matthew's FAQ, you'll find that the copyright file isn't >> correct. > Can you please point me to my error. I read the FAQ, and I read the > copyright file, and I cannot discover any indescrep

Re: RFS: python-goopy

te binary packages. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: python-goopy

Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 04:44:24PM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > >>You're only supposed to have a single source package generating the >>appropriate binary packages. > Then I have done the right thing; I used the same sources to compile > mod

Re: [RFS] quaneko: An index tool of TXT, PDF, DOC, HTML and others

rship checklist linked by his Debian-Mentors FAQ. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [RFS] quaneko: An index tool of TXT, PDF, DOC, HTML and others

Hi, LI Daobing ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't know the exactly meaning of your letter. Could you give me an > example of 'a proper copyright notice'. I generate the copyright from > template file by 'dh_make -c gpl'. Which is OK, but you're lacking the actual copyright notice, see [1]. Whene

Re: willing to adopt a few orphaned packages

Stan Vasilyev wrote: > Coming soon: > mindterm, ksocrat, uncc and maybe more Note http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/08/msg01008.html though. IFAICS the argument in favor of dropping mindterm is rather strong. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/

Re: willing to adopt a few orphaned packages

ailable, your time could probably be spent on better things. There also is the aspect that upstream actively chose to leave the free software community. Given that the interest of our users is not harmed by doing so, I do think that Debian best reflects this choice by completely dropping the thing

Re: duplicate library code in a package

output, this belongs 100% in the diff.gz (directly or via dpatch et al). It is frowned upon (for good reasons by the qa people) to regenerate at runtime [1]. Also note that deletion of files is ignored for diff.gz creation. Kind regards T. 1. http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/

Re: RFS: FileZilla3 - GUI ftp client of wxwidgets2.6

ial QA nightmare [1] and if Dante would put Kind regards T. 1. Don't believe me, look at Sam Hocevar's QA meeting talk slides: http://sam.zoy.org/lectures/20050910-debian/img16.html -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: duplicate library code in a package

warnings so if you have to > repackage anyway, you could also remove those files, even though > it might not be good practice to repackage for that reason *only* ... No, sorry. You're supposed to stay as close to pristine as you can. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://t

Re: How can I change the package's name

r >> current php4-imagick version), let it go though NEW and then request removal of the old source. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

upstream source tarball unless you have problematically licensed material in it. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libapache2-mod-cband: source package name

mendation: -p, --packagename Force the package name to be , good for packages with hyphens in their name or other strangeness. And no, I didn't know that before you asked. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Soponsoring FAQ clarification

Amaya wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Where I assume faw is the package name. src? binary? Or (more canonically) the sponsored person. It's free-form really, examples can be found with ls /home/*/.forward-* on m.d.o. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thoma

Re: question about closing bugs in changelog

Bastian Venthur wrote: > I when I upload a new version of my package to debian, will the *whole* > changelog parsed for fixed bugs, or just the last changelog entry? All changelog entries in the .changes. Use -vVERsion with dpkg-buildpackages. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann

Re: --disable-rpath doesn't resolve the rpath problem

Hi Jorge, for a proper answer, it would be good if you included a link to your packages. The last guy that had this very question was in the situation of the lintian hint, i.e. there was an rpath option hardcoded into his Makefile(.am). Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http

Re: --disable-rpath doesn't resolve the rpath problem

Jorge Salamero Sanz wrote: > https://bencer.cauterized.net/debian/knetdockapp/ Please point to a proper Debian source package if possible. Basically, you want other people to be able to reproduce your problem... Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ --

Re: dpatch & upstream source

k on the package (e.g. security team, NMUers). In september/october there has been a discussion of these disadvantages on planet.d.o. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: giac -- computer algebra system with nice GUI

: Pari/GP support required a patch against Pari sources. This > patch has just been applied in CVS Pari, not yet in Debian. What does this mean w.r.t. dependencies? Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: RFS: giac -- computer algebra system with nice GUI

. I can see how Debian would benefit from a "computer algebra system with a nice GUI". Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to handle non-responsive maintainers?

to do. Probably it's nice not to send mails with "Is Joe Developer MIA?" because people might not appreciate that showing up way high on google, but asking in a fashion similar to your initial mail to -mentors is certainly OK. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.vieh

Re: [RFS] xlife 5.0-6

Hi Goswin, I'll get that (assuming the build+test succeeds, of course)... Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC: treeline

ython's expectation. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removing an ITP

ECTED] will be fine. The next guy trying to find a sponsor will likely have problems as well. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: watch files and WatchWiz

Hi Neil, i think that this has to do with the update frequency of dehs (qa.d.o takes it's information from there), so probably you just have to give it a few days. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: fixing a bug via NMU

own standards of verifying and testing, but I don't see why I should change the changelog name if Justin's NMU patches are 100% OK and can be used verbatim. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to close Bugs in experimental

this course of action.) Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to close Bugs in experimental

versions than those containing the bug in unstable? Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to close Bugs in experimental

r unstable when it's clearly clearly tagged fixed for some version? - Which statistics do you mean? My apologies for being slow to get this. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to close Bugs in experimental

ce. (And indeed, if you feel so inclined, you could try to find out whether or not this could/should be done automatically on upload.) Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: How to close Bugs in experimental

fix will end up. > OK, that's what I wanted to know. > Now I'm completely happy :) Note that about everyone suggested to include Version: information which you didn't use (at least for #332783). But then, there must always be room for improvement. Kind regards T. -- Thomas

Re: [RFS] OptiPNG - advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

27;s by joining the whitelist[1]. Kind regards T. 1. http://lists.debian.org/whitelist/ -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What should I do about unresponsive maintainer?

t ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Sometimes bugs get overlooked. It's important to send such mails via the BTS for better documentation. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: proxycheck -- link

this is a matter of preference and consideration on a case by case basis. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What to do if the upstream keeps debian directory in original tarball?

rfectly content to point to Debian for debs. They're putting up the debs as a service and they'll happily ease it for themselves and their users if the packages can be provided in a better place. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Re-libtooling + automake

t / touch your packages.[1] The autotools stuff is subtle enough as it is. Kind regards T. 1. This is similar in spirit to the discussion of patching systems and packaging aids that took place on planet Debian some time ago. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Depending on both runtime and dev packages?

tive than yours truly... Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFP: rhythmbox-applet -- control applet for rhythmbox music player

#fsdfsdg) - regain compatibility with newer rythmbox (Closes: #fddfadsf) Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packaging Qemu Launcher, unmaintained but useful software

amongst the most important tasks for Debian package maintenance, so your question is definetly on-topic here. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC/RFS: ...

Andrea Bolognani wrote: > Anyway, It's not me who created this programming language. Nor it's me who > gave > it this name. So I just can't do nothing to change is. You could follow the example that already is in the archive. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, ht

Re: RFC/RFS: ...

Andrea Bolognani wrote: > I guess you mean libacme-brainfck-perl. Yes. > I think there is no need to use such a trick, since the program's name does > contain no offending words. Well, l-b-p's description doesn't either, yours does to date. Kind regards T. -

Re: RFC/RFS: ...

John Buttery wrote: > * On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:33:46AM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > >>Andrea Bolognani wrote: >> >>>I guess you mean libacme-brainfck-perl. >> >>Yes. >> >> >>>I think there is no need to use such a trick,

Re: RFS agrep

>> Huh? This package is *not* part of Debian. >A little bit more information would be appreciated. Please make yourself familiar with some of the ideas behind Debian. (Read the Social Contract, DFSG, ...) agrep is in non-free, non-free is not part of Debian as is explained in the social contract

Re: RFS agrep

Luk Claes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Well I know all this. But I ment I want to have more information how it >will practically go. Does the patent problems have any implication on the >upload (to non-free)? Yes. >What am I supposed to do with the package or the patent issues? See if the package w

Re: RFS agrep

Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >So you think it doesn't matter wether there's two packages named agrep >in non-free? What do you mean, two packages named agrep? Clearly, Luk is seeking a sponsor for his ITA (cf. #201367). Cheers T.

Re: RFS since

Hi. Luk Claes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I am looking for a sponsor for since (see >http://studwww.ugent.be/~lukclaes/debian) I'm not an expert, but how about pointing out that you're intending to adopt the orphaned package since and that you have added the (previously lacking) build-dependency

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

Hi. Marcin Juszkiewicz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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: ... >What I should do now? >1. I can just integrate "rox-snapshot" into "rox" so this wil

Re: Notification of new package versions

Philipp Meier wrote: > I'd like to have such > thing to keep informed if a dependency of a package was upgraded so that > one can test if depending packages still build. Besides that I think > that it would be overall useful. > I googled around but did not found anything the like. One of the easies

Re: about gzip

Hi. Halil Demirezen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I am using gzip in my debian/rules for zipping >manpage and then i use "cp my_package.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1" > >my first question: is it a true usage to put gzip into rules? >and secondly, should i specify "gzip" as a Build-Depends? If you're usi

Re: ITA: yadex -- WAD file editor for doom-style WADs

Hi. Frederic Wagner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >everything seems ok, except lintian gives me the following warning : > >W: yadex: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-with-dh_make-boilerplate > >which I don't fully understand. Try "lintian -i". You've probably left "Author(s):" in there. As it is dec

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

Hi Matt. Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 >wants to get pose in, they can donate a Palm to me and I'll happily test and >sponsor). POSE is an e

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and packages with architecture all

Frank Küster wrote: > In the original package's control file, there is a line of > Build-Depends-Indep, but no Build-Depends. Does this make sense for a > source package that has no architecture dependent binary packages at > all? Why not just use Build-Depends here and use Build-Depends-Indep > on

Re: Build-Depends-Indep and packages with architecture all

Hi. Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Either I don't understand your sentence, or I have a problem reading the >policy. In Or I was wrong. :) >file:///usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ch-miscellaneous.html#s-deb >ianrules > >I can find statements about the targets binary-arch and bi

Re: Finding out order of rc scripts?

Hi. Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Sorry, I messed things up: This I had found out yet, by the same >way. However, /etc/init.d/hostname.sh is from sysvinit, and I couldn't >find the place where the rcS.d-link to hostname.sh is made, neiter in >sysvinit's postinst nor in debootstrap. Hu?

Re: debix searches sponsor

Hi. Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Debix-imager > > >Debix-imager is a setuid binary that allows a user to create a >loopback file, format it with the filesystem of his choice and install >the contents of a tar file or a debian system via debootstrap on it. > >The int

RFS: libopenhbci-plugin-ddvcard --- openhbci online-banking with ddv chipcards

Hi. I'm seeking a sponsor for the following fine package. It might be especially interesting for German developers doing/intending to do home banking. Location: http://vman.de/chipcard/sid/forupload/ Lintian warnings: One (1): new policy. Rationale for inclusion into Debian: *Many* (~50%?) user

Re: newbie packaging question

Eric Winger wrote: > So two questions, does the source package need to be raw code or is it > specific term to refer to a C source filled directory? And two, is my > goal reasonable for a first-timer? No, technically the source package is just the combination of upstream distribution and debian mod

Re: newbie packaging question

> Will the packaging tools complain if you have no copyright file, too? I > know it's necessary for uploading, of course, and I'm sure lintian would > have a right whinge, but will (eg) debhelper scripts have a complain, to > your knowledge? Nope. Neither dpkg-* nor debhelper will complain. (Tried

Re: wmDrawer package needs a sponsor

Hi. Chris Wesley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Jason Thomas wrote: >> libgdk-libgdk-dev depends on the other things you need. >Thanks for the tip! I also have libgd2-xpm listed a build dep. I didn't >find a reverse dependency for it from libgdk-pixbuf-dev's chain of >dependen

Re: when does a package change of list?

Hi. Carlos Fuster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I've just adopted an orphaned package, anyone can explain me when does the >package change from the ># Orphaned packages list >to # Packages currently being adopted list. After you retitle the apropriate bug. (Or if you do an upload, closing the bug r

Re: can't install from a local repository - success!!!

Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >PS: carefull with File://, apt-get source will create links into the >mirror and debuild will then erase the files from the repository and >replace them when you rebuild. While you're warning about file://, how about including a reference to copy://?

Re: ports attempted despite architecture?

Alexandre Fayolle ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >The reason why I ask is that I maintain the python-psyco package, which >supports only i386, and the buildd logs [1] say that attempts have been >made to build the package on other archs. I event got a FTBFS bug >report. I'm not sure of how I should han

Re: sponsor for wsx2lop

giskard wrote: > Package: wsx2lop > Architecture: any > Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} > Description: Tool that it converts .wsx file in lopster list > A tool written in C that converts .wsx file in lopster list You probably need to get a better long description. Cheers T. (non-dd thus non-sponsor)

Re: neglected RC bugs

Michael K. Edwards wrote: > Perhaps the tool that generates the list could be amended to list "someone > other than maintainer has responded, but maintainer has not" cases. Is > this likely to generate a lot of false positives? I'd think that it generates quite some false positives. It also leads

pbuilder and pbuilder-uml

Hi. Does anyone have an idea why some package builds fails with pbuilder-uml that succeed with pbuilder? In my specific case, the following ... i386-linux-g++ -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2/../../../crti.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/3.3.2/crtbeginS.o .libs/api.o .libs/api_c

RFS: phpgroupware

Hi. I've agreed with Luca DeVitis to adopt phpgroupware and now I need a sponsor. [*] Description: web based groupWare system written in PHP phpGroupWare is a fully web based groupware system. It includes applications such as email, calendar, todo list, address book, file manager, notepad. Wh

Re: RFS: phpgroupware

>Have you found a sponsor for this? Unfortunately, no. Cheers T.

Re: RFS: phpgroupware

(Sorry for sending this to -devel...) Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Jamin W. Collins wrote [in a different order]: > >>I've given most of the packages a cursory look. I do have a few >>suggestions and may be willing to sponsor them. > > Thanks. > > >>Pac

Re: RFS: phpgroupware

Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>> What does this mean for the removal of the database upon purging the >>> package? >>> I don't have the impression that people will be very happy with debconf >&

Re: RFS: phpgroupware

Hi. Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:55:56PM +, Thomas Viehmann wrote: >> Frank K?ster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> > >> >Why should debconf prompt in postrm? You can just use >> > >> >db_set ph

Re: debian packages: single diff vs multiple patches (as in rpm)

Hi. I suppose you have already found the most generic pointers like new maintainer guide ans such. Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > As far as I can tell, a Debian package consists of a single source > tarball and a single diff. Is this right, or have I missed something? > Coming from an rpm perspective,

RFS: update to libchipcard

copyright. -- Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:02:25 +0100 libchipcard (0.9.1-3) unstable; urgency=low * Improved package description spelling. * Bump standards version. * Add reload to init.d-script. (Suggested by Joerg Sommer.) * Lower priority of -dev-

Re: RFS: update to libchipcard

Thomas Viehmann wrote: > [an attempt at an elaborate sponsorship request] If I could only learn to include the URL: <http://vman.de/debian/libchipcard/>. Cheers Thomas pgpNyoyUiBBVH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: packaging ckermit: lots of questions

Frank Küster wrote: > Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > >>As ckermit config files are executable via >> >>#!/usr/bin/kermit >> >>upstream suggests shipping with an executable config file and letting >>the user run that if desired. This would mean a config file in >>/usr/bin which is s

Re: SPF (Sender Permitted From) libaries and tools

Meinhard Schneider wrote: > - PySPF (Python implementation of SPF) Please consider doing similar things as other python packages. (Maybe consult python-policy draft in some python package.) Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgpFifhOzJte3.pgp Description: PGP signature

rebuild...

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RFS: phpgroupware - web based groupware system written in PHP

Hi and Happy New Year, I'm seeking a sponsor for the phpGroupWare web based groupware system written in php. The phpGroupware is part of the GNU project. Description: web based groupware system written in PHP phpGroupWare is a fully web based groupware system. It includes applications such as e

Re: Looking for sponsor for Gnosis-Utils, pure python package

Magnus Therning ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: ... gnosis-utils ... Two item's: - Where's the package? - What do you have to say about the License? The information you give in the ITP doesn't correspond well to which seems to spell non-free to m

Re: Looking for sponsor for Gnosis-Utils, pure python package

ge has to be free. (See recent threads about non-free in debian-devel for comparison with packages that are deemed to be not free. Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgp1b1dZGpYSw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

eld of contribution. Then that person will advocate you. (Unless you think you're famous enough that most people will advocate you immediately. Sometimes this seems to be the case.) Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgplcH2Yh29O3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Is this sufficient for an application?

nyway. Kind regards Thomas -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgpxt3qujoaCZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Looking for sponsor for Gnosis-Utils, pure python package

proved as well, but other people are bound to be more competent on this. (But is the URL missing a "/"?) - Documentation probably belongs in /usr/share/doc/$package, not /usr/lib/pythonX.Y. - Don't know, do you follow the python policy (in package python)? Regards Thom

Re: Sponsorship guidelines

Hi. Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Two quick things on the checklist: - Maybe do add a quirk that the prospective packager should (or even say must) have read the canonical docs (policy, d.'s r., newmaint) and that the checklist not a subsitute. Every now and then I do get the impr

Re: adopting xcruiser

Hi. Ville Palo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. Just a few thoughts - The package presently in Debian is xcruise, not xcruiser. - Declare your intend to adopt the package by appropriatly changing the orphaning bug. Debian has policy on

Re: adopting xcruiser

Hi. Ville Palo wrote: > http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ The directory you pointed to does not contain the files necessary to review your package. Kind regards Thomas -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgphFsV0NXP1u.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: adopting xcruiser

at you also need to include a about yourself adopting the package (closing the orphaning bug) after you have declared yourself maintainer in the debian/control. Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgpLw2Ksgu2Ka.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Multi-person sponsorship

f the key is signed by a key in the debian keyring? This could be done completely automatically. Cheers T. -- Thomas Viehmann, <http://beamnet.de/tv/> pgpLvo74gKGua.pgp Description: PGP signature

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