Looking for a sponsor: Limewire 4.0.6

2004-08-29 Thread james
Hello, I have already built limewire 4.0.6 from the previous verision's makefile and would like to maintain. I am looking for a sponsor as I am new to development. Thanks, James

Looking for a sponsor: Limewire 4.0.6

2004-08-29 Thread james
Hello, I have already built limewire 4.0.6 from the previous verision's makefile and would like to maintain. I am looking for a sponsor as I am new to development. Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Developer names within debian/changelog

2008-05-14 Thread James Westby
datory to use the standard format, and at the same time retire any pre-standard entries to debian/changelog.old or similar? Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: bzr-avahi

2008-07-17 Thread James Henstridge
such an old version? I put out a 0.2.0 tarball back in February, and never put out a 0.1 release. James. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Trying to understand patch management - in combination with version control

2008-09-08 Thread James Westby
> in the other *-buildpackage programs. This was actually cribbed from "svn-do" provided by "svn-buildpackage", which I believe is in $PATH now. Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: openl2tp

2008-09-26 Thread James Chapman
age but it didn't work. - Is the separate -dev package worthwhile? It contains only 3 source files. Kind regards -- James Chapman Katalix Systems Ltd http://www.katalix.com Catalysts for your Embedded Linux software development -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFS: gxemul segfault bugfix

2008-11-29 Thread James Westby
ove should be "LP: #301041". Thanks for your help, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: advancecomp -- collection of recompression utilities

2006-05-19 Thread Adam James
On Fri, 19 May 2006 13:47:17 +0200 Thijs Kinkhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Thijs, > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 23:29 +0200, Piotr Ozarowski wrote: > > I'm looking for a sponsor for advancecomp (ITP #367112). > > Package is lintian/linda clean and builds in pbuilder. > > > dget http://debian.pox

RFS: distributed-net [non-free]

2006-05-30 Thread James Stark
retrieve the packages once the following lines are added to your sources.list: deb http://hebb.cis.uoguelph.ca/~jstark/debian ./ deb-src http://hebb.cis.uoguelph.ca/~jstark/debian ./ Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Re: Request for sponorship.

2006-05-31 Thread James Pringle
HI my name is james pringle i will be coming to ft lewis on june 15 i will be at the seattleaiport at 1415on the 15th and am in need of  sponor if u would have time for me that would be great thank u for ur time   __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam

Re: RFS: hearts-0.1-1 -- The classic Hearts card game for the GNOME desktop

2006-06-05 Thread James Westby
ebian/copyright. [To the rest of the list, I was one of the people that built the package in pbuilder and it worked fine] James -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameswestby.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ways to help Debian

2006-06-13 Thread James Duncan
I do code, but work within sales and marketing for my day job. As I'm a big fan of Debian, I want to help out. Is there a central non-technical mentors list also? -- James Duncan "To any truly impartial person, it would be obvious that I am right." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Ways to help Debian

2006-06-13 Thread James Duncan
Just to clarify, I intend to help out on the marketing side. On 13/06/06, James Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I do code, but work within sales and marketing for my day job. As I'm a big fan of Debian, I want to help out. Is there a central non-technical mentors list also? -- J

Improving Debian's marketing

2006-06-13 Thread James Duncan
ns? I'd really welcome some feedback on this. -- James Duncan "To any truly impartial person, it would be obvious that I am right." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ideas for improving debian marketing

2006-06-13 Thread James Duncan
ns? I'd really welcome some feedback on this. -- James Duncan "To any truly impartial person, it would be obvious that I am right." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: distributed-net

2006-06-21 Thread James Stark
ntains: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Thanks, James -- James E. Stark B.Sc. (Eng.) M.Sc. Candidate Department of Computing and Information Science University of Guelph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: RFS: dcfldd

2006-07-26 Thread James Westby
ckaging is released under. I hope you can get this package in to Debian, James -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameswestby.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: dcfldd

2006-07-26 Thread James Westby
On (26/07/06 11:15), Kenny Duffus wrote: > On Wednesday 26 July 2006 10:55, James Westby wrote: > > * debian/rules clean should call make distclean not make clean. > > this was changed as distclean is not used in the Makefile but clean appears to > do the same thing I did a

RFS: seccure

2006-07-29 Thread James Westby
ebian/pool/main/s/seccure/seccure_0.1-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, James Westby -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameswestby.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: RFS: sitebar (updated package)

2006-07-29 Thread James Westby
h lintian to catch this situation and ignore it. If someone will confirm that I am correct I will file a bug against lintian to do this. James -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jameswestby.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: sitebar (updated package)

2006-07-29 Thread James Westby
On (29/07/06 21:55), George Danchev wrote: > On Saturday 29 July 2006 21:41, James Westby wrote: > > On (29/07/06 14:14), Kevin Coyner wrote: > > > Please note that at mentors.debian.net it does throw off a lintian > > > warning: > > > > > > W: s

Re: RFS: seccure

2006-07-30 Thread James Westby
On (30/07/06 12:17), Ricardo Mones wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 13:00:28 +0100 > James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear mentors, > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "seccure". > Would be interesting to point some dif

When to close a bug tagged 'will not fix'?

2006-08-06 Thread James Stark
long should I wait before doing so? Thanks, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC / RFS: furl_2.1-1

2006-08-11 Thread James Westby
see nothing wrong with your English. Thanks for packaging this, I will certainly be using it. Unfortunately I can't upload it myself. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM -

Re: RFC / RFS: furl_2.1-1

2006-08-11 Thread James Westby
is is an upstream bug ? > debian/furl.1 is generated by help2man (that's read the output of --help > switch). > If it's, I'll notice the upstream about this (and fix the manpage). Ok, it looks like a bug, or certainly lack of documentation if you are able to specify a file for

Re: RFS: seccure

2006-08-11 Thread James Westby
et: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/seccure - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/seccure/seccure_0.2-1.dsc Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577F

Re: RFS: seccure

2006-08-14 Thread James Westby
> > * Package name: seccure Max Vozeler kindly sposored this package. Thanks Max. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: RFC / RFS: furl_2.1-1

2006-08-16 Thread James Westby
On (16/08/06 14:36), Marco Bertorello wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:15:59 +0100 > James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On (11/08/06 12:26), Marco Bertorello wrote: > I've corrected all things: I haven't looked at the packaging again, sorry. > &

RFS: Tunapie - List audio and video streams from shoutcast and icecast

2006-08-28 Thread James Stone
ged: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tunapie/ I am also not completely sure what the correct way to package python apps under Debian is, and I would appreciate some feedback about this. Best wishes, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

Re: RFS: bobcat (updated package) - fixes FTBFS on 64-bit arch's

2006-09-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/09/06 15:38), George Danchev wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.10.2-1 > of my package "bobcat". > > The upload would fix these bugs: 385312 > It's probably a good idea to mention that 385312 is an RC bug. J

Re: RFH: python-support and arch dependant file

2006-09-03 Thread James Westby
uses scons, and so it is hard to follow the instructions there. There is one package in Debian that uses both scons and python-support, xmms2. Perhaps you can work out how it does it. I am having trouble. James -- James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFH: python-support and arch dependant file

2006-09-08 Thread James Westby
On (03/09/06 12:13), James Westby wrote: > On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:16:13 +0200 > "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm working on Museek+ packaging and I have a problem. > > There is an arch dependent fil

Re: RFS: tstat

2006-09-08 Thread James Westby
o they should be able to tell you whether the code is distributable. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: RFH: python-support and arch dependant file

2006-09-09 Thread James Westby
On (09/09/06 05:44), Adam Cecile wrote: > On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 01:26:18 +0100, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, so the trick is to modify the SConscripts of the relevant packages > > to build for more than just the default python version. > > > >

Re: RFH: python-support and arch dependant file

2006-09-09 Thread James Westby
On (09/09/06 13:19), James Westby wrote: > On (09/09/06 05:44), Adam Cecile wrote: > > A friend told me the file must be python's version independent, what do you > > think about it ? > > > > I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. > After d

Re: RFS: museek+

2006-09-09 Thread James Westby
libgcrypt, which is under a DFSG free license, though you may wish to look at using a library more thoroughly that just copying the code. I think that should be enough to keep you going. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure ke

Re: RFS: audacious

2006-09-09 Thread James Westby
basound-dev (>= 1.0), libsidplay2-dev | libsidplay1-dev Perhaps someone on this list can tell me whether it is more sensible to have them this way or not. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)

Re: RFS: jlha-utils -- command-line lzh archiver written in Java

2006-09-09 Thread James Westby
but I would like to know that you have chosen this route for the right reasons. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: RFS: jlha-utils -- command-line lzh archiver written in Java

2006-09-10 Thread James Westby
[Moving back on list as more people will be able to help] On (10/09/06 10:57), Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > * Please add a full stop to the Initial release line of you > > debian/changelog. > > Sorry, what is a full stop? This one doe

File permissions

2006-09-11 Thread James Healy
aries, yet they seem to untar with executable permissions. What is the best way to modify the permissions when I copy them over? regards James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS (or feedback): chuck

2006-09-11 Thread James Healy
It builds these binary packages: chuck - a strongly-timed and on-the-fly audio programming language The package is lintian clean. The upload would fix the following ITP bug: 267626 Link: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/chuck/chuck_1.2.0.6-1.dsc regards James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: RFH: python-support and arch dependant file

2006-09-11 Thread James Westby
[Apologies for replying to my own message again, but Adam keeps mentioning things in other channels to which I cannot respond] On (09/09/06 19:57), James Westby wrote: > After discussion on IRC it seems that a compile flag is wanted to do > this. > Ok, in #361400 you say you are not h

Re: RFS: libinklevel -- library for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-11 Thread James Westby
support all printers? The README.Debian includes a list, but it would be good to have a short list in the desciption, (e.g. "many printers from Epson and HP are supported") * Your debian/copyright disagrees with the AUTHORS file about the upstream authors, also yo

Re: RFS: ink -- tool for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-11 Thread James Westby
* There's a linda warning saying the the long description contains the short description, consider fixing this. I don't have a printer so I can't test the package. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edC

Re: RFS (or feedback): chuck

2006-09-11 Thread James Westby
On (11/09/06 16:47), Nico Golde wrote: > * James Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-09-11 16:23]: > > I am looking for feedback and/or a sponsor for my package > > "chuck". This looks interesting, thanks for your work. > > I did a quick look at it the followi

Re: RFS: libinklevel -- library for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
On (12/09/06 00:37), "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > On (11/09/06 09:40), Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: > > > >> Dear mentors, > >> > >> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "libinklevel". > >

Re: RFS: transmission

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
not sure whether another DD would do it if you haven't talked to the other interested people. I think your best bet would be one of the two DDs that have already expressed an interest in the package. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ se

Re: RFS: weplab -- tool designed to break WEP keys

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
7;t I'm afraid, but maybe someone else would like to. [P.S. Adam has asked before on this list, but failed to find a sponsor for this package] James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0&

Re: RFS: cobalt-panel-utils -- System utilities for Sun Cobalt's LCD and LEDs (updated package)

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
Your changelog mentions that you added a debian/watch file but there isn't one. * There are a few lintian messages about hyphens in manpages (you need to turn on all output of lintian to see them). You could fix these, but it's not a showstopper. James -- James

Re: RFS: anaconda (updated: 11.1.0.50-2)

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
ork for managing the byte compilation, either python-support or python-central. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: RFS: lisaac

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
d all copyright statements in your debian/copyright. If there are none you should contact upstream to add them. * You need to Build-Depends on dpatch. Do you know about pbuilder to try and help you catch things like that? * Linda tells us that lissac-doc should be in Section: doc.

Re: RFS: bastet (updated package)

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
e updated. In the middle is a clarification from upstream, and the addition of the usual Copyright statements and license headers. * Does the Debian games team that you say you are adopting the package for not contain some DDs who will sponsor the packages of the group? James -- James We

Re: RFS: libinklevel -- library for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
On (13/09/06 21:05), Adam Cecile wrote: > Hi again James^^ > Hi Adam, No need to email me and Cc: the list, just send direct to the list. I think it should be pretty clear to you that I read the list :) > > * Why does the md5sum of the .orig.tar.gz differ from th

Re: RE : RFS: lisaac

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
that, however I am not talking about the license, I am referring to Copyright statements, e.g. Copyright 2006 James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They are a separate issue from licenses, as they state who has the Copyright for the work. Licenses deal with what you as a user/redistributer/whate

Re: RFS: bastet (updated package)

2006-09-13 Thread James Westby
On (13/09/06 22:14), Nacho Barrientos Arias wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:59:14 +0100 > James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html*/-bpp-upstream-info > > sugges

Re: RFS: transmission

2006-09-14 Thread James Westby
On (14/09/06 11:51), Philipp Benner wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:45:59 +0100 > James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't say that noone is responding. It is a little slow, but it > > seems like there is work being done. > > > > Have you c

Re: RFS: bastet (updated package)

2006-09-14 Thread James Westby
On (14/09/06 00:08), Nacho Barrientos Arias wrote: > Firstly, i apologize for this massive email sending to the mail list. No problem. > > I uploaded to mentors a new package [1] which fix all this issues (and > the suggested by James). I'm pending upstream's confirmation

Re: RFS: isomd5sum (formerly anaconda)

2006-09-14 Thread James Westby
On (13/09/06 21:20), Ryan Finnie wrote: > Greetings James, > > Thank you for the recommendations. > > On 9/13/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > * Your debian/copyright needs more work, see > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announ

Re: RFS: isomd5sum (formerly anaconda)

2006-09-14 Thread James Westby
On (14/09/06 13:44), Ryan Finnie wrote: > On 9/14/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not quite, you missed md5.c. This file is not under the same license as > >the rest of the package, and must be documented in debian/rules. > > (I'm assuming you m

Re: Weired things creating packages

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
t; > Aha, xmms-skin-debian-4.0-etch_0.1.0-1_all.deb is there but > WHY does dpkg-buildpackage create a *_i386.changes ? > That is normal. The changes contains the arch string even for arch: all builds. There is no problem in this. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13

Re: RFS: isomd5sum (formerly anaconda)

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
On (14/09/06 15:15), Ryan Finnie wrote: > isomd5sum_11.1.0.95-1 has been updated in-place. Removed .cvsignore, > added md5.c information to debian/copyright, removed unnecessary > current maintainer line from debian/copyright. James, thanks a lot > for your help. Looks good to me

Re: RFS: libinklevel -- library for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
On (13/09/06 21:01), James Westby wrote: > On (13/09/06 21:05), Adam Cecile wrote: > > > > Because I repacked the source tarball to change version (use of "~"). > > > > I don't think there's a need to repack, just rename I think should work.

Re: License issues with Singular

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
another question about usage relatively quickly. > As Steve suggests we can try and work around the problem, and substitute another library. It would be good if we could get the libraries relicensed though so we don't have to distribute a lesser package. If you have anything resembling a p

Re: RFS: frown

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
t is not your choice.) Can you tell me why it is done like this? I hope you find a sponsor. I certainly think the package is ready for an upload. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)T

Re: RFS: haskell-uulib

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
y thing that shows that they meant the BSD license, and indeed the 3 clause BSD? * Also there is some boilerplate in files under debian/ that could be removed (debian/rules and debian/watch specifically). Now, if only I could remember how to use Haskell so that I could check all

Re: RFS: libinklevel -- library for checking the ink level of your local printer

2006-09-15 Thread James Westby
On (16/09/06 02:09), "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" wrote: > James Westby wrote: > > On (13/09/06 21:01), James Westby wrote: > >> On (13/09/06 21:05), Adam Cecile wrote: > >>> Because I repacked the source tarball to change version (use of "~"). > >

Re: dvipng: Version 1.8 package (NMU / New Maintainer)

2006-09-16 Thread James Westby
header from the package. * debian/dirs is redundant here. I cannot sponsor the package for you though. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: dvipng: Version 1.8 package (NMU / New Maintainer)

2006-09-16 Thread James Westby
On (16/09/06 21:34), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, James Westby wrote: > > * The debian/copyright file is lacking. There is no copyright > > information, what is referred to as Copyright is in fact a License, > > and not a copy of a license he

Re: RFS: frown

2006-09-16 Thread James Westby
On (16/09/06 09:12), Arjan Oosting wrote: > Op za, 16-09-2006 te 00:13 +0100, schreef James Westby: > > * debian/dirs is redundant here. > Huh? Why is it redundant? The upstream Makefile does not create > $(bindir) so I debian/dirs to make sure usr/bin exists. > Sorry.

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-18 Thread James Westby
ers to his files? * There is also an aspell in the package, is it capable of creating an dictionary for aspell. If so do you not want to package that as well? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!&g

Re: RFS: lisaac (updated package)

2006-09-18 Thread James Westby
copyright/license statement about your packaging. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html Again, I cannot sponsor the package for you, sorry. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edC

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 12:27), Neil Williams wrote: > Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote: > > > >> Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments, > >> > >> * I don't think the pack

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 22:56), Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 01:01:15PM +0100, James Westby a écrit : > > > > See http://jameswestby.net/mentors/glossary/native.html > > Hi James, > > Quoting your site: > > "A Debian native package is a package t

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
to avoid certain headaches. Obviously if packages/programs want to link statically to the libs then ship it. The packaging looks ok otherwise. I haven't installed the packages and tested them though. Does anybody else have an opinion on .a and .la files in packages? James --

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 19:30), Eddy Petrişor wrote: > On 19/09/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Debian native package is a program written specifically to Debian, > > A package is not a program. s/to/for/ => > > "A Debian native package is a package

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
oesn't work. You should just rm them instead. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
package for you. However the package in question has already been claimed by someone else. You could email the bug report and them and ask if they would be interested in co-maintainence, but if they are not then you are stuck I'm afraid. See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cg

Re: RFS: filezilla3 -- Famous Win32 graphical FTP client

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
all the files is in order. * You also have a long line in debian/copyright. * Should dh_installmenu be commented out? The binary packages look ok though. I haven't tested them at all though. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccur

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
On (20/09/06 15:00), Frank S. Thomas wrote: > Hi James and thanks for reviewing! > No problem. > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 22:07, James Westby wrote: > > * These lines from your install file are odd > > debian/tmp/usr/bin usr > > debian/tmp

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
hink nostrip would work for your package like this. Please add them, and if the package doesn't build with them try and fix it. The binary package looks OK, but I haven't tested it. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure ke

Re: RFS: spcaview

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
m has already pointed out to you this software is being packaged by someone else. Do you know about wnpp? http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0&

Re: RFS to fix RC bug: rssreader.app

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
license notices in some of the files indicate that the license > is LGPL, which certainly is not the case. I suspect a copy/paste > error and asked upstream to correct this. > > * Oddly, the file RSSKit/GNUmakefile seems to be under LGPL. I have > indicated that i

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 12:00), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, James Westby wrote: > > On (20/09/06 15:00), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Could someone please sponsor a New Maintainer upload of swish++? >

Re: RFS: zinc-compiler (updated package)

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
think that will cut it. I think you need to fake a new upstream version greater than that which is currently there. mentors.d.n allows you to overwrite files in the archive, while the official archive does not. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/

Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 10:41), George Danchev wrote: > On Thursday 21 September 2006 10:27, James Westby wrote: > > > So that I can keep the ordering before the final upload. > > > For example the version after I incorporate the changes you suggest > > > will be 6.1.4-0pre4

Re: Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 14:29), martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.09.21.1419 +0200]: > > The convention is, I believe, that an upload to mentors.debian.net > > does not count as a release, as anyone who downloads a package > > from there

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 12:47), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, James Westby wrote detailed comments > on my packaging of swish++. > > Consequently, I have newer versions at: > > http://www.imsc.res.in/~kapil/debian/swish++/swish++_6.1.4-0pre4.

Re: RFS: haskell-edison

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
D3; see COPYRIGHT file for terms and conditions" but the COPYRIGHT file doesn't contain BSD3. Is it worth seeking clarification? The packages look good overall. I hope you find a sponsor. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ se

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (20/09/06 14:08), James Westby wrote: > I'll have another look on my next checking run, if they haven't been > sponsored by then. They look good to me, though upstream could do with sorting out the copyright and licenses. I have tested the package and a short example seems to

Re: RFS: malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html for the current preferred form. * Have you considered moving to a debhelper debian/rules? * Does the package really need to doo auto* in the debian/rules? * Consider adding a debian/watch file. James -- James West

Re: RFS: malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 18:57), James Westby wrote: > [I'm splitting this up to make it clearer what is going on] > > On (21/09/06 18:12), Timo Jyrinki wrote: > > Lovely mentors, > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my packages "suomi-malaga", "libvoikko

Re: RFS: suomi-malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
an/watch file doesn't work. It is pretty clear why, please fix it or remove it (preferably the former). The binary packages look ok, but I haven't tested them, I wouldn't know where to start. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.

Re: How to fix this?

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
symbolic link where? Anyway I tried to document this here http://jameswestby.net/mentors/commonpackingmistakes/nativepackage.html James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM

Re: RFS: suomi-malaga

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 20:26), James Westby wrote: > On (21/09/06 18:12), Timo Jyrinki wrote: > > * Package name: suomi-malaga > > Hi, > > * Have you filed an ITP? If so you should close it in the changelog. > * Why does the source package go in section misc if it's o

Re: RFS: (malaga), suomi-malaga, libvoikko, tmispell-voikko, oo2-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
I: libvoikko-dev: hyphen-used-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/voikkospell.1.gz:43 James [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/09/msg00228.html [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-upstream-info [2] http://lists.debi

Re: RFS: tmispell-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
ecause linking not done i486-linux-gnu-g++: defs: linker input file unused because linking not done here, maybe you want to fix that. * There is a lintian warning W: tmispell-voikko: binary-without-manpage ispell but I'm not sure how this should be handled. James

Re: RFS: oo2-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
er that CFLAGS, the consequence of which is that the package is built without -g. * The binary package name differs from the source package name again. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E

Re: RFS: qpopper (updated package)

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
pends lines to remove some spurious lintian warnings. There should be spaces after commas, and around pipes (|). James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!>|&7U.L#9E)Tu)T0>AM - secp256r1/nistp2

Re: RFC (request for criticism ;) ): doc-debian-uk

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
ight at 80 chars. * You can delete unused dh_* calls from debian/rules. * You should move tetex-extra and debiandoc-sgml to Build-Depends-Indep as you are building arch: all and are not using them in the clean target. (Thanks to lintian). Unfortunately I cannot sponsor the package for y

RFS: Tunapie

2006-09-23 Thread James Stone
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "tunapie". * Package name: tunapie Version : 1.0-2 Upstream Author : James Stone * URL : tunapie.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Section : sound It builds these binary package

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