[VAC] 18/05-31/05 Alicante, Spain

2002-05-14 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I will be away from my email from 18 May until 31 May. If something urgent occurs with one of my packages, please NMU. In the case of Python, Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is your preferred contact of course. Gregor PS: I will be in Alicante, Spain during that time (perhaps with vi

Re: math.exp bug on alpha?

2002-01-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Bastian Kleineidam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020111 11:41]: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:28:30PM +0300, Mikhail Sobolev wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 06:29:58PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 05:25:43PM +, Luigi Ballabio wrote: > > > > on alpha debian,

Re: python2.1 and MySQLdb

2001-12-30 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011226 18:11]: > I just apt-get upgraded my python and the MySQLdb module now > gives the following error: > > Python 2.1.1 (#1, Nov 11 2001, 18:19:24) > [GCC 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more info

Re: Packaging decompyle - policy question

2001-11-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02 19:20]: > > > c) A wrapper that auto-detects the format of the .pyc file and calls the > > according variant (detection of the .pyc format should be pretty easy, > > it's just a magic number, cf. /usr/share/misc/magic). > > Hm, I'll try and find some docum

Re: Packaging decompyle - policy question

2001-11-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02 18:22]: > > Hi. So I'm packaging decompyle which decompiles a .pyc bytecode file and > converts it back to python source. > > Thing is, decompyle needs to be run with the same version of python that was > used to create the bytecode. > > So the questio

Re: Python-2.1 becoming Debian's default Python version

2001-11-07 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011107 16:08]: > Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6, with a few minor > >> > bug fixes, and with a different license that enables late

Re: Python-2.1 becoming Debian's default Python version

2001-11-07 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011107 15:04]: > Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It's probably better to check if you're unsure rather than speculate or > > guess. From the 2.1.1 LICENCE file: > > > > Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6, with a few mino

Re: lintian and new python policy

2001-10-29 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011029 15:46]: > > > > Also, someone else reported that lintian complains against > > > Depends: python (>= 2.1), python (<< 2.2) > > > > This is a lintian bug. It's not bothering to notice that one's a less-than > > and the other's a greater-than. > > Btw, isn't

(2nd try) Final draft of Python Policy (hopefully ;-)

2001-10-27 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I've put a version 0.3.6 of the Python Policy Draft on http://people.debian.org/~flight/python/. The version is still a little bit rough and sometimes incomplete, but it already gives a good outline of the Python packaging system we are installing just now. Please have a look at the document, and

Final draft of Python Policy (hopefully ;-)

2001-10-27 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I've put a version 0.3.6 of the Python Policy Draft on http://people.debian.org/~flight/python/. The version is still a little bit rough and sometimes incomplete, but it already gives a good outline of the Python packaging system we are installing just now. Please have a look at the document, and

Re: What should we do now?

2001-10-23 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Anthony Towns [011023 17:22]: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 02:42:42PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Just to make the discussion a little bit more focussed: I think several > > issues were mixed up in my original mail: > > Sounds like a plan. > > > (1) For

Re: What should we do now?

2001-10-23 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Anthony Towns [011023 09:07]: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:31:50AM -0400, David M. Cooke wrote: > > At some point, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > Again, _why_ does this matter? Who does this? Is it even remotely common? > > > That people would even consider installing another version of python in >

Re: What should we do now?

2001-10-22 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011022 17:47]: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:13:17AM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > Say, you would install 2.1.2 in /usr/local. > > > > How about we just say "Don't inst

Re: What should we do now?

2001-10-22 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011017 08:31]: > Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoted from Gregor: > > " > Python package maintainers should then change their packages to build > python1.5-* and python2.1-* packages (python2.0 if needed), and make > them depend on python1.5-bas

Re: Updated experimental packages

2001-09-07 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010907 00:33]: > I see now that the python2 packages made it into unstable. This is a > mistake IMHO. The Perl guys tryed this and it didn't work. Also, the > name should have been python2.1 not python2. What problem does naming > the packages "python2" s

Re: Experimental Python packages

2001-09-06 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010906 16:27]: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Have you looked at my experimental Python packages, at > > http://people.debian.org/~flight/python/snapshot/ ? I haven't yet tried > > your packages, but it sounds like you started

Re: Experimental Python packages

2001-09-06 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010906 16:01]: > Carey Evans wrote: > > I've had a look at these packages myself. Can you tell us what stage > > they're at, i.e. what still needs to be done, what problems you know > > about and what you want to hear about? > > I thought my first message e

Re: Experimental Python packages

2001-09-06 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010906 01:05]: > Before I spend too much time on this, is there a problem with this > approach? It seems to be much simpler than using versioned packages for > everything Python related. I'm especially interested in Gregor's > opinion since he maintains a l

Re: Intent for NMU of python-2.1 packages

2001-09-04 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010904 11:18]: > Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ... > > in June (2.1) and July (2.1.1). Gregor (the python-1.5 and python-2.0 > > maintainer) has put experimental packages at > > http://people.debian.org/~flight/python and was asking for help >

Python upgrade: need help regarding package renaming

2001-08-01 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I'm struggling with a simple case of 'What-APT-Does-Is-Not-What-I-mean' while preparing the dependencies for the Python upgrade: In potato, we had packages python-base and idle (and a variety of other python-* packages). Now these packages will be renamed python1.5-base and idle-python1.5 (an

New experimental python1.5 packages

2001-07-31 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have uploaded an improved version (1.5.2-17.0.1) of the python1.5 packages to people.debian.org: http://people.debian.org/~flight/python/snapshots/python1.5/ Again, the packages are not intended for public consumption. The major change is the introduction of empty transitional packages pyt

Re: python2.1 et al.

2001-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
* Radovan Garabik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010726 18:49]: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 05:24:04PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Then, we still have to agree on a strategy how to set up the > > dependencies, in order to make the upgrade work in an intuitive way. > > &g

Re: python2.1 et al.

2001-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Cyrille, I's sure you don't mind quoting your mail in debian-python: * Cyrille Chepelov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010726 21:10]: > Le jeu, jui 26, 2001, à 05:24:04 +0200, Gregor Hoffleit a écrit: > > It's been much too long since I posted the last status report. I'm

python2.1 et al.

2001-07-26 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
It's been much too long since I posted the last status report. I'm swamped with all kinds of real world work, and wasn't really able to keep up in time with the discussion. Reading the discussion, I thought that in order to consolidate a Python policy, it might help to collect the information in a

Re: Status report on python2 transition

2001-07-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
[... just recovering from LT2k++ and other recreational things ;-)] Thanks, Chris for your suggestions: On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 09:00:06PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: > My semi-well-thought-out solution: > > - python-* should provide a "Standard" Python for each Debian > release. 2.1.1 seems

Re: python 'release21-maint' branch GPL with changed license

2001-07-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
about python packages based on this branch? I has > the advantage of a recent version which can go into woody. I guess this answers that question: On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 01:31:21PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > First of all the good news: You have managed to talk me into making the > big ste

lintian: Should check dependencies for python packages

2001-07-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Package: lintian Version: 1.20.13 Severity: normal Lintian should include a check for correct dependencies of Python extension packages. The rule is like follows: Any package that installs stuff in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages must have a dependency on: python-base >= X.Y, python-base <<

Re: Status report on python2 transition

2001-07-05 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 05:33:37PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 07:56:57AM -0700, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > > > That's our current setup (well-behaved packages should have a dependency > > > on "python-base >= 1.5, python-base &l

Re: Status report on python2 transition

2001-07-05 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 07:56:57AM -0700, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Sorry ? What problems do you have installing Python 2.1 in /usr/local on > > a Debian system ? > > Sometimes /usr/local/bin/python is used instead of /usr/bin/python. For > ex

Re: Status report on python2 transition

2001-07-05 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 07:13:54AM -0700, Neil Schemenauer wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Until now I had the impression that in general it's not necessary to > > have more than one Python version on your machine at the same time > > (except perhaps you're a P

Status report on python2 transition

2001-07-04 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
First of all the good news: You have managed to talk me into making the big step, and going right to the 2.1.1 CVS branch. Thomas Wouters (release czar for Python 2.1.1) assured me that 2.1.1 will be released before the freeze, and Guido heavily supported that. Now for the bad news: I don't have a

Re: Python 2.0.1; transition plans for woody

2001-06-25 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 05:42:30PM +0200, Radovan Garabik wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 05:21:39PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > > With the default setup, stuff in /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages would be > > ignored by 2.0.1. In order to make the transition ea

Re: Python 2.0.1; transition plans for woody

2001-06-25 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 05:37:36PM +0200, Radovan Garabik wrote: > I agree, but... why not wait until python 2.1.1 is released? > (or, if we just discuss things a bit, it will be > released before any action is taken and we can jump right > to it :-)) > > You still need to modify packages when goi

Re: Python 2.0.1; transition plans for woody

2001-06-25 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:47:28AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:36:28PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > This would mean that I upload new versions of the Python packages: > > (1) python2 (python2-base etc.) would be removed > > (2) python 2.0

Python 2.0.1; transition plans for woody

2001-06-25 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, Python 2.0.1 is out, finally with a GPL compatible license. Zope 2.3.3 works fine with Python 2.0; I'm not aware of any problems with Debian packages wrt. Python 2.x. That nullifies all reasons for the existance of dual Python packages in Debian (cf. /usr/share/doc/python2/README.why-python2)

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-06-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 07:06:09PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> This is probably correct, but it is completely irrelevant in our case. >>> Some parts of Python 2.1 are still covered by the GPL-incompatible >&g

Experimental Python 2.1 packages, release plans

2001-05-24 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have uploaded experimental Python 2.1 packages. Grab them at http://people.debian.org/~flight/python2/ The packages are completely untested. I had to re-implement the building of the shared library (just finished), the remainder of the packages is mostly unchanged. In a few hours, I will l

Python 2.0.1 release schedule ?

2001-05-24 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi Moshe, I'm trying to lay out a schedule for the Debian Python packages in woody. My plan would also depend on the release date of Python 2.0.1. Thomas Wouters wrote: "Another couple of weeks at least, before a release candidate. It also depends on Moshe; if he actually releases 2.0.1 anytime so

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-24 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 01:02:29PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I talked to RMS, Eben Moglen and GvR. The bad news: According to RMS+Moglen, > > the license used in Python 2.1 still is not yet compatible with the GPL. Th

Re: python-2.1 for unstable?

2001-05-21 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
lease plan. He'd like to inform the release managers of 2.0.1 and 2.1.1, and seemed to be quite interested to make sure that the next release of Debian will contain a fixed version: On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 04:32:13PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 09:48:38AM -0500

Re: usr/share/apps/konsole/python*.desktop

2001-05-08 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:21:32PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > Here are a couple of files I've found useful and would like to see > included in the python*-base packages... Hi Bruce, would you mind to file an "wishlist" bug report for this ? Just to make sure that I won't forget it. Gregor

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-19 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:04:24AM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 10:25:52PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > | Steve Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | > > | > Licenses aside, there are the same technical issues with Python 2

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:26:00AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 18-Apr-2001 Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: > >> as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > >>

Re: Python 2.1 out

2001-04-18 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 03:33:45PM +0200, Vasko Miroslav wrote: > as Python 2.1 is out, there is no need to keep Python2 and Python152 > in Debian, I think. > > it looks like 2.1 has GPL-compatible license (it has, in fact, three > licenses) Thanks for pointing out the changes in LICENSE. Since t

Somebody interested in packaging Jython ?

2001-04-04 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, the BTS still holds my ITP to package JPython (nowadays called Jython). Jython is an implementation of the Python language in pure Java, see http://www.jython.org/. As much as I'm interested in the issues involved with a painless coexistence of C-Python and Jython on Debian, I haven't really

Re: RFC: python-base, debconf and py/pyc files

2001-03-25 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 08:25:57AM +0200, Moshe Zadka wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > currently, our Python packages mostly ship .py files and compile them into > > ..pyc files at run time in order to save space in the d

RFC: python-base, debconf and py/pyc files

2001-03-23 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, currently, our Python packages mostly ship .py files and compile them into .pyc files at run time in order to save space in the debs. There's no reason, though, to keep the .py files on machines that only deploy software[1] I wonder if I should debconf-ify python-base and add an debconf opti

Re: 4Suite in Debian ?

2001-02-28 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:00:38AM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 28-Feb-2001 Jérôme Marant wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Would you think great to have 4Suite (http://www.4suite.org) in Debian ? > > As 4DOM was included in Python-xml, we could simply remove it from 4Suite > > add a

Removal of python-zlib package

2001-02-20 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I'd like to warn you that I'm going to merge the contents of python-zlib into python-base. python-zlib is very small, and since zlib1g is now 'standard' anyway, it won't introduce a significant penalty to the python-base package. I noticed that task-python-dev, task-python-bundle and routeplanner

Re: [Python-Dev] Re: Python 2.0 in Debian

2001-02-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 04:24:03PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Is there any reason for you to include this choice of law clause anyway, if > > you don't live in Virginia ? > > I have to make the governing law the German law since that is whe

Re: Python 2.0 in Debian

2001-02-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 03:34:07PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Here's the "problem" I have: I want to put my code under a license > similar to the Python 2 license (that is including the choice of > law clause which caused all this trouble). Why don't you simply remove the first sentence of th

Re: Python 2.0 in Debian (was: Re: [Python-Dev] PEPS, version control, release intervals)

2001-02-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:51:14PM +0100, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > > If somebody could give me a legal advice that the Python license is in fact > > compatible with the GPL, and if this was accepted by the guys at > > debian-legal@lists.debian

Python 2.0 in Debian (was: Re: [Python-Dev] PEPS, version control, release intervals)

2001-02-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
efault. It's the duty of maintainers of other packages to check if their license if compatible with the Python 2.x license, and then to repackage it accordingly (cf. python2/README.maintainers for hints). Jan 11, 2001 Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Last modified: 2000-01-11

Re: Bug#82088: Request build against tcl/tk8.3

2001-01-28 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi Mike, On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 01:44:36PM -0800, Mike Markley wrote: > You may want to hold off on that for a few days while I work out the strange > bug that's preventing tcl8.3 from building only on m68k. That bug is the > principal reason that tcl8.3 and tk8.3 aren't yet in testing, but Roman

Re: Bug#82088: Request build against tcl/tk8.3

2001-01-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 04:41:09AM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > Package: python2-tk > Version: N/A; reported 2001-01-13 > Severity: normal > > I haven't installed these from unstable yet. But I have had python1.52 > and python2 from p.d.o/~flight, both downloaded as source and rebuilt > locally w

Preliminary python2 packages for Debian woody

2000-12-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
e). - Readline support, python-gdbm and python-mpz have been removed, since they involve GPL code owned by the FSF. - The SSL module will be packaged separately, since it has to go into non-US. Please report any problems or suggestions to me. Gregor -- Gregor HoffleitMe

Re: Any dpkg-python document?

2000-09-07 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
eter with a GPL > > compatible license. > > in 1998 I convertedthe scripts to use the re module and the package > format. Unfortunately I don't have this code anymore. You may ask > Gregor (flight); I think he added some documentation for the modules. -- [ Gregor Hoffleit

Re: Packaging of more zope products

2000-02-18 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 11:39:06AM +0100, Christian Leutloff wrote: > for ZOPE exists many many so called products that extends the > functionality. Some are already available for Debian: zope-mysqlda, > zope-pygresqld, zope-siteacces, zope-tinytable. Are there any plans to > pack more of the avail

Bug: Signal processing in 1.5.2 and Python (readline, LinuxThreads etc al.)

2000-02-02 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I just wanted to draw your attention to a bug report I submitted into the Python BTS (Bug #196; currently available as http://www.python.org/python-bugs/incoming?id=196;user=guest). I describe that the combination of Python 1.5.2, LinuxThreads and readline support has strange effects to the s

Re: RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 04:00:01PM -0500, David Coe wrote: > This sounds like a task package to me, too, but maybe I misunderstand > what you said; would it include anything besides the dependencies? > > Also note that we still have (well, recently had, at least) some packages > which depend on

Re: Boot-Floppies: task-python packages

2000-01-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
David, are you still working on these task-python* packages ? It would be nice if we could get them into potato. Gregor On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 06:03:10AM +, David Coe wrote: > I'm building the task-python packages, have a few questions, and would > like your suggestions for improvement

RFC: New package "python"

2000-01-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I'd like to hear your comments about a change which may or may not make it into potato: Currently "python" is an virtual package only, provided by python-base. I'd like to turn "python" into a real package with the upcoming new revision of the Python packages: Package: python Source: python Depe

Do we prefer Tk8.0 or 8.2 ? (for python-tk, that is)

2000-01-11 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have a quite urgent problem while polishing the new Python packages: Do we prefer our packages to use tk8.2 or on tk8.0 ? Python's Tkinter extension module (package python-tk) needs to be linked to libtk. I wonder if I should stay with libtk8.0 or switch to libtk8.2 for the final potato package

Trouble with libapache-mod-python: Any volunteers ?

1999-11-19 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I keep getting grave bug reports on the libapache-mod-python module. I don't use this module myself anymore, and I don't have much time to spend on it nor do I have much experience with debugging Apache modules. If somebody is interested in taking over the package, or at least debugging it, p

Re: Boot-Floppies: python task package

1999-09-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:59:46PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Section: devel > Priority: optional > Standards-Version: 2.4.0.0 > > Package: task-python > Version: 0.1 > Maintainer: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Depends: python-base, python-dev, python-misc, python-net, python-tk

Python PAM module uploaded

1999-08-28 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Just in case you don't see the announcement: I've uploaded a Python PAM module, python-pam, to potato. This module allows you to access the PAM authentification services from a Python program. Since PAMification is a potential release goal, maintainers of Python packages that employ authentificati

Re: Zope in Potato ?

1999-07-14 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:29:08AM -0700, Mike Orr wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 10:07:47AM -0500, Debian Developer wrote: > > Anybody thinking of adding zope www.zope.org into Potato ? > > No, but it would be great if we did. I'm not enough of a programmer to > do this, though. This is my pr

Re: Bug#41113: Proposal: Naming Conventions for modules

1999-07-14 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
FYI: Alexander Reelsen filed bug#41113 against debian-policy, which is of interest for debian-java, debian-python as well as debian-perl: On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 11:10:22PM +0200, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > The following is a proposal to add some rules to the debian policy concerning > the naming

Second edition of experimental Python packages

1999-06-17 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
There were two significant problems in the first round of the packages I announced yesterday, therefore an silent update: Again, http://www.debian.org/~flight/python/ or deb http://www.debian.org/~flight/python ./ First, I have removed the superfluous idle.1 man pages from all other packag

Experimental Python packages

1999-06-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have prepared a new revision of Python packages. I would have uploaded them to master, but I'm running into problems with dpkg upgrading (apt seems to work fine). The packages are available via http: http://www.debian.org/~flight/python/ apt should also work: deb http://www.debian.org/~fl

Re: How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
rrors were encountered while processing: python-base_1.5.2-4_i386.deb For the sake of completeness, this is dpkg -s python-{bsddb,curses}: Package: python-bsddb Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: interpreters Installed-Size: 28 Maintainer: Gregor Hoffleit <[EMAIL PROTECT

How to smoothly merge packages ?

1999-06-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I'd like to merge back some python packages (python-net, python-misc, python-bsddb and python-curses) into python-base. Now quite a lot third-party packages depend e.g. on python-net. What's the best method to ensure a smooth transition for both potato and people upgrading Python from slink,

Re: info docs (was Re: Experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages available)

1999-04-19 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 07:03:09PM -0400, Joe Block wrote: > Paul Stevens wrote: > > > > > I seem to remember there is now a complete info set, which I sure > > > would like to install for use within {x,}emacs, but I don't know how > > > many of debian/python users would find a need for it. > > >

Your opinion about bsddb and glibc2.1

1999-04-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I finally found the time to read the glibc2.1 documentation regarding the changes to the db interfaces. Now I'm left with a problem: In glibc2.1 (which is used in potato for all architectures ??), the old Berkeley DB code (aka db1) has been replaced with code from Sleepycat (aka db2). The intern

Re: Experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages available

1999-04-14 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 09:15:53AM +0200, Paul Stevens wrote: > > > I seem to remember there is now a complete info set, which I sure > > would like to install for use within {x,}emacs, but I don't know how > > many of debian/python users would find a need for it. > > I do. Please do include info

Re: Experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages available

1999-04-14 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 09:05:36AM -0700, Mike Orr wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 01:35:02PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > I have put together a set of experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages. To use > > them with apt, try the following line: > > > > deb http:

Experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages available

1999-04-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have put together a set of experimental Python 1.5.2c1 packages. To use them with apt, try the following line: deb http://master.debian.org/~flight/python ./ They are also available via plain http (this time, I included a proper index.html so that it should be possible to download them with

Experimental Python 1.5.2b2 packages on master

1999-03-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
I have prepared an experimental set of Python 1.5.2b2 packages with experimental shared library support. Please try and report any problems or suggestions to me! http://master.debian.org/~flight/python/ resp. for apt: deb http://master.debian.org/~flight/python ./ I plan to drop the pytho

Experimental python 1.5.2b2 packages on master

1999-03-12 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
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Re: Zope Debian package?

1999-02-20 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, since a few people asked: On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 11:19:16PM -0500, Christian Hudon wrote: > are you still working on a zope package for Debian? If yes, when is it > going to be out? I'd like to play with zope at the office, and so if you're > too busy I could build a zope package and upload

Re: Bug#28217: python-ldap: non-maintainer upload (alpha) diffs

1998-10-30 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
[The current default Makefile.pre.in from /usr/lib/python1.5/config has the problem that for it uses a plain mkdir to create the DESTSHARED directory. In general, this works fine since DESTSHARED's parent (e.g. /usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages) already exists, but with Debian, `pwd`/debian/tmp/$DES

Bug: python-tk 1.5.1-5 depends on tkstep8.0

1998-10-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Sorry about this inconvenience. I just saw that python-tk from 1.5.1-5 depends on tkstep8.0, while it should depend on tk8.0. I'll correct this in a new upload in the next two or three days. In the meantime, you can also force configuration with "dpkg --force-depends --configure python-tk".

Decision made: traditional python setup for slink

1998-10-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Ok, now that I learned that the freeze is going to happen this Friday, it's clear that the time is too short to make the transition to my experimental Python setup. Tomorrow I will upload a new set of python packages, 1.5.1-5, with all official patches applied and a few new fixes included; there

Re: Experimental slink python and jpython packages

1998-10-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 04:13:40PM +0300, Arto Astala wrote: > > 2.) Play risk. Adopt a new scheme similar to my proposal, e.g. > > > > - Remove python-net, python-misc; new package python-lib. This would > > break a few packages' dependencies; those had to be rebuilt. > > Apart of other change

Re: Experimental slink python and jpython packages

1998-10-13 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 08:34:19PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit writes: > > Hi, > > > > I placed new experimental packages of python and jpython on my private > > web page, http://www.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/~flight/debian-private/. > > &g

Re: Is there anybody out there? [Was Re: Grail (was: ...))]

1998-10-01 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 04:34:02PM +0200, Lorenzo M. Catucci wrote: > > > On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Gregor Hoffleit [...] > > > > I wonder if we are the only ones reading this list. Is it possible to > > see who is subscribed to the list ? > > > `An interested u

Grail (was: Re: Cancel (was grail))

1998-09-17 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Martin Schulze writes: > Martin Schulze wrote: > > I'd like to entirely cancel my last mail wrt grail. I saw it and > > removed it entirely. The licence is just fucked up. > > > > [..] > > this Agreement does not authorize Licensee to distribute copies of > > the Software to t

Re: This license (JPython) acceptable ?

1998-09-17 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Following up on my recent inquiry about the JPython license, here is an update. Depending on the results of these issues, I will put the package into main, contrib or non-free. (1) License issues Judging from the repsonses, most of the license seems to be acceptable according to the terms of the

Experimental slink python and jpython packages

1998-09-15 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I placed new experimental packages of python and jpython on my private web page, http://www.mathi.uni-heidelberg.de/~flight/debian-private/. Sorry that I still not managed to put together the proposal for a Debian Python policy. If you look at the packages, you'll get the idea for a few mo

Invitation to debian-python mailing list

1998-08-16 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Hi, I'd like to invite all of you to join the debian-python mailing list at lists.debian.org. There are a few issues regarding the Python base packages that I'd like to see resolved before the release of slink. This is the charter for debian-python: debian-python@lists.debian.org