Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:42:41PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > libmwdrivers.before it's used, and without someone giving me a log of > the actual failure (which will require dropping that silly redirection > from debian/rules), you're just guessing. Sent by private mail. -- "You grabbe

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It was easily reproduced - there's no libmwdrivers.a for powerpc and the > microwindows build tries to use that before it's built. No, no, a thousand times no. microwindows does try to build libmwdrivers.before it's used, and without someone giving m

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Colin Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 18:47, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > This is not such a good idea. Maintainers are generally not > > responsible for checking build status and logs [...] > > Which is kind of silly, given how easy it is to go to > http://buildd.

Re: How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 12:01:17PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr écrivait: > I'm really glad that this is possible now. However, I wonder if this > should really be hosted at packages.qa.d.o. Why cannot it be > integrated with the normal [EMAIL PROTECTED] bot? After all, this is a > bugs issue. I'm a

Re: help needed with a reformime bug

2002-01-06 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:42:18AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, hi > I'd appreciate if someone could adjust the patch in #115625 to work with our > version of reformime in the stable maildrop package. i'v been lurking at the src and it seems to me that the DoS is not effective against reform

Re: MIA maintainer and NMU of package

2002-01-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020106 13:04]: > > - you mail mia-@qa.debian.org > I knew about this, but I thought only qa people should send mails > there Raphael has done it already so there's no need to do it again. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > > (opt-in) maintainers about such problems). The port maintainers > > Such as the pack

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > (opt-in) maintainers about

Re: How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Adam Olsen
On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 11:55:13AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 10:21:45AM +, Adam Olsen ?crivait: > > * It can be used by users simply to watch packages they're interested > > in. > > I'm not sure that it's really fun to watch. However, yes of course if > they wish.

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
I concur with Dan here - part because it's really his job, part because I've had it with filing bug reports from m68k buildds myself. But there's always two sides to that issue, so: > > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > > every maintainer to do a few extra steps

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Adam Olsen
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 01:33:25PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > (I rarely do these > > > days, rather rely on the maintainer to check build status and > > > logs).

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Colin Walters
On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 18:47, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > This is not such a good idea. Maintainers are generally not > responsible for checking build status and logs [...] Which is kind of silly, given how easy it is to go to http://buildd.debian.org and look up build logs for a package.

Re: MIA maintainer and NMU of package

2002-01-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 05:30:36AM -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva écrivait: > a friend told me that the gnu-smalltalk was too old on unstable, > I went to check this out and found out that its maintainer is > MIA since Oct 2000 and decided to do some QA on the package... > > I have an NMU ready, wic

Re: How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020105 15:16]: > the QA group will soon provide a new service[1]. The ability to > subscribe to packages > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm really glad that this is possible now. However, I wonder if this should really be hosted at packages.qa.d.o. Why cannot it be

Re: How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 10:21:45AM +, Adam Olsen écrivait: > * It can be used by users simply to watch packages they're interested > in. I'm not sure that it's really fun to watch. However, yes of course if they wish. But we shouldn't explicitely advertise it to our users, they may learn it th

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > I've rescheduled the 0.88pre11-4 build hoping the build dependencies > > install now. But that doesn't relate to #121459 at all. > > As far as I can tell, it doesn't work: > > http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=microwindows&ver=0.88pre11-4&arch=powerpc&stamp=1010178840&file=log&as=raw The

Re: MIA maintainer and NMU of package

2002-01-06 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:32:30 +0100 Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Easy : > - you get some information about the maintainer (you see if he has many > outstanding bugs, how old the bugs are, you check the last seen > field on db.debian.org (you need to authenticate to get the info))

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> microwindows is not building on powerpc, but I don't know why. The make[1]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/microwindows-0.88pre11/build/fb/microwin/src' make[2]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/microwindows-0.88pre11/build/fb/microwin/src/apps' make[3]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/mi

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 08:18:59PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > What do you mean by "the build report"? Do you mean bug report > 121459? The bug, sorry. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." pgpO8RwoFItnm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > (I rarely do these > > days, rather rely on the maintainer to check build status and > > logs). > > This is not such a good idea. Maintainers are generally not > responsible

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Daniel Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that's a drastically unfair judgement. I would rather ask > every maintainer to do a few extra steps for the quality of their > packages (or better yet, to improve automated systems to notify > (opt-in) maintainers about such problems). R

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's why (only the last of four identical errors). According to the > package listing page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages there's no > libmwdrivers.a in any of the PowerPC packages, any distribution. On ix86 > the file is in libmicrowindow

Re: microwindows build status

2002-01-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's why (only the last of four identical errors). According to the > package listing page at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages there's no > libmwdrivers.a in any of the PowerPC packages, any distribution. On ix86 > the file is in libmicrowindow

MIA maintainer and NMU of package

2002-01-06 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello list! [please CC me, I tried to subscribe but didn't get a confirm mail yet] a friend told me that the gnu-smalltalk was too old on unstable, I went to check this out and found out that its maintainer is MIA since Oct 2000 and decided to do some QA on the package... I have an NMU ready, wi

Re: How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Adam Olsen
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 03:16:57PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Hello everybody, [snippage] > > * Anything else ? Please tell me ... :) * It can be used by users simply to watch packages they're interested in. > [more snippage] > > Now, your feedback is welcome. I also accept volunteers who

How to make things change - need some help

2002-01-06 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello everybody, the QA group will soon provide a new service[1]. The ability to subscribe to packages : when you're subscribed to a package you get all the BTS mails that the maintainer is getting. How does it work ? You can (un)subscribe to a package by sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The