Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Jérôme Marant
Jeff Breidenbach writes: > I think Debian can very reasonably go either way; package 2.5.0b2 or > wait for 2.5.0. I guesstimate Earl will release 2.5.0 before 2002. In any case, waiting for the stable release seems to me the more reasonnable thing to do and moreover should be a guideline for

Bug#113943: mpg123: Can't convert mp3s files without soundcard

2001-09-30 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
Package: mpg123 It seems like mpg123 can't convert mp3s to wave without opening /dev/dsp: $for f in *; do mpg123 $f -w ${f%%.mp3}.wav; done High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. Version 0.59q (1999/Jan/26). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. Uses code from va

Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 11:40:43AM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: > Jeff Breidenbach writes: > > I think Debian can very reasonably go either way; package 2.5.0b2 or > > wait for 2.5.0. I guesstimate Earl will release 2.5.0 before 2002. > > In any case, waiting for the stable release seems to me t

Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
>[what version to package] is clearly a judgement call for the >maintainer. Yes, I agree. >I'll change [mhonarc's] state back to orphaned and see if anybody >else is interested in it. That is a truly excellent way to bring bug #113850 to a resolution. Jeff

Bug#113850: 2.5.0 ETA?

2001-09-30 Thread Jeff Breidenbach
Hi Earl, Folks at Debian (including me) are speculating as to when mhonarc 2.5.0 might be released and/or whether it makes any sense for Debian to ship 2.5.0b2. The question is somewhat influenced by Debian's very long release cycle which will roll over within a few months. So -- would you be in

Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Jérôme Marant
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think that's a very black-and-white view. Some things are less safe in > beta than others: libraries are the standard example. On the other hand, > I doubt that anyone cares that trn4, say, is still in beta; in practice > it's probably never going to ge

Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 11:43:45PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I think that's a very black-and-white view. Some things are less safe in > > beta than others: libraries are the standard example. On the other hand, > > I doubt that anyone cares that trn4

Bug#113850: 2.5.0 ETA?

2001-09-30 Thread Jérôme Marant
Jeff Breidenbach writes: > Hi Earl, > > Folks at Debian (including me) are speculating as to when mhonarc > 2.5.0 might be released and/or whether it makes any sense for Debian > to ship 2.5.0b2. The question is somewhat influenced by Debian's very > long release cycle which will roll over withi

Bug#113850: mhonarc: New upstream available

2001-09-30 Thread Jérôme Marant
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was trying to say "it depends on the package", but maybe I wasn't > clear enough about that. QA isn't a mechanical process that you can > apply in the same way across the board. I understood correctly that "it depends on the package". I only want t

Bug#113850: 2.5.0 ETA?

2001-09-30 Thread Earl Hood
--- Jeff Breidenbach wrote: > Folks at Debian (including me) are speculating as to when mhonarc > 2.5.0 might be released and/or whether it makes any sense for Debian > to ship 2.5.0b2. The question is somewhat influenced by Debian's very > long release cycle which will roll over within a few mon