Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Yavor Doganov
Marc Leeman wrote: > > (OTOH, speaking generally, it is sad to see a package "reborn" > > under another name just because > > Don't read to much into this; Well, as a matter of fact I don't. Probably I wouldn't have replied to the thread if pth wasn't a GNU package, but my opinion would be the

Bug#565675: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Marc Leeman
> (OTOH, speaking generally, it is sad to see a package "reborn" under > another name just because the prospective new maintainer cannot > communicate successfully with the original one to negotiate the > takeover. I once again urge you to write to to > avoid this unpleasant scenario.) Don't rea

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Yavor Doganov
Martin Koegler wrote: > I must admit, that I have not read anything about GNU maintainers, > but GNU has usually a bigger "philosophical overhead". Then I suggest you to read the appropriate documenation [1] before jumping to premature and possibly incorrect conclusions (what does the phrase "phil

Bug#565675: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Marc Leeman
> I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I > need. All I care about is that there is an agreement between the Debian community and the upstream developer. Martin is very active in supporting his environment and in that respect I am to inclined to support his decision. C

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Koegler
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:48:24AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather

Bug#543857: [Fwd: Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support]

2010-01-19 Thread Florian Ernst
JFTR. Cheers, Flo --- Begin Message --- Samuel Thibault wrote: > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > * Package name: pthsem > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth > package? Else you'll have to share the Debian patches. The si

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Yavor Doganov
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the > > > existing pth p

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : >> Samuel Thibault wrote: >> > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : >> > > * Package name    : pthsem >> > [..] > > The problem is that people know pth, but

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth > > package? Else you'll have to s

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Martin Koegler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > * Package name: pthsem > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth > package? Else you'll have to share the Debian patches. The situation with GNU pth is: * pth in debian

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-17 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Marc Leeman * Package name: pthsem Version : 2.0.7 Upstream Author : Martin Koegler * URL : http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~mkoegler/index.php * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : pth replacement with