Re: Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

2013-04-19 Thread Alex G.
On 04/15/2013 05:30 AM, Richard Hughes wrote: > Is there any guidance as when to trim %changelog down to size? Some > packages have thousands of lines of spec file dating back over 15 > years which seem kinda redundant now we're using git. > I've always seen the %changelog as a relic from times w

Re: Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

2013-04-19 Thread Alex G.
On 04/19/2013 09:44 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On 19/04/13 06:16 PM, Alex G. wrote: >> On 04/15/2013 05:30 AM, Richard Hughes wrote: >>> Is there any guidance as when to trim %changelog down to size? Some >>> packages have thousands of lines of spec file dating back o

Re: Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

2013-04-20 Thread Alex G.
On 04/20/2013 10:39 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On 19/04/13 09:44 PM, Alex G. wrote: >> I respectfully disagree with the assertion that the discussion is >> circular. > > Sorry, not within this thread - but any discussion vaguely in this area > inevitably winds up with

Review swap (4 slots available)

2013-05-05 Thread Alex G.
Hi, I have 4 packages I'd like to get in before the Release of F19. For each of these slots, I'm offering to review a package of your choosing. But wait, there's more! Choose your slot within 72 hours, and I will add, free of charge, a smiley face to the review of your package. Supplies are li

Re: Review swap (4 slots available)

2013-05-05 Thread Alex G.
On 05/05/2013 12:49 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sun, 2013-05-05 at 02:45 -0500, Alex G. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have 4 packages I'd like to get in before the Release of F19. For each of >> these >> slots, I'm offering to review a package of your cho

Re: Review swap (4 slots available)

2013-05-06 Thread Alex G.
On 05/05/2013 02:45 AM, Alex G. wrote: Hi, Billy Mays here with a special ml offer: > > I have 4 packages I'd like to get in before the Release of F19. For each of > these > slots, I'm offering to review a package of your choosing. > > But wait, there's more!

Re: Review swap (only one slot left!!! UAAARGH!!!)

2013-05-06 Thread Alex G.
There's only one slot left! Only one! Oh n! Grab it before it's gone! (fx2lafw)https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922246 Alex (under mentorship from ghost of Billy Mays) -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: Review swap (2 items)

2013-05-06 Thread Alex G.
On 05/06/2013 02:49 PM, Eugene Pivnev wrote: > Thanks. > Ok. > > 06.05.2013 23:44, Sandro Mani: >> On 06.05.2013 21:33, Eugene Pivnev wrote: >>> 2 (two) trivial qt-based applicaions for sale: >>> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957333 - QuiteRSS - RSS/Atom >>> aggregator >>> https:

Re: Review swap (2 items)

2013-05-06 Thread Alex G.
On 05/06/2013 10:17 PM, Alex G. wrote: > And I'll take QuiteRSS in exchange for: > (fx2lafw)https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922246 > OOPS. I see it's already taken. Alex -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: Review swap

2013-05-09 Thread Alex G.
On 05/09/2013 09:46 AM, Miloslav Trmač wrote: > Hello, > I'm looking for a packager to swap a review of > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=960771 with. > Me! Me! Me!! :P I'll take it in exchange for (fx2lafw) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=922246 Alex -- devel mailing lis

Re: Reviewer needed for some packages?

2013-05-09 Thread Alex G.
On 05/09/2013 02:06 PM, Hans de Goede wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, >> They were already asigned but the reviewer told me that he has any >> time to review them, so i reset them to sero. >> It would be very nice if someone has the time and motivation to review >> them. > > The usual way to deal with this

Unowned dirs used by Mate Desktop packages

2013-05-10 Thread Alex G.
Hi, I am working on a review (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=924310), and I found the use some unowned dirs. This would be OK, but it's not an isolated problem. It turns out a few packages already in Fedora use unowned dirs. $ yum provides /usr/share/mate/* mate-menus-1.5.0-1.fc18.i6

Re: More unhelpful update descriptions

2013-07-02 Thread Alex G.
On 07/01/2013 01:25 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On 2013-07-01 1:28, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> Since this topic comes up every few months, and no one's pointed >> out the obvious answer yet, I'll say it: >> >> * Instead of making up more rules, make the tooling better so >> we don't have to repe

Re: More unhelpful update descriptions

2013-07-02 Thread Alex G.
On 07/01/2013 02:43 PM, Johannes Lips wrote: > Richard W.M. Jones wrote: >> Since this topic comes up every few months, and no one's pointed >> out the obvious answer yet, I'll say it: >> >> * Instead of making up more rules, make the tooling better so >> we don't have to repeat update descriptions

Re: fedup performance

2013-07-02 Thread Alex G.
On 07/02/2013 08:28 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > Not d/l speed related. I just want to share. I update a very fast 8 core > server, with a conventional disk drive. Took 2-3 hours, not including d/l. > > I update my laptop which has an ssd (and MORE packages). Took 10-15 minutes. > I think this m

Re: fedup performance

2013-07-02 Thread Alex G.
On 07/03/2013 12:15 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On 2013-07-02 21:42, Alex G. wrote: >> On 07/02/2013 08:28 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >>> Not d/l speed related. I just want to share. I update a very fast 8 >>> core >>> server, with a conventional disk drive. T

Re: fedup performance

2013-07-03 Thread Alex G.
On 07/03/2013 03:23 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: > On 07/03/2013 09:59 AM, Panu Matilainen wrote: >> On 07/03/2013 07:42 AM, Alex G. wrote: >>> On 07/02/2013 08:28 PM, Neal Becker wrote: >>>> Not d/l speed related. I just want to share. I update a very fast 8

Re: More unhelpful update descriptions

2013-07-11 Thread Alex G.
On 07/10/2013 07:53 PM, Ben Boeckel wrote: > On Wed, 03 Jul, 2013 at 04:35:58 GMT, Alex G. wrote: >> We shouldn't be surprised that update descriptions are crap. They are >> just an annoyance for a lot of us, especially since we've put all that >> information in a bu

Any idea what is going on with Epson's printer driver (escpr vs escpr2)?

2018-01-12 Thread Alex G.
Hi, Epson distributes two drivers for its printers, espcr, and espcr2. espcr is happily packaged in Fedora, however, newer printers seem to become supported in espcr2. The problem with espcr2 is that it is missing source code for an internal library -- escprlib. escprlib is distributed as st