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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:
Ing. Luis Chávez Romo wrote:
I am tired of been a windows user. Let me know if there is an easy way
to move
an aplication developed in visual c to linux.
it depends on libraries used, if the libraries are not available for
linux than it
I was reading through the debian-devel archives, and came away
impressed with the ton of statistics out there for developers. Sure, I
knew my package bugs were online, as is my anonymized
latitude/longitude coordiantes. But I had no idea my karma [1] and
lintian reports [2] are tracked, along
Francois Gouget wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:
Ing. Luis Chávez Romo wrote:
I am tired of been a windows user. Let me know if there is an easy way
to move
an aplication developed in visual c to linux.
it depends on libraries used, if the libraries are not
Hi,
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug report for
each of the packages with severity grave.
I am currently rebuilding the latest version of each of the packages, so that
a build log for s390 will be available at http://buildd.debian.org/ . I will
then check that the
[Please Cc: to me! (ETOOHIGHVOLUME)]
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing to give his signature for it.
Just to make it
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:46:58AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a debian developer, I like an easier way to find and keep up with
all the nice reports out there keeeping track of me. I think it would
help myslef and others do a better job if they were more accessable.
One suggestion is a
* Lenart Janos [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011229 11:32]:
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing to give his signature for it.
Just to make it a little more complicated a minimum of 50 word long
justification needed from all the 3 guys
* Gerhard Tonn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20011229 11:23]:
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug
report for each of the packages with severity grave.
Don't do this. There are too many packages involved to file
semi-automatic bugs already and the bugs should not be grave either
* Stefano Zacchiroli [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20011229 11:32]:
BTW, why madison isn't packaged? We could package it and mention it
in the developer reference.
Because the tool requires the SQL database on pandora and auric.
--
Martin Michlmayr
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
True, true. However, sysklogd and klogd are logging daemons. They deserve
some special treatment IMHO.
Even so, starting it from inittab is too much of a kludge. For one thing,
it means that /etc/init.d/syslogd stop will either not work, or
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:31:15AM +0100, Lenart Janos wrote:
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing to give his
After a while of struggling with issues with time, I've gotten to a
conclusion where I've better hand over the packaging to someone else.
if there is someone who has more time to dedicate to the packaging of
webrt2 (or request-tracker as suggested by the upstream) please let me
know.
Regards,
also sprach Alex Pennace [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.12.29.1212 +0100]:
As far as this proposal applies to free software, how does this serve
the interests of the free software community? (See section 4 of the
Debian Social Contract.) My opinion is this policy is an
unneeded hurdle that needs to
(sorry about the late reply, holidays, you know :-)
Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 21 Dec 2001, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
I'd prefer a non-executable file to mean disable. This makes it
possible to use 0 byte files only (execute bit means yes or no :),
although packages
On Dec 29, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do people think?
Go for it. The OOM killer will hit just about anything which is not a kernel
thread, and losing syslogd and klogd is a major no-no.
The OOM code is supposed to be fixed in 2.4 kernels.
I still see no reason
* (Sami Haahtinen)
| After a while of struggling with issues with time, I've gotten to a
| conclusion where I've better hand over the packaging to someone else.
|
| if there is someone who has more time to dedicate to the packaging of
| webrt2 (or request-tracker as suggested by the upstream)
On Sam, 29 Dez 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
As a debian developer, I like an easier way to find and keep up with
all the nice reports out there keeeping track of me. I think it would
help myslef and others do a better job if they were more accessable.
One suggestion is a portal page
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:40:41AM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
You should be trying to avoid OOM situations in the first place.
That is not always possible, and sometimes a kernel VM screwup will cause
it, no?
Hmm.. OOM Killer should avoid killing long running root daemons,
Lenart Janos a écrit :
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
I don't think all these packages should be swept out. Unmaintained
packages that don't have bunches of bugs shouldn't be a problem, for
example.
A better
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: mozilla-ca-cert
Version : 0.9.7 ?
Upstream Author : mozilla.org
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Mozilla has several builtin
Le Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:31:37AM +0100, Lenart Janos écrivait:
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing to give his signature for it.
Just to make it a little more complicated a minimum of 50 word long
justification needed from all the 3 guys (e.g. two proponent DD and the
future maintainer).
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 01:52:25PM +0100, Noel Koethe wrote:
As a debian developer, I like an easier way to find and keep up with
all the nice reports out there keeeping track of me. I think it would
help myslef and others do a better job if they were more accessable.
One suggestion is a
Hi Lenart!
You wrote:
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing to give his signature for it.
Just to make it a little
Hi my fellown developpers,
I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess game engine.
Current version of crafty in sid for i386 and other archA's is
18.12-4. Because current version for arm is 17.13-6, crafty doesn't make it
into Woody.
I'd like 18.12-4 to enter Woody before freeze because it fixes
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:30:28PM +0100, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
You wrote:
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2 proponent DD who are willing
* Eric Van Buggenhaut
| 2) I was thinking about building it myself but there's no machine
| available (debussy.d.o is down - rameau.d.o runs potato)
|
|
| What am I supposed to do ??
I'd talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED], he should be able to get you an account on
europa.armlinux.org or similar. It
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:21:32PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
Le Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:31:37AM +0100, Lenart Janos ?crivait:
Well, the basic idea is not so stupid, but the implementation is not
really great.
The important part is that something must be done.
I have something better to
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:59:32AM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
* Gerhard Tonn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20011229 11:23]:
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug
report for each of the packages with severity grave.
Don't do this. There are too many packages involved
On Saturday 29 December 2001 11:59, you wrote:
* Gerhard Tonn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20011229 11:23]:
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug
report for each of the packages with severity grave.
Don't do this.
That's fine with me. I don't see what it helps though except
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Eric Van Buggenhaut writes:
1) There's no auto-build of crafty because it's non-free.
2) I was thinking about building it myself but there's no machine
available (debussy.d.o is down - rameau.d.o runs potato)
Mmm. I suppose we should think about making rameau's
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:52:53PM +, Philip Blundell wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Eric Van Buggenhaut writes:
1) There's no auto-build of crafty because it's non-free.
2) I was thinking about building it myself but there's no machine
available (debussy.d.o is down - rameau.d.o
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Herbert Xu wrote:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
True, true. However, sysklogd and klogd are logging daemons. They deserve
some special treatment IMHO.
Even so, starting it from inittab is too much of a kludge. For one thing,
It is far better
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Marco d'Itri wrote:
On Dec 29, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do people think?
Go for it. The OOM killer will hit just about anything which is not a kernel
thread, and losing syslogd and klogd is a major no-no.
The OOM code is supposed to be
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 16:21:39 +0100
Lenart Janos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have something better to propose. But it requires a new (long asked)
feature : the ability to subscribe to a package (to get its bug logs,
to get mails sent to package@packages.debian.org [1]).
[...]
PS: Feel free
On Friday 28 December 2001 07:44, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
Package: foiltex
Description: A collection of LaTeX files for making foils.
A number of features are built-in including large sans serif font
While you're at it add a comma here^
- normal font, options for setting normalsize
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:23:44AM +0100, Gerhard Tonn wrote:
Hi,
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug report for
each of the packages with severity grave.
I am currently rebuilding the latest version of each of the packages, so that
a build log for s390 will be
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:14:15PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
Lenart Janos a icrit :
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
I don't think all these packages should be swept out. Unmaintained
packages that don't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lenart Janos) writes:
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:30:28PM +0100, Bas Zoetekouw wrote:
You wrote:
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package,
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Since it appears being actively maintained and distributed separately from
RRDtool, it would make most sense for someone to package it in its own
right.
* Package name: php4-rrdtool
Version : 1.03
Upstream Author : Joe Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 10:16:04AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lenart Janos) writes:
Other thing: there might be a need for a new Priority (or re-arrange the
current ones). I mean, something like 'Priority: zero' or something like
that, so they won't even go to the
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:04:42PM +0100, Ingo Saitz wrote:
MoiN
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 03:44:19PM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
From: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- font, options for setting normalsize at 20pt (default), 17pt, 25pt or
+ font, options for setting normal size at
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:31:37AM +0100, Lenart Janos wrote:
[Please Cc: to me! (ETOOHIGHVOLUME)]
As you might already have noticed Debian begun to bloat - so many
unneeded, unused, unmaintained(!) packages.
My opinion is that one DD alone couldn't upload NEW package, but he
needs 2
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:21:32PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
- for each ITP, we need at least 2 developers that will maintain the
package, they both subscribe to the package, one is the official
maintainer, the other is listed in the Uploaders: field.
This may work with larger
On Friday 28 December 2001 23:48, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 10:28:47AM -0600, Kevin Corry wrote:
The most recent release for EVMS is on our website:
http://www.sf.net/projects/evms/ The current release is 0.2.4. Our beta
release (0.9.0) should be coming out mid-January.
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Florian Weimer wrote:
The package installation scripts should offer to run klogd from
inittab, since klogd regularly dies in OOM situations and is not
restarted if the current mechanism is used.
IMHO the right solution is to slowly replace
also sprach Tommi Virtanen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2001.12.29.2035 +0100]:
IMHO the right solution is to slowly replace sysvinit's init.d
with something that can monitor whether the children are still
alive. For _everything_.
ntpdate??? for instance...
surely not everything, but
On 29 Dec 2001, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
I don't find it at all complex.
Of course not, you came up with it :-)
My point is, a normal user will not have read a description of how
this works. He will find a .$file and have no idea why and how.
Making the filename more self-documenting
Firstly having three people saying that a package should be in Debian seems
like a useless waste of time to me.
Because of this, if such an idea is implemented then I will second any
package which meets current Debian policy without exception, this means that
anyone who wants a new package
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote:
Thanks for your quick answer. I'm currently connected to rameau and
try to build crafty for potato (it could be run on sid later on, I guess),
but package build-depends on bzip2 which isn't
installed. Building bzip2 in $HOME worked fine but
Le Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 09:04:48PM +0100, Russell Coker écrivait:
I have something better to propose. But it requires a new (long asked)
feature : the ability to subscribe to a package (to get its bug logs,
to get mails sent to package@packages.debian.org [1]).
Sounds like a great
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I suspect that eight people is nowhere near enough people. Maybe
I could join...
Please do! Adrian Bunk posted a proposal a month or so ago for QA
organization in the future, containing a good summary of the kinds of
things people can work on.
Gustavo Noronha Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we have this problem to solve: quality going down and the
solution I see is attacking this problem in its roots: removing
bad packages and bad/mia maintainers
I can see how removing bad packages helps. How does removing an MIA
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Gustavo Noronha Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we have this problem to solve: quality going down and the
solution I see is attacking this problem in its roots: removing
bad packages and bad/mia maintainers
I can see how removing
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Gustavo Noronha Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we have this problem to solve: quality going down and the
solution I see is attacking this problem in its roots: removing
bad
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 12:45:54PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
I can see how removing bad packages helps. How does removing an MIA
maintainer make anything better?
I don't know that removing MIA maintainers would help that much but
opening up their packages so that other people could
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Gustavo Noronha Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think we have this problem to solve: quality going down and the
solution I see is
On 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I suspect that eight people is nowhere near enough people. Maybe
I could join...
Please do! Adrian Bunk posted a proposal a month or so ago for QA
organization in the future, containing a good
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 04:52:58PM +0100, Gerhard Tonn wrote:
On Saturday 29 December 2001 11:59, you wrote:
* Gerhard Tonn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20011229 11:23]:
I have changed my mind and will write semi-automatically a bug
report for each of the packages with severity grave.
Don't do
Michael Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 10:29:49PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
The last time I checked the maximum sentence for treason in Great Britain
was death...
Hmm, that can't be right. Aren't the brits complaining about the US
wanting to execute terrorists,
Hi Lenart!
You wrote:
True. But, if you can't find 3 people out of 900 (so 1 out of 300) who
see interest in a package, then that package is most probably very
rarely used.
Let me refrase my question: can you explictly point out some packages
that have been ITP'ed lately and of which you
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:09:48 -0200
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Oh, I think orphaning his packages can be a useful thing to do. But I
just don't see why explicitly punting him helps. Just make the
If he did not
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:09:36PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
It is far better than anything else I can think of. Fiddling with the OOM
killer to avoid killing syslog and klog is worse, for example. Writing
Nope, that's exactly what the OOM killer was designed to do. Processes
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Herbert Xu wrote:
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 02:09:36PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
It is far better than anything else I can think of. Fiddling with the OOM
killer to avoid killing syslog and klog is worse, for example. Writing
Nope, that's exactly what the
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope, that's exactly what the OOM killer was designed to do. Processes
like syslogd is meant to be the last ones to be killed.
I am not at ease to go poking on the OOM, though. Someone else better used
to kernel programming should do
(not cc'ed to the bts)
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Herbert Xu wrote:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope, that's exactly what the OOM killer was designed to do. Processes
like syslogd is meant to be the last ones to be killed.
I am not at ease to go poking on the OOM,
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:03, Dominik Kubla wrote:
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 09:47:27PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
Nowhere does it use the process name to lessen the chances of killing a
process. IMHO it would be a nice idea to have such a whitelist just in
case.
Extremely bad
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:03, Dominik Kubla wrote:
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 09:47:27PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
Nowhere does it use the process name to lessen the chances of killing a
process. IMHO it would be a nice idea to have such
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hi there. i've prepared a NMU for sclient, which fixes it's two outstanding
bugs.
upstream seems to be dead, the last release was in 1999. maintainer seems to
be mia.
any objections?
Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2001-12-30
Severity: wishlist
* Package name: pnet
Version : 0.2.6
Upstream Author : Rhys Weatherly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* URL : http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
* License : GPL (with linking exception)
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