Re: Library packaging and missing .a file

2014-04-25 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2014-04-25 07:58, Dariusz Dwornikowski wrote: On 24.04.14 10:23:23, Christian Kastner wrote: I have got another problem. Libstrophe only provides .a file, no .so, so basically it should provide only a -dev package. Is it ok to package only -dev, or is it agains policies? Not that I'm aware

Bug#745777: RFS: ipad-charge/0~20131118.c82b032-1 [ITP] -- USB charging control utility to charge an Apple device

2014-04-25 Thread Benjamin Donald-Wilson
Hello, I have recently uploaded a new version with correct upstream version numbers. You can now get the package with dget by using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ipad-charge/ipad-charge_1.1-3.dsc Changes since last upload: ipad-charge (1.1-3) unstable;

Bug#745797: RFS: acsccid/1.0.6-1

2014-04-25 Thread Godfrey Chung
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package acsccid * Package name: acsccid Version : 1.0.6-1 Upstream Author : Advanced Card Systems Ltd. i...@acs.com.hk * URL : http://acsccid.sourceforge.net/ *

Re: Bug#745609: RFS: eso-midas/13.09pl1.2-1 [ITP] -- European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System

2014-04-25 Thread Оlе Ѕtrеісhеr
Hi Thorsten, Thorsten Alteholz debian-as...@alteholz.de writes: your debian/copyright needs some additions: install/unix/systems/Cygwin/values.h is LGPL gui/GraphLib/libsrc/uimxR5/include/msg.h is some Apple license libsrc/readline/* is GPL1+ gui/GraphLib/DESCRIPTION has some additional

Changing email address for packaging work

2014-04-25 Thread xavier grave
Hi, My Debian Maintaing work is recognized as part of my job in my laboratory (CNRS). Since I have moved from one lab (ipno) to a new one (csnsm), I have to change my email address as a Debian Maintainer. My gpg key remain the same and I have added a new uid : Xavier Grave

Re: argument against splitting packages

2014-04-25 Thread Paul Gevers
On 24-04-14 20:41, Don Armstrong wrote: The cases where you should split are generally really obvious; if it's not clear, ask here or in #debian-mentors, and you'll get some reasonable advice. Ok, so let me show one of the two issues I have at hand (the other is currently being discussed on

Re: Changing email address for packaging work

2014-04-25 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hello, On Apr 25, 2014 12:20 PM, xavier grave xavier.gr...@csnsm.in2p3.fr wrote: My gpg key remain the same and I have added a new uid Is there a standard procedure to follow to have debian keyring to be aware of this change ? Or can I just upload a package with the new uid ? There's no need

Re: Changing email address for packaging work

2014-04-25 Thread xavier grave
Le 25/04/2014 12:20, Andrew Shadura a écrit : Hello, On Apr 25, 2014 12:20 PM, xavier grave xavier.gr...@csnsm.in2p3.fr mailto:xavier.gr...@csnsm.in2p3.fr wrote: My gpg key remain the same and I have added a new uid Is there a standard procedure to follow to have debian keyring to be

Re: Library packaging and missing .a file

2014-04-25 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 08:57:48AM +0200, Christian Kastner wrote: I have got another problem. Libstrophe only provides .a file, no .so, so basically it should provide only a -dev package. Is it ok to package only -dev, or is it agains policies? Not that I'm aware of, but I very much

Re: Bug#745609: RFS: eso-midas/13.09pl1.2-1 [ITP] -- European Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System

2014-04-25 Thread Ole Streicher
Hi Thorsten, thank you for the review of the licensing. I now removed all questionable files -- most important was IMO gui/GraphLib/libsrc/uimxR5/include/msg.h which was ASCL licensed (not dfsg-free). It is now replaced by a patch with its original one from netBSD. Best regards Ole On

Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Patrick Schleizer
Hi, I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some day. Still learning packaging. Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case it is a simple package with shell scripts only.] Personally I find

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:23:38PM +, Patrick Schleizer wrote: I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some day. Still learning packaging. Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Patrick Schleizer
Andrey Rahmatullin: On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:23:38PM +, Patrick Schleizer wrote: I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some day. Still learning packaging. Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package can be formatted in any way I

Bug#745797: marked as done (RFS: acsccid/1.0.6-1)

2014-04-25 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:18:41 + with message-id e1wdipl-00058j...@franck.debian.org and subject line Bug#745797: fixed in acsccid 1.0.6-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #745797, regarding RFS: acsccid/1.0.6-1 to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Patrick Schleizer adrela...@riseup.net writes: I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some day. Still learning packaging. Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case it is a simple

Static linking policy? (libllvm/libclang)

2014-04-25 Thread Rebecca N. Palmer
I vaguely recall that static linking is considered a bad idea in Debian, for much the same reasons that embedded code copies are, but I can't find this actually written down anywhere. I'm working on packaging pocl (ITP #676504), which uses libllvm and libclang. Dynamically linking libclang

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Patrick Schleizer
Russ Allbery: Patrick Schleizer adrela...@riseup.net writes: I am upstream as well as would like to become a debian maintainer some day. Still learning packaging. Due to the luxury of being upstream as well, the upstream source package can be formatted in any way I wish. [In this case it

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Russ Allbery
Patrick Schleizer adrela...@riseup.net writes: Would a package created that way be allowed to enter Debian (if there are no other issues)? I see no reason why not. Whether it's easy to install the software outside of Debian isn't really something that Debian itself should be that worried

Bug#729091: RFS: gtkiostream/1.3.0

2014-04-25 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2013-11-13 17:26:02, Matt Flax wrote: On 12/11/13 00:00, Daniel Lintott wrote: On 11/11/13 01:18, Matt Flax wrote: Hi, Should be working now ... I have uploaded gtkiostream-1.3.0.fixDeb3.tar.gz to sf.net : https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkiostream/files/Version%201.3.0/? I have

Re: Library packaging and missing .a file

2014-04-25 Thread Rebecca N. Palmer
so basically it should provide only a -dev package. Is it ok to package only -dev, or is it agains policies? https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-sharedlibs.html#s-sharedlibs-static -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#745863: RFS: geos/3.4.2-5

2014-04-25 Thread Bas Couwenberg
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package geos Package name: geos Version : 3.4.2-5 Upstream Author : GEOS Developers geos-de...@lists.osgeo.org URL : http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ License :

Re: argument against splitting packages

2014-04-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 25 Apr 2014, Paul Gevers wrote: The doublecmd-help package [1] of Graham Inggs (who I sponsor a lot), is currently building three packages. One package per language that is provided by upstream. These packages together add up to 12MB, about 4MB per package. Now, if I were a user of one

Re: Static linking policy? (libllvm/libclang)

2014-04-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote: I vaguely recall that static linking is considered a bad idea in Debian, for much the same reasons that embedded code copies are, but I can't find this actually written down anywhere. I'm not sure if there is consensus on this topic

Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?

2014-04-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: I see no reason why not. Whether it's easy to install the software outside of Debian isn't really something that Debian itself should be that worried about, as long as the packages in Debian do the right thing. I'd say we should encourage

Bug#745721: [Pkg-ime-devel] Bug#745721: RFS: libzhuyin/0.9.93-1

2014-04-25 Thread 陳昌倬
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:10:56PM +0800, Kan-Ru Chen wrote: Thanks for packaging this library! I'm reviewing this package. Upstream has new version 0.9.99.20140425, so I just repack it with latest version.