Bug#543434: ITA: filtergen
retitle 543434 ITA: filtergen owner 543434 mpal...@debian.org tag pending thanks I plan on adopting filtergen. I maintain an internal updated package anyway, and have several updates and modifications involved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#537206: ITP: ctcs -- hardware testing/burnin suite
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Matthew Palmer * Package name: ctcs Version : 1.3.1pre1 Upstream Author : Jason T. Collins * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : hardware testing/burnin suite The Cerberus Test Control System is is a test suite for use by developers and others to test hardware. It includes a modular test system that allows you to build and integrate your own tests. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#405011: Intent to hijack ITP for ledger
On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 03:41:29PM +1000, Trent W. Buck wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 02:36:14PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > As I really want to see ledger in Debian, I am going to start > > working on a package of ledger of my own shortly. Trent, if you are > > still interested in being the maintainer of ledger, please contact > > me ASAP. > > Hi, please do take over this ITP. Okie dokie. > I've lost interest in ledger for personal use, but I believe the > licensing issues were fixed in a later release. However, note that > development activity seems to have moved to cl-ledger, a separate > project (also by John W). >From commentary in the forums, it looks like cl-ledger may or may not "take over" the role of the C++ version of ledger. > Finally, I seem to have lost my local packages; they may be sitting on > my backup server at home. Do you want me to dig them out and forward > them (the .dsc and .diff.gz) to you? If you've got them easily available, they'd help me make a start, but it's a fairly straightforward package so don't spend much time digging them out, I should be OK. Thanks, - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#405011: Intent to hijack ITP for ledger
Hi, I've noticed that nothing further appears to have been done to this ITP since the licence problem was mentioned in July last year. As I mentioned in January, I do not believe that the issue is a showstopper for inclusion in Debian, and I offered upload sponsorship if required. As I really want to see ledger in Debian, I am going to start working on a package of ledger of my own shortly. Trent, if you are still interested in being the maintainer of ledger, please contact me ASAP. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#405011: ledger: command-line accounting program
Trent, Personally, I think d-legal is being a little over-paranoid in this case -- I can't find any files licenced contrarily to the clearly labeled LICENSE file in the root of the distribution. If you've got packages ready to upload, I say go for it and let ftpmasters reject it if they think it's "risky". Let me know if you need an upload sponsored. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#455546: O: guml
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I haven't done anything with UML in ages, and I've given up trying to work out WTF is going on with the Python policy. Someone else can have the entertainment. You'll be taking over upstream as well. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#453359: O: puppet: centralised configuration management
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I no longer wish to maintain this package. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#407360: O: libapache-mod-auth-mysql
Package: wnpp,libapache-mod-auth-mysql Severity: normal I don't run any Apache servers any more, and I'm sick of the whole Apache module mess. Note to any potential adopters: you're upstream as well, you've got a mess of a codebase, and the Apache2 module is supposedly being replaced with something native to Apache 2.2. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#380468: ITP: phpunit2 -- Unit testing suite for PHP5
On Sun, Jul 30, 2006 at 02:40:47PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Bart Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: phpunit2 *cough*330301*cough* - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#374424: O: php4-sqlite -- PHP4 bindings to SQLite, a file-based SQL engine
Package: wnpp,php4-sqlite Version: 1.0.2-7ubuntu1 I am no longer developing anything in PHP, so I'm orphaning my PHP-related packages. I'm available for sponsoring them if an NM is interested. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#374425: O: phpreports -- XML-based report generator for PHP
Package: wnpp,phpreports Version: 0.4.6-1 I am no longer developing anything in PHP, so I'm orphaning my PHP-related packages. I'm available for sponsoring them if an NM applicant is interested. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#361253: ITP: zenoss -- Zenoss is a powerful, integrated, easy-to-use IT infrastructure monitoring software product.
On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 03:01:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: > * Package name: zenoss > Version : x.y.z I doubt it. > Description : Zenoss is a powerful, integrated, easy-to-use IT > infrastructure monitoring software product. 1) Repeats the package name 2) Way too long 3) Spends most of it's time blowing it's own trumpet instead of telling us what it actually is Description: infrastructure monitoring tool would be far better. > Zenoss provides a compelling alternative to: > * low-end commerical monitoring tools that provide limited > functionality and scaleability (e.g What's Up Gold...) > * high-end commercial packages that are notoriously expensive and > complicated (e.g. IBM Tivoli, BMC Patrol, HP OpenView...) > * building an integrated, scalable open source solution yourself by > pulling together many component projects Instead of dumping on the competition, why not tell us what makes zenoss so good? - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#282561: Should we remove printbill?
On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 05:45:59PM +0100, Thomas Huriaux wrote: > printbill seems to be dead upstream, RFA-bug (#282561) open more than > one year ago, last maintainer upload 3 years ago (1 NMU to fix 1 RC-bug > since this upload), only 1 popcon vote. > > Any objections for its removal from unstable? Toss it. It was pretty innovative for it's time, but it's been superceded by newer and shinier things since then. - Matt (who sponsored Daniel's printbill uploads when he was making them, and was a long time benefactor of it's existence back in the day) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#344081: ITP: xen-debiantools -- Tools to manage debian XEN virtual servers
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 11:54:26PM +0200, Radu Spineanu wrote: > * Package name: xen-debiantools > Version : 0.2 > Upstream Author : Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Considering the upstream author, have you discussed your plans to upload this with Steve? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#338026: ITP: gnormalize -- gnormalize is a front-end to normalize, an audio converter, encoder, ripper, meta data (tag) editor and audio cd player
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 01:27:06PM -0800, Michael Stilkerich wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Michael Stilkerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: gnormalize > Version : 0.46 > Upstream Author : Claudio Fernandes de Souza Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://gnormalize.sourceforge.net/ > * License : GPL > Description : gnormalize is a front-end to normalize, an audio > converter, encoder, ripper, meta data (tag) editor and audio cd player That's a *very* long "short" description. Common practice is to keep it under about 60 characters. How about this: Graphical audio ripper, encoder, converter, player and tag editor Although I'll be the first to agree that is a thoroughly ugly sentence construction. A more general form: Graphical music file creation and manipulation tool Or perhaps: Music file creation and manipulation tool for GNOME (That is, assuming that the 'g' in gnormalize is a GNOME 'g' and not some other 'g') Although this short form doesn't list all of the specific capabilities of the tool, it should be enough to give people enough info to decide whether they want to look at the long description. You could then use the short description you originally provided as the first paragraph of the long description, which is a good introduction to the tool. - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#326604: ITP: gnunet-gtk -- GTK frontend to GNUnet
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 01:03:01PM +0200, Arnaud Kyheng wrote: > What about adding the gnunet package description ? > > A GTK based frontend to GNUnet to allow, an alternative to using the > command line tools provided by the gnunet package. > > GNUnet is a peer-to-peer framework which focuses on providing security. > All link-to-link messages in the network are confidential and authenticated. > The framework provides a transport abstraction layer and can currently > encapsulate the peer-to-peer traffic in UDP, TCP, or SMTP messages. > > > Or part of the official description ? > > GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not > use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service > implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous > censorship-resistant file-sharing I like the second description better, but either one would be a big help for people deciding whether to look at the package further. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#326604: ITP: gnunet-gtk -- GTK frontend to GNUnet
On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 02:39:09PM +0200, Arnaud wrote: > * Package name: gnunet-gtk > Version : 0.7.0 > Upstream Author : Christian Grothoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.gnunet.org/ > * License : GPL v2 > Description : GTK frontend to GNUnet > > A GTK based frontend to gnunet to allow, an alternative to using the > command line tools provided by the gnunet package. Might I suggest a quick blurb describing what GNUnet is in the long description? - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#320855: RFA: cyrus-imapd
Package: wnpp Severity: normal (Note that this is the obsolete 1.5.x series of cyrus-imapd, not the current 2.1 cyrus packages!) As I'm transitioning all servers under my care away from cyrus-imapd 1.5, I have little to no further interest in maintaining these packages. I would only recommend someone maintaining them if they're in the position I was in when I took over maintainership: they have servers running cyrus-imapd 1.5 that they can't easily transition to another mail system. Note that maintenance of this package should include keeping a bit of an eye on security reports from cyrus-imapd 2.1 and checking if they're applicable to 1.5. If nobody actively adopts[1] this package, I will ask for it's removal from unstable in a few weeks, which is my preferred option anyway. - Matt [1] That is, they let me know they're willing to maintain it, *and* make an upload with themselves as maintainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#318204: ITP: php-simpletest -- Unit testing and web testing framework for PHP
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 08:48:44PM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: > * License : The Open Group Test Suite License I'm not optimistic about this licence being DFSG-free. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#299146: ITA: phpwiki: An informal collaborative website manager
On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 02:02:27AM +0200, Tomas Fasth wrote: > retitle 299146 ITA: phpwiki: An informal collaborative website manager > owner 299146 ! > stop > > I intend to adopt this package and I am preparing an updated package > for upload. Cool! - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#302283: ITP: sleepshell -- Sleep dummy shell
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:19:12PM -0300, Leonardo Serra wrote: > You can use it to create SSH accounts for users who will > only use them for SSH-tunneling; to create an encrypted > tunnel to your servers. Or you can use the -N option to OpenSSH. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#299146: RFA: phpwiki: An informal collaborative website manager
Package: wnpp,phpwiki Version: 1.3.7-3 Severity: wishlist I no longer use PHPWiki myself, and don't have time to do the necessary work to keep PHPWiki as sharp as it needs to be. Personally, I don't think it's suitable for release as-is, so anyone who wants to see PHPWiki in Sarge should probably take the package over and re-assess it's release candidacy. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#296369: ITP: spin -- Powerfull model checking and software verification tool
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 01:54:18PM +0100, Eike Dehling wrote: > " Spin is distributed in source form to encourage research in formal > verification, and to help a support friendly and open exchange of > algorithms, ideas, and tools. The software itself has a copyright from > Lucent Technologies and Bell Laboratories, and is distributed for > research and educational purposes only (i.e., no guarantee of any kind > is implied by the distribution of the code, and all rights are reserved > by the copyright holder). For this general use of Spin, no license is > required. "All rights are reserved by the copyright holder" fails to give permission to redistribute, let alone modify. > So unless someone uses it commercially no license applies. Debian itself No licence means no right to redistribute. Copyright defaults to "thou shalt not", and then a copyright holder may grant further rights to the work as he/she sees fit, either unilaterally (in, for example, the case of a free software licence) or in return from some consideration by another party. > isn't commercial, so it doesn't apply here. The first sentence even > encourages redistribution/modification, i'd think? How much of a problem > is the restriction on commercial use, when non-commercial use is free? Is what was quoted above the sum total of the "permission text" that comes with spin? I don't see anything in what you quoted above which gives the right to modify and/or redistribute spin. It says "Spin is distributed in source form to encourage research in formal verification, and to help support a friendly and open exchange of algorithms, ideas, and tools." That sounds more to me like "we're giving you source to this so you can see how we did it, which might help you in your endeavours". It says nothing about modifying the source code to produce an improved version. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#294990: ITP: bontmia -- backup over network to multiple incremental archives
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:49:44PM +0100, Reto Schuettel wrote: > I made a mistake, I asked the author, created a package and AFTER that I > filed an ITP. Oooh. Did you check wnpp before you started, in case someone else was working on the package? > Hmm... I'll try to find a sponsor, with a pointer to this discussion > here. The sponsor should decide if it's worth to upload the package. Do > you agree with this procedure? I think that's a good idea. A potential sponsor will hopefully look at bontmia with reference to the other alternatives available, and make a judgment call on whether it's sufficiently different. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#294990: ITP: bontmia -- backup over network to multiple incremental archives
On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 03:49:45PM +0100, Reto Schuettel wrote: > On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 09:25:15AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > bontmia creates incremental snapshots of a list of given directories > > > over the network by using rsync over ssh and hard links. Every snapshot > > > looks for the user like a complete copy of all the files, but as a result > > > of using hard links every unchanged copy of a file is stored only once on > > > the hard disk. > > > > What advantages does this package have over, say, dirvish or backuppc? > > I never used dirvish nor backuppc, so I can't really say what the > difference are. But it seems like bontmia is simpler than both > (especially backuppc). Simpler in terms of features available, or simpler in terms of configuration for the same level of features? > I can't really say if that's a reason for creating a new package, I > personally would like it, because it's already running on several of my > machines, but beside of that, it wouldn't be a big problem for me to close > my ITP. > > What do you think? It's a tricky one. I'm a firm believer in not duplicating effort, and with the existence of at least two other packages which appear to do a similar job, I'm just worried that we'll end up with a lot of packages doing the same thing, which does nothing except dissipate effort and fragment the user base of all of the alternatives. However, at the end of the day, you're the one expending the effort, so if you think it's worthwhile, I've got no reason to stop you. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#294990: ITP: bontmia -- backup over network to multiple incremental archives
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 10:07:10PM +0100, Reto Schuettel wrote: > Description : backup over network to multiple incremental archives > > bontmia creates incremental snapshots of a list of given directories > over the network by using rsync over ssh and hard links. Every snapshot > looks for the user like a complete copy of all the files, but as a result > of using hard links every unchanged copy of a file is stored only once on > the hard disk. What advantages does this package have over, say, dirvish or backuppc? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#292813: ITP: construo -- 2D construction toy using wireframe objects and physical forces
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 12:52:50PM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: construo > Version : x.y.z > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.example.org/ > * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.) I think you need to fill in a few more of these fields... - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#291223: ITP: libphp-clam -- PHP bindings for libclamav
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:28:27AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Apologies, > http://software.fotopic.net will (I have been assured) contain more > information about this package. Sometime in the future, presumably. They only mention php-imlib2 (which is a weird typo for php-clam... ) > > > A small module that implements a limited subset of the libclamav API in > > > order to scan buffers and files from within PHP. > > > > Since this package is a C module, it should probably be named php4-clam (or > > php4-clamav, more accurately) so that a php5-clamav can be made later. > > libphp- is typically reserved for library packages written in and for > > PHP. > > However, thsi package is verified in working on both php4 and php5. Is the same binary suitable for use on PHP4 and PHP5? I'm no PHP extension guru, but I thought the ABIs were fairly different. > What would be the best option in this case? php-clam/php-clamav? For the source package, php-clamav would be suitable. If the same binary works on both PHP4 and PHP5, I'd say php-clamav would be suitable for the binary package as well, otherwise php4-clamav and php5-clamav should be appropriate. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#291223: ITP: libphp-clam -- PHP bindings for libclamav
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:28:27AM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Apologies, > http://software.fotopic.net will (I have been assured) contain more > information about this package. Sometime in the future, presumably. They only mention php-imlib2 (which is a weird typo for php-clam... ) > > > A small module that implements a limited subset of the libclamav API in > > > order to scan buffers and files from within PHP. > > > > Since this package is a C module, it should probably be named php4-clam (or > > php4-clamav, more accurately) so that a php5-clamav can be made later. > > libphp- is typically reserved for library packages written in and for > > PHP. > > However, thsi package is verified in working on both php4 and php5. Is the same binary suitable for use on PHP4 and PHP5? I'm no PHP extension guru, but I thought the ABIs were fairly different. > What would be the best option in this case? php-clam/php-clamav? For the source package, php-clamav would be suitable. If the same binary works on both PHP4 and PHP5, I'd say php-clamav would be suitable for the binary package as well, otherwise php4-clamav and php5-clamav should be appropriate. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#291223: ITP: libphp-clam -- PHP bindings for libclamav
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:57:36PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Package name: libphp-clam > Version : 0.3.0 > Upstream Author : Gareth Ardron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://freshmeat.net/projects/php-clam/ That URL isn't particularly useful -- it gets you a tarball and a link to a page which makes no mention of php-clam. Is there a better project page somewhere for this? > A small module that implements a limited subset of the libclamav API in > order to scan buffers and files from within PHP. Since this package is a C module, it should probably be named php4-clam (or php4-clamav, more accurately) so that a php5-clamav can be made later. libphp- is typically reserved for library packages written in and for PHP. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#291223: ITP: libphp-clam -- PHP bindings for libclamav
On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 01:57:36PM +, Neil McGovern wrote: > Package name: libphp-clam > Version : 0.3.0 > Upstream Author : Gareth Ardron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://freshmeat.net/projects/php-clam/ That URL isn't particularly useful -- it gets you a tarball and a link to a page which makes no mention of php-clam. Is there a better project page somewhere for this? > A small module that implements a limited subset of the libclamav API in > order to scan buffers and files from within PHP. Since this package is a C module, it should probably be named php4-clam (or php4-clamav, more accurately) so that a php5-clamav can be made later. libphp- is typically reserved for library packages written in and for PHP. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#288854: ITP: phptal -- phptal is an implementation of Zope Page Templates (ZPT) for PHP.
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:16:33AM +0100, damien clochard wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: phptal > Version : 0.7.0 > Upstream Author : Laurent Bedubourg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://phptal.sf.net > * License : GPL > Description : phptal is an implementation of Zope Page Templates (ZPT) > for PHP. Drop the package's name from the beginning of the short desc, to be "an implementation of ...". And since you don't use the acronym ZPT anywhere in the short (or even long) description, it's probably not worth leaving the (ZPT) in there, either. - Matt (Package Description Ogre in Training) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#285207: ITP: kwirelessmonitor -- KWirelessMonitor is a small KDE application that docks into the system tray and monitors the wireless network interface
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 05:39:37PM +0100, Marcin Orlowski wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: kwirelessmonitor > Version : x.y.z > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.example.org/ > * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.) Missing a few bits. > Description : KWirelessMonitor is a small KDE application that docks > into the system tray and monitors the wireless network interface Short description is way too long and includes the name of the package (as the first word, even). > KWirelessMonitor is a small KDE application that docks into the system > tray and monitors the wireless network interface > . > The systray icon shows the signal quality and the bit rate using a > "bar graph" and a "pie chart", respectively. > In the configuration dialog, you can change the bit rate and power > management settings of the wireless interface. > It is also able to automatically enable power management when using > battery power and/or automatically disable power > management during data transfer. By default, KWirelessMonitor > tries to automatically detect the wireless interface You're missing a few full-stops there, too. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#283994: ITP: glastree -- builds live backup trees, with branches for each day
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 07:17:45PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Matthew Palmer wrote: > > >>The advantage of using glastree over pdumpfs is that it is implemented > >>in Perl rather than Ruby (this is in fact the reason that I encountered > >>it in the first place). > > > > > >How is that an advantage of use? > > We're talking about free software. Modifying it to fit your needs is a > perfectly valid, indeed encouraged use. Personally, I know perl, but not > ruby. Sounds like you need to expand your repertoire a bit. I learnt Perl for exactly this reason -- I wanted to modify debconf, so I learnt (enough of) the language to do so. I didn't feel a need to reimplement it in a language I was familiar with first just so I could make my modifications. Can you imagine a world in which your argument was taken at face value? There would be a reimplementation of basically everything in every language under the sun, just so that some random person could avoid learning a new language. Ghods what a hideous mess that would be. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#283994: ITP: glastree -- builds live backup trees, with branches for each day
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 10:30:05PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > > > > Is there any benefit to using glastree over dirvish or pdumpfs? > > > > > > The advantage of using glastree over pdumpfs is that it is implemented > > > in Perl rather than Ruby (this is in fact the reason that I encountered > > > it in the first place). > > > > How is that an advantage of use? > > Well, if one had a small system and desired not to install ruby, it > would still be possible to obtain pdumpfs' functionality. Of course that > could be called an installation issue rather than a usability issue. 3314kB, including pdumpfs itself. I'll donate a 32MB USB key to store it all on for anyone that is *truly* that starved of space. Meanwhile, what's the total installed space for glastree if you're not a Perl lover? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#283994: ITP: glastree -- builds live backup trees, with branches for each day
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 07:58:17PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:59:09PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > > > > In what ways is this package different to, say, dirvish, which I use > > > > in a manner which is, AFAICS, identical to the way this package > > > > operates? > > > > > > glastree provides a subset of the functionality of dirvish. It is > > > actually most closely related pdumpfs. Like pdumpfs, glastree works > > > locally and not (explicitely) remotely. > > > > Is there any benefit to using glastree over dirvish or pdumpfs? > > The advantage of using glastree over pdumpfs is that it is implemented > in Perl rather than Ruby (this is in fact the reason that I encountered > it in the first place). How is that an advantage of use? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#283994: ITP: glastree -- builds live backup trees, with branches for each day
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 05:59:09PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > > In what ways is this package different to, say, dirvish, which I use > > in a manner which is, AFAICS, identical to the way this package > > operates? > > glastree provides a subset of the functionality of dirvish. It is > actually most closely related pdumpfs. Like pdumpfs, glastree works > locally and not (explicitely) remotely. Is there any benefit to using glastree over dirvish or pdumpfs? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#283994: ITP: glastree -- builds live backup trees, with branches for each day
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 03:04:15PM -0500, Charles Fry wrote: > The poor man's daily snapshot, glastree builds live backup trees, with > branches for each day. Users directly browse the past to recover older > documents or retrieve lost files. Hard links serve to compress out > unchanged files, while modified ones are copied verbatim. A prune > utility effects a constant, sliding window. Similar to pdumpfs; inspired > by Plan9. In what ways is this package different to, say, dirvish, which I use in a manner which is, AFAICS, identical to the way this package operates? - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#278128: ITP: tomboy -- Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix.
On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 11:11:25PM -0800, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:37 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > That's not a bad description, but I (as a potential user) would like to know > > what this thing is going to do for me beyond what (say) knotes does > > (post-its for your desktop, in case you were wondering). > > Well I use the stickynotes applet quite a bit and I assume this is > similar to knotes (I prefer GNOME over KDE). Stickynotes is also a > post-it type application. Yup, same thing, different prefix. > Tomboy is really a different beast. What would happen is I would get so > many post-its on my desktop that it became hard to organize them. I > would have phone numbers, or reminders, or even just mini how-to's on > things I didn't do daily. > > What Tomboy brings to the table is a way to organize this info. It does > this by creating links to other notes. I can write a quick 5 line > summary of say how to correctly submit an ITP. But I can go a step > further and highlight the word ITP and cause this to link to a new note > where I list any ITPs I may have submitted. From the new note I could > highlight a specific ITP and link to another new note containing > specific info on that particular ITP. > > If you get a whole lot of notes like I do (over 50) then Tomboy has a > search feature. I can enter ITP in the search field and it will show > links to any note that has ITP in it. See, now *that* is a good description. Maybe not verbatim, but I now have enough information to be able to decide whether I want this or not. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#278128: ITP: tomboy -- Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 04:41:45PM -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > > * Package name: tomboy > Version : 0.2.2 > Upstream Author : beatniksoftware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.beatniksoftware.com/tomboy/ > * License : LGPL > Description : Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and > Unix. Short description should not repeat the package name, certainly not as the first word, and I don't think that "for Linux and Unix" is necessary, considering this is the Debian package. Remember also to try and keep the short description below about 60 characters, because anything beyond that often gets chopped by frontends. > Simple and easy to use, but with potential to help you organize the > ideas and information you deal with every day. That's not a bad description, but I (as a potential user) would like to know what this thing is going to do for me beyond what (say) knotes does (post-its for your desktop, in case you were wondering). - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#281416: ITP: debian-br-team-tools -- Tools for the Debian Brasil Packaging Team
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:46:30PM -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > Version : 0.1 > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Erm... > * URL : http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-br-team/ > * License : GPL > Description : Tools for the Debian Brasil Packaging Team > > This packages contains some useful metainfo and tools for the Debian > Brasil Packaging Team including: >* documentation >* list of team members Would this... > Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-br-team/ Be better left here? Honestly, we have a huge Packages file already, and keeping the stuff you propose to stash in the package up-to-date (especially in a stable release, should this ever end up in one) is going to be an absolute pest. It would be much easier just to leave it on the team website, and point people at that. If there are programs in the package, consider whether they might be of use to others if they were generalised. Packaging scripts might be helpful to others, and translation stuff could probably be handy for other languages' translation teams. Consider submitting the scripts for inclusion in the relevant script bundle package, or if there is nothing appropriate, then make a package with a useful description to carry all of these tools. Please, think of the archive. - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#280209: ITP: codeville -- More anarchic revision control system
On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 09:13:23PM -0600, Michael Janssen wrote: > * Package name: codeville > Version : 0.1.9 > Upstream Author : Ross Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.codeville.org > * License : Open Software License 2.0 I presume that this is going in non-free, as the OSL 2.0 appears to have DFSG problems. http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00118.html - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#273649: ITP: phpunit -- A Unit Testing framework for PHP
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: phpunit Version : 1.0.2 Upstream Author : Sebastion Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://pear.php.net/package/PHPUnit * License : The PHP License 2.02 (http://www.php.net/license/2_02.txt) Description : A Unit Testing framework for PHP Unit testing is a means of providing extra confidence in your software system by writing small snippets of code which test various parts of your program. By running these tests regularly, you can assure yourself that your new features or bugfixes haven't inadvertantly broken some other part of the system. Unit testing is a superset of "regression testing", and a subset of functional testing. This package provides a framework for unit testing your PHP programs, based on the Smalltalk Testing Pattern by Kent Beck, described at http://www.xprogramming.com/testfram.htm. - Matt
Bug#268494: ITP: varkon -- VARKON is a parametric 2D/3D CAD
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:27:51PM -0400, B Thomas wrote: > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2004-08-27 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: varkon > Version : 1.17D > Upstream Author : The CAD Research Group > * URL : http://www.tech.oru.se/cad/varkon/ > * License : GPL > Description : VARKON is a parametric 2D/3D CAD Poor short description. Don't mention the package name, and "parametric 2D/3D CAD" doesn't mean much to me (although, admittedly, it may spark recognition in it's intended audience). - Matt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#263893: RFH: irm: upstream patch triage
Package: wnpp Severity: normal [For those who don't know, IRM is a web-based asset tracker and trouble ticketing system written in PHP] IRM is comatose upstream -- they still exist, but are working on a Python-based replacement (IRM 2). I think there's life left in IRM 1.4, so I'd like to go through all of the patches in the SourceForge patch tracker for IRM and apply whatever's appropriate. See the list of upstream patches at http://sf.net/tracker/?group_id=14522&atid=314522 The process I want to follow is: for each patch: identify functionality determine if it's applies cleanly, messily, or not at all test good patches for functionality, vet for security report bad patches as being useless rof for each functionality group: pick the best applicable patch apply patch rof My intent is to get a report on *every* patch in the sf.net patch manager to send upstream, (to get the sf.net patch tracker cleaned up), and have as much useful functionality as possible in Debian's version of IRM. I'll put a patch-list into the IRM source distribution and on the web somewhere for coordination purposes once I've got some patch reports to put in there. In the meantime, if anyone wants to submit patch / functionality reports to me, I'd be most appreciative. - Matt
Bug#263832: ITP: libhtml-htmldoc-perl -- Perl interface to the htmldoc program for producing PDF-Files from HTML-Content
On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 08:35:15AM -0600, David Everly wrote: > Description : Perl interface to the htmldoc program for producing > PDF-Files from HTML-Content This description needs to be trimmed a bit, I think. Perhaps: "Perl interface for producing PDF files from HTML" The long description needs a bit of a tune-up, too: > This Module provides an OO-interface to the htmldoc program. > > You can use it to produce PDF or PS files from a HTML-document. Currently > many but not all parameters of HTMLDoc are supported. > > You need to have HTMLDoc installed before installing this module. Trim this sentence. Debian has dependencies for this sort of thing. > All the pdf-Methods return true for success or false for failure. You can > test if errors occurred by calling the error-method. That's a little more info than I necessarily needed to know in a package description. The API docs should have all this sort of information. > Normaly this module uses IPC::Open3 for communacation with the HTMLDOC > process. However, in mod_perl-environments there appear problems with this > module because the standard-output can not be captured. For this problem > this module provides a fix doing the communication in file-mode. s/Normaly/Normally/, if this paragraph is needed at all. It doesn't really help me, as a potential user of libhtml-htmldoc-perl, decide whether or not this is the package for me. Again, it feels like it should be in the package's API or README documentation. - Matt
Bug#255517: ITP: kickpim -- KickPIM is a panel applet for quickly editing and accessing the KDE addressbook or sending emails to your contacts. It shows also a list of upcoming birthdays and waiting emails of multiple email-accounts.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 05:07:22PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > * Package name: kickpim > Version : x.y.z Hmm... > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HMM... > * URL : http://www.example.org/ Errr > * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.) Ahem. - Matt
Bug#251439: ITP: ydpdict -- Interface for the English-Polish Collins dictionary
On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:33:04PM +0200, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > This is an ncurses interface to the English-Polish/Polish-English Collins > dictionary distributed by Young Digital Poland. It can also play the > pronunciation samples if the CD is available. > . > This package is only the interface, it does not contain the dictionary files > itself. To use it, you need a copy of the dictionary from YDP. Does this program have any purpose without the dictionary data (which I presume can't be packaged for Debian)? If not, I don't think the package should be in main - it effectively depends on non-free material in order to function, hence it should be in contrib. - Matt
Bug#248415: ITP: libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist This is not a normal ITP, but rather a placeholder. I'm planning on updating libapache-mod-auth-mysql to also build an apache2-specific version of the module. This will not introduce a new source package, just a new binary one. - Matt
Bug#247493: ITP: hearts -- KDE card game for four persons
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 03:16:08PM +0200, Frederik Dannemare wrote: > * Package name: hearts > Version : 1.98 > Upstream Author : Luis Pedro Coelho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://hearts.luispedro.org > * License : GPL > Description : KDE card game for four persons > > Hearts is similar to the hearts game that comes > with Microsoft Windows, allowing four persons > to participate in a game. I'd describe it in it's own right, as people who are familiar with the Windows game of the same name will recognise it, and others will want to know what it is independently. "Hearts is a trick-taking, point-accumulating card game for four players, where certain cards have a points value. The object of the game is to obtain the fewest points. Hearts has beta support for network play, to allow multiple humans to play against other. You can also play against computer opponents to make up the numbers." - Matt
Bug#243906: ITP: php-db -- PEAR DB modules for PHP
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:02:40AM -0400, Chris Anderson wrote: > * Package name: php-db Any chance of changing that package name slightly? Most PHP libraries have taken the libphp- path, rather than just php-. I think this is a good naming convention to follow, personally. > * URL : http://pear.php.net/ You can get a little more explicit than that: http://pear.php.net/package/DB. > * License : PHP > Description : PEAR DB modules for PHP Perhaps "Database abstraction module for PHP"? Then put the stuff about it being the PEAR standard as the beginning of the long description? And I've got a SQLRelay abstractor for you, as well, which upstream rejected because "SQLRelay is an abstraction layer of it's own", if you want it. Thanks for packaging this, BTW. Now I can make dependencies on this package instead of hacking 'pear install' commands (blech!)... - Matt
Bug#235543: ITP: jaws -- JAWS is a simple framework designed to easily create websites. It comes with gadgets to create a personal web site (such a blog).
On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 05:52:36PM -0600, David Moreno Garza wrote: > * Package name: jaws > Version : 0.2 > Upstream Author : Jonathan Hernadez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://jaws-project.sf.net/ > * License : GPL > Description : JAWS is a simple framework designed to easily create > websites. It comes with gadgets to create a personal web site (such a blog). > > JAWS is an eye-candy blog. It may just be me, but I think you've got the short and long descriptions around the wrong way. And you're not really supposed to mention the package name over and over again - we know what the package is, because it's in the Package: field. - Matt
Bug#213520: ITP: phpreports -- A report generation system written in PHP
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2003-10-01 Severity: wishlist * Package name: phpreports Version : 0.1.5 Upstream Author : Eustaquio Rangel de Oliveira J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://phpreports.sf.net/ * License : GPL Description : A report generation system written in PHP PHPReports takes report definitions written in a custom XML DTD format and turns them into a complete set of PHP code, which can be run to produce a HTML formatted report in the format you specified. Currently only HTML reports can be produced, in a fairly straightforward table-oriented style, however work is underway to allow the generation of PDF, plain text, and other formatting styles, for those that want them.
Bug#154592: Are you still intending to adopt PFE?
Just doing some bug cleaning, and noticed you had an old ITA on PFE. Is that still in the works? If you are, you'll probably want to adopt xm-tool, too, since that's a build-depends for PFE. - Matt
Bug#201359: ITA: cyrus-imapd -- CMU Cyrus mail system
retitle 201359 ITA: cyrus-imapd -- CMU cyrus mail system thanks I'm planning on adopting cyrus if nobody else more qualified[1] steps up to the plate. It's too good a piece of software to let wallow like so many others. I'm well aware of Cyrus 1.5's age and upstream death. My intention is not to make cyrus 1.5 live on forever, but rather to keep it in a neat and tidy manner, free of bugs, for those who want to use it, and provide a stable upgrade path to Cyrus 2 for those people who want to move on. I'm happy to discuss others maintaining, co-maintaining, or whatever else, if there are other DDs interested in cyrus 1.5 as well. [1] As in, "works with Cyrus more than me, is a DD, and has the time to maintain it". - Matt pgpBIy0MzaVg7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#199612: ITP: minido -- A simple, generic, multi-user, database free todo list manager / tracking system written in GTK2
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, francesco levorato wrote: > Package: wnpp > Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-01 > Severity: wishlist > > Package name: minido > Version : 0.3-1 > Upstream Author : Michael Opdenacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://michaelo.free.fr/minido/ > License : GPL > Description : A simple, generic, multi-user, database free todo list > manager / tracking system written in GTK2 > A simple, generic, multi-user, database free todo list manager/tracking > system written in GTK2. Though Minido is still very young, it already > give a key competitive advantage to major industry players like Texas > Instruments... Like TI, leverage this new paradigm to proactively > re-engineer your core processes and drive cross functional empowerment! Two things with your description: the long should not start with the short again, and the rest of the long description is effectively marketese bullshit which doesn't tell the person thinking of installing it anything useful. Tell people what features it has, not who else is using it. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Texas Instruments is a trademark. They may not like you using their name in apparent support for another product... -- ----------- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16
Bug#198957: ITP: email -- Send email from command line, either via MTA or SMTP, with optional encryption
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Millis Miller wrote: > I've already spoken to the upstream author, and he does not see mwilling > to convert to a DFSG license. Probably the only thing I can do is to make > it suitable for the non-free section for the time being. Can you indicate > to me how the license shoudl be changed to be suitable for the non-free > section? I think the only thing needed would be to get an OK for Debian to distribute the program, in modified form. That'd get it into non-free. -- ------- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16
Bug#198957: ITP: email -- Send email from command line, either via MTA or SMTP, with optional encryption
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:32:59AM +0100, Millis Miller wrote: > > * License : Custom > > Its license is non-free, not "Custom": > > * Copyright (C) 2001 email by Dean Jones > * > * This source and program come as is, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and/or > * WITHOUT ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY. > * > * Users of said software should realize that they cannot and will not > * Hold Cleancode.org reliable or responsible for any purpose WHAT SO EVER. > * Please read all documentation and use said software responsibly. > * > * ANY COMMERCIAL REDISTRIBUTION OR ANY PROPRIETARY REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS > * OR ANY SOURCE FROM CLEANCODE.ORG IS PROHIBITED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS > AND > * SHALL NOT BE RE-SOLD OR REDISTRIBUTED WITHOUT PRIOR AGREEMENTS WITH > * CLEANCODE.ORG > * > * I can be reached by electronic mail if there are any questions or concerns > * about this or any other software that was written/distributed by > * Cleancode.org > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * > * Software supplied and written by http://www.cleancode.org > > I'm not sure (i'm not good with legalese), but i suppose that you (we) shold > ask cleancode.org the agreement about redistribution of 'email' to > cleancode.org: i'm Cc-ing -legal to get some advise. For what it's worth, I believe this licence is *way* non-free. It doesn't allow redistribution at all, it doesn't allow modification, it discriminates against fields of endeavour (commercial interests), and if we asked for a "prior agreement" we'd get around most of the above issues but it would specific to Debian. I also have issues with the definition of "commercial redistribution or proprietary redistribution" - I get the feeling that would be a hairy one to argue in court (proprietary, especially). Also, unless http://www.cleancode.org is a legally registered entity, how can it have supplied and written the software in question? Sounds like an assertion of copyright to me, but I don't think a simple website can hold copyright (unless it's a registered legal entity, of course). So, we've violated DFSG 1, 2, 3, 5/6, and 8. Not bad for one licence which someone thought was DFSG free. I'd recommend going to upstream, showing them the DFSG, and asking if they'd mind relicencing it in some half-ways decent (or at least, unambiguous) manner, preferably a standard licence that fits their needs (it's not as though there aren't enough of them to choose from), and clarify the ownership of the code. -- --- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16
Bug#193612: ITP: fbpanel -- A lightwight X11 desktop panel
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2003-05-17 Severity: wishlist * Package name: fbpanel Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Anatoly Asviyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://fbpanel.sf.net/ * License : BSD Description : A lightweight X11 desktop panel FBPanel is a spinoff of the fspanel (f***ing small panel) with more eye candy. It provides a taskbar (list of all opened windows), desktop switcher, launchbar, clock, is EWMH/NETWM compliant, and has modest resource usage.
Bug#161979: ITP: phpwiki -- An informal collaborative website manager
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-09-23 Severity: wishlist * Package name: phpwiki Version : 1.3.3 Upstream Author : The PHPWiki Programming Team * URL : http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Description : An informal collaborative website manager A Wiki is a dynamic website which can be edited by anyone at any time. Over time bad information is naturally filtered out, since the barrier to modification is very low. Malicious or accidental destruction is obviated by the keeping of backup versions of all pages. . Installed as part of this package is introductory material to the Wiki concept, which can be viewed via the Wiki interface when the package has been installed.
Bug#153703: ITP: ninvaders -- a space-invaders clone for ncurses
Package: wnpp Version: N/A Severity: wishlist I am planning on packaging ninvaders, written by Thomas Dettbarn and released under the GPL. The original program is available from http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders. If anyone else is working on packaging this (after all, the guy did ask us for help, so maybe someone else is) contact me and we'll negotiate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
