Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:54:10AM +0100, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 05:32:48PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > > > On 0, Forest Bond wrote: > > > > * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:06:33AM +0100, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:39:20AM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > * Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, > >but that is merely an implementation detail. When it comes down to > >it, mldonk

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:54:10AM +0100, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 05:32:48PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > > > On 0, Forest Bond wrote: > > > > * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Sylvain Le Gall
Hello, On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:39:20AM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > Package: mldonkey > Severity: normal > > mldonkey packaging is way to complicated and bloated. This is > unnecessary and causes bugs. > > * Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, >but that is m

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Sylvain Le Gall
Hello, On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 05:32:48PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > > On 0, Forest Bond wrote: > > > * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils? This is > > >just vanity. Please, ship the upstream software,

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Forest Bond writes: > Hi, > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: >> On 0, Forest Bond wrote: >> > * Why all of the Debian-specific utilities in debian/utils? This is >> >just vanity. Please, ship the upstream software, not your own. >> > >> >> I won't insult

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-11 Thread Spiral Voice
Hi, Forest Bond schrieb: > Can you point me to some documentation of the multiuser functionality? http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/mldonkey/distrib/multiuser.txt?root=mldonkey&view=markup Cheers, spiralvoice __ Nur b

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-11 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:14:25PM +0100, Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > On 0, Forest Bond wrote: > > mldonkey packaging is way to complicated and bloated. This is > > unnecessary and causes bugs. > > > > * Why so many debconf questions? > > You're right. Maybe we can simplify this a bit. We are

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-11 Thread Forest Bond
Hi, Sorry for the late reply. On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 11:05:41AM +0200, spiral voice wrote: > > Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, > > but that is merely an implementation detail. When it comes down to > > it, mldonkey is a *p2p client*. It should be run by norma

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2009-03-11 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
merge 332324 484674 thanks On 0, Forest Bond wrote: > > mldonkey packaging is way to complicated and bloated. This is > unnecessary and causes bugs. > > * Why so many debconf questions? > You're right. Maybe we can simplify this a bit. We are currently working on this problem. This is the

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2008-06-06 Thread spiral voice
Hi, > Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, > but that is merely an implementation detail. When it comes down to > it, mldonkey is a *p2p client*. It should be run by normal users > when they want to connect to a p2p network. YVMV, but MLDonkey is also designed to

Bug#484674: mldonkey: Packaging too complex

2008-06-05 Thread Forest Bond
Package: mldonkey Severity: normal mldonkey packaging is way to complicated and bloated. This is unnecessary and causes bugs. * Why does mldonkey-server need an init script? Yes, it's a daemon, but that is merely an implementation detail. When it comes down to it, mldonkey is a *p2p cli