Re: creating Release files

2004-10-24 Thread Ervin Hearn III
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:11:48AM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote: > Hi, > > where can I find information about the structure of Release files? And > are there any tools to create them automatically? > > Regards > Marco Hi Marco, The best resource I've f

Package Hijecking?

2004-10-24 Thread Yooseong Yang
I am not familiar with this situation: The other DD maintained his package name like mozilla-locale-ko, but because I have not checked this package thoroughly on debian package list , I reported ITP and uplodaed the package to the main archive. The package is actually accepted with the other vers

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:09:32PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > /usr/games doesn't appear in the FHS (anymore?). I think /usr/bin is > the right place for it. Ack! Hmm. I was generally using tuxracer's debian files as an example, and they use /usr/games (as does fortune-mod). ... what's the v

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 10:00:31PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote: > > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > > match. > > One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed > into /usr/games/, instead you chose /usr/bin. > > For a game that is suprisin

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 10:00:31PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:59:29AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > > match. > > One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed > into /usr/games/

Re: creating Release files

2004-10-24 Thread Ervin Hearn III
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:11:48AM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote: > Hi, > > where can I find information about the structure of Release files? And > are there any tools to create them automatically? > > Regards > Marco Hi Marco, The best resource I've f

Package Hijecking?

2004-10-24 Thread Yooseong Yang
I am not familiar with this situation: The other DD maintained his package name like mozilla-locale-ko, but because I have not checked this package thoroughly on debian package list , I reported ITP and uplodaed the package to the main archive. The package is actually accepted with the other vers

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:09:32PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > /usr/games doesn't appear in the FHS (anymore?). I think /usr/bin is > the right place for it. Ack! Hmm. I was generally using tuxracer's debian files as an example, and they use /usr/games (as does fortune-mod). ... what's the v

RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

2004-10-24 Thread Alec Berryman
Hi mentors, I adopted rdiff-backup and have a new revision ready that fixes ten outstanding bugs, leaving only one of non-wishlist priority. rdiff-backup is a script written in Python that uses librsync's rdiff to create incremental backups. It supports backing up to remote hosts via ssh. rdiff

RFS: pclock adopted package

2004-10-24 Thread Martín Ferrari
Hi, I've prepared a new version of the pclock package which was orphaned (#156523), and I was looking for a sponsor to upload it. The package is available at http://canterville.mine.nu/debian/pclock/ . Please send me any comments about it. By the way, my name is Martín and I was wondering if I can

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 10:00:31PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote: > > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > > match. > > One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed > into /usr/games/, instead you chose /usr/bin. > > For a game that is suprisin

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 10:00:31PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:59:29AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > > match. > > One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed > into /usr/games/

RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

2004-10-24 Thread Alec Berryman
Hi mentors, I adopted rdiff-backup and have a new revision ready that fixes ten outstanding bugs, leaving only one of non-wishlist priority. rdiff-backup is a script written in Python that uses librsync's rdiff to create incremental backups. It supports backing up to remote hosts via ssh. rdiff

RFS: pclock adopted package

2004-10-24 Thread Martín Ferrari
Hi, I've prepared a new version of the pclock package which was orphaned (#156523), and I was looking for a sponsor to upload it. The package is available at http://canterville.mine.nu/debian/pclock/ . Please send me any comments about it. By the way, my name is Martín and I was wondering if I can

Re: Need Sponsor

2004-10-24 Thread Matthew Palmer
[Apologies for the duplicate if you're subscribed] On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:22:26PM +0530, Amit Dixit wrote: >Myself Amit Dixit Working as System Engg. at Hughes Softwares Ltd. > >I want to join the Debian as Maintainer. > >I need Sponsor for joing the Debian Developer's. > >

creating Release files

2004-10-24 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi, where can I find information about the structure of Release files? And are there any tools to create them automatically? Regards Marco -- We have not inherited the earth from our parents, we've borrowed it from our children. -- Marco Herrn _ ___ o ' (_)<

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:59:29AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > match. One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed into /usr/games/, instead you chose /usr/bin. For a game that is suprising, so I'd sugg

Re: Need Sponsor

2004-10-24 Thread Matthew Palmer
[Apologies for the duplicate if you're subscribed] On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:22:26PM +0530, Amit Dixit wrote: >Myself Amit Dixit Working as System Engg. at Hughes Softwares Ltd. > >I want to join the Debian as Maintainer. > >I need Sponsor for joing the Debian Developer's. > >

creating Release files

2004-10-24 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi, where can I find information about the structure of Release files? And are there any tools to create them automatically? Regards Marco -- We have not inherited the earth from our parents, we've borrowed it from our children. -- Marco Herrn _ ___ o ' (_)<

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Steve Kemp
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 11:59:29AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sources to > match. One thing that stood out was that the binary isn't installed into /usr/games/, instead you chose /usr/bin. For a game that is suprising, so I'd sugg

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 04:09:56PM +0300, Eugeniy Meshcheryakov wrote: > > deb http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/ > > deb-src http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/ > > > IMHO package name should be the same as executable name. Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sou

Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

2004-10-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 04:09:56PM +0300, Eugeniy Meshcheryakov wrote: > > deb http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/ > > deb-src http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/ > > > IMHO package name should be the same as executable name. Okay, I've renamed this to "orbitalsniper" and adjusted the sou

debian packaging talk at berlinux 2004

2004-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
hi, i had a talk on the berlinux 2004 about debian packaging. it is in german, if someone is interrested: http://www.ngolde.de/download/debian-packaging.tar.gz regards nico -- Nico Golde - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ngolde.de GPG: FF46 E565 5CC1 E2E5 3F6

debian packaging talk at berlinux 2004

2004-10-24 Thread Nico Golde
hi, i had a talk on the berlinux 2004 about debian packaging. it is in german, if someone is interrested: http://www.ngolde.de/download/debian-packaging.tar.gz regards nico -- Nico Golde - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ngolde.de GPG: FF46 E565 5CC1 E2E5 3F6

Need Sponsor

2004-10-24 Thread Amit Dixit
Hi, Myself Amit Dixit Working as System Engg. at Hughes Softwares Ltd. I want to join the Debian as Maintainer. I need Sponsor for joing the Debian Developer's. I have over 3.5 years of experience on Unix Platform (HP,Solaris, Linux). I want to contribute to the the Debian De

Need Sponsor

2004-10-24 Thread Amit Dixit
Hi, Myself Amit Dixit Working as System Engg. at Hughes Softwares Ltd. I want to join the Debian as Maintainer. I need Sponsor for joing the Debian Developer's. I have over 3.5 years of experience on Unix Platform (HP,Solaris, Linux). I want to contribute to the the Debian De