Re: ITR: febootstrap

2009-05-28 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
On 09/05/28 17:17 -0700, Russ Allbery said ... > Y Giridhar Appaji Nag writes: > > > I am not sure if enforcing "extra" in cases other than conflicts, > > Depends: on lower priority and very clear specialised requirements > > (elinks-lite, debug symbols etc.) gains us much. > > Oh, yes, I agree.

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Barry deFreese
markus schnalke wrote: [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 of my package "masqmail". I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors does

Re: RFS: NEW: dico 2.0-1

2009-05-28 Thread أحمد المحمودي
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 01:48:35PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > uploaded. ---end quoted text--- Thanks ! -- ‎أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) Digital design engineer GPG KeyID: 0xEDDDA1B7 (@ subkeys.pgp.net) GPG Fingerprint: 8206 A196 2084 7E6D 0DF8 B176 BC19 6A94 EDDD A1B7 -- To UNSUB

Re: RFS: NEW: dico 2.0-1

2009-05-28 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 19:50, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > Dear mentors, > >  I am looking for a sponsor for my package "dico". >  This package is NEW to Debian. The ITP number is: 522368 > >  * Package name    : dico >   Version         : 2.0 >   Debian Revision : 1 >   Upstream Author : Serge

Re: ITR: febootstrap

2009-05-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Y Giridhar Appaji Nag writes: > I agree with this particular example. But I could argue if would > "reasonbly want to install" Kerberos if I "Didn't know what it was". > > I've not seen ftp-master enforce the distinction between optional and > extra, not even in the cases where it is very clearl

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Alexander Prinsier
Thanks for taking a look at the package! I believe I addressed all the issues correctly in the version I just uploaded now. See below for details :) Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: >> The package appears to be lintian clean. > > Appearances are deceptive. :-) Run a recent version of lintian with > t

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 27 May 2009, Alexander Prinsier wrote: > * Package name: agedu > Version : 8442-2 > Upstream Author : Simon Tatham > * URL : http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ > * License : MIT > Section : utils > > It builds these bin

Re: RFS: kio-ftps (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On torsdagen den 16 april 2009, Paul Wise wrote: > 2009/4/16 Laurent Léonard : > > So ".dfsg" is a bad suffix ? And "+dfsg" should be used in priority ? If > > 1.2+dfsg/1.2-dfsg/1.2dfsg sort before 1.2.1 why are there different > > suffixes ? I don't find clear informations about that on the Debian

Re: RFS: gddrescue-1.10

2009-05-28 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Rince, 2009-05-28] > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gddrescue/gddrescue_1.10+nmu2.dsc * shold not be a native package * wrong distribution * wrong version * "Update standards and compat settings to latest sid." doesn't tell me much about what and why changed [stopped checking he

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Sven, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:01:32PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > Am 28.05.2009 um 20:16 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > > The reason is the following in the preinst (which I inherited, so if > > it is wrong, I gladly rewrite/i

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-05-28 22:25] Y Giridhar Appaji Nag > On 09/05/28 17:21 +0200, markus schnalke said ... > > [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke > > > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 > > > of my package "masqmail". > > > > Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? > >

RFS: skanlite

2009-05-28 Thread Kai Wasserbäch
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "skanlite". * Package name: skanlite Version : 0.3-1 Upstream Author : Kåre Särs Arseniy Lartsev * URL : ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/4.2.3/src/extragear/ * License : GPL2+ Sect

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
Am 28.05.2009 um 20:16 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> I don't know why this preinst script is necessary, but if you need to >> insure that the new update-alternatives script is run in it, you have to >> use Pre-Depends rather than Depen

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Sven, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > I don't know why this preinst script is necessary, but if you need to > insure that the new update-alternatives script is run in it, you have to > use Pre-Depends rather than Depends. See Policy § 7.2. Thanks, I missed th

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
Am 28.05.2009 um 19:34 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: > I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change > in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an > error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I > prepared a new package, but this of course

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change > in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an > error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I > prepared a new package, but this of c

Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I prepared a new package, but this of course will only work with the dpkg in unstable (not the o

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
On 09/05/28 17:21 +0200, markus schnalke said ... > [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 > > of my package "masqmail". > > Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? > > The mail from mentors does not contain a name and I foun

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
markus schnalke wrote: > [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke >> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 >> of my package "masqmail". > >> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. > > Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? > > The mail from mentors does

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 05:21:12PM +0200, markus schnalke wrote: > Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? > > The mail from mentors does not contain a name and I found no upload > logs or a similar source. The signature on the uploaded .dsc says it was bubulle: gpg: Signature made Tue

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 > of my package "masqmail". > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors does not contain a name and I found no u

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Alexander. On May 27 2009, Alexander Prinsier wrote: > * Package name: agedu > Version : 8442-2 > Upstream Author : Simon Tatham > * URL : http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ > * License : MIT > Section : utils (...) > agedu -

RFS: libdebug (adopted, updated, fixed bugs)

2009-05-28 Thread Peter Pentchev
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.3-1 of my package "libdebug". This is an attempt to adopt the package, turn it into a non-native one, become upstream, bring the Debian packaging up to the current standards and best practices, and fix the single outstanding bug. I

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-05-28 14:38 +0200, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: >> I cannot claim to have much expertise in library packaging, but would >> like to warn that this document gives bad advice regarding the name of >> -dev packages. See http://bugs

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: > I cannot claim to have much expertise in library packaging, but would > like to warn that this document gives bad advice regarding the name of > -dev packages. See http://bugs.debian.org/493951. > > In general, -dev packages should n

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-05-28 14:06 +0200, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:35PM +0200, yo...@gmx.net wrote: >> Can somebody point me to a step by step documentation for libraries. I can >> only find doc for normal binary packaging. Is it possible to build lib and >> program with one comm

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:10:52PM +0200, Yonah Brendon Franklin wrote: > I founded this guide, but there are no commands with debuild etc. Do I don't > need that? Your package is still built in the normal way (see [1]) but there are specific details you need to pay attention to when packaging lib

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Yonah Brendon Franklin
Hi Jonathan, > The Debian Library Packaging Guide is best: > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html I founded this guide, but there are no commands with debuild etc. Do I don't need that? yonah -- "Der Langsamste, der sein Ziel nicht aus den Augen verliert, geht

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Hi, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:35PM +0200, yo...@gmx.net wrote: > Can somebody point me to a step by step documentation for libraries. I can > only find doc for normal binary packaging. Is it possible to build lib and > program with one command (build)? The Debian Library Packaging Guide is be

Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread yonah
Hello, i'm trying to build an libary package from my sourcecode. At first i build an regular package with dh_make and single binary included the libary. Everything is fine and works. Now i want to build an libary and an binary package, but as i read the manual i can build only an libary lib-dev

Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread yonah
Hello, i'm trying to build an libary package from my sourcecode. At first i build an regular package with dh_make and single binary included the libary. Everything is fine and works. Now i want to build an libary and an binary package, but as i read the manual i can build only an libary lib-dev

RFInspection: libfake437

2009-05-28 Thread Jack Kelly
Dear mentors, This is a repost, since my RFS of a week ago may have slipped through the cracks. I am looking for an inspection (and eventual sponsorship) for my package "libfake437". * Package name: libfake437 Version : 0.4-3 Upstream Author : Jack Kelly * URL : libfa

Re: ITR: febootstrap

2009-05-28 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
On 09/05/27 13:41 -0700, Russ Allbery said ... > Y Giridhar Appaji Nag writes: > > > I read that part of policy (only likely to be useful if you already > > know what they are) as "there is an optional package that has been > > built out of the same source package, but this one is built for > > s