Bug#335157: aterm 1.0.0 is out
Package: aterm Version: 0.4.2-11 Severity: wishlist aterm 1.0.0 is out since July '05, and adds a number of new features and bugfixes, including the long-requested UTF-8 support (bug #216302). Available from: ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/apps/aterm/ Thanks, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#426757: ion3: Debconf abuse
As a mere user I suppose I don't have much say, but I increasingly find it pretty annoying to have to answer this stupidly condescending question every time I install a new version of the package. It's *standard* that users should report bugs to Debian's BTS if the bug is in a Debian version of a package, especially if it's a development snapshot. It feels condescending to have to acknowledge this each time (esp. with the default at "no"!), and what's more it makes upgrading annoying because it requires unnecessary user intervention in the middle of what ought to be an automated process through. Very few packages outside of non-free (which I don't use) ask these sorts of nuisance questions, and if more started doing it (ion3 is hardly unique here, so if it's proper here, it should be proper dozens of other places), upgrading systems would quickly get very painful. -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#426757: ion3: Debconf abuse
Oops, disregard the previous message I suppose. I see ion3's moved to non-free due to the licensing issue I wasn't aware of previously... so I guess I do use non-free despite my assumption that I didn't. Having to answer this question each time is still annoying, but I guess nothing can be done about it, unless you're willing to put the package back in main under a name not containing "ion". -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#426757: ion3: Debconf abuse
Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 13:40 -0700, Delirium wrote: As a mere user I suppose I don't have much say, but I increasingly find it pretty annoying to have to answer this stupidly condescending question every time I install a new version of the package. It is supposed to be skipped if the package matches the current upstream version, which is usually the case. This is checked using uscan, which requires the recommended packages devscripts and libwww-perl. Do you have those installed? Ah that was it; looks like libwww-perl got uninstalled, either due to me doing something dumb, or due to apt bug #431737. Thanks, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#426757: ion3: Debconf abuse
Delirium wrote: Ben Hutchings wrote: On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 13:40 -0700, Delirium wrote: As a mere user I suppose I don't have much say, but I increasingly find it pretty annoying to have to answer this stupidly condescending question every time I install a new version of the package. It is supposed to be skipped if the package matches the current upstream version, which is usually the case. This is checked using uscan, which requires the recommended packages devscripts and libwww-perl. Do you have those installed? Ah that was it; looks like libwww-perl got uninstalled, either due to me doing something dumb, or due to apt bug #431737. Actually maybe due to neither of those: it looks like ion3 20070720-2 doesn't depend on or recommend libwww-perl anymore, unless I'm missing something. The list I see (on i386) is: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), liblua5.1-0, libsm6, libx11-6, libxext6, xterm | x-terminal-emulator, debconf, xbase-clients Recommends: xfonts-75dpi | xfonts-75dpi-transcoded | xfonts-100dpi | xfonts-100dpi-transcoded Suggests: menu (>= 2.1.9), docker, ion3-scripts -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
