Bug#275388: mounting at boot time under grub
I dropped all references to specific boot loaders since there are over a dozend different ones used with linux and people beagan to complain that I didn't mention the one they use. To pull out a cliche, this is letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Covering the two most popular boot loaders (lilo and grub), together accounting for certainly well over 90% of the Debian users, and in particular nearly 100% of the less experienced users, is GOOD. Covering them all might be perfect, but just because it is impractical to do the perfect thing doesn't mean you should abandon a good thing. It is not a slight on other boot loaders to not cover them - it is completely reasonable to just cover the N most popular boot loaders, for some N, and leave it at that. -- Barak A. Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland http://www-bcl.cs.may.ie/~barak/
Accepted raidutils 0.0.4-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:33:42 -0600 Source: raidutils Binary: raidutils Architecture: source i386 Version: 0.0.4-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: raidutils - Adaptec I2O compliant RAID controller management utilities Closes: 249637 Changes: raidutils (0.0.4-1) unstable; urgency=low . * Initial Release. (closes: #249637) Files: 8d34035b9f011c9a3000e37f71dc26e6 574 admin optional raidutils_0.0.4-1.dsc 0cce58432ca02c9efc5157d8bebd1c27 1053259 admin optional raidutils_0.0.4.orig.tar.gz 275f20e8dd6710d6fa390c4b78902fe1 7033 admin optional raidutils_0.0.4-1.diff.gz 0abba45112b387d9e964eb0d480fa158 209258 admin optional raidutils_0.0.4-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAql/6Lz4Gnv7CP7IRAmRVAJ4gnlTovNUurZ17S9WWQ0gY5+JJcQCcCfHf 0yd+B9n06az4UjYsKxuBtKw= =wcU+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: raidutils_0.0.4-1.diff.gz to pool/main/r/raidutils/raidutils_0.0.4-1.diff.gz raidutils_0.0.4-1.dsc to pool/main/r/raidutils/raidutils_0.0.4-1.dsc raidutils_0.0.4-1_i386.deb to pool/main/r/raidutils/raidutils_0.0.4-1_i386.deb raidutils_0.0.4.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/r/raidutils/raidutils_0.0.4.orig.tar.gz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted adolc 1.8.7-8 (i386 source all)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 03:05:25 -0600 Source: adolc Binary: libadolc-dev libadolc1-examples libadolc1 libadolc1-doc Architecture: source i386 all Version: 1.8.7-8 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak A. Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: libadolc-dev - ADOLC development libs and headers libadolc1 - ADOLC automatic differentiation system, runtime libs libadolc1-doc - ADOLC documentation, postscript manual libadolc1-examples - ADOLC example program binaries Changes: adolc (1.8.7-8) unstable; urgency=low . * update for GCC 3.x transition (recompile and squelch warnings) * update for policy 3.5.10 * update for debhelper 4 Files: 9efe46be645137da69dbeec0d2f2db84 624 - optional adolc_1.8.7-8.dsc c2f5d8359f652025797936740c60efb9 9091 - optional adolc_1.8.7-8.diff.gz 98e1534a0b09fcd278c0a27da6fb717d 188078 libdevel optional libadolc-dev_1.8.7-8_i386.deb 873ea829f0865320270412bcc1442555 135620 libs optional libadolc1_1.8.7-8_i386.deb fea70bb0e1a93d319e41a6c48ff69e08 324228 doc optional libadolc1-doc_1.8.7-8_all.deb d11fcb3a3e6e6ff0948fc99f1c670b96 212404 doc optional libadolc1-examples_1.8.7-8_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE++ecyLz4Gnv7CP7IRAmPlAJ99mA+ZR3miagfQt6idxfQVtRT7mQCgsFNq duc0NS7ZALg5O1xdgOXOHjk= =skle -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: adolc_1.8.7-8.diff.gz to pool/main/a/adolc/adolc_1.8.7-8.diff.gz adolc_1.8.7-8.dsc to pool/main/a/adolc/adolc_1.8.7-8.dsc libadolc-dev_1.8.7-8_i386.deb to pool/main/a/adolc/libadolc-dev_1.8.7-8_i386.deb libadolc1-doc_1.8.7-8_all.deb to pool/main/a/adolc/libadolc1-doc_1.8.7-8_all.deb libadolc1-examples_1.8.7-8_i386.deb to pool/main/a/adolc/libadolc1-examples_1.8.7-8_i386.deb libadolc1_1.8.7-8_i386.deb to pool/main/a/adolc/libadolc1_1.8.7-8_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#195481: fragmented location info: hassle for users especially mobile ones
Well okay, granted ... but the locale would almost always be explicitly set, and wouldn't change when eg the lat/long are modified.
Bug#195725: RFA: tkisem (graphical SPARC emulator) binutils-sparc
Package: wnpp Because I no longer use them myself I am looking for someone to take over the below packages. (The second, binutils-sparc, exists only to service the first and is a trivial modification of binutils-avr, so I list them together.) I'm not swizzling the Maintainer: field to QA because I'll deal with any major problems if necessary. For now. But if anyone would like to take them over, please be my guest! Package: tkisem Version: 4.5.12-5 Depends: binutils-sparc ..., tk8.3 | wish, ... Description: Graphical SPARC emulator Instructional SPARC Emulator using tk. This SPARC CPU simulator has nice graphics, and is very good for learning assembly language programming. Particularly suited to the textbook Computer Systems: Architecture, Organization, and Programming by Arthur Maccabe. Package: binutils-sparc Version: 2.11.92.0.12.3-4 Build-Depends: ..., toolchain-source, ... Depends: libc6 (= 2.2.4-4), binutils (= 2.11.92.0.12.3-4) Description: Binary utilities that support the SPARC target. The programs in this package are used to manipulate binary and object files that may have been created for the SPARC architecture. This package is primarily for SPARC developers and cross-compilers and is not needed by normal users or developers, except users of the tkisem SPARC emulator.
Bug#195481: fragmented location info: hassle for users especially mobile ones
Package: general Severity: wishlist I'm not sure where to assign this, but ... there are too many packages in Debian that ask for your location or variants thereof, all in an uncoordinated fashion. To whit: time zone latitude/longitude (wmmoonclock, wmsun, various mapping programs) nearest ICAO station (wmweather) paper size a4 vs letter (papersize library, and a couple stragglers) language (locale, and a couple stragglers) country (something must request this I'll bet) altitude (again I bet something uses this) Right now, this stuff is easy to get inconsistent, and each one requires effort to figure out. Some of them are even tricky to change, or even to remember. It would be nice if these would *ALL* assume default values given just one, on both a global system-wide basis and over-ridable on a per-user and per-session basis. In other words, when I move my laptop I should be able to put in the new lat/long and, assuming everything else is set up to default, all these other things should be filled in with their most probably values. Eg the nearest ICAO station, the most popular language in the location I'm in, the size of paper they use there, etc. Similarly, if I fill in just a country and it is a small country, and I haven't filled in lat/long or anything else, everything should snap to reasonable values. If that's not enough to figure out eg the time zone, at least the timezone menu should start with a list of timezones in that country. If I fill in a lat/long outside that country, it should give me a warning. If I fill in a city it should take the lat/long in the center of that city. If some user fills in a different country city, blam everything should just work for that user. I think this could be accomplished with appropriate debconf stuff and a location-related-query executable that looks at global info, per-user files in their home directory, and environment variables. Or maybe a library, for easier retrofitting into little programs. With some modular architecture so one can add new location-related values which can be derived from lat/long/alt, and which therefore if filled in can also be used to constrain this and therefore other derivable values.
multiarchitecture binaries - technical obstacles?
Years ago, NeXT modified GCC and the rest of the GNU tools to allow them to produce multi-architecture binaries, so that a single binary executable could run on both 68k and i386 platforms. They also had a tool that could strip out hunks for unwanted architectures. Maybe that code has decayed, and maybe it had problems ... but it sure would be nice if it could be resurrected and used by us, so that Debian became able to produce multiplatform .deb containing such multi-architecture executables. Here are a few potential benefits: it would reduce the total volume of the archive; eliminate separate i386/Pentium/686/MMX-optimized packages; reduce the burden on the autobuilders; reduce cross-architecture version-skew; catch cross-architecture compilation problems earlier; ensure widespread availability of binary packages for multiple architectures; make the upcoming deployment of competing 64-bit CPUs from Intel and AMD less painful for our users; and be a unique feather in Debian's cap. I'm hoping that people familiar with the tool chain could share something about the status of those old multi-architecture features, and how much of a hassle (or of an impossibility) it might be to get them working.
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.10-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:55:04 -0700 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvuserve djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 djview Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.10-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djview - Viewer for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-bin - Utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - Browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvuserve - CGI program for unbundling DjVu files on the fly libdjvulibre1 - Runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format Closes: 173483 180598 Changes: djvulibre (3.5.10-1) unstable; urgency=low . * new upstream version * (closes: #180598) see below * upstream fixed menu key (closes: #173483) Files: 23f754fa0d7d2f14bce2aa364a4a7a9d 720 - optional djvulibre_3.5.10-1.dsc be610c2ef1512fd25adc7b364cd46400 1292420 - optional djvulibre_3.5.10.orig.tar.gz dc0031f1ba625631127caaf26634ecbe 37630 - optional djvulibre_3.5.10-1.diff.gz f01a9403559bdca3d7efd0dcaa2ac39a 784588 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.10-1_i386.deb b6cdd216106b3d45577b3f5fc745af75 446502 graphics optional djview_3.5.10-1_i386.deb a00b73c1ef5fc55954e03d4417b28bf7 20888 web optional djvuserve_3.5.10-1_i386.deb b5c984c67ddf44939e2173f89aad5cdf 244032 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb b116b153b1b08ca8bee744a4a1f2a896 19922 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Sl+aLz4Gnv7CP7IRAtPLAJ9CokDeIMeh8/KpH5lgCLglt5nsSgCg0dr4 MRUPBWKFNlWISK69yGCRlsU= =cxH/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djview_3.5.10-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djview_3.5.10-1_i386.deb djvulibre-bin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.10-1_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.10-1.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.10-1.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.10-1.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.10-1.dsc djvulibre_3.5.10.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.10.orig.tar.gz djvuserve_3.5.10-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvuserve_3.5.10-1_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.10-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.10-1_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.9-4 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:04:54 -0700 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvuserve djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 djview libdjvulibre1-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.9-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djview - Viewer for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-bin - Utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - Browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvuserve - CGI program for unbundling DjVu files on the fly libdjvulibre1 - Runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1-dev - Development files for the extraordinary DjVu image format Closes: 159590 164709 172465 Changes: djvulibre (3.5.9-4) unstable; urgency=low . * capitalize descriptions (closes: #164709) * add script any2djvu * mime entry remains (closes: #172465) * just a compiler bug maybe maybe I hope (closes: #159590) Files: 8112d68c19cd5574af8634fac39b5937 720 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-4.dsc 43438336e8e2ed62ee4403d3108d9e26 37212 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-4.diff.gz 34923bbdcea447f8509085a8855e8cd1 405866 devel optional libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-4_i386.deb d052f306b6beb26984273592cfba8eba 781080 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-4_i386.deb f5e407c2f082500764c8f6b1a1ad7b0d 449496 graphics optional djview_3.5.9-4_i386.deb 14947ead2dba096da08aae8cf230231c 20938 web optional djvuserve_3.5.9-4_i386.deb fb7d701b24521f782ae1e6889c702c43 237524 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb 9f054975ffce95fe3cf1f8764d499ca5 19974 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+PwtaLz4Gnv7CP7IRAr0bAKDMdF74kT8m0JsHvBjKiAfIsyIa7wCgyu5b WlqSOqTUkzSEDQVC1wh4qI8= =56it -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djview_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djview_3.5.9-4_i386.deb djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-4_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.9-4.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-4.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.9-4.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-4.dsc djvuserve_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvuserve_3.5.9-4_i386.deb libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-4_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-4_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-4_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted xlassie 1.8-3 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:26:50 -0700 Source: xlassie Binary: xlassie Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.8-3 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: xlassie- Dockable mail notifier w/ message count POP3/APOP/IMAP support Closes: 170241 Changes: xlassie (1.8-3) unstable; urgency=low . * switch dependency order (closes: #170241) Files: db31debc17f85ae9996f78eb14bd1e0a 578 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-3.dsc 68c5e5a47ef444fca9806a605f33905b 3690 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-3.diff.gz 944b1e56e8f661f6e26ca61ad7ba6232 14476 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-3_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE93dDvLz4Gnv7CP7IRAjTmAKCAyOk1gporufQyDX29atyaorZvowCaA1GH SG7AuoHKVHwcj9Wt6ftiIlE= =4qUx -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: xlassie_1.8-3.diff.gz to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-3.diff.gz xlassie_1.8-3.dsc to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-3.dsc xlassie_1.8-3_i386.deb to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-3_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted xlassie 1.8-2 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 22:10:27 -0700 Source: xlassie Binary: xlassie Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.8-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: xlassie- Dockable mail notifier w/ message count POP3/APOP/IMAP support Closes: 166358 Changes: xlassie (1.8-2) unstable; urgency=low . * text-only mods, no change to any functionality (closes: #166358) Files: 00406a0f8f3e4f1a3c238ae8693aa6b2 578 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-2.dsc 29d6ca0eb68301338f5643011d55d008 3654 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-2.diff.gz 6924489c2aad6bf2cbe58795d43114a6 14436 x11 optional xlassie_1.8-2_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9vMe3Lz4Gnv7CP7IRAvdWAJoDbU4r6XquzIGD4Fls2o2WicDBxgCeMetV bMxdF5oAezjJKqN3UL8Haak= =B4hN -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: xlassie_1.8-2.diff.gz to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-2.diff.gz xlassie_1.8-2.dsc to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-2.dsc xlassie_1.8-2_i386.deb to pool/main/x/xlassie/xlassie_1.8-2_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.9-2 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:34:03 -0600 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 djview libdjvulibre1-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.9-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djview - utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-bin - utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1 - runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1-dev - development files for the extraordinary DjVu image format Changes: djvulibre (3.5.9-2) unstable; urgency=low . * Flush debian mods. Leave Makefile.in -rpath, use chrpath --delete. * Break out djview binary into separate package. Files: 38f8e7679116e252dbaeafdeb046a1cf 709 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-2.dsc 42eaf9ec470287a94df059e83ead1059 34629 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-2.diff.gz 4181750d466a7856717cd685622318ba 405414 devel optional libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-2_i386.deb 7b1d5bc9242798d3eab681b5244006d4 780212 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-2_i386.deb f1fd97e528dbd3051397abeed91f3d62 447062 graphics optional djview_3.5.9-2_i386.deb 46173fb513ed2d633344691a2f38df13 250526 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb 46d61f187d4bfa54c99900e91b7c50fc 19644 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9o2fqLz4Gnv7CP7IRAvafAJ9lZoXfhr3B1WIs/XHCvk8tpB0QDgCfSq3f +JCbHmIlhLkvaciMR1a+WSU= =MW9L -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djview_3.5.9-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djview_3.5.9-2_i386.deb djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-2_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.9-2.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-2.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.9-2.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-2.dsc libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-2_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-2_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.9-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 09:54:30 -0600 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 libdjvulibre1-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.9-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djvulibre-bin - utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1 - runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1-dev - development files for the extraordinary DjVu image format Closes: 163081 Changes: djvulibre (3.5.9-1) unstable; urgency=low . * New upstream release, fixes ddjvu (closes: #163081) and MMX with GCC 3.2 Files: 66fffd3a409d74fdb51d59daf0c0c6bc 692 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-1.dsc 0a800bc8ffc34f0eba23ad7e12e72a19 1285313 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9.orig.tar.gz d2b8dd907e74506aede94c1e243b57ed 36263 - optional djvulibre_3.5.9-1.diff.gz a9c4893e52a36d2c9c96131139dc1b11 1343976 devel optional libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-1_i386.deb b2671edc144a11511ea9be30d0dd624a 780104 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-1_i386.deb c03b48adfe21d2f207d644a8bb4b39ff 695122 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb b508835b9e747ac67bb7122f5fcea20c 19542 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9owTOLz4Gnv7CP7IRAg18AJ9+SAxiK8oe2vYLDm9nsslrdpYLkwCfZ/TJ WnvJupNUJCjkJ6Bgu1v9bN8= =79e9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.9-1_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.9-1.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-1.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.9-1.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9-1.dsc djvulibre_3.5.9.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.9.orig.tar.gz libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.9-1_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.9-1_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted mlton 20020920.1-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:23:14 -0600 Source: mlton Binary: mlton Architecture: source i386 Version: 20020920.1-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: mlton - Whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML Changes: mlton (20020920.1-1) unstable; urgency=low . * new upstream version Files: d8f998b128bd2ec1a6234f8a87ff31c9 660 devel optional mlton_20020920.1-1.dsc be0b6731a16e2134fa096caad5a1b68a 2175526 devel optional mlton_20020920.1.orig.tar.gz 1991346f3c519c1ec1ac0955b63a3c3a 5102 devel optional mlton_20020920.1-1.diff.gz b9794ad2ec2ca97dafaaedd7f08d0127 4471158 devel optional mlton_20020920.1-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9jDACLz4Gnv7CP7IRAjLTAJ4ggrWPcQPlEPCuZrJGWd82MmOMKQCdGiYp c8je8bNJ1dkl4JwF5qkQwjg= =l24q -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: mlton_20020920.1-1.diff.gz to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020920.1-1.diff.gz mlton_20020920.1-1.dsc to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020920.1-1.dsc mlton_20020920.1-1_i386.deb to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020920.1-1_i386.deb mlton_20020920.1.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020920.1.orig.tar.gz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.8-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:12:10 -0600 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 libdjvulibre1-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.8-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djvulibre-bin - utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1 - runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1-dev - development files for the extraordinary DjVu image format Changes: djvulibre (3.5.8-1) unstable; urgency=low . * New upstream release (fixes for: print bw docs, menu problem, gcc-3.1) Files: 560e1374a34136e2c391e084397f0073 692 - optional djvulibre_3.5.8-1.dsc 2327716fac996f68f4d1baee1ba8a64b 1275436 - optional djvulibre_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz b5363f1593017dcb6e1b4a2247961c6a 48524 - optional djvulibre_3.5.8-1.diff.gz 68d675dd59ee09ed595405ed28181c19 1343432 devel optional libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.8-1_i386.deb 9c79af3eec730e3048c5588d32037fae 779966 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.8-1_i386.deb 617987efd9395d795761a495645c8d88 695328 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb 72082c25ef8db32e828c58d384a16b56 19454 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9h3RSLz4Gnv7CP7IRAlrYAJ9VJ3mna41Zy9vZcll66GS2A8xy+QCgg7n+ 2W0ekYXWmMafWppWIBGZidI= =SKCv -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djvulibre-bin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.8-1_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.8-1.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.8-1.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.8-1.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.8-1.dsc djvulibre_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.8.orig.tar.gz libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.8-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.8-1_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.8-1_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.8-1_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted qhull 2002.1-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:51:10 -0600 Source: qhull Binary: qhull-bin libqhull-dev libqhull3 Architecture: source i386 Version: 2002.1-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: libqhull-dev - Library for calculating convex hulls and related structures libqhull3 - Library for calculating convex hulls and related structures qhull-bin - Calculate convex hulls and related structures Changes: qhull (2002.1-1) unstable; urgency=low . * new upstream source Files: a03257adc70104d9aa39679c6c17f9c6 586 - optional qhull_2002.1-1.dsc c86d0a6356929b44a3cc8a0ab80a78a4 448864 - optional qhull_2002.1.orig.tar.gz e51ab4027d1f5c91e832a7ff31016571 7255 - optional qhull_2002.1-1.diff.gz d36e272e7c67a76376680a7d459e5372 313952 devel optional libqhull-dev_2002.1-1_i386.deb 8e678576050fe3eb4b65bc369a22d8bf 120878 libs optional libqhull3_2002.1-1_i386.deb 7344cc6877315463533b1777c6ff0734 39044 math optional qhull-bin_2002.1-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9eB1VLz4Gnv7CP7IRAvSKAJ4850hVTeXqui9Ng2HPeNyXrP5l5gCeI9sL DHTrfx2l4FoJGhfrSom6cWI= =F6Oz -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: libqhull-dev_2002.1-1_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qhull/libqhull-dev_2002.1-1_i386.deb libqhull3_2002.1-1_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qhull/libqhull3_2002.1-1_i386.deb qhull-bin_2002.1-1_i386.deb to pool/main/q/qhull/qhull-bin_2002.1-1_i386.deb qhull_2002.1-1.diff.gz to pool/main/q/qhull/qhull_2002.1-1.diff.gz qhull_2002.1-1.dsc to pool/main/q/qhull/qhull_2002.1-1.dsc qhull_2002.1.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/q/qhull/qhull_2002.1.orig.tar.gz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted djvulibre 3.5.7-2 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:04:00 -0600 Source: djvulibre Binary: djvulibre-plugin djvulibre-bin libdjvulibre1 libdjvulibre1-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 3.5.7-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: djvulibre-bin - utilities for the extraordinary DjVu image format djvulibre-plugin - browser plugin for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1 - runtime support for the extraordinary DjVu image format libdjvulibre1-dev - development files for the extraordinary DjVu image format Changes: djvulibre (3.5.7-2) unstable; urgency=low . * bin package to section graphics and plugin to section web Files: 94f439babe5057f07670a7e6c9ae8fb1 692 - optional djvulibre_3.5.7-2.dsc 0e44c212520db5dc8a3edbe3ccb7b268 48343 - optional djvulibre_3.5.7-2.diff.gz 031558787e393e78434a7719eb67bbae 1343496 devel optional libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.7-2_i386.deb 36e9425b08c78b0a3bf03f74d00a920a 779856 libs optional libdjvulibre1_3.5.7-2_i386.deb a95ce58d6a4fb5d4ef17369772bfdc7e 692212 graphics optional djvulibre-bin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb 145678bcc52b96d67d5e0818620c2f86 19416 web optional djvulibre-plugin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9YnywLz4Gnv7CP7IRAhx9AJ4yX2Qj6If+MM5AmMXUL0/3mPNbXQCfVvzJ XzRO/UsZMWzpy6bZtotY7I0= =WiG4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: djvulibre-bin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-bin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb djvulibre-plugin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre-plugin_3.5.7-2_i386.deb djvulibre_3.5.7-2.diff.gz to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.7-2.diff.gz djvulibre_3.5.7-2.dsc to pool/main/d/djvulibre/djvulibre_3.5.7-2.dsc libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.7-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1-dev_3.5.7-2_i386.deb libdjvulibre1_3.5.7-2_i386.deb to pool/main/d/djvulibre/libdjvulibre1_3.5.7-2_i386.deb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accepted mlton 20020728.1-1 (i386 source)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:57:36 -0600 Source: mlton Binary: mlton Architecture: source i386 Version: 20020728.1-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Barak Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Description: mlton - Whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML Changes: mlton (20020728.1-1) unstable; urgency=low . * new upstream version Files: 5de96e1dbb53972b4fe462497583895e 660 devel optional mlton_20020728.1-1.dsc dfe9800235ad0828bb4cc4366b866b88 2244456 devel optional mlton_20020728.1.orig.tar.gz bf05be521e7c16adb1fe8ed5662bf38f 6679 devel optional mlton_20020728.1-1.diff.gz 8aefeb19b9beb2f4fd269ddc15f7bb55 4483840 devel optional mlton_20020728.1-1_i386.deb -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9Y9TmLz4Gnv7CP7IRAs3eAJ9LHAbl/heAzWErWg+xgZaSEKcdQgCghxTe tGbZXFfRZIezkJwnKbwx5rw= =Llpj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Accepted: mlton_20020728.1-1.diff.gz to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020728.1-1.diff.gz mlton_20020728.1-1.dsc to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020728.1-1.dsc mlton_20020728.1-1_i386.deb to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020728.1-1_i386.deb mlton_20020728.1.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/m/mlton/mlton_20020728.1.orig.tar.gz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ITP: ADOLC (automatic differentiation library)
I'm putting the finishing touches on a packaged version of ADOLC. This is a low-performance but convenient automatic differentiation library which uses C++ overloading of arithmetic operators. The upstream sources contain no copyright notice, but the author has agreed to place the entire work under the GPL. Unless there is some reason to change these, I am planning to use Package name: libadolc1 Library name: libad.so
possible debian cluster
It looks like a big Linux Beowulf cluster kind of thing is going to be built here at UNM. Hundreds of CPUs, at least. I'd like to convince them to use Debian and 21264s, but that's up in the air. One big issue is finding someone good who could be in charge of systems software for the beast. So, if some Debian developer is - competent to handle the networking setup benchmarking, PVM, etc - potentially desirous of a job doing said - in Albuquerque New Mexico please drop me a line, as it might result in (1) a job, and (2) a big cluster running Debian. BTW, a cluster of 256 dual-CPU 21264s with a fast disk farm all connected to the national high-speed supercomputer networks could recompile a lot of packages quite quickly. -- Barak A. Pearlmutter [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.cs.unm.edu/~bap/
Re: Official CDROM
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Instead of the two-cd's-without-source, I'd rather see a special lightweight _single_ Debian cd for i386 that carries: ... A cd like this, with approximately 250 meg binaries, 250 meg sources, 40 meg documentation, 10 meg kernels and a 100 meg live filesystem would make an excellent cover cd for computer magazines. That's a great idea. One minor suggestion: cut down the numbers a touch, so there's about 100 meg free. This would allow people to add stuff in customizing the CD. Last semester I needed to cut a dozen CDs for a course I was teaching. I wanted to include a version of Scheme for a couple architectures (Windows, MacOS, etc) and Emacs for the same set of architectures, some manuals (R4RS and the like) plus some software of my own. It all added up to under 100 meg, so to fill out the CD I included the Debian 1.3 i386 binary bootable CD stuff, plus non-US and much of non-free. I know that a number of people used it to install Debian on their home machines. The setup you describe would be even more suited to applications like that. And I'm sure magazines wouldn't mind a bit of free space on the disk for some custom stuff either. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone want to make a Debian XDM login screen?
Inspired by your cute reboot/halt button hack, I added it plus a
little background color to my own xdm. Everyone here is pretty happy
with the result.
--BAP.
Added to the bottom of /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
# reboot button
/usr/bin/wish EOF
wm geometry . +0-0
button .halt -text Halt -command {exec shutdown -h now}
button .reboot -text Reboot -command {exec shutdown -r now}
pack .halt .reboot -side left
EOF
echo $! /var/run/xdmbutton_0.pid
# background
/usr/bin/X11/xlock -inroot -delay 5 -mode bouboule
echo $! /var/run/xdmlock_0.pid
Added to the bottom of /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0
# reboot button
if test -r /var/run/xdmbutton_0.pid; then
kill `cat /var/run/xdmbutton_0.pid`
rm /var/run/xdmbutton_0.pid
fi
# background
if test -r /var/run/xdmlock_0.pid; then
kill `cat /var/run/xdmlock_0.pid`
rm /var/run/xdmlock_0.pid
fi
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Bug#4558: typo in strip man page
Package: binutils Version: 2.6-2 The penultimate line in this excerpt from /usr/man/man1/strip.1 .B \-v .TP .B \-\-verbose Verbose output: list all object files modified. In the case of archives, .B strip \-V lists all members of the archive. should read .B strip \-v
Bug#4435: documentation typo
Package: xwpe Version: 1.4.1-2 there are mismatched parens in the short description of xwpe displayed by dselect: xwpe - Programming environment for X11 and character terminals)
Bug#4436: /etc/X11/window-managers omits fvwm2
Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2-9 The /etc/X11/window-managers file constructed by xbase.postinst contains fvwm but omits fvwm2. This is somewhat disconcerting if the fvwm2 package is installed, but not the fvwm package. Another option would be for the fvwm2 package's installation scripts to add an appropriate entry to /etc/X11/window-managers
Bug#4437: xf86config says tty00 (typo)
Package: xbase Version: 3.1.2-9 The program /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config contains a typo. When it asks about the mouse device, it suggests as a possibility the nonexistent /dev/tty00. The proper suggestion would be /dev/ttyS0.
Bug#4438: missing dependency upon xlockmore
Package: xautolock Version: pl10-1 The xautolock package should depend upon xlock (eg xlockmore). Or at least suggest it.
Bug#4439: documentation typo
Package: xtel Version: 3.0.7-2 In the information displayed by dselect about xtel, it explains that This package is almost for french users.
Bug#4440: recommended package ftape not available
Package: taper Version: 6.2-1 The taper package recommends the ftape package, which is not available (at least on the cdrom distribution I have, or on the debian archives I searched.) Since ftape is covered by the GPL, if it is recommended then it should be provided. Unless it is bug ridden --- in which case naive users should not be recommended to seek it out, and instead an explanatory warning should be given. Or if it integrated into Linux 2.x kernels, then perhaps the recommendation should be deleted, or perhaps the kernel package should provide ftape.
Bug#4443: bin86 (for as86) recommendation
Package: kernel-source-2.0.6 Version: 2.0.6-0 The package currently Depends: binutils | gas but actually gas isn't enough: as86 is needed to compile the kernel, and that program is in the bin86 package. Which should at least be recommended. Similarly recommending the gcc package might not be a bad idea.
Bug#4441: documentation typo in setup script
Package: cdtool Version: 1.0-5 during setup, a prompt reads ... the actuall device ... In actuality, actual actually only has one L.
Bug#4445: documentation deficiency - install fresh non-debianized kernel
Package: kernel-source-2.0.6 Version: 2.0.6-0 I am an experienced linux person. Even have a little code in the kernel. Decided to give debian a shot. But I'd like to avoid learning about debian internals, to the extent possible. On the other hand, sometimes it is necessary to install the absolute latest kernel on my system. There should be a SHORT and SUCCINCT explanation of how to do that, that starts with cd to /usr/src, rm linux, untar linux-2.0..tar.gz, rename linux to blah and ends with reboot into the new kernel. It could assume familiarity with linux in general and how to compile a kernel in particular, because its job is to explain what is special about a debian system in this regard. (Because the documentation in the debian kernel sources package concerning how to debianize a kernel was so long and complicated and full of jargon specific to debian package maintenance, I was unable to follow it. I tried just compiling and installing the kernel and its modules as usual, and putting putting the kernel image and System.map in locations parallel to the ones that were already there, and it all seemed to work out okay, except for having to munge around with some module autoloading stuff to get the network rolling. But guessing should not be necessary here. And of course, I am not sure if I did things the right way, and updated all the right files. Maybe there's some script I should have invoked, which would have done the work automatically? Please, do tell!)
Bug#4446: /usr/games/fortune needs recompilation
Package: fortune Version: 2.1-1 The /usr/games/fortune executable is a.out rather than ELF. Either a dependency upon the old a.out libraries should be added, or the executable should be recompiled. $ ldd /usr/games/fortune libc.so.4 (DLL Jump 4.5pl26) = not found $ file /usr/games/fortune /usr/games/fortune: setuid Linux/i386 demand-paged executable (QMAGIC) $ ls -l /usr/games/fortune -rwsr-xr-x 1 gamesroot29198 Jan 3 1995 /usr/games/fortune $ file /bin/cat /bin/cat: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1, stripped
Bug#4448: dselect performance gripe
Package: dpkg Version: 1.2.14elf When one fires up dselect, puts all packages on hold, chooses one tiny little package to install --- say, jgraph --- then hits the big install button ... it takes FOREVER as a long long list of skipping deselected package mumble ...'s scrolls by at an agonizingly slow pace. This should not take so long. And also (unless some internal dselect extra verbosity switch is enabled) it's pretty useless verbiage. It seems to me that installing one package using dselect should be about as pleasant and fast as installing it directly using dpkg (which I am making a point of not learning, to preserve my purity as naive debian critic).
Bug#4450: dselect package downgrades
Package: dpkg Version: 1.2.14elf dselect knows about upgrades (packages on the currently available medium that are upgrades of currently installed version) and offers the user the option of taking advantage of them. But it doesn't have much notion of packages that are available on the current medium but are *less* current than the currently installed versions. dselect should make a point of preventing users from inadvertently downgrading packages, and (in order to ease their nerves) should, when appropriate, make the user aware that this functionality is present. The current behavior, with lines like *== Req base mount2.5l-1 2.5j-1 Tools for mounting and m listed as simply among --- Up to date installed packages --- is scary. It should be under something like --- Super-current installed packages --- so the user knows that dselect won't go off downgrading things without serious explicit user overrides of default behavior being applied.
Bug#4451: dselect user interface (feedback and control)
Package: dpkg Version: 1.2.14elf in dselect's package selection smorgasboard menu, there's this great big list of packages, one per line. Which is wonderful. But when scrolling through it for the very first time, during setup of a a brand new debian gnu/linux system, the user doesn't know how far through it they are. Uh oh, it might go on forever! Will I be done before dinnertime? A simple indicator on the current package summary line in the middle of the screen would give a big psychological boost: adduser (36/857) installed; ...
