Need Sponsor

[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 Development in whatever possible ways
   I can.

   Please help me joining the same and guide me through the procedures.
 
   Read all the documents for joining the Debian.

   My Contact Details 

   Amit Dixit
   Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Alternate Mail ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Phone : 9810721723

In hope of positive and prompt response.

   Thanks & Regards,
Amit.

   If anyone needs any document/resume of mine please feel free to contact.


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debian packaging talk at berlinux 2004

[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
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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 sources to 
match.  In gentoo, this package is called "orbital-eunuchs-sniper", but 
the New Maintainers doc says to keep package names under 20 characters.  
Also, it seems that for packaging, only sub-elements of a package get a 
dash in their name.  I suppose I could call it "orbitaleunuchssniper".  
What do people think?

> Bug report:
> It does not work is sound card is busy (nasd running for example):

I'll forward this on to the icculus bugzilla.

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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 suggest moving it.

Steve
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creating Release files

[Marco Herrn]

Hi,

where can I find information about the structure of Release files? And
are there any tools to create them automatically?

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Re: Need Sponsor

[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.
> 
>I have over 3.5 years of experience on Unix Platform (HP,Solaris, Linux).
>   
>I want to contribute to the the Debian Development in whatever possible ways
>I can.
> 
>Please help me joining the same and guide me through the procedures.
>  
>Read all the documents for joining the Debian.

Have you read the debian-mentors FAQ at
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html ?

Basically, it's unlikely that you'll get too many explicit requests from
people saying "here's something to do", in part because if you don't want to
do that, then the requester has wasted a fair chunk of time specifying a job
to you that you won't do, because there's no way to force you to do it
(unlike in a paying job).

A few places to look for things to do:

There's a list of packages which people have asked for help on in the WNPP
(Work Needing and Prospective Packages) list at http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp. 
Search, in particular, for RFH -- Request For Help.  In particular, check
out my RFH on IRM for patch triage if you're a PHP type person.

There is a list of "special projects" that need help at the todo page,
http://www.debian.org/devel/todo.

There's also several other lists of things that need doing listed in the
FAQ.

In short, be proactive.  If you see something you don't like, *that* is what
you should get involved with.  If you can't work out how to get involved in
that area, ask here, and someone will help you to get involved.  But if
there's nothing in particular that irritates you, then I guess you get an OS
for nothing.  That's how I was for several years before participating in
Debian development.

- Matt


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RFS: pclock adopted package

[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 use latin-1
or UTF8 characters in the maintainer's name.

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Thanks, Martín.

RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

[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-backup is also a part of slbackup, the Skolelinux
backup system.

When I adopted rdiff-backup I received two sponsorship offers, but the
individuals appear to be too busy at the moment.  The package is
lintian and linda clean, and has been working well for me the past
month.

The original source, diff, and changelog are available from my site
[1].

Thanks for your time,

Alec Berryman

[1] http://www.thened.net/~alec/stuff/debian/rdiff-backup/13.4-4/


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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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/, instead you chose /usr/bin.
> 
>   For a game that is suprising, so I'd suggest moving it.

/usr/games doesn't appear in the FHS (anymore?).  I think /usr/bin is
the right place for it.

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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 suprising, so I'd suggest moving it.

Oh!  Yes, good catch.  Okay, repackaged again.

Should I bump the package number for these kinds of repackagings prior 
to "real" release?  I didn't this time: it's still 1.29-1:

deb http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/
deb-src http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/

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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 verdict on this?

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Package Hijecking?

[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 version (=1.7). The previous version
is 1.6. Fortunately, he does not want to maintain the package. 
Any idea about this situation? I just modify the changlog file? 

Regards,

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Re: creating Release files

[Ervin Hearn III]

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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 found has been:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.html#release

I'm not aware of any utility for creating them, but I haven't looked too hard,
since they are fairly simple text files.

I hope that helps.

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Need Sponsor

[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 Development in whatever possible ways
   I can.

   Please help me joining the same and guide me through the procedures.
 
   Read all the documents for joining the Debian.

   My Contact Details 

   Amit Dixit
   Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Alternate Mail ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Phone : 9810721723

In hope of positive and prompt response.

   Thanks & Regards,
Amit.

   If anyone needs any document/resume of mine please feel free to contact.

debian packaging talk at berlinux 2004

[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

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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 sources to 
match.  In gentoo, this package is called "orbital-eunuchs-sniper", but 
the New Maintainers doc says to keep package names under 20 characters.  
Also, it seems that for packaging, only sub-elements of a package get a 
dash in their name.  I suppose I could call it "orbitaleunuchssniper".  
What do people think?

> Bug report:
> It does not work is sound card is busy (nasd running for example):

I'll forward this on to the icculus bugzilla.

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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 suggest moving it.

Steve
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creating Release files

[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
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Re: Need Sponsor

[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.
> 
>I have over 3.5 years of experience on Unix Platform (HP,Solaris, Linux).
>   
>I want to contribute to the the Debian Development in whatever possible 
> ways
>I can.
> 
>Please help me joining the same and guide me through the procedures.
>  
>Read all the documents for joining the Debian.

Have you read the debian-mentors FAQ at
http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html ?

Basically, it's unlikely that you'll get too many explicit requests from
people saying "here's something to do", in part because if you don't want to
do that, then the requester has wasted a fair chunk of time specifying a job
to you that you won't do, because there's no way to force you to do it
(unlike in a paying job).

A few places to look for things to do:

There's a list of packages which people have asked for help on in the WNPP
(Work Needing and Prospective Packages) list at http://bugs.debian.org/wnpp. 
Search, in particular, for RFH -- Request For Help.  In particular, check
out my RFH on IRM for patch triage if you're a PHP type person.

There is a list of "special projects" that need help at the todo page,
http://www.debian.org/devel/todo.

There's also several other lists of things that need doing listed in the
FAQ.

In short, be proactive.  If you see something you don't like, *that* is what
you should get involved with.  If you can't work out how to get involved in
that area, ask here, and someone will help you to get involved.  But if
there's nothing in particular that irritates you, then I guess you get an OS
for nothing.  That's how I was for several years before participating in
Debian development.

- Matt


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RFS: pclock adopted package

[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 use latin-1
or UTF8 characters in the maintainer's name.

--
Thanks, Martín.

RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

[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-backup is also a part of slbackup, the Skolelinux
backup system.

When I adopted rdiff-backup I received two sponsorship offers, but the
individuals appear to be too busy at the moment.  The package is
lintian and linda clean, and has been working well for me the past
month.

The original source, diff, and changelog are available from my site
[1].

Thanks for your time,

Alec Berryman

[1] http://www.thened.net/~alec/stuff/debian/rdiff-backup/13.4-4/


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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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/, instead you chose /usr/bin.
> 
>   For a game that is suprising, so I'd suggest moving it.

/usr/games doesn't appear in the FHS (anymore?).  I think /usr/bin is
the right place for it.

-- 
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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 suprising, so I'd suggest moving it.

Oh!  Yes, good catch.  Okay, repackaged again.

Should I bump the package number for these kinds of repackagings prior 
to "real" release?  I didn't this time: it's still 1.29-1:

deb http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/
deb-src http://www.outflux.net/debian unstable/

-- 
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Re: RFS: icculus's orbital sniper game

[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 verdict on this?

-- 
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Package Hijecking?

[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 version (=1.7). The previous version
is 1.6. Fortunately, he does not want to maintain the package. 
Any idea about this situation? I just modify the changlog file? 

Regards,

Yooseong

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Re: creating Release files

[Ervin Hearn III]

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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 found has been:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.html#release

I'm not aware of any utility for creating them, but I haven't looked too hard,
since they are fairly simple text files.

I hope that helps.

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