Re: RFS: smc

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear Oleksandr,

On 4/30/07, Oleksandr Moskalenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


It happens when another application is using the audio device e.g. amarok.

If no other app is playing sounds then smc runs with sound all while giving a
warning "open /dev/sequencer: No such device". It is an upstream problem,
though, so you shouldn't worry about it much at this time.


Ok, I understand. I will notify that to the upstream author.



So, where is the updated package if you've done all the requested changes?



Here you can find the new smc revision :-)

- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/smc
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/smc/smc_0.99.6-1.dsc

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Re: RFS: smc

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Hi Oleksandr,

On 4/25/07, Oleksandr Moskalenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


* The sound does not work on a run of the mill alsa system I have.

Warning : Could not init 16-bit Audio
- Reason : No available audio device
Warning : Could not init 16-bit Audio
- Reason : No available audio device
Last known Error : No available audio device

This really shouldn't happen. Please look into this.



It did not happen to me in neither of my computers. Could you give me
more information about your machine, please? So in this case I can
research about.




* You should have something like "On Debian systems, the complete text of the
GNU General Public | License, version 2, can be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2." right below the license header in the
debian/copyright and then just mention that your packaging is licensed under
GPL at the end.



Done.


* Is there a good reason to include
docs/history.html
docs/moves.txt
docs/readme-linux.txt
docs/SMC.txt
docs/todo-code.txt
docs/todo-sounds.txt
docs/todo.txt

I don't see what users of your package would find useful in those.
history.html could be repackaged as the upstream changelog I suppose if you'd
like to do that.



Yeap, I think you are right. I included those files thinking that
maybe a user could care about them. But I do not have any problem in
not including them.


* I personally think you should distribute the menu smc.xpm icon in the "smc"
package instead of the smc-data. This will also allow you to avoid using a
lintian override.



Done.


* You have debian/README.source, but you don't install it into the 
/usr/share/doc/.



Done.


* And now the main point for the NEW queue - there are several licenses in
docs/licenses. Some of the look like the licenses for the software smc links
against that you don't distribute in your orig.tar.gz. I think you should
remove erroneous licenses from the tarball since you are already repackaging
it to include the data/music files, so you can do that easily. Only leave
those licenses that correspond to the code shipped in your source package. For
that code you must have a corresponding entry in the debian/copyright files.
Please do this and double-check all code in the tarball for the licensing.



Done.


After the above is addressed I'd be happy to upload the package for you. It
doesn't mean that ftpmasters won't find something else to shoot the package
down for - this is what I personally found.


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Re: RFS: smc

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Hi Arnaud,

On 4/26/07, Arnaud Fontaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hey,

I tried  to build smc  using pbuilder and  it failed with  the following
error:



Definitively,  I must to start using pbuilder.


checking for TTF_Init in -lSDL_ttf... yes
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for CEGUI... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be 
found or is too old.  Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full path to 
pkg-config.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables CEGUI_CFLAGS
and CEGUI_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

To get pkg-config, see .
See `config.log' for more details.



Thanks for the link i will read it.


You  just  have  to  add  pkg-config  to  Build-Depends  and  it  builds
fine. Thanks for the package.


I will do it.


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Re: RFS: smc

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On 4/25/07, Oleksandr Moskalenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hello Muammar,

First, you've done a pretty good job on packaging this nice little game.
Having said that, there are some things I believe you should address.



Thanks. :-)

I am working on this. When I have it ready I write you.

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RFS: smc

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "smc".

* Package name: smc
 Version : 0.99.6-1
 Upstream Author : Florian Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.secretmaryo.org
* License : GPL
 Section : games

It builds these binary packages:
smc- a Jump and Run game like Super Mario World written in C++
smc-data   - levels and music for smc

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 405441

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/smc
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
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- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/smc/smc_0.99.6-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

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RFS: scalapack (updated package)

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.8.0-1
of my package "scalapack".

It builds these binary packages:
scalapack-lam-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for LAM
scalapack-lam-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for LAM
scalapack-mpich-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for MPICH
scalapack-mpich-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for MPICH
scalapack-pvm-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for PVM
scalapack-pvm-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for PVM
scalapack-test-common - Test data for ScaLAPACK testers
scalapack1-lam - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for LAM
scalapack1-mpich - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for MPICH
scalapack1-pvm - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for PVM

The package is lintian clean.

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scalapack
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scalapack/scalapack_1.8.0-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

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RFS: tcltls (updated package)

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.5.0-6
of my package "tcltls".

It builds these binary packages:
tcltls - the TLS OpenSSL extension to Tcl

The upload would fix these bugs: 390566, 417832

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tcltls
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tcltls/tcltls_1.5.0-6.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

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RFS: mtpaint

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "mtpaint".

* Package name: mtpaint
 Version : 3.11-1
 Upstream Author : Dmitry Groshev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
* License : GPL
 Section : graphics

It builds these binary package:
mtpaint- Painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photo

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 411151, 418122

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mtpaint
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mtpaint/mtpaint_3.11-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

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RFS: yacas (updated package)

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Dear mentors,


I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0.57-3
of my package "yacas".

It builds these binary packages:
yacas  - Computer Algebra System
yacas-doc  - Documentation for Yacas
yacas-proteus - User interface for yacas based on fltk

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 399226, 399227, 405734

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yacas
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/y/yacas/yacas_1.0.57-3.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

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Question about how to handle a RC bug.

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Hi *,

I uploaded a new upstream version of a package which is called CEGUI
(I did it two months ago). There is another package which depends on
CEGUI to autobuild, this package is ogre. The problem is that ogre's
version in Debian is too old and that's why it is not autobuilding
well against the new version of cegui. You can find the report in:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=43


I was researching into ogre's forums and what I wrote above is the
problem. So, my question is: How should I proceed? I mean, should I
upload the previous version of cegui to unstable? or what is the
correct procedure to handle that kind of problem?

I would be glad if someone helps me, because I'm not sure of how to
handle that kind of bug.

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Re: RFS: quickplot (updated package)

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Hi Nelson!

On 2/5/07, Nelson A. de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi Muammar!

On 2/6/07, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.8.6-3
> of my package "quickplot".

On debian/changelog there is:

  * New upstream release.

But actually it isn't a new upstream release, right? (as I can see on
[1], the latest version is 0.8.13).


You are right. My mistake. Done.


Also, some nitpicks:
- it's good to include the homepage of the software on the long
description (at debian/control)


Done.


- switch "debhelper (>> 4.0.0)" to "debhelper (>> 5)" (debian/control too)
- "echo 5 > debian/compat"
- at debian/rules, remove:

# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
export DH_COMPAT=4

and also remove the commented lines that you don't use.


Done.


- I don't think that debian/doc is needed to install the README file
(this file only have info about compiling and installing quickplot)



Done.


Doing a quick look I saw these issues.
If you fix at least the changelog entry saying about the new upstream
release and remove the comment lines from debian/rules, I will upload
the package (the other things that I said aren't wrong, but would be
good if you update them as I said).



The new revision of the package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/quickplot
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/quickplot/quickplot_0.8.6-3.dsc

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RFS: quickplot (updated package)

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.8.6-3
of my package "quickplot".

It builds these binary packages:
quickplot  - fast interactive 2D plotter and data viewer

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 405732

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/quickplot
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/q/quickplot/quickplot_0.8.6-3.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. I'm working
on the new version of this package (It would be 0.8.13), but first I
need to close the ITA.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day,

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Re: Tone-of-voice used by sponsors

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On 1/14/07, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

"Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In the other hand I don't think he has something to change, I really
> do appreciate all the work he does and how he does. He imposes a high
> quality standard when he sponsors a package.

Erm. Fixing the number of whitespaces in scripts, Makefiles and control
files, but sponsoring something like dtc (see the BTS for some problems)
is a good sign that Daniel's priorities are not right. He goes on and on
about his pet issues, but I don't believe that his or the packages of his
applicants are of exceptionally good quality.

There's more to packaging than counting the number of empty lines.




I really don't understand why this kind of things happen. It's logical
to think that both parts aren't in the obligation of sponsoring or
accepting sponsorship. If Jens thought and felt Daniel was wrong, so
he could told him that he didn't want to change what were suggested
and he'd look for another sponsor (Jen has his reasons like Daniel has
his own ones) and therefore don't be sponsored by him.

Now, I think it's not good to send an email like accusing someone in
here nor discrediting the work of the others. It could be fixed and
discussed in another way. Also I don't understand why if we are part
of the same project, we sometimes have to talk us like if it was a
war.

I think Debian is great and I don't know If the work I have done sucks
:S or at least I have done it well  to say  what I wrote above is what
I think about this situation.

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Re: Tone-of-voice used by sponsors

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On 1/14/07, Thomas Goirand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Jens Peter Secher wrote:
> Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> if you insist on keeping the useless stuff, i consider the package as to
>> ugly according to my mesures of beauty, and hence i'm not sponsoring it.
>
> I think it would be better if you toned down this
> do-as-I-say-or-I-wont-sponsor-you attitude.  As others have mentioned,
> some of the nitpicking is really your personal preferences, and not
> really something that makes a new Developer much better at the tasks
> involved in maintaining a package.
>
> Anyways, as new Developers get more comfortable with the debhelper
> parts, the superfluous comments seem to vanish.  That is my experience.
>
> Cheers,

If I may give my view of sponsored...

Daniel has been a very good sponsor with me so far, he helped me a lot
to understand many things, he was fast, and was patient enough with my
mistakes. He don't put lot's of emotions on his messages, he just write
what he thinks is good, without any bla bla.



I agree. Daniel is a perfectionist and reliable person. I have learned
a lot when he sponsors me. He doesn't put lots of emotions because as
far as I can see he is a very objective person. I also have to say
that I like when he sponsors me because I can understand and improve a
lot the work that I do in Debian.


In the other hand I don't think he has something to change, I really
do appreciate all the work he does and how he does. He imposes a high
quality standard when he sponsors a package.


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Re: RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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On 1/1/07, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> The corrected package.
>
> The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - dget
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/cegui-mk2_0.5.0-1.dsc

good, uploaded.

if you want/need further sponsoring, contact me off-list:
http://people.debian.org/~daniel/documents/sponsoring.html#contact


Thanks a lot Daniel. I learned a lot.

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Re: RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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On 12/28/06, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> I took a look on the sourceforge.net web page for cegui project [0]
> and you're right.
> cegui is licensed under GNU Library or Lesser General Public License
> (LGPL) and MIT License and also I watched a part of theTinyXML-License
> . I'll look at tinyerp-client for knowing how to write a
> multi-license/multi-authors copyright file.

Whatever they write on their website, it is not visible in the code, the
code is only MIT.

Tell me when you uploaded a corrected package.

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The corrected package.

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/cegui-mk2_0.5.0-1.dsc

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Re: Problems when I use debhelper compatibility level 5

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On 1/1/07, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:09:13 -0400, "Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> said:

> I thought it, indeed, you're right. But libCEGUI*.a are the static
> link files, so my questions are: will the package work properly
> without static link files? Why aren't they being created? Is it
> correct if I just erase this line into libcegui-mk2-dev.install?

The package should work properly, but won't allow static linking.  As
for why the .a files aren't being created, you'd have to look into the
build process for the package.



Now the package compiles well. I'll keep testing and researching.

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Re: Problems when I use debhelper compatibility level 5

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

On 12/31/06, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:41:03 -0400, "Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <[EMAIL 
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> Now, If I change it to 5 this is what I get:

> dh_installudev -plibcegui-mk2-dev
> dh_install -plibcegui-mk2-dev --sourcedir=debian/tmp
> dh_install: libcegui-mk2-dev missing files (usr/lib/libCEGUI*.a), aborting
> make: *** [binary-install/libcegui-mk2-dev] Error 1

> libCEGUI*.a are not being created during the compile process. I'd be
> glad if someone could help me or give me an idea, I still trying,
> researching and testing looking for what is happening. If  any other
> information about it is needed, just let me to know it.

"man debhelper", under the NOTES section, lists the differences between
the compatibility levels.  One of the additions in version 5 is:

-   dh_install errors out if wildcards expand to nothing.

So, since libCEGUI*.a are not being created, this results in an error.
To fix it, I guess you just need to remove the usr/lib/libCEGUI*.a entry
from debian/libcegui-mk2-dev.install, or wherever it's listed.



I thought it, indeed, you're right. But libCEGUI*.a are the static
link files, so my questions are: will the package work properly
without static link files? Why aren't they being created? Is it
correct if I just erase this line into libcegui-mk2-dev.install?

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Problems when I use debhelper compatibility level 5

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Hi *,


I'm getting some problems when I use debhelper compat level 5 for
compiling a source, but when I use debhelper compat level 4 instead
the package just compiles fine. I was researching in google but I did
not find anything useful about it for resolving my problem. I'm using
CDBS and the package which I'm trying to compile using compat level
version 5 is cegui-mk2 .

I wanted to change compat level to 5 because If I use 4 linda gives an
Error. I show it below:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/libs/cegui$ linda -i cegui-mk2_0.5.0-1_i386.changes
E: cegui-mk2; Uses cdbs and debhelper.mk, but debhelper Build-Depends
is too old.
This package uses cdbs and includes debhelper.mk, but the version of
debhelper the package Build-Depends on is too old.  To use
debhelper.mk you currently must Build-Depend on at least debhelper (>=
4.1.0).
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel/libs/cegui$

Now, If I change it to 5 this is what I get:

dh_installudev -plibcegui-mk2-dev
dh_install -plibcegui-mk2-dev --sourcedir=debian/tmp
dh_install: libcegui-mk2-dev missing files (usr/lib/libCEGUI*.a), aborting
make: *** [binary-install/libcegui-mk2-dev] Error 1

libCEGUI*.a are not being created during the compile process. I'd be
glad if someone could help me or give me an idea, I still trying,
researching and testing looking for what is happening. If  any other
information about it is needed, just let me to know it.

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Re: RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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On 12/28/06, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> I've fixed and uploaded the new version of cegui-mk2.

  * Use debhelper (>= 5) instead of debheler (>> 5.0)



Done.


  * If you use dh5, you also have to update compat.



Done. You were right :S please, excuse me.


  * having had a look at the code, i've found out that the current
release is no longer LGPL, but MIT. additionally, it includes parts
of tinyxml, which needs to be listed too. look at tinyerp-client
from sid for an example how to write a multi-license/multi-authors
copyright file.



I took a look on the sourceforge.net web page for cegui project [0]
and you're right.
cegui is licensed under GNU Library or Lesser General Public License
(LGPL) and MIT License and also I watched a part of theTinyXML-License
. I'll look at tinyerp-client for knowing how to write a
multi-license/multi-authors copyright file.


> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/

Please include the URI to the *.dsc file, otherwise I have to start a
browser for that.



I'm sorry. I did not know it.

Regards and thanks for your patience,

[0] http://sourceforge.net/projects/crayzedsgui/
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Re: RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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Dear Daniel,

On 12/28/06, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> I'll fix all those things that you are suggesting me and when they are
> ready, I'll send a mail to  debian-mentors mailing list with a carbon
> copy to you.

good.

> Thanks for answering and have a nice day :-)

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I've fixed and uploaded the new version of cegui-mk2. The package can
be found on:

http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/

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Re: RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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Dear Daniel,

On 12/28/06, Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/cegui-mk2_0.5.0-1.dsc

  * should: wrapp the lines after 80 chars in your changelog entry.

  * tipp: instead of debhelper 4.1, you could "upgrade" to 5 easily.

  * must: include the full lgpl blurp in copyright, look at lwp for an
example.

  * should: remove the useless empty line at the end of
- libcegui-mk2-0c2a.install
- rules

if you fix above things, i'm happy to sponsor the package.



I'll fix all those things that you are suggesting me and when they are
ready, I'll send a mail to  debian-mentors mailing list with a carbon
copy to you.


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RFS: cegui-mk2 (updated package)

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.5.0-1
of my package "cegui-mk2".

It builds these binary packages:
libcegui-mk2-0c2a - Crazy Eddie's GUI (libraries)
libcegui-mk2-0c2a-dbg - Crazy Eddie's GUI (debugging libraries)
libcegui-mk2-dev - Crazy Eddie's GUI (development files)
libcegui-mk2-doc - Crazy Eddie's GUI (documentation)

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 398108, 402445

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cegui-mk2/cegui-mk2_0.5.0-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.


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Re: RFS: uebimiau

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Dear Shachar,

On 12/1/06, Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
> main contrib non-free
> - dget
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/uebimiau/uebimiau_2.7.10-1.dsc
>
Did you repackage the source tar ball? This is, generally speaking,
considered a bad idea unless there is a really good reason to do so. Use
the original tarball as downloaded from the web whenever possible.



Yes, I did it because the package was in *.zip and in Debian is needed
in *.tar.gz


debian/changelog - the "Closes #" text needs to be on the same bullet as
the description of what it closes. "dch" is a good helper tool for
editing the changelog.



You're right. I've fixed it.


You have a dependency on "misc:Depends", but you never set it. Just
remove the dependency.



Russ Allbery answered it, and it was what I read, too. Now I'm
confused so what should I do, remove it or leave it?


When writing the "description" line, imagine that the sentence has a
"packagename is a" at the beginning. In your case, the description would
be "Universal webmail developed in PHP". Consider whether the PHP part
is really relevant (it can go in the detailed description part).



Thanks for the advise.


When writing the detailed description, the first paragraph should be a
more detailed version of the subject line. I.e. - repeat what the
package is and what it does.



I'm working on it.


Personally, I would change the bullets to remove the "it's", but that
really a style thing.

Remove the disabled debhelper lines in debian/rules. I'm surprised
lintian doesn't complain about that one.



I'll remove them. I was thinking about and it's not too elegant leave
disabled debhelper lines into debian/rules.


You are running dh_install, so why not use that to copy the php files
over to the installation directories? RTFM on dh_install for how to do
that at a centralized file.



I did not use it because how I said, it's my first ITP. I RTFM and now
dh_install is which copy php files :-)


empty lines at end of debian/rules and debian/uebimiau.links (and
several other files under debian/)



I fixed it.


README.Debian:
Consider putting an apache conf (via alias) that points a given URL to
the webmail. Check out how phpmyadmin does that for paths.
/tmp gets erased once in a while. It is not wise to recommend to people
to trust files or subdirs under /tmp. It is much better to create the
directory yourself (say, /var/cache/uebimiau) and pre-patch the relevant
configuration file.
In short, I would try to change the package so that the first 3 bullets
are unnecessary, and the fourth unnecessary for standard installs. The
rest of the bullets need to be merely informational.



I'm working on it.


You create files under /usr/share that are group writable by www-data.
Quoting FHS:
>
> The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent
> data files.
>
The only reason I can see that lintain did not complain about this is
because, due to the way fakeroot was used, which means that the chgrp
and chmod commands in your debian/rules did not have any effect. You
need to recheck your installed package to make sure that it is:
1. Useable after a simple "apt-get install"


I did it, I installed uebimiau using apt-get install and It just works
fine. But obviously is not fine  what I did so I'm fixing it.


and
2. Has the permissions you expect it to have.

On a personal note, unrelated to the debian packaging, I'm taking a wild
guess based on your name that you know how this webmail handles right to
left sent emails, and sending BiDi emails.



I really have to say I didn't understand what did you mean on your
personal note. I did a research about what is the mean of BiDi, and I
found [0] so what do you mean?


Otherwise, I'll be glad to sponsor this package when it's ready.



I'll appreciate your sponsorship. Thanks a lot Shachar.


[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-directional_text
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RFS: uebimiau

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Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "uebimiau".

* Package name: uebimiau
 Version : 2.7.10-1
 Upstream Author : Aldoir Ventura
* URL : http://www.uebimiau.org/
* License : GPL
 Section : web

It builds these binary packages:
uebimiau   - This is an universal webmail developed in PHP

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 395277

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/uebimiau
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/u/uebimiau/uebimiau_2.7.10-1.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me, and also if
someone checks it and make suggestions. It's my first ITP.

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Re: Doubt about a license

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On 10/22/06, Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:11:27AM -0400, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez 
wrote:
> I chose a package that I want to create. I was seeking for copyright
> and I just found the information I'll show below:
>
> " It is a free software distributed under GPL terms,
> see www.gnu.org for more informations. You can use or
> redistribute this software, but need preserve the credits
> of author."

The intention of the author is obviously fine, so packaging should be no
problem.  However, I would suggest that you ask the author to add the
recommended comment ("This program is free software; you can redistribute
and/or...") on the top of all source files.  You should also copy that part
into debian/copyright.



Ok, I'll ask him about add the recommended comment that you suggest me.


> I have read Debian Free Software Guidelines but I'm not sure, I mean,
> When the author says: " but need preserve the credits" and knowing
> that this software is distributed under GPL terms, do you think are
> there any problems to upload it into debian?

No problems at all.  Even though it is doubtful whether this is allowed by the
DFSG, it is common practice for license texts, and even for the "free software
fundamentalists" (as I am sometimes called) of Debian that is not considered a
problem. ;-)

Thanks,
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Re: Doubt about a license

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On 10/22/06, Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 10/22/06, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Mentors,
>
>
> I chose a package that I want to create. I was seeking for copyright
> and I just found the information I'll show below:
>
>
> " It is a free software distributed under GPL terms,
>
> see www.gnu.org for more informations. You can use or
>
> redistribute this software, but need preserve the credits
>
> of author."

That's fine if it's referring to the copyright notice or list of
authors, as that's required by the GPL and copyright law anyway.

andrew



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Dear Mentors,


I chose a package that I want to create. I was seeking for copyright
and I just found the information I'll show below:


" It is a free software distributed under GPL terms,

see www.gnu.org for more informations. You can use or

redistribute this software, but need preserve the credits

of author."

I have read Debian Free Software Guidelines but I'm not sure, I mean,
When the author says: " but need preserve the credits" and knowing
that this software is distributed under GPL terms, do you think are
there any problems to upload it into debian?


I'd be glad if you could answer me.


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Re: RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

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Hi James,

On 9/30/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On (29/09/06 22:13), Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> On 9/26/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  * Please drop the use of ${Source-Version}, see
> >http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/09/msg00228.html
>
> I read all the thread including [1] and [2]. I think the part of the
> code that you mentioned above is into control file.  I did tests and I
> didn't have success when I changed Source by binary.

It should work, note that the field is ${binary:Version} with a colon
now.



I'm going to try again, because I want to improve the packages which I maintain.


> I was reading the
> code of one package that you maintain [libksba] and you use
> ${Source-Version} instead of ${source-Version} which is the correct
> form :S Well, If we are talking about that variable into control file.

Yes, I do not practice what I preach.

This package is involved in an important dependency chain (indeed a
Priority: Important chain), so it was decided to keep the old variable
to make backports easier. We will probably change post-etch to the new
variable though.



My comment was because for doing my watch file I followed your
packages like examples, you know, for having an idea. And I read the
USCAN's man page [0], too.

Thanks :-)

Regards,

[0] http://dehs.alioth.debian.org/uscan.html
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Re: RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

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On 9/26/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On (25/09/06 20:53), Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>



  * It would be good if the license informtion could be included in the
package itself. At any rate I think it would help to make it clearer
what is going on the the debian/copyright file. You should state
that you enquired by email and got that response.
Also there is no copyright information in that file, there is only
license information wrongly labelled as copyright information. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html


I forgot to say I'm fixing this part, too.

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Re: RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

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Hi James,

On 9/26/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On (25/09/06 20:53), Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote:
> Dear mentors,
>
> I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.1-17
> of my package "blacs-pvm".

Hi,

I cannot sponsor, but I have some comments for you.

  * Should the package names be prefixed with lib?


Well, If you get lintian warnings about it so the package names should
be prefixed with lib. I know that I'm getting those warnings.But, What
about the dependencies? I'll research if dependencies problems happen
when the blacs' package names are changed. I think at least
scalapack's dependencies should break.


  * blacs1-pvm.postinst is useless, as that will be added by
dh_makeshlibs


You are right. I made a test. I erased the file blacs1-pvm.postins and
dh_makeshlibs created this file like I read in the online manual [0]
So, Done :-)


  * Please drop the use of ${Source-Version}, see
http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/09/msg00228.html


I read all the thread including [1] and [2]. I think the part of the
code that you mentioned above is into control file.  I did tests and I
didn't have success when I changed Source by binary. I was reading the
code of one package that you maintain [libksba] and you use
${Source-Version} instead of ${source-Version} which is the correct
form :S Well, If we are talking about that variable into control file.


  * The short descriptions are all lacking in my opinion
  Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for PVM
doesn't give much indication of what the package is for.
  * The convention is to indent Homepage: by two spaces, see



I read the reference, and I could see that changelog file of blacs
does not have problems with:
6.2.4 Upstream home page


  * It would be good if the license informtion could be included in the
package itself. At any rate I think it would help to make it clearer
what is going on the the debian/copyright file. You should state
that you enquired by email and got that response.
Also there is no copyright information in that file, there is only
license information wrongly labelled as copyright information. See
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html



  * Why do you clean at the start of all your build targets? That is
what the clean target is for, and is messy.


I agree. I'm fixing it.


  * Please add a watch file.


Done.


  * There is an important linda warning
  W: blacs1-pvm; The library libblacs is not in a shlibs file.



I'm working on it.

Thanks for your mail, I learned a lot :-)

[0] http://www.fifi.org/cgi-bin/man2html/usr/share/man/man1/dh_makeshlibs.1.gz
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/binNMU
[2] http://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload

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RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.1-17
of my package "blacs-pvm".

It builds these binary packages:
blacs-pvm-dev - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for PVM
blacs-pvm-test - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Test files for PVM
blacs1-pvm - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for PVM

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 335009

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-pvm
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-pvm/blacs-pvm_1.1-17.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Thanks for reading and regards,

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Re: [uploaded] blacs-mpi (updated package)

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Dear Philipp,

On 9/24/06, Philipp Frauenfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear Muammar

Am Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 05:41:03PM -0400 hat Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez 
getippert:
> I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Done.



Thank you :-)


Regards


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Re: RFS: blacs-mpi (updated package)

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On 9/22/06, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.1-27
of my package "blacs-mpi".

It builds these binary packages:
blacs-lam-dev - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for LAM
blacs-lam-test - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Test files for LAM
blacs-mpich-dev - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for MPICH
blacs-mpich-test - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Test files for MPICH
blacs-test-common - Test data for BLACS testers
blacs1-lam - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for LAM
blacs1-mpich - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for MPICH

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 335008

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-mpi
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-mpi/blacs-mpi_1.1-27.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Thanks for reading and regards,

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I don't know who uploaded blacs-mpi, but I would like to say thanks
for who did it. I feel glad :D


Regards and have a nice day :-)

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RFS: blacs-mpi (updated package)

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.1-27
of my package "blacs-mpi".

It builds these binary packages:
blacs-lam-dev - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for LAM
blacs-lam-test - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Test files for LAM
blacs-mpich-dev - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Dev. files for MPICH
blacs-mpich-test - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Test files for MPICH
blacs-test-common - Test data for BLACS testers
blacs1-lam - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for LAM
blacs1-mpich - Basic Linear Algebra Comm. Subprograms - Shared libs. for MPICH

The package is lintian clean.

The upload would fix these bugs: 335008

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-mpi
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/blacs-mpi/blacs-mpi_1.1-27.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Thanks for reading and regards,

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Re: RFS: scalapack (updated package)

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Dear Philipp,

On 8/25/06, Philipp Frauenfelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Dear Muammar

I will sponsor your package. It builds on a AMD64 with pbuilder.
Lintian does not complain. However, you need to fix some things
first:



Firstly, I'm very glad because you will be my sponsor. Thank you a lot. :-)


- Close bug 335006 as you are adopting the package (in the
  changelog). Also note in the changelog that you have now the
  maintainership.

- Also note in the changelog what other changes you have done:
  e.g. renaming of the lib packages. I would not recommend to do
  it since you have to take care of the upgrades with
  Provides/Conflicts (you did not do this). I am not sure if
  your naming is really good:
  scalapack1-mpich -> libscalapack-mpich1
  Please read the Debian Library Packaging Guide:
  http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html

- Why do the .so links now point to the static libraries?



I'm going to check and do all that you suggested me. I think that the
more critical part is the fact that I changed the name of the lib
packages. I'm reading again the Debian Library Packaging Guide to
investigate it. I changed It, because it was the only way in which I
didn't get  any lintian errors.

Attached in this message there is a copy of the lintian report when
the name of the libraries wasn't changed. I installed scalapack on my
machine and I didn't get any error.

What do you suggest me? because lintian gives warnings If I write the
former names.


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RFS: scalapack (updated package)

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.7.4-2 of my package
"scalapack". :-)

It builds these binary packages:
libscalapack-lam1 - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for LAM
libscalapack-mpich1 - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for MPICH
libscalapack-pvm1 - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Shared libs. for PVM
scalapack-lam-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for LAM
scalapack-lam-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for LAM
scalapack-mpich-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for MPICH
scalapack-mpich-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for MPICH
scalapack-pvm-dev - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Dev. files for PVM
scalapack-pvm-test - Scalable Linear Algebra Package - Test files for PVM
scalapack-test-common - Test data for ScaLAPACK testers

The upload would fix these bugs: 380140

The package can be found on mentors.debian.net:
- URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scalapack
- Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable
main contrib non-free
- dget 
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scalapack/scalapack_1.7.4-2.dsc

I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me.

Kind regards

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Re: Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear Christoph Haas,



I sent a request for retitle bug (#263050) to replace 'RFA' with 'ITA'
and BTS processed it successfully. Now I'm marked like owner of the
bug. Well, I can work now :-)



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Re: Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Hi Christoph,

On 5/20/06, Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 1) Install reportbug.
> 2) What sort of request is this? ( Using 'My Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> A: RFA

Careful. Not RFA. See http://www.de.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l2
An RFA means that you were the former maintainer and that you want
someone else to become the new maintainer.

> 5) Next step, Removing entries. I should retitle its bug to replace
> 'RFA' with 'ITA' (I don't know how can i do it) [0]
>
> [0] I read http://www.de.debian.org/Bugs/server-control.en.html and I
> think I should use Debian bug tracking system to submit required
> information (replace RFA with ITA) I'm not sure but, should I use some
> Commands like submitter, retitle or owner?

See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-control.html and search for
"retitle". If [EMAIL PROTECTED] receives mails then it will parse
it line by line figuring out what to do. "retitle" is one of those
commands that 'control' can execute.



Thanks for your help. :-)

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Re: Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

I would suggest you first follow the procedure described in
http://www.de.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ (search the page for 'ITA') to show
everybody you are now working on the package. Find the pseudo bug report
dealing with the request for adoption at http://bugs.debian.org/263050



Dear mentors,

I read documentation. I'll describe the steps I think should follow:

1) Install reportbug.
2) What sort of request is this? ( Using 'My Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
A: RFA
3) Choose the request type: x (RFA)
Please enter the name of the package: slatec (I'm not sure about that,
Is Version's number necessary? )
4) Severity: Normal
5) Next step, Removing entries. I should retitle its bug to replace
'RFA' with 'ITA' (I don't know how can i do it) [0]
6) add the header:
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Are correct these steps?

[0] I read http://www.de.debian.org/Bugs/server-control.en.html and I
think I should use Debian bug tracking system to submit required
information (replace RFA with ITA) I'm not sure but, should I use some
Commands like submitter, retitle or owner?

Please, excuse me. I want to make the things of the best possible way.

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Re: Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

On 5/17/06, Sven Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Don't worry, your english is better than that of many people who's
mother tongue is english.
Only quote what you answer to, quote only as much as necessary to
understand the context of your answer. Place your answer right under the
quoted part it refers to.

If you follow those quoting rules, your mails will be easier to read and
understand for others, you won't waste bandwidth (which many people have
to pay for) and nobody wastes time figuring out what you refer to or
which parts you quoted though you don't refer to them.

Alright then, let's try and improve your english. :-) If you don't want
me to try and help you improve your english, just don't read the rest of
this mail ;-)

> I will go to do everything that you said I must to do.


Thank you, I learned a lot.


> If I have a doubt I will ask you, because sometimes I don't understand
> some stuffs.

Oh well, who could say he (or she) understands everything? I certainly
can't.


That's true. :-)

Regards,
Sven


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Re: Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

On 5/14/06, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Le Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:38:43PM -0400, Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez a 
écrit :
> Dear Mentors;
>
> My name is Muammar El Khatib, I'm a chemistry student and I'm doing my
> thesis on nonlinear optic (quantum chemistry).

Dear Muammar,

just to let you know that there is also a list for science in debian,
debian-science, in which you may also look for help when you do not find
on debian-mentors.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/

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Dear Mentors;

Thank you. I appreciate  all your quick answers. I will go to do
everything that you said I must to do. I will go to read
http://www.de.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ like Christoph Haas says, I will
follow the steps that Loïc Minier says and I'll visit
http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/ like Charles Plessy suggest
me.

If I have a doubt I will ask you, because sometimes I don't understand
some stuffs.

Thanks again and my best regards to all of you;

PD. Excuse me, maybe my english isn't very good yet. :)
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Slatec

[Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez]

Dear Mentors;

My name is Muammar El Khatib, I'm a chemistry student and I'm doing my
thesis on nonlinear optic (quantum chemistry).

There is a package called slatec and is up for adoption. I'm
interested to maintain this package. I talked with the developer who
was maintaining slatec, and he told me that I had to  find a sponsor.
( I also read slatec's bugs on http://bugs.debian.org)
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=359576)

Who can help me?

I was investigating about slatec and I think slatec is important. My
reasons are:

1) Slatec contains subroutines for solving diversified scientific and
engineering problems.
2) Slatec is used.
3) Another reason, and I don't know if is important, I want to
contribute to debian.
4) I had worked with FORTRAN and I think that I've skills on
mathematics and FORTRAN.

I'm reading all the documentation of debian, and one step is write to
debian-mentors.

Please excuse me if my subject isn't correct and thanks to read this message.

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