Bug#352431: O: icheck -- C interface ABI/API checker
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I'm orphaning icheck. As far as I'm aware it doesn't have much of a userbase since the original plans for its deployment in Debian never happened, and I'm the upstream author, so it's probably dead now. Also the chances of anybody else understanding the thing are pretty slim. It should probably be removed. The package description is: A tool for statically checking C interfaces for API and ABI changes. All changes to type declarations that can cause ABI changes should be detected, along with most API changes. . icheck is intended for use with libraries, as a method of preventing ABI drift. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#352430: O: fspanel -- minimalist panel for X
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I'm orphaning fspanel. This package is so simple that it should keep working for years; if X hadn't bitrotted under it then it would be releasing the same version in etch as in sarge. It probably doesn't need a maintainer, so it may as well stay in the archive even if nobody picks it up. The package description is: A panel for X that lists all your windows, while consuming minimal disk, memory, and screen space. It works under any gnome compliant window manager (eg. E, Sawfish, WindowMaker, IceWM, Oroborus) and supports KDE's mini icons (the KWM_WIN_ICON atom). signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#352429: O: cdrdao -- records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I'm orphaning cdrdao, since I actually don't need it any more (a combination of bchunk, xine, daemon-tools, and effective dvd burning on my desktop means that I no longer need to actually put this stuff on CDs) and it's a real bitch to look after. Buyer beware, this package is fundamentally unstable because it's taking a library written by a lunatic and trying to wrap a new interface around it. You're probably better off finding another way to solve your problem instead of trying to maintain this thing. The package description is: cdrdao records audio or data CD-Rs in disk-at-once (DAO) mode based on a textual description of the CD contents. . Recording in disk-at-once mode writes the complete disc, i.e. lead-in, one or more tracks and lead-out, in a single step. The commonly used track-at-once (TAO) mode writes each track independently which requires link blocks between two tracks. You probably want to use this if you're copying a CD with multiple tracks, like most audio CDs. . cdrdao can also handle the bin/cue format commonly used for VCDs or disks with subchannel data. . If you just want to burn a normal data CD, you probably want cdrecord instead. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#351583: O: arch-buildpackage -- tools for maintaining Debian packages using arch
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I'm orphaning arch-buildpackage, since I don't really use arch now. The package description is: arch-buildpackage is a set of tools to simplify maintaining Debian packages with arch. It is oriented around configurations, in order to avoid placing restrictions on the layout of branches used. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#351582: O: tla -- arch revision control system
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I'm orphaning tla; I don't really use the thing any more. The package description is: arch is a revision control system with features that are ideal for projects characterised by widely distributed development, concurrent support of multiple releases, and substantial amounts of development on branches. It can be a replacement for CVS and corrects many mis-features of that system. . tla is an implementation of arch in C, by Tom Lord. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#348748: O: dancer-services
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I don't use this any more. It's also fragile and hasn't been properly maintained upstream in years. If nobody wants it, it should be removed. -- Andrew Suffield signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#348746: O: dancer-ircd
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I don't use this any more. It's not maintained upstream and not likely to be, but it doesn't really need much maintaining upstream. -- Andrew Suffield signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#249035: O: blootbot
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I don't use this any more, and it's a time sink. Needs to be maintained by somebody with a solid grasp of perl. Package: blootbot Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 936 Maintainer: Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 1.1.0-5 Depends: perl, debconf (>= 1.2.9), libnet-irc-perl, libdbd-mysql-perl, libdbi-perl Recommends: mysql-server, libwww-perl, libwww-search-perl, libhtml-parser-perl, libxml-parser-perl, liburi-perl, libnet-perl, libnet-telnet-perl Suggests: bzip2 Filename: pool/main/b/blootbot/blootbot_1.1.0-5_all.deb Size: 241466 MD5sum: af17e50a0f34c465924570113ffc363f Description: a severely modified infobot for IRC This bot is based upon infobot-0.44.2 by Kevin Lenzo. The basis of infobot is still there but _many_ wild features have been added. Along the way, a couple of typos were spotted in the original infobot source and fixed in this version. Without infobot, there would be no blootbot so all thanks to Kevin for bringing infobot in the first place. . FEATURES * Additional information stored with factoids. (factinfo) * Wide range of statistics for Bot, Factoids, IRC, Debian. (status, factstats, ircstats, chanstats, cmdstats) * Advanced topic management. (the first cool feature) * Improved factoid search, allowing search by key or value. * Freshmeat support (freshmeat.net) * Debian Contents and Packages, search and info. * much more... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#247427: ITP: elfsign -- ELF binary signing and verification utilities
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:58:35PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:24:00PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > > The original Artistic license is not appropriate for licensing > > anything that is not approximately perl, because of the way it is > > worded. It is a terrible license. Do not use it. It's also highly > > questionable as to whether things licensed under it can be included in > > Debian, given the prohibitions on commercial distribution. Please ask > > upstream to replace it with the Clarified Artistic license (or some > > other free software license) before this is included in Debian. > > > > Oh bleh. Why the hell does DFSG #10 specifically mention it then? Historical. The Artistic license is basically only appropriate for perl (and perl modules) because of the way it's written[0], and in *that specific instance* there aren't any problems. (This is on my list of things to fix, probably by replacing it with the Clarified Artistic) > Interestingly the DFSG links to the Artistic licence at > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/misc/Artistic.html > whereas http://www.debian.org/intro/free links to it at > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php Even more interestingly, the latter is not a copy of the Perl Artistic license. I'm not really sure *what* it is, it's somewhere between that and the Clarified. elfsign is using the original, which can be found at /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic. What are OSI playing at? Who uses this license? > I've already asked upstream to change it from: > > elfsign is property of Uninformed Research and is freely distributable under > the conditions that: > > 1) Modification of the code retains credit to the original author(s) > 2) The authors may not be blamed for any damages incurred from the use of > this software. > > to the Artistic licence, after specifically directing him to > > http://www.debian.org/social_contract > and > http://www.debian.org/intro/free Oops. Best to check with -legal before doing anything with licenses; there's a lot of stuff floating around that's misleading or outdated. > If the official line isn't what's on the website, we really should get it > fixed up. Yeah, these things take a painful amount of time, were backed up *years* by the voting system changes, and there have been higher priorities. I do plan on pressing for a DFSG revision this year, though. [0] Clauses like this crap: You may embed this Package's interpreter within an executable of yours (by linking); this shall be construed as a mere form of aggregation, provided that the complete Standard Version of the interpreter is so embedded. We *need* that clause, but this "interpreter" stuff doesn't make any sense for elfsign - it was written for perl. There are several more like this. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#247427: ITP: elfsign -- ELF binary signing and verification utilities
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 02:24:54PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > Package name: elfsign > Version : 0.2.0 > Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > URL : http://www.hick.org/code/skape/elfsign/ > License : Artistic > Description : ELF binary signing and verification utilities > > This package provides a utility to add a digital signature to an ELF > binary, and another utility to verify that signature. The current > implementation uses PKI to sign the checksum of the binary. The benefits > of doing this are are that it enables one to determine if a binary has > been modified, and who created that binary. The original Artistic license is not appropriate for licensing anything that is not approximately perl, because of the way it is worded. It is a terrible license. Do not use it. It's also highly questionable as to whether things licensed under it can be included in Debian, given the prohibitions on commercial distribution. Please ask upstream to replace it with the Clarified Artistic license (or some other free software license) before this is included in Debian. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#225366: ITP: libburn -- Disc burning library
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:16:59AM -0500, Sean Harshbarger wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > Hash: SHA1 > > > * Package name: libburn > Version : 0.1 > Upstream Author : Sean Harshbarger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://icculus.org/burn/ > * License : (GPL) > Description : Disc burning library > > A common Linux library written to help GUI developers have more control > and capabilities over the burning of CDs. How does this compare to things based on libscg? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#192669: Are we able to distribute it now?
On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 01:12:05PM +1000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Christian Surchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-23 19:22]: > > But I don't think we solved the copyright and distribution problem (see > > #156057)... > > Right, I wasn't aware of this. Yeah, it should probably be removed > then. Unless Andrew Suffield had some success contacting those folks. > Andrew? None at all; I tried all the contact addresses I could find, and they never replied. I think it's got to go. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find _any_ patch sets which aren't based on the old Gravis one. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | pgp9BoaFU85Kv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#199266: ITP: ffmpeg -- multimedia streaming system
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 11:12:56PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: > > The reasons given for closing the ITP were moronic, however there is a > > more pressing problem. ffmpeg is in the same boat as mjpegtools, in > > that it implements algorithms such as mpeg-2 encoders, which are > > patented and aggressively enforced by the patent owners. > >Any examples of such aggressive behaviour? I have been monitoring > ffmpeg since a long time and they have never been threatened. Also, > distributions such as Gentoo or FreeBSD which have worldwide mirrors > are distributing ffmpeg. I think it's a question of the difference between distributing source and binaries. Source code is protected free speech in the US; binaries are not. I don't know the specifics offhand, I just recall mjpegtools falls into this category for having an mpeg-2 encoder. > > Somebody will have to investigate all the algorithms it implements and > > see whether we can get away with distributing it or not > >It will be hard for me to draw the line between a "Save As" or "XOR > cursor" patent and one that can not be distributed, since they are > probably valid only in that totalitarian country between Canada and > Mexico, anyway. The significant difference is whether anybody is seriously trying to pursue the patents or not - some of the mpeg patents are, including the infamous ones on mpeg audio, plus the ones on the recent microsoft stuff (off the top of my head). Actually, that's probably the first one you'll find with issues; ffmpeg uses lame for mp3 encoding, so that's got to go (should be easy). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgph9N0yAT1mQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#199266: ITP: ffmpeg -- multimedia streaming system
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 05:11:58PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: >Since the ffmpeg ITP (#157719) was closed almost one year ago, I > assume no one is interested anymore, thus this ITP. I use ffmpeg daily > and I am not satisfied with the reasons given for closing the ITP. If > anyone disagrees I'll gladly elaborate. The reasons given for closing the ITP were moronic, however there is a more pressing problem. ffmpeg is in the same boat as mjpegtools, in that it implements algorithms such as mpeg-2 encoders, which are patented and aggressively enforced by the patent owners. Somebody will have to investigate all the algorithms it implements and see whether we can get away with distributing it or not (sometimes the patent owners allow free implementations; sometimes they forbid them outright, particularly when DRM is involved). Note that being patented isn't fundamentally an issue, but having the patent owner prohibit our distribution of the code is. That's not to say it can't be included in the distribution, but you've got some work to do first to find out. It may be necessary to gut some codecs. Also, it is probably not appropriate to build shared libraries at this time, since the API isn't stable (and upstream don't appear to understand this). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpMgPqiOGpoJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#192658: Processed: ITA: stopafter -- kill commands after a given time
On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 04:08:16PM +0200, Jos? Luis Tall?n wrote: > At 23:51 11/05/2003 +1000, you wrote: > >* Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-05-11 08:22]: > >> > retitle #192658 ITA: stopafter -- kill commands after a given time > >> Bug#192658: O: stopafter -- kill commands after a given time > >> Changed Bug title. > > > >Can you comment on > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=192658&msg=4 ? > > I wish I could. I have never used either package. > Stopafter seems more powerful than 'timeout', according to Thomas Hood's > comments. > > I'm (more or less) starting the NM process, and thought i could help by > adopting this package. > Since i can probably find it useful, i might be adequate for the maintainer > role. > ( just wanting to contribute a little bit :$ ) > > Any comments will be appreciated. The whole idea seems daft to me. Isn't this what at is for? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpZHU0YatXow.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#192666: O: cdrdao -- Create audio CDs and write them in disk-at-once mode
retitle 192666 ITA: cdrdao -- Create audio CDs and write them in disk-at-once mode thanks On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 02:10:08AM +1000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Package: cdrdao > Binary: cdrdao, gcdmaster I'll take this one. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpkYbtOkgOiG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#190392: ITP: grub-disk -- GRUB bootable disk image
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 11:00:13PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > * Package name: grub-disk > Version : 0.93+cvs20030224.2.1 > * URL : http://people.debian.org/~rmh/packages/grub-disk/ > * License : GPL > Description : GRUB bootable disk image > > This package contains a GRUB rescue disk. It consists of a bootable > 1.44 floppy image you can use to grab a rescue disk or be run in an > i386 emulator, like Bochs. Does this really merit a new package? Seems to me that it'd be easier to add to the grub package, with the added advantage that it gets updated automatically for every new release of grub. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpselZJIlqHb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#189927: RFP: gcc-xml -- XML output extension to GCC
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 01:12:38AM +0200, Dominique Devriese wrote: > There is one open-source C++ parser, the C++ front-end to GCC, which > is currently able to deal with the language in its entirety. This isn't true. It can't grok 'export'. > Since XML is easy to > parse, This is also not true. XML is particularly difficult to parse. The *only* mitigating factor is that there are generic XML parsers already implemented for you, and it's hardly alone in that respect. > other development tools will be able to work with C++ programs > without the burden of a complicated C++ parser. This is misleading. What you get is a representation of a "tree" (gcc's first-stage internal representation), which is intended for compiling the code; it is not an accurate representation of the code itself. Notably, the transformation is one-way - you can't generate the original program from a tree structure. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgp6nGBJSrAIG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#183571: RFA: arch -- revision control system
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 12:10:32AM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > If you don't, I'll take it; I've been carrying both updated arch and > > arx packages on people.debian.org for some time now. > > Since you already have more intimate knowledge of arch internals and > packaging (I hope ;), I guess you should take arch. Unless anybody has anything further to add, I'll upload it Moday or Tuesday. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpkaDkpRmPd9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#183571: RFA: arch -- revision control system
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 11:30:48PM +0100, Gergely Nagy wrote: > > original upstream is gone and atm i don't have the time to bring > > the package back into shape. > > please have a look at http://arch.fifthvision.net/ for new upstream. > > Last time I looked, Tom Lord released 1.0pre17, but that tells > nothing :) > > As someone relying heavily on arch, and using it on a daily (well, > hourly..) basis, I may adopt it. I'm looking at arch.fifthvision.net > at the moment, to find out if I really want to... If you don't, I'll take it; I've been carrying both updated arch and arx packages on people.debian.org for some time now. [I don't intend to upload arx to the archive unless I start using it myself] -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgp1AtJE6cNaj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#158143: O: liquidwar -- Multiplayer simplified war game
For a supposedly orphaned package, there have been quite a few maintainer uploads in recent history. Was this supposed to be a Request For Adoption instead? (Looking at the original bug report, this seems likely, in which case the recent clone-and-rename was imperfect). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpSgU7uZTc7X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#154662: ITP: docbook-ide -- An Emacs major mode for editing DocBook documents
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 08:25:43AM -0600, Kevin Rosenberg wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 10:00:54PM -0700, David N. Welton wrote: > > Looks interesting - how does it compare with psgml mode in your > > opinion? > > I haven't used PSGML much, but the main differences I see is that > PSGML requires finding an external DTD So docbook-ide is just psgml-mode with the DTD embedded? I can live without downloading the DTD twice, since I'll have it installed anyway if I'm editing docbook documents. >, and lacks the features below: > > * 'docbook-complete' function for inserting element and attribute > names psgml-mode does this (sgml-insert-element, C-c C-e)... > * Automatic completion of end-tags ...and this. > * Comprehensive abbreviations table to further ease typing Does that just mean keybindings? -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpzXwtNDwpqB.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#152053: ITP: dancer -- A powerful (Ro)bot for Internet Relay Chat networks
On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 01:20:35AM +0200, S?ren Boll Overgaard wrote: > * Package name: dancer > Version : 4.16 > Upstream Author : Bj?rn Reese, Daniel Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://dancer.sourceforge.net > * License : GPL > Description : A powerful (Ro)bot for Internet Relay Chat networks. > > An IRC bot. > A bot is an automated client for Internet Relay Chat networks, which stays > online after its owner leaves. > It was designed to protect and serve. Your faithful, strong (but humble) > servant. Please use a more specific package name. I get enough confused people who don't know the difference between this and dancer-ircd already; I don't need it from debian users as well. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpiITwpUcyFC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#151346: RFP: Rhythmbox -- Play, rip and burn audio cd's with a like Apple iTunes interface
On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 08:41:12PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Ram?n! > > You wrote: > > > > > Rhythmbox is a multimedia jukebox that can play, rip and burn audio > > >^^^ > > > This probably means it cannot go into the archive. > > > > ?Where is the problem here? cdda2wav and cdparanoia can extract audio > > tracks from audio cd's and they are into debian archive. > > As I understood it from the RFP, it also _encodes_ to mp3. See grip. rhythmbox works in a similar manner (actually I think gstreamer is responsible for this; rhythmbox indirectly depends on gstreamer, which is a long-term ITP, along with a whole pile of other stuff not in the archive). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpV9Yh2CTMFE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Bug#147964: VIM is the most popular editor
On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 02:23:31PM -0700, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote: > I agree that packaging gnome-vim would be a good idea. > > VIM is the favorite text editor of Linux users. > > See > > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5441 > > under "Favorite Text Editor". Do we have a "daftest mail of the week" award? I nominate this guy... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgpg0anRX8soq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#113238: mplayer now fully GPL?
On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 07:14:21PM -0500, Bob McElrath wrote: > It appears that the mplayer folks have removed the non-free OpenDivX > code, and is now fully GPL'd. That's what, the fourth time? > I suggest we reconsider adding it to debian. I suggest somebody go over it with a fine-tooth comb, first. After that, they get to research applicable patents properly. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgp5GEl7D3wQA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#143281: RFP: scummvm -- free implementation of LucasArts S.C.U.M.M.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:45:19PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > * Package name: scummvm > Version : 0.2.0 > Upstream Author : Ludvig Strigeus - Lead Programmer, Project Admin > and others - they provide only HTML mail formular > for SPAM reasons > * URL : http://scummvm.sourceforge.net/ > * License : GPL > Description : free implementation of LucasArts S.C.U.M.M. Unfortunately it may not be quite so free. I haven't checked it in detail, but I'm told the only decent sound support is of dubious license status. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#124308: Berkeley db4 packages in Debian
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 02:18:05PM +0200, Stephan A Suerken wrote: > looking at the wnpp, db4 packeges still seem in preparation, but no > proper upload has been done yet. > Or is there any other technical issue that holds the package from > being uploaded? Well, there's this little business of a pending release of Debian, that might have something to do with it. Especially given sleepycat's ABI track record... -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#92464: php-nuke this weekend to reach Woody?
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 09:26:10AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quite some time ago you wanted to package PHP-Nuke. Is it still so? > > Else I might give it a try to put it together this weekend and if bugfree > in first attempt it might reach Debian Woody before the launch... Heh. Bug free phpnuke. That's a good one. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#122839: ITP: tetris -- a clone of the original tetris
On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 05:56:20PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > Package: tetris > Version: 0.02a > Author: me > URL: http://oasis.frogfoot.net/debian/tetris/ > License: BSD > Description: clone of the original tetris > > A couple of years ago I got fed up with the lack of tetris games for Linux > that closely resembled the original tetris (The one written by Alexey > Pajitnov, Dmitry Pavlovsky, and Vadim Gerasimov), so I wrote one. > Unfortunately, I never got around to releasing it. > > I've tried to keep the game as close to the original as possible, but there > is a few differences. Nevertheless, it's probably the closest to the > original that you'll ever find in the UNIX world... I believe this is a violation of the "tetris" trademark. Ask debian-legal if unsure. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK pgp31i8FOuLOf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#117543: wnpp: O: freetds-jdbc -- Pure Java JDBC driver for MS SQL and Sybase
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:55:25PM +0100, Tille, Andreas wrote: > The package is lintian clean with exception of > E: freetds-jdbc source: build-depends-without-arch-dep > against the source and has no open bugs currently in the BTS. That just means you used Build-Depends: when you should have used Build-Depends-Indep: -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `-http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK
Bug#113238: ITP: mplayer -- Movie player for Linux
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 04:16:57PM +0200, Dariush Pietrzak wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/. Software is GPLed. That's not entirely accurate. Do a little more research, starting with all the prior ITPs of mplayer. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `-http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK pgp6ZVnbEki2P.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#112486: ITP: dancer-services -- IRC services implementation for dancer-ircd
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2001-09-16 Severity: wishlist * Package name: dancer-services * License : GPL Description : IRC services implementation for dancer-ircd dancer-services is an implementation of IRC services (nickserv, chanserv, etc.), largely based on hybserv but patched to use the dancer inter-server protocol (and thusly to work with dancer-ircd). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `-http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK pgpJHg0TlnHZg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#111386: ITP: mangoquest -- Pacman meets Doom
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: mangoquest * URL : http://mangoquest.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Description : Pacman meets Doom Basically a pacman clone, but in the first person, and with a few extra bits and pieces thrown in. Uses the SDL with GL. (Level editor included) -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `-http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK pgpBedMndnVuQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#110811: ITP: blootbot -- a severly modified infobot for IRC
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2001-08-31 Severity: wishlist I've had this packaged for some time; I'll probably tidy it up and upload it in a few days. Description: a severly modified infobot for IRC This bot is based upon infobot-0.44.2 by Kevin Lenzo. The basis of infobot is still there but _many_ wild features have been added. Along the way, a couple of typos were spotted in the original infobot source and fixed in this version. Without infobot, there would be no blootbot so all thanks to kevin for bringing infobot in the first place. License is GPL. -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux aps100p 2.4.9 #4 Mon Aug 20 21:30:53 BST 2001 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `-http://www.debian.org/ | London, UK pgp0Sq8zqpvXq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#108193: ITP: dancer-ircd -- An IRC server designed for centrally maintained networks
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2001-08-08 Severity: wishlist Dancer is the ircd that openprojects will shortly be converting to; it is designed for networks which are centrally maintained, rather than ones where individual servers are managed by different people (so it works well for standalone servers, or small internal networks). License: GPL -- Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK pgpxwy0ZIfxHr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#108194: ITP: dancer-ircd -- An IRC server designed for centrally maintained networks
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2001-08-08 Severity: wishlist Dancer is the ircd that openprojects will shortly be converting to; it is designed for networks which are centrally maintained, rather than ones where individual servers are managed by different people (so it works well for standalone servers, or small internal networks). License: GPL -- Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK
Bug#106735: ITP: mplayer - DivX/DVD/MPeg Player for Linux
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 11:34:31PM +0200, Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker) wrote: > I intent to package mplayer, a really cool DivX/DVD/MPEG player for > Linux. Supports loads of options like render targets, special filters, > audio synchronisation and much much more to come. > > URL: http://mplayer.sourceforge.net > > The code is released under the GPL, although I will need some advice > on the parts the player depends on. Stuff like the Win32 .DLL's to > decode DivX's and libdecss to decode DVD's. I'm not sure whether I > can package that, and/or wether I should put it in non-US for that... I've been investigating the possibility of packaging mplayer for a while now, and it is positively riddled with complexities. Here are *some* of the key issues you'll have to work through: Processor-specific optimisations. mplayer is rather slow on anything but the fastest boxes without these, to the point of being unusable. Licensing issues. The code is *NOT* released under the GPL. It is in an unknown state, being mostly GPL, but the opendivx code is not (license unspecified). In fact, it's been suggested it's not really opensource at all. This one will have to go to debian-legal at some point. Possible patent issues, especially with .asf files and divx, and also MPEG itself. debian-legal will have to look at this one too. I haven't got around to looking into it yet. The win32 DLLs are proprietary. You can't package those. You can only package an installer. Working on lib(de)css can theoretically get you arrested. That one will take *ages* to clear -legal, and may not be allowed at all. mplayer developers don't like binary packages, so don't expect a great deal of sympathy from them. Note that non-US is not for patent issues, it is for cryptographic ones, which do not apply here. Patents apply in countries other than the US, and patent-encumbered software usually cannot be packaged at all. Further note that there is no *way* the ftpmasters will install this without a statement from debian-legal. You need to contact mplayer upstream and ask them about opendivx and patent issues, and possibly the authors of opendivx, Project Mayo (who have been remarkably unfriendly to opensource developers in the past). You also need to ask debian-legal about this. -- Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK pgpF2A15Duk3G.pgp Description: PGP signature
