Work-needing packages report for Mar 9, 2007

2007-03-08 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 357 (new: 4) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 88 (new: 1) Total number of packages requeste

new BTS stanza

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Mark
Hi, this is the opening of the bts page for subversion: === Debian Bug report logs: package subversion in unstable (version 1.4.2dfsg1-2) Maintainer for subversion is Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. You may want to refer to the followin

Re: A request for your input.

2007-03-08 Thread lmth
Quoting Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 05:07:00PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and leisure activities directly related to the

Re: A request for your input.

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 05:07:00PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University > Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and > leisure activities directly related to the open source community and > open s

A request for your input.

2007-03-08 Thread lmth
Hello My name is Lara Thynne and I am a PhD candidate at Deakin University Australia. I am currently researching the boundary between work and leisure activities directly related to the open source community and open source program development. As part of this I am running a survey at the follo

Bug#414077: ITP: jruby -- JRuby is a Java implementation of the Ruby interpreter

2007-03-08 Thread Sebastien Delafond
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Sebastien Delafond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: jruby Version : 0.9.8 Upstream Author : The JRuby Team * URL : http://jruby.codehaus.org/ * License : tri license CPL/GPL/LGPL Programming Lang: Ruby, Java Descri

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I see no harm in addressing the issue in multiple ways. I have no > problem with a FLOSS project 'asking' for help in an ad. I dont like ads > for most other things. People take multiple paths to find stuff. Instead > of assuming that 'if I found it, then e

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 03:43:39PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > It will likely be one of my last post on that matter because I feel > that valuable contributors left it long ago. Would it be useful to personally email those people and 'ask them why' as a way to address the issue? > > You

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Re: dpkg-genchanges: warning: package XYZ in control file but not in files list

2007-03-08 Thread Roman Müllenschläder
Am Donnerstag, 8. März 2007 schrieb Roman Müllenschläder: > Hi there ... > > I've got a little problem ;) Sorry .. will never user reply for a new message anymore ;) Lg Roman

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Mark
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:12:52AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > message to its intended target is a hard thing. How about having 'text > > ads' on the pages of the Debian site that showcase a 'request for help' > > or similar? > > I don't like ads.

dpkg-genchanges: warning: package XYZ in control file but not in files list

2007-03-08 Thread Roman Müllenschläder
Hi there ... I've got a little problem ;) In my debian package there usualy are 4 debs (3 flavours + common) been built. I've created the rules to be to choose between a minimum of 2 (standard-flavour + common) and the maximum of 4 packages. If a user wants to compile the package on his own (m

Re: Bug#412570: ITP: fldigi -- digital modem program for hamradio operators

2007-03-08 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I would suggest adding a word about the interface - is it a GUI or >> console program? >> > > FLTK is a GUI toolkit. > > Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Bug#414028: ITP: python-html5lib -- Library for working with HTML5 documents

2007-03-08 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: python-html5lib Version : 0.2 * URL : http://code.google.com/p/html5lib/ * License : MIT Programming Lang: Python Description : Library for working with HTML5 documen

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Thursday 08 March 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > It will likely be one of my last post on that matter because I feel > that valuable contributors left it long ago. gee, thanks for the (probably unintented as the above statement includes yourself) implied insult > You're (not you Matthias, Y

Re: Bug#413987: ITP: openjpeg -- JPEG 2000 image compression codec library

2007-03-08 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 12:08:34AM +1100, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote: > I have preliminary 1.1 packages which I need to update to 1.1.1, and > once I've done that I'll be seeking a sponsor on debian-mentors unless > I am approached beforehand. (hint hint ^_^) > > I'm packaging this as a dependancy o

Re: Bug#413575: debian-policy: New virtual package: dictd-dictionary

2007-03-08 Thread Mikhail Gusarov
Twas brillig at 22:49:55 08.03.2007 UTC+09 when Tatsuya Kinoshita did gyre and gimble: TK> Again, I recommend to add the virtual package: TK> dictd-dictionarya dictionary for the dictd dictionary server I'm +1 for this. Actually, we do suggest 'apt-cache rdepends dictd' in FAQ on de

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ] ] > > Again, I do not appreciate the latent criticism of the big teams > ] ] > > to > ] ] > > hide their understaff problem. It's blatantly bogus hence iritating, > ] ] > > almost insulting. > ] ] > > ] ] > Don't you wonder why it is perceived li

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:12:52AM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > message to its intended target is a hard thing. How about having 'text > > ads' on the pages of the Debian site that showcase a 'request for help' > > or similar? > > I don't like ads.

Bug#413998: ITP: giggle -- Gtk+ frontend for the git directory tracker

2007-03-08 Thread Andrea Corradi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrea Corradi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: giggle Version : 0.1.z Upstream Author : Carlos Garnacho <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mikael Hallendal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Hult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL

Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > message to its intended target is a hard thing. How about having 'text > ads' on the pages of the Debian site that showcase a 'request for help' > or similar? I don't like ads. Ads are annoying. That doesn't mean they don't work. If I need some informat

Idea for system installation/maintenance

2007-03-08 Thread Ph. Marek
Hello debian developers, I'd like to present you a new idea for installation/maintenance of complete installations. Please take a bit of time, read this mail, and if you've got any comments, questions or suchlike, don't hesitate to reply. (This is also a plea for help, in case you might wonder.)

Bug#413575: debian-policy: New virtual package: dictd-dictionary

2007-03-08 Thread Tatsuya Kinoshita
(Cc: maintainers of dictionary packages for dictd) Again, I recommend to add the virtual package: dictd-dictionarya dictionary for the dictd dictionary server This virtual package is for a dictionary package which provides /usr/share/dictd/{*.index,*.dict*}, such as dict-vera, dacco-cat

Bug#413985: ITP: elfio -- library for reading and generating ELF files

2007-03-08 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Paul "TBBle" Hampson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: elfio Version : 1.0.3 Upstream Author : Serge Lamikhov-Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://elfio.sourceforge.net/ * License : LGPL Programming Lang: C++

Bug#413986: ITP: xmlrpc-epi -- XML-RPC request serialisation/deserialisation library

2007-03-08 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Paul "TBBle" Hampson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: xmlrpc-epi Version : 0.51 Upstream Author : Dan Libby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://xmlrpc-epi.sourceforge.net * License : See below (Basically the first clau

Bug#413987: ITP: openjpeg -- JPEG 2000 image compression codec library

2007-03-08 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Paul "TBBle" Hampson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: openjpeg Version : 1.1.1 Upstream Author : OpenJPEG Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.openjpeg.org/ * License : BSD (2-clause as per http://www.openjpeg.

Re: VMware Player packages

2007-03-08 Thread Marc Haber
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:14:45AM +0100, Hans Kratz wrote: > >No, it can build vmware-player .debs as well. I'll fix the wrong > > Ah, I see. I will take a look at vmware-package. Do you plan on > supporting VMware Server as well? As it is documented in the package docs, and a bug in the BTS, to

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Re: On maintainers not responding to bugs

2007-03-08 Thread Jon Dowland
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 06:50:15PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 12:37:39AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: snip > > I'm tired giving the link again and again, ON THE KDE USER LIST where > > it's the most probable place to find users caring about KDE rignt ? I snip > > it gave

Bug#413971: ITP: hiawatha -- lightweight and secure web server

2007-03-08 Thread Emmanuel Bouthenot
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Emmanuel Bouthenot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: hiawatha Version : 5.7 Upstream Author : Hugo Leisink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://hiawatha.leisink.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description

Re: VMware Player packages

2007-03-08 Thread Hans Kratz
Hi! No, it can build vmware-player .debs as well. I'll fix the wrong Ah, I see. I will take a look at vmware-package. Do you plan on supporting VMware Server as well? -- Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]