Re: To whoever will take over mysql (... and to everybody else thinking about playing games with version numbers)

2007-05-03 Thread sean finney
hi, On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 07:52 +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > An unfortunate string of events lead me to upgrade a server from sarge to > etch, using the mysql-server-4.1 package and stupidly assuming that a > package with the package name "mysql-server-4.1" would contain a MySQL > server v

Re: packages newer in Ubuntu than in Debian (reduced false positives)

2007-05-03 Thread Bart Martens
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 23:16 -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Bart Martens] > > I've thought about adding an column for the versions in experimental, > > but that is not a high priority to me because this does not change > > that Debian Unstable is outdated for the listed packages. > > Uh ... I

Work-needing packages report for May 4, 2007

2007-05-03 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: 386 (new: 3) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 88 (new: 4) Total number of packages requeste

To whoever will take over mysql (... and to everybody else thinking about playing games with version numbers)

2007-05-03 Thread Adrian von Bidder
Please DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN: +++ $ apt-cache policy mysql-server-4.1 mysql-server-4.1: Installed: (none) Candidate: 5.0.32-7etch1 Version table: 5.0.38-3 0 600 http://syydelaervli unstable/main Packages 5.0.38-1 0 700 http://syydelaervli lenny/main Packages 5.0

Re: packages newer in Ubuntu than in Debian (reduced false positives)

2007-05-03 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Bart Martens] > I've thought about adding an column for the versions in experimental, > but that is not a high priority to me because this does not change > that Debian Unstable is outdated for the listed packages. Uh ... I thought the point of your project was to help package maintainers.

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-03 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 20:28 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Version : 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Upstream Author : MPAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: LSB init scripts

2007-05-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On to, 2007-05-03 at 13:39 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> My ideal output format would just list "subsystem OK" > While we're daydreaming, I'd like an empty screen with a timer counting > down how long (in seconds) I have until I can actually use the ma

[VAC] Moving. Today until this weekend

2007-05-03 Thread Santiago Ruano Rincón
Hi, Tonight, I'm travelling to Bogotá, I'll be unavailable for the rest of the week, trying to put some order to all my stuff in my new place. Most of my packages are co-maintained, so, talk to the team before any NMU. Best regards, Santiago signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: LSB init scripts

2007-05-03 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On to, 2007-05-03 at 13:39 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > My ideal output format would just list "subsystem OK" While we're daydreaming, I'd like an empty screen with a timer counting down how long (in seconds) I have until I can actually use the machine. Unless there's a problem, of course, in whic

Re: LSB init scripts

2007-05-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:08:20PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> This is also a "sales" issue. I have seen to many faces darken when >> people see a Debian system boot for the first time. People get reminded >> of the old DOS days and decide that this L

Re: LSB init scripts (was: should an init-script print output, if verbose is set to no in /etc/default/rcS or by /lib/init/vars.sh?)

2007-05-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:08:20PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > This is also a "sales" issue. I have seen to many faces darken when > people see a Debian system boot for the first time. People get > reminded of the old DOS days and decide that this Linux thing is too > ugly to use. So knowledge is u

help/co-maintainer needed for freebasic into debian

2007-05-03 Thread Gürkan Sengün
hello i'm looking for someone like a hero to finish up this package here http://gnu.ethz.ch/debian/libfreebasic/ so it can be sponsored and uploaded into debian. once done so, we can do freebasic and after that many free software basic source software which can then later be built with freebasic

LSB init scripts (was: should an init-script print output, if verbose is set to no in /etc/default/rcS or by /lib/init/vars.sh?)

2007-05-03 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:35:57 -0700, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Further, why should individual init scripts that are already going to >>> all the effort of using the LSB interfaces be expected to ha

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 3 May 2007, Andrea Bolognani wrote: This is the best ITP I've seen in ages. In fact it is. I immediately turned my head to verify that April fools day is over and once I was sure I LOLed. Good luck Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-03 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Thu, 3 May 2007 20:28:49 +0200 Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Version : 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Upstream Author : MPA

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-03 Thread Norbert Preining
On Don, 03 Mai 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote: > * Package name: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Version : 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 > Upstream Author : MPAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.mpaa.org/ > * License : Non-free > Programming Lang: H

Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-03 Thread Josselin Mouette
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 Version : 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 Upstream Author : MPAA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.mpaa.org/ * License : Non-free

Bug#422119: ITP: ripole -- Extract attachments from OLE2 data files (ie, MS Office docs)

2007-05-03 Thread Le_Vert
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: ripole Version : 0.2.0 Upstream Author : Paul L Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.pldaniels.com/ripole/ * License : 4-clause BSD Programming Lang:

Bug#422106: ITP: pp3 -- Celestial charts generation

2007-05-03 Thread Hilmar Preusse
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Hilmar Preusse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pp3 Version : 1.3.3 Upstream Author : Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://pp3.sourceforge.net * License : MIT/X Programming Lang: (C++, Web) Description

Bug#422086: ITP: naturaldocs -- an extensible, multi-language documentation generator

2007-05-03 Thread Federico Di Gregorio
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Federico Di Gregorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: naturaldocs Version : 1.4 development release Upstream Author : Greg Volture * URL : http://www.naturaldocs.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Perl Descripti