ITP: gir-repository -- Introspection data for several Gnome libraries

2008-10-08 Thread Sebastian Dröge
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: gir-repository Version : SVN Upstream Author : Matthias Clasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Johan Dahlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jürg Billeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While we are at it, would be nice to have a section for DMCA-impaired software > such as libdvdcss. BTW, it's DMCA exemption time: http://www.contentagenda.com/blog/150150/post/640034464.html http://www.copyright.gov

Re: Britney error with the gossip package?

2008-10-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:42:07 +0100 > "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > britney only considers installability, not buildability. > Maybe it should - after all, in the phase prior to a release, the I'm not sure whether b

Re: Bug#500176: This bug is still around and release-critical

2008-10-08 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 05:13:32PM +, Robert Edmonds wrote: > On 2008-10-05, Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FWIW this problem is found in many other cases: see lighttpd with > > apache2 installed, or caudium or any other http daemon, and none of them > > has a bug about it, it's

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, I was thinking whether not to mail this at all, or to -curiosa or to Gunnar, but then, I think it's useful to spread the message how silly patents are... On Tuesday 07 October 2008 21:13, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > For positive proof, I'd buy it - but we must remember logical > fallacies can be de

Re: Xen status in lenny / linux-image-2.6.26-1-xen in sid with dom0 support included

2008-10-08 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 07:07:54PM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Hi, > > Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > >> Next try: http://194.39.182.225/debian/xen/try4. > > Hmm.. these packages are not available anymore? > > URL changed? > Your local Debian sid mirror, e.g. package > xen-linux-system-2.6.26-1-xe

Re: List of RC-buggy source packages by maintainer/uploader

2008-10-08 Thread Hideki Yamane
Wow, I'm on the top of list! ;) On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:28:51 +0200 Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hideki Yamane (Debian-JP) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >naist-jdic Bug#500704 and #500748, Those bugs are fixed in unstable version, but I've waited for bug reporter's comments (he uses o

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Oct 07, 2008, Russ Allbery wrote: > I would be very uncomfortable trying to fill out something that specific. > It looks remarkably like legal advice that I'm not qualified to give or > judge. I agree it looks like legal advice, and neither would I be capable of handing out legal advice.

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 08 2008, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Do you see a particular problem with requiring that? >> >> Yes. I think main should remain self contained. This is the >> same reason we have a contrib section -- packages in contrib can not

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 02:30:50PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > So I think we need to modify the proposal, not the policy. We need to stop pretending that patent enforcement is one of our responsibilities or that we expose ourself to any kind of liability by distributing code that may

Re: List of RC-buggy source packages by maintainer/uploader

2008-10-08 Thread Michael Biebl
Hideki Yamane wrote: > Wow, I'm on the top of list! ;) > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:28:51 +0200 > Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hideki Yamane (Debian-JP) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>naist-jdic > > Bug#500704 and #500748, Those bugs are fixed in unstable version, but I've > waited fo

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 08 2008, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 02:30:50PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> So I think we need to modify the proposal, not the policy. > > We need to stop pretending that patent enforcement is one of our > responsibilities or that we expose ourself to any

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Clint Adams
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:37:26PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > So don't. Don't put any of the patent encumbered sources in main > either -- there is nothing that says patent infringement does not > happen as source code. > > That would meet the current policy as well. > >

Re: mpeg encoder patents

2008-10-08 Thread Ben Finney
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We need to stop pretending that patent enforcement is one of our > responsibilities I've not seen anyone argue that it is, nor request that we do such enforcement. > or that we expose ourself to any kind of liability by distributing > code that may or ma

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 08 2008, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 04:37:26PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> So don't. Don't put any of the patent encumbered sources in main >> either -- there is nothing that says patent infringement does not >> happen as source code. >> >> Th

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We need to stop pretending that patent enforcement is one of our > responsibilities or that we expose ourself to any kind of liability > by distributing code that may or may not be patent-encumbered. This is exactly my concern as well. I have absolutely

OT (Re: Test Debian : Release Goals, Point release, Foo-n-Half...

2008-10-08 Thread Hideki Yamane
On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:02:17 +0200 Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The page could have an "Expert" subpage (or let's name it kamikaze, so > people don't get impressed by the name ;) Do people really understand kamikaze? :-) # I don't know how many people know this Japanese word...

Re: OT (Re: Test Debian : Release Goals, Point release, Foo-n-Half...

2008-10-08 Thread Franklin PIAT
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 09:26 +0900, Hideki Yamane wrote: > On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:02:17 +0200 > Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The page could have an "Expert" subpage (or let's name it kamikaze, so > > people don't get impressed by the name ;) > > Do people really understand kamikaze

Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight

2008-10-08 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Depending on the requirements of ftp-master, which *seem* to think that >> non-free were inappropriate for this kind of packages, my proposal tries >> to address that by introducing a new archive section. >> >> I am aware that this is against our cur

Processed: Re: Bug#501590: PrintScreen key causes many apps to suddenly die if you are running in Linux text mode

2008-10-08 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 501590 general Bug#501590: PrintScreen key causes many apps to suddenly die if you are running in Linux text mode Bug reassigned from package `console-data' to `general'. > severity 501590 wishlist Bug#501590: PrintScreen key causes many apps