Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices [was: Re: GPG keysigning?]

2009-06-24 Thread Simon Richter
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:52:20PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Additional metadata, e.g. number and expiration date would > be helpful. Actually that'd be illegal in Germany -- ID numbers of identification documents may not be stored in databases, with exactly two exceptions: - the issuing

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:02:26AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Anibal Monsalve Salazar > * Package name: libposix Why? This is a subset of the interfaces provided by glibc, which must be present on all systems. So it would be stupid f

Bug#534429: ITP: haskell-utf8-string -- Haskell Library for operating on UTF8 strings

2009-06-24 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Erik de Castro Lopo * Package name: haskell-utf8-string Version : 0.3.5 Upstream Author : Galois Inc. * URL : http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string * License : BSD Programming Lang: H

Bug#534431: ITP: haskell-json -- Haskell library for serialising data to and from JSON

2009-06-24 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Erik de Castro Lopo * Package name: haskell-json Version : 0.4.3 Upstream Author : Sigbjorn Finne * URL : http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/json * License : BSD Programming Lang: Haskell De

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:03:41AM +0100, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:02:26AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: > > * Package name: libposix > > Why? > > This is a subset of the interfaces provided by glibc, which must be present > on all systems. So it would be s

Re: Bug#533369: ITP: tinycalc -- Command line calculator for developers

2009-06-24 Thread Christian Hammers
Hi Am Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:22:44 +0200 schrieb Rocco Folino : > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Rocco Folino > > > * Package name: tinycalc > Version : 0.1 > Upstream Author : Rocco Folino > * URL : http://tinycalc.sourceforge.net > * License : G

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Bryan Donlan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:03:41AM +0100, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:02:26AM +1000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote: >> > * Package name    : libposix >> >> Why? >> >> This is a subset of the interfaces provided by glib

Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices

2009-06-24 Thread Sami Liedes
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 07:55:57PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: > > For example, I think US drivers' licenses are only verifiable by > > someone who's lived in that state or otherwise seen drivers' > > licenses from that state. > > Nah; there's a guide pub

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:17:14AM -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > Is libposix complete enough to link against for real programs yet? If > not, why should it be included at this time? I agree that if the only thing that works at this moment is the simplest "Hello world" program, that it should not b

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Bryan Donlan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:17:14AM -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > >> Is libposix complete enough to link against for real programs yet? If >> not, why should it be included at this time? > > I agree that if the only thing that works at this momen

Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices

2009-06-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Russ Allbery dijo [Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 06:23:31PM -0700]: > > I will always challenge the "government-issued ID" due to the vastly > > differing standards across the globe, but "travel document" is > > actually a term that someone uttered earlier, which raises the bar a > > lot higher. > > For ex

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Poole
Guus Sliepen writes: >> Moreover, can libposix and libc coexist in the same address space? > > What address space are you talking about? There is also dietlibc and uClibc, > who can coexist with glibc. But applications can only link against one of them > at the time of course. I suspect the conce

Re: Bug#534429: ITP: haskell-utf8-string -- Haskell Library for operating on UTF8 strings

2009-06-24 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Erik de Castro Lopo writes: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Erik de Castro Lopo > > > * Package name: haskell-utf8-string > Version : 0.3.5 > Upstream Author : Galois Inc. > * URL : > http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-stri

Re: cc vs gcc

2009-06-24 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"brian m. carlson" writes: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:29:37PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> There is a bit of discussion in bug #487546 about whether using cc or gcc as >> the compiler is appropriate. >> >> Particular questions: >> >> * Are Debian packages supposed to be built by default

Re: cc vs gcc

2009-06-24 Thread Peter Clapham
Hello Goswin, Would you mind putting this into a ticket for us please. Many thanks Pete "brian m. carlson" writes: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:29:37PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote: There is a bit of discussion in bug #487546 about whether using cc or gcc as the compiler is appropri

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Guus Sliepen (24/06/2009): > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:17:14AM -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > > > Is libposix complete enough to link against for real programs yet? If > > not, why should it be included at this time? > > I agree that if the only thing that works at this moment is the simplest >

Bug#534472: ITP: ttf-monapo - Japanese TrueType font, monapo

2009-06-24 Thread Hideki Yamane
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: ttf-monapo Version: 20090423 Upstream Author: UTUMI Hirosi Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. Anonymous URL: http://www.geocities.jp/

Re: cc vs gcc

2009-06-24 Thread Alberto Garcia
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 04:45:26PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > All uploaded packages should always be build with the same compiler, > the debian default gcc, unless a specific compiler is specified in > rules. > > So I would say using cc is wrong. Moreover, in the case of C++ (also ment

/emul/ia32-linux to lib32 transition

2009-06-24 Thread Artur R. Czechowski
Hello, I made a quick glance at /emul/ia32-linux to lib32 transition in BTS. There was some bugreports submitted. All I spotted can be seen using following link: http://42.pl/u/1GEo Shouldn't all of them be set to RC severity as they are uninstallable at the moment? Additionaly, I've found that ia

Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices

2009-06-24 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Wednesday 24 June 2009 16:58:52 Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Driving licenses are expressly not accepted as official ID documents > in Mexico, even if they are government-issued. That just begs the question: official to whom, and why? Ultimately, the office clerk, the bar tender, or the key signer wi

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:28:24PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > This is a subset of the interfaces provided by glibc, which must be present > > on all systems. So it would be stupid for any package in Debian to link > > against libposix instead of just using libc. Why do we want a library in >

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Once libposix reaches maturity, I will certainly consider linking > > applications I wrote myself against libposix. Applications linked against > > it will probably use less memory > > Why would they use less memory? Since they

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Bryan Donlan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > >> > Once libposix reaches maturity, I will certainly consider linking >> > applications I wrote myself against libposix. Applications linked against >> > it will probably use le

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:24:40AM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > Once libposix reaches maturity, I will certainly consider linking > > > applications I wrote myself against libposix. Applications linked against > > > it will pr

Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hello everybody, I think everyone readying this list is more than aware of the intention to switch to dash as the default /bin/sh. A lot of work has been done on many sides to make this switch doable and as smooth as possible and plenty of people has been contributing by testing, filing bugs, p

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 06:33:44PM -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > >> Why would they use less memory? > > > > Since they don't link against a large library. Granted, that is only a > > benefit > > if all running programs link against libposix instead of glibc. > > What makes you think libposix will

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:41:43AM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:24:40AM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:47:16PM -0400, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > > > Once libposix reaches maturity, I will certainly consider linking > > > > applications I

Re: Bug#534429: ITP: haskell-utf8-string -- Haskell Library for operating on UTF8 strings

2009-06-24 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Tom Rauchenwald wrote: > this is the same as libghc6-utf8-string-dev isn't it? Yes it is. I realised my mistake and closed the ITP bug. Sorry everyone. Cheers, Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- To

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:54:35AM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 06:33:44PM -0400, Bryan Donlan wrote: > > > >> Why would they use less memory? > > > > > > Since they don't link against a large library. Granted, that is only a > > > benefit > > > if all running programs lin

Re: Bug#534398: ITP: libposix -- unifed implementation of core functionality of all Unix systems

2009-06-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Pierre Habouzit, le Thu 25 Jun 2009 00:41:43 +0200, a écrit : > > > Why would they use less memory? > > > > Since they don't link against a large library. > > Which is a ridiculous argument given what the S in .so means. And linking against a 100MB library will generally _not_ eat 100MB memory d

Bug#534507: ITP: kalternatives -- graphical alternatives system configuration tool

2009-06-24 Thread Pino Toscano
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Pino Toscano * Package name: kalternatives Version : 0.12 Upstream Author : Pino Toscano * URL : http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kalternatives?content=16016 * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Michael Biebl
Raphael Geissert wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I think everyone readying this list is more than aware of the intention to > switch to dash as the default /bin/sh. > > Summarising: > Unless a major blocker shows up, the switch is going to be done on the > following weeks. \o/, finally. Thanks

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Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:51:58PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Side effects: > * Errors caused by the use of bashisms. And the really important side-effect is that user scripts on all sorts of installed systems could experience trouble. > * Faster boot, builds, and general usage of /bin/sh s

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hi, I just noticed I forgot to say something: > What won't change: > * Bash will still be used as the default interactive shells for users * the sh symlink won't be modified on existing installations Cheers, Raphael Geissert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Raphael Geissert
John Goerzen wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 05:51:58PM -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Side effects: >> * Errors caused by the use of bashisms. > > And the really important side-effect is that user scripts on all sorts > of installed systems could experience trouble. You are right, you made

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: > I just noticed I forgot to say something: > > What won't change: > > * Bash will still be used as the default interactive shells for users > > * the sh symlink won't be modified on existing installations So that it will be even more s

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: >> I just noticed I forgot to say something: >> > What won't change: >> > * Bash will still be used as the default interactive shells for users >> >> * the sh symlink won't be modified on existing installations

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:47:07AM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: > > I just noticed I forgot to say something: > > > What won't change: > > > * Bash will still be used as the default interactive shells for users > > > > * the sh symlin

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 06:47 +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: > > I just noticed I forgot to say something: (BTW, scripts not only loads faster under dash, they also run faster in Dash.) > > > What won't change: > > > * Bash will still b

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Luk Claes
Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:47:07AM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: >> Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: >>> I just noticed I forgot to say something: What won't change: * Bash will still be used as the default interactive shells for users >>>

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Artur R. Czechowski
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 07:31:15AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 06:47:07AM +0200, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > Am Donnerstag 25 Juni 2009 05:21:45 schrieb Raphael Geissert: > > > I just noticed I forgot to say something: > > > > What won't change: > > > > * Bash will still be u

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Mike Hommey writes: > I'd say if /bin/sh points to the current default (/bin/bash), then it > should be modified. OTOH, if it was modified locally by the admin to > point somewhere else, leave it alone. That would potentially break locally written or installed scripts. Not touching the /bin/sh

Re: Switching the default /bin/sh to dash

2009-06-24 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Raphael Geissert (atom...@gmail.com): > Switch the default /bin/sh to dash in the following weeks /me applauses (I'm using dash as /bin/sh for about NN years now: IIRC I switched after Marga's work in the GSOC about the boot process speed up) signature.asc Description: Digit