Packages that should use "interest-noawait" trigger directive

2011-09-22 Thread Raphael Hertzog
[ Bccing the maintainers of packages quoted in this mail ] Hi, On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > * There are some new trigger directives ("interest-noawait" and > "activate-noawait") that work like the existing directives except > that packages activating the triggers are not put

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 05:14:32PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > >> > I hope Debian would honour the Social Contract and put the needs of the > >> > users ahead of software freeness concerns in that case. > >> > >> Do we have a name for the DFSG equivalent of Godwin's Law?  Because

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
Hi Bruce, >> > I hope Debian would honour the Social Contract and put the needs of the >> > users ahead of software freeness concerns in that case. >> >> Do we have a name for the DFSG equivalent of Godwin's Law?  Because you >> just failed it. > > Well, that's disappointing... called a Nazi for d

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Bruce Sass
On September 22, 2011 12:23:00 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 11-09-22 at 08:19am, Bruce Sass wrote: > > On September 22, 2011 02:50:25 AM Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > * Bruce Sass [2011-09-21 23:18:54 CEST]: > > > > Debian already favours Main packages by default > > > > > > Not if the alterna

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:25:06PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > I know that the buildd system likes to pull in the first package in > > such an alternative dependency chain. And now I start to wonder: > > Is it allowed for a package in main to have a package _outside_ of main > > as first c

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Bruce Sass
On September 22, 2011 12:06:11 PM Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:19:32AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > So *every* time a package outside of main is an installation candidate > > > > > > the decision should be made, not once, very much indeed. > > > > As someone who doesn't c

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:12:37PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Hi! > > Policy is clear on packages in main aren't allowed to depend on > packages outside of main. Now in a fair amount of cases this has been > worked around by having the package outside of main as alternative > depende

Bug#642472: ITP: aces2 -- Advanced Concepts in Electronic Structure II

2011-09-22 Thread Michael Banck
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Banck * Package name: aces2 Version : 2.8.0 Upstream Author : Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida * URL : http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/ACES * License : GPL Programming Lang: Fortran Description : Advan

Bug#642452: SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root

2011-09-22 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 13:56:47 -0500, Jeffrey G Thomas wrote: > > > chgrp -R staff /home/wvincent/public_html/lps/sites > > > chgrp: changing group of > > > `/home/wvincent/public_html/lps/sites/default/files/feeds/studiolocations.csv': > > > Operation not permitted > > > > I'm afraid that so

Bug#642452: marked as done (SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root)

2011-09-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
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Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-09-22 at 05:03pm, Jérémy Lal wrote: > On 22/09/2011 16:54, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > > I think this would be better as libnode-which > It will probably be named "libnode-which" but i started a discussion > on pkg-javascript-devel about that naming scheme [1] Until that other discussion eve

Processed: Re: Bug#642452: SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root

2011-09-22 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 642452 general Bug #642452 [setuid] SetUID-enabled binary doesn't run as root Warning: Unknown package 'setuid' Bug reassigned from package 'setuid' to 'general'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistanc

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-09-22 at 08:19am, Bruce Sass wrote: > On September 22, 2011 02:50:25 AM Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > * Bruce Sass [2011-09-21 23:18:54 CEST]: > > > Debian already favours Main packages by default > > > > Not if the alternative dependency chain has a non-free package > > first. I know what yo

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:19:32AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > So *every* time a package outside of main is an installation candidate > > the decision should be made, not once, very much indeed. > As someone who doesn't care about licences Since this effectively translates to not caring about t

Re: Re: Proxy compliance and assistance.

2011-09-22 Thread Mike Mestnik
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 at 14:13:31 -0500, Mike Mestnik wrote: I'd like to start a movement to verify and assist projects/packages with the proper deployment of software that supports proxies. In GLib-based applications, connecting using GSocketClient while having glib-networking installed will aut

Re: RE : Re: Proxy compliance and assistance.

2011-09-22 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 18:31:46 +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > See libproxy package > Le 22 sept. 2011 12:10, "Simon McVittie" a écrit : > In GLib-based applications, connecting using GSocketClient while having > glib-networking installed will automatically use a configured proxy FYI, that cu

Re: Re: Bug#616317: base: commit= ext3 mount option in fstab has no effect.

2011-09-22 Thread Kalyuzhnyy, Ilya - Contractor
I`ll check it out, thanks.

RE : Re: Proxy compliance and assistance.

2011-09-22 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
See libproxy package It could be improved but it. Work Bastien Le 22 sept. 2011 12:10, "Simon McVittie" a écrit : On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 at 14:13:31 -0500, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I'd like to start a movement to verify ... In GLib-based applications, connecting using GSocketClient while having glib

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 16:50:43 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > By no means it is a replacement to existing 'which' tools, and no executable > would be provided, only a library file. Please use a short description that makes it look like a library rather than calling it "a utility", then (or a module o

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 22/09/2011 16:54, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Simon McVittie wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: >>> node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable >>> in the PATH environment variable. >> >> How does this differ from

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 22/09/2011 16:38, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: >> node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable >> in the PATH environment variable. > > How does this differ from: > > * the 'which' utility in debianutils (which is Essential:

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: >> node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable >> in the PATH environment variable. > > How does this differ from: > > * the 'which' utility in debianutils (which is

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 at 15:34:31 +0200, Jérémy Lal wrote: > node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable > in the PATH environment variable. How does this differ from: * the 'which' utility in debianutils (which is Essential: yes) * the 'which' builtin in shells that have copied

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 22/09/2011 16:04, Andrew O. Shadura wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:31 +0200 > Jérémy Lal wrote: > >> Description : which-like utility for Node > > Why not make a single package e.g. node-utils which would include many > such small libraries, just like tcllib does? I supp

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Bruce Sass
On September 22, 2011 02:50:25 AM Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > * Bruce Sass [2011-09-21 23:18:54 CEST]: > > On September 20, 2011 02:24:33 PM Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:12:37PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > > tl;dr - what do you think, is a "Depends: foo-contrib |

Re: Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Andrew O. Shadura
Hello, On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:34:31 +0200 Jérémy Lal wrote: > Description : which-like utility for Node Why not make a single package e.g. node-utils which would include many such small libraries, just like tcllib does? I suppose most of those script aren't or particularly big size so shi

Bug#642416: ITP: node-which -- Like which(1) unix command for Node

2011-09-22 Thread Jérémy Lal
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Jérémy Lal" * Package name: node-which Version : 1.0.2 Upstream Author : Isaac Z. Schlueter * URL : https://github.com/isaacs/node-which * License : Expat Programming Lang: JavaScript Description : which-like u

Re: TranscriberAG: successor of Transcriber as a Debian/Ubuntu package

2011-09-22 Thread Kai Wasserbäch
[Dropping most of the CCs.] Dear Mr. Busson, bastien.bus...@dga.defense.gouv.fr schrieb am 22.09.2011 11:16: > We would be very pleased to see a TranscriberAG package be part of the > repositories as many people, especially from the research community, hope > after the removal of the Transcriber

Re: Proxy compliance and assistance.

2011-09-22 Thread Simon McVittie
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 at 14:13:31 -0500, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I'd like to start a movement to verify and assist projects/packages > with the proper deployment of software that supports proxies. In GLib-based applications, connecting using GSocketClient while having glib-networking installed will au

TranscriberAG: successor of Transcriber as a Debian/Ubuntu package

2011-09-22 Thread bastien . busson
Dear ftpmasters, package developers and maintainers, The Transcriber package (http://packages.qa.debian.org/t/transcriber.html) was removed last year. The reasons were: Please remove transcriber: - orphaned for more than 3.5 years, last maintainer upload in 2005 - dead upstream (last release from

Re: alternative dependency ordering - with respect of packages in main

2011-09-22 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Bruce Sass [2011-09-21 23:18:54 CEST]: > On September 20, 2011 02:24:33 PM Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 01:12:37PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > > tl;dr - what do you think, is a "Depends: foo-contrib | foo" acceptable > > > for packages in main or should it be "Depe