Re: Splitting the devscripts package

2013-03-31 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:49:18PM +0100, Benjamin Drung wrote: > devscripts ships a bunch of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package > maintainer easier. Not every script in there is Debian packaging > specific. Some of them are used on other non-Debian-based distributions. > I was contacted

Re: Splitting the devscripts package

2013-03-31 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:49:18PM +0100, Benjamin Drung wrote: > I like to keep only Debian packaging specific scripts in devscripts (see > the list below). Where should we put the non Debian packaging specific > scripts? Should we create a neutral project or are there other projects > in which th

Re: devotee (debian vote engine): predictable RNG allows recovery of secret monikers

2013-03-31 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Kurt Roeckx writes: >> - md5_hex("$name $alias obfuscate\n"), "\n"; >> + hmac_sha256_hex($name, "obfuscate"), "\n"; >> >> part probably needs some further work. Should it be >> >> + hmac_sha256_hex($name, $alias + "obfuscate"), "\n"; > > This is for the dummy sheet. I

Re: devotee (debian vote engine): predictable RNG allows recovery of secret monikers

2013-03-31 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 01:03:52PM +0300, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: > Kurt Roeckx writes: > >> - md5_hex("$name $alias obfuscate\n"), "\n"; > >> + hmac_sha256_hex($name, "obfuscate"), "\n"; > >> > >> part probably needs some further work. Should it be > >> > >> + hma

Re: Splitting the devscripts package

2013-03-31 Thread Wookey
+++ Benjamin Drung [2013-03-30 22:49 +0100]: > Hi, > > devscripts ships a bunch of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package > maintainer easier. Not every script in there is Debian packaging > specific. Some of them are used on other non-Debian-based distributions. Whilst considering what scr

Re: Splitting the devscripts package

2013-03-31 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Wookey wrote: > +++ Benjamin Drung [2013-03-30 22:49 +0100]: >> Hi, >> >> devscripts ships a bunch of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package >> maintainer easier. Not every script in there is Debian packaging >> specific. Some of them are used on other non-De

R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
A new major release R 3.0.0 will come out on Wednesday April 3rd, as usual according the the release plan and announcements [1]. It contains major internal changes [2] and requires rebuilds of all R packages. As I usually do, I started packaging pre-releases and rc candidates [3] based on March

Re: Splitting the devscripts package

2013-03-31 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Wookey wrote: > > +++ Benjamin Drung [2013-03-30 22:49 +0100]: > > Hi, > > > > devscripts ships a bunch of scripts to make the life of a Debian Package > > maintainer easier. Not every script in there is Debian packaging > > specific. Some of them are used on othe

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > A new major release R 3.0.0 will come out on Wednesday April 3rd, as usual > according the the release plan and announcements [1]. > > It contains major internal changes [2] and requires rebuilds of all R > packages. As I usually do, I started packaging pre-releases a

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Adam D. Barratt
CC list trimmed and -release added On 31.03.2013 17:45, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: A new major release R 3.0.0 will come out on Wednesday April 3rd, as usual according the the release plan and announcements [1]. It contains major internal changes [2] and requires rebuilds of all R packages. [..

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2013 at 19:12, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | However the binaries seem to claim they would also work with the newer R | versions? I looked at r-cran-rsymphony and it has | Depends: [...], r-base-core (>= 2.14.1) You looked at the code from before the update of that package: Package:

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2013 at 18:18, Adam D. Barratt wrote: | Aside from the lack of pre-discussion, co-ordination etc., the last few | weeks of a freeze _really_ isn't the right time to be starting a large | (or indeed small) transition in unstable. We now have at least 87 (based | on this morning's bri

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > On 31 March 2013 at 19:12, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > | However the binaries seem to claim they would also work with the newer R > | versions? I looked at r-cran-rsymphony and it has > | Depends: [...], r-base-core (>= 2.14.1) > > You looked at the code from before the

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > On 31 March 2013 at 18:18, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > | Aside from the lack of pre-discussion, co-ordination etc., the last few > | weeks of a freeze _really_ isn't the right time to be starting a large > | (or indeed small) tr

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2013 at 19:41, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: | > On 31 March 2013 at 19:12, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | > | However the binaries seem to claim they would also work with the newer R | > | versions? I looked at r-cran-rsymphony and it has | > | Depends: [...], r-ba

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > On 31 March 2013 at 19:41, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > | > On 31 March 2013 at 19:12, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > | > | However the binaries seem to claim they would also work with the newer R > | > | versions? I looked at r-cran-rsymphony and

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2013 at 20:25, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: | > On 31 March 2013 at 19:41, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | > | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: | > | > On 31 March 2013 at 19:12, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | > | > | However the binaries seem to claim they would also work with

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sun, 2013-03-31 at 20:25:45 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > I assume this means that a non-working set of packages could also > migrate to testing (if there was no freeze). The freeze only prevents breakage for wheezy, but after wheezy one can still get a "broken system" due to a partial upgra

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Philipp Kern
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > In the grand scheme of things, R is a rather peripheral package. Not sure where you get that idea, but given that you insist on that: | pkern@franck ~ % dak rm -nR -s testing r-base | Working... done. […] | Checking reverse depe

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Uoti Urpala
Philipp Kern wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As > > have a few previous R releases, and none of those created any trouble. > > Thanks for trading the R release cycle with Debian

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Uoti Urpala, le Mon 01 Apr 2013 00:48:08 +0300, a écrit : > Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As > > > have a few previous R releases, and none of those created any

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Arno Töll
On 31.03.2013 23:48, Uoti Urpala wrote: > Philipp Kern wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >>> I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As >>> have a few previous R releases, and none of those created any trouble. >> >> Thanks

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 31 mars 2013 à 13:35 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel a écrit : > That is why we have a meta-variable > > ${R:Depends} > > in Depends: which gets filled by the R version that compiling the package, > currently 3.0.0~20130330-1. And which prevents the migration. > > The same scheme worked

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > | I assume this means that a non-working set of packages could also > | migrate to testing (if there was no freeze). This should probably get > | fixed, maybe with something similar to the perlapi-5.14.2 virtual > | package provided by perl(-base)? > > That is why we h

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:48:08 +0300 Uoti Urpala wrote: > Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As > > > have a few previous R releases, and none of those created any t

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 01 avril 2013 à 00:48 +0300, Uoti Urpala a écrit : > IMO it's important to remember that it's fundamentally the release team > that is at fault for problems here, not the R maintainer. There are certainly problems with the duration of the wheezy freeze, but pointing fingers at the relea

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 12:48:08AM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote: > Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As > > > have a few previous R releases, and none of those created

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 12:15:17AM +0200, Arno Töll a écrit : > > There are release-critical problems which need to be fixed first. Hint: You > could help there as well which is a much better idea rather than ranting and > trolling around. Hi Arno, Note that according to the dynamic list of bloc

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 12:48:08AM +0300, Uoti Urpala wrote: > Philipp Kern wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > I cannot influence the R release cycle which happens within our freeze. As > > > have a few previous R releases, and none of those created

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 31 March 2013 at 22:14, Philipp Kern wrote: | On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 12:33:46PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > In the grand scheme of things, R is a rather peripheral package. | | Not sure where you get that idea, but given that you insist on that: | | | pkern@franck ~ % dak rm -nR -s t

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 1 April 2013 at 00:16, Josselin Mouette wrote: | Le dimanche 31 mars 2013 à 13:35 -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel a écrit : | > That is why we have a meta-variable | > | > ${R:Depends} | > | > in Depends: which gets filled by the R version that compiling the package, | > currently 3.0.0~20130330-

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 1 April 2013 at 00:17, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: | > | I assume this means that a non-working set of packages could also | > | migrate to testing (if there was no freeze). This should probably get | > | fixed, maybe with something similar to the perlapi-5.14.2 virtua

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Sunday, March 31, 2013 05:49:31 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > On 1 April 2013 at 00:17, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > | Dirk Eddelbuettel writes: > | > | I assume this means that a non-working set of packages could also > | > | migrate to testing (if there was no freeze). This should probably get

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread gregor herrmann
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:24:29 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > > There are release-critical problems which need to be fixed first. Hint: You > > could help there as well which is a much better idea rather than ranting and > > trolling around. > Note that according to the dynamic list of blockers for

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 01:18:49AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > > > There are release-critical problems which need to be fixed first. Hint: > > > You > > > could help there as well which is a much better idea rather than ranting > > > and > > > trolling around. > > Note that according to the d

dak-roulette activated

2013-03-31 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
The residents of #debian-uk are pleased to announce that, in conjunction with our friendly FTP masters, dak-roulette has just been activated in cron on ftp-master.debian.org targetting unstable and no particular maintainer. I enclose the documentation for your reference. _

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Uoti Urpala
Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:48:08 +0300 > Uoti Urpala wrote: > > Philipp Kern wrote: > > > Thanks for trading the R release cycle with Debian's and for delaying the > > IMO it's important to remember that it's fundamentally the release team > > that is at fault for problems here

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Uoti Urpala, le Mon 01 Apr 2013 03:07:25 +0300, a écrit : > Having latest upstream versions easily available to users is important > for the development of many projects, That's what experimental is for. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: dak-roulette activated

2013-03-31 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, April 01, 2013 01:07:32 AM Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > The residents of #debian-uk are pleased to announce that, in conjunction > with our friendly FTP masters, dak-roulette has just been activated in cron > on ftp-master.debian.org targetting unstable and no particular maintainer. > >

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, April 01, 2013 03:07:25 AM Uoti Urpala wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:48:08 +0300 > > > > Uoti Urpala wrote: > > > Philipp Kern wrote: > > > > Thanks for trading the R release cycle with Debian's and for delaying > > > > the > > > > > > IMO it's important to

Re: dak-roulette activated

2013-03-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Scott Kitterman, le Sun 31 Mar 2013 20:37:38 -0400, a écrit : > > dak-roulette(1) > > Excellent. What's the interval on the cron runs? If we get lucky, this > could > get us to a release really soon. Which could even fit on just one CD! Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ

Re: dak-roulette activated

2013-03-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Samuel Thibault dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 02:40:56AM +0200]: > Scott Kitterman, le Sun 31 Mar 2013 20:37:38 -0400, a écrit : > > > dak-roulette(1) > > > > Excellent. What's the interval on the cron runs? If we get lucky, this > > could > > get us to a release really soon. > > Which could eve

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Uoti Urpala
Scott Kitterman wrote: > If I'm reading you correctly, you seem to believe that creating the release > is > somehow the release team's job. It's not. The job belongs to all of us. No, that's not what I'm saying. But I think the release team is primarily responsible for the policies that harm t

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Uoti Urpala dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:12:46AM +0300]: > No, that's not what I'm saying. But I think the release team is > primarily responsible for the policies that harm the work other > maintainers do on unstable. > > A release must not be the only goal for package maintainers, and IMO it >

Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Faidon Liambotis
On 04/01/13 05:48, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Uoti Urpala dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 05:12:46AM +0300]: No, that's not what I'm saying. But I think the release team is primarily responsible for the policies that harm the work other maintainers do on unstable. A release must not be the only goal for pac

Re: Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R

2013-03-31 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Philipp Kern wrote: > Thanks for trading the R release cycle with Debian's and for > delaying the release. The harm has already been done, so somebody > should probably go and create a transition tracker for it? Rather than accept the harm, surely the release team could simply roll back the uploa