Bug#947456: ITP: golang-github-robdimsdale-sanitizer -- Keeps your (logging) sinks clean

2019-12-26 Thread Bradford Boyle
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Bradford Boyle X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian...@lists.debian.org * Package name: golang-github-robdimsdale-sanitizer Version : 0.0~git20160522.ab2334c-1 Upstream Author : Rob Dimsdale-Zucker * URL : https://

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 6:01 AM Norbert Preining wrote: > Upstream states clearly what he is collecting, and the rest is obvious > because displayed on start. No magic necessary. > Also no hidden stuff, all is clearly stated and open. That sounds reasonable then. > What do you mean with "informe

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Paul, On Fri, 27 Dec 2019, Paul Wise wrote: > I am wondering how you discovered these, was it just reading the > upstream code/website or are you monitoring traffic on your machine? Upstream states clearly what he is collecting, and the rest is obvious because displayed on start. No magic nece

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 5:52 AM Norbert Preining wrote: > Calibre is normally doing the following checks: I am wondering how you discovered these, was it just reading the upstream code/website or are you monitoring traffic on your machine? Personally, I think we need much more systematic auditin

Idea: frontend tool for more efficient license reviewing based on tree-structured IR

2019-12-26 Thread Mo Zhou
Hi fellow devs, I created an amount of NEW packages as a DD, and reviewed an amount of NEW packages in the NEW queue as FTP trainee. Both of the two kinds of work involves an important part -- sometimes annoying -- license checking. People keeps complaining about it, and recently there were some r

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Jonas, thanks for your -- interesting and funny - email ;-) I am not so much for political discussions, but just for clarification: > It is bad that a system installed purely from Debian - with all security > updates carefully applied and all security announcements carefully > followed - can

Work-needing packages report for Dec 27, 2019

2019-12-26 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: 1238 (new: 3) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 238 (new: 0) Total number of packages reques

Bug#947447: ITP: python3-socketio -- python3 implementation of the Socket.IO realtime client and server

2019-12-26 Thread Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls)" * Package name: python3-socketio Version : 4.4.0 Upstream Author : Miguel Grinberg * URL : https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio * License : MIT/X Programming Lang: P

Bug#947445: ITP: libsharp -- libsharp is a fast spherical harmonic transform library.

2019-12-26 Thread Leo Singer
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Leo Singer * Package name: libsharp Version : 1.0.0 Upstream Author : Martin Reinecke * URL : https://healpix.sourceforge.io * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : fast spherical harmonic transform l

Help needed: conflicting interests between Salsa admins and Salsa users (Re: Git Packaging Round 2: When to Salsa)

2019-12-26 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Hello! I've seen many times before statements like these so I'd like to raise some discussion around the topic: pe 13. syysk. 2019 klo 16.36 Bastian Blank (wa...@debian.org) kirjoitti: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 05:35:10PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > The Salsa CA pipeline is recommended. > > For

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Andrey Rahmatullin writes: > Maybe it's time to document it in the Policy. I think it would be a good idea, but it's some work because of the edge cases. Some of the things found by the Lintian check are tedious to fix (unless maybe we can write a tool?) and make it more annoying to package som

Bug#947415: ITP: libtest-nicedump-perl -- module for nice and human readable dumps of objects in tests

2019-12-26 Thread gregor herrmann
Package: wnpp Owner: gregor herrmann Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-p...@lists.debian.org * Package name: libtest-nicedump-perl Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Gianni Ceccarelli * URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Test-NiceDu

Bug#947414: ITP: ruby-marginalia -- Attach comments to your ActiveRecord queries

2019-12-26 Thread Sruthi Chandran
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Sruthi Chandran X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: ruby-marginalia Version : 1.8.0 Upstream Author : 37signals, LLC * URL : https://github.com/basecamp/marginalia * License : Expat Description

Bug#947412: ITP: mopidy-local -- Mopidy extension for playing music from your local music archive

2019-12-26 Thread Stein Magnus Jodal
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Stein Magnus Jodal * Package name: mopidy-local Version : 3.0.0 Upstream Author : Stein Magnus Jodal * URL : https://mopidy.com/ * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: Python Description : Mopidy extension for

Bug#947411: ITP: mopidy-mpd -- Mopidy extension for controlling Mopidy from MPD clients

2019-12-26 Thread Stein Magnus Jodal
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Stein Magnus Jodal * Package name: mopidy-mpd Version : 3.0.0 Upstream Author : Stein Magnus Jodal * URL : https://mopidy.com/ * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: Python Description : Mopidy extension for co

Re: General Resolution: Init systems and systemd: Last call for votes

2019-12-26 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 26 December 2019 at 14:15, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx wrote: | - - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | 7b77e0f2-4ff9-4adb-85e4-af249191f27a | [ 3 ] Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd | [ 2 ] Choice 2:

Re: General Resolution: Init systems and systemd: Last call for votes

2019-12-26 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
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Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 12:41:34PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > All of those activities are problematic, because they leak privacy. > > First point is useless for packaged software and the code should be > patched to skip it. > > Second point is ideally useless as well, because plugins shoul

Bug#947407: ITP: vulkan-caps-viewer -- Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer

2019-12-26 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: vulkan-caps-viewer Version: 2.02 Upstream Author: Sascha Willems URL: https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanCapsViewer License: LGPL-3 Description: Vulkan Hardware Capabil

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 05:48:17PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 08:48:44PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > > Yeah, agreed with you feeling, but I searched today the policy and > > social contract etc etc, and I didn't find any regulation concerning it. > There are lin

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Norbert Preining (2019-12-26 13:36:28) > On Thu, 26 Dec 2019, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Second point is ideally useless as well, because plugins should be > > packaged as well. > > Well, they aren't, and will never be packaged (unless someone steps in). > So getting notified of updates

Bug#947406: ITP: qwertone -- simple music synthesizer

2019-12-26 Thread Andrej Shadura
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrej Shadura * Package name: qwertone Version : 0.2.0 Upstream Author : Andrii Zymohliad * URL : https://gitlab.com/azymohliad/qwertone * License : GPL-3 Programming Lang: Rust Description : simple music synthes

Bug#947405: ITP: metamath-databases -- Sample databases for Metamath

2019-12-26 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: metamath-databases Version: no versioning scheme used by upstream Upstream Author: Norman Megill and others URL: http://us.metamath.org License: Mostly PD Description: Samp

Bug#947404: ITP: metamath -- Language for mathematical proofs

2019-12-26 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: metamath Version: 0.180 Upstream Author: Norman Megill and others URL: http://us.metamath.org License: GPL-2+ Description: Language for mathematical proofs Metamath is a t

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 08:48:44PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > Yeah, agreed with you feeling, but I searched today the policy and > social contract etc etc, and I didn't find any regulation concerning it. There are lintian checks and I think that's all. Maybe it's time to document it in the Po

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Jonas, thanks for the insightful comments! On Thu, 26 Dec 2019, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > First point is useless for packaged software and the code should be > patched to skip it. Agreed, and that is my plan. > Second point is ideally useless as well, because plugins should be > packaged a

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Tomas Pospisek (2019-12-26 11:26:26) > On 26.12.19 06:42, Norbert Preining wrote: > > > (please Cc) > > > > are there any requirements or restriction what a program packaged in > > Debian is allowed to do when starting up? Calibre is normally doing the > > following checks: > > - check fo

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Holger Levsen
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 08:48:44PM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: > Do you have any pointer to some statement, policy, GR or so that forbids > it? Debian packages should behave as 'good citizens' and that includes not spying on the user. it's probably written down in some preamble or so. -- ch

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Mattia, On Thu, 26 Dec 2019, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Considering this is debian, I'd probably say that none of those are > acceptable without a proper consent for the user. Opt-in flags in the Yeah, agreed with you feeling, but I searched today the policy and social contract etc etc, and I di

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 11:26:26AM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > On 26.12.19 06:42, Norbert Preining wrote: > > > (please Cc) > > > > are there any requirements or restriction what a program packaged in > > Debian is allowed to do when starting up? Calibre is normally doing the > > following che

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 11:26:26AM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > > are there any requirements or restriction what a program packaged in > > Debian is allowed to do when starting up? Calibre is normally doing the > > following checks: > > - check for updates of itself > > - check for updates of plu

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Tomas Pospisek
On 26.12.19 06:42, Norbert Preining wrote: > (please Cc) > > are there any requirements or restriction what a program packaged in > Debian is allowed to do when starting up? Calibre is normally doing the > following checks: > - check for updates of itself > - check for updates of plugins > - send

Bug#947399: ITP: yuzu -- Nintendo Switch Emulator

2019-12-26 Thread Mo Zhou
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mo Zhou * Package name: yuzu Version : git HEAD * URL : https://yuzu-emu.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : Nintendo Switch Emulator will be maintained under the games team.