Re [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread chris
ng in with ssh on an Ultra1 (SPARCv9) by > a factor of 6, IIRC. See the debian-sparc archives for details. I have a Sparc 5 and would never dream of attempting to use ssh without rebuilding openssl with the -mv8 optimization. I can definately state that it is an added benefit. Chris > >

glibc and crypt

1998-06-11 Thread Chris
I'm after a simple way to get it working without rewriting too much code :) The call is like this: blah = (char *) crypt (pass,pw_salt); Thanks for any help, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X-tended input

1998-06-23 Thread Chris
Hi all, Where are the extended input modules for X in hamm? I mean the files that lived in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules with bo, like xf86Wacom.so? I need to have that module to run my Wacom tablet! Please get back to me! Thanks very much, Chris

wheres in.talkd? Also perl5 update error...

1998-10-08 Thread Chris
Hi all, Just updated my slink machine, and now I've lost in.talkd. Anyone know where it's gone??? Also, I got an error with perl5.004-04-2 overwriting a manual page owned by data-dumper2.09-1. Thanks al

Re: suggestion - AntiVir for Linux

1998-10-08 Thread Chris
to expand our distribution area. Since when did linux get virus's You'd only get them on a really bad system - which debian is not (or if you did EVERYTHING as root). Weird Chris -- -- REALITY.S

Re: HELP!! binaries not executed (fwd)

1998-10-08 Thread Chris
ibc5 / libc6 problem > > Is this an nfs share? Have you tried using exec option when mounting? Chris

Re: more trouble with deleted root partition please help !!!!! (fwd)

1998-10-08 Thread Chris
sn't work out I am willing to > pay to > restore my machine > > George > Hmmlove to help but I'm not in london. I suppose an airfare from down under is out of the question? (lol!) :) Chris -- --

Re: HELP!! binaries not executed (fwd)

1998-10-08 Thread Chris
e use -t msdos) # ls /mnt2 (you should see base2_0.tgz in here) Switch back to the curses screen (?) Now try specifying the base location as an "allready mounted partition", /mnt2/. Let me know how that goes. Chris

Re: lack of wstring in libstdc++2.8-dev

1998-10-10 Thread Chris
td::basic_string sString;" ?? > The string class is best used as #include// Make sure this is before any other #includes // (due to a problem with g++2.7.x compiler void main(void) { string hello; string byebye;

Ropes in stl (was Re: lack of wstring in libstdc++2.8-dev)

1998-10-12 Thread Chris
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 01:42:20PM +, Rob Browning wrote: > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > See http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL for the current STL implementation. > > And see > > http://www.sgi.com/Technology/STL/string_discussion.html > >

Re: Ropes in stl (was Re: lack of wstring in libstdc++2.8-dev)

1998-10-12 Thread Chris
against libc++2.9-dev chris On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 02:14:30PM +1000, Chris wrote: > InterestingI cant seem to use ropes with libc++2.9-dev > > I tried this: > > #include // Also tried #include > > void main(void) > { > rope r; > } > &

Bug#348607: ITP: gtkedit -- Notepad clone based on GTK+

2006-01-17 Thread Chris
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: gtkedit Version : 0.1/b1 Upstream Author : Daniel Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL or Web page : http://gtkedit1.sourceforge.net * License : MIT Description : Notepad clone based on GTK+ GTKEdit is a lightw

Virtual package lua should be provided by lua5.1.

2012-02-11 Thread Chris
rtual-package-names-list.txtso I am wondering whether this is the appropriate venue. Chris

Bug#561961: general: add a language-selector like ubuntu

2009-12-21 Thread Chris
Package: general Severity: normal Add a language-selector like ubuntu to check and verify if available translation packages for installed applications, dictionary to check spelling or change system language. Regards. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT poli

Bug#561962: general: On desktop enviroments open .deb files with "gksu gdebi-gtk" by default

2009-12-21 Thread Chris
Package: general Severity: normal On desktop enviroments open .deb files with "gksu gdebi-gtk" by default, like ubuntu. Regards. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cor

Bug#561964: general: add the user also in scanner group by default

2009-12-21 Thread Chris
Package: general Severity: normal By default doesn't enabled my user to use the scanner. Please add this by default. Regards. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)

Bug#561966: general: Centralized configuration for the hinting style and dpi

2009-12-21 Thread Chris
Package: general Severity: wishlist Centralized configuration for the hinting style and dpi so you do not have to worry about installing applications to different desktop environments. example: on gnome I had to install "kcontrol" package to set dpi and hinting style for my kde applications li

Bug#701506: ITP: osrm -- high performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks

2013-02-23 Thread Chris
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris * Package name: osrm Version : 0.3.2 Upstream Author : Dennis Luxen * URL : http://project-osrm.org/ * License : AGPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : high performance routing engine for shortest paths

Re: Bug#582831: ITP: png2ico -- png2ico converts PNG files to Windows icon resource files.

2010-05-25 Thread Chris
On Wed, 26 May 2010 03:46:40 +0200 Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 18:38:26 -0500, Chris Silva wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Chris Silva > > > > > > * Package name: png2ico > >

watch file help

2010-08-21 Thread Chris
?format=raw Simply having http://www.foo.com/ihave/files/here/foo-(.*)\.tar\.gz in the debian/watch files downloads an html file. Can someone please advise on the proper way to get a file with the ?format=raw Thanks in advance. -- Best regards, Chris 1AB5FEF8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: For those who care about their packages in Debian

2010-08-25 Thread Chris
still very new to this process. If I can, I would be glad to help out during the Freeze process if any kind soul would be willing to discuss this off list with me. Again, I am limited but willing to do and learn. -- Best regards, Chris 1AB5FEF8 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Mozilla renames: is Debian the only one?

2007-04-12 Thread Chris Lamb
Pierre THIERRY wrote: > If not, which ones? + http://www.gnewsense.org/ ? -- Chris Lamb, Cambridgeshire, UK GPG: 0x634F9A20 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Reasons for recommends and suggests

2007-05-19 Thread Chris Bannister
tude. > > debian.recommends.txt for mutt > --- > mutt-print: adds a way to print mail using tex formatting > gnupg: used to sign and/or encrypt incomming/outgoing mail > --- Yeah but mutt-print is neither mentioned as a recomme

Re: Bug#428256: ITP: ffrenzy -- Multiplayer platform with dwarfs fighting with/for food

2007-06-11 Thread Chris Bannister
ithout providing it with ^ ? > food too long, it dies from hunger. The collected food can be thrown at > other dwarfs, making them unconscious when hit. When a power-up is picked > up, thrown food will have special powers! -- Chris. == -

Re: APT 0.7 for sid

2007-06-11 Thread Chris Bannister
Otherwise there would be no point having Suggests and Recommends, if > they are basically treated the same by the package management tool. You could scrap the "Suggests and Recommends" tags all together and use the debtags to relate packages. Just a thought. :-) Chris. ==

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Package

2007-06-23 Thread Chris Lamb
Charles Plessy wrote: > as said in another mail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is definitely non-free. Hovever, > if Debian would become an "authorized distributor", the licence would be > suitable for non-free. What about Debian derivatives? /Lamby -- Chris Lamb,

Re: Intention to drop sparc32 support for Lenny

2007-07-23 Thread Chris Newport
Uwe Hermann wrote: Well, I just saw three or more sparc32 patches being committed to Linus' git tree today or yesterday, so that may not be quite correct. You are missing the point. Those patches were created by enthusiastic users fixing the problems that they have experienced. Until someo

Bug#437917: ITP: audtty -- ncurses based frontend for audacious

2007-08-14 Thread Chris Taylor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: audtty Version: 0.1.5a Upstream Author: Tony Vroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Christian Birchinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kiyoshi Aman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL:

Re: Bug#438753: ITP: md5deep -- Recursing file hash calculator

2007-08-20 Thread Chris Lamb
ted in one line of shell. /Lamby -- Chris Lamb, Cambridgeshire, UKGPG: 0x634F9A20 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#439008: ITP: daemonlogger -- simple network packet logger and soft tap daemon

2007-08-21 Thread Chris Taylor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: daemonlogger Version : 0.91 Upstream Author : Martin Roesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.snort.org/dl/daemonlogger/ * License : GPL Program

Re: Bug#440823: ITP: kelbt -- backtracking LR parser

2007-09-08 Thread Chris Bannister
o after reading the description and you are still in the dark as to whether you want to install a package, should you file a bug? -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What about use xml for descriptions of packages?

2008-05-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:29:56AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > What's an extra few MB plus parsing overhead when "everyone" has > 250GB HDDs, multi-core 64-bit CPUs and 2+GB RAM? > Huh?. Why commit "good" machines to the landfill? -- Chris. == "One, w

Re: Debian's eboard package

2008-05-27 Thread Chris Bannister
maintainer is not interested in the package. > > As I frequently use eboard and have done some "hobby" packages before, I'd > like to take care of the package. What exactly is the procedure to follow in > this case? Is xboard a suitable replacement? -- Chris. == &

Bug#483661: ITP: r-cran-amelia -- R package for handling missing data

2008-05-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-cran-amelia Version : 1.1-29 Upstream Author : James Honaker, Gary King, Matthew Blackwell * URL : http://gking.harvard.edu/amelia/ * License : GPLv2 or

Re: ITP: debian-backports-keyring -- GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository

2008-06-29 Thread Chris Bannister
carrying the donkey. Eventually, they reached a stream and fell in the > water because there was too much weight in once place on the bridge they > were crossing. Wouldn't that happen whether they were riding or carrying the donkey? -- Chris. == "One, with God, is always a majori

Re: Bug#489824: ITP: pllua -- PL/Lua is an implementation of Lua as a loadable procedural language for PostgreSQL

2008-07-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 02:01:13PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > On that basis, a better synopsis would be: > > PL/Lua procedural language for PostgreSQL So the short description can start with a capital letter? -- Chris. == "One, with God, is always a majority, but

Re: Bug#490805: ITP: txtreader -- text reader, mainly used for reading text originally novels

2008-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
://www.minisrc.com/?q=taxonomy/term/2 > * License : GPL > Programming Lang: C++ > Description : text viewer, mainly used for reading text originally > novels Ummm, Do you mean: Description : text viewer, mainly used for reading text of original novels -- Chris. =

Bug#495148: ITP: reviewboard -- Web-based code review tool

2008-08-14 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: reviewboard Version : 1.0~svn Upstream Authors: Review Board Developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.review-board.org/ * License : MIT Programming

Re: Hardware compatibility test: draft proposal

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Lamb
ll their dependencies. This will be > the hardware compatibility test that we can give to vendors. Please let me know if you would like any help with Live image foo. Regards, -- Chris Lamb, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0x634F9A20 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#498720: ITP: drobo-utils -- manage data robotics storage units (drobos)

2008-09-12 Thread Chris AtLee
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris AtLee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: drobo-utils Version : 0.3.0 Upstream Author : Peter Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://drobo-utils.sourceforge.net * License : (GPL-3) Programming Lang

Bug#500391: ITP: python-django-debug-toolbar -- Embedded debugging toolbar for Django projects

2008-09-27 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: python-django-debug-toolbar Upstream Author : Rob Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://github.com/robhudson/django-debug-toolbar * License : BSD Programming

Re: Sidux?

2008-10-16 Thread Chris Lamb
n. Can't remember what they did with live-initramfs though. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug Sprint - Oct 25 to Oct 30 - Register and eat cookies

2008-10-21 Thread Chris Lamb
I've found bugs in this category require considerably more work than others, not only because they are typically indicative of a more serious problem, but also because they require some syncing with -release and the use of non-mainstream architectures. Regards, -- ,'

Re: [DRAFT] resolving DFSG violations

2008-10-24 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 01:02:30PM -0500, Ean Schuessler wrote: > Its a lot like exercise. Its not convenient and its not easy but in the long > run its a good idea. Nice pun! :) -- Chris. == I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. Wh

Bug#504237: ITP: haskell-diff -- Haskell O(ND) diff algorithm library

2008-11-01 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: haskell-diff Version : 0.1.2 Upstream Author : Sterling Clover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hac

Re: Bug Sprint results (draft)

2008-11-01 Thread Chris Bannister
he local > brew from the people who didn't manage to fix their bugs. I'm offering > German beer to five winners, just as Joss did for cookies. But ... *who* is gonna want the aussie beer? :) -- Chris. == I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god t

Bug#504799: ITP: fabric -- Simple Pythonic remote deployment tool

2008-11-07 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: fabric Version : 0.0.9 Upstream Author : Christian Vest Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.nongnu.org/fab

[OT] Ignorance is no defence. (was ... Re: Leverage in licensing discussions)

2008-11-09 Thread Chris Bannister
quot;eyes of the law". Ignorance is not a defence. Although, with a "decent" lawyer you "should" be OK. Unfortunately, this is also true for the 'ill-intended people'. :( -- Chris. == I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than yo

Bug#506310: ITP: python-django-dmigrations -- Simple migrations tool for Django

2008-11-20 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: python-django-dmigrations Version : 0.3.1 Upstream Authors: Simon Willison and Tomasz Wegrzanowski * URL : http://code.google

Re: SmellyWerewolf.com perfume & make-up discount

2008-11-25 Thread Chris Bannister
umour is. > > > > hen you are a retrograde, beetle browed moron. > > > Mm.. sincerely from someone of your flaming fame I expected something > better. I'll make it do. :D Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries. -- Chris. == I conten

Bug#508035: ITP: python-django-treebeard -- Efficient implementations of tree data structures for Django

2008-12-06 Thread Chris Lamb
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: python-django-treebeard Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Gustavo Picon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://code.google.

Re: Bug#508072: ITP: libtango -- tango library for the D programming language

2008-12-07 Thread Chris Walker
sive > and comprehensive library for general purpose usage, and is supported by > a growing number of recognized D enthusiasts. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#508854: ITP: rpcemu -- An open source emulator of Acorn RiscPC-class computer hardware

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Williams
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chris Williams * Package name: rpcemu Version : 0.0.139 Upstream Author : Dick Tanis * URL : http://www.riscos.info/index.php/RPCEmu * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : An open source emulator of

Re: Bug#508725: ITP:pmwiki -- easy of use wiki-based system

2008-12-17 Thread Chris Bannister
stomize as an engine for > creating professional web sites with one to any number of content authors. > The software focuses on ease-of-use, so people with little IT or wiki > experience will be able to put it to use. Also extemely extensible > and customizable -- Chris. == I co

Bug#195143: ITP: klapjack -- KDE Livejournal client

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Butler
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-29 Severity: wishlist * Package name: klapjack Version : 0.5 Upstream Author : M Traverse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://klapjack.sf.net/ * License : GPL Description : KDE Livejournal client A KDE-

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-28 Thread Chris Cheney
Is the Debian menu system going to convert to using the freedesktop menu spec? http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu/draft/menu-spec/menu-spec.html As far as I know both Gnome and KDE follow it and possibly others. Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-29 Thread Chris Cheney
from translations and from the menu support itself. Thanks, Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-29 Thread Chris Cheney
he categories as it sees fit (at least aiui). Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-30 Thread Chris Cheney
go. The currest system works and has > many nice aspects of configurability and administrability, missing in > the newer parts. Only thing I see missing are KDE packages obeying > menu policy. The current system is limping along and needs to be shot. KDE obeys menu policy just fine (afaik)

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-05-30 Thread Chris Cheney
s is this field used in? I don't think I recall seeing it used before. Shouldn't the menu entry exist in the package it must have installed (I suppose I could be missing something). Also we probably should prefix Debian specific desktop files to avoid namespace collisions (like debian-foo.desktop) as the desktop spec mentions. Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Cheney
rthless, of course you can always double or triple the size of fixed size icons automatically but they won't look very good. Microsoft is pushing for high resolution screens to be available in time for its new OS 'Longhorn' release, which is only around 2 years from now. Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Cheney
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 04:34:55PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030530 20:50]: > > > I think making things consistent needs us to write them on our own, > > > taking upstream entries as suggestions. In my eyes it is just

Re: ATI Linux Driver Packages

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Cheney
/me coughs ;)

Re: ATI Linux Driver Packages

2003-06-01 Thread Chris Cheney
ectly. Also binary only drivers will taint the kernel and can cause the user to have trouble getting help with kernel related issues. I got rid of my nvidia cards (some poor sucker took them) and now use only ATI cards. 8) Chris

Re: ATI Linux Driver Packages

2003-06-02 Thread Chris Cheney
noticable). Both ATI and Nvidia have been caught previously doing rendering cheats on the windows platform. Also some things can't be included in an open driver like patented S3 Texture Compression. Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-06-03 Thread Chris Cheney
go into /etc/xdg/menus, or $HOME/.config/menus/ (If I have read the basedir and menu specs correctly). Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-06-03 Thread Chris Cheney
l need that directory. Chris

Re: Debian menu system update

2003-06-03 Thread Chris Cheney
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:13:09PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:08:38PM -0500, Chris Cheney wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:39:02PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > How do you expect menu to generate menus without an /etc/menu-method/ >

Re: Proposal: removing libc5, altgcc and all their old-days dependencies

2003-06-19 Thread Chris Halls
open bug reports upstream for the problems? Chris

Bug#200025: ITP: libcddb -- C library to access data on a CDDB server

2003-07-04 Thread Chris Butler
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-04 Severity: wishlist * Package name: libcddb Version : 0.9.4 Upstream Author : Kris Verbeeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/ * License : LGPL Description : C library to acces

Bug#202485: ITP: aewm++-goodies -- utilities to complement a minimal window manager

2003-07-22 Thread Chris Boyle
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-22 Severity: wishlist I'm working on this package now, I'll upload within the next few days, followed by an updated aewm++ (1.0.24), which I cannot upload yet since it will declare Suggests on aewm++-goodies (which doesn't exist yet). Upstrea

Re: logging out a ssh-user

2003-07-29 Thread Chris Halls
o uudecode a patch file with the extension .uu before applying it. I talked to Jeff Bailey at debconf about supporting this in cdbs too. (Bug #202389) Chris pgpDAvHf3vxCQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: May packages rm -rf subdirectories of /etc/ ?

2003-07-30 Thread Chris Cheney
in the cruft related cases other people have brought up, which just as easily could be done by removing with wildcards for particular types of tempfiles. There is one glaring problem though... dpkg does not remove empty dirs under /etc on purge. This is a long standing bug in dpkg. [0] Personal

Re: New virtual package: myspell-dictionary?

2003-07-31 Thread Chris Waters
ting to a proposed virtual package name. -- Chris Waters | Pneumonoultra-osis is too long [EMAIL PROTECTED] | microscopicsilico-to fit into a single or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | volcaniconi- standalone haiku

Re: [PROPOSAL] Debian Release Plan

2003-08-01 Thread Chris Cheney
arge have RC bugs? The last time I looked when you close a bug with an upload to sid it closes it entirely still. So we don't really have a good idea of how many RC bugs exist in sarge, only how many are in sid. Chris

Why is sbcl getting installed during buildd builds?

2003-08-01 Thread Chris Cheney
s not installed in it. Why is this package being pulled in?! Examples: kdeadmin- alpha, powerpc kdegraphics - alpha, powerpc, sparc Thanks, Chris Cheney

Re: Why is sbcl getting installed during buildd builds?

2003-08-01 Thread Chris Cheney
I think we determined on #debian-devel that the problem is that the alpha, powerpc, and sparc buildds are broken and need manual intervention to remove the sbcl package. Chris

Re: Aaargh!

2003-08-01 Thread Chris Cheney
xfree86 4.2.1-10 needed for mips/mipsel On the bright side maybe we will be able to get KDE 3.2 in before the sarge release then. ;) Chris [0] gcc 3.3 is more anal about ISO conformance now, I probably need to open an RC bug on glibc about this soon. (affects kdebase)

Re: [PROPOSAL] Debian Release Plan

2003-08-02 Thread Chris Cheney
ble, meinproc is used in every kde app during the build process and it is working. Thanks, Chris

libraries being removed from the archive

2003-08-02 Thread Chris Cheney
that an old lib can not be removed from the archive until no other packages still depend on it. Chris Cheney

Re: libraries being removed from the archive

2003-08-03 Thread Chris Cheney
in-place transition) should always be done in coordination > with fellow developers as happened in the Perl transition, for example. Hence the need for policy to dictate to the maintainer not to allow the package to be removed before all other packages have transitioned. It usually doesn't take much more work as long as the maintainer is even aware of what will happen. Chris

Re: libraries being removed from the archive

2003-08-03 Thread Chris Cheney
On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 03:55:41PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Chris Cheney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > IMHO we need to make an addition to policy stating that an old lib can > > not be removed from the archive until no other packages still depend on > >

Re: libraries being removed from the archive

2003-08-03 Thread Chris Cheney
another 10 days to migrate, and causes unneeded load on the buildds, possibly with the packages no longer being able to be built since gcc 3.3 is so anal now. (/me wonders how many RC bugs are around just for gcc 3.3 related crap) BTW - For those wondering Woody was released over a year ago... Thanks, Chris Cheney PS - I apologize for sounding like an asshole, however this general problem really does need fixing.

Re: About NM and Next Release

2003-08-06 Thread Chris Cheney
0]. If even half of those 746 maintainers focused on helping close RC bugs we would probably be close to releaseable today. We don't need more people to throw at the problem, we need more people willing to do work for the project. Chris [0] http://www.debian.gr.jp/~kitame/maint.cgi?num=srcs&

Re: About NM and Next Release

2003-08-06 Thread Chris Cheney
el isn't that difficult. You just have to convince a subsystem maintainer to take your driver, which IME isn't very hard, definitely simpler than becoming a DD. Chris

Re: About NM and Next Release

2003-08-06 Thread Chris Cheney
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:41:45PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Chris Cheney wrote: > > Not to toot my own horn, but I was accepted in under one week. I took 2 weeks > to read up on everything, then after I sent in my app, less than a week later > I was acc

Re: About NM and Next Release

2003-08-07 Thread Chris Cheney
On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 05:10:01PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote: > I've always thought KDE a wonderful example of what happens when you > give commit access to just about anybody too. > > Scott > (GNOME user) Oh you mean the fact that KDE has rapid development... Yep. ;) Chris

Re: Bits from the RM

2003-08-20 Thread Chris Cheney
(KDE 2.2 _will not_ stay in sarge!) XFree 4.3.0 (Branden wants this to happen...) Chris Cheney [0] http://www.gnome.org/start/2.3/

Re: Bits from the RM

2003-08-20 Thread Chris Cheney
by Oct 1. Debian 3.1 Dates Sept 1 Toolchain freeze. Sept 15 Major package freeze. Oct 1 Everything freezes(?) Chris

Re: Bits from the RM

2003-08-20 Thread Chris Cheney
res (we > always want more), but not pesting against the bugs. > I speak of course of the ideal debian stable release ;) KDE usually releases new point releases about every two months until the next major release happens. Then they only update for security related bugs. It doesn't magically become stable after 4 releases. Chris

Re: Binaryless uploads [Was: FTBFS: architecture all packages]

2003-08-22 Thread Chris Cheney
r I don't know if this is actually true. Chris Cheney pgp5prSRABZOD.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: .iso conflict, discussion of resolution

2003-08-30 Thread Chris Cheney
Stephan, Would it be possible to get the two desktop filesi mentioned below merged into kdelibs so that arson and k3b are easily installable at the same time? I can do the commit myself if you approve. Thanks, Chris Cheney Debian KDE Maintainer PS - Christian/Jean-Michel there is a new debian

Re: .iso conflict, discussion of resolution

2003-08-30 Thread Chris Cheney
emselves able to handle a certain type of file? Nope, mime types are completely independent of them declaring if they support it. That is why the mimetype really belongs in kdelibs itself and not the 3rd party package. Chris pgpbRneFe2HLg.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Bits from the RM

2003-09-24 Thread Chris Hagar
r make impossible the successful completion of whatever projects that organization is working on. - Chris Hagar Chris Hagar

Re: Debian should not modify the kernels!

2003-09-24 Thread Chris Cheney
to download knoppix and use debootstrap to install. A newbie would likely just give up. Chris BTW - linux-2.6.0-test5 was released Sept 8.

Buildd's using really old packages

2003-09-30 Thread Chris Cheney
I noticed while verifying that the buildds weren't still using the buggy g++ 3.3.2-0pre4 that some are using 3.3.2-0pre1 which is 6 weeks old. Is there a particular reason some of the buildds are so out of date? Chris signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Where are we now? (Was: Bits from the RM)

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Cheney
then. Chris Cheney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Which packages will hold up the release?

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Halls
It is scheduled to move into main around version 1.0.1-2. Chris pgpz19JGQzfCQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re: Where are we now? (Was: Bits from the RM)

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Jantzen
f is this?" And I was the type that I was rolling my own RPM files for our local network. It was only after enough people around me were seriously using Debian that I finally grit my teeth and waded through. -- chris jantzen kb7rnl =-> __O Insert witty comment here. _`\<,_ ht

Re: Which packages will hold up the release?

2003-10-02 Thread Chris Cheney
uild properly on win32. Thanks, Chris signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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