Re: Doesn't contain source for waf binary code

2012-02-08 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:59:30 +1100, Karl Goetz wrote: > I don't know anything about waf not mentioned in this thread, but > would it be possible to patch the package to work with a packaged waf > instead? > thanks, > kk > See the reasons for removal previously referenced by Alexander: http://list

Re: Minified files and source code requirement

2011-11-03 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 22:11:34 +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Wed, 02 Nov 2011, Mike O'Connor wrote: > > > > What is the preferred form for modification for a work (aka source) is > > > > highly context-dependent. > > > > > > I share entirel

Re: Minified files and source code requirement

2011-11-02 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:08:37 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > > I don't agree that minified files are a violation of DFSG #2. If the > > > library is under the GPL then it would be a problem becaus

Re: Minified files and source code requirement

2011-11-02 Thread Mike O'Connor
> Hi, > > On Wed, 26 Oct 2011, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html > > Hum, it looks like some ftpmaster added a new entry in the FAQ (since it's > dated October 2011). Probably Mike O'Connor since he replied to #646729 >

Re: Bug#634015: Proposition to team-maintain m2crypto.

2011-08-10 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: python-m2crypto Severity: serious > > That may take a little more time, as I noted that demo/x509/proxylib.py is not > free: > > > # Matt Rodriguez, LBNL > #Copyright (c) 2003, The Regents of the Universi

Re: potential MBF: first alternate depends not available in main

2011-03-02 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 09:41:00 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wednesday, March 02, 2011 04:53:46 am Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote: > > If you have non-free enabled and install a package from main, it should > > install the dependencies from main. So you should have e.g. "rar | > > rar-nonfree" in

Re: NEW processing

2009-03-27 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:39:55PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2009-03-25, Mike O'Connor wrote: > > As a hint. When this happens, respond to the REJECT email you get when > > you re-upload so that we know that there is a package we have already > > checked,

Re: NEW processing

2009-03-25 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 03:57:49PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:44:19AM -0400, Mike O'Connor wrote: > > yes, usually it should. It doesn't always. I have tried to file bugs > > when I find them in the archive. The citadel related packages ar

Re: NEW processing

2009-03-25 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 04:24:59PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Mike O'Connor (25/03/2009): > > Yes, there have definately been times when packages are rejected from > > NEW that only got there becuase of a package addition. I'd say its > > common, even.

Re: NEW processing

2009-03-25 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:32:23PM +0100, Romain Beauxis wrote: > > I have several very small ocaml packages waiting in NEW for several weeks now. > I am upstream on these packages, and, honnestly, it takes few minutes to > check > them (only 3 files of code in tarball). Of course, keep in mind

Re: NEW processing

2009-03-25 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 06:18:00PM +0900, Changwoo Ryu wrote: > 2009-03-25 (???), 16:55 +0800, Deng Xiyue: > > > IMHO, except package with just SONAME bump, packages in NEW queue are > > better processed in a FIFO manner. Just my two cents. > > OTH, do we really need a manual check for SONAME bu

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-24 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 01:32:40PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Emilio Pozuelo Monfort writes: > > > And even if it was, there are binary packages whose /usr/share/doc/$pkg > > is a symlink, so they have no copyright. > > All such binaries have a hard dependency on a package that does include >

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-20 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 01:28:09AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20 2009, Mike O'Connor wrote: > > >> > >> Why is this list needed? > > > > Often the license requires it. For instance the BSD license says, > > "Redistributio

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:58:14AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > The real problem here is that FTP masters require the list of copyright > holders to be up-to-date each time the package goes through NEW. > > Whatever justification exists for this requirement, I???m starting to find > it unaccep

Bug#509115: ITP: halevt -- Generic handler for HAL events

2008-12-18 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" * Package name: halevt Version : 0.1.3 Upstream Author : Patrice Dumas * URL : http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/dumas/halevt.html * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Descriptio

Re: problems with the concept of unstable -> testing

2008-12-16 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 02:21:09PM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote: > > I think this question is nonsense. While the bug-fix rate was more or > less the same since the last two releases, What was the bug-fix rate for the last two releases? I thought that the bug fix rate for etch was faster than th

Re: problems with the concept of unstable -> testing

2008-12-16 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:16:05PM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote: > > I support that request. Not only is unstable quite outdated already > (bleeding edge?) it also becomes more and more a problem since the > kernel and Xorg aren't updated anymore in unstable. That means that > newer hardware (espe

Intent To Hijack: kxtitch

2008-10-04 Thread Mike O'Connor
The maintainer of kxstitch: eric pareja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> appears to be inactive. I've sent him emails about kxstitch with no response. Bugs in the BTS have gone unanswered. If I don't hear from him soon, I intend to take over maintainence of the kxstitch package. Thanks, stew signature.as

Bug#486117: ITP: tritium -- a tabbed/tiling window manager

2008-06-13 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: tritium Version : 0.3.5 Upstream Author : Mike O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/tritium * License :

Bug#485708: ITP: ant-contrib -- Additional libraries for use with the ant build tool

2008-06-10 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: ant-contrib Version : 1.0~b3+20080610 Upstream Author : Ant-Contrib Project * URL : http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/ * License : Apache 2.0 P

Bug#444390: ITP: python-contract -- Programming by contract for python

2007-09-28 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: python-contract Version : 1.4-1 Upstreem Author : Terence Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.wayforward.net/pycontract/ * License

Bug#431952: ITP: python-plwm -- Pointless Window Manager - python library for creating Window Managers

2007-07-06 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: python-plwm Version : 2.6a Upstream Author : Peter Liljenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://plwm.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-18 Thread Mike O'Connor
+++ Roberto C. Sanchez [17/10/06 20:27 -0400]: IIRC, the majority of the "I ended up at a text prompt, what do I do now?" questions we see on d-u are not X configuration problems. They are newbies who pick all the defaults and up without X on their systems entirely. Yes. And this type of pr

Bug#377239: ITP: usb8338 -- Driver and supporting software for the Marvel USB 8338 Wireless NIC

2006-07-07 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: usb8338 Version : 318.p7 Upstream Author : Marvell International Ltd. * URL : http://marvell.com/drivers * License : GPL Programming

Bug#354485: ITP: libswixml-java -- a small GUI generating engine for Java applications and applets

2006-02-26 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libswixml-java Version : 1.4.4 Upstream Author : Wolf Paulus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.example.org/ * License : custom, see

Bug#354390: ITP: libjxta-java -- a library which enables you to easily create P2P applications

2006-02-25 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mike O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libjxta-java Version : 2.6.3 Upstream Author : "Jxta Development Team" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://jxta.org/ * License : J

Re: Re: Which CD is a package on?

2005-09-07 Thread Mike O'Connor
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 01:09 -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > While I was going to add this to #debian's "cd contents" factoid, which > used to also only mention jigdo, I noticed that someone had added an > effective solution. > > (00:58:29) *cheal:* cd contents > (00:58:29) *dpkg:* To find out

Bug#290257: ITP: tpg -- Toy Parser Generator - a parser generator for python

2005-01-13 Thread Mike O'Connor
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: tpg Version : 3.0.4 Upstream Author : Christophe Delord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://christophe.delord.free.fr/en/tpg/ * License : GPL Description : Toy Parser Generator - a parser generator for pytho