removing yada (was: Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example)

2011-08-06 Thread Tim Retout
On 31 July 2011 07:53, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: It's hard to be sure something like this is a joke when packages like yada are still in the archive. On the subject of yada: since your email, bug #334164 has been upgraded to RC, yada itself has been orphaned, and I have proposed

Re: removing yada (was: Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example)

2011-08-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 05:04:10PM +0100, Tim Retout wrote: On 31 July 2011 07:53, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: It's hard to be sure something like this is a joke when packages like yada are still in the archive. On the subject of yada: since your email, bug #334164 has been

Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-08-01 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:17:49PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: Written in a Real Man(tm)'s scripting language with a JIT compiler You should really take advantage of the fact control files are UTF-8 here: Written in a Real Man™'s scripting language with a JIT compiler (sorely aware that I

Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-07-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 06:52:20PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:17:49PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: * Package name: goodbye Well, I'm quite surprised that some people didn't take this as a joke. It's hard to be sure something like this is a joke when packages

Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-07-30 Thread Adam Borowski
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Adam Borowski kilob...@angband.pl * Package name: goodbye Upstream Author : myself Git : git://gitorious.org/pkg-goodbye/goodbye.git * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : next part after 'hello', and a

Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-07-30 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:17:49PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: * Package name: goodbye Git : git://gitorious.org/pkg-goodbye/goodbye.git Using slow, bloated tools like debhelper and dpkg-dev will cost you precious SECONDS when building your package. Multiplied by tens of

Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-07-30 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:17:49PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: Using slow, bloated tools like debhelper and dpkg-dev will cost you precious SECONDS when building your package. Multiplied by tens of thousands of packages Debian has, this can be a burden on archive rebuilds. Thus, this is a

Re: Bug#636016: ITP: goodbye -- next part after 'hello', and a packaging example

2011-07-30 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:17:49PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: * Package name: goodbye Well, I'm quite surprised that some people didn't take this as a joke. I've intentionally used over-the-top phrases like a Real Man(tm)'s scripting language and so on to make it more obvious, but it seems