Request for sponsor: timer-q1 and socket-poll1

2001-02-10 Thread James Antill
I'm in n the NM queue, and would like someone to sponsor my packages "timer-q1", "timer-q1--dev", "socket-poll1" and "socket-poll1-dev". Adding... deb-src ftp://ftp.and.org/debian/james_debs/ ./ ...to your sources.list will get the source. -- # James Antill -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] :0: *

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Joey Hess
Domenico Andreoli wrote: now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: "A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package which declared such a conflict until the upgrade or removal of the

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40:36PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote: now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: "A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package which declared such a

rp-pppoe already in Debian!

2001-02-10 Thread Joerg Friedrich
Hi Justin! I've just seen your ITP of rp-pppoe. This is already in Debian. the package is called pppoe and packaged by Christian Hudon [EMAIL PROTECTED] But Christian seems to be MIA. I recently tried to contact him but he never answered. I asked him to update to newest upstream. I intended to

New package [apt-sources]. Need assistance.

2001-02-10 Thread Danny Rodriguez
Dear Debian People, I have written a new package called apt-sources. Essentially, the purpose of this package is to generate a sources.list (/etc/apt) using the closest servers to the host it is being run on. It can either use a list of servers in a file (in URL format, ie. ftp:// or

Request for sponsor: timer-q1 and socket-poll1

2001-02-10 Thread James Antill
I'm in n the NM queue, and would like someone to sponsor my packages timer-q1, timer-q1--dev, socket-poll1 and socket-poll1-dev. Adding... deb-src ftp://ftp.and.org/debian/james_debs/ ./ ...to your sources.list will get the source. -- # James Antill -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] :0: * ^From: [EMAIL

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Joey Hess
Domenico Andreoli wrote: now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package which declared such a conflict until the upgrade or removal of the

Re: help in interpreting the packaging manual

2001-02-10 Thread Ingo Saitz
On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 02:40:36PM +0100, Domenico Andreoli wrote: now reading the packaging manual i found this writing: A Conflicts entry should almost never have an `earlier than' version clause. This would prevent dpkg from upgrading or installing the package which declared such a

rp-pppoe already in Debian!

2001-02-10 Thread Joerg Friedrich
Hi Justin! I've just seen your ITP of rp-pppoe. This is already in Debian. the package is called pppoe and packaged by Christian Hudon [EMAIL PROTECTED] But Christian seems to be MIA. I recently tried to contact him but he never answered. I asked him to update to newest upstream. I intended to

Re: rp-pppoe already in Debian!

2001-02-10 Thread Joerg Friedrich
Joerg Friedrich schrieb am Samstag, 10. Februar 2001 um 18:14:44 +0100: You can take a look at http://iris.rz.uni-konstanz.de/~jfried/rp­pppoe and use it if you like to. oops, i forgot to ask if some mentor can look at it and give some hints whats done wrong or not compatible with the policy.

New package [apt-sources]. Need assistance.

2001-02-10 Thread Danny Rodriguez
Dear Debian People, I have written a new package called apt-sources. Essentially, the purpose of this package is to generate a sources.list (/etc/apt) using the closest servers to the host it is being run on. It can either use a list of servers in a file (in URL format, ie. ftp:// or