Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:16:11PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > > success. > > Ex

Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:16:11PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > > success. > > E

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> > You can also run lintian with the -i (or --info) flag to print these > > automatically. > > Or if you are using debuild "debuild -L -i" to see lintian error against > the source (ie: errors in debian/control) Thanks, i was just about to check the debuild manpage for that option ;) Greetings,

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:17:09PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > N: > > N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This is not a > > N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make value. You should adjust > > N:

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_mak

2001-10-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> >> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make >> N: >> N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This is not a >> N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make value. You should adjust >> N: it. >> N: > > ... this "long description" is spectacularly uninform

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Christian Marillat
"CW" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > You can also run lintian with the -i (or --info) flag to print these > automatically. Or if you are using debuild "debuild -L -i" to see lintian error against the source (ie: errors in debian/control) Christian

RE: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_mak

2001-10-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Oct-2001 Erich Schubert wrote: >> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule anymore in the lintian on the mi

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > > Is this really intended? > > Is it a bad-thing

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule anymo

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > > I'm not convinced we should have package maintainers who aren't even > > intending to become full-fledged developers; I don't think that's what > > the sponsorship process was designed to

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Gergely Nagy
Thus spoke Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-10-01 18:41:35: > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule

Re: Needa sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
David Caldwell wrote: >I packaged up a small program I wrote a while ago for my > first package: > > Package: eol > Version: 1.0.2-1 > Section: text > Priority: optional > Architecture: i386 > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7) > Installed-Size: 64 > Maintainer: David Caldwell

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 04:57:41PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > Debian, but since I am not a developer (and I don't want to be one, just for > > maintain

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
Hello Admar, On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Admar Schoonen wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 04:57:41PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > > Debian, but since I am n

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> Perhaps I've expressed myself a little wrong. Consider me an upstream > developer, rather than a package maintainer. (I've only created a > package since it's a little easier to install than a .tgz. If my > sponsor wants/needs to create a new package from source, that's ok > with me.) So actuall

lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make I've run into that warning with my packages, too. Is this really intended? Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? i could not find this rule anymore in the lintian on the mips box i just checked, btw. So maybe this is alre

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule anymo

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> > You can also run lintian with the -i (or --info) flag to print these > > automatically. > > Or if you are using debuild "debuild -L -i" to see lintian error against > the source (ie: errors in debian/control) Thanks, i was just about to check the debuild manpage for that option ;) Greetings

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:17:09PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > N: > > N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This is not a > > N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make value. You should adjust > > N

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_mak

2001-10-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> >> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make >> N: >> N: There is "Upstream Author(s)" in your copyright file. This is not a >> N: fixed field name, it's just a default dh_make value. You should adjust >> N: it. >> N: > > ... this "long description" is spectacularly uninfor

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Christian Marillat
"CW" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > You can also run lintian with the -i (or --info) flag to print these > automatically. Or if you are using debuild "debuild -L -i" to see lintian error against the source (ie: errors in debian/control) Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

RE: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_mak

2001-10-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Oct-2001 Erich Schubert wrote: >> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule anymore in the lintian on the m

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Steve M. Robbins
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 02:10:18PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > > Is this really intended? > > Is it a bad-thin

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:41:35PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rule anym

Re: lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Gergely Nagy
Thus spoke Erich Schubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 2001-10-01 18:41:35: > > W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make > > I've run into that warning with my packages, too. > Is this really intended? > Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? > i could not find this rul

Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > Hello, > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > success. Excellent! > I make 3 packages: I've just run lintian on them, the following i

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Steve Langasek
Hello Admar, On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Admar Schoonen wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 04:57:41PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > > Debian, but since I am

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> Perhaps I've expressed myself a little wrong. Consider me an upstream > developer, rather than a package maintainer. (I've only created a > package since it's a little easier to install than a .tgz. If my > sponsor wants/needs to create a new package from source, that's ok > with me.) So actual

lintian-warning copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make

2001-10-01 Thread Erich Schubert
> W: prips: copyright-lists-upstream-authors-like-dh_make I've run into that warning with my packages, too. Is this really intended? Is it a bad-thing (tm) to fill out the dh_make template? i could not find this rule anymore in the lintian on the mips box i just checked, btw. So maybe this is alr

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 04:57:41PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > Debian, but since I am not a developer (and I don't want to be one, just for > > maintai

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Tomas Pospisek
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > Debian, but since I am not a developer (and I don't want to be one, just for > > maintaining one package), I

Re: I need sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 06:27, Juan Rafael Alvarez Correa wrote: > Hello, > > Months ago, I've switched from Slackware to Debian, and I find the > project so exciting that I'd like to help and contribute to its > success. Excellent! > I make 3 packages: I've just run lintian on them, the following

Re: Needa sponsor/advocate

2001-10-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
David Caldwell wrote: >I packaged up a small program I wrote a while ago for my > first package: > > Package: eol > Version: 1.0.2-1 > Section: text > Priority: optional > Architecture: i386 > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7) > Installed-Size: 64 > Maintainer: David Caldwell

Re: looking for a sponsor

2001-10-01 Thread Tomas Pospisek
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 03:23:59PM +0200, Admar Schoonen wrote: > > I've written a program called demish. I would like to see that package in > > Debian, but since I am not a developer (and I don't want to be one, just for > > maintaining one package), I