Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
On Monday 08 October 2001 23:28, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, I don't know anything about rockets but I was intrigued. Your package

Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Stijn de Bekker
Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=htdigver=3.1.5-3arch=hppastamp=1002598209file=logas=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I create a chroot environment on sarti (the

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
On Monday 08 October 2001 23:28, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, [snip] Your debian/copyright file should say where you obtained the

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in /etc/htdig/ - just a list of english

Re: Need experienced perl module maintainer for a second pair of eyes on my package

2001-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:26:10 -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc Haber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: - Why is there an empty /usr/lib/perl5 directory in your package? Because the Makefile generated by MakeMaker makes that directory on install. I now delete it after

Re: Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Stijn de Bekker wrote: Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=htdigver=3.1.5-3arch=hppastamp=100 2598209file=logas=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I

Need help evaluating package

2001-10-09 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I have created a package of the LysKOM server (ITP bug #114231). Since this is the first server I have packaged, I would appreciate if someone would test and see that it works well on other systems than my own... :) The package can be found at http://www.softwolves.pp.se/deb/ It only has

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's correct. My

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

libdb3-3.3.11, subversion server

2001-10-09 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm working on packaging subversion, a compelling replacement for cvs. The subversion server needs the Berkeley Database version 3.3.11, the current version in unstable is 3.2.9. I've build 3.3.11-1 based on patches in the BTS (#109853). The differences betwene 3.2.x and 3.3.x require a

looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at:

Re: looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at:

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin I think that would be appropriate. Colin Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin particular, when sponsoring a package, which field in the

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
On Monday 08 October 2001 23:28, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, I don't know anything about rockets but I was intrigued. Your package

Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Stijn de Bekker
Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=htdigver=3.1.5-3arch=hppastamp=1002598209file=logas=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I create a chroot environment on sarti (the

Re: new package (rocketworkbench), need sponsor, advocate etc

2001-10-09 Thread Geoff O'Callaghan
On Monday 08 October 2001 23:28, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:02:04PM +1000, Geoff O'Callaghan wrote: Greetings all, I've packaged a new tool (or suite of tools)... Here's the blurb... Geoff, [snip] Your debian/copyright file should say where you obtained the

building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
Try -e... On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the

Re: Htdig's english wordlist

2001-10-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:25, Stijn de Bekker wrote: I've just taken over the htdig package and now I'm going through the outstanding bugs. My question relates to bugs #74523 and #104607. The htdig package uses an english wordlist which is now located in /etc/htdig/ - just a list of english

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:29:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Is the correct way to build a sponsored package with just eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems

Re: Need experienced perl module maintainer for a second pair of eyes on my package

2001-10-09 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:26:10 -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc Haber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: - Why is there an empty /usr/lib/perl5 directory in your package? Because the Makefile generated by MakeMaker makes that directory on install. I now delete it after

Re: Compiling on hppa

2001-10-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Stijn de Bekker wrote: Hi, Apparently, the building of my htdig package fails on the hppa architecture (as is also noted by bug #105045): http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?pkg=htdigver=3.1.5-3arch=hppastamp=100 2598209file=logas=raw My question is pretty simple; how can I create

Need help evaluating package

2001-10-09 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I have created a package of the LysKOM server (ITP bug #114231). Since this is the first server I have packaged, I would appreciate if someone would test and see that it works well on other systems than my own... :) The package can be found at http://www.softwolves.pp.se/deb/ It only has

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Mike Markley
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: eg -mHamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] to dpkg-buildpackage or debuild? I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 12:20:20PM -0700, Mike Markley wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:06:32AM -0500, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake forth: I get Changed-By: the sponsoree, and Maintainer: me in the .changes file as a result. That seems backwards. I think that's correct. My

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Erich Schubert
I think that's Maintainer: in the control file (and the .dsc). It makes sense to me that the maintainer of a .dsc is the person primarily responsible for the package, while the maintainer of a .changes is the person responsible for uploading this particular build. This also The Maintainer

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg developers (Wichert, Adam etc) intended with the new field? Hamish --

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 08:40:46AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 08:40:29PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: However, I can see we aren't going to get anywhere with argument by repeated assertion. :) Do we need to take this to debian-devel, and find out what the dpkg

Re: building a sponsored package

2001-10-09 Thread Sam Hartman
Colin == Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Colin I think that would be appropriate. Colin Exactly what are the intended semantics of Maintainer: and Colin Changed-By: in the .changes file (not the .dsc)? In Colin particular, when sponsoring a package, which field in the

libdb3-3.3.11, subversion server

2001-10-09 Thread David Kimdon
Hi, I'm working on packaging subversion, a compelling replacement for cvs. The subversion server needs the Berkeley Database version 3.3.11, the current version in unstable is 3.2.9. I've build 3.3.11-1 based on patches in the BTS (#109853). The differences betwene 3.2.x and 3.3.x require a

looking for a mentor

2001-10-09 Thread Lex Spoon
Hello, I've put together a couple of Debian packages, and would love to contribute them to the Debian Project. I'm willing to maintain them. However, I don't have an advocate or sponsor. Can anyone help me out? For anyone who wants to peek, the packages are at: