changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi, I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package with correct Architecture, should I ask

Re: changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous > maitainer built it using > > Architecture: any > > when it had to be > > Architecture: all > > (correct me if I'm wrong) > > Now that I'm uploading a new version of

Re: dpkg-source -i on debian native packages

2001-11-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:46:20PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Adam Heath wrote: > > Never build a full release from the cvs work directory. Always cvs export > > to > > another directory first. > > > > Doing test builds from the cvs work dir is fine. But do final releases > > from a > > temp di

modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, upstream is not releasing anything for now... btw, the modifications I did were untarring koth

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > Hello all, > > I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. > For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is > rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, > upstream is not releasing anything for

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread James Troup
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. > > For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is > > rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to kno

Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there could be reasons for wanting to change the package name. One reason mig

Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs="X11" section="Apps/Math" \ title="Siag" longtitle="Siag Office Scheme-in-a-Grid" \ command="/usr/bin/siag" ic

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 peter karlsson wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I > am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in > the menu file: > > ?package(xsiag): needs="X11" section="Apps/Math" \ > title="Siag" longtitle="Siag O

Renaming binary packages + Python

2001-11-28 Thread Erich Schubert
I'm the maintainer of the libming packages. Libming has Python bindings, so i made a package python2-ming. The Python policy has changed now, and Python 2.1 is now the default python, so it might be good to rename my package to python-ming? This is a binary package, the source package remains libm

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:50:11AM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: > Hello, > > I have seen packages change their package names to include a version > number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. > It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware > there

changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi, I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package with correct Architecture, should I ask

Re: changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous > maitainer built it using > > Architecture: any > > when it had to be > > Architecture: all > > (correct me if I'm wrong) > > Now that I'm uploading a new version o

[광고] 생활이 행복해지는 방법

2001-11-28 Thread 톱파이브
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modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, upstream is not releasing anything for now... btw, the modifications I did were untarring kot

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > Hello all, > > I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. > For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is > rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, > upstream is not releasing anything for

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread James Troup
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. > > For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is > > rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to kn

Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there could be reasons for wanting to change the package name. One reason mi

Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs="X11" section="Apps/Math" \ title="Siag" longtitle="Siag Office Scheme-in-a-Grid" \ command="/usr/bin/siag" i

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 peter karlsson wrote: > Hi! > > I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I > am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in > the menu file: > > ?package(xsiag): needs="X11" section="Apps/Math" \ > title="Siag" longtitle="Siag

Renaming binary packages + Python

2001-11-28 Thread Erich Schubert
I'm the maintainer of the libming packages. Libming has Python bindings, so i made a package python2-ming. The Python policy has changed now, and Python 2.1 is now the default python, so it might be good to rename my package to python-ming? This is a binary package, the source package remains lib

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:50:11AM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: > Hello, > > I have seen packages change their package names to include a version > number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. > It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware > ther

Re: dpkg-source -i on debian native packages

2001-11-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:46:20PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Adam Heath wrote: > > Never build a full release from the cvs work directory. Always cvs export to > > another directory first. > > > > Doing test builds from the cvs work dir is fine. But do final releases from a > > temp dir. Somet

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry: > looks like every other icon entry: Exactly. That is why I am confused. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 29-Nov-2001 peter karlsson wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry: > >> looks like every other icon entry: > > Exactly. That is why I am confused. > Do other icons show up? Do icons work in other wms that support them? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Thank you Julian for that complete summary. I can't think of any other questions or scenarios to ask about. Regards, -- -- Grant Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011128 16:06]: > (1) libdb: Shared library packages have the majo