Re: Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread peter karlsson
Junichi Uekawa: > Without too much looking at, my first question is: why do you have > mowitz-config in diff.gz? It seems that it is not removed properly when doing a make distclean. I'll fix that. > Binary package names are incorrect, name them "lib"mowitz0 and > "lib"mowitz-dev Okay. I was a

Re: Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread peter karlsson
Junichi Uekawa: > Without too much looking at, my first question is: why do you have > mowitz-config in diff.gz? It seems that it is not removed properly when doing a make distclean. I'll fix that. > Binary package names are incorrect, name them "lib"mowitz0 and > "lib"mowitz-dev Okay. I was a

Re: Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > Could someone please have a look at the files that I put up at > http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/mowitz/ and see if I have done it right > or not? Without too much looking at, my first question is: why do you have mowitz-config in diff.g

Re: Purging the debconf database

2002-03-12 Thread Joey Hess
Bob Hilliard wrote: > However, after this action, /var/cache/debconf/config.dat still > contains: > > Name: dict-web1913/reconf > Template: dict-web1913/reconf > Value: > Owners: unknown echo purge | debconf-communicate You at one point ran the config script or postinst by hand, debconf c

Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! When upgrading Siag Office to its latest version I found that parts of the code had been broken out into a library. Since I have never before packaged a library I would appreciate some help to check whether I am doing things correctly or not. Could someone please have a look at the files that

Re: Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cum veritate scripsit: > Could someone please have a look at the files that I put up at > http://www.softwolves.pp.se/tmp/mowitz/ and see if I have done it right > or not? Without too much looking at, my first question is: why do you have mowitz-config in diff.

Purging the debconf database

2002-03-12 Thread Bob Hilliard
I have been having continuing difficulties making debconf display a note for dict-web1913. With DEBCONF=developer in my environment, when I install the package, debconf returns: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is dict-web1913

Re: Purging the debconf database

2002-03-12 Thread Joey Hess
Bob Hilliard wrote: > However, after this action, /var/cache/debconf/config.dat still > contains: > > Name: dict-web1913/reconf > Template: dict-web1913/reconf > Value: > Owners: unknown echo purge | debconf-communicate You at one point ran the config script or postinst by hand, debconf

Library packaging

2002-03-12 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! When upgrading Siag Office to its latest version I found that parts of the code had been broken out into a library. Since I have never before packaged a library I would appreciate some help to check whether I am doing things correctly or not. Could someone please have a look at the files tha

Re: ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:24:46AM -0500, Bill Jonas wrote: > Hello. I'm preparing to start the NM process (reading documentation, > etc), and I have found an orphaned package to adopt that seems as though > it would be suitable for me. Since I'm not yet a developer, is it all > right to ITA the

Purging the debconf database

2002-03-12 Thread Bob Hilliard
I have been having continuing difficulties making debconf display a note for dict-web1913. With DEBCONF=developer in my environment, when I install the package, debconf returns: debconf (developer): frontend started debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is dict-web1913

Re: how many users is too few

2002-03-12 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 02:50:41PM +1300, Corrin Lakeland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I've got a package (gtkgo) that has been discontinued upstream. So far I've > been ignoring this and continuing to apply fixes, etc. But I'm beginning to > wonder

Re: ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:24:46AM -0500, Bill Jonas wrote: > Hello. I'm preparing to start the NM process (reading documentation, > etc), and I have found an orphaned package to adopt that seems as though > it would be suitable for me. Since I'm not yet a developer, is it all > right to ITA the

Re: sorting of wordlists

2002-03-12 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > See bug #133795, is there any policy regarding how the word lists are > supposed to be sorted? If I do what the submitter wants, look will > break with LANG != n[nbo]_NO, so I am somewhat reluctant to do it. > I reported a similar bug for look with french (see #109364

ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-12 Thread Bill Jonas
Hello. I'm preparing to start the NM process (reading documentation, etc), and I have found an orphaned package to adopt that seems as though it would be suitable for me. Since I'm not yet a developer, is it all right to ITA the package? (It's a very small, non-essential package.) If not, what s

Re: how many users is too few

2002-03-12 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 02:50:41PM +1300, Corrin Lakeland wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I've got a package (gtkgo) that has been discontinued upstream. So far I've > been ignoring this and continuing to apply fixes, etc. But I'm beginning to > wonder

Re: sorting of wordlists

2002-03-12 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > See bug #133795, is there any policy regarding how the word lists are > supposed to be sorted? If I do what the submitter wants, look will > break with LANG != n[nbo]_NO, so I am somewhat reluctant to do it. > I reported a similar bug for look with french (see #10936

ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-12 Thread Bill Jonas
Hello. I'm preparing to start the NM process (reading documentation, etc), and I have found an orphaned package to adopt that seems as though it would be suitable for me. Since I'm not yet a developer, is it all right to ITA the package? (It's a very small, non-essential package.) If not, what