Re: watch file syntax

2002-03-13 Thread Joey Hess
Ian Duggan wrote: > > When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes > supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but > the man page for uscan says another. Which is preferred/correct? Install the uscan from unstable, and do not escape backslashes.

Kernel Patch Packages

2002-03-13 Thread Ian Duggan
When packaging kernel patches, should the patches be against the debian kernel sources or the stock kernels? I have several patches I'm packaging for the stock kernels. It would be a lot of work to pull down all the various debian kernels and modify the patches for them. How should this be handle

Re: watch file syntax

2002-03-13 Thread Ari Pollak
My uscan man page only uses one backslash.. On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:01:32PM -0800, Ian Duggan wrote: > > When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes > supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but > the man page for uscan says another. Which

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

2002-03-13 Thread Bill Jonas
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:24:49PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Yes. You should also try to find a sponsor. This mailing list is > a good place for this. If you say which package it is you're > interesting in, someone might want to sponsor you. It's dtmfdial. I took a look through the wnpp

Kernel Patch Packages with -ac patches

2002-03-13 Thread Ian Duggan
I'm packaging some kernel patches that apply against some of the -ac kernel trees, however it looks like dh_installkpatches isn't designed to handle this. Here is the relevant line: $kv[0] =~ m/^(\d+\.\d+)\.(\d+)$/ or die "Malformed kernel version: `$kv[0]'"; and the error: dh_installkpatches

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

2002-03-13 Thread Bill Jonas
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 08:43:56PM +0100, "Francesco P. Lovergine" wrote: > Send a reply to the orphaning message on bugs.debian.org > and explain what you are going to do. Thanks. On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 11:39:14PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Could you find someone who is willing to sponsor y

watch file syntax

2002-03-13 Thread Ian Duggan
When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but the man page for uscan says another. Which is preferred/correct? Where do I ask to get the incorrect version updated? man uscan: -- # Site

Kernel Patch Packages

2002-03-13 Thread Ian Duggan
When packaging kernel patches, should the patches be against the debian kernel sources or the stock kernels? I have several patches I'm packaging for the stock kernels. It would be a lot of work to pull down all the various debian kernels and modify the patches for them. How should this be handl

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

2002-03-13 Thread Bill Jonas
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:24:49PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Yes. You should also try to find a sponsor. This mailing list is > a good place for this. If you say which package it is you're > interesting in, someone might want to sponsor you. It's dtmfdial. I took a look through the wnp

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

2002-03-13 Thread Bill Jonas
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 08:43:56PM +0100, "Francesco P. Lovergine" wrote: > Send a reply to the orphaning message on bugs.debian.org > and explain what you are going to do. Thanks. On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 11:39:14PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Could you find someone who is willing to sponsor

Looking for a sponsor (Denver, Colorado, USA)

2002-03-13 Thread Dale Hawkins
Elite hacker type seeks Debian sponsor in the (South-West) Denver, Colorado area. Seriously though, I have been considering applying for quite some time, but have not been able to find the time. I have been using Debian for a couple of years now (GNU/Linux since the 0.99 days). I have rolled all

watch file syntax

2002-03-13 Thread Ian Duggan
When specifying the regexp to be used in a watch file, are backslashes supposed to be escaped? The New Maintainer's Guide says one thing, but the man page for uscan says another. Which is preferred/correct? Where do I ask to get the incorrect version updated? man uscan: -- # Site

Looking for a sponsor (Denver, Colorado, USA)

2002-03-13 Thread Dale Hawkins
Elite hacker type seeks Debian sponsor in the (South-West) Denver, Colorado area. Seriously though, I have been considering applying for quite some time, but have not been able to find the time. I have been using Debian for a couple of years now (GNU/Linux since the 0.99 days). I have rolled al

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

2002-03-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Bill Jonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020312 11:24]: > 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?

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

2002-03-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Bill Jonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020312 11:24]: > 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?

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

2002-03-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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: ITA'ing a package if not yet a developer?

2002-03-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
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