Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: What do you mean by autoconfiscate? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool book is very useful. It's available online and in print:

Sponsor for Scorched3D (game) wanted

2003-12-11 Thread Tom
Hello - I'm looking for a sponsor for the game Scorched 3D which I am currently packaging. I have the support of the original author and the packaging process is almost finished (must only correct a few paths and rebuild). Original website: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/ The game is GPL. --

Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Andreas Metzler
Hello, I'd like to see http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks (Swiss Army Knife SMTP) in Debian. As the name suggests this is a wonderful tool to test SMTP servers (including starttls and lots of SMTP auth), for all of us who are tired of telnet foo 25. ;-) However this is only 40KB (with pod)

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Millis Miller
Sorry, yes, I mean automake/autoconf. I do already have that book and followed it to get what I have now working. I only have a small problem in that in that some scripts are not being marked as executable. The main problem is trying to get the deb correctly generated by fixing the lintian

Re: Sponsor for Scorched3D (game) wanted

2003-12-11 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:19:23AM +0100, Tom wrote: Hello - I'm looking for a sponsor for the game Scorched 3D which I am currently packaging. I have the support of the original author and the packaging process is almost finished (must only correct a few paths and rebuild). Original

Re: Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However this is only 40KB (with pod) and I think it might be rejected by ftp-master. - Are there any better possibilities? Why should they reject it? Only 40kb is not a reason. (If its split out from another source into too small packages, then yes, a

Re: Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:46:58PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However this is only 40KB (with pod) and I think it might be rejected by ftp-master. - Are there any better possibilities? Why should they reject it? Only 40kb is not a reason. (If its

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:06:51PM -0800, David Braun wrote: The data comes from the USDA as a file designed to be imported into a relational database (such as MySQL). It's really not very useful otherwise. My question is how do I package this correctly? I want my package to import it into

Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Florian Zaehringer
Hi folks! I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current problems with that package: The ToDo says the Standards-Version is too old 3.5.2. Should be 3.6.1. So I wonder how I can do that?

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current problems with that package: The ToDo says the Standards-Version is

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: So I wonder how I can do that? Is there some ChangeLog for the Debian Policy? Does somebody know where I can find the right docs? Or better: Does somebody perhaps know what needs to be done for a simple gtk-program to be moved

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 05:31:51PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Leo \Costela\ Antunes
On Qui, 2003-12-11 at 20:00, Florian Zaehringer wrote: Hi folks! Hi So I wonder how I can do that? Is there some ChangeLog for the Debian Policy? Does somebody know where I can find the right docs? Or better: Does somebody perhaps know what needs to be done for a simple gtk-program to be

debconf db_input in postinst / horde2

2003-12-11 Thread Jeremy Lainé
Hi! I am trying to put the finishing touches on a package of Diogenes, a web content management system. The package relies on a MySQL database, and this database is created based on some information provided by the user through debconf. I am down to one lintian warning : W: diogenes:

Re: debconf db_input in postinst / horde2

2003-12-11 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:51:01PM +0100, Jeremy Lain? wrote: I can see how it is a Bad Thing to prompt the user for input both in postinst and in config, but the fact still stands that it's the way it's done in horde2, and I'm sure there must be a good reason for it! Any ideas here? Ask it

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-12-11 22:00:45 + Florian Zaehringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. Hasn't upstream gone away? Are you taking that over too? You probably should retitle bug 158150

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Neil Roeth
On Dec 11, Steve Kemp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: What do you mean by autoconfiscate? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool book is very

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Millis Miller wrote: my curent mentor seems to be a bit busy and hasn't replied to my emails for a good few weeks. That's because your current mentor has a memory like a sieve. :-) I took a look at the package. First problem is you need a build dependency on

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-11 Thread David Braun
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 12:42, Matt Zimmerman wrote: I would simply include the SQL dump under /usr/share and leave it to the user where to import it. It's possible that they will want to create a new database, or import it into an existing one (perhaps even with different table names), or

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: What do you mean by autoconfiscate? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool book is very useful. It's available online and in print:

Location of/methods of handling themes.

2003-12-11 Thread Matthew A. Nicholson
I am trying to package the bootsplash userland utilites. Boot splash stores themes in /etc/bootsplash/themes/$THEME/ Should I make a link (/etc/bootsplash/themes/current/) to the theme to use, then make an entry in /etc/alternatives to that link, or should I make a variable in an

Sponsor for Scorched3D (game) wanted

2003-12-11 Thread Tom
Hello - I'm looking for a sponsor for the game Scorched 3D which I am currently packaging. I have the support of the original author and the packaging process is almost finished (must only correct a few paths and rebuild). Original website: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/ The game is GPL. --

Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Andreas Metzler
Hello, I'd like to see http://www.jetmore.org/john/code/swaks (Swiss Army Knife SMTP) in Debian. As the name suggests this is a wonderful tool to test SMTP servers (including starttls and lots of SMTP auth), for all of us who are tired of telnet foo 25. ;-) However this is only 40KB (with pod)

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Millis Miller
Sorry, yes, I mean automake/autoconf. I do already have that book and followed it to get what I have now working. I only have a small problem in that in that some scripts are not being marked as executable. The main problem is trying to get the deb correctly generated by fixing the lintian

Re: Sponsor for Scorched3D (game) wanted

2003-12-11 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 10:19:23AM +0100, Tom wrote: Hello - I'm looking for a sponsor for the game Scorched 3D which I am currently packaging. I have the support of the original author and the packaging process is almost finished (must only correct a few paths and rebuild). Original

Re: Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However this is only 40KB (with pod) and I think it might be rejected by ftp-master. - Are there any better possibilities? Why should they reject it? Only 40kb is not a reason. (If its split out from another source into too small packages, then yes, a

Re: Packaging a perl-script

2003-12-11 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 01:46:58PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: Andreas Metzler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However this is only 40KB (with pod) and I think it might be rejected by ftp-master. - Are there any better possibilities? Why should they reject it? Only 40kb is not a reason. (If its

Re: How to package a database (not program)?

2003-12-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:06:51PM -0800, David Braun wrote: The data comes from the USDA as a file designed to be imported into a relational database (such as MySQL). It's really not very useful otherwise. My question is how do I package this correctly? I want my package to import it into

Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Florian Zaehringer
Hi folks! I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current problems with that package: The ToDo says the Standards-Version is too old 3.5.2. Should be 3.6.1. So I wonder how I can do that?

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 05:31:51PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. There seems to be one current problems with that package: The ToDo says the Standards-Version is

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Leo \Costela\ Antunes
On Qui, 2003-12-11 at 20:00, Florian Zaehringer wrote: Hi folks! Hi So I wonder how I can do that? Is there some ChangeLog for the Debian Policy? Does somebody know where I can find the right docs? Or better: Does somebody perhaps know what needs to be done for a simple gtk-program to be

debconf db_input in postinst / horde2

2003-12-11 Thread Jeremy Lainé
Hi! I am trying to put the finishing touches on a package of Diogenes, a web content management system. The package relies on a MySQL database, and this database is created based on some information provided by the user through debconf. I am down to one lintian warning : W: diogenes:

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:00:45PM +0100, Florian Zaehringer wrote: So I wonder how I can do that? Is there some ChangeLog for the Debian Policy? Does somebody know where I can find the right docs? Or better: Does somebody perhaps know what needs to be done for a simple gtk-program to be moved

Re: debconf db_input in postinst / horde2

2003-12-11 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 11:51:01PM +0100, Jeremy Lain? wrote: I can see how it is a Bad Thing to prompt the user for input both in postinst and in config, but the fact still stands that it's the way it's done in horde2, and I'm sure there must be a good reason for it! Any ideas here? Ask it

Re: Standards-Version

2003-12-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-12-11 22:00:45 + Florian Zaehringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am planing to adopt my first package (emelfm, orphaned). So I checked what needs to be done to equip myself for this task. Hasn't upstream gone away? Are you taking that over too? You probably should retitle bug

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Neil Roeth
On Dec 11, Steve Kemp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 12:38:23PM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: What do you mean by autoconfiscate? Presumably to make it compile and build with autoconf/automake. For that the GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool book is very

Re: Plea for mentor help

2003-12-11 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Millis Miller wrote: my curent mentor seems to be a bit busy and hasn't replied to my emails for a good few weeks. That's because your current mentor has a memory like a sieve. :-) I took a look at the package. First problem is you need a build dependency on