cryptoloop-source, anyone taking over?

2004-02-12 Thread Juergen Strobel
Hi, The PTS shows cryptoloop-source to be orphaned, with a note that someone is intending to take over. The note is quite old now and references a bugreport which gives no further clues. At the moment, I am maintaining enterprise kernel packages which depend on this package, and I have made

problem with files in /etc/dir.d (continued)

2004-02-12 Thread Filippo Rusconi
Hello, Thanks to the persons who have kindly answered my questions about the /etc/dir.d/ problem. At the beginning, the software did use the /usr/etc/dir.d configuration directory, but then the packaging system would complain that this is not a standard location. I used this location because

Re: cryptoloop-source, anyone taking over?

2004-02-12 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:19:16AM +0100, Juergen Strobel wrote: The PTS shows cryptoloop-source to be orphaned, with a note that someone is intending to take over. The note is quite old now and references a bugreport which gives no further clues. Have you attempted to contact Vincent Bernat

Neue gdal version

2004-02-12 Thread Silke Reimer
.20040212? This package would of course not only fix the bug but also include new features of gdal and fix some other bugs. I would prefer to do the second option but I am not sure whether the tarball will be accepted then. Greetings, Silke [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gdal.html [2

Re: Neue gdal version

2004-02-12 Thread Jochen Friedrich
Hi Silke, I would prefer to do the second option but I am not sure whether the tarball will be accepted then. Then i would go for this option. As long as you believe the new snapshot is more useful and has less bugs than the old one, there is no reason to keep the old one. --jochen -- To

Re: problem with files in /etc/dir.d

2004-02-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:13:21AM +0100, Filippo Rusconi wrote: Hello all, in the software that I'm trying (gosh, that's not trivial...) to package, some configuration files are due to go in /etc/polyxmass.d Configuration files are configuration files, not else. If you need to rewrite

Re: problem with files in /etc/dir.d (continued)

2004-02-12 Thread Frank Kster
Filippo Rusconi [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello, Thanks to the persons who have kindly answered my questions about the /etc/dir.d/ problem. At the beginning, the software did use the /usr/etc/dir.d configuration directory, but then the packaging system would complain that this is not a

Re: Help with my program

2004-02-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:01:57PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: Hallo Frank, * Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-02-11 20:07]: every program must have a man page? Policy, 12.1: , | Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual | page included in the

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Sorry, http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ Ville Palo wrote: Hi I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. New debian package can be downloaded from http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/debian I need sponsor for checking this packet and possibly uploading it. ville -- To

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Ville Palo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. Just a few thoughts - The package presently in Debian is xcruise, not xcruiser. - Declare your intend to adopt the package by appropriatly changing the orphaning bug. Debian has policy on

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain all the necessary files. Thomas Viehmann wrote: Hi. Ville Palo wrote: http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ The directory you pointed to does not contain the files necessary to review your package. Kind regards Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Ville Palo wrote: Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain all the necessary files. The canonical way to do this (and thus probably the best way to get your package looked at is to have *.orig.tar.gz, *.diff.gz, *.dsc and possibly *.changes and *.deb in a directory. Note also that you also

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Ok, I just uploaded *.orig.tar.gz *.diff.gz *.dsc *.changes *.deb I haven't decclared my self maintainer yet, Before I do that, i want to be sure the package is ok. And thanks for helping me with this. Thomas Viehmann wrote: Ville Palo wrote: Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain all the

Re: problem with files in /etc/dir.d

2004-02-12 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-02-12 Filippo Rusconi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I effectively get the said file in debian/polyxmassdata/etc/polyxmass.d/polyxmassdata.conf telling me that the make install target has worked ok. However, I also noticed that this file is referenced here:

Re: Help with my program

2004-02-12 Thread Joe Nahmias
Nico Golde wrote: I am surprised because i saw programs with an automatic created debian manpage or without a manpage. If you find a program in Debian without a manpage, please file a bug (severity normal) against the package that provides it. --Joe

cryptoloop-source, anyone taking over?

2004-02-12 Thread Juergen Strobel
Hi, The PTS shows cryptoloop-source to be orphaned, with a note that someone is intending to take over. The note is quite old now and references a bugreport which gives no further clues. At the moment, I am maintaining enterprise kernel packages which depend on this package, and I have made

problem with files in /etc/dir.d (continued)

2004-02-12 Thread Filippo Rusconi
Hello, Thanks to the persons who have kindly answered my questions about the /etc/dir.d/ problem. At the beginning, the software did use the /usr/etc/dir.d configuration directory, but then the packaging system would complain that this is not a standard location. I used this location because

Re: cryptoloop-source, anyone taking over?

2004-02-12 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:19:16AM +0100, Juergen Strobel wrote: The PTS shows cryptoloop-source to be orphaned, with a note that someone is intending to take over. The note is quite old now and references a bugreport which gives no further clues. Have you attempted to contact Vincent Bernat

Neue gdal version

2004-02-12 Thread Silke Reimer
.20040212? This package would of course not only fix the bug but also include new features of gdal and fix some other bugs. I would prefer to do the second option but I am not sure whether the tarball will be accepted then. Greetings, Silke [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gdal.html [2

Re: Neue gdal version

2004-02-12 Thread Jochen Friedrich
Hi Silke, I would prefer to do the second option but I am not sure whether the tarball will be accepted then. Then i would go for this option. As long as you believe the new snapshot is more useful and has less bugs than the old one, there is no reason to keep the old one. --jochen

Re: problem with files in /etc/dir.d

2004-02-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 12:13:21AM +0100, Filippo Rusconi wrote: Hello all, in the software that I'm trying (gosh, that's not trivial...) to package, some configuration files are due to go in /etc/polyxmass.d Configuration files are configuration files, not else. If you need to rewrite

Re: problem with files in /etc/dir.d (continued)

2004-02-12 Thread Frank Küster
Filippo Rusconi [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Hello, Thanks to the persons who have kindly answered my questions about the /etc/dir.d/ problem. At the beginning, the software did use the /usr/etc/dir.d configuration directory, but then the packaging system would complain that this is not a

Re: Help with my program

2004-02-12 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 09:01:57PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: Hallo Frank, * Frank Küster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-02-11 20:07]: every program must have a man page? Policy, 12.1: , | Each program, utility, and function should have an associated manual | page included in the

adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Hi I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. New debian package can be downloaded from http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/debian I need sponsor for checking this packet and possibly uploading it. ville

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Sorry, http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ Ville Palo wrote: Hi I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. New debian package can be downloaded from http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/debian I need sponsor for checking this packet and possibly uploading it. ville

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Ville Palo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. Just a few thoughts - The package presently in Debian is xcruise, not xcruiser. - Declare your intend to adopt the package by appropriatly changing the orphaning bug. Debian has policy on

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Ville Palo wrote: http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ The directory you pointed to does not contain the files necessary to review your package. Kind regards Thomas -- Thomas Viehmann, http://beamnet.de/tv/ pgphFsV0NXP1u.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain all the necessary files. Thomas Viehmann wrote: Hi. Ville Palo wrote: http://www.fast.sh/~vi64pa/ The directory you pointed to does not contain the files necessary to review your package. Kind regards Thomas

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Hi Thomas Thomas Viehmann wrote: Hi. Ville Palo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I fixed one little bug (213654) and some lintian reported errors. Just a few thoughts - The package presently in Debian is xcruise, not xcruiser. - Declare your intend to adopt the package by appropriatly changing

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Ville Palo wrote: Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain all the necessary files. The canonical way to do this (and thus probably the best way to get your package looked at is to have *.orig.tar.gz, *.diff.gz, *.dsc and possibly *.changes and *.deb in a directory. Note also that you also

Re: adopting xcruiser

2004-02-12 Thread Ville Palo
Ok, I just uploaded *.orig.tar.gz *.diff.gz *.dsc *.changes *.deb I haven't decclared my self maintainer yet, Before I do that, i want to be sure the package is ok. And thanks for helping me with this. Thomas Viehmann wrote: Ville Palo wrote: Ok, now there is a .tar.gz. It should contain

data files in /etc?

2004-02-12 Thread Magosányi Árpád
Hi! There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or /etc/lvmconf/* (it is not even a text file). These files are written by programs in occasions one cannot with good heart call configuration. Isn't it

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-12 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:47:15PM +0100, Magos?nyi ?rp?d wrote: There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or /etc/lvmconf/* (it is not even a text file). These files are written by programs in

Re: data files in /etc?

2004-02-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:47:15PM +0100, Magosányi Árpád wrote: There are some files in /etc which are actually data files representing the state of the system. Like /etc/mtab, /etc/network/ifstate, or /etc/lvmconf/* (it is not even a text file). These files are written by programs in