Re: scripts in /usr/share/$package?

2004-03-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 04:24:01PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > although I've read the policy again, I am not sure whether it is allowed > to store scripts in /usr/share/$package? In particular, scripts that are > only meant to be called by postinst (or prerm), never by a user. They > could go to /

scripts in /usr/share/$package?

2004-03-05 Thread Frank Küster
Hi all, although I've read the policy again, I am not sure whether it is allowed to store scripts in /usr/share/$package? In particular, scripts that are only meant to be called by postinst (or prerm), never by a user. They could go to /usr/lib/$package, but that would mean creating an extra direc

Re: RFS: q-lang

2004-03-05 Thread Kari Pahula
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:29:37PM +, Stephen Stafford wrote: > Quoting Kari Pahula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I've packaged Q and would like to get a sponsor for it. > > I've tried to grab it to take a look, but: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/q-lang$ apt-get source q-lang > Err http://mentors.deb

Re: RFS: q-lang

2004-03-05 Thread Stephen Stafford
Quoting Kari Pahula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've packaged Q and would like to get a sponsor for it. > [snip] Looks like a useful package. I've tried to grab it to take a look, but: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/q-lang$ apt-get source q-lang Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done

Re: scripts in /usr/share/$package?

2004-03-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 04:24:01PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > although I've read the policy again, I am not sure whether it is allowed > to store scripts in /usr/share/$package? In particular, scripts that are > only meant to be called by postinst (or prerm), never by a user. They > could go to /

scripts in /usr/share/$package?

2004-03-05 Thread Frank Küster
Hi all, although I've read the policy again, I am not sure whether it is allowed to store scripts in /usr/share/$package? In particular, scripts that are only meant to be called by postinst (or prerm), never by a user. They could go to /usr/lib/$package, but that would mean creating an extra direc

Re: RFS: evolvotron (graphcs)

2004-03-05 Thread Cosimo Alfarano
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:58:53AM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > > - Does it matter that I built this on a testing rather than unstable > > system ? (I have a stable and a testing box here). > The *deb is not really interesting; important are the source parts (dsc, > diff.gz, orig.tar.gz). But you

Re: RFS: q-lang

2004-03-05 Thread Kari Pahula
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 01:29:37PM +, Stephen Stafford wrote: > Quoting Kari Pahula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I've packaged Q and would like to get a sponsor for it. > > I've tried to grab it to take a look, but: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/q-lang$ apt-get source q-lang > Err http://mentors.deb

Re: RFS: q-lang

2004-03-05 Thread Stephen Stafford
Quoting Kari Pahula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've packaged Q and would like to get a sponsor for it. > [snip] Looks like a useful package. I've tried to grab it to take a look, but: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/q-lang$ apt-get source q-lang Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done

Re: RFS: evolvotron (graphcs)

2004-03-05 Thread Cosimo Alfarano
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:58:53AM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > > - Does it matter that I built this on a testing rather than unstable > > system ? (I have a stable and a testing box here). > The *deb is not really interesting; important are the source parts (dsc, > diff.gz, orig.tar.gz). But you

Re: pdfmerge

2004-03-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
Ben Young wrote: > Yeah... but it was said in a quite arrogant manner. Matthew Palmer said > things neatly in his first email (which I think everybody understood > correctly!), then I didn't quite like the tone of his second one. Just Yeah, the second one was a little over the top. How many previ

Re: Restoring cooledit to Debian, perhaps RFS

2004-03-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 12:09:10AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been thinking sometime about trying to adopt the orphaned package > cooledit since i use it every day and like it a lot. I really think > it should be included in the Debian distro. When checking the orphan > list the other

Re: pdfmerge

2004-03-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
Ben Young wrote: > Yeah... but it was said in a quite arrogant manner. Matthew Palmer said > things neatly in his first email (which I think everybody understood > correctly!), then I didn't quite like the tone of his second one. Just Yeah, the second one was a little over the top. How many previ

Re: RFS: pdfmerge

2004-03-05 Thread Ben Young
--- Esteban Manchado Velázquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:26PM -0800, Ben Young > wrote: > > On 03/03/04, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > > Make that at least two. And I haven't exactly > seen > > a huge clamour of people > > > rushing to your defence in any coheren

Re: Restoring cooledit to Debian, perhaps RFS

2004-03-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 12:09:10AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been thinking sometime about trying to adopt the orphaned package > cooledit since i use it every day and like it a lot. I really think > it should be included in the Debian distro. When checking the orphan > list the other

RFS: truncate (now it's free, for real!)

2004-03-05 Thread Luca Pasquali
author put it under GPL, new debs are here: http://ketavet.dyndns.org/truncate -- Luca Pasquali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ketavet.dyndns.org gnupg key fingerprint = A149 BCDF E19B 75DB 1A0D 1060 A19F FFFB 4684 E718 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: pdfmerge

2004-03-05 Thread Ben Young
--- Esteban Manchado Velázquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 11:43:26PM -0800, Ben Young > wrote: > > On 03/03/04, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > > > > Make that at least two. And I haven't exactly > seen > > a huge clamour of people > > > rushing to your defence in any coheren

Restoring cooledit to Debian, perhaps RFS

2004-03-05 Thread charles
I've been thinking sometime about trying to adopt the orphaned package cooledit since i use it every day and like it a lot. I really think it should be included in the Debian distro. When checking the orphan list the other day i noticed it has been removed from unstable and the orphan bug archive