Re: package adding users

2004-04-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-04-07 Erik Bourget [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [adding users] adduser is the correct tool. See policy 9.2.2. I do not think that useradd follows, e.g., the uid allocation guidelines in that section, and adduser's semantics are more convenient

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 18:38, Matt Zimmerman wrote: The problem with the package list is simply that it is too large. This is a problem for low-bandwidth users and users with small amounts of memory, for example. It also makes package management UIs harder to navigate, produces additional

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:58:28PM +0200, Martin Albert wrote: qt3-designer: usr/share/applnk/Development/designer-qt3.desktop rhythmbox: usr/share/applications/rhythmbox.desktop pppoeconf: usr/share/gnome/apps/Internet/pppoeconf.desktop texmacs:

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:18:11PM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: I'm inclined to believe that there are some things that could be done about this if someone wanted to. Diffs for the package list has been proposed, and it doesn't take many minutes of thinking to see that it's actually quite

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-07 Thread Mario Girlando
Alle 12:31, mercoledì 7 aprile 2004, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo ha scritto: [snip] Yeah I like freedom. We all like freedom. That's the reason we participate in Debian. But there should be some standards, cause too much freedom leads to anarchy ;) The answer is www.freedesktop.org. I think

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 19:45, Matt Zimmerman wrote: Certainly there are things which could be done to help. I didn't say that the problems were insoluble, but they do exist, and you haven't even begun to consider them all (many different pieces of infrastructure are affected). Ok, I admit I

RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. Because I didn't find any sponsors last time, I've decided to made some webpage with packages that I am looking sponsor for[1]. Therefore here I only describe those packages shortly: netwox - network utilities[2] otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] siefs -

Re: RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Emanuele Rocca
* On 07-04-04 - 21:07, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] There is a discrepancy between the .orig.tar.gz available on your website and the one listed in the .dsc Files: 1f11039b70a20db4edf0a5c1e6819f48 357758

Re: backporting

2004-04-07 Thread Daniel E. Atencio Psille
Am Fr, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Geert Stappers um 21:49: On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:20:23PM +0400, Al Nikolov wrote: Hi, all Point me to sources describing the Debian way of backporting pls Mmm, that is indeed not finished yet at www.backports.org (

Re: RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:02:46PM +0200, Emanuele Rocca wrote: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] There is a discrepancy between the .orig.tar.gz available on your website and the one listed in the .dsc Files: 1f11039b70a20db4edf0a5c1e6819f48 357758

Upgrade continue to reinstall the some version.

2004-04-07 Thread Gianluca Ciarcelluti
Hi, I tried to install my package with apt-get install mypackage; when I run apt-get update apt-get upgrade it download and install it againg instead of display the Already installed package message. Any help to make it work? Here is my control file:

Re: About Package Creation... (sarge vs sid)

2004-04-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 12:33:35PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: Steve Langasek wrote: IIRC, the --distribution argument only has an effect the first time you run 'pbuilder create'. What should I have done instead to ensure the program was being built against sid, in that case? Wipe the

Re: package adding users

2004-04-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-04-07 Erik Bourget [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [adding users] adduser is the correct tool. See policy 9.2.2. I do not think that useradd follows, e.g., the uid allocation guidelines in that section, and adduser's semantics are more convenient

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 18:38, Matt Zimmerman wrote: The problem with the package list is simply that it is too large. This is a problem for low-bandwidth users and users with small amounts of memory, for example. It also makes package management UIs harder to navigate, produces additional

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 09:58:28PM +0200, Martin Albert wrote: qt3-designer: usr/share/applnk/Development/designer-qt3.desktop rhythmbox: usr/share/applications/rhythmbox.desktop pppoeconf: usr/share/gnome/apps/Internet/pppoeconf.desktop texmacs:

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:18:11PM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: I'm inclined to believe that there are some things that could be done about this if someone wanted to. Diffs for the package list has been proposed, and it doesn't take many minutes of thinking to see that it's actually quite

Re: .desktop files

2004-04-07 Thread Mario Girlando
Alle 12:31, mercoledì 7 aprile 2004, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo ha scritto: [snip] Yeah I like freedom. We all like freedom. That's the reason we participate in Debian. But there should be some standards, cause too much freedom leads to anarchy ;) The answer is www.freedesktop.org. I think

Re: Separating packages.

2004-04-07 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 19:45, Matt Zimmerman wrote: Certainly there are things which could be done to help. I didn't say that the problems were insoluble, but they do exist, and you haven't even begun to consider them all (many different pieces of infrastructure are affected). Ok, I admit I

RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
Hello. Because I didn't find any sponsors last time, I've decided to made some webpage with packages that I am looking sponsor for[1]. Therefore here I only describe those packages shortly: netwox - network utilities[2] otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] siefs -

Re: RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Emanuele Rocca
* On 07-04-04 - 21:07, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] There is a discrepancy between the .orig.tar.gz available on your website and the one listed in the .dsc Files: 1f11039b70a20db4edf0a5c1e6819f48 357758

Re: backporting

2004-04-07 Thread Daniel E. Atencio Psille
Am Fr, den 02.04.2004 schrieb Geert Stappers um 21:49: On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:20:23PM +0400, Al Nikolov wrote: Hi, all Point me to sources describing the Debian way of backporting pls Mmm, that is indeed not finished yet at www.backports.org (

Re: RFS: miscellaneous packages

2004-04-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:02:46PM +0200, Emanuele Rocca wrote: otak - text-based visual interface for commandline programs[3] There is a discrepancy between the .orig.tar.gz available on your website and the one listed in the .dsc Files: 1f11039b70a20db4edf0a5c1e6819f48 357758

Upgrade continue to reinstall the some version.

2004-04-07 Thread Gianluca Ciarcelluti
Hi, I tried to install my package with apt-get install mypackage; when I run apt-get update apt-get upgrade it download and install it againg instead of display the Already installed package message. Any help to make it work? Here is my control file:

Re: About Package Creation... (sarge vs sid)

2004-04-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 12:33:35PM -0600, Benjamin Cutler wrote: Steve Langasek wrote: IIRC, the --distribution argument only has an effect the first time you run 'pbuilder create'. What should I have done instead to ensure the program was being built against sid, in that case? Wipe the

free game boy

2004-04-07 Thread rasheed badmus
Hello:I'd like to request for someone to sponsor the following unofficialpackages I have: snes9express (1.39-beta) - a GUI frontend for SNES9x(as far as I know this is still an orphaned package); and visualboyadvance (a gameboy/gameboy color/gameboy advance emulator for Linux).The said packages