Re: .desktop files

2004-05-05 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: >> Seems, that nobody knows exactly? There's supposed to be a standard location for .desktop files once everyone switches to the freedesktop.org standard. Unfortunately, I think neither the GNOME nor the KDE in Debian actually has yet -- but they will in future. Th

OT:bad sig (was Re: Attending a RFP)

2004-05-05 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 20.20, you wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David LÃpez Moreno wrote: > > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How ... Hi Robert, All of your messages I see in this list are reported as having a bad signature by kmail here. kmail

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > ok, so we wrote it down and still tell people who ask (like me) > > different things... > > I evidently missed the previous discussion, but I correct misconceptions > where I can. no offense meant whatsoever! cu robert -- Rober

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:26:20PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:16:40PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > The WNPP page (linked above, and from the Developer's Reference) says: > > > > RFP: If you are going to package this, retitle the bug report to > > replace 'RFP'

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:31:10PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Robert Lemmen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 21:25]: > > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for inst

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Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > ok, so we wrote it down and still tell people who ask (like me) > > different things... > > I evidently missed the previous discussion, but I correct misconceptions > where I can. no offense meant whatsoever! cu robert -- Rober

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:26:20PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:16:40PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > The WNPP page (linked above, and from the Developer's Reference) says: > > > > RFP: If you are going to package this, retitle the bug report to > > replace 'RFP'

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 09:31:10PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Robert Lemmen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 21:25]: > > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for inst

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> [...] >> >> PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my >> eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) >> PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm > > Ev

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he

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Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> [...] >> >> PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my >> eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) >> PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm > > Ev

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Robert Lemmen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 21:25]: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definite

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:16:40PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write > > down these things somewhere. > > The WNPP page (linked above, and from the Developer's Reference) says: > > RFP: If you are going to package this, retitle th

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Matt Brubeck
Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. > > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write > down these things

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: > [...] > > PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my > eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) > PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm Even better, xargs -0r rm. That way, rm won't throw an erro

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write down these things somewhere. i have been told to ch

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-05-05 Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:02:55AM +0200, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > > Of course you and Andreas are right. Sorry for my mistake. > > I just hate patching stuff this way and I didn't notice this patch. > > > > I rebuilt it

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:20:23PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David López Moreno wrote: > > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I > > proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it > > doesn't m

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David López Moreno wrote: > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I > proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it > doesn't matter if they co-exist? i think the correct way is to retitle the RFP

Re: multiple debs

2004-05-05 Thread Matthijs Mohlmann
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:35, Matthijs Mohlmann wrote: > And again a question about multiple debs. > > I'm trying this: > > install: build > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > dh_clean -k > dh_installdirs >

Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread David López Moreno
Hi. I've come across a great piece of software and would like to package it for the Debian system. Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it doesn't matter if they co-exist? Dave

multiple debs

2004-05-05 Thread Matthijs Mohlmann
And again a question about multiple debs. I'm trying this: install: build dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k dh_installdirs # Add here co

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Robert Lemmen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040505 21:25]: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definite

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:16:40PM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write > > down these things somewhere. > > The WNPP page (linked above, and from the Developer's Reference) says: > > RFP: If you are going to package this, retitle th

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Matt Brubeck
Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. > > owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write > down these things

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:17, Andreas Metzler wrote: > [...] > > PS: for i in images/*.ppm images/*.pbm; do rm -vf $$i.gz ... hurts my > eyes. Please quote $$i.gz, ie.: "$$i.gz". ;-) > PPS: I'd use sind find -print0 ... | xargs -0 rm Even better, xargs -0r rm. That way, rm won't throw an erro

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 07:29:27PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > No, don't change the submitter; change the owner instead. See > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for instructions. owner makes way more sense. but i think we should definitely write down these things somewhere. i have been told to ch

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 05:20:39PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his next package release or should i write a mail > to the bts? Although a private mail is likely to achieve the same result I would sent

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 05:20:39PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this p

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Matt Brubeck
Nico Golde wrote: > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of > the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the > debian/changelog file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his nex

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Nico Golde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his next package release or should i write a mail > to the bts? Submit a bug of severity minor, that way it sticks around in case the maintainer forgets. You m

dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Nico Golde
hi, how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog file of kernel-package. should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so he can change this in his next package release or shou

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-05-05 Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:02:55AM +0200, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > > Of course you and Andreas are right. Sorry for my mistake. > > I just hate patching stuff this way and I didn't notice this patch. > > > > I rebuilt it

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:20:23PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David López Moreno wrote: > > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I > > proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it > > doesn't m

Re: Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:06:37PM +0200, David López Moreno wrote: > Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I > proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it > doesn't matter if they co-exist? i think the correct way is to retitle the RFP

Re: multiple debs

2004-05-05 Thread Matthijs Mohlmann
On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 19:35, Matthijs Mohlmann wrote: > And again a question about multiple debs. > > I'm trying this: > > install: build > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > dh_clean -k > dh_installdirs >

Attending a RFP

2004-05-05 Thread David López Moreno
Hi. I've come across a great piece of software and would like to package it for the Debian system. Currently, there is a RFP for the package (Bug #227525). How should I proceed?. Do I directly fill an ITP? Will that remove Bug #227525? Or it doesn't matter if they co-exist? Dave

multiple debs

2004-05-05 Thread Matthijs Mohlmann
And again a question about multiple debs. I'm trying this: install: build dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_clean -k dh_installdirs # Add here co

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 05:20:39PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his next package release or should i write a mail > to the bts? Although a private mail is likely to achieve the same result I would sent

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 05:20:39PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the > package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog > file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this p

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Matt Brubeck
Nico Golde wrote: > how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of > the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the > debian/changelog file of kernel-package. > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his nex

Re: dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Nico Golde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so > he can change this in his next package release or should i write a mail > to the bts? Submit a bug of severity minor, that way it sticks around in case the maintainer forgets. You m

dealing with bugs in package/debian files

2004-05-05 Thread Nico Golde
hi, how have i to deal with bugs in the files in the debian directory of the package? for expample i found a spelling mistake in the debian/changelog file of kernel-package. should i write a personla message to the maintainer of this package so he can change this in his next package release or shou

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Jeremy Lainé ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > A better solution would be detecting whether a password is needed > > (i.e. the debian-sys-maint or whatever the account is called is not > > available) and if so, prompt the user via debconf at purge. > Trying to be guess whether a password is need

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I created a package for a program i wrote (bbacpi: http://bbacpi.sourceforge.net). I want to integrete it into the official debian tree. I was told on #debian to file a ITP bug, and ask on this mailing list for a sponsor, so that's what i do. Regards, Max Lekeux bbacpi is simple tool for X t

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Jeremy Lainé ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I want to give users the possibility to remove that database and user > when the package is purged. However, this means knowing the MySQL admin > password at removal time. What is the best way to go as it is probably a > very bad idea to keep the admin

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> A better solution would be detecting whether a password is needed > (i.e. the debian-sys-maint or whatever the account is called is not > available) and if so, prompt the user via debconf at purge. Trying to be guess whether a password is needed seems rather risky as the database could very well

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:02:55AM +0200, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Of course you and Andreas are right. Sorry for my mistake. > I just hate patching stuff this way and I didn't notice this patch. > > I rebuilt it tomorrow to use dpatch stuff. Nice sentence ;) Very gramatical... seems I h

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Jeremy Lainé ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > A better solution would be detecting whether a password is needed > > (i.e. the debian-sys-maint or whatever the account is called is not > > available) and if so, prompt the user via debconf at purge. > Trying to be guess whether a password is need

removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Jeremy Lainé
Upon purging a package, it is expected that all installed data should be removed. The package "diogenes" installs a MySQL database and a MySQL user by prompting the user via debconf for the admin user/password. I want to give users the possibility to remove that database and user when the package

Re: RFS: for two orphaned packages

2004-05-05 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:02:55AM +0200, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > Of course you and Andreas are right. Sorry for my mistake. > I just hate patching stuff this way and I didn't notice this patch. > > I rebuilt it tomorrow to use dpatch stuff. Nice sentence ;) Very gramatical... seems I h

looking for a sponsor

2004-05-05 Thread Lekeux Max
I created a package for a program i wrote (bbacpi: http://bbacpi.sourceforge.net). I want to integrete it into the official debian tree. I was told on #debian to file a ITP bug, and ask on this mailing list for a sponsor, so that's what i do. Regards, Max Lekeux bbacpi is simple tool for X th

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Jeremy Lainé
> A better solution would be detecting whether a password is needed > (i.e. the debian-sys-maint or whatever the account is called is not > available) and if so, prompt the user via debconf at purge. Trying to be guess whether a password is needed seems rather risky as the database could very well

Re: removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Jeremy Lainé ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I want to give users the possibility to remove that database and user > when the package is purged. However, this means knowing the MySQL admin > password at removal time. What is the best way to go as it is probably a > very bad idea to keep the admin

removing MySQL data on purge

2004-05-05 Thread Jeremy Lainé
Upon purging a package, it is expected that all installed data should be removed. The package "diogenes" installs a MySQL database and a MySQL user by prompting the user via debconf for the admin user/password. I want to give users the possibility to remove that database and user when the package

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