Re: Executing with root priviliges

2004-06-07 Thread Eike \"zyro\" Sauer
Eduard Bloch schrieb: > I am not sure how to implement this policy for su-replacements... Best > virtual package name? id-changer and x-id-changer? Or uid-changer? uid-changer/x-uid-changer There are many IDs out there... Ciao, Eike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
* Package name: gens Version : 2.12-rc3 Upstream Author : Stephane Akhoun * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gens/ * License : GPL Description : Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator Gens is a Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator, originally written for Windows but por

why are these packages in testing?

2004-06-07 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, I came across some strange outputs. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ madison aiksaurus aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.02.20-1 | testing | source aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.03.15-1 | unstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc [EMAIL PRO

Re: RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
Argh, hold off on this, I just noticed part of this package needs to go in non-free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: setting up a woody chroot for backporting

2004-06-07 Thread Marcin Orlowski
Joost van Baal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have very little experience with chroot-ed builds, but will spend some more time investigating. You can create a nice small chroot like this: (cdebootstrap installs less cruft then debootstrap) apt-get install cdebootstrap cdebootstrap woody /chroots/woo

Re: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390

2004-06-07 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2004-05-11 Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > Subject: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390 > [...] > > the subject[1] says it all, will it ever be an xserver-xfree86 for s390? > > otherw

Re: why are these packages in testing?

2004-06-07 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:02:01PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > Hi, > > I came across some strange outputs. For example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ madison aiksaurus > aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.02.20-1 | testing | source > aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.03.15-1 | unstable | source, alpha

Re: RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
Ok, nevermind... this package has a mess of non-free, I need some serious time to sort through what's even redistributable. Teach me to get overzealous, sheesh... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390

2004-06-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-06-07 Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] > > Personally I'd immediately change the architecture field and change it > > back once there is a xserver for s390. - You'll probably have to > > pester ftp-master to r

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Frank Küster
Bengt Thuree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hej > > I have just created one of my first debian package, and would like to > have some comments on the actual packaging. Did you read the new maintainers guide and the developers' reference? > > Have I missed something? > I am very confused of > *)

chugging

2004-06-07 Thread Jimmy
Carson Pollard,^ Visa Gold Promotional Offer,} N0 Credit Check,,@ No Employment requirement,,/ N0 Finance charge,,{ No Security Depoits,,) TO build up $1000 credit..,\ and win a car.," http://alphacardz.info/index.php?id=9201 ,inequivalent ,capacious ,cb ,care .

RFS: libcgi-xmlapplication-perl

2004-06-07 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Florian Ragwitz wrote: | Package: libcgi-xmlapplication-perl | Severity: wishlist | | A new upstream version (currently 1.1.3) is available on cpan. Please | upgrade your package. I have uploaded the package to [EMAIL PROTECTED], so I need a sponsor for

RFS: xpat2

2004-06-07 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I have adopted the xpat2 package. Would anybody be so kind to upload it, please? Package: xpat2 Description: Generic patience game for X11 ~ xpat2 is a generic patience game which can be used with different rule ~ sets. It does understand the rules o

RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Hi, I am quite new to packaging and just finished the initial release of potracegui. It is a KDE frontend for the potrace tracing (vectorizing) commanline tool. It enhances the commanline tool as it supports the use of any graphic format known by KDE as input. It also features the direct input of r

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 09:13:18PM +0200, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > Hi, Hello Christoph. > I am quite new to packaging and just finished the initial release of > potracegui. It is a KDE frontend for the potrace tracing (vectorizing) > commanline tool. It enhances the commanline tool as it su

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > debian/changelog: > > You should fill ITP bug and close it with your changelog entry. > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ Wasn't sure about this because as it is an unofficial package and maybe never get sponsered (at least not in the near future I think). I tho

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:16:41PM +0200, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > > debian/changelog: > > > > You should fill ITP bug and close it with your changelog entry. > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > Wasn't sure about this because as it is an unofficial package and maybe > never get sponsered

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:17:45PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > In debian/dirs, you only list the directories that you want to create > with dh_installdirs - e.g. directories that the upstream Makefiles > assumes to be present upon installation, or directories to which you > want to move some files

Request for comments for ibwebadmin package

2004-06-07 Thread Remco Seesink
Hello, I am looking for comments about my packaging of ibwebadmin. Testers are also welcome. * Package name: ibwebadmin Version : 0.97 Upstream Author : Lutz Brückner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://ibwebadmin.sf.net/ * License : GPL v2 Description : I

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
Hej Frank, and thank you for very much appreciated comments. I will try to answer them below /Bengt Frank Küster wrote: Did you read the new maintainers guide and the developers' reference? Yes, I read them once, twice, and ten times, but must have some problem with my english apperantly. That de

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
Matthew Palmer wrote: want to move some files in your debian/rules file - a typical example would be moving some scripts to debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/$packagename/examples. You don't use dh_installdirs for that, you use dh_installexamples. I managed to use this one :) *) Should I list the conffil

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:01:34AM +0900, Bengt Thuree wrote: > >The version of the debian package you produce is taken from the package's > >topmost changelog entry. For timestamps, you can use touch(1), but I'm > >having trouble coming up with why you'd want to stamp a file to a > >particular >

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
>>> for the buppo --version output. And I think it would be handled by cvs >> or subversion, but for the moment I am actually using .deb as my >> revision control > > OK, so you do actually want to have your version information generated > automatically from your revision control stuff. :-) Th

Re: RFS: libxp-java : XML 1.0 parser for Java

2004-06-07 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
W liście z sob, 29-05-2004, godz. 14:22, Arnaud Vandyck pisze: > Nicolas Duboc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 05:00:23PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > >> Nicolas Duboc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> Why sablevm and gij aren't alternatives for java1-runtime? (if

Re: Executing with root priviliges

2004-06-07 Thread Eike \"zyro\" Sauer
Eduard Bloch schrieb: > I am not sure how to implement this policy for su-replacements... Best > virtual package name? id-changer and x-id-changer? Or uid-changer? uid-changer/x-uid-changer There are many IDs out there... Ciao, Eike

RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
* Package name: gens Version : 2.12-rc3 Upstream Author : Stephane Akhoun * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gens/ * License : GPL Description : Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator Gens is a Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator, originally written for Windows but p

why are these packages in testing?

2004-06-07 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, I came across some strange outputs. For example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ madison aiksaurus aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.02.20-1 | testing | source aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.03.15-1 | unstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc [EMAIL PRO

Re: RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
Argh, hold off on this, I just noticed part of this package needs to go in non-free.

Re: setting up a woody chroot for backporting

2004-06-07 Thread Marcin Orlowski
Joost van Baal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have very little experience with chroot-ed builds, but will spend some more time investigating. You can create a nice small chroot like this: (cdebootstrap installs less cruft then debootstrap) apt-get install cdebootstrap cdebootstrap woody /chroots

Re: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390

2004-06-07 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2004-05-11 Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > Subject: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390 > [...] > > the subject[1] says it all, will it ever be an xserver-xfree86 for s390? > > otherw

Re: why are these packages in testing?

2004-06-07 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 12:02:01PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > Hi, > > I came across some strange outputs. For example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ madison aiksaurus > aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.02.20-1 | testing | source > aiksaurus | 1.0.1+cvs.2004.03.15-1 | unstable | source, alpha

Re: RFS: gens -- Sega Genesis/CD/32X emulator

2004-06-07 Thread Benjamin Cutler
Ok, nevermind... this package has a mess of non-free, I need some serious time to sort through what's even redistributable. Teach me to get overzealous, sheesh...

Re: xfree86-driver-synaptics blocked by xserver-xfree86 on s390

2004-06-07 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-06-07 Mattia Dongili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 10:03:04AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: [...] > > Personally I'd immediately change the architecture field and change it > > back once there is a xserver for s390. - You'll probably have to > > pester ftp-master to r

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Frank Küster
Bengt Thuree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hej > > I have just created one of my first debian package, and would like to > have some comments on the actual packaging. Did you read the new maintainers guide and the developers' reference? > > Have I missed something? > I am very confused of > *)

chugging

2004-06-07 Thread Jimmy
Carson Pollard,^ Visa Gold Promotional Offer,} N0 Credit Check,,@ No Employment requirement,,/ N0 Finance charge,,{ No Security Depoits,,) TO build up $1000 credit..,\ and win a car.," http://alphacardz.info/index.php?id=9201 ,inequivalent ,capacious ,cb ,care .

RFS: libcgi-xmlapplication-perl

2004-06-07 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Florian Ragwitz wrote: | Package: libcgi-xmlapplication-perl | Severity: wishlist | | A new upstream version (currently 1.1.3) is available on cpan. Please | upgrade your package. I have uploaded the package to [EMAIL PROTECTED], so I need a sponsor

RFS: xpat2

2004-06-07 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi I have adopted the xpat2 package. Would anybody be so kind to upload it, please? Package: xpat2 Description: Generic patience game for X11 ~ xpat2 is a generic patience game which can be used with different rule ~ sets. It does understand the ru

RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Hi, I am quite new to packaging and just finished the initial release of potracegui. It is a KDE frontend for the potrace tracing (vectorizing) commanline tool. It enhances the commanline tool as it supports the use of any graphic format known by KDE as input. It also features the direct input of r

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 09:13:18PM +0200, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > Hi, Hello Christoph. > I am quite new to packaging and just finished the initial release of > potracegui. It is a KDE frontend for the potrace tracing (vectorizing) > commanline tool. It enhances the commanline tool as it su

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Christoph Wegscheider
Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote: > debian/changelog: > > You should fill ITP bug and close it with your changelog entry. > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ Wasn't sure about this because as it is an unofficial package and maybe never get sponsered (at least not in the near future I think). I tho

Re: RFC: potracegui -- is a KDE frontend for potrace

2004-06-07 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:16:41PM +0200, Christoph Wegscheider wrote: > > debian/changelog: > > > > You should fill ITP bug and close it with your changelog entry. > > http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ > Wasn't sure about this because as it is an unofficial package and maybe > never get sponsered

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:17:45PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: > In debian/dirs, you only list the directories that you want to create > with dh_installdirs - e.g. directories that the upstream Makefiles > assumes to be present upon installation, or directories to which you > want to move some files

Request for comments for ibwebadmin package

2004-06-07 Thread Remco Seesink
Hello, I am looking for comments about my packaging of ibwebadmin. Testers are also welcome. * Package name: ibwebadmin Version : 0.97 Upstream Author : Lutz Brückner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://ibwebadmin.sf.net/ * License : GPL v2 Description :

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
Hej Frank, and thank you for very much appreciated comments. I will try to answer them below /Bengt Frank Küster wrote: Did you read the new maintainers guide and the developers' reference? Yes, I read them once, twice, and ten times, but must have some problem with my english apperantly.

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
Matthew Palmer wrote: want to move some files in your debian/rules file - a typical example would be moving some scripts to debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/$packagename/examples. You don't use dh_installdirs for that, you use dh_installexamples. I managed to use this one :) *) Should I list

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:01:34AM +0900, Bengt Thuree wrote: > >The version of the debian package you produce is taken from the package's > >topmost changelog entry. For timestamps, you can use touch(1), but I'm > >having trouble coming up with why you'd want to stamp a file to a > >particular >

Re: Package review and comment wanted

2004-06-07 Thread Bengt Thuree
>>> for the buppo --version output. And I think it would be handled by cvs >> or subversion, but for the moment I am actually using .deb as my >> revision control > > OK, so you do actually want to have your version information generated > automatically from your revision control stuff. :-) Th