Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by missing java2 I think this should be missing *build*-dependencies. To me it looks like filler 1.02-2 specifies java-compiler, debhelper a

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 04:04:04PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 12:57:10PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 12:13:37PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > [...] > > > * debian/copyright does not list the actual copyright notice. See > > > http://lists.

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:16:24AM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by missing java2 > I think this should be missing *build*-dependencie

Subsections

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
Hi. An easy question: Where should I put a package that can fit in two subsections? I'm looking in the policy, but it only lists which subsections exist, but not a brief description. In my case, I'm trying to adopt kxmleditor, which actually is in section "editors", but I think "kde" is better

gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Salvador Abreu
Hi, GNU Prolog (the gprolog package) is a native-code compiler with back-ends for several targets and *no* "generic" target: it can't work for a given architecture unless a back-end has been written for it. I've tried to deal with this with a control line: Architecture: i386 amd64 sparc m

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-16 John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > There is a slight complication: the QA team uploaded a version that > fixed some arch bugs by setting architecture to all [1]. I don't seem to > be able to get the latest sources [...] 0.9.5.2-5 is available on every mirror, e.g. http://

Re: Successful transmission from Kayla

2004-08-16 Thread Alan
begzkoeps? tqhpemomn epecvbpst xpqji qmnio dwtpqtly Do you know that congress just passed a new law and you can spwhxv afxpdhh rxyscns, oibuxuv r e f inance your - mo. r t gage with ZERO ra t e? jaurj qmnqivah cyvmo lzibrkty - ryyilryi kakebk Find out if you fit their requirements! odwlduw

Re: gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-16 Salvador Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GNU Prolog (the gprolog package) is a native-code compiler with > back-ends for several targets and *no* "generic" target: it can't work > for a given architecture unless a back-end has been written for it. > I've tried to deal with this wi

Re: gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Salvador Abreu wrote, Monday, August 16, 2004 11:55 AM: > I've tried to deal with this with a control line: > Architecture: i386 amd64 sparc mips alpha powerpc > so that it only builds on some architectures. > > The trouble is I can't get a hold of any machine of these architectures > to make bin

Re: Question reagarding new package

2004-08-16 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Dear Mentors I received an email today from ftp-master telling me that there is a licence issue with the package. Don't know whether this was triggered by my posting. But anyway, this is resolved. Thanks for your time & best regards Andree On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 00:13, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: >

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread James Damour
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 06:13, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:16:24AM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > > > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by

preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Ashraf Emawi
hi all, i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building package and when i try to install my package, preinstall and postinstall will not be used

Re: preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 02:05:52PM +0200, Ashraf Emawi wrote: > hi all, > i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to > get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, > copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building package and > when i

Re: preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello ashraf... * Ashraf Emawi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-16 15:33 +0200]: > hi all, > i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to > get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, > copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building packa

Re: php mentor needed for ILIAS E-Learning getting into sid (?sarge?)

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040813 00:56]: > Tell me why I want to be interested, > and then I might be. so, what about it? he told you and what now? Are you interested? we only want someone to judge the php side of things. i can upload etc myself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:35:41PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2004-08-16 John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > There is a slight complication: the QA team uploaded a version that > > fixed some arch bugs by setting architecture to all [1]. I don't seem to > > be able to get the

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 03:24:52PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: [...] > If you feel inclined to take a further look, 0.9.5.2-6 is now at > http://www.callpoint.org/splay/ Almost ok. debian/control must not hardcode the shlibs-dependencies, use ${shlibs:Depends} instead. cu andreas

Re: Packaging MAME

2004-08-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chris, On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:08:27PM +0100, Chris Jefferson wrote: > I'm currently trying to package MAME, but thought that I would also look > for a sponsor, as I wasn't sure if it might be difficult for a > contraversal package. Emulation in general is not *that* controversial -- I

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
W liście z pon, 16-08-2004, godz. 08:42, James Damour pisze: > I've created a new set of package file and made them available at > http://www.damour.info/debian/. Could someone please submit them to the > upload queue for me (as I'm not a Debian Developer)? done. GBP --

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 04:30:42PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 03:24:52PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: > [...] > > If you feel inclined to take a further look, 0.9.5.2-6 is now at > > http://www.callpoint.org/splay/ > > Almost ok. debian/control must not hardcode the shli

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:58:26PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: [...] > I've put a new copy at the above address. I made a last minute change to debian/control and uploaded the package. -Description: Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3 Based on maplay, this - package decodes layer I, II, and III M

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
[...] > Usually I would not change a sponsored package before uploading, but I > wanted to get it in before dinstall runs, shortly before sarge time is > an issue. - I do hope that is ok for you. I'm more than happy. Thanks for all your help :) Cheers John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

looking for a sponsor for jailkit

2004-08-16 Thread Olivier
Hi all, I've packaged jailkit, a collection of tools to create and maintain chroot jails. The package is lintian clean. My pgp key is checked by some debian developers already, so now I need a sponsor. The package can be found here: http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/debian/ thanks, Olivi

[RFS, RFA] kxmleditor: XML Editor for KDE

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
Hi. This is a request for an sponsor of the package kxmleditor, which is up for adoption (bug #255299). This version fixes a FTBFS release critical bug (#265680). The package is lintian and linda clean, and compiles without problems in pbuilder's chroot. The only warning I have, is because ups

Re: working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > Dear People, > > I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the > already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run > into some difficulties, and was hoping people on this list would help me > out. Um, sorry.

working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run into some difficulties, and was hoping people on this list would help me out. I should probably start by saying that I'm trying to use svn-build

Re: [RFS, RFA] kxmleditor: XML Editor for KDE

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
El Martes, 17 de Agosto de 2004 00:34, Alejandro Exojo escribió: > If you can not sponsor the package for any reason, I will welcome any other > kind of feedback, of course. :-) Silly me... I forgot to paste the URL O:-))) You can add this to sources.list to fetch the package and the source: deb

Re: working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:24:42 -0400 (EDT), Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear People, > > I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the > already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run into > some difficulties, and was hoping people on this

RFS: Mozilla firefox/thunderbird locale packages

2004-08-16 Thread Kanru Chen
Hello mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for following packages. Package name: mozilla-firefox-locale-zh-tw Version: 0.9 Licence: MPL Package name: mozilla-thunderbird-locale-zh-tw Version: 0.7 Licence: MPL Description: These packages are locale files for mozilla firefox/thunderbird of region

Re: working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi
* Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-17 01:12:46 +]: > > I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, I think David already started with it, as we got a request for the package. But please note two things: we short of postponed it, as it won't make into Sarge and David is

Re: mentors.debian.net: 404 for Packages?

2004-08-16 Thread Marcin Orlowski
Friedemann Schorer wrote: Hi :-) I put the line you mentioned on kde-look.org in my /etc/apt/soures.list, and it worked quite well many weeks. But lately apt-get began reporting that the Packages file can't be found: A 404 error is given. Any hints hwy? Read the announcement on the mentors.

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by missing java2 I think this should be missing *build*-dependencies. To me it looks like filler 1.02-2 specifies java-compiler, debhelper a

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 04:04:04PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 12:57:10PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 12:13:37PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > [...] > > > * debian/copyright does not list the actual copyright notice. See > > > http://lists.

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:16:24AM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by missing java2 > I think this should be missing *build*-dependencie

Subsections

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
Hi. An easy question: Where should I put a package that can fit in two subsections? I'm looking in the policy, but it only lists which subsections exist, but not a brief description. In my case, I'm trying to adopt kxmleditor, which actually is in section "editors", but I think "kde" is better

gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Salvador Abreu
Hi, GNU Prolog (the gprolog package) is a native-code compiler with back-ends for several targets and *no* "generic" target: it can't work for a given architecture unless a back-end has been written for it. I've tried to deal with this with a control line: Architecture: i386 amd64 sparc m

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-16 John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > There is a slight complication: the QA team uploaded a version that > fixed some arch bugs by setting architecture to all [1]. I don't seem to > be able to get the latest sources [...] 0.9.5.2-5 is available on every mirror, e.g. http://

Re: Successful transmission from Kayla

2004-08-16 Thread Alan
begzkoeps? tqhpemomn epecvbpst xpqji qmnio dwtpqtly Do you know that congress just passed a new law and you can spwhxv afxpdhh rxyscns, oibuxuv r e f inance your - mo. r t gage with ZERO ra t e? jaurj qmnqivah cyvmo lzibrkty - ryyilryi kakebk Find out if you fit their requirements! odwlduw

Re: gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-08-16 Salvador Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > GNU Prolog (the gprolog package) is a native-code compiler with > back-ends for several targets and *no* "generic" target: it can't work > for a given architecture unless a back-end has been written for it. > I've tried to deal with this wi

Re: gprolog: buildds not touching it

2004-08-16 Thread Adam D. Barratt
Salvador Abreu wrote, Monday, August 16, 2004 11:55 AM: > I've tried to deal with this with a control line: > Architecture: i386 amd64 sparc mips alpha powerpc > so that it only builds on some architectures. > > The trouble is I can't get a hold of any machine of these architectures > to make bin

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread James Damour
On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 06:13, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 09:16:24AM +0200, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > > Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > packages in contrib are allowed to FTBFS due to missing dependencies in > > > Debian. You may close any FTBFS bugs on filler caused by

preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Ashraf Emawi
hi all, i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building package and when i try to install my package, preinstall and postinstall will not be use

Re: preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 02:05:52PM +0200, Ashraf Emawi wrote: > hi all, > i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to > get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, > copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building package and > when i

Re: Question reagarding new package

2004-08-16 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Dear Mentors I received an email today from ftp-master telling me that there is a licence issue with the package. Don't know whether this was triggered by my posting. But anyway, this is resolved. Thanks for your time & best regards Andree On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 00:13, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: >

Re: preinst, postinst, etc

2004-08-16 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello ashraf... * Ashraf Emawi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-16 15:33 +0200]: > hi all, > i try to build debian-package of a small programm, and i used dh_make to > get some help. under the directory DEBIAN/ i got files like rules, > copyright, preinst.ex, postinst.ex, etc... after building packa

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:35:41PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2004-08-16 John Hedges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > There is a slight complication: the QA team uploaded a version that > > fixed some arch bugs by setting architecture to all [1]. I don't seem to > > be able to get the

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 03:24:52PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: [...] > If you feel inclined to take a further look, 0.9.5.2-6 is now at > http://www.callpoint.org/splay/ Almost ok. debian/control must not hardcode the shlibs-dependencies, use ${shlibs:Depends} instead. cu andreas

Re: Packaging MAME

2004-08-16 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chris, On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 03:08:27PM +0100, Chris Jefferson wrote: > I'm currently trying to package MAME, but thought that I would also look > for a sponsor, as I wasn't sure if it might be difficult for a > contraversal package. Emulation in general is not *that* controversial -- I

Re: php mentor needed for ILIAS E-Learning getting into sid (?sarge?)

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040813 00:56]: > Tell me why I want to be interested, > and then I might be. so, what about it? he told you and what now? Are you interested? we only want someone to judge the php side of things. i can upload etc myself.

Re: [jdamour@nycap.rr.com: Re: Please help sorting out which sid updates need to make sarge]

2004-08-16 Thread Grzegorz B. Prokopski
W liście z pon, 16-08-2004, godz. 08:42, James Damour pisze: > I've created a new set of package file and made them available at > http://www.damour.info/debian/. Could someone please submit them to the > upload queue for me (as I'm not a Debian Developer)? done. GBP --

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 04:30:42PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 03:24:52PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: > [...] > > If you feel inclined to take a further look, 0.9.5.2-6 is now at > > http://www.callpoint.org/splay/ > > Almost ok. debian/control must not hardcode the shli

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:58:26PM +0100, John Hedges wrote: [...] > I've put a new copy at the above address. I made a last minute change to debian/control and uploaded the package. -Description: Sound player for MPEG-1,2 layer 1,2,3 Based on maplay, this - package decodes layer I, II, and III M

Re: RFS: splay -- A bit better prepared now ...

2004-08-16 Thread John Hedges
[...] > Usually I would not change a sponsored package before uploading, but I > wanted to get it in before dinstall runs, shortly before sarge time is > an issue. - I do hope that is ok for you. I'm more than happy. Thanks for all your help :) Cheers John

looking for a sponsor for jailkit

2004-08-16 Thread Olivier
Hi all, I've packaged jailkit, a collection of tools to create and maintain chroot jails. The package is lintian clean. My pgp key is checked by some debian developers already, so now I need a sponsor. The package can be found here: http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/debian/ thanks, Olivi

[RFS, RFA] kxmleditor: XML Editor for KDE

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
Hi. This is a request for an sponsor of the package kxmleditor, which is up for adoption (bug #255299). This version fixes a FTBFS release critical bug (#265680). The package is lintian and linda clean, and compiles without problems in pbuilder's chroot. The only warning I have, is because ups

working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run into some difficulties, and was hoping people on this list would help me out. I should probably start by saying that I'm trying to use svn-build

Re: working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > Dear People, > > I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the > already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run > into some difficulties, and was hoping people on this list would help me > out. Um, sorry.

Re: [RFS, RFA] kxmleditor: XML Editor for KDE

2004-08-16 Thread Alejandro Exojo
El Martes, 17 de Agosto de 2004 00:34, Alejandro Exojo escribió: > If you can not sponsor the package for any reason, I will welcome any other > kind of feedback, of course. :-) Silly me... I forgot to paste the URL O:-))) You can add this to sources.list to fetch the package and the source: deb

Re: working with Debian subversion sources

2004-08-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:24:42 -0400 (EDT), Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear People, > > I've been trying to package subversion, version 1.1.0-rc2, using the > already packaged versions as a jumping-off point. However, I have run into > some difficulties, and was hoping people on this

RFS: Mozilla firefox/thunderbird locale packages

2004-08-16 Thread Kanru Chen
Hello mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for following packages. Package name: mozilla-firefox-locale-zh-tw Version: 0.9 Licence: MPL Package name: mozilla-thunderbird-locale-zh-tw Version: 0.7 Licence: MPL Description: These packages are locale files for mozilla firefox/thunderbird of region