Re: RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

2005-01-11 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 16.26, you wrote: > [not subscribed to tetex-maint, so please cc: me if replying there.] > I created a quick package of Achim Brucker's svninfo latex Package. > ... and of course, I have it online. Arrgh!

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Pierre Ancelot [Wed, 12 Jan 2005 04:55:36 +0100]: > Yes, okay, well thank you anibal and thank you all of you, seems i've done > everything the wrong way :/ In fact you didn't. You did the very first right thing to do, which is to read documentation and get to know the procedures. If only

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
On Wednesday 12 January 2005 04:40, Anibal Monsalve Salazar wrote: Oh, okay, seemed logical to me that hwtools was the package hwtools... > If you use that line, your 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]' will > fail, unless you use 'package wnpp' before 'owner 211921 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > It

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: > Hi, i am adopting a package to maintain. > As it is my very first package, i'm reading many things actualy. > i sent a mail to adopt it to the control server and set it as ITA Its good that you want to help, and this will be a good

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:19:46PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: >On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: >>>package hwtools If you use that line, your 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]' will fail, unless you use 'package wnpp' before 'owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. >>Ignor

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
Thank you to tell me, i sure was wrong on this i won't forget next time. On Wednesday 12 January 2005 04:30, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Also: Pierre, note that the 'retitle to ITA' expression means that you > change the "O" bit by "ITA", not that you change the full title to ITA > (if you do

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
> This is causing the problem with the 'owner' command -- although the bug > refers to the hwtools package, it's actually reported against the "Work > Needed and Prospective Packages" pseudo-package. Not sure, does it mean i can't adopt it ? owner 211921 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--- this syntax

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthew Palmer [Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:19:46 +1100]: > > > retitle 211921 ITA > > Bug#211921: O: hwtools -- Collection of tools for low-level hardware > > management > > Changed Bug title. > This actually shows a bug in debbugs -- it should have failed to allow you > to change this bug title...

Re: Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:22:14AM +0100, Pierre Ancelot wrote: > > package hwtools > Ignoring bugs not assigned to: hwtools This is causing the problem with the 'owner' command -- although the bug refers to the hwtools package, it's actually reported against the "Work Needed and Prospective Packa

Adopting an orphan

2005-01-11 Thread Pierre Ancelot
Hi, i am adopting a package to maintain. As it is my very first package, i'm reading many things actualy. i sent a mail to adopt it to the control server and set it as ITA I chosen this package since i have skills in hardware programming and C programming in general and i wish to help in debia

Re: RFS[2]: cpufrequtils (comments on packaging also welcome)

2005-01-11 Thread Achim Bohnet
On Friday 07 January 2005 22:03, Mattia Dongili wrote: > Hello, > > this is the second call for sponsors for cpufrequtils, a useful (hint, > sponsor me - sponsor me :)) package with utilities to deal with cpufreq > interface (it contains command line utilities and a shared library). I really like

Re: RFS: mocp -- music on console player

2005-01-11 Thread Michal Jeczalik Jr
* Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have uploaded it, http://www.orora.org/michalj/debian/mocp/ > the package has no revision number. it should be -1. change > the changelog file. Fixed. > THe short descriptopn in the control file shouldnt start > with a capital letter. Most of shor

Re: RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

2005-01-11 Thread Frank Küster
Adrian von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I created a quick package of Achim Brucker's svninfo latex Package. > > > - google did find a mail (from 2003, though) indicating that no latex > package packaging policy exists, so I haven't

Re: RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

2005-01-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
Your .diff, please? On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 04:26:13PM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > [not subscribed to tetex-maint, so please cc: me if replying there.] > > Yo! > > I created a quick package of Achim Brucker's svninfo latex Package. > >

RFC and RFS: latex-svninfo

2005-01-11 Thread Adrian von Bidder
[not subscribed to tetex-maint, so please cc: me if replying there.] Yo! I created a quick package of Achim Brucker's svninfo latex Package. Status: - worksforme(tm) on a *very* quick test. - latex2html support completely untested, as I do

Re: RFS: mocp -- music on console player

2005-01-11 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Michal, * Michal Jeczalik Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-11 11:52]: > * Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > we need the diff.gz a debian source package contains the > > diff.gz, the orig.tar.gz and the dsc file. the deb is > > useless. please upload. > > I have uploaded it, http

Re: Packages that *can* provide essential services (but not always)

2005-01-11 Thread David Given
On Sunday 09 January 2005 18:53, Florian Weimer wrote: > * David Given: > > Is there a correct way of tackling this kind of thing? > > Does citadel provide the /usr/lib/sendmail interface? It does, yes, although it needs a bit of setting up; which makes it a good candidate for the citadel-server-

Re: problems in creating .deb using dpkg-buildpackage!!!

2005-01-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-01-10 06:23:39, schrieb TIFR students: > Hi, > dpkg-buildpackage: source package is php > dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 5.0.2-1 > dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is root > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Never make Packages as "root"... > dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is i386 > f