Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.13.0234 +0200]: > It may be of value to users of stable who want to make their own > package of the latest version of the software for some reason. Then they should bug the maintainer to have it go into unstable. -- Please do not send copies o

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Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Miriam" == Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Miriam> Hi, The author of one of the packages I was packaging for my own Miriam> use has asked me to be the maintainer of the debian's Miriam> package. The problem that I found is that in latest versions he Miriam> includes his own version

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "martin" == martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] martin> Tell him that the ./debian directory has no value when the martin> software is available from the Debian archive and that you need martin> to make modifications to it frequently. ... It may be of value to users of stable

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Stefan" == Stefan Fritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Stefan> For sam2p I created my own orig.tar.gz with the debian Stefan> subdirectory renamed to debian.dist. I don't delete it because Stefan> the upstream changelog is in there (installed with Stefan> "dh_installchangelogs debian.

Sources with missing dependencies

2005-04-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, for some hours I have tried to compile a SARGE source under SARGE with: 8< SARGE base-install apt-get install build-essential fakeroot apt-get build-dep apt-get source cd $EDIT debian/changelog dpkg-buildpackage ... 8<-

Re: The debian directory in upstream sources.

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matthijs Mohlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2351 +0200]: > A native package contains only a dsc and a orig.tar.gz file. Actually, it's not called .orig.tar.gz, just .tar.gz -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL P

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2327 +0200]: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2005/04/msg00106.html ). The > debian/ directory is in CVS, naturally. Use a branch! > It is currently distributed in the .tar.gz file. Should it be > removed? Yes, in my opin

The debian directory in upstream sources.

2005-04-12 Thread Matthijs Mohlmann
Hi all, It seems a hard problem to understand what a native and a non-native debian package is. And get through the trouble if upstream provide a debian directory in the source. I'll try to explain: 1. Non-Native Debian Package A non-native debian source package contains a dsc, diff.gz and a ori

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 06:27:52PM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > >I disagree. ./debian is the domain of the Debian maintainer, not of > >the upstream. Unless you are developing software *for* *Debian* > >(native), there is no reason why you should bother with ./debian at > >all. > > > What a

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that martin f krafft may or may not have written... > also sprach Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12. > +0200]: >> It makes sense for software developers to have their own ./debian >> directory so that they can use debian/rules binary to compile and test >> their soft

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
martin f krafft wrote: What does not make a lot of sense is to release the .tar.gz with the ./debian directory, as Steve Halasz said, it's perfectly valid to have it in CVS the important point would be to convince them not to include it in the release. I disagree. ./debian is the domain of the

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Halasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2249 +0200]: > In my case some upstream developers were debian users who liked to > be able to build debs from CVS. This has been helpful since they > can make sure the app will work ok in debian before they release. > It's not strictly neces

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Steve Halasz
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 22:40 +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12. +0200]: > > It makes sense for software developers to have their own ./debian > > directory so that they can use debian/rules binary to compile and > > test their softwar

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12. +0200]: > It makes sense for software developers to have their own ./debian > directory so that they can use debian/rules binary to compile and > test their software while developing it. Huh? Why not just use ./Makefile? > What

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Apr 12, 2005 4:44 PM, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure, but there is no point in having ./debian available upstream. > It's backwards. It makes sense for software developers to have their own ./debian directory so that they can use debian/rules binary to compile and test their

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Adrian von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2135 +0200]: > I think having the debian/ directory in the upstream source makes > sense if the packager works closely with the upstream author (or > is the same), ideally the package maintainer should have write > access to upstream's s

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Stefan Fritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2109 +0200]: > For sam2p I created my own orig.tar.gz with the debian subdirectory > renamed to debian.dist. Then it's not .orig anymore. The MD5 sum will differ. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 21.16, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2044 +0200]: > > I've tried to explain to him the reasons behind doing > > it the proper way, with a diff file, but I don't think > > I was able to do that too well. Quoting him: "The >

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Stefan Fritsch
Hi! On Tuesday 12 April 2005 20:44, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > "The > reason I added debian subdirectory is to distribute it > with the source files." > > Any suggestions on how to deal with that? For sam2p I created my own orig.tar.gz with the debian subdirectory renamed to debian.dist. I don't delet

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Steve Halasz
On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 20:44 +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > Hi, > > The author of one of the packages I was packaging for > my own use has asked me to be the maintainer of the > debian's package. The problem that I found is that in > latest versions he includes his own version of > debian's directory

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Carlo Segre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2047 +0200]: > It then becomes a native debian package with no -# revisions. No, it does not necessarily. You can have an empty .diff.gz file, which would make sense in this case. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.04.12.2044 +0200]: > I've tried to explain to him the reasons behind doing > it the proper way, with a diff file, but I don't think > I was able to do that too well. Quoting him: "The > reason I added debian subdirectory is to distribute it > with t

Re: debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Carlo Segre
It then becomes a native debian package with no -# revisions. C.S. On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Miriam Ruiz wrote: Hi, The author of one of the packages I was packaging for my own use has asked me to be the maintainer of the debian's package. The problem that I found is that in latest versions he includes

debian directory included in upstream

2005-04-12 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Hi, The author of one of the packages I was packaging for my own use has asked me to be the maintainer of the debian's package. The problem that I found is that in latest versions he includes his own version of debian's directory inside the original tar.gz file as you download it from the web. I'

Re: RFS: tinywm - Ridiculously tiny window manager

2005-04-12 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > The package files are available from http://www.hemamu.com/hemamu/debian/ . > I've looked at the directory. I can point out that you have only created a Debian native package, You will need an upstream file as ../tinywm_1.3.orig.tar.gz when building. regards, junichi -- Ju

Re: Possibly interested in

2005-04-12 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Brett, * Brett Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-04-12 07:53]: > I am possibly interested in finding a sponsor. I would like to help with > documentation, or maybe help with PR. I can provide more information if > necessary. I haven't written much documentation for Open source projects, >

ITA: log4cpp -- A C++ library for flexible logging

2005-04-12 Thread fboudra
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ITP: libqt4lab -- Qt4Lab widget plugins library

2005-04-12 Thread fboudra
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Re: Possibly interested in

2005-04-12 Thread Luk Claes
Brett Meadors wrote: Hi, Hi Brett I am possibly interested in finding a sponsor. I would like to help with documentation, or maybe help with PR. I can provide more information if necessary. I haven’t written much documentation for Open source projects, but use words well and can provide a sim

Re: Possibly interested in

2005-04-12 Thread Michael Koch
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:51:17PM -0400, Brett Meadors wrote: > Hi, > > I am possibly interested in finding a sponsor. I would like to help with > documentation, or maybe help with PR. I can provide more information if > necessary. I haven't written much documentation for Open source projects,