Re: RFS: tinyscheme

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:38:00PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > I only checked your package and here are my comments: > - Your changelog file closes no ITP bug in BTS, it should Thanks for pointing this out, I didn't know ITP's were supposed to be done for packages awaiting sponsorship (I know, shou

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:32:28PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > Oh no, please don't. You should use the same release tarball for Debian that > you actually release. That's what "pristine source tarball" means. If you That's what I thought, too. I just happened to think that it also implies that

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:55:35PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > Thank you for this explanation. Although I still have some issues with > > it, it seems I should build infrastructure for building source packages. > > (Earlier, one just needed dpkg-source -b; now it seems there must be > > some s

Re: RFS: tinyscheme

2006-02-28 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Justin, * Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-01 07:42]: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:38:00PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > > * Panu Kalliokoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-28 22:19]: > > > Upstream Author: Dimitrios Souflis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>=

Re: RFS: FSlint - File System lint

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:34:45PM +, P?draig Brady wrote: > Justin Pryzby wrote: > >On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 05:04:30PM +, P??draig Brady wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I've been maintaining FSlint for a few years now > >>and it has proved quite popular. There have even > >>been (buggy) thirdp

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:55:35PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:18:31PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:52:04AM +1100, skaller wrote: > > > > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > > > > more work, I'd rec

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:18:31PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:52:04AM +1100, skaller wrote: > > > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > > > more work, I'd recommend doing it that way. > > However there is a reason, it is politica

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread skaller
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 19:18 +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:52:04AM +1100, skaller wrote: > > > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > > > more work, I'd recommend doing it that way. > > However there is a reason, it is political, it i

Re: RFC/RFS: griffith -- A film collection manager

2006-02-28 Thread POX
Yaroslav Halchenko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > It is lintian clean but linda returns warnings about having > > files in /usr/lib directory. Since they're python files, > > I see no problem with having them in there, am I right? > From > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-prog

Re: RFS: tinyscheme

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:38:00PM +0100, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Panu Kalliokoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-28 22:19]: > > Upstream Author: Dimitrios Souflis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), stx2any > > Package: tinyscheme > > Architecture: any > > Descripti

Re: RFS: tinyscheme

2006-02-28 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Panu Kalliokoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-28 22:19]: > Upstream Author: Dimitrios Souflis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), stx2any > Package: tinyscheme > Architecture: any > Description: Very small scheme implementation > TinyScheme is an implementation that

Re: Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:12:53PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:41:42PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > On a related note, at the location you specified I can only find binary > > packages (.deb). For successful sponsoring, you need to provide the full > > source pa

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Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 08:12:45PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 06:57:38PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > > Having the debian/ directory under version control is useful. But it > > shouldn't be included in the tarball when you run "make dist". > > I've never used "make dis

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 06:57:38PM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > I see what you mean. However, both from a technical point of view, and from a > philosophical point of view, it makes sense: People who are getting your > release tarball will not want to build a Debian package (if they did, they'd > ge

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread skaller
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:12 +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > more work, I'd recommend doing it that way. It can be quite a lot more work if you have powerful scripts that can generate the required meta-information during t

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Bas Wijnen
Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:18:31PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:52:04AM +1100, skaller wrote: > Thank you for this explanation. Although I still have some issues with > it, it seems I should build infrastructure for building source packages. > (Earlier, one just

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 03:52 +1100, skaller wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:12 +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > > more work, I'd recommend doing it that way. > > It can be quite a lot more work if you have powerful scr

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:27:00PM +, Jon Dowland wrote: > > Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's been > > a long time since I read the relevant documents). In fact, the Debian > > Developer's Reference, section 5.4, seems to suggest that the > > difference is purel

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:55:13PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's been > a long time since I read the relevant documents). In fact, the Debian > Developer's Reference, section 5.4, seems to suggest that the > difference is purely t

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 11:05:32AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > I think the reason is that native packages can't be pristine, and > pristine packages are preferred. > > http://www.us.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-bpp-origtargz I'm familiar with this sec

Re: RFS: cgames

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:54:33AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > These sound like workable solutions, and I could add this if some user > > really wants the Linux console UI. I'm not eager to do it "just in case > > somebody wants"; if I take that road, I'll have a _lot_ of wasted work > > done.

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:52:04AM +1100, skaller wrote: > > It's your call, but since making them non-native is not really that much > > more work, I'd recommend doing it that way. > However there is a reason, it is political, it is > relevant -- it convinced me anyhow :) I also initially > produc

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:55:13PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:32:16PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > Native packages should ideally only be packages that have no real use > > outside of Debian. > > Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:32:16PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Hello Panu, > > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 16:05 +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > > Where to get it: > > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3.dsc > > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3.tar.gz > > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.

Re: RFS: cgames

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 05:19:04PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:18:25AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:11:49PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > > > cgames is an implementation of some traditional puzzle games for the > > > console by Brian

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:09:49AM +0800, Ying-Chun Liu wrote: > >>Native packages should ideally only be packages that have no real use > >>outside of Debian. [...] > > If you could show me some document that explains whether and why > > native packages are not preferred for software that could li

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 17:55 +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:32:16PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > > Native packages should ideally only be packages that have no real use > > outside of Debian. > > Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's been a

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Ying-Chun Liu
Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:32:16PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > >>Native packages should ideally only be packages that have no real use >>outside of Debian. > > > Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's been a > long time since I read the rel

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:32:16PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Native packages should ideally only be packages that have no real use > outside of Debian. Really? I've never seen such a guideline (although I admit it's been a long time since I read the relevant documents). In fact, the Debian

Re: RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hello Panu, On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 16:05 +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > Where to get it: > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3.dsc > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3.tar.gz > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3_all.deb > http://sange.fi/~atehwa/debian/b5_2.3_i386.changes The same goes f

Re: RFS: cgames

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 09:18:25AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:11:49PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > > cgames is an implementation of some traditional puzzle games for the > > console by Brian Raiter. These versions are built with ncurses support > > instead of the

Re: RFS: cgames

2006-02-28 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:11:49PM +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > cgames is an implementation of some traditional puzzle games for the > console by Brian Raiter. These versions are built with ncurses support > instead of the niftier (but less portable) Linux console interface with > graphical fo

RFS: tinyscheme

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
Upstream Author: Dimitrios Souflis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), stx2any Package: tinyscheme Architecture: any Description: Very small scheme implementation TinyScheme is an implementation that aims to very small memory footprint while being as close to R5RS as practic

RFS: stx2any

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
stx2any is a software package that I use, among other things, to write my web pages and the man pages of my software. It has a small but existent user base. :) Discussion about why I deem this piece of software worthwhile can be found at http://sange.fi/~atehwa/cgi-bin/piki.cgi/stx2any Build-Dep

RFS: sokoedit

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), stx2any, python Package: sokoedit Architecture: all Depends: python Description: A curses editor for Sokoban levels sokoedit is a curses-based editor for Sokoban levels, written in Python. Sokoban is a traditional Unix game that requires wits and good patter

RFS: python-selecting

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
This is a Python library that has only one package for all python versions. Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), python, python-dev Package: python-selecting Architecture: all Description: A high-level wrapper on the system call select() Selecting provides a high-level framework around the system

RFS: gauche-readline

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
This is a simple pure-Scheme equivalent of GNU readline for Gauche, a Scheme implementation. It was written by Julian Fondren and Shiro Kawai (who is the author of Gauche). Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), gauche Package: gauche-readline Architecture: all Depends: gauche Description: Readline

RFS: cgames

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
cgames is an implementation of some traditional puzzle games for the console by Brian Raiter. These versions are built with ncurses support instead of the niftier (but less portable) Linux console interface with graphical fonts. Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), libgpmg1-dev, libncurses5-dev P

RFS: bfc

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
bfc still remains one of the best optimising compilers for the language brainfuck. Its code is messy, but it works. Package: bfc Architecture: any Description: Compiler and interpreter for brainfuck Brainfuck is an esoteric language with lots of tradition. This package contains the traditional

RFS: b5

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
b5 is my own software project. It was previously written in C, but I changed the implementation to be on Scheme for maintainability reasons. Package: b5 Architecture: all Depends: gauche Description: A purely functional macro processor b5 is a simple programming language and macro processor feat

Re: help with the package tracking system commands?

2006-02-28 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 11:46:55AM -0500, Amadan Korvin wrote: > Hi I was wondering if someone on the mentors list woudl be willing to > help me with the PTS mailer commands? I am really having trouble but > could probably be sorted out with one or two examples... Please just ask your question, d

Re: Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:41:42PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On a related note, at the location you specified I can only find binary > packages (.deb). For successful sponsoring, you need to provide the full > source packages (.dsc, .diff.gz, .orig.tar.gz). The .deb itself is not On Tue, Feb

Re: Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Neil Williams
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 11:43 am, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > Hello, I'm interested in becoming a debian developer and I'm looking for > sponsors. I'm not sure what else I should say; I'm willing to answer > any questions. The new maintainer's guide says I should find sponsors > for my packages

Re: Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hello Panu, On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 13:43 +0200, Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > Hello, I'm interested in becoming a debian developer and I'm looking for Welcome! > sponsors. I'm not sure what else I should say; I'm willing to answer > any questions. The new maintainer's guide says I should find spons

Re: Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:43:59 +0200 Panu Kalliokoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I'm interested in becoming a debian developer and I'm looking for > sponsors. I'm not sure what else I should say; I'm willing to answer > any questions. The new maintainer's guide says I should find spon

Re: RFS: unrar-free -- Unarchiver for .rar files

2006-02-28 Thread Ying-Chun Liu
Ying-Chun Liu wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a sponsor for the following package: > > ITP:: #302896 > Package name: unrar-free > Version : 0.0.1+cvs20060228 > Upstream Author : Jeroen Dekkers, Ben Asselstine > URL : https://gna.org/projects/unra

Looking for sponsors

2006-02-28 Thread Panu Kalliokoski
Hello, I'm interested in becoming a debian developer and I'm looking for sponsors. I'm not sure what else I should say; I'm willing to answer any questions. The new maintainer's guide says I should find sponsors for my packages (or fixes, translations, etc., which I haven't made) before applying

Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck interpreter

2006-02-28 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:03:06 -0500 Mike O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You included preinst/postinst/prerm/postrm scripts that do nothing. If > they aren't doing anything you should omit them. Removed the useless scripts. Files are at the same place: http://www.kiyuko.org/pool/beef_0.0

RFP - package: Looking for a Sponsor!!

2006-02-28 Thread Francesco Cecconi
Hi all DD, I'm looking for a sponsor for the package: Package: libtime-unix-perl Short Description: Time::Unix provides a time() function that uses the Unix epoch regardless of OS platform Version Packaged: 1.03 The Debian sources are here: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libti

RFS: unrar-free -- Unarchiver for .rar files

2006-02-28 Thread Ying-Chun Liu
Hi all, I'm looking for a sponsor for the following package: ITP:: #302896 Package name: unrar-free Version : 0.0.1+cvs20060228 Upstream Author : Jeroen Dekkers, Ben Asselstine URL : https://gna.org/projects/unrar License : GPL Descriptio