Re: RFS: msntp -- A very simple and portable SNTP client/server for UNIX [new package to fix policy break]

2006-09-19 Thread Christoph Haas
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 11:38, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: > The current version in unstable may creates files in /etc/. I filled an > RC bug to avoid migration in testing. > > The new package is available, could you upload it Christoph ? Alright, done. Christoph -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modi

Re: RFS: filezilla3 -- Famous Win32 graphical FTP client

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (20/09/06 01:02), Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "filezilla3". > > * Package name: filezilla3 Hi Adam, I'm sure you know the drill by now, I cannot sponsor etc. On to the comments. * multi-platforms should be multi-platform

Re: RFS: filezilla3 -- Famous Win32 graphical FTP client

2006-09-19 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Le mercredi 20 septembre 2006 01:02, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) a écrit : > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "filezilla3". > > * Package name: filezilla3 > Version : 2.9.4+cvs20060919-1 > Upstream Author : Tim Kosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Project Leader) > * URL

RFS: filezilla3 -- Famous Win32 graphical FTP client

2006-09-19 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "filezilla3". * Package name: filezilla3 Version : 2.9.4+cvs20060919-1 Upstream Author : Tim Kosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Project Leader) * URL : http://filezilla-project.org/ * License : GPL Section

Re: question about reporting bugs on my own package

2006-09-19 Thread Craig Small
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:48:08AM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > This is up to you; I've done it both ways in the past. If the bug is > affects the usability of the package, and it could take a while to fix it, > go ahead and report the bug to the BTS. That will let other users know that > the mai

Re: Error with dh_gencontrol

2006-09-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 12:19:04PM +, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: >> My debian/control >> Package: script >> Priority: low >> Version: 1.0 >> Architecture: i386 >> Maintainer: xxx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Depends : {shlibs:Depends} ${misc:Depends} debcon

Re: man-browser virtual package

2006-09-19 Thread George Danchev
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 00:40, Neil Williams wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > Turns out that (answering my own question): > > > Does every package in the virtual man-browser package need to provide > > the 'man' command or can some require a different command (without a > > symlink)? > > No

Re: man-browser virtual package

2006-09-19 Thread Neil Williams
Neil Williams wrote: Turns out that (answering my own question): > Does every package in the virtual man-browser package need to provide > the 'man' command or can some require a different command (without a > symlink)? No - several packages in man-browser don't even accept a file on the command

Re: Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread Neil Williams
Neil Williams wrote: (and several others also) Ho-hum, the easy answers always get replies just as I hit Send! :-( -- Neil Williams = http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signat

Re: Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread Neil Williams
Henrique Haas wrote: > Hi, > > I want to adopt rpl, a newcomer package in WNPP. Must I be a DD the > adopt this package? Or I pack it and look for a sponsor? Retitle #388131 from O: to ITA: using the 'bts' program or direct email. Package rlp and call dch --closes 388131. Then look for a sponsor.

Re: Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 17:26), Henrique Haas wrote: > Hi, > > I want to adopt rpl, a newcomer package in WNPP. Must I be a DD the adopt > this package? Or I pack it and look for a sponsor? > No, you do not need to be a DD. If you are not you would need to find a sponsor to upload the package for you. Ho

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 19:36), Frank S. Thomas wrote: > retitle 338949 ITA: euler -- an interactive mathematical program > owner 338949 ! > thanks > > Hi! > > I intend to adopt euler and since I'm not a DD I'm also looking for a sponsor > for my updated package which is available at: > http://frank.thoma

Re: Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi Henrique! On 9/19/06, Henrique Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to adopt rpl, a newcomer package in WNPP. Must I be a DD the adopt this package? Or I pack it and look for a sponsor? You don't need to be a DD! Everybody can create a package for Debian. But it looks that someone alrea

Packing WNPP

2006-09-19 Thread Henrique Haas
Hi, I want to adopt rpl, a newcomer package in WNPP. Must I be a DD the adopt this package? Or I pack it and look for a sponsor? Thank you! -- Henrique Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG: 0x5CC596AF at pgp.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Error with dh_gencontrol

2006-09-19 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello, I add the fisrt line the field : Source : missing But the error continue the same. Thanks Faria --- Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > This is really a question for -mentors, rather than > -devel. Cc set, > please send follow-ups (if any) only there. > > On Tue, Sep 19

man-browser virtual package

2006-09-19 Thread Neil Williams
Does every package in the virtual man-browser package need to provide the 'man' command or can some require a different command (without a symlink)? i.e. if I spawn a process with the command line: man path/to/file will it always work? -- Neil Williams = http://www.data-freedom.org/

Re: Error with dh_gencontrol

2006-09-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
This is really a question for -mentors, rather than -devel. Cc set, please send follow-ups (if any) only there. On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 12:19:04PM +, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > Hello, > > When I run the command below, come this error message: > > > mypc:~/script-1.4# dh_gencontrol > dh_gencon

ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-19 Thread Frank S. Thomas
retitle 338949 ITA: euler -- an interactive mathematical program owner 338949 ! thanks Hi! I intend to adopt euler and since I'm not a DD I'm also looking for a sponsor for my updated package which is available at: http://frank.thomas-alfeld.de/download/debian/euler/ http://frank.thomas-alfeld.

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-09-19 Thread Philipp Benner
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:46:35 +0100 James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, thanks for your suggestions. > > * Please use ${binary:Version} and ${source:Version} in preference to > ${Source-Version} in debian/control. > * I would like some more "meat" in the descriptions. > * Lose

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 19:30), Eddy Petrişor wrote: > On 19/09/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A Debian native package is a program written specifically to Debian, > > A package is not a program. s/to/for/ => > > "A Debian native package is a package of a program written > specifically f

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
[A question at the end for all list members...] On (19/09/06 17:33), Philipp Benner wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "cunit". > > * Package name: cunit Hi, I can't sponsor the package, but I have a few comments. * Please use ${binary:Version} and ${so

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread Eddy Petrişor
On 19/09/06, James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting your site: > > "A Debian native package is a package that is specific to Debian, and > would not be of interest to say Fedora. Godd examples are dpkg and apt > tools." > > Actually, apt and dpkg are used by at least one project outsid

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 22:56), Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 01:01:15PM +0100, James Westby a écrit : > > > > See http://jameswestby.net/mentors/glossary/native.html > > Hi James, > > Quoting your site: > > "A Debian native package is a package that is specific to Debian, and > would no

Re: Error with dh_gencontrol

2006-09-19 Thread George Danchev
[-devel and Wouter Verhelst excluded.] On Tuesday 19 September 2006 16:30, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > > Tavares wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > When I run the command below, come this error > > > > message: > > > mypc:~/script-1.4# dh_gencontrol Avoid working as root for no good reasons. Work as m

Launch the most relevant terminal emulator.

2006-09-19 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear mentors, I am packaging a program which depends on xterm because it opens a window to start a command line program. I am considering patching it to use x-terminal-emulator. But alternatives have a bad tendency to represent the latest program installed in the category, instead of the most wan

RFS: cunit

2006-09-19 Thread Philipp Benner
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "cunit". * Package name: cunit Version : 2.1-0-1 Upstream Author : [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://cunit.sourceforge.net * License : LGPL Section : libs It builds these binary packages: libcuni

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 01:01:15PM +0100, James Westby a écrit : > > See http://jameswestby.net/mentors/glossary/native.html Hi James, Quoting your site: "A Debian native package is a package that is specific to Debian, and would not be of interest to say Fedora. Godd examples are dpkg and apt

Re: 'what' on Linux?

2006-09-19 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Tue, 19.09.2006 at 00:16:37 +0200, Frits Daalmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 17 September 2006 23:01, Toni Mueller wrote: > did you try RCS? > > man 1 ident thanks - I think this is what I was after. To Matthew: I hoped to avoid using strings + something - that was what I wa

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 12:27), Neil Williams wrote: > Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote: > > > >> Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments, > >> > >> * I don't think the package should be Debian native. > > > > Sorry, I don't understan

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread Mashrab Kuvatov
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 13:27, Neil Williams wrote: > AFAICT, the ITP claims 0.6-1 (which is not a Debian native package > version) but your link to the "package" (the .tar.bz2 a tarball of built > packages) uses version number 0.6 (which WOULD indicate a Debian native > package.) > > http://

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread Neil Williams
Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote: > >> Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments, >> >> * I don't think the package should be Debian native. > > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Could you please explain what you > mean

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread Mashrab Kuvatov
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote: > Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments, > > * I don't think the package should be Debian native. Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Could you please explain what you mean? > * The debian/copyright file n

Re: RFS: msntp -- A very simple and portable SNTP client/server for UNIX [new package to fix policy break]

2006-09-19 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Le dimanche 3 septembre 2006 08:01, Christoph Haas a écrit : > On Sunday 03 September 2006 01:29, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) wrote: > > Christoph Haas wrote: > > > Your package is already uploaded. > > > > I didn't get any email from debian ftp-master and this package doesn't > > appear on my QA page. A

Re: What to do with word documents ?

2006-09-19 Thread Hubert Chan
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:46:22 +0300, George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] > This is of course true, but leads to the following question: is the > Adobe PDF format more open than MS doc format, and why ? Adobe has published the specs for the PDF format, and it is well supported by many f