Re: RFS: libphp-jabber (updated package)

2007-03-29 Thread metal
The package itself looks very good for me. I can also sponsor the upload but what about Gustavo Noronha, I saw that he sponsored the last uploads? I aks since my last sponsoree told me that his sponsor is busy which was rather not true :) hi Nico, Gustavo Noronha is one of my best friends, but h

Re: netcdf with new and improved diffs

2007-03-29 Thread Kevin B. McCarty
Warren Turkal wrote: > Kevin and other interested parties, > > New netcdf packages are up at [1]. All issues are fixed other than the > netcdf-doc related issue. > > [1]http://www.penguintechs.org/~wt/debian/netcdf/ Hi Warren, Let me preface this email by saying that all the comments below are

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:32:41AM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > Le jeudi 29 mars 2007 18:37, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : >> Hmm. I don't actually blindly apply .diff.gz to new upstream versions. I >> usually just copy the debian/ directory across from my old one, inspect >> the .diff.gz for any

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le jeudi 29 mars 2007 18:37, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : > Hmm. I don't actually blindly apply .diff.gz to new upstream versions. I > usually just copy the debian/ directory across from my old one, inspect > the .diff.gz for any changes outside the debian/ directory, and consider > whether they ar

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -=| Paul TBBle Hampson, 29.03.2007 19:37 |=- > And > although I haven't done it in a while, I don't recall dpatch-edit-patch > being particularly fun to use on a non-applying patch... My experience exactly. This is why I use quilt instead :)

Re: RFS: Temporary sponsor needed for scim-uim 0.1.4-2

2007-03-29 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-29 21:36]: > * Ming Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-29 21:06]: > > I prepared a new upload for scim-uim, fixing an RC bug (#402869) about > > missing dependency. However my co-maintainer and usual sponsor, Osamu > > Aoki, is currently unable to do the

[uploaded] RFS: Temporary sponsor needed for scim-uim 0.1.4-2

2007-03-29 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Ming Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070329 20:48]: > As I really want this fix to enter etch, I am asking for a one-time > sponsor for scim-uim 0.1.4-2. Done. Greet Osamu for me, Alexander signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: Temporary sponsor needed for scim-uim 0.1.4-2

2007-03-29 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Ming Hua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-03-29 21:06]: > I prepared a new upload for scim-uim, fixing an RC bug (#402869) about > missing dependency. However my co-maintainer and usual sponsor, Osamu > Aoki, is currently unable to do the sponsor work. [...] > diff -u scim-uim-0.1.4/debian/changel

RFS: Temporary sponsor needed for scim-uim 0.1.4-2

2007-03-29 Thread Ming Hua
Hello, I prepared a new upload for scim-uim, fixing an RC bug (#402869) about missing dependency. However my co-maintainer and usual sponsor, Osamu Aoki, is currently unable to do the sponsor work. As I really want this fix to enter etch, I am asking for a one-time sponsor for scim-uim 0.1.4-2.

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Jan Wagemakers
Michel Barret schreef: > My name is Michel. I want help Debian and as I'm computer studen maybe can > developpe for Debian! [cut] > You can see that my english is not good No problem, my english is also bad ;-) > So can I help anybody? What can I make to Debian? The "Debian New Maintainers' Gu

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 04:27:41PM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > Le jeudi 29 mars 2007 16:18, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : >> And again, if I was going to keep the debian/ directory in an external >> version-control system, dpatch would be the way to go. >> Since I'm not going to, the Debian arch

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Magnus Holmgren
I'd like to add a point: On Thursday 29 March 2007 17:33, Andreas Tscharner wrote: > A more general approach: > * Check if any open source project you like is already in Debian * If it's not, check if there is a request for it already (http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/prospective), and if so,

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:09:12AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:18:23AM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : >> Again, I question the idea that a dpatch is _easier_ to parse than the >> .diff.gz. > Actually, I am sorry to critisize general problems of diff.gz in a > di

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Andreas Tscharner
Michel Barret wrote: Hello everybody! Hello Michel, [snip] So can I help anybody? What can I make to Debian? A more general approach: * Check if any open source project you like is already in Debian * If it's not: File an ITP and create a package of that project * Ask one of the DDs here t

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Michel Barret
2007/3/29, gregor herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:31:28 +0200, Michel Barret wrote: Bonjour Michel, > My name is Michel. I want help Debian and as I'm computer studen maybe can > developpe for Debian! [..] > So can I help anybody? What can I make to Debian? Thanks for yo

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:18:23AM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : > Again, I question the idea that a dpatch is _easier_ to parse than the > .diff.gz. Hi, Actually, I am sorry to critisize general problems of diff.gz in a discussion about the particular one of your package, without having l

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 04:31:28PM +0200, Michel Barret a écrit : > >Hello everybody! >My name is Michel. I want help Debian and as I'm computer studen maybe can >developpe for Debian! Bonjour Michel, I do not know what is your field of study, but you may be intersted by debian-scien

Re: A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:31:28 +0200, Michel Barret wrote: Bonjour Michel, > My name is Michel. I want help Debian and as I'm computer studen maybe can > developpe for Debian! [..] > So can I help anybody? What can I make to Debian? Thanks for your offer! For getting ideas about how to get invo

A french developper want help you :)

2007-03-29 Thread Michel Barret
Hello everybody! My name is Michel. I want help Debian and as I'm computer studen maybe can developpe for Debian! My predilection langage is C/C++, but others lanages like python, perle or java don't affraid me. I know a bite the network but I can learn quickly if I know what learn (I'm studen).

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Romain Beauxis
Le jeudi 29 mars 2007 16:18, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : > And again, if I was going to keep the debian/ directory in an external > version-control system, dpatch would be the way to go. > > Since I'm not going to, the Debian archive already has a system for > storing such trivial patches, in the

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 07:13:27PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 07:41:40PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:54:52PM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > >> * Any other user/DD may then see precisly what changes you are doing to > >> upstream so

Re: manpage tools

2007-03-29 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Donnerstag, den 29.03.2007, 20:41 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy: > Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 01:30:02PM +0200, Daniel Leidert a écrit : > > > - If there are multiple upstream authors, it may look like that I am > > > part of their team as there is no clear separator. > > > > Where is the problem?

Re: manpage tools

2007-03-29 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Donnerstag, den 29.03.2007, 20:41 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy: > Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 01:30:02PM +0200, Daniel Leidert a écrit : > > > - If there are multiple upstream authors, it may look like that I am > > > part of their team as there is no clear separator. > > > > Where is the problem?

Re: manpage tools

2007-03-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 01:30:02PM +0200, Daniel Leidert a écrit : > > - If there are multiple upstream authors, it may look like that I am > > part of their team as there is no clear separator. > > Where is the problem? You can use > > > Charles > Plessy > whatever > Wro

Re: manpage tools

2007-03-29 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Donnerstag, den 29.03.2007, 11:00 +0900 schrieb Charles Plessy: [docbook-xml/xsl for writing manpages] > - The copyright statements are grouped together, so it its not obvious > which one is for the manpage and which one is for the software. I opened a feature request. I think about something

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 07:41:40PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson a écrit : > On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:54:52PM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > > > * Any other user/DD may then see precisly what changes you are doing to > > upstream sources. You will also be able to seperate the changes that > > perf

Re: manpage tools

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 05:01:56PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote: > So what other alternatives are there, not counting help2man and pod2man? I just recently tried txt2man. The manpages were quite easy to produce, but the options in formatting are limited and I'm not convinced it's produced particu

Re: RFS: openjpeg

2007-03-29 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:54:52PM +0200, Romain Beauxis wrote: > However, I see you have made significant changes to the makefile system, in > order to create a shared object with the correct name and to link dynamically > the utilities to the shared library, great ! These are not significant

Re: RFS: gtk-vim-syntax (new package)

2007-03-29 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 02:06:10PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gtk-vim-syntax". Sorry for not seeing the initial ITP, but I object the package name. Can you please rename it to "vim-syntax-gtk"? Even though we (Debian Vim maintainers) haven't yet f