Re: Searching doc about debian dir in upstream release

2007-04-18 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Hi, > I was ask by a "upstream author" about the debian-dir in upstream > (release) thing where to find documentation about this. All information about the 'debian'-dir should be linked here: http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals Cheers, Bernd -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Bug#419570: webcalendar: Package dependencies must allow php5 instead of php4

2007-04-18 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-18 01:04]: > This one time, at band camp, James Westby said: > > That's not your job, the php maintainers have to ensure their packages > > work, you just have to make sure enough php/mysql/apache stuff is > > installed to work. > > Well, that's glossin

Re: Looking for a maintainer with experience in debconf programming

2007-04-18 Thread Reinhard Tartler
James Westby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On (17/04/07 22:08), Reinhard Tartler wrote: >> I intend to take over an existing package not being in debian yet. The >> original packager seems dead, at least he didn't respond me in two >> emails, but anyway. >> >> He used a lot of debconf in his pack

Re: Searching doc about debian dir in upstream release

2007-04-18 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:40:37 +0200 Maximilian Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I was ask by a "upstream author" about the debian-dir in upstream > (release) thing where to find documentation about this. Unless your package was written specifically for Debian and Debian alone, the docu

Re: Searching doc about debian dir in upstream release

2007-04-18 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 08:40 +0200, Maximilian Wilhelm wrote: > Hi! > > I was ask by a "upstream author" about the debian-dir in upstream > (release) thing where to find documentation about this. > > I did not find anything on the debian pages or via google by myself. > > Is there any text, paper

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
Hoi Tim, On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 00:32 +0100, Tim Day wrote: > I (novice deb builder) am building a deb with yada (and pbuilder) on > Etch. I don't have any problems getting a sensible /usr/share/menu > entry put in place, but it doesn't actually seem to appear in any menus > until I do a manual su

Re: Bug#393832: Bug#419570: webcalendar: Package dependencies must allow php5 instead of php4

2007-04-18 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Rafael Laboissiere said: > Is this feature under development? It would be great to be able to specify > dependencies like the following (note the parentheses): I know people have talked about the problem with an eye towards patching it in. I have not heard that anyon

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 12:32:25AM +0100, Tim Day wrote: > I (novice deb builder) am building a deb with yada Yuck. > I don't have any problems getting a sensible /usr/share/menu > entry put in place, but it doesn't actually seem to appear in any menus > until I do a manual sudo update-menus (or

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread Tim Day
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 10:59 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > I'm wondering why you, as a 'novice deb builder', chose yada as a > packaging helper. I wouldn't recommend it to new packagers (or at all), > because it hides large parts of the build process. Ah, but that's exactly why I chose it. I did

Fwd: Packaging for Debian

2007-04-18 Thread John Hood
Hi, debian-mentors. I sent a message (below) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about creating a new debian package. And Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked me for writing to debian-mentors@lists.debian.org That's what I am doing. Thank you, Anibal. I have searched on internet and seen two how-

Re: Fwd: Packaging for Debian

2007-04-18 Thread The Fungi
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 09:58:00AM -0300, John Hood wrote: [...] > 1. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ [...] This is a quick hack for when you have already-compiled software you want to package for personal use on Debian (commercial applications or the like). > 2. http:

Could somebody upload rkward 0.4.7?

2007-04-18 Thread Thomas Friedrichsmeier
Hi, I maintain the rkward package, but an not a debian developer. A new upstream release is available, and should be uploaded to unstable as soon as possible. Especially, since the current version in unstable (0.4.2-2) does not work at all with the version of R in unstable (see bug #418686). U

Re: Fwd: Packaging for Debian

2007-04-18 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * John Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-18 15:26]: [...] > I have searched on internet and seen two how-tos: > 1. [4]http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/ and > 2. [5]http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ > > May be that's enough, but before begining my job I would lik

RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Peter Pentchev
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate". * Package name: truncate Version : 2007.03.13-1 Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself) * URL : http://devel.ringlet.net/sysutils/truncate/ * License : Two-clause BSD Se

Re: RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 04:53:38PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate". > > * Package name: truncate > Version : 2007.03.13-1 > Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself) > * URL : htt

Re: RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:53:38 +0300 Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > truncate - FreeBSD utility to truncate or extend the size of files > > The truncate utility adjusts the length of each regular file given > on the command-line. This package is simply a redistribution of the > utili

Re: RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 04:53:38PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "truncate". > > * Package name: truncate > Version : 2007.03.13-1 > Upstream Author : Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (myself) > * URL : htt

Re: Fwd: Packaging for Debian

2007-04-18 Thread John Hood
Thanks, Fungi and Nico. At first moment, I just want package for personal/professional use. I am working in a project that involves localizing/packaging the LBAdmin software. In the future, when packaging basics are familiar for me, I would like properly package software for inclusion into Debia

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread James Westby
On (18/04/07 00:32), Tim Day wrote: > I (novice deb builder) am building a deb with yada (and pbuilder) on > Etch. I don't have any problems getting a sensible /usr/share/menu > entry put in place, but it doesn't actually seem to appear in any menus > until I do a manual sudo update-menus (or inst

Re: RFS: echroot

2007-04-18 Thread José Manuel Bustillo
The diversity is one of the attractiveness of free software, I see very interesting echroot J. M. Bustillo 2007/4/17, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:24:42PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > > > >> I am looking for a sponsor for my pa

Re: RFS: echroot

2007-04-18 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * José Manuel Bustillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-18 21:35]: > The diversity is one of the attractiveness of free software, I > see very interesting echroot I don't see diversity here apart from the name. Kind regards Nico -- Nico Golde - http://ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG: 0x73647

Re: RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Chris Lamb
Mike Hommey wrote: > Very frankly, this should go into coreutils. Or bsdmaintutils/bsdutils? -- Chris Lamb, Leamington Spa, UK GPG: 0x634F9A20 signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#393832: Bug#419570: webcalendar: Package dependencies must allow php5 instead of php4

2007-04-18 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-18 11:14]: > This one time, at band camp, Rafael Laboissiere said: > > Is this feature under development? It would be great to be able to specify > > dependencies like the following (note the parentheses): > > I know people have talked about the proble

Re: RFS: truncate

2007-04-18 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:27:09PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:53:38 +0300 > Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > truncate - FreeBSD utility to truncate or extend the size of files > > > > The truncate utility adjusts the length of each regular file given > >

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread Tim Day
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:13 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On (18/04/07 00:32), Tim Day wrote: > > When I look at the postinst file in my yada-generate deb then the only > > thing of note is: > > > > if [ "" = "configure" ] && [ -x "`which update-menus 2>/dev/null`" ]; > > then update-menus; fi > >

Re: Searching doc about debian dir in upstream release

2007-04-18 Thread Ben Finney
Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I was ask by a "upstream author" about the debian-dir in upstream > > (release) thing where to find documentation about this. > > All information about the 'debian'-dir should be linked here: > http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals I think the OP is