Re: ITR: febootstrap

2009-05-28 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
On 09/05/27 13:41 -0700, Russ Allbery said ... Y Giridhar Appaji Nag app...@debian.org writes: I read that part of policy (only likely to be useful if you already know what they are) as there is an optional package that has been built out of the same source package, but this one is built

RFInspection: libfake437

2009-05-28 Thread Jack Kelly
Dear mentors, This is a repost, since my RFS of a week ago may have slipped through the cracks. I am looking for an inspection (and eventual sponsorship) for my package libfake437. * Package name: libfake437 Version : 0.4-3 Upstream Author : Jack Kelly endgame@gmail.com * URL

Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread yonah
Hello, i'm trying to build an libary package from my sourcecode. At first i build an regular package with dh_make and single binary included the libary. Everything is fine and works. Now i want to build an libary and an binary package, but as i read the manual i can build only an libary

Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread yonah
Hello, i'm trying to build an libary package from my sourcecode. At first i build an regular package with dh_make and single binary included the libary. Everything is fine and works. Now i want to build an libary and an binary package, but as i read the manual i can build only an libary

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Hi, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:35PM +0200, yo...@gmx.net wrote: Can somebody point me to a step by step documentation for libraries. I can only find doc for normal binary packaging. Is it possible to build lib and program with one command (build)? The Debian Library Packaging Guide is

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Yonah Brendon Franklin
Hi Jonathan, The Debian Library Packaging Guide is best: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html I founded this guide, but there are no commands with debuild etc. Do I don't need that? yonah -- Der Langsamste, der sein Ziel nicht aus den Augen verliert, geht

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:10:52PM +0200, Yonah Brendon Franklin wrote: I founded this guide, but there are no commands with debuild etc. Do I don't need that? Your package is still built in the normal way (see [1]) but there are specific details you need to pay attention to when packaging

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-05-28 14:06 +0200, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 01:59:35PM +0200, yo...@gmx.net wrote: Can somebody point me to a step by step documentation for libraries. I can only find doc for normal binary packaging. Is it possible to build lib and program with one command

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: I cannot claim to have much expertise in library packaging, but would like to warn that this document gives bad advice regarding the name of -dev packages. See http://bugs.debian.org/493951. In general, -dev packages should not

Re: Libary Packing

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-05-28 14:38 +0200, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:24:33PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: I cannot claim to have much expertise in library packaging, but would like to warn that this document gives bad advice regarding the name of -dev packages. See

RFS: libdebug (adopted, updated, fixed bugs)

2009-05-28 Thread Peter Pentchev
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.3-1 of my package libdebug. This is an attempt to adopt the package, turn it into a non-native one, become upstream, bring the Debian packaging up to the current standards and best practices, and fix the single outstanding bug.

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Alexander. On May 27 2009, Alexander Prinsier wrote: * Package name: agedu Version : 8442-2 Upstream Author : Simon Tatham ana...@pobox.com * URL : http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ * License : MIT Section : utils (...)

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke mei...@marmaro.de I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 of my package masqmail. I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors does not contain a name and

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 05:21:12PM +0200, markus schnalke wrote: Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors does not contain a name and I found no upload logs or a similar source. The signature on the uploaded .dsc says it was bubulle: gpg: Signature made Tue 26

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
markus schnalke wrote: [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke mei...@marmaro.de I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 of my package masqmail. I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
On 09/05/28 17:21 +0200, markus schnalke said ... [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke mei...@marmaro.de I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 of my package masqmail. Now, someone did ... but how can I find out, who? The mail from mentors does not contain a name and I

Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I prepared a new package, but this of course will only work with the dpkg in unstable (not the

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de wrote: I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I prepared a new

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
Am 28.05.2009 um 19:34 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: I recently got an RC bug (#530653) which turned out to be a change in dpkg's update-alternative (the string and output channel of an error message was changed which is used in the preinst). So I prepared a new package, but this of course

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Sven, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: I don't know why this preinst script is necessary, but if you need to insure that the new update-alternatives script is run in it, you have to use Pre-Depends rather than Depends. See Policy § 7.2. Thanks, I missed the

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Sven Joachim
Am 28.05.2009 um 20:16 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: I don't know why this preinst script is necessary, but if you need to insure that the new update-alternatives script is run in it, you have to use Pre-Depends rather than Depends.

RFS: skanlite

2009-05-28 Thread Kai Wasserbäch
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package skanlite. * Package name: skanlite Version : 0.3-1 Upstream Author : Kåre Särs kare.s...@iki.fi Arseniy Lartsev receive-s...@yandex.ru * URL :

Re: RFS: masqmail (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread markus schnalke
[2009-05-28 22:25] Y Giridhar Appaji Nag app...@debian.org On 09/05/28 17:21 +0200, markus schnalke said ... [2009-05-24 23:11] markus schnalke mei...@marmaro.de I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.2.21-6 of my package masqmail. Now, someone did ... but how can I

Re: Proper dependency on essential package (dpkg) for preinst

2009-05-28 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello Sven, On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:01:32PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: Am 28.05.2009 um 20:16 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 07:53:36PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote: The reason is the following in the preinst (which I inherited, so if it is wrong, I gladly

Re: RFS: gddrescue-1.10

2009-05-28 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Rince, 2009-05-28] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gddrescue/gddrescue_1.10+nmu2.dsc * shold not be a native package * wrong distribution * wrong version * Update standards and compat settings to latest sid. doesn't tell me much about what and why changed [stopped checking here]

Re: RFS: kio-ftps (updated package)

2009-05-28 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On torsdagen den 16 april 2009, Paul Wise wrote: 2009/4/16 Laurent Léonard laur...@open-minds.org: So .dfsg is a bad suffix ? And +dfsg should be used in priority ? If 1.2+dfsg/1.2-dfsg/1.2dfsg sort before 1.2.1 why are there different suffixes ? I don't find clear informations about that

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 27 May 2009, Alexander Prinsier wrote: * Package name: agedu Version : 8442-2 Upstream Author : Simon Tatham ana...@pobox.com * URL : http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/agedu/ * License : MIT Section : utils It builds

Re: RFS: agedu

2009-05-28 Thread Alexander Prinsier
Thanks for taking a look at the package! I believe I addressed all the issues correctly in the version I just uploaded now. See below for details :) Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: The package appears to be lintian clean. Appearances are deceptive. :-) Run a recent version of lintian with the

Re: ITR: febootstrap

2009-05-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Y Giridhar Appaji Nag app...@debian.org writes: I agree with this particular example. But I could argue if would reasonbly want to install Kerberos if I Didn't know what it was. I've not seen ftp-master enforce the distinction between optional and extra, not even in the cases where it is

Re: RFS: NEW: dico 2.0-1

2009-05-28 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 19:50, أحمد المحمودي aelmahmo...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: Dear mentors,  I am looking for a sponsor for my package dico.  This package is NEW to Debian. The ITP number is: 522368  * Package name    : dico   Version         : 2.0   Debian Revision : 1  

Re: RFS: NEW: dico 2.0-1

2009-05-28 Thread أحمد المحمودي
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 01:48:35PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: uploaded. ---end quoted text--- Thanks ! -- ‎أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) Digital design engineer GPG KeyID: 0xEDDDA1B7 (@ subkeys.pgp.net) GPG Fingerprint: 8206 A196 2084 7E6D 0DF8 B176 BC19 6A94 EDDD A1B7 -- To