Re: Debian changelog vs upstream changelog

2009-12-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:09:47PM +0800, Paul Wise a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > > > Again, all of this is very preliminary and undocumented. The main message I > > would like to give is that indeed, for all the information that is not > > specific > > to

Re: RFS: nsis-2.46-1 [attn: pabs]

2009-12-11 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Gaugler wrote: > I'd like to update the NSIS Debian package to version 2.46-1. Some things you may want to do before I do the upload: Drop quilt from the Build-Depends since you don't use it any more. You can remove debian/README.source at the same time.

Re: RFS: imagination (updated package)

2009-12-11 Thread Andrew SB
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Andrew SB wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:57:28PM -0400, Andrew SB wrote: >>> But I haven't seen the package show up in either NEW (where I assume >>> it will have to go through as it introduces a new b

Re: RFS: cba

2009-12-11 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM, pierrot wrote: > my etch runs perfectly and i´d like to contribute a tiny piece to this well > done debian project. etch is fairly old and security support will soon be ending (Feb 2010), it would be a good idea to switch to lenny. In any case you should always

RFS: jabberd14 (updated package)

2009-12-11 Thread Miguel Landaeta
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.6.1.1-4 of my package "jabberd14". It builds these binary packages: jabber - Transitional package for jabber rename jabberd14 - Instant messaging server using the Jabber/XMPP protocol libjabberd2 - Runtime library for the Jabber/

Re: RFS: nsis-2.46-1 [attn: pabs]

2009-12-11 Thread Christoph Egger
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 04:21:21PM +0100, Thomas Gaugler wrote: > Hi, > > E: nsis: embedded-zlib ./usr/bin/makensis > N: 1 tag overridden (1 warning) > -> Upstream embeds a modified copy of zlib. Upstream embedding zlib is no reason to use that embedded zlib copy (actually at least 2 of t

RFS: instantbird

2009-12-11 Thread Gabriele Giacone
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "instantbird". * Package name: instantbird Version : 0.2b1-1 Upstream Author : Florian Quèze * URL : http://www.instantbird.com/ * License : Mozilla tri-license MPL1.1/GPL2.0/LGPL2.1 Section : n

Re: licenses

2009-12-11 Thread Ben Finney
Gabriele Giacone <1o5g4...@gmail.com> writes: > The question was about licenses because if they were ok I would build > as is. It's fine that you ask this question here; but you will be more likely to get answers on that topic in the ‘debian-legal’ forum, which is dedicated to questions about the

Re: RFS: mbuffer (new package)

2009-12-11 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 03:32:52AM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > Hello again, > > my clarification follows. > > fredag den 11 december 2009 klockan 02:13 skrev Hector Oron detta: > > Hi, > > > > 2009/12/11 Mats Erik Andersson : > > > out of curiosity: Does mbuffer now prefer libmhash over

Re: licenses

2009-12-11 Thread Gabriele Giacone
Hi Rogerio, Rogério Brito wrote: > I think that there are other packages in the archive that include this > file. That being said, why not use one of the libraries that already > provide md5 implementations? [...] > The samething here. I, for instance, use libssl-dev for a package of > mine (hfsp

Re: licenses

2009-12-11 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 11 2009, Gabriele Giacone wrote: > [1] shows a license. Is it good for Debian? Should I only declare in > d/copyright that software is "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. > MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm"? I think that there are other packages in the archive that include this file. Tha

RFS: cba

2009-12-11 Thread pierrot
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "cba". * Package name: cba Version : 0.3.4-1 Upstream Author : pierrot * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/cbeam * License : gpl Section : science It builds these binary packages: cba

Re: QA Upload: fondu -- Mac to Unix font converter

2009-12-11 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Christoph. On Dec 11 2009, Christoph Egger wrote: > The changes are actually minimal for a new upstream release (I > was not reacting as I was expecting way more). Fair enough. > Did you consider adopting the package if it does matter much for > you? While being updated through Q

licenses

2009-12-11 Thread Gabriele Giacone
Hello mentors, The software I'm packaging includes 2 directories which contain files like these [1][2] and considers them as externals. [1] shows a license. Is it good for Debian? Should I only declare in d/copyright that software is "derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algo

RFS: nsis-2.46-1 [attn: pabs]

2009-12-11 Thread Thomas Gaugler
Hi, I'd like to update the NSIS Debian package to version 2.46-1. NSIS is an open source system to create Windows installers and it is licensed under the zlib/libpng license. The maintenance of the NSIS Debian package is handled via the collab-maint subversion repository: svn+ssh://svn.debian.or

Re: RFS: nd (updated package)

2009-12-11 Thread Mats Erik Andersson
Dear Tim Retout, fredag den 11 december 2009 klockan 00:28 skrev Tim Retout detta: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 01:35:33PM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > > I have follow almost all your advice. The revised package is > > still in the same spot with the same name. Thank you! > > Heh. Next time f