Re: RFS: gbkeeper

Regarding 4.13 Debian Policy Manual, convenience copy of code in Debian repos I have statically linked and included libcdk5 (which is in debian), but the library's widgets are/will be heavily modified by me in several ways for the program, and I plan to modify it/them even further. It would get u

Re: RFS: python-formalchemy

2011/8/22 Piotr Ożarowski > [Shell Xu, 2011-08-22] > > Thank you for help. I don't know too much about DPMT, and I'll reading > > it doc after back home. > > DPMT is Debian Python Modules Team, consider joining it¹ > > > Would you tell me where can I find it's repo? > > `svn co svn://svn.debian.o

Re: RFS: evilvte

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1,SHA512 Sven Hoexter wrote: > Uploaded, but here are some remarks for subsequent uploads you > might want to think about. > Such statements in a changelog are very terse. I would've preferred > to read something like "Update debian/copyright, the inclu

RFS: gecrit (updated package)

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my updated package "gecrit". I've already asked my previous sponsor, but he hasn't replied yet in a week, so I'm hoping that another DD could review and upload my package in the meantime. * Package name: gecrit Version : 2.7-1 Upstream Au

RFS: gbkeeper

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gbkeeper". * Package name: gbkeeper Version : 0.9-3 Upstream Author : Michael Ole Olsen * URL : http://rlogin.dk/gbkeeper * License : GPLv3+ Section : text It builds those binary package

RFS: conky (backported package)

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my backported package "conky"; the current version in testing fixes numerous bugs that can be found in squeeze's version of conky. To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/co

RFS: exaile (backported package, 2nd try)

(I sent out a RFS for exaile 2 weeks ago, but nobody replied at the time, so here it is again...) Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.3.2.2-1~bpo60+1 of my package "exaile". (The current version in squeeze, Exaile 0.2.x is considered obsolete by upstream and is no longe

Re: RFS: flare

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Jan-Hendrik (hennr) Peters wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "flare". > It's a diablo like rpg game with complete free art and code. > This is my first package, hope it's ok ;) > > See details: > >  * Package name    : flare >   V

Re: RFS: dylandotnet

Hi, Dylan Borg writes: > The new package now with a -5 has been succesfuly uploaded to mentors > complete with original source. While I will not sponsor your package as I neither know nor care about .Net, I did take a short look at it and noticed several problems: - The source for several file

RFS: rhash

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor to upload new version of my package "rhash", since I currently unable to contact the sponsor of older releases. I hope, reviewing/uploading it will be not much work. * Package name: rhash Version : 1.2.7-1 Upstream Author : Aleksey Kravc

Re: RFS: python-messaging

* Alex Chiang : > > So, python-messaging is just my warm-up package, while I learn > how to navigate the Debian waters. :) Just a quick update here, Jakub Wilk (jwilk) has been reviewing my package on #debian-python, which I mention so that others can avoid duplicating work. [I'm still new to th

Re: RFS: evilvte

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:00:00PM +0800, Wen-Yen Chuang wrote: Hi, > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.9-1 > of my package "evilvte". (Programming language: C) Uploaded, but here are some remarks for subsequent uploads you might want to think about. debian/changelog: > * U

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > You're installing the desktop file and the associated icon in the > postinst, why? It really should be shipped in the .deb. > > Not to mention that it's the postinst that tries to remove it, which > will not work, since postinst is not run wh

Re: Depends on -dev package

"Bernhard R. Link" writes: > * Russ Allbery [110822 19:59]: >> That's a fascinating point. I have never done that with any -dev >> package, since essentially every -dev package would require that, which >> seems rather silly. (There are almost no non-trivial C libraries that >> don't include s

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

On 08/22/2011 07:47 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > And while I can't sponsor the package (not a DD myself, either), I had a > quick look at it (at least, on the latest version you posted here): > > * In debian/copyright, the paragraph separator dots are unindented - I'm > not sure whether that's accept

RFS: manaplus

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "manaplus". * Package name: manaplus Version : 1.1.8.21-1 Upstream Author : Andrei Karas aka...@inbox.ru * URL : http://manaplus.evolonline.org/ * License : GPL v2 Section : games It build

Re: RFS: python-messaging

[Previous mail was only sent to debian-mentors; was advised on irc that more expertise is on debian-python, so Cc'ing new list.] Some more information regarding python-messaging: this is a Depends for Betavine Connection Manager (bcm) and wader-core, which I also plan on packaging (haven't filed I

Re: Depends on -dev package

* Russ Allbery [110822 19:59]: > Paul Elliott writes: > That's a fascinating point. I have never done that with any -dev package, > since essentially every -dev package would require that, which seems > rather silly. (There are almost no non-trivial C libraries that don't > include standard C h

Re: Depends on -dev package

Paul Elliott writes: > I quote from Debian Library Packaging guide >> 2. -DEV package dependencies >> >> The -DEV package would usually declare Depends: relationship on all -DEV >> packages for libraries that the library package directly depends upon, >> with the specific SONAME version that the

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Gabriele writes: > I don't see the problem. I think I have already solved all those issues. In > fact: Hrm. I might have downloaded an earlier version then, I guess. Sorry for the noise then! On the other hand, I had a quick look at your updted 0.1-1 package, and while it does look a thousand t

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: > On 08/22/2011 12:49 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: >> >>> On 08/22/2011 11:29 AM, Gergely Nagy wrote: While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - i

Re: Depends on -dev package

A number of responses to my question seem to be confusing Debian Policy 4.2 which refers to "Build-depends:" that is packages necessary to build the package and the Debian Library Packaging guide section 6.2 which refers to the "Depends:" dependancies of the -dev packages that is the packages th

Re: RFS: mirage

* Eugenio 'g7' Paolantonio , 2011-08-22, 18:37: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mirage/mirage_0.9.5.2-1.dsc You binary package dependencies are wrong. (You really should pay attention to that when converting between helpers...) See Python Policy 3.3.1. Did you mean 3.1.1? Righ

RE: RFS: dylandotnet

The new package now with a -5 has been succesfuly uploaded to mentors complete with original source. Regards, Dylan Borg borgdy...@hotmail.com borgdyl...@gmail.com +00356 99214902 From: borgdy...@hotmail.com To: deb...@toell.net; debian-m

RE: RFS: dylandotnet

Thanks to Arno. The -sa worked fine. Regards, Dylan Borg borgdy...@hotmail.com borgdyl...@gmail.com +00356 99214902 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:16:39 +0200 > From: deb...@toell.net > To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: RFS:

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Dear mentors, I think I have solved the native issue. Could you have a look at the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/pygtkplot Kind regards, Gabriele. On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Gabriele wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pygtkplot".

Re: RFS: mirage

Hi, 2011/8/22 Jakub Wilk > Disclaimer: I don't intend to sponsor this package. The following > review is *not* comprehensive: > > * Eugenio 'g7' Paolantonio , 2011-08-22, 17:48: > > http://mentors.debian.net/**debian/pool/main/m/mirage/** >> mirage_0.9.5.2-1.dsc

RE: RFS: dylandotnet

The -1 orig tarball was not uploaded to debian mentors but to another server. So for the current version it should upload it. Regards, Dylan Borg borgdy...@hotmail.com borgdyl...@gmail.com +00356 99214902 > From: paul...@ubuntu.com > Date

RFS: python-messaging

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "python-messaging". * Package name: python-messaging Version : 0.5.10-4+debian-1 Upstream Author : Pablo Marti , Roberto Majadas * URL : https://github.com/pmarti/python-messaging * License : GPL v2

Re: RFS: gogglesmm

Excerpts from Hendrik Rittich's message of Sun Aug 21 18:16:15 -0400 2011: > > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "gogglesmm". > > * Package name: gogglesmm >Version : 0.12.3-1 >Upstream Author : Sander Jansen > * URL : http://code.goog

Re: RFS: mirage

Disclaimer: I don't intend to sponsor this package. The following review is *not* comprehensive: * Eugenio 'g7' Paolantonio , 2011-08-22, 17:48: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/mirage/mirage_0.9.5.2-1.dsc You binary package dependencies are wrong. (You really should pay attention

RFS: open-axiom

Hi all, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "open-axiom". * Package name: open-axiom Version : 1.4.1+svn~2299-1 Upstream Author : Gabriel Dos Reis * URL : http://www.open-axiom.org/ * License : Modified BSD Section : math It builds those

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

How can I build a non-native Debian package with debuild? I have included a debian/source/format with '3.0 (quilt)' but it's no use. I have changed the versioning from 0.1 to 0.1-1, but again debuild keep asking for an .orig.tar.gz Thank you, Gabriele. On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Gabriele w

RFS: mirage

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "mirage". * Package name: mirage Version : 0.9.5.2-1 Upstream Author :Scott Horowitz Fredric Johansson * URL : http://mirageiv.berlios.de * License : GPL3+ Section :

RFS: evilvte

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1,SHA512 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.9-1 of my package "evilvte". (Programming language: C) It builds the binary package: evilvte The package is lintian clean. (http://mentors.debian.net/package/evilvte) evilvte (

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

I don't see the problem. I think I have already solved all those issues. In fact: Package versions Version 0.1 Information Version: 0.1 (View RFS template) Uploaded: 2011-08-22 14:36 Source package: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/py

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

On 08/22/2011 12:49 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: > >> On 08/22/2011 11:29 AM, Gergely Nagy wrote: >>> While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted >>> to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - is uncomfortably >>> similar to inews (wh

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Hi! A few comments and questions, if I may: * Why is the package packaged as Debian native, when it is definitely not Debian specific? * Why does it have an ubuntu distribution in debian/changelog, and an Ubuntu Section in debian/control, if it is meant to be uploaded to Debian? * Whe

RFS: pygtkplot

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pygtkplot". * Package name: pygtkplot Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Gabriele N. Tornetta * URL : https://launchpad.net/pygtkplot * License : GNU GPL v3 Section : math To access further

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Solved with rules.tiny Thank you On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Gabriele writes: > > > I'm having some hard times correcting these two errors > > > > E: pygtkplot: changelog-file-not-compressed changelog > > E: pygtkplot: manpage-not-compressed usr/share/man/man1/pygtkp

Re: RFS: dylandotnet

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Paul, and Dylan, On 22.08.2011 16:11, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > Is it's debian version greater then 1? If it is, it will use -1's > orig.tar.gz, so you don't have to keep uploading it, since the upstream > version is the > same. yes, that's the p

Re: RFS: dylandotnet

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Dylan Borg wrote: > Does anyone have any idea why dput is always omiting the orig.tar.gz file > during upload. I have tried to rebuild the source package but the original > is still omitted from upload. Could the fact the orig.tar.gz was uploaded > elsewhere be st

RE: RFS: dylandotnet

Does anyone have any idea why dput is always omiting the orig.tar.gz file during upload. I have tried to rebuild the source package but the original is still omitted from upload. Could the fact the orig.tar.gz was uploaded elsewhere be stopping further uploads of it? Regards, Dyl

Re: DEP-5 requirements

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Charles, On 22.08.2011 15:12, Charles Plessy wrote: > DEP 5 will be distributed in the debian-policy package (see #609160), but > there > is not plan of making it part of the Policy, in the sense of being mandatory > or > strongly recommended.

Re: DEP-5 requirements (was: Re: RFS: pygtkplot)

Le Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:12:00PM +0200, Arno Töll a écrit : > > DEP-5 is a draft for now, but may end up as a official policy at some > point. As Vincent says, it is widely used for all newly introduced > packages and mandatory for some sponsors. Dear Arno and everybody, DEP 5 will be distribu

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Gabriele writes: > I'm having some hard times correcting these two errors > > E: pygtkplot: changelog-file-not-compressed changelog > E: pygtkplot: manpage-not-compressed usr/share/man/man1/pygtkplot.1 > > Must I compress the file by hand? If i compress the changelog then debuild > says that it c

RFS: flare

Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "flare". It's a diablo like rpg game with complete free art and code. This is my first package, hope it's ok ;) See details: * Package name: flare Version : 0.14.1-1 Upstream Author : Clint Bellanger * URL :

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

I'm having some hard times correcting these two errors E: pygtkplot: changelog-file-not-compressed changelog E: pygtkplot: manpage-not-compressed usr/share/man/man1/pygtkplot.1 Must I compress the file by hand? If i compress the changelog then debuild says that it cannot find changelog. If I keep

Re: Depends on -dev package

On 2011-08-22 11:54 +0200, Christoph Egger wrote: > Paul Elliott writes: >> >> Does this mean that if my library has an include reference >> #include >> in one of its .c or .h files, then my -dev package must have a depends line >> like this in its debian/control file: > > You need that for p

RE: RFS: dylandotnet

The dput command did not put up the orig.tar.gz. Could this be because I did a PPA upload beforehand? Regards, Dylan Borg borgdy...@hotmail.com borgdyl...@gmail.com +00356 99214902 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:42:33 +0200 > From: deb...@to

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

On 08/22/2011 12:49 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: > >> On 08/22/2011 11:29 AM, Gergely Nagy wrote: >>> While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted >>> to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - is uncomfortably >>> similar to inews (wh

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: > On 08/22/2011 11:29 AM, Gergely Nagy wrote: >> While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted >> to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - is uncomfortably >> similar to inews (which is a pure virtual package at the moment, but >>

Re: RFS: python-formalchemy

[Shell Xu, 2011-08-22] > Thank you for help. I don't know too much about DPMT, and I'll reading > it doc after back home. DPMT is Debian Python Modules Team, consider joining it¹ > Would you tell me where can I find it's repo? `svn co svn://svn.debian.org/python-modules/packages/formalchemy/trun

Re: RFS: dylandotnet

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22.08.2011 12:24, Jakub Wilk wrote: > I suspect that this is a mentors.debian.net bug. :/ Right, but that's only half of the story. Dylan did not upload any orig.tar.gz, so Mentors tried to fetch it from the Debian repository (which is a more or le

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

On 08/22/2011 11:29 AM, Gergely Nagy wrote: > While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted > to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - is uncomfortably > similar to inews (which is a pure virtual package at the moment, but > still). > > news-rss-ticker was sugges

Re: RFS: dylandotnet

* Dylan Borg , 2011-08-22, 08:36: To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL: http://mentors.debian.net/package/dylandotnet Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/d

Re: RFS: python-formalchemy

Thank you for help. I don't know too much about DPMT, and I'll reading it doc after back home. Would you tell me where can I find it's repo? Or how can I contact with Carl? I checked wnpp list and it seems in RFP status, and upstream repo don't have debian directory, so I sent ITP. I download packa

DEP-5 requirements (was: Re: RFS: pygtkplot)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Guido, On 22.08.2011 06:15, Guido van Steen wrote: > To be honest, I had never heard of a "DEP-5 requirement". Therefore, > my package does not contain debian/copyright file using DEP-5 either. just in case it was still unclear, despite of Vincent

Re: Depends on -dev package

Hi! Paul Elliott writes: > I quote from Debian Library Packaging guide >> 2. -DEV package dependencies >> >> The -DEV package would usually declare Depends: relationship on all -DEV >> packages for libraries that the library package directly depends upon, >> with the specific SONAME version that

Re: RFS: pygtkplot

Thanks! I have corrected the watch file, and rewritten the copyright file to conform to DEP 5 policy. Guido On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Vincent Cheng wrote: > On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Guido van Steen > wrote: >> To be honest, I had never heard of a "DEP-5 requirement". Therefore,

Re: RFS: i-news - GTK-based RSS Ticker

Emmanuel Thomas-Maurin writes: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "i-news". While I'm not a DD at the moment, so couldn't sponsor even if I wanted to, but i-news - as already mentioned on -devel@ - is uncomfortably similar to inews (which is a pure virtual package at the moment, but sti

Re: RFS: python-formalchemy

[Shell Xu, 2011-08-22] > dget -x > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/python-formalchemy/python-formalchemy_1.4.1-1.dsc did you contact Carl Chenet or check formalchemy source package in DPMT repo? My Debian/RFS mailbox has 14 mails related to this package so some work has already bee

Re: OpenMeetings Debian Packet, Maintaining / Technical Questions

OkOk I found myself: http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers I will come back as soon as the package is uploaded. Thanks again, Sebastian 2011/8/22 seba.wag...@gmail.com > Hi, > > I am not directly the Mentor of the OpenMeetings Packet but I am the author > of the OpenMeetings Software. >

OpenMeetings Debian Packet, Maintaining / Technical Questions

Hi, I am not directly the Mentor of the OpenMeetings Packet but I am the author of the OpenMeetings Software. There is an open ticket at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617904 We have attached also some build rules. Now I would like to help to bring the package into the reposi

Re: packaging java resources with javahelper

On 2011-08-22 02:34, Wookey wrote: > I've been packaging a couple of java applications, using javahelper. > This has all gone very well except that I have a problem getting > non-class-file resources into the jar files. Both apps are GUI apps. > terraintool has an 'images' directory and tunnelx has