Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 3:25 AM Jeremy Stanley wrote: > That said, if you're looking to have a Linux VM on a Linux host, UML > probably still works. It does still work, here is a quick way to get a busybox shell and nothing else: sudo apt install user-mode-linux apt download busybox-static

Bug#928637: RFS: emacs-neotree/0.5.2-1 [ITP]

2019-05-09 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 07:35:20AM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > [2019-05-07 22:48] Nicholas D Steeves > > Package: sponsorship-requests > > Severity: wishlist > > Control: block 872873 by -1 > > > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "emacs-neotree". Neotree is > > a very popular

Bug#928737: RFS: libetpan/1.9.3-2~bpo9+1 [NMU] -- Backport of libetpan for Debian 9 Stretch

2019-05-09 Thread Shaun Johnson
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my backport package "libetpan" * Package name: libetpan Version : 1.9.3-2~bpo9+1 Upstream Author : Ricardo Mones * URL : https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan *

Bug#923893: RFS: libetpan/1.9.3-1~bpo9+1 [NMU] -- Backport of libetpan for Debian 9 Stretch

2019-05-09 Thread Shaun Johnson
Thanks much for the tips re 'bits' and the heads up about the new version! An updated backport request has now been filed. Thanks! - Shaun On Wed, 8 May 2019 14:26:02 +0200 Ricardo Mones wrote: > Hi Shaun, > > On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 08:27:10AM -0700, Shaun Johnson wrote: > > Thank you

Bug#928733: RFS: pysword/0.2.6-1 [ITP]

2019-05-09 Thread Bastian Germann
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "pysword" * Package name: pysword Version : 0.2.6-1 Upstream Author : Tomas Groth * URL : https://gitlab.com/tgc-dk/pysword/ * License : Expat Section

Bug#928394: RFS: freetype-py/2.1.0.post1-1 [ITP]

2019-05-09 Thread Bastian Germann
Hi Dmitry, I have changed that and also made the smoke test run. Cheers, Bastian Am 09.05.19 um 09:35 schrieb Dmitry Bogatov: > [2019-05-06 01:31] Bastian Germann > >> Thanks for coming back to me. I have fixed the things you pointed out. > > In debian/rules you write ${DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM}

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Jeremy Stanley
On 2019-05-09 14:58:17 -0400 (-0400), Cindy Sue Causey wrote: [...] > For lurking newbies, "apt-cache search virtual machine" brings a > serious laundry list of things going on in Debian, AND I just tripped > over UML (user-mode-linux) a couple days ago. If UML is a chat-able > Mentors topic, I'd

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/9/19, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > You can work in chroot (debootstrap) and/or you can build packages in > schroot. I was going to mention schroot myself as an addendum to a chroot reference when this thread first started. They *are* slightly different. There was a quick thread on Debian-User

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/9/19, Andrius Merkys wrote: > Hi Vipul, > > On 2019-05-08 18:12, Vipul wrote: >> Is there a way to get isolation for work & contribution purpose to >> keep yourself organized? > > I personally run a VirtualBox VM with Debian unstable. I find this > alternative to chroots more convenient for

Re: Presentation

2019-05-09 Thread Miroslav Kravec
Hi, I took a quick look at the presentation. Looks to have nice potential in it. Few points below: > Debian GNU/Linux is a free (as in freedom) operating system (OS) for your > computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that > make your computer run. [1] Less

Presentation

2019-05-09 Thread Paul Sutton
Hi Having worked on a presentation to promote Debian generally, I decided to work on one that could focus on IRC and how to get started. https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/oftc-presentation I am not sure if this is useful, but I would anticipate this can form part of a series on getting

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Tong Sun
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:28 AM Vipul > . . . Since I'm using Debian for work purpose also so, I don't want to > mess-up with my system by installing unstable packages or libraries. Is > there a way to get isolation for work & contribution purpose to keep yourself > organized? > I can get

Bug#928637: RFS: emacs-neotree/0.5.2-1 [ITP]

2019-05-09 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2019-05-07 22:48] Nicholas D Steeves > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: wishlist > Control: block 872873 by -1 > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "emacs-neotree". Neotree is > a very popular Emacs addon on MELPA (Emacs addon repository), and is > at the 99th percentile for

Bug#928394: RFS: freetype-py/2.1.0.post1-1 [ITP]

2019-05-09 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[2019-05-06 01:31] Bastian Germann > Thanks for coming back to me. I have fixed the things you pointed out. In debian/rules you write ${DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM} -- note "{", not "(". Make uses $(foo) syntax for variable access. Build still successfull, but, well, please double check this moment.

Re: Configure your PC to contribute to Debian community

2019-05-09 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
[ Please, format your emails by 80 column ] [2019-05-08 15:12] Vipul > Hey there, > > I've been using Debian from couples of years but haven't contributed > yet back to community. I want to contribute to Debia n by maintaining > packages and fixing bugs. Since I'm using Debian for work purpose