Re: ITA wmakerconf, wmakerconf-data (will need a sponsor)

2003-07-29 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > I am adopting wmakerconf and wmakerconf-data packages -- I've already > debianized the newest upstream versions (2.9 and 0.80.0 respectively) and > fixed a few outstanding bugs. Being a non-maintainer, I'll need a sponsor > -- would anyone like to volunteer? i have

Re: ITA wmakerconf, wmakerconf-data (will need a sponsor)

2003-07-29 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > I am adopting wmakerconf and wmakerconf-data packages -- I've already > debianized the newest upstream versions (2.9 and 0.80.0 respectively) and > fixed a few outstanding bugs. Being a non-maintainer, I'll need a sponsor > -- would anyone like to volunteer? i have

Re: Weird broken dependencies according to qa.debian.org

2003-03-25 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > According to: > http://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=unstable&package=battery-stats > > My package "declares a build time dependency on libapm-dev which cannot > be satisfied on sh." SuperH processor. i am not sure what systems use a SuperH CPU, though i think it

Re: Weird broken dependencies according to qa.debian.org

2003-03-25 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > According to: > http://qa.debian.org/debcheck.php?dist=unstable&package=battery-stats > > My package "declares a build time dependency on libapm-dev which cannot > be satisfied on sh." SuperH processor. i am not sure what systems use a SuperH CPU, though i think it

Re: How to detect if Sendmail/Postfix/Qmail is installed

2003-02-24 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Brian M. Carlson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:41:18AM +0100, Xavier Roche wrote: > > > In this case, should the package just document what the use > > > should do (it will be different for each MTA) or at least > > > detect which MTA is installed and copy an example config file > > > > Ensu

Re: How to detect if Sendmail/Postfix/Qmail is installed

2003-02-24 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Brian M. Carlson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:41:18AM +0100, Xavier Roche wrote: > > > In this case, should the package just document what the use > > > should do (it will be different for each MTA) or at least > > > detect which MTA is installed and copy an example config file > > > > Ensu

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > > which have that address in it. > > > > I sign a uid when these uid's address is not bouncing and the person who > > claims to belong to this key answers a message encrypted to him sent > > to the specific uid

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > > which have that address in it. > > > > I sign a uid when these uid's address is not bouncing and the person who > > claims to belong to this key answers a message encrypted to him sent > > to the specific uid

Re: user for getting files

2002-11-22 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
David Roundy wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > > > but is it realy appropriate for a package to create a new user for a > > weekly download? depending upon what other processes will be using the data, and those that will be starting them, the answer varie

Re: user for getting files

2002-11-22 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
David Roundy wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 11:04:27AM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > > > but is it realy appropriate for a package to create a new user for a > > weekly download? depending upon what other processes will be using the data, and those that will be starting them, the answer varie

Re: game with small library

2002-10-23 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > If the shared library is internal to the package, it should not be installed > in the system library path (e.g., /usr/lib). Instead, install it under > /usr/lib/. You will need to use a wrapper script to add > /usr/lib/ to LD_LIBRARY_PATH wehn running the program. what

Re: game with small library

2002-10-23 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > If the shared library is internal to the package, it should not be installed > in the system library path (e.g., /usr/lib). Instead, install it under > /usr/lib/. You will need to use a wrapper script to add > /usr/lib/ to LD_LIBRARY_PATH wehn running the program. what

Re: debhelper "I have no package to build"

2002-05-17 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 10:01:14PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > The binary-common rule has lots of dh_* stuff there, including > dh_compress. I decided that compressing the HTML files would be a bad > idea, so I modified it to skip that one package using the dh_compress man page says:

Re: Wcal packaging question

2002-01-23 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 07:04:25PM +0100, Wouter Eerdekens wrote: > > Another thing is the apache config: it must be edited before one can > use wcal: I added the following: there are other webservers besides apache. like boa. is there a generic handler to add the cgi information to the webserve

Re: Help on policy

2001-11-26 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:28:47AM +0100, Falco Cesare wrote: > > What would be best? > 1. A non-free debian package including both sources and needed roms > 2. Two debian packages: a contrib one including the source and a non-free > one with the roms only i'd go the latter route. if there are an

Re: Help on policy

2001-11-26 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:28:47AM +0100, Falco Cesare wrote: > > What would be best? > 1. A non-free debian package including both sources and needed roms > 2. Two debian packages: a contrib one including the source and a non-free > one with the roms only i'd go the latter route. if there are a

Re: your mail

2001-11-12 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:38:46PM +0100, Gundolf Kiefer wrote: > > I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion > into a future release of Debian > > I am not a Debian developer, > > How can I proceed further? one of two ways: you can apply to become a debian dev

Re: your mail

2001-11-12 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:38:46PM +0100, Gundolf Kiefer wrote: > > I have written a piece of software that I would like to offer for inclusion > into a future release of Debian > > I am not a Debian developer, > > How can I proceed further? one of two ways: you can apply to become a debian de

Re: Playing with dpkg's mind

2001-11-07 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:56:34AM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote: > > In following I call the old version of the package OP, the transition > package TP, and the game file I want to keep GF. why not have TP depend upon GF1 GF2 GF3 GF4 GF5 ? TP is supposed to be a meta-package, right? upon re-r

Re: unofficial apt source setup

2001-10-08 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using > dpkg-sc

Re: unofficial apt source setup

2001-10-08 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 09:43:38PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [011007 19:44]: > > Read about the 'apt-ftparchive' program, specifically the 'packages' and > > 'sources' options to it. > > Or, if your like me and a glutton for punishment, try using > dpkg-s

Re: [mentors] Keysign request

2001-07-03 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 04:59:03PM -0500, Taral wrote: > > I'd prefer to get my new key signed. Anyone? you should be able to sign the new key with the old key to get it into the keyring. -john

Re: [mentors] Keysign request

2001-07-03 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 04:59:03PM -0500, Taral wrote: > > I'd prefer to get my new key signed. Anyone? you should be able to sign the new key with the old key to get it into the keyring. -john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: GPG Key Signing (Was: Advocate/Sponsor)

2001-07-01 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:07:17PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > manoj came up with a pretty good protocol to sign a key. i have it ~ > > available in HTML at > > > > http://people.debian.org/~jaqque/keysign.html > > Nice to see you called it 'Manoj's Singing-Protocol' ;) cr

Re: GPG Key Signing (Was: Advocate/Sponsor)

2001-07-01 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:07:17PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > manoj came up with a pretty good protocol to sign a key. i have it ~ > > available in HTML at > > > > http://people.debian.org/~jaqque/keysign.html > > Nice to see you called it 'Manoj's Singing-Protocol' ;) c

GPG Key Signing (Was: Advocate/Sponsor)

2001-06-28 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:13:37PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > we should also require them to demonstrate a clear understanding of > PKI as part of the NM process. manoj came up with a pretty good protocol to sign a key. i have it available in HTML at http://people.debian.org/~jaqque/keysig

GPG Key Signing (Was: Advocate/Sponsor)

2001-06-28 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:13:37PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > we should also require them to demonstrate a clear understanding of > PKI as part of the NM process. manoj came up with a pretty good protocol to sign a key. i have it available in HTML at http://people.debian.org/~jaqque/keysi

Re: Finding a sponsor...

2001-06-27 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:00:04PM -0400, Eric Kidd wrote: > How does one go about finding a sponsor? > ... > And it's the bit I apparently need to do first. :-) do you mean advocate? -john

Re: Finding a sponsor...

2001-06-27 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:00:04PM -0400, Eric Kidd wrote: > How does one go about finding a sponsor? > ... > And it's the bit I apparently need to do first. :-) do you mean advocate? -john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: License question for truncate.sty (got from CTAN)

2001-06-10 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 08:11:43PM +0530, Viral wrote: > > Does this mean that I can distribute this program in accordance with > the DFSG. There is no implicit license, just this statement which says > that the file is released to the public domain. > > Would the file be still copyrighted by the

Re: License question for truncate.sty (got from CTAN)

2001-06-10 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 08:11:43PM +0530, Viral wrote: > > Does this mean that I can distribute this program in accordance with > the DFSG. There is no implicit license, just this statement which says > that the file is released to the public domain. > > Would the file be still copyrighted by th

Re: sponsor for QEmacs maybe

2001-04-27 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:24:50PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > QEmacs is a tiny full-screen editor with UTF-8 support, a hex mode and > the ability to edit huge files efficiently: > > http://www-stud.enst.fr/~bellard/qemacs/ have you contacted the author? has he given his blessing to

Re: sponsor for QEmacs maybe

2001-04-27 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:24:50PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > QEmacs is a tiny full-screen editor with UTF-8 support, a hex mode and > the ability to edit huge files efficiently: > > http://www-stud.enst.fr/~bellard/qemacs/ have you contacted the author? has he given his blessing t

Re: Way to check installed daemon

2001-04-19 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 09:41:58PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > dpkg -s lprng| grep -e "^Status: install ok installed" > dpkg -s lpr| grep -e "^Status: install ok installed" > > It will be very slow, though. Any good way? how about replacing dpkg -s lprng with grep -A1 '^Package: lpr$' /var/l

Re: Way to check installed daemon

2001-04-19 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 09:41:58PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > dpkg -s lprng| grep -e "^Status: install ok installed" > dpkg -s lpr| grep -e "^Status: install ok installed" > > It will be very slow, though. Any good way? how about replacing dpkg -s lprng with grep -A1 '^Package: lpr$' /var/

Re: Undocumented binary

2001-04-03 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Dennis Schoen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:49:41AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > > What is the point? > policy :) i hate that catch 22. can't file a bug, since the package is not in debian[1] can't use undocumented, unless you have a bug ag

Re: Undocumented binary

2001-04-03 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:28:37PM +0200, Dennis Schoen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:49:41AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > > What is the point? > policy :) i hate that catch 22. can't file a bug, since the package is not in debian[1] can't use undocumented, unless you have a bug a

Re: Build-Depends

2001-04-02 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 04:46:55PM -0300, Carlos Laviola wrote: > What do you do to ensure that your packages aren't missing build-depends? build it in a clean chroot, after getting all the files in build-essential and those listed in build-depends. if your compile fails, add the missing package

Re: Build-Depends

2001-04-02 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 04:46:55PM -0300, Carlos Laviola wrote: > What do you do to ensure that your packages aren't missing build-depends? build it in a clean chroot, after getting all the files in build-essential and those listed in build-depends. if your compile fails, add the missing packag

Re: NMU??

2001-03-19 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:00:46AM +0100, Peter van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:24:27PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Please help me clarify one thing. > > > > > if name in changelog != name in control file: > > > upload is NMU > > > > Which one should be the name of real "Maint

Re: NMU??

2001-03-19 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:00:46AM +0100, Peter van Rossum wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:24:27PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Please help me clarify one thing. > > > > > if name in changelog != name in control file: > > > upload is NMU > > > > Which one should be the name of real "Main

Re: kernel-module version mismatch

2001-03-13 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:48:13PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm writing my first module and when I try to run it I get this error: > > #insmod hello.o > hello.o: kernel-module version mismatch > hello.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.15 > while this kernel is v

Re: kernel-module version mismatch

2001-03-13 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:48:13PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm writing my first module and when I try to run it I get this error: > > #insmod hello.o > hello.o: kernel-module version mismatch > hello.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.15 > while this kernel is