Re: Upgrade "rar" Package Version

2012-10-26 Thread Martin Meredith
Still working on it - busy busy busy :( On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Ma Xiaojun wrote: > On 10/18/12 2:37 PM, Martin Meredith wrote: >> >> I will update this soon when I get a chance to get round to it - but >> I'm a little strapped for time lately. Possibly next

Re: Upgrade "rar" Package Version

2012-10-19 Thread Martin Meredith
It was refused by the maintainers of that for being "to non-free" On 19 Oct 2012 01:10, "Henrique de Moraes Holschuh" wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Martin Meredith wrote: > > The problem with updating the rar package is not a problem with the > > complexit

Re: Upgrade "rar" Package Version

2012-10-18 Thread Martin Meredith
Hi, Can't find you in db.debian.org. Not possible to do an NMU if you're not a Debian Uploader The problem with updating the rar package is not a problem with the complexity of the package, it's a case of it takes a while for me to put together the upload for both amd64 and i386 simultaneously,

Re: RFS: zinnia (Online hand recognition system with machine learning)

2009-02-12 Thread Martin Meredith
Hi there, I think that you should get the description proof read. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:07:09PM +0800, LI Daobing wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "zinnia". > > * Package name: zinnia > Version : 0.02 > Upstream Author : Taku Kudo > * URL

Re: RFS: whohas (bugfixes)

2009-01-30 Thread Martin Meredith
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:51:35PM +, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > Hi Paul/George/others > > I'm looking for sponsorship for whohas/0.22-3, which closes these bugs: > 510020 510524 513466 513473 513476 > > Partiularly, 510020 and 510524 are aging a bit, so it would be nice to > tidy them up. P

Re: RFS: ddclient

2009-01-27 Thread Martin Meredith
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:48:48PM +, Marco Rodrigues wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddclient". > > * Package name: ddclient > Version : 3.7.3-6 > Upstream Author : Paul Burry > * URL : http://ddclient.sf.net > * License

Re: Introducing spurious revisions during sponsorship considered harmful (by some of us)

2009-01-20 Thread Martin Meredith
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:49:10PM +0100, Sandro Tosi wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 23:46, Martin Meredith wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:09:17PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > >> * Martin Meredith [Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:05:11 +]: > >> > >> Hey Mart

Re: Introducing spurious revisions during sponsorship considered harmful (by some of us)

2009-01-20 Thread Martin Meredith
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:09:17PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Martin Meredith [Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:05:11 +]: > > Hey Martin, > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:29:10PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > > * history: I haven't seen this argument fly be in (th

Re: Introducing spurious revisions during sponsorship considered harmful (by some of us)

2009-01-20 Thread Martin Meredith
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 02:29:10PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * history: I haven't seen this argument fly be in (this and other > instances of) this discussion, but the answer is that the proper > place to record that you had an extra and fatal space in your rules > file is your VC

Re: Closing bugs, incrementing release number, and uploads to mentors.debian.net

2009-01-19 Thread Martin Meredith
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 06:06:20AM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2009-01-19, Ben Finney wrote: > > * When fixing bugs that prevented a previous release (e.g. one made to > > mentors.debian.net) from making it into Debian (e.g. because the > > sponsor requires further changes), recommended pr

Re: Re RFS: pidgin-osd

2009-01-18 Thread Martin Meredith
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:17:08AM +, Martin Meredith wrote: > Hey there, having a quick look at your package. > > From a first glance, you need to clean up your rules file, get rid of all the > comments that are meant as a guideline to the packager. You've put in the >

Re RFS: pidgin-osd

2009-01-18 Thread Martin Meredith
Hey there, having a quick look at your package. From a first glance, you need to clean up your rules file, get rid of all the comments that are meant as a guideline to the packager. You've put in the bits it's asking for, they're just placeholders. Also, you don't need < and > around everything

RFS: Katapult

2008-07-23 Thread Martin Meredith
Hi there. I'm in the process of releasing a new version of Katapult - which I'd like to get into Debian before the freeze... If anyone can help me with this, It's on mentors.debian.net (or will be once it's finished uploading) http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;pack

[RFS] php5-xdebug

2008-04-08 Thread Martin Meredith
Requesting sponsorship of php5-xdebug (http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/non-free/p/php5-xdebug) Francois, I have included you in this mailing, as Derick has mentioned that you already have something in the works. Please reply to me off-list in any case. Regards, Martin "Mez" Meredith sig

Re: RFC/RFS: PyKaraoke

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Meredith
Miriam Ruiz wrote: > So, if you upgrade to a newer version of python, it won't work, as the > compiled files would not be regenerated. is that it? I guess I understand why > it cannot be run with python2.4 then. I hope someone finds a better solution > anyway :) Not if the Depends are set to depen

Re: Depending on both runtime and dev packages?

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Meredith
Dont most -dev packages auto-depend on the libs they're assosciated with anyway? Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > Davide Puricelli wrote: > >> Hi, I'm building a package (a Scheme-to-C compiler) and I split it into >> three different debs: libfoo0 (runtime libs), libfoo-dev (.a and .la >> files and incl

Re: change in a package name

2006-02-16 Thread Martin Meredith
And add an Epoch for the Version Numbering if needed :D Ricardo Mones wrote: > Hi Tommaso, > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:31:53 +0100 > Tommaso Moroni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A Debian user some time ago sent me a script very similar to mrename >> (which I maintain). >> This new script is

Re: RFS: aabrowse: Server browser for America's Army game

2006-02-01 Thread Martin Meredith
Would still love to get this sponsored - Anyone interested ? (forwarding to pkg-games-devel too) Martin Meredith wrote: > Just a reminder about this package... it needs someone to wub it into debian > :D > > Martin Meredith wrote: >> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/po

Re: Re-libtooling + automake

2006-01-30 Thread Martin Meredith
I do know of this - but looking for a solution for now so I dont have to go down that road unless absolutely neccesary :d (for example - the lsdiff | touch -r) Zak B. Elep wrote: > Hi Mez! :-) > > On 1/30/06, Martin Meredith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does any

Re-libtooling + automake

2006-01-30 Thread Martin Meredith
Whenever I seem to relibtool a package now I always seem to get problems with the timestamps being wrong, and the package tries to re-run automake. Anyway, as a solution for that - we decided that the command lsdiff --strip 1 debian/patches/10_update_libtool.diff | xargs touch -r configure.in.in

Re: Request for mentor

2006-01-30 Thread Martin Meredith
o teach from scratch :D I agree - once at a certain stage, a "personal" mentor is a great idea... though it usually eveolves naturally that you find one :D Regards, Martin Meredith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Ale. > > No disrespect to Martin, but a specific Debian mentor

Re: What to do if the upstream keeps debian directory in original tarball?

2006-01-24 Thread Martin Meredith
Why not just work with upstream as you seem to be doing - and when the packagings done - download it ... and upload as a debian native package? Surely if upstream keep a debian/ directory in the tarball then it would automatically be assumed as a debian native package? Get the pre-release, make i

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-24 Thread Martin Meredith
Are you still interested in sponsoring this? http://debian.dev.sourceguru.net/rar/ Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 12:19 +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: >> The package I've just uploaded to mentors.debian.net, [...] > Two minor prob

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
Re-uploaded ;) Martin Meredith wrote: > Ok, put simply, the rar package basically contains binary files - which are > compiled agaist libdstdc++5. these wont run without the proper dependencies. > > It was a choice of either adding in a manual depends, or adding in a > Build-De

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
I've added the closes to the changelog - thanks for the reminder! Would you be happier pulling it in with Depends: rather than doing it through shlibs? Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 12:19 +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: >> The pack

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
I've added the closes to the changelog - thanks for the reminder! Would you be happier pulling it in with Depends: rather than doing it through shlibs? Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 12:19 +0000, Martin Meredith wrote: >> The pack

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
Oh, and we're talking about what to do about unrar - so I may need a sponsor for that too ;) Martin Meredith wrote: > Hi! > > The package I've just uploaded to mentors.debian.net, also available from > my personal site @ > > http://debian.dev.sourceguru.net/rar/ >

Re: RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
Hi! The package I've just uploaded to mentors.debian.net, also available from my personal site @ http://debian.dev.sourceguru.net/rar/ ITA: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349311 Regards, Martin Meredith P.S. I dont like non-free software but it bugs me when softwa

RFS: rar (non-free package - I'm sure you all know what rar is!)

2006-01-22 Thread Martin Meredith
me back if you're interested! Regards, Martin Meredith signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Request for mentor

2006-01-21 Thread Martin Meredith
I dont think you need one person to mentor you - I think mentoring is better done as a group effort! Most people here will be able to help you - whereas, at times - one person might not. Think of the mailing list as your mentor, and good luck with your work in the debian world Ale wrote: > Dear L

Re: RFS: aabrowse: Server browser for America's Army game

2006-01-18 Thread Martin Meredith
Just a reminder about this package... it needs someone to wub it into debian :D Martin Meredith wrote: > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/aabrowse/ > > AABrowse is a Linux-native server browser/query/game-launch > tool for America's Army (http://www.americasarm

Re: Debian Games Team

2006-01-13 Thread Martin Meredith
Ben Finney wrote: > On 13-Jan-2006, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > >> --- Eddy Petriºor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: >> >>>Can ome packaging can be done for non-free games? >> >>To be honest, I'm not particulary interested in non-free software at >>all, including games, but I have nothing against it if w

RFS: aabrowse: Server browser for America's Army game

2006-01-12 Thread Martin Meredith
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/aabrowse/ AABrowse is a Linux-native server browser/query/game-launch tool for America's Army (http://www.americasarmy.com/). It supports the GameSpy master server, and other sources. It includes filters, favorites, and a buddy/clan-member list.