RFS: New ccontrol package, 0.9.1+20060806-4

2007-09-03 Thread Ted Percival
Hello mentors! I have a new ccontrol package ready for upload. Once again it is a minor change from the last version: * Force-disable GCC stack protection as it is incompatible with the current dietlibc (Ubuntu #109157). * Don't ignore errors in $(MAKE) distclean. The first change will

RFS: ccontrol (updated package)

2007-12-05 Thread Ted Percival
I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.9.1+20071204-1 of my package "ccontrol". My previous sponsor (Amaya) is currently AFK. It builds this binary package: ccontrol - Compilation controller The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix bug 447832. The package can be

Re: RFS: ccontrol (updated package)

2007-12-07 Thread Ted Percival
Patrick Winnertz wrote: Okay, here are several things to fix: [...] Thanks, I have addressed them all. Source package: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/ccontrol/ccontrol_0.9.1+20071204-2.dsc Change history: http://tedp.id.au/gitweb/?p=ccontrol-debian.git;a=shortlog -- \0 -- To

Re: building rpms on debian system?

2006-04-19 Thread Ted Percival
Ek Zindagoi wrote: > I would like to build rpms on a debian system for use on a redhat > system. Can I do that on a debian system ? > > Even if I wanted to install the RPM on a debain system, can I run the > rpmbuild -bb command on a debian system and successfully build an RPM You can certainly

Re: spcaview : package review needed

2006-04-24 Thread Ted Percival
Paul Wise wrote: > * debian/changelog: the version should be 0.0.20051212 or > 0.0.0.20051212 or something so that if upstream changes their > version scheme, you won't have to use [an] epoch. Isn't that exactly what the epoch is for? -T signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: A list of common gotchas in Debian packaging

2006-05-04 Thread Ted Percival
Here are two users' checklists that I have used for reference. http://people.debian.org/~neilm/sponsorship.html http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/sponsorship_checklist.html -Ted Panu Kalliokoski wrote: > I wonder, whether there is a list of these "common gotchas" in packaging > somewhere, or a c

Re: RFS: lttoolbox -- ITP #320931

2006-05-26 Thread Ted Percival
I guess the package name should be 'liblttoolbox1' or similar (no separator between package name and major soname version). I'm a packaging newbie so could well be wrong about this. -Ted Francis Tyers wrote: > There is one > warning from lintian that I can't quite figure out how to fix. "W: >

RFS: fetchexc

2006-07-09 Thread Ted Percival
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RFS: fetchexc (updated: 1.10-2)

2006-07-09 Thread Ted Percival
I've just uploaded version 1.10-2 of fetchexc which uses dpatch to patch the build.xml file rather than doing it directly through the .diff.gz, and also adds upstream's changelog.gz which I generated from the upstream website (aka the README.html file in the package). I seem to remember seeing som

Re: RFS: fetchexc (updated: 1.10-2)

2006-07-09 Thread Ted Percival
Ted Percival wrote: > I've just uploaded version 1.10-2 of fetchexc which uses dpatch to patch > the build.xml file rather than doing it directly through the .diff.gz, > and also adds upstream's changelog.gz which I generated from the > upstream website (aka the README.ht

RFS: fetchexc

2006-07-10 Thread Ted Percival
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Re: RFS: qrfcview -- viewer for IETF RFCs

2006-07-19 Thread Ted Percival
Frederic Lehobey wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my source package "qrfcview". > > The package is linda and lintian clean and compiles with pbuilder. Lintian 1.23.22 has a warning, the solution is simple - take out the libqt4-{gui,core} entries from the Depends line and allow shlibs:Depen

RFS: ccontrol - Compilation controller

2006-08-05 Thread Ted Percival
sc I'm happy to receive any feedback on how the package can be improved, and if it is good enough, to have it uploaded. Cheers, -Ted Percival signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Executing tests during package building?

2006-08-28 Thread Ted Percival
Charles Plessy wrote: > I am packaging a software which includes tests to check if the binary is > fully funcionnal. However, those tests are much more processor intensive > than the compilation itself. Is there a general policy about what to do > with them? Is it enough to run them when testing th

Re: Error with debian/changelog file

2006-10-08 Thread Ted Percival
Martin Kelly wrote: > After trying to build my package (pyecm), I recieved the following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/pyecm-0.1$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > parsechangelog/debian: error: badly formatted trailer line, at file > debian/changelog line 5 > dpkg-buildpackage: unable to det

Re: RFS: pyecm

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Percival
Martin Kelly wrote: > It builds these binary packages: > pyecm - Factors large numbers (<= 50 digits) using ECM (Elliptic Curve > Method) I suggest changing the short description to: Factors large numbers (up to 50 digits) using the Elliptic Curve Method (ECM) And possibly even leaving off t

Re: RFS: pyecm

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Percival
kes sense... will do. Do I need to delete the package from > mentors.debian.net and then re-upload it or just change the description > before a sponsor accepts it? > > Martin > > Ted Percival wrote: >> Martin Kelly wrote: >>> It builds these binary packages: >&

Re: RFC: fetchexc - fetches email from Microsoft Exchange servers

2007-08-10 Thread Ted Percival
Justin Pryzby wrote: On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:27:25PM +1000, Ted Percival wrote: I have prepared a package of fetchexc, a program for retrieving email from Microsoft Exchange servers. I am seeking comments on the packaging. > Which exchange versions? I think exch5 and exch2k have differ

RFC: fetchexc - fetches email from Microsoft Exchange servers

2007-08-10 Thread Ted Percival
I have prepared a package of fetchexc, a program for retrieving email from Microsoft Exchange servers. I am seeking comments on the packaging. I am not seeking sponsorship at the moment - Amaya showed some interest in sponsoring the package a while ago. I have posted to the pkg-java-maintainer