Re: On format upgrade during freeze time

2010-10-22 Thread Tim Retout
ck' bug against the release.debian.org pseudopackage: http://bugs.debian.org/release.debian.org -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: googlecl (now uploaded to mentors repo)

2010-06-19 Thread Tim Retout
. And having 'google' makes 'google calendar ' read a lot nicer than 'googlecl calendar ' - it actually makes sense in English as a phrase. I think Debian Policy only cares if another package has a conflicting filename? -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: RFS: notorious-women

2010-06-18 Thread Tim Retout
h women quoted in english. > > I also read that someone said notorious is the same as famous people. Ah, perhaps the package should be called "fortunes-fr-famous-females". -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: RFC: Using git/collab-maint/PET for debian-mentors.

2010-06-14 Thread Tim Retout
see how the Perl team works - the notes are never released, and just serve as a place for keeping review notes in the same repository as the code. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

RFC: Using git/collab-maint/PET for debian-mentors.

2010-06-13 Thread Tim Retout
Success would be measured in terms of the number of contributors making it to NM, DM and DD status. -- Tim Retout signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

sponsorship, asking before packaging (was: Re: RFS: rush)

2010-06-13 Thread Tim Retout
eek advice. (And all software that fits into a pre-existing team should go to that team in any case.) I have a few ideas to improve the mentors situation, but I'll put them in a new thread once I've thought them over. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@

Re: RFS: pgfouine (updated package)

2010-06-13 Thread Tim Retout
//dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ This new upstream release contains some changes to the fonts in 'artichow', which might mean that debian/copyright needs updating. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
add an 'httpry' user during the postinst so that you don't have to parse the config file before you drop privileges... -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Re: RFS: rush

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
a note in the long description as per: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#bpp-pkg-desc -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinuqkmfbjgrj9zrpwcd276_mbpyrgjxgkror...@mail.gmail.com

Re: RFS: netpipes (updated package)

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
load. But that's pretty good. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktilpavfy7-3xnnuuy5ogckuxr9bxawg6u5z0u...@mail.gmail.com

Re: RFS: rush

2010-06-04 Thread Tim Retout
d. That would be me. :) I have been busy, and had to fix my own RC bugs this week - I don't think I've seen a second version of the 'rush' packaging from you since I commented on the version in April, although I could just have missed it. Yes, I should look at windowlab as well

Re: RFS: windowlab (updated package)

2010-04-22 Thread Tim Retout
that should be noted as such in windowlab's debian/copyright? -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/o2nc9f2b3df1004221647s86ca9efv1bdb01b09796b...@mail.gmail.com

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-04-21 Thread Tim Retout
On 15 April 2010 23:25, Yann Lejeune wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:58:21 +0100, Tim Retout wrote: >> I think you accidentally left an 'httpry.dirs' file in the top-level >> directory this time? > > I left httpry.dirs in debian/ because without it the package buil

Re: How to find a sponsor

2010-04-21 Thread Tim Retout
ere. In general, finding a team related to your package greatly increases the help and sponsorship you can expect. Ideally, someone would start a PHP modules packaging team... maybe you could suggest that to the webapps team. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ..

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-04-12 Thread Tim Retout
e them the same as httpry, i.e. "or any later version" - or just state "The Debian packaging is licensed under the same terms as httpry itself". -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/q2gc9f2b3df1004121558ree38811r3591e0f706850...@mail.gmail.com

Re: RFS: aircrack-ng (updated package) (fix RC bug)

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Retout
version of the package anyway; it's just that I imagine there will have to be another one soon afterwards. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http:

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Retout
program itself - that way, it's easier for someone else to submit your patches upstream later, for example. Can you tell me what makes httpry better or different to using tcpdump and wireshark? As in, if it gets uploaded, is it going to have enough users reporting bugs and so on? -- Tim Retout

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-04-09 Thread Tim Retout
pproach - for me, it's better that the changelog clearly documents what was uploaded to Debian itself. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive

Re: RFS: collectl

2010-01-11 Thread Tim Retout
ly to the lintian maintainers.) The fix is to move bash (>= 4.0) to Build-Depends-Indep, and leave debhelper and quilt in the Build-Depends field. It's not a particularly serious issue, though. Bernd: Sorry, I'll review your package tomorrow. :) -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSC

Re: original package changelogs

2010-01-11 Thread Tim Retout
on generating one automatically. I think this is beyond the scope of the debian-mentors mailing list, so perhaps you should follow this up in private/elsewhere. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: collectl

2009-12-14 Thread Tim Retout
usr/share/collectl/util so > - I don't corrupt /usr/bin with files nobody really ever uses? The > - man pages I wrote for them DO include the explicit path so people > - will know how to find them if they really want to. That's probably best, because otherwise we *will* need man

Re: RFS: nd (updated package)

2009-12-12 Thread Tim Retout
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:19:44PM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > fredag den 11 december 2009 klockan 00:28 skrev Tim Retout detta: > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 01:35:33PM +0100, Mats Erik Andersson wrote: > > > I have follow almost all your advice. The revised package is

Re: RFS: nd (updated package)

2009-12-10 Thread Tim Retout
so let me know if you need sponsorship for any other packages (I see you maintain windowlab already), or if you have NMU diffs for RC bugs, or things like that. I'm a little bit busy moving house tomorrow, and it might be a few weeks before I have a reliable internet connection again, but

Re: RFS: nd (updated package)

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Retout
should add http://gohome.org/nd/ as a Homepage field in debian/control. I'll give it another review if you fix these. :) I think I just need to check the copyright matches the source. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &q

Re: keynav: Contains convenience copy of xdotool

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Retout
means that it does need a soname. It's also important that Debian uses the same soname as other distributions. The advice is to discuss it with upstream: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#upstreambrokensoname -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: keynav: Contains convenience copy of xdotool (was: RFS: keynav)

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Retout
xdotool library is in the archive, you need to modify your package to Build-Depend on the new -dev package. I think it's worth waiting until this is done before uploading a new keynav version; what do you think? -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lis

Re: RFS: tgt (updated package,NMU)

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Retout
gs in general is a good thing though, so if you have any other NMU diffs to consider, let me and/or debian-mentors know. Thanks, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: comixcursors (updated package)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
scussions of it previously on this list. I haven't checked much more - I'd run lintian on it once it builds successfully. I'm prepared to accept a few lintian errors (and a smaller diff from the previous version) if we can fix that RC bug. Thanks, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUB

Re: RFS: wixi

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
and getting sponsorship that way? Try #debian-python on OFTC, if you're into IRC. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: concordance (updated package)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
ackage." -- http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#for_sponsors Regards, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

keynav: Contains convenience copy of xdotool (was: RFS: keynav)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
happy to upload it. However, keynav contains the source to 'xdotool', which is also packaged for Debian. See the Debian Policy Manual, section 4.13. I think ideally you need to ask the upstream author to split out the common code from xdotool and keynav into a shared library.

Re: RFS: taskwarrior 1.7.0-2 (task - bug #531587)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
askwarrior", the binary package does not have any contents. Please update to the latest upstream version, and get back to me once this is on mentors.debian.net. You can leave just a single entry in debian/changelog, because the others were not uploaded to Debian. Thanks, -- Tim Retout

Re: RFS: libsort-naturally-perl (backported package)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
ian-perl on OFTC if you use IRC, and we can talk about it. I'd prefer any backports of pkg-perl modules to be maintained in our SVN repository. Thanks, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: libfile-copy-link-perl

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
with this gently forgiving toolchain. :-) > I've tried to dot my t's and cross my i's. Hi Joel, See my comments for libaudio-nama-perl. :) Regards, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: libaudio-nama-perl

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
-perl', as it is an end user application. We can discuss that, but on the whole I think it would be inconsistent with the Debian Perl Policy. Thanks, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: ninja (updated package, new upstream release, fix a bug)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
are some advantages to have a regular source of sponsorship. -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: tgt (updated package,NMU)

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
should talk to him and the kernel team first - they may want to sponsor your work if you are interested in helping with tgt in the future. Regards, -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: RFS: collectl

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Retout
ough - I run lintian with '-iI --pedantic', so please do the same and fix as many messages as possible. I'm 'diocles' on IRC if you have any questions. I may also ask you to maintain this as part of the pkg-perl apps repository, but I haven't decided yet. :) -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Embedding one .deb inside another

2009-11-26 Thread Tim Retout
changes outside of dpkg without respecting the locks somehow; but this would be a very silly thing to do, and probably still impossible. :) -- Tim Retout -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

RFS: enscript (updated package)

2009-11-08 Thread Tim Retout
bian.net/debian/pool/main/e/enscript - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/e/enscript/enscript_1.6.4-14.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards,

Re: RFS: GNU FreeDink

2008-08-20 Thread Tim Retout
(of #492760 and debian-games team fame) has several patches to fix freedink on amd64, among other things. I've been asking him to contact you for weeks since the GHM, but he's being entirely lame about it, I'm afraid. ;) -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: RFS: pidgin-privacy-please

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Retout
ed messages, said feature was removed from this debian package. -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: gnu-standards (updated package. no longer non-free)

2008-06-23 Thread Tim Retout
imestamp, >through dch -r, right before the upload.) Cool, I'll look at that. Anything that makes changelogs and revision control nicer is good. > - You're welcome to target “unstable” if your next upload to mentors >addresses the above points. Okay, updated at: http://men

RFS: gnu-standards (updated package. no longer non-free)

2008-06-22 Thread Tim Retout
u-standards - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gnu-standards/gnu-standards_2008.06.10-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, -- Tim Reto

Re: RFS: postgresql-autodoc 1.31-1 (updated package)

2008-05-06 Thread Tim Retout
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 18:16 +0100, Tim Retout wrote: > I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Thanks to mhy for this, and offering future sponsorship for this package. :) -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

RFS: postgresql-autodoc 1.31-1 (updated package)

2008-05-05 Thread Tim Retout
repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql-autodoc/postgresql-autodoc_1.31-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Thanks, -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED

RFS: postgresql-autodoc (minor fixes for orphaned package)

2007-12-16 Thread Tim Retout
y: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/postgresql-autodoc/postgresql-autodoc_1.30-2.dsc I am maintaining it in git on Alioth: - git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/postgresql-autodoc.git Thanks, -- Tim Retout &l

Re: RFS: ircservices-church

2007-07-28 Thread Tim Retout
On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 00:21 +0100, Tim Retout wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ircservices-church". Now updated to fix FTBFS on amd64, at the very least. -- Tim Retout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

RFS: ircservices-church

2007-07-27 Thread Tim Retout
bian/pool/main/i/ircservices-church - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/ircservices-church/ircservices-church_5.1~pre3-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards,