Re: dbconfig-common: running scripts _and_ an sql script in order

2008-04-29 Thread sean finney
hiya, On Tuesday 29 April 2008 04:24:34 pm Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: forget the question :-) I already figured that I'm not in need for a script, therefore the problem does not exist anymore. :) for posterity, i think the current implementation is to do: (a) script (b) admin sql (rarely

Re: [Pkg-nagios-devel] RFS: nagiosgrapher

2007-07-23 Thread sean finney
hi hendrik, i found the following lintian warnings: W: nagiosgrapher: binary-without-manpage usr/sbin/nagiosgrapher W: nagiosgrapher: file-in-unusual-dir var/log/nagiosgrapher/ngraph.log W: nagiosgrapher: executable-not-elf-or-script ./usr/share/nagiosgrapher/htdocs/images/logos/dot.png W:

Re: [Pkg-nagios-devel] RFS: nagiosgrapher

2007-07-23 Thread sean finney
On Monday 23 July 2007 10:23:21 pm Hendrik Frenzel wrote: Thanks for your notes. I fixed them all in my new packages which I already upladed to mentors.d.n. The respective dsc file can be found at: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/nagiosgrapher/nagiosgrapher_1. 6.1rc3-2.dsc

Re: RFS: roundcube

2007-02-17 Thread sean finney
hi vincent, On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 08:30 +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: Therefore, I have two questions. Here is my snippet of code : db_metaget roundcube/language languages oldchoices=$RET if [ ! $oldchoices -o $instd_langs != $oldchoices ]; then db_subst roundcube/language languages

Re: RFS: roundcube

2007-02-16 Thread sean finney
On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 10:35 +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: Agreed. With SquirrelMail we do not include a cron job, but refer the user to install a package like tmpreaper. No need to be duplicating code all over the place. but for clarity: are these tmpfiles left in /tmp or /var/tmp, or are

Re: RFS: roundcube

2007-02-12 Thread sean finney
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:58 +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: as for the tmp dir issue, if you don't feel safe using /var/tmp, you should use /var/cache/package/some-subdirectory-name instead, along with a cronjob to clear out the old files. i'd recommend using a subdirectory so you have the

Re: RFS: roundcube

2007-02-11 Thread sean finney
hi vincent, In fact, my note was not consistant with what was really done. I have added mysql-server in Suggests and php5-mysql is in Depends : Depends: dbconfig-common, apache2 | httpd, libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache-mod-php5 | php5 | php5-cgi | libapache2-mod-php4 | libapache-mod-php4

Re: [PHP] Standard placement of PHP libraries?

2005-08-01 Thread sean finney
hi jose, On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 09:49:30AM -0300, Jose Carlos do Nascimento wrote: I read all answers and anyone solve my question. What list must I subscribe to know about php policy ? well, debian-webapps would be a good starting point until someone finds a better place. however, at

Re: [PHP] Standard placement of PHP libraries?

2005-07-29 Thread sean finney
hi steve, just going to jump in here... On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:10:45PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: I'm also not really sure where else it could belong. Uh, debian-devel would be the appropriate list for open development-related discussions that don't otherwise have an associated list.

Re: [PHP] Standard placement of PHP libraries?

2005-07-29 Thread sean finney
hey steve, On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 10:51:47AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Why in God's name are you doing that? The charter for debian-webapps is web *application* packages, not packages implemented in PHP or providing PHP bindings that may or may not be used by web application packages.

Re: a couple (cgi) packaging issues

2003-03-10 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 06:38:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: It doesn't do any harm to have one if you have some bright ideas for what should go in there, but I don't think it's necessary, no. okay, i just put a little something like this is a cgi script for foo package, documentation for this

Re: a couple (cgi) packaging issues

2003-03-10 Thread sean finney
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 06:38:30PM +, Colin Watson wrote: It doesn't do any harm to have one if you have some bright ideas for what should go in there, but I don't think it's necessary, no. okay, i just put a little something like this is a cgi script for foo package, documentation for this

a couple (cgi) packaging issues

2003-03-09 Thread sean finney
hey -mentors, stephen gran volunteered to give my package a looking over and eventually an upload (thanks!), and as a result i have another couple of packaging issues for you (and by couple i mean 6): - do cgi programs need man pages as well? techinically they're executables, but i don't know

a couple (cgi) packaging issues

2003-03-09 Thread sean finney
hey -mentors, stephen gran volunteered to give my package a looking over and eventually an upload (thanks!), and as a result i have another couple of packaging issues for you (and by couple i mean 6): - do cgi programs need man pages as well? techinically they're executables, but i don't know

(one more attempt at an) RFS: sugarplum

2003-03-08 Thread sean finney
/debian/packages/ deb-src http://cs.swarthmore.edu/~finney /debian/packages/ and the description is at the bottom of the email. regards sean Package: sugarplum Version: 0.9.9-3 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depends: apache-common | wn, wenglish

(one more attempt at an) RFS: sugarplum

2003-03-07 Thread sean finney
/debian/packages/ deb-src http://cs.swarthmore.edu/~finney /debian/packages/ and the description is at the bottom of the email. regards sean Package: sugarplum Version: 0.9.9-3 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: sean finney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Depends: apache-common | wn, wenglish

non conffiles in /etc and loading from templates?

2003-02-10 Thread sean finney
hey mentors, i have a hypothetical situation for you. let's say i were working on a package for sugarplum. now this package is understandably the bane of most spam harvesters out there, enough that they've probably put in a rule to avoid directories named /sugarplum on most peoples web servers.

non conffiles in /etc and loading from templates?

2003-02-10 Thread sean finney
hey mentors, i have a hypothetical situation for you. let's say i were working on a package for sugarplum. now this package is understandably the bane of most spam harvesters out there, enough that they've probably put in a rule to avoid directories named /sugarplum on most peoples web servers.

packaging question: what to do about this file...

2003-02-07 Thread sean finney
heya mentors, i'm packaging sugarplum, an email harvester honeypot basically. in order to not trap legitimate web-spiders, i thought it'd be good to make the install of a robots.txt[1] in /var/www happen by default if possible, only i'm not sure i can/ought to really do that. if i made it a

Re: packaging question: what to do about this file...

2003-02-07 Thread sean finney
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 03:25:14PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: 1) Document that robots.txt should be copied to the proper place in the README.Debian file. 2) Tell the user to do that in a debconf box, or even to ask for where to install it. the /usr/share/doc docs are already there, i

Re: packaging question: what to do about this file...

2003-02-07 Thread sean finney
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:33:20PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: Well if the docs is already there things are quite set already. Well low is a good priority for such things, I think. Maybe a little higher if you think it is more important. okay, i think low is acceptable for this. now that i'm

RFS: sugarplum - an automated/intelligent spam trap/cache-poisoner

2003-02-07 Thread sean finney
this? for the time being, you can apt-get it from: deb http://cs.swarthmore.edu/~finney /debian/packages/ deb-src http://cs.swarthmore.edu/~finney /debian/packages/ thanks, sean Package: sugarplum Version: 0.9.9-1 Priority: optional Section: misc Maintainer: sean finney [EMAIL

Re: debconf ? for a package that doesn't work out of the box

2003-02-01 Thread sean finney
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:35:43PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: i'm throwing together a cgi script package that requires certain lines be added to the apache configuration file on the webserver in order to work, so there's no way it can work out of the box as far as i can figure, at least

question about conffiles and prerm/postrm

2003-02-01 Thread sean finney
hey mentors i'm working on a package that has a directory in /etc/sugarplum and in this directory two conffiles and one other (empty) directory. when i purge the package, i get: balthasar[/home/seanius/sugarplum]13:17:02# dpkg --purge sugarplum (Reading database ... 69541 files and directories

debconf ? for a package that doesn't work out of the box

2003-01-31 Thread sean finney
hey -mentors i'm throwing together a cgi script package that requires certain lines be added to the apache configuration file on the webserver in order to work, so there's no way it can work out of the box as far as i can figure, at least until apache gets some kind of conf.d ability. so... is

Re: debconf ? for a package that doesn't work out of the box

2003-01-31 Thread sean finney
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:35:43PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: i'm throwing together a cgi script package that requires certain lines be added to the apache configuration file on the webserver in order to work, so there's no way it can work out of the box as far as i can figure, at least

debconf ? for a package that doesn't work out of the box

2003-01-31 Thread sean finney
hey -mentors i'm throwing together a cgi script package that requires certain lines be added to the apache configuration file on the webserver in order to work, so there's no way it can work out of the box as far as i can figure, at least until apache gets some kind of conf.d ability. so... is

Re: RFS (3rd try): FCE Ultra: An emulator for the original (8-bit) NES

2002-12-10 Thread sean finney
hey joe, i'm not a developer yet, but I am an NES fan. i'll volunteer to do some testing for you, and also apply what i know of package maintanence to checking your package (though a real developer would probably be better for an authorative response on that). given how much i loathe ines and