SuperTuxKart 0.8.1 released for PowerPC Linux

We are proud to announce the release of SuperTuxKart version 0.8.1 for PPC Linux. This release includes the following features: * New track 'STK Enterprise' * Updated tracks 'Old Mine', 'Around the Lighthouse' and 'Zen Garden' * New modes 'Soccer' and 'Egg Hunt' * New karts 'Xue' and 'Sara' *

X11 displays fonts badly / crashes in iBook

Hi, my X crashes when certain programs are run, it started happening some weeks ago after I updated. I noticed the following behaviour 1) X11 comes up and looks fine. 2) Windowmaker shows fonts with artefacts in the menus, window titles, etc 3) all classic X11 apps (xterm, xeyes, oclock,

A new metric for source package importance in ports

Hi, the following is a report of a successful implementation of what I have been talking about with Niels Thykier during debconf13. The question was how important it is for a source package to be compilable or exist in the first place given an incomplete port which is in the process of being

Re: Bug#722542: gcc-spu went away but is still being used

On 2013-11-26 13:46, Agustin Henze wrote: Hi all, I'm glad to announce that I've adopted this package :) Hi, Thanks for taking care of this package. :) and I've uploaded a new version (2.0.0-1). This version doesn't build newlib-spu anymore. It arrived on the archive a few days ago, should

Bluetooth mouse and keyboard not detected after pause

Hi all! My wireless Apple keyboard and mouse are not aumatically detected after being inactive for 15-20 minutes and must be paired again with the aid of a usb keyboard or an iPad (giving hidd --search from command line). This happens with: . Mac Mini PowerPC G4 mid 2005 1.42GHz . Linux ...

Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports

Hi josch! On 27/11/13 17:58, Johannes Schauer wrote: http://mister-muffin.de/p/Gid8.txt One can see that now the amount of source packages which is needed to build the rest of the archive is only 383. So, there are 383 packages that share the same, maximum value (in this case 11657) in

Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports

Johannes Schauer wrote: Hi, the following is a report of a successful implementation of what I have been talking about with Niels Thykier during debconf13. The question was how important it is for a source package to be compilable or exist in the first place given an incomplete port which is in

Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports

On 28 November 2013 00:04, Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org wrote: Hi josch! On 27/11/13 17:58, Johannes Schauer wrote: http://mister-muffin.de/p/Gid8.txt One can see that now the amount of source packages which is needed to build the rest of the archive is only 383. So, there are

Re: X11 displays fonts badly / crashes in iBook

On Mit, 2013-11-27 at 13:02 +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: Hi, my X crashes when certain programs are run, it started happening some weeks ago after I updated. I noticed the following behaviour 1) X11 comes up and looks fine. 2) Windowmaker shows fonts with artefacts in the menus,

Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports

Instead of dwelling on this discovery, which is not productive, why not concentrate on what to do to improve Debian. The analysis has shown faults. Has Debian stopped working?  Has the world crashed?  The problems have been identified, the patches to address the issues are being evaluated

Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports

Hi, Quoting peter green (2013-11-28 01:12:57) One problem with these metrics is that you get source packages whose importance is artifically inflated because of the way our source packages work. If anything in a source package needs x then the whole source package has to build-depend on x.