RFS: QA Upload: xbvl -- A Lisp implementation developed at Paris 8 University

2008-03-02 Thread Barry deFreese
Hi, This package is a train-wreck. I've fixed up a lot of the stuff but it really needs re-packed. My primary focus was the FTBFS RC bug. Anyone know of an upstream for this thing? The URL in the package is dead and google isn't much help. Actually, now that I look at it, it's probably a

Re: Mass bug filing: non-UTF8 debian/{control.changelog}

2008-03-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Bas Zoetekouw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Of those, perl is a false positive (caused by lintian not detecting the > correct changelog file), Please provide more details? I know perl does odd things (relative to most Debian packages) with the changelog file, but I don't know why that would caus

Re: Mass bug filing: non-UTF8 debian/{control.changelog}

2008-03-02 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Russ! You wrote: > Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > > >> I'm planning to file bugs for packages that use non-UTF-8 encodings in > >> debian/control and/or debian/copyright. > > > > Can you report on any progress in this? > > There are four source packages left wit

Re: Mass bug filing: non-UTF8 debian/{control.changelog}

2008-03-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bas Zoetekouw wrote: >> I'm planning to file bugs for packages that use non-UTF-8 encodings in >> debian/control and/or debian/copyright. > > Can you report on any progress in this? There are four source packages left with changelog encoding problems: http://l

Re: Mass bug filing: non-UTF8 debian/{control.changelog}

2008-03-02 Thread Amaya
Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > I'm planning to file bugs for packages that use non-UTF-8 encodings in > debian/control and/or debian/copyright. Can you report on any progress in this? Is there a bug that already tracks this issue? Thanks -- ยท''`.Moi je voudrais bien, un beau matin, qu'il y ait

Re: co-mentor wanted for a QA GSOC project

2008-03-02 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 01/03/08 at 13:48 +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 01:07:11PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >> However, I would prefer to share the mentoring with someone else, in > >> case I get too busy with other things at some

Bug#399255: RM: adduser-ng -- Add and remove users and groups

2008-03-02 Thread Christoph Berg
retitle 399255 RM: adduser-ng -- RoQA; orphaned, unused, obsolete reassign 399255 ftp.debian.org thanks Let's remove adduser-ng - the "old" adduser is actively maintained. It's been orphaned for over a year, and doesn't have any rdeps. Christoph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.df7cb.de/ sign

Re: co-mentor wanted for a QA GSOC project

2008-03-02 Thread Raphael Geissert
Hi, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > I'd like to propose this GSOC project: > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2008/UltimateDebianDatabase That'd be a great tool to have around. > > Also, is someone reading this list interested in being the student? I am, though I can't apply because I'm minor age