Bug#945337: why is the version from elpa needed

2021-03-24 Thread Dan Jacobson
All I know is many bugs are fixed in the newer versions. Fine.

Bug#945337: why is the version from elpa needed

2021-03-23 Thread Dan Jacobson
OK, working with $ apt-cache policy emacs emacs: Installed: 1:27.1+1-3 Candidate: 1:27.1+1-3 Version table: *** 1:27.1+1-3 990 990 http://opensource.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages tramp-version is a variable defined in ‘tramp-cmds.el’. Its value is "2.4.3.27.1" I.e.

Bug#982402: Firmware needs prober

2021-02-09 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Sure, one can install all the firmware-* packages in Debian, and thus be sure one has all the firmware one needs. However that is a big waste. Many megabytes of wasted updates for who knows what, some IBM printer from 1967, who knows? Therefore there should be a

Bug#968194: Prerelease getmail6 .deb

2020-09-09 Thread Dan Jacobson
I can test a Prerelease getmail6 .deb for you when you make one.

Bug#969021: RFP: getmail6 -- Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

2020-08-29 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "OA" == Osamu Aoki writes: OA> Hi, OA> I am about to request for package removal of current getmail package. OA> So whoever decide to package this new python3 getmail, please go ahead OA> without worrying file conflict. Maybe don't remove it, but just hand it over to Sudip for upgrade.

Bug#969021: RFP: getmail6 -- Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

2020-08-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Actually I am guessing the current maintainer isn't reading these emails, and you Sudip, should consider non-maintainer uploads or steps on how to take over the project altogether from non-active maintainers.

Bug#969021: RFP: getmail6 -- Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

2020-08-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
Indeed in https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues/33#issuecomment-681888347 we see the trend across distributions is for a single getmail package upgraded to 6 and not two packages.

Bug#969021: RFP: getmail6 -- Mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

2020-08-27 Thread Dan Jacobson
> "SM" == Sudip Mukherjee writes: SM> X-Debbugs-Cc: Osamu Aoki I'm not sure that line will work there. I'll CC him anyway. SM> This getmail6 will install files like: SM> /usr/bin/getmail SM> /usr/bin/getmail_fetch SM> /usr/bin/getmail_mbox SM> /usr/bin/getmail_maildir SM> /usr/bin/getmail-g

Bug#969021: getmail6 as parallel package

2020-08-26 Thread Dan Jacobson
After reviewing https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=968194 one feels yes, an independent getmail6 package would be the best solution for now rather than upgrading a single getmail package.

Bug#951444: List packages where maintainer might be unfit

2020-02-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: wnpp https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ apparently only shows package where a maintainer has cried for help, or packages that don't exist yet, and people wish existed. It should also list and mention how to file reports about * Packages that reporters worry that the maintainer might be i

Bug#951439: Table of contents for wnpp/work_needing webpage

2020-02-16 Thread Dan Jacobson
Package: wnpp These sections need to show up in some table of contents, $ w3m -dump https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/work_needing | grep -P ^\\w ... Packages up for adoption, by maintainer Orphaned packages Else they are buried deep within the document. ("Packages up for adoption" is at top, so

Bug#832161: can't run

2018-05-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
To run the program, after downloading, do $ java -jar GpsMaster_*.jar (But this did not seem to work. So maybe do something else) Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException