Re: Ubuntu versions

2011-11-10 Thread James Westby
Hi, You can report a bug about this at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-webcatalog/+filebug There is some upcoming design work, so this can be considered as part of those changes. Thanks, James On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:32:31 -0500, "Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)" wrote: > Howdy! > > I wa

[Joerg Jaspert] Description-less packages file

2011-11-03 Thread James Westby
Hi, This change will likely affect some people in Ubuntu. We may want to make the change for Ubuntu itself, but first we should make sure that all our systems pulling from Debian still work. Thanks, James --- Begin Message --- Hello world, I don't know if I really got everyone who should hav

Re: Patch pilot report - 2011/07/27

2011-07-27 Thread James Westby
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:13 +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 27.07.2011, 17:39 -0400 schrieb Stéphane Graber: > > NOTE: Is the report still updating? I seem to remember it updating every > > 30 minutes or so, but last update was more than 10 hours ago... > > It should be updated e

Re: Patch pilot report 2011-07-07

2011-07-07 Thread James Westby
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:12:29 +0200, Didier Roche wrote: > https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/opendrim-lmp-powermanagement/oneiric-201107070710/+merge/67122 > -> the patch and content is in the source package. The thing is, as it > was the first patch, the debian/patches di

Re: python-oauth

2011-06-23 Thread James Westby
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:32:18 -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > * The package importer is barfing on python-oauth, so there's no Debian source > branch available. Try again now. Thanks, James -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://li

Re: Do you use Binary package hint: line in bug description?

2011-06-09 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:52:17 -0400, "Francis J. Lacoste" wrote: > Hello, > > When user file bugs on the distribution and enter a package name in the > widget, Launchpad automatically adds a line to the description with > Binary package hint: binarypackagename > > That binarypackagename actually

Re: shrinking the desktop DVD image to 1.5GB

2011-06-09 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:50:30 -0700, Allison Randal wrote: > - What should we cut from the current DVD image (currently a superset of > desktop, alternate, and server)? Or, perhaps more simply, what would be > worth adding beyond the current 700MB CD image? Does the DVD install extra stuff than t

Re: Allowing filing bugs on unpublished packages that have an official branch

2011-06-03 Thread James Westby
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:59:08 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > No objections from me, although James has better insights into how > people are utilizing packaging branches in Ubuntu. James? I don't see a problem with this approach. Will you just consider official branches in the development focus

Re: "Ubuntu Packaging Guide"

2011-06-03 Thread James Westby
On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:54:38 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Friday, June 03, 2011 11:18:34 AM Barry Warsaw wrote: > > On Jun 03, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > >I'm not sure how complete the current draft is relative to the planned > > >content coverage but so far it lacks a lot

Re: Patch pilot report 2011-05-04

2011-05-15 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 4 May 2011 14:27:18 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > == Auto-importer changes (bzr history only) == > > These happen when the source package as uploaded doesn't quite match the > branch (often things like differences in an autogenerated > debian/control), or when the branch wasn't properly ta

Re: build-from-branch into the primary archive

2011-03-08 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:56:19 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Maybe 'bzr debrelease', to avoid polluting the namespace too much? > > This should be implemented on top of 'dch' and support the -D option to > specify an upload target; we definitely shouldn't have bzr-builddeb encoding > its own notio

Re: Claws mail build fails because it can't find /lib/libgpg-error.la

2011-03-02 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 11:37:06 -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote: > I've spent a couple of days on and off chasing an annoying bug in Claws Mail: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/claws-mail/+bug/724416 > > I've got a hint of a fix from upstream[1], which I'm trying to build and test, > but unf

Re: build-from-branch into the primary archive

2011-02-21 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:17:50 +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > It seems like 'mark-uploaded' is causing a certain amount of friction > at the moment: cases where it's not run and the branch therefore gets > out of sync with the upload, and also just that it's an additional > step that weighs people down

Re: bug search and source package names

2011-02-02 Thread James Westby
Hi Rob, One thing that isn't clear from your mail is if all substring matching on package names is out. For instance would searching for "gcc" get you results from "gcc-4.4" and "gcc-4.5"? Thanks, James On Wed, 2 Feb 2011 19:09:24 +1300, Robert Collins wrote: > Hi, as you may have noticed, b

Re: Compatibility between Ubuntu and GNOME developer strategies

2010-12-20 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:17:13 +, Phil Bull wrote: > There's been a little discussion of this on anjuta-devel-list [1] over > the past couple of days. I'm not really sure what sort of questions you > have about IDE integration; what do you need to know? Interesting, thanks. The steps that Joha

Re: Compatibility between Ubuntu and GNOME developer strategies

2010-12-18 Thread James Westby
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:12:06 +, Phil Bull wrote: > That sounds excellent! I've emailed the gnome-devtools list about it > [1]. Hopefully, we can get a few people together to work on getting this > (or something similar) supported in GNOME development tools like Anjuta. Hi Phil, Thanks for do

Re: Compatibility between Ubuntu and GNOME developer strategies

2010-12-16 Thread James Westby
Hi, On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:35:38 -0800, Rick Spencer wrote: > The idea is that you can easily replace the "ubuntu-application" part > with whatever you want. For example, you could fork the > ubuntu-application template to make fedora-application. You could change > the preferences to use someth