changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi, I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package with correct Architecture, should I

Re: changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package

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Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, upstream is not releasing anything for

Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there could be reasons for wanting to change the package name. One reason

Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs=X11 section=Apps/Math \ title=Siag longtitle=Siag Office Scheme-in-a-Grid \ command=/usr/bin/siag

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 peter karlsson wrote: Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs=X11 section=Apps/Math \ title=Siag longtitle=Siag Office

Renaming binary packages + Python

2001-11-28 Thread Erich Schubert
I'm the maintainer of the libming packages. Libming has Python bindings, so i made a package python2-ming. The Python policy has changed now, and Python 2.1 is now the default python, so it might be good to rename my package to python-ming? This is a binary package, the source package remains

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:50:11AM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry: looks like every other icon entry: Exactly. That is why I am confused. -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ Statement concerning unsolicited e-mail according to Swedish law: http://www.softwolves.pp.se/peter/reklampost.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Thank you Julian for that complete summary. I can't think of any other questions or scenarios to ask about. Regards, -- -- Grant Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Julian Gilbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011128 16:06]: (1) libdb: Shared library packages have the major

changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi, I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package with correct Architecture, should I ask

Re: changing a package Architecture:

2001-11-28 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: I just adopted a package which is nothing but a Perl script. Previous maitainer built it using Architecture: any when it had to be Architecture: all (correct me if I'm wrong) Now that I'm uploading a new version of package

Re: dpkg-source -i on debian native packages

2001-11-28 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:46:20PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Adam Heath wrote: Never build a full release from the cvs work directory. Always cvs export to another directory first. Doing test builds from the cvs work dir is fine. But do final releases from a temp dir. Sometimes,

modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, upstream is not releasing anything for now... btw, the modifications I did were untarring

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need to do, upstream is not releasing anything for

Re: modifying orig.tar.gz

2001-11-28 Thread James Troup
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 28-Nov-2001 Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote: Hello all, I adopted a package, koth, and wanted to change its build process. For that I needed to change its orig.tar.gz, now dinstall is rejecting to overwrite it, I'd like to know what I need

Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Grant Bowman
Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there could be reasons for wanting to change the package name. One reason

Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs=X11 section=Apps/Math \ title=Siag longtitle=Siag Office Scheme-in-a-Grid \ command=/usr/bin/siag

Re: Problem with menu package

2001-11-28 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 28-Nov-2001 peter karlsson wrote: Hi! I am trying to add icons to the menu entries for the Siag suite, but I am having problems getting the icons to be recognized. I have this in the menu file: ?package(xsiag): needs=X11 section=Apps/Math \ title=Siag longtitle=Siag Office

Renaming binary packages + Python

2001-11-28 Thread Erich Schubert
I'm the maintainer of the libming packages. Libming has Python bindings, so i made a package python2-ming. The Python policy has changed now, and Python 2.1 is now the default python, so it might be good to rename my package to python-ming? This is a binary package, the source package remains

Re: Package naming vs. versioning

2001-11-28 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:50:11AM -0800, Grant Bowman wrote: Hello, I have seen packages change their package names to include a version number. Reading the policy, there is little guidance on this subject. It would seem that's what Epochs are designed for. However I am aware there