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Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:17:28PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: One thing I noticed in the packages (that isn't covered in the policy) is the practice of deleting the .pyc files in debian/rules, and then running compileall.py in the postinst. Would someone comment on this? Is it a

Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Graham Wilson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:12:31AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:17:28PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: One thing I noticed in the packages (that isn't covered in the policy) is the practice of deleting the .pyc files in debian/rules, and then running compileall.py

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:58:45PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they complain about a missing j2se-common. Add main to sources.list along with non-free. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:21:55AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: In the original version of my package, I just listed a Depends on java-common. Is this still appropriate, even though I know that not every package that provides java-common will work with my package? Hi java-common is NOT a

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:43:10PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:21:55AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: In the original version of my package, I just listed a Depends on java-common. Is this still appropriate, even though I know that not every package that provides

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Stephen Zander
Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they Sven complain about a missing j2se-common. Is this the same Sven package as java-common ? Someone else already metioned it but you needto add main to you bacldown mirror

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 07:49:10AM -0800, Stephen Zander wrote: Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they Sven complain about a missing j2se-common. Is this the same Sven package as java-common ? Someone else

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:21:45AM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: Should I file a bug against my own package to report the related problem, that libxmltv-perl should depend on libhtml-tableextract-perl (=1.08-1), or should I just track this on my own? A good rule of thumb is that if you

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:02:27AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read changelogs constantly, and it is important for them to be useful and

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Simon Richter
Matt, On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:02:27AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read

Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:06:55PM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote: they are not included because that would just be extra space taken up in the .deb file for something which can be generated on the users machine. No, that is the point of a .deb, to pre-generate and pre-install things for the user.

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread David B Harris
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:19:34 -0500 Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read changelogs constantly, and it is important for them to be

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Roger Leigh
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:45:43AM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 12:49:02PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: The upload was sponsored, so perhaps the sponsor got the mail? If they did the sponsoring badly, yes. He/She

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:33:50PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe the incorrect overrides mail is sent to the uploader, not to the maintainer. As such, it most likely went to the sponsor, who was (correctly) the uploader for the package.

Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Alexandre Pineau
Hello, I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at http://alexandre.pineau.free.fr/ire_debian.htm Thanks for your help!

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
You should list the working package first : working-java | java-common And it should look like this instead. working-jvm | java-virtual-machine. Ok. I will change it to: Depends: kaffe | java-virtual-machine, java-common Is this correct? KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici [EMAIL

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: Hello, I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Roger Leigh
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:33:50PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe the incorrect overrides mail is sent to the uploader, not to the maintainer. As such, it most likely went to the sponsor, who was

RE: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread okamototk
Hi KEN, (B (B -Original Message- (B From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] (B Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM (B To: Ola Lundqvist; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; (B [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B Subject: Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied? (B Ok. I will change it to:

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
$ apt-cache show kaffe ..snip.. Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java1-runtime So, kaffe provides java-virtual-machine. You don't need to write dependency for kaffe. Ok, that makes sense. KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Homepage:

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Ganesan R
okamototk == okamototk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi KEN, -Original Message- From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM To: Ola Lundqvist; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

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Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:17:28PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: One thing I noticed in the packages (that isn't covered in the policy) is the practice of deleting the .pyc files in debian/rules, and then running compileall.py in the postinst. Would someone comment on this? Is it a

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:43:10PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 10:21:55AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: In the original version of my package, I just listed a Depends on java-common. Is this still appropriate, even though I know that not every package that provides

Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Graham Wilson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:12:31AM +, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:17:28PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: One thing I noticed in the packages (that isn't covered in the policy) is the practice of deleting the .pyc files in debian/rules, and then running compileall.py

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 01:58:45PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they complain about a missing j2se-common. Add main to sources.list along with non-free. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Stephen Zander
Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven BTW, i have tried to install the J2sdk1.4 packages, but they Sven complain about a missing j2se-common. Is this the same Sven package as java-common ? Someone else already metioned it but you needto add main to you bacldown mirror

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:21:45AM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: Should I file a bug against my own package to report the related problem, that libxmltv-perl should depend on libhtml-tableextract-perl (=1.08-1), or should I just track this on my own? A good rule of thumb is that if you

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:02:27AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read changelogs constantly, and it is important for them to be useful and

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread Simon Richter
Matt, On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:19:34AM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:02:27AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
You should list the working package first : working-java | java-common And it should look like this instead. working-jvm | java-virtual-machine. Ok. I will change it to: Depends: kaffe | java-virtual-machine, java-common Is this correct? KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici [EMAIL

Re: pure python and postinst

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:06:55PM -0600, Graham Wilson wrote: they are not included because that would just be extra space taken up in the .deb file for something which can be generated on the users machine. No, that is the point of a .deb, to pre-generate and pre-install things for the user.

Re: File a bug against my own package?

2002-11-20 Thread David B Harris
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:19:34 -0500 Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the changelog doesn't really matter, as few people ever look at it. I strongy object to both of these assertions. Developers, myself included, read changelogs constantly, and it is important for them to be

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Roger Leigh
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:45:43AM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 12:49:02PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: The upload was sponsored, so perhaps the sponsor got the mail? If they did the sponsoring badly, yes. He/She

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:33:50PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe the incorrect overrides mail is sent to the uploader, not to the maintainer. As such, it most likely went to the sponsor, who was (correctly) the uploader for the package.

Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Alexandre Pineau
Hello, I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at http://alexandre.pineau.free.fr/ire_debian.htm Thanks for your help!

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: Hello, I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: Incorrect overrides

2002-11-20 Thread Roger Leigh
Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:33:50PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: Matt Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe the incorrect overrides mail is sent to the uploader, not to the maintainer. As such, it most likely went to the sponsor, who was

RE: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread okamototk
Hi KEN, -Original Message- From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM To: Ola Lundqvist; debian-java@lists.debian.org; debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied? Ok. I will change it to:

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
$ apt-cache show kaffe ..snip.. Provides: java-virtual-machine, java-runtime, java1-runtime So, kaffe provides java-virtual-machine. You don't need to write dependency for kaffe. Ok, that makes sense. KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Homepage:

Re: Looking for testers/sponsor for new package IRE

2002-11-20 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:08:57PM +0100, Alexandre Pineau wrote: I have finished my packaging of IRE, a role playing game engine similar to ultima 6. I am looking for people to test/check my package and for a sponsor to upload it for me. You can find this package at

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Ganesan R
okamototk == okamototk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi KEN, -Original Message- From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM To: Ola Lundqvist; debian-java@lists.debian.org; debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: j2sdk

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Stephen Zander
Sven == Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven Yes, thanks it works fine (altough the postinst try to Sven install the plugin to mozilla-cvs, which does not exist and Sven thus the postinst fails) Hmm, I'll have to look at that. Sven Which GR ? The one about removing

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
If you want to specify which of a set of real packages should be the default to satisfy a particular dependency on a virtual package, you should list the real package as an alternative before the virtual one. If kaffe works for Kenneth, I guess his Depends line is fine. By the

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hi On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:10:04AM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: You should list the working package first : working-java | java-common And it should look like this instead. working-jvm | java-virtual-machine. Ok. I will change it to: Depends: kaffe |

Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

2002-11-20 Thread Joel Baker
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:31:43AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi KEN, -Original Message- From: Kenneth Pronovici [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:10 AM To: Ola Lundqvist; debian-java@lists.debian.org; debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: