Re: [Fwd: Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)]

2003-10-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:51:00AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Is there a policy for audio apps in this regard? No, but there should be, probably. Since there are a lot of audio applications starting to hit sid, eg. jackd, ardour, etc, where would be the place to discuss policy in

Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)

2003-10-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:57:36PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: dpkg-statoverride --update --add root audio 4754 \ /usr/bin/jackstart [...] If jackstart always _requires_ SUID root you should not use dpkg-statoverride but ship it SUID in the deb. If it requires SUID root,

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers, this is a thread discussing starting a debian-multimedia

Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
Hello debian-mentors, Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes file are the lines: Maintainer: Geert Stappers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Sven Luther [EMAIL

Re: Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:33, Geert Stappers wrote: Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes file are the lines: Maintainer: Geert Stappers [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 20:01, MJ Ray wrote: On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers, this is a

RFS: passepartout - GNOME Desktop Publishing Application

2003-10-27 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi I'm looking for a sponsor for passepartout. You can download the source package at http://www.soziologie.ch/~steinlin/passepartout/ This package had an RFP (now ITP) bug (#214216). Description: GNOME Desktop Publishing Application Passepartout is an Open Source Desktop Publishing

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Silke Reimer
Hi Jochen and Andreas, first of all many thanks for your comments on my package. They were very helpful. Then please excuse my delay in responding to you. I couldn't answer earlier because I wasn't at home this weekend. On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 07:09:29PM +0200, Jochen Friedrich wrote: Hi

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Jochen Friedrich
Hi Silke, * package gdal 1.2 from CVS-snapshot I (drawback: checking the *-orig.tar.gz is not so easy for a sponsor, discussion with the DAM ... (see this thread)) It's OK with me then. If you fix the other problems (at least i would like to see the version output fixed, so it shows

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:01:59AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers,

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Silke Reimer
Hi Jochen, On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:27:25PM +0100, Jochen Friedrich wrote: Hi Silke, * package gdal 1.2 from CVS-snapshot I (drawback: checking the *-orig.tar.gz is not so easy for a sponsor, discussion with the DAM ... (see this thread)) It's OK with me then. If you fix the

Re: [Fwd: Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)]

2003-10-27 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Is there a policy for audio apps in this regard? No, but there should be, probably. Since there are a lot of audio applications starting to hit sid, eg. jackd, ardour, etc, where would be the place to discuss policy in this regard - eg., having an audio group, and suid/sgid on

Bug#217897: RFP: libvcard-ruby -- An implementation of a vCard decoder and encoder

2003-10-27 Thread Philipp Sadleder
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: libvcard-ruby Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : Sam Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.ensembleindependant.org/sam/vcard-0.4.tgz * License : GPL Description : An implementation of a vCard decoder

Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)

2003-10-27 Thread Zenaan Harkness
dpkg-statoverride --update --add root audio 4754 \ /usr/bin/jackstart [...] If jackstart always _requires_ SUID root you should not use dpkg-statoverride but ship it SUID in the deb. If it requires SUID root, then the package is almost certainly buggy. Please use a privileged

Re: [Fwd: Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)]

2003-10-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:51:00AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Is there a policy for audio apps in this regard? No, but there should be, probably. Since there are a lot of audio applications starting to hit sid, eg. jackd, ardour, etc, where would be the place to discuss policy in

Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)

2003-10-27 Thread Andreas Metzler
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:57:36PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: dpkg-statoverride --update --add root audio 4754 \ /usr/bin/jackstart [...] If jackstart always _requires_ SUID root you should not use dpkg-statoverride but ship it SUID in the deb. If it requires SUID root,

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers, this is a thread discussing starting a debian-multimedia

Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
Hello debian-mentors, Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes file are the lines: Maintainer: Geert Stappers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Sven Luther [EMAIL

Re: Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:33, Geert Stappers wrote: Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes file are the lines: Maintainer: Geert Stappers [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 20:01, MJ Ray wrote: On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers, this is a

RFS: passepartout - GNOME Desktop Publishing Application

2003-10-27 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
Hi I'm looking for a sponsor for passepartout. You can download the source package at http://www.soziologie.ch/~steinlin/passepartout/ This package had an RFP (now ITP) bug (#214216). Description: GNOME Desktop Publishing Application Passepartout is an Open Source Desktop Publishing

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Silke Reimer
Hi Jochen and Andreas, first of all many thanks for your comments on my package. They were very helpful. Then please excuse my delay in responding to you. I couldn't answer earlier because I wasn't at home this weekend. On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 07:09:29PM +0200, Jochen Friedrich wrote: Hi

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Jochen Friedrich
Hi Silke, * package gdal 1.2 from CVS-snapshot I (drawback: checking the *-orig.tar.gz is not so easy for a sponsor, discussion with the DAM ... (see this thread)) It's OK with me then. If you fix the other problems (at least i would like to see the version output fixed, so it shows

Re: DeMuDi

2003-10-27 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:01:59AM +, MJ Ray wrote: On 2003-10-26 20:29:55 + Francesco Paolo Lovergine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200302/msg00567.html I really dislike references given without summaries. For offline readers,

Re: Bugs closed by sponsor

2003-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:21:21PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote: On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:33, Geert Stappers wrote: Bugs on the conglomerate package are closed by the sponsor, I think they should be closed by the maintainer. Example given is http://bugs.debian.org/214569 In changes

Re: RFS gdal

2003-10-27 Thread Silke Reimer
Hi Jochen, On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 05:27:25PM +0100, Jochen Friedrich wrote: Hi Silke, * package gdal 1.2 from CVS-snapshot I (drawback: checking the *-orig.tar.gz is not so easy for a sponsor, discussion with the DAM ... (see this thread)) It's OK with me then. If you fix the

Re: [Fwd: Re: jackd/ dpkg-statoverride/ audio group question(s)]

2003-10-27 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Is there a policy for audio apps in this regard? No, but there should be, probably. Since there are a lot of audio applications starting to hit sid, eg. jackd, ardour, etc, where would be the place to discuss policy in this regard - eg., having an audio group, and suid/sgid on

Bug#217897: RFP: libvcard-ruby -- An implementation of a vCard decoder and encoder

2003-10-27 Thread Philipp Sadleder
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: libvcard-ruby Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : Sam Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.ensembleindependant.org/sam/vcard-0.4.tgz * License : GPL Description : An implementation of a vCard decoder