Re: RFS: dhttpd (updated package)

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, Ryan. On May 13 2009, Ryan Niebur wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.02a-18 of my package dhttpd. It builds these binary packages: dhttpd - minimal secure webserver without cgi-bin support I'm quite short on time and can't review your package, but updating

Re: Upload just to fix a watch file?

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 14 2009, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Andrea Bolognani e...@kiyuko.org wrote: I'm not sure my English is up to the task... Moreover, being both upstream author and Debian maintainer, am I not a little too biased? ;) Also, I don't think debaday has more of an

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Jan Hauke Rahm
Hi, On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:00:00PM -0700, Ludovico Cavedon wrote: My actual problem is: -current version of qutecom is 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 -as per lintian warning, the next version will be +dfsg1 instead of .dfsg1 -latest upstream version is still 2.2~rc3, but I would like to upload a more

Re: RFS (take 2): libapache2-mod-authz-unixgroup

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:05, Hai Zaar haiz...@haizaar.com wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Didier Raboud did...@raboud.com wrote: Hai Zaar wrote: The author has responded and added copyright, but not released another version for it, so its currently only in SVN trunk:

Re: RFS: libmemcached

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 00:22, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: LI Daobing wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:35, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: LI Daobing wrote: 2. /usr/bin/memstat in libmemcached-tools is conflict with the same file in memstat package[1], one solution is

Re: RFS (take 2): libapache2-mod-authz-unixgroup

2009-05-16 Thread Hai Zaar
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:24 AM, LI Daobing lidaob...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:05, Hai Zaar haiz...@haizaar.com wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Didier Raboud did...@raboud.com wrote: Hai Zaar wrote: The author has responded and added copyright, but not

Re: RFS (take 2): libapache2-mod-authz-unixgroup

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 15:43, Hai Zaar haiz...@haizaar.com wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 10:24 AM, LI Daobing lidaob...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:05, Hai Zaar haiz...@haizaar.com wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Didier Raboud did...@raboud.com wrote:

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Jan Hauke Rahm i...@jhr-online.de wrote: - 2.2~rc3-hg365+dfsg1, but would have the - any drawback I do not see? Ups, this does not work. What about actually checking some possibilities: $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.2~rc3+hg365+dfsg1 gt 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 echo

Re: RFS: libmemcached

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 00:32, Matthias Julius m...@julius-net.net wrote: LI Daobing lidaob...@gmail.com writes: 3. consider remove the .la file if you already have a .pc file. Is that a policy/best practice for library packages? ok, consider there is no conclusion here. you can keep

Re: RFS: dhttpd (updated package)

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 16:27, Ryan Niebur ryanrya...@gmail.com wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.02a-18 of my package dhttpd. It builds these binary packages: dhttpd     - minimal secure webserver without cgi-bin support The package appears to

Re: RFS: fpm2 (updated package)

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 18:21, Wen-Yen Chuang ca...@calno.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.75-1 of my package fpm2. The upload would fix those bugs: #516196 Blowfish selftest failed: At startup

Re: RFS: keynav (updated package) - keyboard-driven mouse cursor mover

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 14:58, Wen-Yen Chuang ca...@calno.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.20080614.01-1 of my package keynav. The upload would fix those bugs: #487024 new upstream available

Re: RFS: evilvte (updated package) - VTE terminal emulator

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 14:27, Wen-Yen Chuang ca...@calno.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.4.1-1 of my package evilvte. The upload would fix the bug: #518513 backspace sends \0 under gnu screen

Re: RFS: hping3

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 20:39, Guillaume Delacour g...@iroqwa.org wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package hping3. * Package name    : hping3  Version         : 3.a2.ds2-4  Upstream Author : Salvatore Sanfilippo anti...@invece.org * URL             :

Re: RFS: kplayer

2009-05-16 Thread Patrick Matthäi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Palacio schrieb: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/k/kplayer * debian/control: - The bugs field is useless here Now format is useless - Please add the homepage field There is a doubled http:// * debian/copyright: - You

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Felipe Sateler
Ludovico Cavedon wrote: Hi, I could not find exactly how - and . are ordered in package names. Are they equivalent, counting as non-digits? My actual problem is: -current version of qutecom is 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 -as per lintian warning, the next version will be +dfsg1 instead of .dfsg1

Re: RFS: evilvte (updated package) - VTE terminal emulator

2009-05-16 Thread Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
Hi Wen-Yen, On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 14:27, Wen-Yen Chuang ca...@calno.com wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.4.4.1-1 of my package evilvte. It builds the binary package: evilvte Description: an VTE based super lightweight terminal emulator Please have evilvte Provides:

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Noel David Torres Taño
On Saturday 16 May 2009 07:00:00 Ludovico Cavedon wrote: Hi, I could not find exactly how - and . are ordered in package names. Are they equivalent, counting as non-digits? My actual problem is: -current version of qutecom is 2.2~rc3.dfsg1 -as per lintian warning, the next version will

Re: RFS: debsigs (adopted, fixed bugs, updated)

2009-05-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:44:54PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/debsigs/debsigs_0.1.15.dsc curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 dget: curl debsigs_0.1.15.dsc

Re: RFS: debsigs (adopted, fixed bugs, updated)

2009-05-16 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Hi On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 07:41:44AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 06:44:54PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/debsigs/debsigs_0.1.15.dsc curl: (22) The requested

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Magnus Holmgren
On lördagen den 16 maj 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote: When adding a dfsg or whatever suffix, always use ~ to avoid problems like the one Jan pointed out. So your version would be 2.2~rc3~dfsg1, and then you bump to 2.2~rc3+hg123~dfsg1. However, that won't work if you have already uploaded e.g.

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Magnus Holmgren holmg...@debian.org wrote: On lördagen den 16 maj 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote: When adding a dfsg or whatever suffix, always use ~ to avoid problems like the one Jan pointed out. So your version would be 2.2~rc3~dfsg1, and then you bump to

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Ludovico Cavedon
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Ludovico Cavedon ludovico.cave...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Magnus Holmgren holmg...@debian.org wrote: On lördagen den 16 maj 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote: When adding a dfsg or whatever suffix, always use ~ to avoid problems like the one

On upstream source tarballs and dpkg-source

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 12 2009, LI Daobing wrote: and you need not (or should not) repack the upstream tarball if the upstream tarball is already in .tar.gz format. rename or make a soft link is enough. There's no need to use a symlink. dpkg-source is smart enough to understand a lot of odd-ball tarballs.

Re: RFS: libmemcached

2009-05-16 Thread Monty Taylor
LI Daobing wrote: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 00:22, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: LI Daobing wrote: On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 02:35, Monty Taylor mord...@inaugust.com wrote: LI Daobing wrote: 2. /usr/bin/memstat in libmemcached-tools is conflict with the same file in memstat

Re: Dash and dot in package version

2009-05-16 Thread Felipe Sateler
Ludovico Cavedon wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Ludovico Cavedon ludovico.cave...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Magnus Holmgren holmg...@debian.org wrote: On lördagen den 16 maj 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote: When adding a dfsg or whatever suffix, always use ~ to

RFC: Proposal for template for uploads

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi. After some time looking at some commonly complained lack of details in requests for sponsoring, I took a few minutes and came up with the template attached to this mail, based on the comments on top of what mentors.d.n suggests. This is all the information that I would like to know if I were

Re: RFS: gnus -- A versatile news and mail reader for Emacsen

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 11 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: Just to double-check: did you already know the background on this? The gnus Debian package is not really recommended for most users. Most users of Gnus are probably better off not installing the gnus Debian package and instead using the version that comes

Re: On upstream source tarballs and dpkg-source

2009-05-16 Thread LI Daobing
Hello, 2009/5/17 Rogério Brito rbr...@ime.usp.br: On May 12 2009, LI Daobing wrote: and you need not (or should not) repack the upstream tarball if the upstream tarball is already in .tar.gz format. rename or make a soft link is enough. There's no need to use a symlink. dpkg-source is smart

Re: RFC: Proposal for template for uploads

2009-05-16 Thread Ben Finney
Rogério Brito rbr...@ime.usp.br writes: After some time looking at some commonly complained lack of details in requests for sponsoring, I took a few minutes and came up with the template attached to this mail, based on the comments on top of what mentors.d.n suggests. I have done a brief

Re: RFS: gnus -- A versatile news and mail reader for Emacsen

2009-05-16 Thread Russ Allbery
Rogério Brito rbr...@ime.usp.br writes: On May 11 2009, Russ Allbery wrote: Just to double-check: did you already know the background on this? The gnus Debian package is not really recommended for most users. Most users of Gnus are probably better off not installing the gnus Debian package

Re: On upstream source tarballs and dpkg-source

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi, LI. On May 17 2009, LI Daobing wrote: 1. download foo-1.2.3.tar.gz 2. run ln -s foo-1.2.3.tar.gz foo_1.2.3.orig.tar.gz, so debuild can recognize that you already have a orig tarball Yes, I understood that. I just replied to comment that dpkg-source is more general than that, working with

Regarding icons (was: Re: RFS: udav)

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 11 2009, Paul Wise wrote: Alternately depend on or use icons from the tango icon library, which is now public domain: Oh, nice. I just updated that info in the SVN repo of vrms. An update will soon follow. Regards, Rogério Brito. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG

Re: How to create quilt-based source packages using debuild

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
Hi. On May 03 2009, Benjamin Mesing wrote: I've tried to add Format: 3.0 (quilt) to the control file and a Format 3 source package is correctly created (i.e. an orig.tar.gz and a debian.tar.gz), but that resulted in a lintian warning: (...) Does the archive accept 3.0 source packages already?

Re: On upstream source tarballs and dpkg-source

2009-05-16 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:07:31AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: Hi, LI. On May 17 2009, LI Daobing wrote: 1. download foo-1.2.3.tar.gz 2. run ln -s foo-1.2.3.tar.gz foo_1.2.3.orig.tar.gz, so debuild can recognize that you already have a orig tarball Yes, I understood that. I just

Re: Lintian clean? (was: Re: RFS: mpview)

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 05 2009, Paul Wise wrote: Please mail v...@debconf.org, they can help you with letters of invitation/etc if you need a visa to get into Spain. I just discovered that I won't need to have a visa to get into Spain. I would have problems, though, with attending debconf as I'm quite short on

Re: How to create quilt-based source packages using debuild

2009-05-16 Thread Paul Wise
2009/5/17 Rogério Brito rbr...@ime.usp.br: Does the archive accept 3.0 source packages already? If yes, then I think that I will migrate some of my packages. No: http://bugs.debian.org/457345 -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

RFS: gddrescue-1.10

2009-05-16 Thread Rince
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.10 of gddrescue. It builds these binary packages: gddrescue - the GNU data recovery tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL:

Re: How to create quilt-based source packages using debuild

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 17 2009, Paul Wise wrote: No: http://bugs.debian.org/457345 Thanks. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: algorithms.berlios.de : lame.sf.net : vrms.alioth.debian.org

Re: On upstream source tarballs and dpkg-source

2009-05-16 Thread Rogério Brito
On May 17 2009, Matthew Palmer wrote: I also think you need to have an urgent and invasive emoticondectomy. I do have psychiatric problems. -- Rogério Brito : rbr...@{mackenzie,ime.usp}.br : GPG key 1024D/7C2CAEB8 http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito : http://meusite.mackenzie.com.br/rbrito Projects: