Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Hi Michael! Just a few responses... I think the thread that followed answered a lot of your general questions, but I wanted to be sure you understood where I am coming from. On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Michael Tautschnig wrote: - As a mentor, as far as RFS are concerned, I can only work on packages

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, (order of quotes changed to make things clearer.) On Montag, 4. Oktober 2010, Asheesh Laroia wrote: Even if the ACK, your message made it to the list is all people get, to many people it means more than that -- it's a human read it, and sympathizes with your lack of sponsorship. Also, the

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Ben Finney
Asheesh Laroia ashe...@asheesh.org writes: Since we agree on that general point, can you be the watchdog -- that is, if we try removing pain points that are necessary or useful, can you specifically identify them and remind us why they're worth keeping? Thanks for the offer, but no. I think

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Finney wrote: Asheesh Laroia ashe...@asheesh.org writes: Since we agree on that general point, can you be the watchdog -- that is, if we try removing pain points that are necessary or useful, can you specifically identify them and remind us why they're worth keeping?

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Finney wrote: Asheesh Laroia ashe...@asheesh.org writes: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Finney wrote: So when we identify a point of pain, I think it's essential to ask: is this pain necessary to the learning process for this person? Ben, I'm not sure what you're saying.

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Finney wrote: Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: As someone who has attempted to go through the mentoring process, I agree very much that it is rather depressing. How much of that is actually a problem, though? How much is an integral part of gaining

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Ben Finney
Asheesh Laroia ashe...@asheesh.org writes: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010, Ben Finney wrote: So when we identify a point of pain, I think it's essential to ask: is this pain necessary to the learning process for this person? Ben, I'm not sure what you're saying. It sounds like you're saying, The

Re: Using ccache with git-buildpackage

2010-10-04 Thread Johan Van de Wauw
I haven't tried this, but from the manpage: --git-builder=BUILD_CMD Use BUILD_CMD instead of debuild -i\.git -I.git so specifying: --git-builder='debuild -i.git -I.git --prepend-path=/usr/lib/ccache' should work. On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Andrey Rahmatullin w...@wrar.name wrote:

Re: RFS: dbmail (updated package needs new sponsor)

2010-10-04 Thread Paul J Stevens
Michael, thanks for replying. On 10/03/2010 09:39 PM, Michael Tautschnig wrote: You might have noticed the thread started by Asheesh (with [1] being my reply). That thread prompted me to send out a ping. Your RFS email is prime example of those messages usually failing to pass my filter.

Re: RFS: fritzing

2010-10-04 Thread أحمد المحمودي
Hello, On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 05:42:48PM +0100, Enrique Hernández Bello wrote: It builds these binary packages: fritzing - Easy-to-use, electronic design software ---end quoted text--- * Please consider packaging it under pkg-electronics team [1]. * There are some lintian issues: W:

Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2010-10-04 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Tony Houghton wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.18.5-3 of my package roxterm. It builds these binary packages: roxterm- Multi-tabbed GTK/VTE terminal emulator The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these

Re: RFS: fritzing

2010-10-04 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 05:42:48PM +0100, Enrique Hernández Bello wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package fritzing. * Package name: fritzing Version : 0.4.3b-1 Upstream Author : Fritzing Developers i...@fritzing.org * URL :

Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package)

2010-10-04 Thread Tony Houghton
On 04/10/10 13:43, Asheesh Laroia wrote: For anyone reading -- it's a bug where a terminal emulator isn't setting TERM properly. Kind of depressing, and kind of important! It's also basically a one line change. Also, as advice for the future, it would have been nice if you had said the

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:35:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: As someone who has attempted to go through the mentoring process, I agree very much that it is rather depressing. How much of that is actually a problem, though? How much is an

RFS: matrixssl

2010-10-04 Thread zeus
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.1.2-2 of my package matrixssl. It builds these binary packages: libmatrixssl3.1 - small SSL library optimized for embedded systems libmatrixssl3.1-dev - small SSL library optimized for embedded systems (development fil

Re: RFS: pgfouine (updated package)

2010-10-04 Thread Luis Uribe
[Forgot to send the reply to the list, just read about Four Days thread] On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 03:38:42PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 10:59:51PM -0500, Luis Uribe wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.2-2 of my package pgfouine. Are you looking

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi Dne Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:42:59 -0400 Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com napsal(a): On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:35:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: As someone who has attempted to go through the mentoring process, I agree very much

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Joachim Wiedorn
Hello, Michal Čihař ni...@debian.org wrote on 2010-10-04 18:14: Lack of interested mentors is indeed an issue. Nobody has unlimited time and chooses what attracts him. For me it usually means things I know and test or which I find interesting after reading RFS email. I will mention another

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:42:59AM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:35:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: As someone who has attempted to go through the mentoring process, I agree very much that it is rather depressing.

Re: RFS: pgfouine (updated package)

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:35:55AM -0500, Luis Uribe wrote: [Forgot to send the reply to the list, just read about Four Days thread] On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 03:38:42PM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 10:59:51PM -0500, Luis Uribe wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:17:24PM +0200, Joachim Wiedorn wrote: Hello, Michal ??iha?? ni...@debian.org wrote on 2010-10-04 18:14: Lack of interested mentors is indeed an issue. Nobody has unlimited time and chooses what attracts him. For me it usually means things I know and test or

Re: RFS: matrixssl

2010-10-04 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi Dne Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:57:44 -0400 z...@gnu.org napsal(a): I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.1.2-2 of my package matrixssl. It builds these binary packages: libmatrixssl3.1 - small SSL library optimized for embedded systems libmatrixssl3.1-dev - small SSL library

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:30:22 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 11:42:59AM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:35:04 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: As someone who has attempted to go through the mentoring

Rescue Plan for apt-listbugs

2010-10-04 Thread Francesco Poli
Hi everybody, I need help. I am not a DD, nor a DM; nonetheless, I am one of the two current co-maintainers of apt-listbugs. The other one is Ryan Niebur. My problem is that I've lost contact with him: he seems to be currently (almost) MIA. It seems that I am not the only one:

Re: Rescue Plan for apt-listbugs

2010-10-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 23:29:28 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: Hi everybody, [...] I forgot to add that I am not subscribed to debian-mentors or to debian-ruby: hence, please Cc: me on replies. Thanks again. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook

RFS: ripit, a textbased audio CD ripper (updated package) 2nd attempt

2010-10-04 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Dear mentors, I am looking once again for a sponsor for the new version 3.9.0-1 of my package ripit. It should be uploaded to experimental, please. It builds these binary packages: ripit - Textbased audio CD ripper The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs:

Re: RFS: matrixssl

2010-10-04 Thread Michal Čihař
Hi please keep the discussion on the list. Dne Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:45:32 -0400 z...@gnu.org napsal(a): Michal Čihař ni...@debian.org writes: Hi! It would be great if you've mentioned some other details in the RFS email - It is new package? Are you adopting it? What is your

Review of gnome-gmail

2010-10-04 Thread Niels Thykier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2010-09-25 15:28, David Steele wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package gnome-gmail. * Package name: gnome-gmail Version : 1.6-3 Upstream Author : David Steele da...@users.sourceforge.net * URL

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread PJ Weisberg
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:30:22 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: Yeah, that's a great idea!  We should setup a mailing list where they can get together and ask questions of each other and request someone to sponsor

RFS: pipemeter

2010-10-04 Thread Clint Byrum
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package pipemeter. * Package name: pipemeter Version : 1.1.3-1 Upstream Author : Me, Clint Byrum cl...@ubuntu.com * URL : https://launchpad.net/pipemeter , http://spamaps.org/pipemeter.php * License : GPL-2+

Re: RFS: pgfouine (updated package)

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sun, Oct 03, 2010 at 10:59:51PM -0500, Luis Uribe wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.2-2 of my package pgfouine. The package is really, *really* not Lintian clean, and claiming otherwise in the RFS was bad form. All those CVS dirs in the resulting package definitely

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:37:19 -0700 PJ Weisberg wrote: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:30:22 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: Yeah, that's a great idea!  We should setup a mailing list where they can get together and ask questions of each other and

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:32:24PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:37:19 -0700 PJ Weisberg wrote: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:30:22 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: Yeah, that's a great idea!  We should setup a mailing

Re: RFS: pipemeter

2010-10-04 Thread Kan-Ru Chen
Hi, On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Clint Byrum cl...@ubuntu.com wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package pipemeter. A few notes: debian/README.source is a template file, fill it or just delete it. debian/rules has template comments that can be safely removed.

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:52:09 +1100 Matthew Palmer wrote: On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:32:24PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:37:19 -0700 PJ Weisberg wrote: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:30:22 +1100, Matthew Palmer

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Ben Finney
Michael Gilbert michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com writes: A lot. The current process is individualized mentorship, not team mentorship. How so? Anyone can provide input on a question asked here, and frequently a question will get a team of mentors descending to mentor the querent. You might be

Re: Four days

2010-10-04 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 12:14:36AM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:52:09 +1100 Matthew Palmer wrote: On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 10:32:24PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:37:19 -0700 PJ Weisberg wrote: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Michael

Re: RFS: pipemeter

2010-10-04 Thread Clint Byrum
On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:41 PM, Kan-Ru Chen wrote: Hi, Hello Kan-Ru, thanks so much for looking at it so quickly! I've uploaded a version with some changes.. see below.. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Clint Byrum cl...@ubuntu.com wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my