Re: debian/rules default

2012-02-27 Thread Gergely Nagy
Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net writes: Hello List: What should be the default target for debian/rules ? I usually make a help target (or something similar) and make that the default. But now that you reminded me, I always wanted to make it display debian/README.source, so I'll just do

Re: build server at home?

2012-02-27 Thread Gergely Nagy
Dmitry Smirnov only...@member.fsf.org writes: Could any of you share experience of having your own private build server? I'm thinking of something which could build uploaded source for as many architectures as possible on amd64 host, and ideally put the results to 'reprepro'-managed tree.

Re: debian/rules default

2012-02-27 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 02/27/2012 05:09 PM, Gergely Nagy wrote: Jerome BENOIT g62993...@rezozer.net writes: Hello List: What should be the default target for debian/rules ? I usually make a help target (or something similar) and make that the default. But now that you reminded me, I always wanted to

Re: optional package in Build-Depends (how?)

2012-02-27 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Russ, On Monday 27 February 2012 17:59:28 Russ Allbery wrote: Another package I was recently testing on GNU Hurd where some tests were failing (even though the package is working). A bug in the test suite? It's worth being careful about assuming that the package is working when the

Re: build server at home?

2012-02-27 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Gergely, Thank you for sharing your experience - very interesting. Regards, Dmitry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Package closes bugs in a wrong way

2012-02-27 Thread Savvas Radevic
Besides the new version of the package, I saw this error for drwright: http://mentors.debian.net/package/drwright Package closes bugs in a wrong way Errors: Bug #654970 does not belong to this package wnpp: #654970 (wishlist): ITP: drwright -- Typing monitor to force typing breaks 1. Should

Re: Package closes bugs in a wrong way

2012-02-27 Thread Savvas Radevic
On 27 February 2012 12:15, Savvas Radevic vice...@gmail.com wrote: Besides the new version of the package, I saw this error for drwright: http://mentors.debian.net/package/drwright Package closes bugs in a wrong way Errors: Bug #654970 does not belong to this package wnpp: #654970

Re: Package closes bugs in a wrong way

2012-02-27 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, Hm, it doesn't show the error with the new uploaded version, only for the older versions. Now it says Package closes a WNPP bug with a green colour instead. This was discussed yesterday: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/02/msg00687.html Best wishes, Boris -- To

Bug#658032: RFS: libgxps/0.2.1-1 [NEW] -- library for handling and rendering XPS documents

2012-02-27 Thread Savvas Radevic
On 18 February 2012 03:52, Jonathan Nieder jrnie...@gmail.com wrote: What's an XPS document? From Wikipedia I've learned that this is somehow related to the Open XML Paper Specification aka OpenXPS aka ECMA-388, a page description language intended to occupy some of the same niches as PDF.

Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Werner Detter
Hi everbody, I'm currently wondering where to check stuff that has changed from one standard version to the next (e.g. 3.9.2 vs. 3.9.3) and what is relevant for own packages. Is there something like a changelog? Thank you, Werner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 02:01:57PM +0100, Werner Detter wrote: I'm currently wondering where to check stuff that has changed from one standard version to the next (e.g. 3.9.2 vs. 3.9.3) and what is relevant for own packages. Is there something like a changelog?

Re: Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Etienne Millon
* Werner Detter wer...@aloah-from-hell.de [120227 14:04]: I'm currently wondering where to check stuff that has changed from one standard version to the next (e.g. 3.9.2 vs. 3.9.3) and what is relevant for own packages. Is there something like a changelog? Hello, You may be interested in the

Re: Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Werner Detter
Hi, /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.txt.gz Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I was looking for :) Cheers, Werner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Bartosz Feński
W dniu 27.02.2012 14:01, Werner Detter pisze: Hi everbody, I'm currently wondering where to check stuff that has changed from one standard version to the next (e.g. 3.9.2 vs. 3.9.3) and what is relevant for own packages. Is there something like a changelog? Yes. Just install package

Re: Standard Versions

2012-02-27 Thread Boris Pek
Hi,  /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.txt.gz Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I was looking for :) Just for a note. It was the message with brief list of changes: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/02/msg00013.html Best wishes, Boris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

RFS: kismet -- Wireless sniffing and monitoring

2012-02-27 Thread Nick Andrik
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package kismet. I have adopted the package which was abandoned for 3 years, updated to the latest upstream version and made some heavy maintenance on the packaging itself.  * Package name    : kismet   Version         : 2011.03.R2-1   Upstream

Re: optional package in Build-Depends (how?)

2012-02-27 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
In case someone is tempted to try Build-Depends like check | dpkg, it doesn't work at all in pbuilder which is smart enough to notice that dpkg is already installed so it never pulls 'check'. (Anyway particular example with check is silly because check is available on all architectures) Apart

Re: RFS: ipset

2012-02-27 Thread Nikolai Lusan
On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 05:34 +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: You effort is appreciated but ipset already provided by xtables-addons. http://xtables-addons.sourceforge.net/ xtables-addons is already in debian, if need ipset compatible with recent linux kernels. I think that since ipset is now

Re: build server at home?

2012-02-27 Thread Mathias Ertl
On 2012-02-27 10:19, Gergely Nagy wrote: for arch in amd64 i386; do for dist in unstable squeeze lucid natty oneiric precise; do sbuild --arch $arch -d $dist --apend-to-version=~$dist \ -m MadHouse Project Autobuilder packa...@madhouse-project.org \ $1 done

Re: build server at home?

2012-02-27 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 02/26/2012 02:05 PM, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: Dear mentors, Could any of you share experience of having your own private build server? I'm thinking of something which could build uploaded source for as many architectures as possible on amd64 host, and ideally put the results to

Re: RFS: ipset

2012-02-27 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Nikolai, Basically what you're talking about is just happened - some hours ago 'ipset' was accepted to unstable, see http://packages.qa.debian.org/i/ipset.html When credits for preparing standalone 'ipset' package goes to Neutron Soutmun, yours truly played a key role in coordinating

Bug#661498: RFS: burp/1.3.1-1 -- Simple cross-platform network BackUp and Restore Program (new upstream release)

2012-02-27 Thread Bas van den Dikkenberg
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package burp * Package name: burp Version : 1.3.1-1 Upstream Author : Graham Keeling keel...@spamcop.net * URL : http://burp.grke.net/ * License : AGPLv3

Processed: retitle 659822 to RFS: mpd-sima/0.9.2-1 (New upstream version) tags it +moreinfo

2012-02-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: retitle 659822 RFS: mpd-sima/0.9.2-1 (New upstream version) tags it +moreinfo Bug #659822 [sponsorship-requests] RFS: mpd-sima/0.9.1-1 (New upstream version) Changed Bug title to 'RFS: mpd-sima/0.9.2-1 (New upstream version) tags it +moreinfo'

Processed: tagging 659822

2012-02-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tags 659822 - moreinfo Bug #659822 [sponsorship-requests] RFS: mpd-sima/0.9.2-1 (New upstream version) tags it +moreinfo Ignoring request to alter tags of bug #659822 to the same tags previously set thanks Stopping processing here. Please

Bug#661504: RFS: tk-html3/3.0~fossil20110109-1 [ITP ] -- Render HTML and CSS content with tk

2012-02-27 Thread Ole Streicher
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-tcltk-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package tk-html3. * Package name: tk-html3 Version : 3.0~fossil20110109-1 Upstream Author : Dan Kennedy

Bug#661507: RFS: libblocxx/2.1.0-1 [ITP] BloCXX--C++ Framework for Application Development

2012-02-27 Thread Björn Esser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libblocxx * Package name: libblocxx Version : 2.1.0-1 Upstream Author : 2000-2009 Quest Software, Inc.

RFS: gpart/0.1h-12 [NMU] -- Closes all outstanding bugs :)

2012-02-27 Thread harish badrinath
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors (and others), I am looking for a sponsor for my package gpart * Package name: gpart Version : 0.1h-12 Upstream Author : Michail Brzitwa m...@ichabod.han.de * URL : http://www.brzitwa.de/mb/gpart/

Bug#661511: RFS: tpb/0.6.4-8 [ITA] -- program to use the IBM ThinkPad(tm) special keys

2012-02-27 Thread Prach Pongpanich
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package tpb * Package name: tpb Version : 0.6.4-8 Upstream Author : Markus Braun * URL : http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tpb * License : GPL Section :

Re: optional package in Build-Depends (how?)

2012-02-27 Thread gregor herrmann
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:45:33 +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: In case someone is tempted to try Build-Depends like check | dpkg, it doesn't work at all in pbuilder which is smart enough to notice that dpkg is already installed so it never pulls 'check'. And it also doesn't work -- the other way

Adopting

2012-02-27 Thread Mauricio Fierro
Hi there: I wanted to adopt a package. I have gone through a lot of documentation but none really tells me what to do to finally adopt it. I already downloaded and analyzed the source code so I want to start working on it. Also, what does maintaining means? Just correcting bugs or improving it?

Bug#661533: RFS: postfix-cluebringer/2.0.11-1

2012-02-27 Thread Nikolai Lusan
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a new sponsor for my package postfix-cluebringer * Package name: postfix-cluebringer Version : 2.0.11-1 Upstream Author : Nigel Kukard * URL : http://www.policyd.org * License

Re: Adopting

2012-02-27 Thread Ben Finney
Mauricio Fierro mauriciofier...@gmail.com writes: I wanted to adopt a package. Which package? Which bug report number indicates the package is available for adoption? I have gone through a lot of documentation but none really tells me what to do to finally adopt it. To adopt the package is

Re: Adopting

2012-02-27 Thread Daniel Martí
Hello, I already downloaded and analyzed the source code so I want to start working on it. Also, what does maintaining means? Just correcting bugs or improving it? Like UI or something? Maintaining a package is to do all the work of taking a non-Debian work and making it a Debian package,

Bug#659498: RFS: solarpowerlog -- photovoltaic data logging

2012-02-27 Thread Tobias Frost
Am Freitag, den 17.02.2012, 12:48 +0100 schrieb Benoît Knecht: Sorry for the late reply, spare time was quite spare the last days... Hi Tobias, As promised, here's my review of your package: - In debian/solarpowerlog.default, you define /etc/solarpowerlog as the default RUNDIR;

Package not uploading

2012-02-27 Thread Jon Hulka
I'm having trouble uploading a package to mentors.debian.net: $ dput mentors-ftp libre-jigsaw-pics_2012.02.14-1_amd64.changes Checking signature on .changes gpg: Signature made Sun 26 Feb 2012 09:02:18 PM PST using RSA key ID D8B67ED0 gpg: Good signature from Jonathan Hulka jon.hu...@gmail.com

Bug#660162: RFS: tack/1.07-2

2012-02-27 Thread Samuel Bronson
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Samuel Bronson naes...@gmail.com wrote: But note that Thomas Dickey has prepared a snapshot which is supposed to do patch #03's job a different way, and fix that dpkg-shlibdeps warning: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2012-02/msg00022.html.

Bug#658936: marked as done (RFS: apt-build/0.12.42 [QA] -- frontend to apt to build, optimize and install packages)

2012-02-27 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Your message dated Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:24:32 +1100 with message-id 20120228032432.ga29...@master.debian.org and subject line Re: Bug#658936: RFS: apt-build/0.12.42 [QA] -- frontend to apt to build, optimize and install packages has caused the Debian Bug report #658936, regarding RFS:

Bug#661568: RFS: ipset/6.11-2

2012-02-27 Thread Neutron Soutmun
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package ipset * Package name: ipset Version : 6.11-2 Upstream Author : Jozsef Kadlecsik kad...@blackhole.kfki.hu * URL : http://ipset.netfilter.org/ * License :

Re: Bug#661568: RFS: ipset/6.11-2

2012-02-27 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Neutron, Just one little suggestion if you excuse me: Could you please put a short description of bugs you're closing to changelog? This would be very helpful. Cheers, Dmitry. On Tuesday 28 February 2012 14:28:25 Neutron Soutmun wrote: * Close bugs that have been reintroduced again since

Bug#661570: RFS: cvc3/2.4.1-1

2012-02-27 Thread Christopher L Conway
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package cvc3. This is an existing package that has been updated for a new upstream version. I haven't been able to get in touch with my previous sponsor. Please CC: me in any reply. Package name :

Re: Bug#661568: RFS: ipset/6.11-2

2012-02-27 Thread Neutron Soutmun
Hi, On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Dmitry Smirnov only...@member.fsf.org wrote: Hi Neutron, Just one little suggestion if you excuse me: Could you please put a short description of bugs you're closing to changelog? This would be very helpful. Updated. Thanks for your suggestion. Best