[RFS] seccure -- tools for using algorithms based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)

2009-06-10 Thread James Westby
Hi all, I'm looking for a sponsor for the new version of seccure. This new version makes use of gcrypt's secure memory, so we can drop the patch that disables memory locking. You can find the updated packages at http://people.ubuntu.com/~jamesw/packages/seccure-0.4/seccure_0.4-1.dsc Thanks,

Re: RFS: gxemul segfault bugfix

2008-11-29 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 21:31 +0200, George Danchev wrote: On Monday 24 November 2008 17:27:16 Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: Change: added patch 05_segfault_params.dpatch and included it in 00list. Closes: LP #301041 Helping Ubuntu folks is also very nice, and to be honest I was not aware of

Re: Trying to understand patch management - in combination with version control

2008-09-08 Thread James Westby
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 15:06 +1000, Christopher Halse Rogers wrote: The bzr equivalent of svn-buildpackage (the strangely named bzr-builddeb) has a command bd-do which supports exactly this use-case. For a merge-with-upstream package it exports the package, then runs the command you specify in

Re: Developer names within debian/changelog

2008-05-14 Thread James Westby
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 16:58 +0200, Sandro Tosi wrote: python-debian states that can parse debian/changelog: maybe you can explore how it works, and if it parses names too. No, it doesn't, it just uses the two space rule and lumps all the changes up as just a group of lines without trying to

Re: Ubuntu-to-Debian packaging

2007-11-23 Thread James Westby
On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 18:23 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras wrote: Giovanni Mascellani wrote: All'incirca Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:23:54 -0400, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras [EMAIL PROTECTED] sembrerebbe aver scritto: You just need to make the package accomplish the Debian policy, that's all

Re: dpkg-source and .git directories.

2007-06-28 Thread James Westby
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Re: [HELP][LONG] Multiple-binaries packages

2007-05-04 Thread James Westby
and use eg binary:. Since your install script seems to be installing just perl and shell scripts, this shouldn't be a problem. Policy dictates that you must keep an empty target. http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG

Re: Bug#393832: Bug#419570: webcalendar: Package dependencies must allow php5 instead of php4

2007-04-20 Thread James Westby
On (19/04/07 23:01), Rafael Laboissiere wrote: * James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-04-17 18:09]: libapache-mod-php4 depends on apache-common, which in turn depends on apache, so that works ok. I do not see that: $ apt-cache show apache-common | grep ^Depends: Depends: libc6 (= 2.3.6

Re: yada generated deb not calling update-menus

2007-04-18 Thread James Westby
. Whatever is writing this out is probably a shell or perl script that isn't escaping it. I don't have internet access to check your script now though. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu

Re: Bug#419570: webcalendar: Package dependencies must allow php5 instead of php4

2007-04-17 Thread James Westby
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Re: Looking for a maintainer with experience in debconf programming

2007-04-17 Thread James Westby
with a config-setup helper. I expect this would faciliate upgrades, but I'm still a bit undecided. Could you tell me what config-setup is please? Apologies if I looked too little and got my assesment wrong. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: OTPW]

2007-03-14 Thread James Westby
, permission to include the code is not permission to modify it nor sell it in another software. There's an RMD160 implementation in libgcrypt under the LGPL, could that be used instead? Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure

Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b

2007-03-09 Thread James Westby
be considered carefully, but .ds standing for Debian source is a common choice for suffix. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Creating a source tarball for repackaged source using dpkg-source -b

2007-03-09 Thread James Westby
On (09/03/07 23:50), James Westby wrote: On (09/03/07 23:54), Benjamin Mesing wrote: How do I invoke dpkg-source to create the .orig.tar.gz file? I would say that you don't need dpkg-source to, tar + gzip should work just fine. Most (all?) builder scripts are happy with just finding

Re: Better to run multiple configure/make cycles or use separate sources?

2007-02-19 Thread James Westby
never packaged a package like this, so you might hit a snag with this method, if so I suggest you look at other examples. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256

Re: Must a source package's shared libraries always be spit into separate binary packages?

2007-02-19 Thread James Westby
reduce dependencies by splitting it out. This would also help in any transitions that you have to do. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: RFS: bazaar-webserve

2007-01-29 Thread James Westby
Hi, I am resending this request as I have had no response yet. I saw recently that the package may be rejected if the changed-by date is too old in the upload. If the date seems like that might apply I would of course be happy to update it. Thanks, James On (07/01/07 17:57), James Westby

Re: Tone-of-voice used by sponsors

2007-01-15 Thread James Westby
that it has been repetition that has sparked off this thread, but I also think there are other things going on here that I haven't highlighted, and don't have the quick fixes that I have mentioned. Thanks for reading, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http

Re: RFS: poco

2007-01-13 Thread James Westby
. If poco has parts GPL and parts 4-BSD then you have the problem without even getting OpenSSL involved. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Library sonames and unstable libraries

2007-01-10 Thread James Westby
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RFS: bazaar-webserve

2007-01-07 Thread James Westby
. This package spent quite a long time packaged but not uploaded, but has been available publically. If a potential sponsor would prefer a different arrangement please let me know. Kind regards James Westby -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3

Re: Bugs on machine

2006-12-11 Thread James Westby
also not sure if it can do multiple packages at once. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: RFS: recordmydesktop

2006-11-29 Thread James Westby
in the description, and not about the tool itself? Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: RFS: recordmydesktop

2006-11-29 Thread James Westby
On (29/11/06 22:05), José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: El mié, 29-11-2006 a las 20:18 +, James Westby escribió: This should really be an answer to the ITP, but I am posting here for expediancy reasons. I guess you're refering to the ITP I've just filled for gtk-recordmydesktop

Re: RFS: meep

2006-11-26 Thread James Westby
that mpb doesn't have the same dependencies, but it might be worth an email to the maintainer confirming that they meant to do this. (Note that I wont be doing this myself). James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N

Re: RFC: AKFQuiz (was: new here)

2006-11-25 Thread James Westby
On (25/11/06 06:30), Andreas K. Foerster wrote: Am Freitag, dem 24. Nov 2006 schrieb James Westby: No, don't delete them, they are there for a reason, please read /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz where it is explained. Now I'm really confused. The text just talks about

Re: Updated bmpx

2006-11-25 Thread James Westby
maintainer. Does this mean that you are not the maintainer of bmpx? You are not listed as the maintainer on the PTS. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: RFC: AKFQuiz (was: new here)

2006-11-24 Thread James Westby
as required, but they do not appear in the diff. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: How to handle this: mantis DB upgrade 0.19 - 1.0.6

2006-11-24 Thread James Westby
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Re: variables from shell output in makefile

2006-11-24 Thread James Westby
no output 2) It produces output on stderr (I believe this wont be caught. 3) The value is overriden by the environment. I hope this helps, but if not someone with more make skills might be able to help. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net

Re: RFC: AKFQuiz

2006-11-24 Thread James Westby
On (24/11/06 22:27), Joachim Reichel wrote: Hi, James Westby wrote: There is a cleaner method of handling them though that some packages use, where the files are updated as required, but they do not appear in the diff. can you explain the procedure in a few words, or give a package

Re: pbuilder problem

2006-11-23 Thread James Westby
explaina chroot to you, as I will assume you know what one is, but if you don't I suggest you go and look it up, that knowledge is crucial to understand some things about pbuilder? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX

Re: FW by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : 'tdmenu' uploaded to mentors.debian.net

2006-11-17 Thread James Westby
-- Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:08:29 +0100 ^ Here is an extra space, meaning that this version was changed by Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] while the maintainer is Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hope this helps, James -- James

Re: To adopt or not to adopt: smstools

2006-11-17 Thread James Westby
that you manage to get this sorted. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: RFS: page-crunch (updated package)

2006-10-08 Thread James Westby
On (26/09/06 12:09), Sylvain Beucler wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0-1 of my package page-crunch. Uploaded. (Nothing to do with me, but I wanted to keep the list up to date). James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/10/06 11:09), Philipp Benner wrote: The new package has been uploaded: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/c/cunit/ Hi, Looks good to me, I believe it is ready for sponsoring. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key

Re: RFS: otserv

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
otserv_0.5.0.orig.tar.gz has size 1005244 instead of expected 935205 Can you please correct this? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: trueprint

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (26/09/06 22:08), Henrique Haas wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:20:15 +0100, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/trueprint/trueprint_5.3-4.dsc Hi, The package looks good to me now, I think it is ready for sponsoring. James -- James Westby

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/10/06 13:18), Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: On Sunday 30 October 2006 19:43, James Westby wrote: I have found just one more problem, lintian says I: uzbek.wordlist source: build-depends-without-arch-dep dictionaries-common-dev N: N: The control file lists the given package

Re: RFS: libdiscid

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
sure you want this? * Please add a watch file. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: RFS: python-musicbrainz2

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
more like python-central from the control file. * You should register the documentation with doc-base. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: RFS: libdiscid

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/10/06 18:28), Lukáš Lalinský wrote: James Westby wrote: Hi, I cannot sponsor, but I have a few comments. * You shouldn't use ${Source-Version} in debian/control any more http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/09/msg00228.html The policy suggests to use ${Source

Re: RFS: python-musicbrainz2

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/10/06 18:34), Lukáš Lalinský wrote: James Westby wrote: Have you contacted formorer to see if he will sponsor this version as well? Roberto C. Sanchez was sponsoring the first version of this package as part of his NM proccess. Alexander Wirt only did the upload, so I didn't want

Re: RFS: libdiscid

2006-10-01 Thread James Westby
On (01/10/06 18:56), Lukáš Lalinský wrote: James Westby wrote: See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=383040 for an example bug that is the fault of using this field. The bug is about using ${Source-Version} between Architecture: all and Architecture: any packages

Re: License DData (was Re: RFS: haskell-uulib)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
of DData but could only find two emails [1,2] in which is stated that you have a specific BSD-style licence for DData: Hi Arjan, Has there been any progress on this issue? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 15:55), Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: On Tuesday 19 September 2006 14:01, James Westby wrote: Not the tarball that I downloaded. It only contained a .tar.gz. I see it is fixed in this version though. Thanks for that. Anybody to sponsor it? Please. :-) Hi, I have found just one

Re: RFS: frown

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (28/09/06 02:20), Arjan Oosting wrote: Hi, I hereby renew my request for sponsorship. I have update the package after some remarks of James Westby and Stephane Bortzmeyer and hope that someone is willing to upload it, * Package name: frown The package looks great to me, and I

Re: aspell-uz: new upstream release (0.6.0)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
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Re: RFS: cunit

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 19:30), Philipp Benner wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:46:35 +0100 James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can I suggest to metion that you have uploaded a new version if you do when you reply to comments, and mention the URL as well, it makes it clearer what is going on. I

Re: RFS: gtksee (updated package)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (27/09/06 23:50), holoturoide wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:57:58 +0100, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On (25/09/06 19:01), holoturoide wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.5.6-3 of my package gtksee. Hi, Your watch file could use cleaning

Re: RFS: inotail -- inotify enhanced tail (updated package, again)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
for my package inotail. * Package name: inotail Hi, The only changes I would make would be to add a watch file and to change License to License and Copyright in debian/copyright. However these are not show stoppers, so I believe the package is ready to be sponsored. James -- James

Re: RFS: drapes (updated again)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
/main/d/drapes/drapes_0.4.97-3.dsc You have lots of lintain warnings of the form I: drapes source: build-depends-without-arch-dep If you fix these I think the package will be ready for sponsoring. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net

Re: RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
On (29/09/06 22:13), Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez wrote: Hi James, On 9/26/06, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Please drop the use of ${Source-Version}, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/09/msg00228.html I read all the thread including [1] and [2]. I think

Re: RFS: page-crunch (updated package)

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
a different license to debian/rules from that you state the packaging is under in debian/copyright. The package looks good apart from these though. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
as you say it is not needed. * Remove the blank line from debian/docs. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RFS: libvrb -- Virtual Ring Buffer library

2006-09-30 Thread James Westby
-as-minus-sign usr/share/man/man1/vbuf.1.gz:66 that you might like to fix. The binary packages look good though. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Doubt about license

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ Asking the upstream author about the license of the program, he said that it's legacy code and the program is licensed under GPL only. He holds the copyright on this code? James -- James Westby --GPG Key

Re: RFS: gtksee (updated package)

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html * I doubt you need to have include /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch.make if you have include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/dpatch.mk * Please add a watch file. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net

Re: RFS: Tunapie

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
On (26/09/06 07:15), James Stone wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:31:07 +0100, James Westby wrote: - add a copyright/license statement about your packaging. Can you give an example of what you mean? http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html * Does your

Re: Doubt about license

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
On (26/09/06 10:20), Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: Hi! On 9/26/06, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asking the upstream author about the license of the program, he said that it's legacy code and the program is licensed under GPL only. He holds the copyright on this code? The full

Re: [Fwd: RFS: libmtp] (reminder)

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
/doc/libmtp/INSTALL.gz W: libmtp: package-name-doesnt-match-sonames libmtp1 James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RFS: webcam-server

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
On (26/09/06 09:35), Luca bedogni wrote: Il giorno Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:07:59 +0100 James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: On (23/09/06 13:36), Luca bedogni wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my package webcam-server. * You have created a very strange package with all

Re: RFS: blacs-pvm (updated package)

2006-09-26 Thread James Westby
: blacs1-pvm; The library libblacs is not in a shlibs file. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFS: drapes (updated)

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
On (25/09/06 01:48), Francesco Namuri wrote: On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:15:22PM +0100, James Westby wrote: If copyright has been asserted on the file then it must be mentioned in debian/rules, along with its distribution license. If there isn't one you should find out what it is and add

Re: RFS: webcam-server

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
that it can't write to. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: personalbackup

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
ship an empty /tmp/ in the deb, please drop this. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: RFS: libapp-info-perl (updated package)

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
good job, even if he has managed to break linda, the poor girl. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFS: personalbackup

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
On (25/09/06 23:25), Kim Kuylen wrote: James Westby wrote: On (23/09/06 19:41), Kim Kuylen wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package personalbackup. * The files you add to the upstream code can be shipped under debian/ I believe, making it clearer

Re: Request

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
, science, games...?). If you tell us what you want to do we can suggest ways that you can get involved. Thanks, James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: RFS: Tunapie

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
/pool/main/t/tunapie - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tunapie/tunapie_1.0-5.dsc m.d.n still has version -4. So you wish to upload an updated version? James -- James Westby

Re: RFS: Tunapie

2006-09-25 Thread James Westby
| python-dev | python-all-dev I: tunapie: possible-non-posix-code-in-maintainer-script postrm:3 '[ $1 = purge -a ' W: tunapie: no-debconf-config W: tunapie: postinst-uses-db-input Please fix these and I will review the package again. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13

Re: RFS: inotail -- inotify enhanced tail (updated package)

2006-09-24 Thread James Westby
for autotools packages where it is possible the Makefile is not there, and that should be ignored. * You have missed the copyright info for inotify.h in debian/copyright. There is also no license information for this file, can you get it and add it? James -- James Westby --GPG

Re: RFS: inotail -- inotify enhanced tail (updated package)

2006-09-24 Thread James Westby
On (24/09/06 18:43), Tobias Klauser wrote: Hi, On 2006-09-24 at 17:19:13 +0200, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * You have missed the copyright info for inotify.h in debian/copyright. There is also no license information for this file, can you get it and add

Re: RFS: drapes (updated)

2006-09-24 Thread James Westby
. There are some common --CUT-- Depends what you mean by normal. It seemd to be something in the build of your package, and as such probably wont have been seen in any other packages. You should find out what it means and if it is a problem. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13

Re: RFS: eqonomize -- personal accounting software for the small household economy

2006-09-24 Thread James Westby
on khelpcenter for the docs to be viewable. James P.S. I see you use bzr for versioning your packaging, do you know about bzr-builddeb for automating the task of building packages from a bzr branch? See http://jameswestby.net/bzr/bzr-builddeb/ if you are interested. /shameless_plug -- James

Re: How to fix this?

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
? Anyway I tried to document this here http://jameswestby.net/mentors/commonpackingmistakes/nativepackage.html James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: RFS: suomi-malaga

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 20:26), James Westby wrote: On (21/09/06 18:12), Timo Jyrinki wrote: * Package name: suomi-malaga Hi, * Have you filed an ITP? If so you should close it in the changelog. * Why does the source package go in section misc if it's only binary package goes

Re: RFS: (malaga), suomi-malaga, libvoikko, tmispell-voikko, oo2-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
-announce/2006/03/msg00023.html -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: tmispell-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
not done i486-linux-gnu-g++: defs: linker input file unused because linking not done here, maybe you want to fix that. * There is a lintian warning W: tmispell-voikko: binary-without-manpage ispell but I'm not sure how this should be handled. James -- James Westby

Re: RFS: oo2-voikko

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
, the consequence of which is that the package is built without -g. * The binary package name differs from the source package name again. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1

Re: RFS: qpopper (updated package)

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
lintian warnings. There should be spaces after commas, and around pipes (|). James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RFC (request for criticism ;) ): doc-debian-uk

2006-09-23 Thread James Westby
delete unused dh_* calls from debian/rules. * You should move tetex-extra and debiandoc-sgml to Build-Depends-Indep as you are building arch: all and are not using them in the clean target. (Thanks to lintian). Unfortunately I cannot sponsor the package for you. James -- James Westby

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 12:00), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: Hello, On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, James Westby wrote: On (20/09/06 15:00), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: Hello, Could someone please sponsor a New Maintainer upload of swish++? Note: Must bump version to 6.1.4-1 before upload. Why

Re: RFS: zinc-compiler (updated package)

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
files in the archive, while the official archive does not. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 10:41), George Danchev wrote: On Thursday 21 September 2006 10:27, James Westby wrote: So that I can keep the ordering before the final upload. For example the version after I incorporate the changes you suggest will be 6.1.4-0pre4. Isn't `pre' meant to be replaced

Re: Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 14:29), martin f krafft wrote: also sprach James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.09.21.1419 +0200]: The convention is, I believe, that an upload to mentors.debian.net does not count as a release, as anyone who downloads a package from there should realise it is a work in flux

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 12:47), Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: Hello, On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, James Westby wrote detailed comments on my packaging of swish++. Consequently, I have newer versions at: http://www.imsc.res.in/~kapil/debian/swish++/swish++_6.1.4-0pre4.dsc Hi, Your debian/copyright

Re: RFS: haskell-edison

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
but the COPYRIGHT file doesn't contain BSD3. Is it worth seeking clarification? The packages look good overall. I hope you find a sponsor. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (20/09/06 14:08), James Westby wrote: I'll have another look on my next checking run, if they haven't been sponsored by then. They look good to me, though upstream could do with sorting out the copyright and licenses. I have tested the package and a short example seems to work well

Re: RFS: malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
considered moving to a debhelper debian/rules? * Does the package really need to doo auto* in the debian/rules? * Consider adding a debian/watch file. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM

Re: RFS: malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
On (21/09/06 18:57), James Westby wrote: [I'm splitting this up to make it clearer what is going on] On (21/09/06 18:12), Timo Jyrinki wrote: Lovely mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my packages suomi-malaga, libvoikko, tmispell-voikko and oo2-voikko. They also require

Re: RFS: suomi-malaga

2006-09-21 Thread James Westby
file doesn't work. It is pretty clear why, please fix it or remove it (preferably the former). The binary packages look ok, but I haven't tested them, I wouldn't know where to start. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7

Re: ITA and RFS: euler -- an interactive mathematical program

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
On (20/09/06 15:00), Frank S. Thomas wrote: Hi James and thanks for reviewing! No problem. On Tuesday 19 September 2006 22:07, James Westby wrote: * These lines from your install file are odd debian/tmp/usr/bin usr debian/tmp/usr/share/euler usr/share I

Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
with them try and fix it. The binary package looks OK, but I haven't tested it. James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RFS: spcaview

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
this software is being packaged by someone else. Do you know about wnpp? http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http://jameswestby.net/ seccure key - (3+)k7|M*edCX/.A:n*N!|7U.L#9E)Tu)T0AM - secp256r1/nistp256 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: RFS to fix RC bug: rssreader.app

2006-09-20 Thread James Westby
error and asked upstream to correct this. * Oddly, the file RSSKit/GNUmakefile seems to be under LGPL. I have indicated that in debian/copyright and asked upstream to clarify this. Are these two points the same? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 12:27), Neil Williams wrote: Mashrab Kuvatov wrote: On Tuesday 19 September 2006 03:44, James Westby wrote: Hi, I can't sponsor as I am not a DD, but I have some comments, * I don't think the package should be Debian native. Sorry, I don't understand what you mean

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 22:56), Charles Plessy wrote: Le Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 01:01:15PM +0100, James Westby a écrit : See http://jameswestby.net/mentors/glossary/native.html Hi James, Quoting your site: A Debian native package is a package that is specific to Debian, and would

Re: RFS: cunit

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
if packages/programs want to link statically to the libs then ship it. The packaging looks ok otherwise. I haven't installed the packages and tested them though. Does anybody else have an opinion on .a and .la files in packages? James -- James Westby --GPG Key ID: B577FE13-- http

Re: Sponsor request for hunspell-uz

2006-09-19 Thread James Westby
On (19/09/06 19:30), Eddy Petrişor wrote: On 19/09/06, James Westby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Debian native package is a program written specifically to Debian, A package is not a program. s/to/for/ = A Debian native package is a package of a program written specifically for Debian

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