Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-23 Thread Andrea Borgia
Eero Tamminen wrote: I was recently notified that in extras repository some package for which I've been marked as maintainer, was causing an SSU (testing) issue. Any chance said package is liblzo2-2 ? If so, I am the uploader as noted here: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6286#c2

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi, I was recently notified that in extras repository some package for which I've been marked as maintainer, was causing an SSU (testing) issue. However, I hadn't uploaded that package. The package was from SDK tools repository were

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Jeremiah Foster wrote: On Jan 22, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Eero Tamminen wrote: I was recently notified that in extras repository some package for which I've been marked as maintainer, was causing an SSU (testing) issue. However, I hadn't uploaded that package. The package was from SDK

RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Pickering
What checks there are in place to verify that the package uploader and the package maintainer field (shown to people who install the packages) match? I think Niels has a check for that in the QA software he has written, in fact, I am certain of it. :) This check does not

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:59, Simon Pickering s.g.picker...@bath.ac.uk wrote: I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the *Maintainer fields; but there is the slight problem of what happens when someone is uploading someone else's

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Ed Bartosh
2010/1/22 Andrew Flegg and...@bleb.org: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:59, Simon Pickering s.g.picker...@bath.ac.uk wrote: I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the *Maintainer fields; but there is the slight problem of what

RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Pickering
I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the *Maintainer fields; but there is the slight problem of what happens when someone is uploading someone else's package (e.g. as a favour when they are away from a build

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia piątek, 22 stycznia 2010 o 14:03:18 Andrew Flegg napisał(a): On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:59, Simon Pickering s.g.picker...@bath.ac.uk wrote: I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the *Maintainer fields; but there is the

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Jeremiah Foster
On Jan 22, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Ed Bartosh wrote: 2010/1/22 Andrew Flegg and...@bleb.org: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:59, Simon Pickering s.g.picker...@bath.ac.uk wrote: I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the *Maintainer

RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Nathan Anderson
-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of Simon Pickering Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:00 AM To: 'Jeremiah Foster'; maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification? What checks there are in place

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Jeremiah Foster
-Original Message- From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of Simon Pickering Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:00 AM To: 'Jeremiah Foster'; maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: Dnia piątek, 22 stycznia 2010 o 14:03:18 Andrew Flegg napisał(a): On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:59, Simon Pickering s.g.picker...@bath.ac.uk wrote: I'd suggest that the autobuilder checks to see that the uploader's email address is included in one of the

RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Nathan Anderson
] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Foster Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:40 AM To: maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification? On Jan 22, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Nathan Anderson wrote: Ok, I think I must be confused; I was under the impression that you

RE: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Simon Pickering
Thanks -- I have no issues with dropping my name into the maintainer field; I just didn't want to steal any credit from the real authors of those things that I just repackaged. I do know the language of everything I've repackages; and could probably muddle my way through

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Anderson Lizardo
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Jeremiah Foster jerem...@jeremiahfoster.com wrote: The changelog is a must, but changing the maintainer name in the debian/control file is also a must, according to maemo packaging policy. Here is the policy in pdf: WARNING PDF!  

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Anderson Lizardo
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Eero Tamminen eero.tammi...@nokia.com wrote: There must be somebody who is responsible for the uploaded package and some way to contact him.  The uploader must have somehow verified that the package isn't e.g. malicious (even if it's just taken from a trusted

Re: Maemo extras repository package uploader/maintainer verification?

2010-01-22 Thread Anderson Lizardo
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:21 PM, Nathan Anderson nat...@andersonsplace.net wrote: Jeremiah,        Thanks -- I have no issues with dropping my name into the maintainer field; I just didn't want to steal any credit from the real authors of those things that I just repackaged.   I do know the