Work-needing packages report for Sep 15, 2006

The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 310 (new: 6) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 93 (new: 0) Total number of packages requeste

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But Bill Allombert has helpfully provided a hint about what will solve >> the bug; if that works, I'll upload 2.6 now with the RC bugs fixed, >> and 2.8 as soon as feasible. > > I tried to look at the bu

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But Bill Allombert has helpfully provided a hint about what will solve > the bug; if that works, I'll upload 2.6 now with the RC bugs fixed, > and 2.8 as soon as feasible. I tried to look at the bug Bill has solved by installing ttf packages, becau

Re: (proposed) Mass bug filing?for debconf "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

> For the packages warning about device files the reason is likely to be > policy section 10.6 "Device files" which requires notification to the > user when creating device files and suggests using a low priority > Debconf message to do this: > > | If a package needs any special device files

Re: Why not only support Sid and Testing?

On Tuesday 12 September 2006 23:40, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: > Easily. They have around 95% market share and strong established monopoly. Evidence doesn't support that statement. Even Microsoft's arguably generous in their favor estimate puts their OS market share on the desktop at about 85%

Re: Why not only support Sid and Testing?

On Tuesday 12 September 2006 14:07, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mardi 12 septembre 2006 à 07:23 -0600, Joseph Smidt a écrit : > > At the risk of repeating myself, Desktop Users: For most non-server > > minded people who still want a stable OS, Debian takes too long to > > release. On top of that,

Re: Using debconf

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:02:24PM +, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > Hello, > > I read many tutorials about debconf, but i?d like to > know ro create the packages using debconf . > I know the build package must be postinst, preinst, > prerm, postrm, conffiles and config. > Taking this tree, how i c

Re: Volunteers needed to experiment with tags in debian/control

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 20:27:26 +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > I would like to experiment with a little new plan for having tags flow > again from the web submissions[1] to the Packages file. > The plan goes as this: > > 0) Download http://people.debian.org/~enrico/2006-09/debtags-updatecontrol > 1

Re: (proposed) Mass bug fil ing for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 19:41:53 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > As a conclusion and combining both, I would really like to unsderstand > why so many fellow developers insist on using LOW priority NOTES in > their debconf templates and use them in maintainer scripts. > Packages with low priority d

Re: Orphaning my packages

On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 12:39:58AM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: > I am going to file an ITA against libsnmp-ruby and to package the > new upstream release (1.0.1). The release in Debian is quite old > (0.4.1). Is this okay with everyone? I already maintain libpgsql-ruby, > so I am rather familiar

Re: Orphaning my packages

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 04:21:18PM -0500, David Moreno Garza wrote: > If you think you could adopt some of the packages, feel free to do it > (filling an ITA would be nice). Just talk to the Debian Perl Group > first, if thinking on adopting some of the Perl modules; talk first > to the pkg-r

Re: Re : Re: Using debconf

Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > More one thing, i´m creating a package customized, > where the script is run, them it it´s removed. > When i try to remove this package, ask a question for > user. I make it in bash. And i want to make using > debconf. The all manuals about deb

Re: (proposed) Mass bug filing?for debconf "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 07:41:53PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > As a conclusion and combining both, I would really like to unsderstand > why so many fellow developers insist on using LOW priority NOTES in > their debconf templates and use them in maintainer scripts. Speaking for my own packa

Re: (proposed) Mass bug fil ing for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

Christian Perrier wrote: > I indeed had a brief talk with Javier FS at the Extremadura meeting > and he had an argument *for* the debconf note: it is optionnally > mailed to the local sysadmin Mailing of debconf notes was disabled a while ago. > and being a debconf note, it can be localized. Tru

Re : Re: Using debconf

Hi, More one thing, i´m creating a package customized, where the script is run, them it it´s removed. When i try to remove this package, ask a question for user. I make it in bash. And i want to make using debconf. The all manuals about debconf (in my case), get to build a new package ? Thanks f

Re: Re : using debconf

Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I alrady read this manual. > In step called : advanced programing with debconf, > show a algorithm is in config file, then i set > postint, preinst, postrm, postinst, conffiles, > templates. > I want to know, how I'll create the package and

Re: Using debconf

Quoting Otavio Salvador ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > I read many tutorials about debconf, but i´d like to > > know ro create the packages using debconf . > > I know the build package must be postinst, preinst, > > prerm, postrm, conffile

Re: (proposed) Mass bug fi ling for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

Quoting Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Christian Perrier wrote: > > In short, a note should only be used for IMPORTANT stuff, so actually > > all debconf notes should be priority highor should not exist! > > It's better to simply remove them all: If it's an error, use the new > error data ty

Re: Release management conclusions

* Matthew Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060914 14:02]: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 10:38:39AM +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > > However, the most recent publications indicate that volunteer incentive > > is not a well understood area of economics. In fact, it's one of the hot > > topics that economist

Re: Using debconf

Rodrigo Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I read many tutorials about debconf, but i´d like to > know ro create the packages using debconf . > I know the build package must be postinst, preinst, > prerm, postrm, conffiles and config. > Taking this tree, how i can to build a packag

Re: base: problem in leaving single user mode

This is a development mailing list. Please don't abuse it with user support requests. Le jeudi 14 septembre 2006 à 16:55 +0530, Shobhit Jindal a écrit : > Package: base > Severity: important > > am not sure if am refering to the correct package > > anyways am able to boot in single user mode but

Re : using debconf

Hello, I alrady read this manual. In step called : advanced programing with debconf, show a algorithm is in config file, then i set postint, preinst, postrm, postinst, conffiles, templates. I want to know, how I'll create the package and how the frontend come happen ? best regards, Faria > Hel

Using debconf

Hello, I read many tutorials about debconf, but i´d like to know ro create the packages using debconf . I know the build package must be postinst, preinst, prerm, postrm, conffiles and config. Taking this tree, how i can to build a packages ? Best regards, Rodrigo Faria Tavares e-mail : [EMAI

Bug#387504: ITP: zope-ldapmultiplugins -- LDAP plugin for Zope/Plone

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hymers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: zope-ldapmultiplugins Version : 1.3 Upstream Author : Chris McDonough and Jens Vagelpohl * URL : http://www.dataflake.org/software/ldapmultiplugins/ * License : Zope Public L

Bug#387502: ITP: zope-ldapuserfolder -- LDAP user and group source for Zope/Plone

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mark Hymers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: zope-ldapuserfolder Version : 2.7 Upstream Author : Jens Vagelpohl * URL : http://www.dataflake.org/software/ldapuserfolder * License : Zope Public License (ZPL) Version 2.1

Re: (proposed) Mass bug fil ing for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

Christian Perrier wrote: > In short, a note should only be used for IMPORTANT stuff, so actually > all debconf notes should be priority highor should not exist! It's better to simply remove them all: If it's an error, use the new error data type, which will always be displayed no matter the pr

Re: Forking source code for puting into Debian?

Am 2006-09-14 19:09:37, schrieb Marc Fargas: > Hi, > The swhoisd page states: Last updated 21 Aug 2006 18:06. > And Dan Anderson's states: Last updated 14 September 2006. My webpage does autoupdating too... ;-) > Also on the page, instead of a mail address there's a ·"$"·! web form > for contact

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I spent quite some time investigating #359855... > > Apparently you need to add ttf-bitstream-vera and ttf-freefont to the > build-depends to fix the problem. > > At least that worked for me, though I don't know exactly why. Splendid; I'm going to try

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is my hope that #359855 will not exist in the new lilypond. >> However, this is just a hope. If ghostscript continues to have such a >> bug, then solving it will become of critical priority for getti

Re: (proposed) Mass bug fil ing for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

On Sep 14, Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Before launching a mass bug-filing campaign, I would like to get > fellow developers opinions. Would there be important objections to > such a campaign targeting first all packages using notes at low > priority, then those using notes at me

(proposed) Mass bug filing  for debcon f "abuse" by using low|medium priority debconf notes?

By reading documentation available to developers, I came to these both excerpts of the debconf-devel(7) manpage explaining the debconf protocol and data types: Type The type of the template determines what kind of widget is displayed to the user. The currently supported types are: ...

Re: Manpages in language-specific packages

Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) dijo [Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:31:35AM -0300]: > >>- I18N in manpages? Sorry, haven't been there, haven't done that > > > > It's not that difficult, just put the (english) manpage in /usr/share/man/ > > and the i18n manpage in /usr/share/man/XX. Man takes care of th

Re: Forking source code for puting into Debian?

Hi, The swhoisd page states: Last updated 21 Aug 2006 18:06. And Dan Anderson's states: Last updated 14 September 2006. Also on the page, instead of a mail address there's a ·"$"·! web form for contacting him... https://dan.drydog.com/comment.html did you try it? Somebody is still alive!! ;)) C

Forking source code for puting into Debian?

Hello Developers and Maintaines, I have packed the package swhoisd and tried to contact the second upstream Dan Anders since now over 8 month it he seems to be dead. Since I must use the "swhoisd" for my Project "Tamay Dogan Network" and

Openwebmail

Hi, Is there anybody that can start with openwebmail for debian again, Debian sarge unstable or something? I mean is there any chance to see an updated verison of openwebmail in debian again. Thanks in advance ! Best regards, Michael Bellander Network Engineer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:

Re: MICROSOFT PROMOTION YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON!!!

I am sorry, it only comes me, whether to you also? 2006/9/14, micro pronl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: MICROSOFT PROMOTION YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON!!! Boeing Avenue 336612 PE Schiphol-Rijk. The Netherlands. RESULTS FOR CATEGORY 'A' DRAWS Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice the resul

Bug#387454: ITP: ocsigen -- web programming framework in OCaml

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Samuel Mimram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: ocsigen Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Vincent Balat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://ocsigen.org/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: OCaml Description : web pr

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is my hope that #359855 will not exist in the new lilypond. > However, this is just a hope. If ghostscript continues to have such a > bug, then solving it will become of critical priority for getting > lilypond into the release. Are your prelim

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

* Bill Allombert | On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:40:12PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: | > It can't, since dpkg doesn't re-exec itself. | | Does not that depend whether apt special-case dpkg upgrade ? We do support upgrades with other tools than apt, so while it might cover the common cases, you c

Re: stale lock files

Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Write the pid and host to the lock file. When you detect a lock and > the lock is on the local host then check the pid is still valid. If > not the lock is stale. If the lock is from a remote host there is > little you can do but ask. Why not use

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:40:12PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * Bill Allombert > > | On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:21:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > | > I do know also that beginning with the dpkg version in etch, the > Conflicts: > | > is no longer required when moving conffiles, it's po

base: problem in leaving single user mode

Package: baseSeverity: importantam not sure if am refering to the correct packageanyways am able to boot in single user mode but on leaving it with 'init 5' there is a contention between login program and the already logged bash on the earlier terminal (meanwhile everything else work fine all servi

Bug#387426: ITP: glipper -- A clipboardmanager for GNOME and other window managers

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: glipper Version : 0.89 Upstream Author : Sven Rech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://glipper.sourceforge.net/ * License : LGPL Programming Lang: C Description : A

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

* Bill Allombert | On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:21:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: | > I do know also that beginning with the dpkg version in etch, the Conflicts: | > is no longer required when moving conffiles, it's possible to use Replaces: | > by itself. | | I wonder if a versioned depend on

Re: stale lock files

Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I have noticed GUI programs tend to be very inconsistent in behaviour > if I accidently kill them (e.g. by shutting down the X server) or > abort them (e.g. power failure). > > For example: > > gnucash (not tested newest version): > > * displays a

Re: Accepted lynx 2.8.5-2sarge2 (source i386)

Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:15:43AM -, Thomas Dickey wrote: Martin Schulze has been told more than once that this was not an OpenBSD patch. >>> Could you please tell me why this is such a huge deal? >> hmm. I'm given to understand that

Re: Accepted lynx 2.8.5-2sarge2 (source i386)

Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:15:43AM -, Thomas Dickey wrote: Martin Schulze has been told more than once that this was not an OpenBSD patch. >>> Could you please tell me why this is such a huge deal? >> hmm. I'm given to understand that

Re: lilypond and thanks to Rob Browning

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 10:30:17AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > It is my hope that #359855 will not exist in the new lilypond. > However, this is just a hope. If ghostscript continues to have such a > bug, then solving it will become of critical priority for getting > lilypond into the rele

Re: Bug#387385: ITP: shed -- Hex editor using ncurses, with a friendly pico-style interface

[Christoph Berg] > > >- Can handle files up to 2Gb. > > > > That's a feature? > > No, a bug (or rather, doesn't meet a release goal): And more importantly, editing disk partitions which may be larger than 2 GB is a significant use case for a hex editor. signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Bug#387385: ITP: shed -- Hex editor using ncurses, with a friendly pico-style interface

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Re: Ron Johnson 2006-09-14 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 09/13/06 20:15, Adam Cecile wrote: > [snip] > > It includes the following features : > [snip] > >- Can handle files up to 2Gb. > > That's a feature? No, a bug (or rather, doesn't meet a release

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:21:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >> I do know also that beginning with the dpkg version in etch, the Conflicts: >> is no longer required when moving conffiles, it's possible to use Replaces: >> by itself. > > I wonder if a

Re: A few problems in sight switching to Debian

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:33:00AM -0400, Gilles Pelletier wrote: > I'm not a developer and I'd just like to point a few issues to check > for the next release. I'm planning to switch to Debian when Etch > comes out but, for now, my findings are from Knoppix. > > My monitor, a Viewsonic VX922, i

Re: A few problems in sight switching to Debian

[Gilles Pelletier] > I'm not a developer and I'd just like to point a few issues to check > for the next release. I'm planning to switch to Debian when Etch > comes out but, for now, my findings are from Knoppix. Knoppix and Debian use completely different methods of hardware detection and autoco

Re: how to treat upgrade bugs that only affect unstable->unstable?

> > If a bug was in a prerm script in unstable for 7 days, but never > > appeared in stable or testing, should we include cruft in present and > > future prerm versions to work around it? [Henrique de Moraes Holschuh] > It depends only on the ammount of damage the bug causes. No damage, it simpl

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:21:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > I do know also that beginning with the dpkg version in etch, the Conflicts: > is no longer required when moving conffiles, it's possible to use Replaces: > by itself. I wonder if a versioned depend on dpkg can ensure the new dpkg is

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 09:07:12AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Maybe I'm dumb, but this code doesn't seem correct to me, in the sense > that it doesn't do the right thing. Let's consider a couple of possible > cases: > 1. The conffile at the old place (or package) is the same as the one in >

Re: transitioning config files between two packages

Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 01:32:43AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña > wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 05:21:50PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >> > After an upgrade and answering all of the conffile prompts, does >> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/nagios-plu