Re: Problem with libtool relinking

2008-11-02 Thread Ben Burton
Hi Alexis, > So maybe putting the -L/-l linker args in LIBADD instead would fix the > problem. I tried this out over the weekend, and it worked a treat. Thanks for that, Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Problem with libtool relinking

2008-10-24 Thread Ben Burton
Hi all, I have a problem with libtool; it's an issue that seems to have been affecting people for years but I'm having real trouble hunting down a solution (which I'm sure exists). My problem is that regina-normal currently needs to build-conflict with earlier versions of regina-normal-dev. Oth

Re: Move to python 2.4 / Changing the packaging style for python packages

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, > > 1. It won't build under python2.4. I have fixes for this that I haven't > >uploaded (and that need some more testing and tidying up). > > You may still ask for help. This will be easy enough to have ready by the time 2.3 is removed, which I'm assuming is not happening tomorrow. Wh

Re: Move to python 2.4 / Changing the packaging style for python packages

2006-06-12 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, > With the upcoming releases of the last packages which > didn't support 2.4 yet (Plone on the Zope application server) we may > be able to drop support for 2.3 in sid and etch as well. For reference, decompyle still needs python2.3. There are two issues: 1. It won't build under python2.4.

Re: Bug#366834: ITP: cxxtools -- library of unrelated, but useful C++ classes

2006-05-11 Thread Ben Burton
> > Wow. First off, Kari does not appear to be upstream, so who are > > you addressing? > > Him. I think he's in the better position to talk to upstream about > it. Or in fact not make the package. Oh, come on. It's the author's perogative as to how the work is licensed, and since it adheres t

Re: yet another mass bug filing on GFDL issues ?

2006-01-22 Thread Ben Burton
> Do a > > find /usr/share/doc -name copyright -exec grep -l "YOUR NAME" {} \; > > to find those packages on your system. (This might cause a few false > positives, figlet for example is not affected :) Hmm, I suspect this will find a very large number of false positives since "YOUR NAME" sh

Re: Work-needing packages report for Sep 2, 2005

2005-09-02 Thread Ben Burton
> Yes, those are the titles of those bugs *now*, after I noticed the > problem in the list. Check the original bug titles as submitted. :) FWIW, this was due to an issue with reportbug which was recently fixed (#323801). b. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Re: KDE apps up for adoption

2005-06-23 Thread Ben Burton
> I guess we (qt-kde team) could do it. and anybody interested in doing > it too could join us (only having an alioth account is required) and > maintain those inside our svn. Works for me, ta. b. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Cont

KDE apps up for adoption

2005-06-21 Thread Ben Burton
Hi all, Since my spare time is not what it used to be, I have put a few KDE apps up for adoption this morning: kdbg (#315336) -- graphical debugger interface kprof (#315337) -- visual tool to help analyse profiling results kbear (#315340) -- graphical ftp client for KDE If anyone is willi

Re: Orphaning packages

2005-06-18 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, > libarchive-zip-perl (bug #314850) I can look after this one if you like, since I use it. Though it seems Matthias Klose has been doing uploads for the last year, so if he'd rather look after it then this is fine by me. (Please CC me on replies related to libarchive-zip-perl adoption.)

Re: Ubuntu and its "appropriation" of Debian maintainers

2005-05-01 Thread Ben Burton
On the one hand, I think it's polite and the "socially responsible" thing to give credit where credit is due, i.e., to acknowledge the debian maintainers whose work is used. On the other hand, I've had packages for which ubuntu has moved to a newer upstream version without properly updating the d

Re: Bug#299379: ITP: moodle-book -- moodle module for multi-page resources

2005-03-13 Thread Ben Burton
Hi, > This Moodle module makes it easy to create multi-page > resources with a book-like format. When you create the actual packages it might be nice to explain what moodle is, for those of us who have no idea. e.g.: This Moodle module makes it easy to create multi-page resources with a

Re: historic mails from me - please ignore

2004-12-11 Thread Ben Burton
Heh. I read that as "histrionic". Twice. b.

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-05 Thread Ben Burton
> > shrug. At least in .au we have some legislation to protect minority > > groups but we're not living in a totalitarian PC clampdown. > > Sounds irrelevant. There's a big difference between 'protect minority > groups' (from what?) and 'compel everybody to behave in a manner > approved of by mi

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-05 Thread Ben Burton
> "Oh no, there's the possibility that somebody else might look at some > low quality porn" versus "Other people are actively forcing their > beliefs onto us". Isn't it obvious? > > ... > > That's what "censorship" means in every context, under any practical > definition. It's impossible to deny

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-05 Thread Ben Burton
> I find the notion of introducing censorship in order to not 'hurt > their feelings' to be morally repugnant. Yes yes, I understand why you don't like it. What I wanted was an explanation of why objecting to this package was probably _more_ offensive than proposing it. (Bearing in mind that in

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-05 Thread Ben Burton
> > > >>>As already written in -women, this is the point which saddens me the > > > >>>most in this thread. I'm really disappointed by seeing most > > > >>>contributors just not realize why this package, as proposed, is > > > >>>likely to hurt the feelings of several women (probably not all, I > >

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor

2004-12-02 Thread Ben Burton
> Choosing to be offended by what other people do is a choice. Oh, come on. That's a cop-out if I ever heard one. (Discussing the generalities here, not the particular hot-babe example in question.) b.

Re: Bug#280435: ITP: libkexif -- KDE library to read/edit EXIF informations

2004-11-10 Thread Ben Burton
> > Libkexif is a KDE library for manipulating EXIF information embedded in > > images. It currently supports viewing of all EXIF information via > > libexif. It also supports the modification of a few attributes in a save > > way that preserves all other EXIF information in the file. It can > > c

Re: RFS: kmenc15 - An advanced Qt/KDE MEncoder frontend.

2004-10-28 Thread Ben Burton
> However, if you > upload a package to contrib that build-depends on a package not in > contrib or non-free, you'll get a FTBFS RC bug filed against you > before you blink. Hmm, I didn't, back in the days when regina-normal built against java2 (which wasn't in the archive at the time). Though t

Re: RFS: kmenc15 - An advanced Qt/KDE MEncoder frontend.

2004-10-27 Thread Ben Burton
> Yup, thats exactly what I thought. In which case, my program does have a > chance to be in contrib. which brings me to my original question, what should > I do to find a sponsor?... I believe I've maxed out my available resources... It might be that you need to wait until you've gone through

Re: Bug#277582: ITP: kwin-baghira -- A MacOSX-like theme for Apple junkies ;)

2004-10-25 Thread Ben Burton
Hi ho, > yes, please consider kde-baghira-style, since it's not only kwin > decorations that you'll be providing in the package, right? see > rationale in my other message. I'd suggest kde-style-baghira, since with such a scheme all styles will show up together in the package listing. Jus

Re: Security updates for sarge?

2004-10-23 Thread Ben Burton
> And without starting a flamewar, ... Yep, I thought it looked too good to be true. b.

Re: How to depend on Japanese fonts?

2003-12-14 Thread Ben Burton
> > Is there a simple or recommended way of making a package depend on > > [Japanese] fonts? > > It is categorically impossible and should not be done. Point taken. My question then is: is there a simple/recommended way of making a package suggest/recommend Japanese fonts? Given that it's not

How to depend on Japanese fonts?

2003-12-13 Thread Ben Burton
Hi. I have a question in relation to #216440 (kiten requires Japanese fonts): Is there a simple or recommended way of making a package depend on Japanese fonts? The only solutions I can see are to either: 1) pick a couple of decent fonts and include them in the depends list; 2) pick a couple o

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

2003-11-14 Thread Ben Burton
> > Sometimes I wonder how I'd feel if some spoke of men in such a > > way. This occurs much less often than its opposite. > > I would laugh a lot if some woman made a comment similar to mine, but > regarding the size of other part of the masculine body :-) In fact, the > ability to counter

Re: Qt3 still broken (compat-headers), what to do?

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Burton
> My suggestion: Add a "Recommends: libqt3-compat-headers" to libqt3-dev. This is indeed what I would add were I to do an NMU, and I would include it in the list of solutions that I see as satisfactory were I to put it to the TC. b.

Re: Qt3 still broken (compat-headers), what to do?

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Burton
> > Bah, the Technical Committee takes months, sometimes over a year, to do > > something even as seemingly uncontroversial as voting in opposition to > > whichever solution Branden Robinson proposes. > > So? This is more than enough time. This problem is to be fixed in sarge ... Hmm? Are you s

Re: Qt3 still broken (compat-headers), what to do?

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Burton
> I wouldn't do it. Suppose you were the Qt maintainer, and you made a > technical choice that some people disagree with You mean a technical choice with a significant negative impact on users that breaks compatibility with upstream and every other linux distribution and that most (not some) peo

Re: Qt3 still broken (compat-headers), what to do?

2003-07-13 Thread Ben Burton
> I suppose there's always the option of NMUing, and hoping it sticks -- > then taking it up with the tech ctte. if it doesn't... This is more or less what I was thinking of. The impression I get is that the Qt maintainers have shifted their stances on this issue from defense to apathy. Though

Qt3 still broken (compat-headers), what to do?

2003-07-12 Thread Ben Burton
appy to do the NMU myself and wear the consequences if necessary. Though I would first like to elicit opinions from other developers on whether they feel this is the correct action to take at this point. So. Do people support this move or not? Ben. - -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public

Re: [solved] failing to compile a KDE package

2003-07-05 Thread Ben Burton
> >Uh, this is not a problem with autoconf. It is a problem with upstream > > calling AC_CHECK_COMPILERS (which checks for all compilers) and ignoring > > the results thereof. > > ok. i'll have it sent upstream. FYI, all upstream probably needs to do is update their admin/ directory with a f

Re: failing to compile a KDE package

2003-07-05 Thread Ben Burton
> problem status: still unsolved. Hmm.. is it possible to post the section of config.log where the error occurs? b.

Re: failing to compile a KDE package

2003-07-05 Thread Ben Burton
> checking for Qt... configure: error: Qt (>= Qt 3.0.2) (library > qt-mt) not found. Try ./configure --with-qt-dir=/usr/share/qt3 and see if that helps. If it does then upstream is using a very old admin/ directory which should probably be updated. If the compilation then breaks becau

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-05 Thread Ben Burton
> How would you react if somebody called work you did and that took a > few hours "silly"? In the sweetest way possible, if all you lost was a few hours then I don't see why you're (apparently) so very upset. Many times I have seen contributions worth days or weeks of work dismissed from softwar

Re: j2re1.3 plugin for mozilla isn't working.

2003-06-22 Thread Ben Burton
> Has anyone else noticed this? I know that the unofficial j2se1.4 packages consistently crash under certain conditions when using JNI with C++ code; this is related to the fact that the j2se1.4 packages are still built using g++-2.95 whereas the default C++ compiler for debian is g++-3.x. Don't

Re: Celebrating Debian's 10th birthday?

2003-06-02 Thread Ben Burton
> Are there any parties planned already? ;) Well, it coincides with the first day of the international olympiad in informatics, so with all the computer geeks around I'm hoping there will be someone else there to celebrate with. :) Ben.

Re: Kivio with KDE 3.1.1 ?

2003-04-15 Thread Ben Burton
> seems like broken package..? Broken in what sense? Kivio 1.2.x certainly had its problems as one of the more unloved children of the koffice suite. But kivio is getting some loving in CVS now, and since koffice has just begun tagging 1.3 betas you can expect some improvements in 1.3 when it c

Pending removal of konverse/kdestudio

2002-09-01 Thread Ben Burton
ise I'll keep maintaining them until the KDE3 transition and then file bugs on ftp.d.o for their removal. Ben. - -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisone

Terraform up for adoption

2002-09-01 Thread Ben Burton
meant to be a tool for those who want to generate digital terrain models for use in raytracing or other simulations. - -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Public Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Michelangelo had been straight, the Sistine C

Re: Bug#158631: ITP: mp32ogg -- Converts mp3 file to Ogg Vorbis

2002-08-28 Thread Ben Burton
> Maybe, but I think lots of people will have to convert mp3 to vorbis if mp3 > decoder dispear from Debian. > mp32ogg is the way to help us. But I still don't understand how we can have mp32ogg if mp3 decoders disappear from debian, since presumably one must decode the mp3 in order to convert it

Re: libusb and testing?

2002-04-15 Thread Ben Burton
; - pencam depending on libusb0 on m68k and sparc (bad build-deps) > - libgpio depending on libusb0 on sparc (bad build-deps) Cool, this is what I was asking for. I'll sit and wait for the NMUs. Thanks - Ben. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug

libusb and testing?

2002-04-14 Thread Ben Burton
rn is that it's holding up a newer kghostview which will stop every koffice app from crashing when you try to print preview). Just wondering what remains to be done to let libusb 1:0.1.5-3 in. Thanks - Ben. -- Ben Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab

Bug#141126: ITP: konq-speaker -- text-to-speech plugins for Konqueror and Kate

2002-04-04 Thread Ben Burton
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2002-04-04 Severity: wishlist * Package name: konq-speaker Version : 0.4 Upstream Author : George Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~grrussel/speaker.html * License : GPL and LGPL Descriptio

Re: [kde] and, for my next trick ...

2002-01-10 Thread Ben Burton
> The libpng[23] screwup in unstable is now more or less resolved with > kde{base,graphics,network} in incoming. Now, the only packages that need > rebuilding are kdeaddons, kinkatta, kmerlin, koffice, and maybe kdetoys > (not sure on that one - Ben?). kdelibs was installed last night. I don't be

Re: A language by any other name

2001-09-26 Thread Ben Burton
> British English is beautiful where it appears in poems, plays, and > novels by Shakespeare and Wilde and other brilliant English authors. > It certainly does NOT belong in the ls man page. Why such emphasis? The idea is to spell words like "colour" instead of "color", not to write the ls

Re: what's wrong with last KDE update?

2001-09-19 Thread Ben Burton
(Btw, questions like this are best posted to debian-kde). > kde: Depends: kdelibs3 (>= 4:2.2.1-1) but 4:2.2.0-final-3 is to be > installed This tells you what's wrong; the newest kdelibs packages have not yet made it to the FTP servers. Have another try tomorrow. :) Ben.

Re: how to implement a renamed package

2001-05-05 Thread Ben Burton
t I think I remember seeing from past upgrades on my own machine. Ben. -- Ben Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Director of Training Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee Feminism... is about a social, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave

Fwd: Re: ITA: centericq - A text-mode icq client based on ncurses

2001-05-04 Thread Ben Burton
an to adopt, and then to close the bug once your new packages have been uploaded. See http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ for further details. >From looking at the bug report, it seems neither task has been done yet, which is why the system thinks the package is still up for adoption. B

Fwd: Re: [GB]Conflict with name libgb.so

2001-04-30 Thread Ben Burton
: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:36:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Meeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Ben, On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Ben Burton wrote: > Hi. I am currently preparing Gnome Basic packages for Debian. As it > happens, there is an

Re: Conflict: libgb

2001-04-29 Thread Ben Burton
e Basic either, since this is its first packaging. Ben. -- Ben Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab/ Director of Training Australian Informatics Olympiad Committee What we have got is a dead carcass, swinging in the breeze, but nobody will cut it down to replace him. - Paul Keating, on John Howard

Conflict: libgb

2001-04-28 Thread Ben Burton
have completely different functionalities. What is the protocol when a situation like this arises? The policy says nothing about libraries, but for binaries it says to post to debian-devel; hence this mail. Thanks, Ben. -- Ben Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://baasil.humbug.org.au/bab