Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-25 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/24/2008 03:53 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. No Problem :-) > I asked whether you were running etch because the unstable/testing > version of mediawiki doesn't have dependencies that would pull in the > stuff you're talking about. I've ta

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-24 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. I ap

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:45:29PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/23/2008 08:49 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > It is usual for upstream developers not to support the debian packages. > > If you have troubles you should contact the maintainer/file a bug. > > Generally or for web applicat

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/23/2008 08:49 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > It is usual for upstream developers not to support the debian packages. > If you have troubles you should contact the maintainer/file a bug. Generally or for web applications? Why? cheers Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:28:40PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > > and aptitude still remembe

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 02:33:49PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > I posted the same topic on Mediawiki admins mailinglist. A Mediawiki > developer[0] told that the Debian package is unsupported third-party and > they receive a lot of complaints about it. It is usual for upstream developers not

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-23 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
I posted the same topic on Mediawiki admins mailinglist. A Mediawiki developer[0] told that the Debian package is unsupported third-party and they receive a lot of complaints about it. So will install myself. The only downside that I need to care myself about security patches. cheers Simon [0] h

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-22 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 02:28:40PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > > and aptitude still remembe

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-22 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/21/2008 09:20 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > I don't think so. Run 'aptitude keep-all', 'aptitude update' and retry. > Do you get the same thing? I'm guessing you tried to install some task > and aptitude still remembers it. Hi Andrei No success. Need to get 257MB/262MB of archives. After u

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
On 03/21/2008 10:20 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > Which version of Debian are you running? etch? Yes I am running Etch. > What do you get if you add "-D" to the aptitude install line? Sorry for such a long Copypasta. # aptitude -D install mediawiki mediawiki-extensions Reading package lists.

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. Whic

Re: dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 07:38:36PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote: > Hi Debian users > > I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to > install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound > server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. > > Does MediaWik

dependencies woes with Debian MediaWiki package

2008-03-21 Thread Simon Jolle sjolle
Hi Debian users I have here VDS with minimal Debian installation. Why Debian wish to install me Firefox, Gnome/GTK+ components, X11 components, Latex, Sound server, portmap, quite enough libraries etc. Does MediaWiki really have that much dependencies? Do I really need 671 MB wasted diskspace fo