Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 08:42:14AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Jan Hauke Rahm j...@debian.org wrote: *Any* package installing files into /var/www violates FHS/policy as that's the web root for the system admin, not the maintainer. Thus the changes in the package here and the moving around of old files in postinst. Somewhere under /srv is a better location for the web root(s) and data managed by the sysadmin. As much as that may be true, it doesn't change the fact that packages must not install their application or their run-time generated files into /var/www, right? That was the point of the changes made in this package. Hauke signature.asc Description: Digital signature
RFS: frepple
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package frePPLe. FrePPLe stands for Free Production Planning Library. It is a toolkit/framework for modeling and solving production planning problems, just growing out its beta stages and ready for prime-time use in the manufacturing industry. - Package name : frepple - Version : 0.8.0 - Upstream Author : jdeta...@users.sourceforge.net - URL : http://frepple.com - License : LGPL - Section : science - Package URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/frepple/ I would be glad if someone reviewed and uploaded this package for me. (Should be a breeze: The package was reviewed earlier by the Fedora review team, and is already available as a RPM in the Fedora distribution - see https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/frepple). Thanks, Johan De Taeye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/115d61a61003300031gcdc731au88383b2c0c1e6...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 02:37:46AM +0200, Ignace Mouzannar wrote: I have added a README.debian explaining the directory changes, and the way to configure iptotal with apache2. (I also modified the README.source file to state quilt instead of dpatch.) Yeah, about that... you're using 3.0 (quilt) as source format. That includes quilt functionality, so please don't depend on quilt, don't write about quilt in README.source (in fact is file is unneeded here) and don't implement anything quilt-like in debian/rules (which you already avoided). I'm sorry, I didn't catch that earlier. But since we're still at it: why don't you use dh7 style debian/rules? I mean, you don't have to, but you can avoid the whole DEB_*_GNU_TYPE stuff and shorten your rules file to a few lines. #559098 is not fixed yet, so the config.* game still has to be played, though. It's just a suggestion... Hauke PS: README.Debian (I'd prefer that over README.debian) reads well! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
RFS: lmfit - Levenberg-Marquardt least squares fitting - corrected version uploaded
Dear mentors, I am writing once more to ask for a sponsor for my package lmfit. * Package name: lmfit Version : 3.2-1 Upstream Author : myself * URL : http://www.messen-und-deuten.de/lmfit/lmfit.html * License : public domain Section : libs It builds these binary packages: lmfit - Least-squares minimization and curve fitting lmfit-dev - Development files for Levenberg-Marquardt library lmfit The package appears to be lintian clean. My motivation for maintaining this package is: I have been maintaining the upstream package since more than five years; it is downloaded more than 1500 times per year; I get very positive feedback from fellow scientists wh are using this package for data analysis - now I want to facilitate installation by supporting .deb in addition to .tgz. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lmfit - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lmfit/lmfit_3.2-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Angel Abad has helped me a lot to correct the packaging. In case there are still problems, the responsability is entirely mine. In that case, I would be grateful if someone could have a look into the debian/* directory in http://www.messen-und-deuten.de/lmfit/src/lmfit-3.2+debian.tgz Kind regards Joachim Wuttke Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/eecf718003702b4f89104e3dbaa0ad030f93cd6...@mbx-cluster01.ad.fz-juelich.de
Re: RFS: lmfit - Levenberg-Marquardt least squares fitting - corrected version uploaded
2010/3/30 Wuttke, Joachim j.wut...@fz-juelich.de: Dear mentors, I am writing once more to ask for a sponsor for my package lmfit. * Package name : lmfit Version : 3.2-1 Upstream Author : myself * URL : http://www.messen-und-deuten.de/lmfit/lmfit.html * License : public domain Section : libs It builds these binary packages: lmfit - Least-squares minimization and curve fitting lmfit-dev - Development files for Levenberg-Marquardt library lmfit The package appears to be lintian clean. My motivation for maintaining this package is: I have been maintaining the upstream package since more than five years; it is downloaded more than 1500 times per year; I get very positive feedback from fellow scientists wh are using this package for data analysis - now I want to facilitate installation by supporting .deb in addition to .tgz. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lmfit - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lmfit/lmfit_3.2-1.dsc Hi, sorry but still have a .pc directory in diff.gz, and format file should be into debian/source directory Best Regards, I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Angel Abad has helped me a lot to correct the packaging. In case there are still problems, the responsability is entirely mine. In that case, I would be grateful if someone could have a look into the debian/* directory in http://www.messen-und-deuten.de/lmfit/src/lmfit-3.2+debian.tgz Kind regards Joachim Wuttke Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/eecf718003702b4f89104e3dbaa0ad030f93cd6...@mbx-cluster01.ad.fz-juelich.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6fc1ef361003300133n160edfd9o8760a68e1dac2...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:31 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that earlier. But since we're still at it: why don't you use dh7 style debian/rules? I mean, you don't have to, but you can avoid the whole DEB_*_GNU_TYPE stuff and shorten your rules file to a few lines. #559098 is not fixed yet, so the config.* game still has to be played, though. It's just a suggestion... autotools-dev has debhelper helpers/addons since 20100122.1, so dh --with autotools_dev $@ (and an appropriate versioned build dep) should be enough. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `-You're dead, Jim. -- McCoy, Amok Time, stardate 3372.7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100330082653.gf1...@colleen.colgarra.priv.at
RE: RFS: lmfit - Levenberg-Marquardt least squares fitting - corrected version uploaded
Hi, sorry but still have a .pc directory in diff.gz, and format file should be into debian/source directory both errors should now be corrected. - Joachim Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir'in Baerbel Brumme-Bothe Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/eecf718003702b4f89104e3dbaa0ad030f93cd6...@mbx-cluster01.ad.fz-juelich.de
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:26:53AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:31 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that earlier. But since we're still at it: why don't you use dh7 style debian/rules? I mean, you don't have to, but you can avoid the whole DEB_*_GNU_TYPE stuff and shorten your rules file to a few lines. #559098 is not fixed yet, so the config.* game still has to be played, though. It's just a suggestion... autotools-dev has debhelper helpers/addons since 20100122.1, so dh --with autotools_dev $@ (and an appropriate versioned build dep) should be enough. Wow, never saw that. Thanks for mentioning! So, Ignace, with this you can shorten your debian/rules significantly :) Hauke signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:03, Jan Hauke Rahm j...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:26:53AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:31 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that earlier. But since we're still at it: why don't you use dh7 style debian/rules? I mean, you don't have to, but you can avoid the whole DEB_*_GNU_TYPE stuff and shorten your rules file to a few lines. #559098 is not fixed yet, so the config.* game still has to be played, though. It's just a suggestion... autotools-dev has debhelper helpers/addons since 20100122.1, so dh --with autotools_dev $@ (and an appropriate versioned build dep) should be enough. Wow, never saw that. Thanks for mentioning! So, Ignace, with this you can shorten your debian/rules significantly :) Excellent! Thank you gregoa for this tip. :) I will do this later today, and upload a new version on m.d.n. Cheers, Ignace M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b10d7e9c1003300305r3feb9928q2c1254897f7e1...@mail.gmail.com
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:05:09 +0200, Ignace Mouzannar wrote: autotools-dev has debhelper helpers/addons since 20100122.1, so dh --with autotools_dev $@ (and an appropriate versioned build dep) should be enough. Wow, never saw that. Thanks for mentioning! It's rather new, and I saw it in the changelog when upgrading. Excellent! Thank you gregoa for this tip. :) You're welcome. Please note that I haven't used it yet, but it looks fine. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG Key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `-Kirk to Enterprise -- beam down yeoman Rand and a six-pack. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100330102854.gk1...@colleen.colgarra.priv.at
Re: RFS: sciteproj (updated package)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Andreas Ronnquist gus...@gusnan.se wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my SciteProj package: ... The upload would fix these bugs: 513231. Your subject indicates this is an updated package, but it isn't yet in the archive, please don't do the same in future threads. Does your package embed a copy of any scite/scintilla code? If so, I'll add it to the security team's embedded-code-copies file. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e13a36b31003300429p56c0fe91h813744e081e68...@mail.gmail.com
kdepim4
Hi all, I have a package which links against kdepim using this CMake include(FindKdepimLibs) and seems to get the wrong include line: Linking CXX shared library lib/libkcal_caldav.so /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lkdepim Search the archives shows that kdepim-dev is the development libraries for KDE-3.x. So my question is: How can I fix this? -- Hilsen/Regards Michael Rasmussen Get my public GnuPG keys: michael at rasmussen dot cc http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xD3C9A00E mir at datanom dot net http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE501F51C mir at miras dot org http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE3E80917 -- Are you a turtle? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: RFS: sciteproj
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:29:01 +0800 Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Andreas Ronnquist gus...@gusnan.se wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my SciteProj package: ... The upload would fix these bugs: 513231. Your subject indicates this is an updated package, but it isn't yet in the archive, please don't do the same in future threads. Sorry about that - won't happen again. Does your package embed a copy of any scite/scintilla code? If so, I'll add it to the security team's embedded-code-copies file. No need - Its free-standing from SciTE, does not duplicate any SciTE code, but makes use of a running instance of the SciTE editor. (In other words, it requires the SciTE package to run.) Thanks -- Andreas Rönnquist gus...@gusnan.se -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100330150013.4dacf6b0.gus...@gusnan.se
Re: kdepim4
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:21:39 +0200 Michael Rasmussen m...@datanom.net wrote: So my question is: How can I fix this? To answer my own question: Simply by removing a hard-coded reference to link against kdepim:-) -- Hilsen/Regards Michael Rasmussen Get my public GnuPG keys: michael at rasmussen dot cc http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xD3C9A00E mir at datanom dot net http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE501F51C mir at miras dot org http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xE3E80917 -- Don't diddle code to make it faster - find a better algorithm. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan Plaugher) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Upstream name change
Hi 2010/3/29 Joachim Wiedorn ad_deb...@joonet.de: Angel Abad angela...@gmail.com wrote: Hi mentors, I maintain dajaxice package, but the upstream author has changed the name to django-dajaxice. What is the best option? Maintain the actual source name in package? or change it to django-dajaxice? If I should change de source name, Could somebody explain what is the procedure? This theme was discussed some weeks before. There was said the main problem is, if you change the source name you begin with a new package. Ok, here is the thread: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/03/msg00026.html readed, thanks! All infos about the (old) package stay inside debian until this package will be deleted. With the beginning of the (new) package it has to start in the NEW queue and then it is a new package without any history. Fondest regards, Joachim Wiedorn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/6fc1ef361003300616t4153181enb25c31d4cd7c6...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Bug#575850: RFS: libspring-webflow-2.0-java
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:41:49 -0430, Miguel Landaeta mig...@miguel.cc wrote: Hi mentors, Hi Miguel, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libspring-webflow-2.0-java. * Package name: libspring-webflow-2.0-java Version : 2.0.8.RELEASE-1 Upstream Author : SpringSource Inc. * URL : http://www.springsource.com/webflow * License : Apache-2.0, BSD and others Section : java I'm interested in sponsoring your package. I'll try to have a look at it this evening or tomorow. FYI, you might check your Homepage field (debian/control) : http://www.springsource.com/webflow may be replaced by http://www.springsource.ORG/webflow (first version won't work - just redirect to spring source inc. main site) Cheers, -- Damien - Debian Developper http://wiki.debian.org/DamienRaudeMorvan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b06f631684f8f67be222978c286fb...@drazzib.com
Re: Bug#575850: RFS: libspring-webflow-2.0-java
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Damien Raude-Morvan draz...@debian.org wrote: Hi Miguel, Hi Damien, thanks for review this package. I'm interested in sponsoring your package. I'll try to have a look at it this evening or tomorow. FYI, you might check your Homepage field (debian/control) : http://www.springsource.com/webflow may be replaced by http://www.springsource.ORG/webflow (first version won't work - just redirect to spring source inc. main site) Yes, that was a silly typo only with my RFS email. The Homepage field in the package is correct. Homepage: http://www.springsource.org/webflow I'll wait for your review. Cheers, -- Miguel Landaeta, miguel at miguel.cc secure email with PGP 0x7D8967E9 available at http://keyserver.pgp.com/ Faith means not wanting to know what is true. -- Nietzsche -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/86aeadee1003300715u79fc5d1n59ff8531e8540...@mail.gmail.com
[Fwd: Re: Varkon CAD software]
Hello Mentors, As noted in the previous email, I would like to become a maintainer for this package, but am painfully unaware of the steps/protocols to do so. Can I please have some help? Thanks Jon York Original Message Subject:Re: Varkon CAD software Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:36:12 +0100 From: Sandro Tosi mo...@debian.org To: jon j...@foretruss.com CC: debian-qa debian...@lists.debian.org References: 4bacbae0.30...@foretruss.com Hello Jon, thanks for your email. First of all, please note that a package maintained by the QA Team is a package without a proper maintainer: the team takes over maintenance for orphaned packages (those that the previous maintainers, for various reason, didn't want to maintain anymore). The email address used is the one for the packages maintainer by QA team: I'm replacing it with the mailing list address used for discussions. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 14:47, jon j...@foretruss.com wrote: Hello, My name is Jonathan York, and I would like to bring something to your attention. Our company is in the process of developing an extension to Varkon. In doing so, we have contacted the creator and found that it is in fact LGPL despite the Man pages describing it as GPL. If it suits you, I would like to help maintain this package (as well as its user manuals). We are going to working in conjunction with the creator to move the widgets away from their own internal ones to GTK, with the aim of improving the project, and of course, attract more users. So, in this particular case, you're much welcome to take over the maintanership of varkon! the bug stating this package is orphaned is [1]. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419086 If you need assistance with how to start maintain it, then I suggest to write to debian-mentors@lists.debian.org and ask your question there. Regards, -- Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu) My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/ Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi
RFS: adesklets (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.1-6 of my package adesklets. It builds these binary packages: adesklets - interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window System The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 477485, 553624, 553714 The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/adesklets - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/adesklets/adesklets_0.6.1-6.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: phing
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package phing. * Package name: phing Version : 2.4.1-1 Upstream Author : Hans Lellelid lt;h...@xmpl.orggt; * URL : http://phing.info/ * License : LGPG-3 Section : devel It builds these binary packages: phing - PHP based build tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 283085 My motivation for maintaining this package is: I participate in a team to package symfony 1.4. That package is required for symfony 1.4 I used symfony on debian since many years. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phing - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/p/phing/phing_2.4.1-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. It's my second attempt and I hope someone can help me. Kind regards Nicolas Roudaire signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: RFS: iptotal (updated package) (2nd try)
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:03, Jan Hauke Rahm j...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:26:53AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:31 +0200, Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: I'm sorry, I didn't catch that earlier. But since we're still at it: why don't you use dh7 style debian/rules? I mean, you don't have to, but you can avoid the whole DEB_*_GNU_TYPE stuff and shorten your rules file to a few lines. #559098 is not fixed yet, so the config.* game still has to be played, though. It's just a suggestion... autotools-dev has debhelper helpers/addons since 20100122.1, so dh --with autotools_dev $@ (and an appropriate versioned build dep) should be enough. Wow, never saw that. Thanks for mentioning! So, Ignace, with this you can shorten your debian/rules significantly :) I have updated (and shortened) the rules file to use the dh7 features. It has been uploaded on m.d.n [1]. I would be glad if you could take a look at it. Thank you for that. Cheers, Ignace M [1] The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/iptotal - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/i/iptotal/iptotal_0.3.3-12.dsc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/b10d7e9c1003301609h74b38ff1n7c5e0c9c517f6...@mail.gmail.com
Re: [Fwd: Re: Varkon CAD software]
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, jon j...@foretruss.com wrote: As noted in the previous email, I would like to become a maintainer for this package, but am painfully unaware of the steps/protocols to do so. Can I please have some help? Check out these links: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/pkgs.html#adopting http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ In short(ish): Retitle the wnpp bug to ITA (intent to adopt) and set yourself as the owner. Download the source for the existing package. Hack on it to resolve bugs, update to new upstream and so on. The packages.qa.debian.org page for the package lists some of the things to do. Upload it to mentors.debian.net and request a sponsor, usually by sending an RFS mail to this list. More tips in the debian-mentors FAQ for finding sponsors and so on. Rinse and repeat the previous two steps a bunch of times. Apply for DM so you can upload without a sponsor. Do the same for other packages you use that are orphaned (see wnpp-alert). Apply for NM so you can upload any package without a sponsor, vote, login to Debian machines, join core teams and so on. Some core teams have ways to help out before being a Debian Developer (DD) though. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e13a36b31003302233h46025f3n66ddcfd0b139...@mail.gmail.com
