RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.11-1 of my package gdisk. The version in actual frozen testing is quite old (0.5.1), and it would be great if the last version 0.6.11 could be available in Squeeze. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.11-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me, thanks in advance. Kind regards Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Hi, Guillaume Delacour g...@iroqwa.org writes: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.11-1 of my package gdisk. The version in actual frozen testing is quite old (0.5.1), and it would be great if the last version 0.6.11 could be available in Squeeze. The release team no longer accepts new upstream releases, except for bugfix-only releases in some cases[1]. Looking at the changelog, gdisk introduces lots of other changes in both upstream code and packaging. I also found several important bugs mentioned in the upstream changelog: - Fixed serious data corruption bug on big-endian (PowerPC and similar) systems. [0.6.3] - Fixed off-by-one bug in specification of partition when using the -T (--transform-bsd) option in sgdisk. [0.6.4] - Fixed major bug in hybrid MBR creation, which caused incorrect protective partition end point settings and occasionally other problems. [0.6.9] - Fixed bug that created backwards attribute field values (bit #2 was entered as bit #61, etc.). [0.6.10] Do these affect version 0.5.1 currently in Squeeze? I am not sure how severe they are, but at least the first bug looks release critical. Regards, Ansgar [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg0.html -- 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/87vd5jed2o@eisei.43-1.org
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.8-1 of my package gdisk. I could be great if this release comes with Squeeze. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.8-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me, thanks in advance. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Le lundi 03 mai 2010 à 10:17 +0800, Paul Wise a écrit : 2010/5/3 Guillaume Delacour g...@iroqwa.org: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.7-1 of my package gdisk. I'm not sponsoring extra packages at the moment, nor do I have GPT hardware, but here is a review: You should never ever manually add dependencies on a library, always leave that up to the shlibs mechanism. You might want to consider adopting debhelper 7 and DEP-5: https://penta.debconf.org/dc9_schedule/events/418.en.html http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ Absolutely true, i have removed the libpopt0 dependency in debia/control. Having these options in the g++ flags is a bad idea: -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib I agree, i have reported this upstream. The upstream README includes installation instructions, please ask upstream to separate that out into README.install since it is useless to users of packages. Suggested upstream. The upstream CHANGELOG file looks like it should be renamed to NEWS: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#NEWS-File http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Change-Logs Suggested upstream too. The upstream manual page suggests that gdisk is beta and is fairly buggy. Should you mention this in the package description? Should such buggy software really be in Debian? I have intention to modify the long description field in debian/control to indicate that gdisk is still beta software. As there is only software based on libparted (parted and gparted ?) that can handle GPT partitions, it could be a good and actively maintained alternative. Keeping it in the Debian archive is worth and could increase the maturity by community testing and reporting. I sometimes use gdisk on my desktop (i don't manipulate the GPT partition table of my unique desktop) and never had problem for the moment. dh_installman installs manual pages in a policy-compliant way, no need to do it manually. I have modified debian/rules to use dh_installman only. crc32.* are GPLv2+ while the rest seems to be GPLv2, you should probably document that in debian/copyright. debian/copyright updated. gdisk is available in several other distributions, you can use 'whohas gdisk' to find out where. There don't appear to be any bugs/patches, but you should check for them now and then. I don't know the whohas, really interesting utility. Thanks for all your advices and for reviewing the package. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.7-1 of my package gdisk. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.7-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée
Re: RFS: gdisk (updated package)
2010/5/3 Guillaume Delacour g...@iroqwa.org: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.7-1 of my package gdisk. I'm not sponsoring extra packages at the moment, nor do I have GPT hardware, but here is a review: You should never ever manually add dependencies on a library, always leave that up to the shlibs mechanism. You might want to consider adopting debhelper 7 and DEP-5: https://penta.debconf.org/dc9_schedule/events/418.en.html http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/ Having these options in the g++ flags is a bad idea: -L/opt/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib The upstream README includes installation instructions, please ask upstream to separate that out into README.install since it is useless to users of packages. The upstream CHANGELOG file looks like it should be renamed to NEWS: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#NEWS-File http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Change-Logs The upstream manual page suggests that gdisk is beta and is fairly buggy. Should you mention this in the package description? Should such buggy software really be in Debian? dh_installman installs manual pages in a policy-compliant way, no need to do it manually. crc32.* are GPLv2+ while the rest seems to be GPLv2, you should probably document that in debian/copyright. gdisk is available in several other distributions, you can use 'whohas gdisk' to find out where. There don't appear to be any bugs/patches, but you should check for them now and then. -- 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/z2ue13a36b31005021917o4241a499q9db272f323005...@mail.gmail.com
RFS: gdisk (updated package, new upstream release)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.6-1 of my package gdisk. This package is a new upstream release and fix debian/watch file. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.6-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.5-1 of my package gdisk. This release correct debian/watch and is the last upstream release available. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.5-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Regards, Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.4-1 of my package gdisk. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.4-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Thanks in advance. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.4-1 of my package gdisk. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.4-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.3-1 of my package gdisk. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.3-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.6.1-1 of my package gdisk. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.6.1-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RFS: gdisk (updated package)
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.5.3-1 of my package gdisk; i also fix the debian/watch file. It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.5.3-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: RFS: gdisk
Guillaume Delacour wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package gdisk. * Package name: gdisk Version : 0.5.0-1 Upstream Author : Rod Smith rodsm...@rodsbooks.com * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ * License : GPL-2 Section : admin It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. My motivation for maintaining this package is that i have an iMac with gpt partition table and gdisk save me many times when editing MBR (fdisk or parted bugs with GPT). GPT will be (soon ?) the next layout of partition table. Upstream have Debian package built with alien ; i would like to provide Debian standart packages in the main archive instead. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.5.0-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Uploaded. Barry deFreese -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
RFS: gdisk
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package gdisk. * Package name: gdisk Version : 0.5.0-1 Upstream Author : Rod Smith rodsm...@rodsbooks.com * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/ * License : GPL-2 Section : admin It builds these binary packages: gdisk - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool The package appears to be lintian clean. My motivation for maintaining this package is that i have an iMac with gpt partition table and gdisk save me many times when editing MBR (fdisk or parted bugs with GPT). GPT will be (soon ?) the next layout of partition table. Upstream have Debian package built with alien ; i would like to provide Debian standart packages in the main archive instead. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_0.5.0-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards -- Guillaume Delacour signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
