Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package) [highly configurable terminal emulator]
On 12/10/10 00:50, Kumar Appaiah wrote: I'll take this. The change seems minimal, so I'll sponsor it. Please be sure to request the release team for a freeze exception. Thanks. I've sent a message to debian-release. I don't fully understand the freeze exception process. I see you already uploaded this to unstable, but last time George Danchev waited for a response from debian-release before uploading. Which is the more normal thing to do? Also, I've now moved to 1.19.* upstream, which has new/changed features. Should I ask for this to be sponsored for experimental or just wait until the freeze is over? -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk -- 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/4cb471fe.6020...@realh.co.uk
Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package) [highly configurable terminal emulator]
Dear Tony, On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 03:34:38PM +0100, Tony Houghton wrote: On 12/10/10 00:50, Kumar Appaiah wrote: I'll take this. The change seems minimal, so I'll sponsor it. Please be sure to request the release team for a freeze exception. Thanks. I've sent a message to debian-release. I don't fully understand the freeze exception process. I see you already uploaded this to unstable, but last time George Danchev waited for a response from debian-release before uploading. Which is the more normal thing to do? It might have made more sense to ask the release team for permission, especially if you were suspicious that they might reject the change. However, since the change seemed minimal (and important), I made a guess (which I hope wasn't inaccurate) that the release team would not have too much of an issue in allowing it through. Maybe, from next time, I should first ask the release team first. But I don't think it should matter much. Also, I've now moved to 1.19.* upstream, which has new/changed features. Should I ask for this to be sponsored for experimental or just wait until the freeze is over? If you want to provide your users the package early on, experimental would be an option, though some don't like that approach (there is a discussion on this list happening now on this topic). But, in any event, under the current guidelines, I'd advise you to not get the new version into unstable during the freeze. Thanks for your contribution to Debian! Kumar -- Linux - Where do you want to fly today? -- Unknown source -- 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/20101012150952.ga27...@146653177.ece.utexas.edu
RFS: roxterm (updated package) [highly configurable terminal emulator]
Dear mentors, My first RFS for this version didn't result in an upload so I am still looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.18.5-3 of my package roxterm. It builds these binary packages: roxterm- Multi-tabbed GTK/VTE terminal emulator The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 598971 The bug can affect which environment variables roxterm decides to set or change in its child shells. The specific problem experienced in Ubuntu Maverick (not setting TERM correctly) is unlikely to affect Debian, because Debian's older vte library sets TERM whereas Maverick's doesn't. However, the bug still has potential to cause weird things to happen with environment variables and the fix is very simple, so I think it should be included in squeeze. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/roxterm - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/roxterm/roxterm_1.18.5-3.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Tony Houghton -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk -- 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/4cb34b6d.8050...@realh.co.uk
Re: RFS: roxterm (updated package) [highly configurable terminal emulator]
Hi! On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 06:37:49PM +0100, Tony Houghton wrote: The upload would fix these bugs: 598971 The bug can affect which environment variables roxterm decides to set or change in its child shells. The specific problem experienced in Ubuntu Maverick (not setting TERM correctly) is unlikely to affect Debian, because Debian's older vte library sets TERM whereas Maverick's doesn't. However, the bug still has potential to cause weird things to happen with environment variables and the fix is very simple, so I think it should be included in squeeze. I'll take this. The change seems minimal, so I'll sponsor it. Please be sure to request the release team for a freeze exception. Thanks for mailing the request again, and thank you for contributing to Debian! Kumar -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk ? Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !! (By leit...@inf.fu-berlin.de, Felix von Leitner) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
