Re: intent to orphan zynaddsubfx

2012-07-27 Thread Jaromír Mikeš
2012/7/27 Bart Martens : > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:01:08AM +0200, Alessio Treglia wrote: >> > I intend to orphan zynaddsubfx. Before doing that I invite two additional >> > DD's >> > to confirm that they agree with this intent with ma...@debian.org in cc. >> >> the D-Multimedia-M team is alre

Re: "unblock" vs "freeze exception" usertags [Was: Bits from the nippy Release Team]

2012-07-27 Thread Luk Claes
On 07/27/2012 11:08 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 15:42 -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >>> bug - "reportbug release.debian.org" and selecting the "unblock" option >>> will set the correct usertags for you. >> >> what is the diffe

Re: "unblock" vs "freeze exception" usertags [Was: Bits from the nippy Release Team]

2012-07-27 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 15:42 -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > bug - "reportbug release.debian.org" and selecting the "unblock" option > > will set the correct usertags for you. > > what is the difference between those two user tags and if there is a

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Svante Signell > I have tried several times and I can give you a recent example, see > #610209 and especially #669368. I have tried to contribute, but to no > avail (at least in this case). None of them are particularly relevant for the release, AFAICS? As for packaging them in experimental,

"unblock" vs "freeze exception" usertags [Was: Bits from the nippy Release Team]

2012-07-27 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > bug - "reportbug release.debian.org" and selecting the "unblock" option > will set the correct usertags for you. what is the difference between those two user tags and if there is any should I retag freeze-exception ones as unblock? 3 freeze-exceptio

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Michael Gilbert > True. Part of the problem is appropriate terminology. This is a case > of what I would call an "undermaintained" package. Even though the > maintainer is still around, and may be quite active elsewhere, this > package has not gotten any attention in 2 years (even though mu

Re: intent to orphan zynaddsubfx

2012-07-27 Thread Bart Martens
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:01:08AM +0200, Alessio Treglia wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Bart Martens wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I intend to orphan zynaddsubfx. Before doing that I invite two additional > > DD's > > to confirm that they agree with this intent with ma...@debian

Re: Modified http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDeveloper to mention non-packagers

2012-07-27 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> The Fungi writes: > On 2012-07-26 14:29:14 +0100 (+0100), Ian Jackson wrote: >> We also need a general word for "someone involved with Debian in a >> positive way". "Participant" is clumsy; "member of the community" >> even more so. "Person" might do but word with a more positive s

Re: Modified http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDeveloper to mention non-packagers (Re: [CTTE #614907] Resolution of node/nodejs conflict)

2012-07-27 Thread Ian Jackson
Cyril Brulebois writes ("Re: Modified http://wiki.debian.org/DebianDeveloper to mention non-packagers (Re: [CTTE #614907] Resolution of node/nodejs conflict)"): > Ian Jackson (26/07/2012): > > Uploaders needs to be abolished in favour of multiple > > Maintainers. In wheezy perhaps ?

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 27 iul 12, 09:52:41, Svante Signell wrote: > > OK, I'll try to help with Wheezy. Where can I find the complete list of > RC bugs? You could start with rc-alert (in devscripts) and then continue with http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ Hope this helps, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:52:41 +0200 Svante Signell wrote: > On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 08:24 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > > Look at the list of RC bugs and see if you can come up with anything > > useful about the problem. There are enough of them, everyone should be > > able to do something about som

Re: intent to orphan zynaddsubfx

2012-07-27 Thread Alessio Treglia
Hi, On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Bart Martens wrote: > Hello, > > I intend to orphan zynaddsubfx. Before doing that I invite two additional > DD's > to confirm that they agree with this intent with ma...@debian.org in cc. the D-Multimedia-M team is already on it. Cheers! -- Alessio Treg

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 08:24 +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:20:24 +0200 > Svante Signell wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 15:58 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Michael Gilbert writes: > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > ... > > > > This would

Re: RFC: Why are so many debian packages outdated?

2012-07-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:20:24 +0200 Svante Signell wrote: > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 15:58 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Michael Gilbert writes: > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > ... > > > This would be a case where I think liberal NMUing would certainly be > > > appropri

Re: RFC: Does anyone remember there's a release of our own to get out?

2012-07-27 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:51:58 -0400 Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> True. Part of the problem is appropriate terminology. This is a case > >> of what I would call an "undermaintained" package. Even though the > >> maintainer is still around, an