Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-08-01 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:21:57AM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: For instance it fails to remove this construct: link type=text/css rel=stylesheet href=/foo.css / Or rel=alternate stylesheet, and the various combinations that arise from support of non-graphical readers, etc.

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:01:29PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:48:55PM -0400, Jim Penny wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:38:12 -0500 Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:03:00AM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: As soon as we can package the real thing, we should probably rename the HTML/CSS decss as decss-html and release the real decss using a new epoch. No need, the real decss will probably be a library or something such. Friendly,

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Peter Makholm
Emile van Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As soon as we can package the real thing, we should probably rename the HTML/CSS decss as decss-html and release the real decss using a new epoch. Whit even more confusion to our users for a weak political statement whit no real relation to the

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Emile van Bergen wrote: And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ executable namespace with a useless program that could be replaced with a sed one-liner? If it's so easy to type in, I'd have expected it in your response. Well,

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Sam Hocevar | On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Emile van Bergen wrote: | | And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ | executable namespace with a useless program that could be replaced with | a sed one-liner? | | If it's so easy to type in, I'd have expected

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Keith Dunwoody
Sam Hocevar wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If Debian cannot distribute the decss that allows Debian users to view DVD movies (yet), then distributing this one is a good alternative, I'd say.

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: |And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ | executable namespace with a useless program that could be replaced with | a sed one-liner? oh? what sed one-liner would that be? That trivial one, for instance:

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: | I expect anyone with minor common sense and minor sed/ | awk/perl/whatever practice to understand the triviality of that program. It's not possible to parse all valid SGML using regexes, iirc. And HTML makes it even harder since very few

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Sam Hocevar | On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: | | |And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ | | executable namespace with a useless program that could be replaced with | | a sed one-liner? | | oh? what sed one-liner would that be? | |

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: | sed -e 's%\(link[^]*rel=stylesheet[^]*\|style.*/style\|\(style\|class\|id\)=[^]*\)%%g' it doesn't handle style/text-align: left / kind of elements either. And does decss handle them? If it does not, I suggest you explain the point you are

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Evan Prodromou
SL == Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SL Since you're the upstream author, I'll ask: have you ever SL actually used this script yourself? If so... why? :) (And is SL the stripping of class/id attributes a bug?) I've used the script to promote freedom. For that particular

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Peter Makholm
Evan Prodromou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've used the script to promote freedom. How the hell does you promote freedom by removing stylesheets from html? -- Peter Makholm | Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your [EMAIL PROTECTED] |pants and

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Evan Prodromou
PM == Peter Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PM How the entertainment industry manages to handle their PM copyright has nothing to do with free software. You know nothing, pink boy. ~ESP -- Evan Prodromou [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Peter Makholm
Evan Prodromou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PM How the entertainment industry manages to handle their PM copyright has nothing to do with free software. You know nothing, pink boy. I know a lot of thing and I know that it is impossible for some people to differenciate between free

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Josef Spillner
On Thursday 31 July 2003 11:27, Sam Hocevar wrote: And HTML makes it even harder since very few pages are valid, but that DeCSS utility uses only regexes anyway. Technically, using RegExps for CSS will not only become maintenance hell, but would also limit the usability of such a script for

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-31 Thread Evan Prodromou
PM == Peter Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Me I've used the script to promote freedom. PM How the hell does you promote freedom by removing stylesheets PM from html? It's amazing, isn't it? Anyways, the W3C thought the tool was important enough to list on their CSS site:

Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread rmh
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-30 Severity: wishlist * Package name: decss Version : 0.06 Upstream Author : Mr. Bad of Pigdog Journal [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://www.pigdog.org/decss/ * License : Artistic Description : utility

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Chad Walstrom
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:52:51PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-30 Severity: wishlist * Package name: decss Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p -- Chad Walstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wookimus.net/

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Keith Dunwoody
Chad Walstrom wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:52:51PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-30 Severity: wishlist * Package name: decss Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p If you read the website, that was the point ;) -- Keith

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Keith Dunwoody wrote: * Package name: decss Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p If you read the website, that was the point ;) And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ executable namespace with a useless program that

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:56:15PM +0200, Sam Hocevar wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Keith Dunwoody wrote: * Package name: decss Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p If you read the website, that was the point ;) And what is the point of confusing our users

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Brian Nelson
Keith Dunwoody [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chad Walstrom wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 03:52:51PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-30 Severity: wishlist * Package name: decss Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p If you

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:07:19AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: I wrote a small utility called DeCSS that strips Cascading Style Sheet tags from an HTML document. Yes, agreed, that's pretty much USELESS, but what the fuck. Maybe somebody wants to do that. Why the hell should this be packaged

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If Debian cannot distribute the decss that allows Debian users to view DVD movies (yet), then

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:33:15AM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: I object strongly too... this is like having one of those 'joke' shells in the archive :) Unfortunately, there's a strong historical precedent for the inclusion of csh, making it difficult to get rid of... The same thing could

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Jim Penny
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:38:12 -0500 Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If Debian

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:48:55PM -0400, Jim Penny wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:38:12 -0500 Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If Debian cannot distribute the decss that allows Debian

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:38:12AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss package in Debian. If Debian cannot

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 06:56:53PM +0200, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a wonderful idea to have a decss

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Sam Hocevar | On Wed, Jul 30, 2003, Keith Dunwoody wrote: | * Package name: decss | | Like that won't be a confusing package name. ;-p | | If you read the website, that was the point ;) | |And what is the point of confusing our users and cluttering the package/ | executable

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Tobias Wolter
On 2003-07-30T12:22:55-0500 (Wednesday), Steve Langasek wrote: In addition to removing style tags, the DeCSS script removes class and id attributes. Therefore, strictly speaking, not everything removed is CSS; and much of it is likely to be logical markup. Removing the id attribute is

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Peter Makholm
Jim Penny [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Cc'ed the bug-report) Uhh, it is to tweak the international copyright cartel, and the RIAA in particular. They have written cease and desist letters to anyone who has a file names deCSS on their system. If this is the main reason to include it in Debian

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Joel Baker
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:48:55PM -0400, Jim Penny wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:38:12 -0500 Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:56:32PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: I object to this ITP. Not very strongly, but I still object. I think it's a

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Evan Prodromou
SL == Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SL If the intent is *only* as a political tool, I would agree SL that this decss program achieves its aims fairly effectively; SL but it is in no way a useful piece of *software*, which is SL what Emile seems to be arguing by

Re: Bug#203498: ITP: decss -- utility for stripping CSS tags from an HTML page.

2003-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:41:37PM -0400, Evan Prodromou wrote: SL == Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SL If the intent is *only* as a political tool, I would agree SL that this decss program achieves its aims fairly effectively; SL but it is in no way a useful piece of