Re: Firebird 0.6

2003-05-19 Thread Miles Bader
Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've uploaded mozilla-firebird_0.6-1 to my personal apt > repository at http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/. Looks good, but why the long binary name? Wouldn't just `firebird' be nicer? Thanks, -Miles -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm

Firebird 0.6

2003-05-19 Thread Eric Dorland
Hi Everyone, From the amount of mail I've gotten I guess people will be interested. I've uploaded mozilla-firebird_0.6-1 to my personal apt repository at http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/. Just add: deb http://people.debian.org/~eric/debian/$(ARCH) ./ to your /etc/apt/sources.list and apt-g

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 04:25:20PM +0400, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: > > On Mon, 19 May 2003 18:28:19 +1000 > > "AP" == Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AP> > AP> > AP> This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more > parseable > AP> format. > > DSA'a are

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Miles Bader
"Matt Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > sending HTML emails its a general comment on people usage of the Internet. > If you can limit yourself to contacts who are technical enough to understand > the arguments why you don't like it then you can maintain the pretence that > it doesn't exist. Those

Re: Do not touch l10n files

2003-05-19 Thread Steve Greenland
On 19-May-03, 11:03 (CDT), Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The VMS-style error codes occurred to me as well. Though if one goes > that route, I wonder if gettext any longer has advantages over msgcat. > :) I realize you're being (at least somewhat) facetious, but if you start with a

Re: Bug#193838: libgcc1: installation of libgcc1:3.3-2 causes failure of massive number of programs

2003-05-19 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
p.s. the version of python 2.2 is back at 2.2.1 compiled with gcc 2.95.4 (stable version) the version that got into trouble was the python 2.2 that was compiled with gcc 3.2 (unstable latest version?) On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:40:06PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > [CC to debian-devel, did

RE: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-19 Thread Michael Tindal
-Original Message- From: Brian Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 1:05 AM To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> What are other developers' feelings on the matter these days? >> >> If we're doing "let's have a conf where we

Re: Accepted pointless 0.3-3 (i386 source)

2003-05-19 Thread Brian Nelson
reopen 193287 reopen 193286 thanks Marco Presi (Zufus) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Format: 1.7 > Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 20:30:39 +0200 > Source: pointless > Binary: pointless > Architecture: source i386 > Version: 0.3-3 > Distribution: unstable > Urgency: low > Maintainer: Marco Presi (Zufus) <

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:17:40PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > (I'd quote a proverb about how small things lead to big things, but I > can't currently think of any of those in English. :) "Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves." Cheers, -- Colin Watson

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:14:07PM +0100, Matt Ryan wrote: > > Well, yeah, sure, but the highway analogy doesn't apply. There isn't a > > single technical reason why I as a random person need to ever be in any > > sort of contact with a spammer to keep the system running. > > There was no mention

Bug#193888: ITP: openoffice.org-thesaurus-de -- German Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org

2003-05-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-05-19 Severity: wishlist * Package name: openoffice.org-thesaurus-de Version : 20030512 Upstream Author : Daniel Naber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://thesaurus.kdenews.org/lang.php?lang=en * License : GPL D

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hello On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:43:02PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Kernel module policy: > > - > > > > * Kernel modules must be provided as a "binary source" package. > > * Module source packages should provide a debian/rules

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 07:14:07PM +0100, Matt Ryan wrote: > Josip Rodin wrote: > > Well, yeah, sure, but the highway analogy doesn't apply. There isn't a > > single technical reason why I as a random person need to ever be in any > > sort of contact with a spammer to keep the system running.

stunnel

2003-05-19 Thread Julien LEMOINE
Hello, I saw stunnel has not been uploaded since december 2001, so unstable version of stunnel is very old. I use stunnel on all my computers, and I would like to take over the package. Is there any objection ? ( I sent a mail to current maintainer Paolo Molaro <[EMAIL

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Matt Ryan
Emile van Bergen wrote >I also don't understand the phrase "today's Internet world". You mean >with the hordes running Outlook and shopping on the clickable amazing >discoveries / quantum shopping / tell sell channel that's the WWW? Yes. If you have to interact with them to any great extent then i

Re: Daft Internet Stuff [Re: Returning from "vacation". (MIA?)]

2003-05-19 Thread Matt Ryan
Josip Rodin wrote: > Well, yeah, sure, but the highway analogy doesn't apply. There isn't a > single technical reason why I as a random person need to ever be in any > sort of contact with a spammer to keep the system running. There was no mention of spammers in the thread! While they are prone to

Re: Bug#193838: libgcc1: installation of libgcc1:3.3-2 causes failure of massive number of programs

2003-05-19 Thread Matthias Klose
[CC to debian-devel, did anybody see this behaviour on an update?] Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton writes: > On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 04:52:51PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > Never seen this upgrade behaviour. Was libgcc1 installed before > > libstdc++5? If not, please could you explictely install

Re: steambox ripper

2003-05-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 04:19:31PM +0200, Richard Atterer wrote: > No, sorry - I'm afraid we'll first have to complete our search for the > sheets of ".." before we can work on > your request. Do you realize that every time this is mentioned in the list archives, it gets worse? -- - mdz

Re: steambox ripper

2003-05-19 Thread Richard Atterer
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:06:20PM +1000, RedaComputer wrote: > Could you please help me to find the website from where I am able to > download steambox ripper. No, sorry - I'm afraid we'll first have to complete our search for the sheets of "dueling banjos" before we can work on your request.

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hello On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 11:06:16AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:02:58AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > > I'll start here: > > > > Kernel package policy: > "kernel image" to avoid confusion between kernel source, kernel headers, Agreed. > kernel modules, et

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread David Z Maze
Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kernel module policy: > - > > * Kernel modules must be provided as a "binary source" package. > * Module source packages should provide a debian/rules file. > * The debian/rules file must compile the module if KSRC=kernelsourcedir >

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 11:06:16AM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > Kernel module policy: > > - > > * Kernel modules must be provided as a "binary source" package. > > * Module source packages should provide a debian/rules file. > > * The debian/rules file must compile the mod

Re: Do not touch l10n files

2003-05-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:38:47AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The main problem here is support. If uses e2fsck with NLS support > enabled, and with a non-US locale, the messages will come out in their > native language. Which is all very well-and-good until they run into > problems and they s

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:02:58AM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > I'll start here: > > Kernel package policy: "kernel image" to avoid confusion between kernel source, kernel headers, kernel modules, etc. > -- > > * It should only exist one kernel-source package. > * Every mo

Re: Do not touch l10n files

2003-05-19 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 06:55:37PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > Highly technical packages like zebra, netfilter-related stuff and > linux-atm are most likely to be used by people who know English. Not > speaking English will make running routers and/or internet security > systems almost impossible an

Re: Warning: python-apt in testing broken, aptitude users DO NOT UPGRADE

2003-05-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 10:01:31PM -0500, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Looks like the python2.2 stuff migrated into testing without noticing > that it breaks python-apt. Anyone using python-apt (e.g. aptitude users) > are advised not to upgrade. aptitude has nothing to do with

Re: ITP: latex209 -- macro files of LaTeX 2.09 25-mar-1992 version

2003-05-19 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
From: Agustin Martin Domingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ITP: latex209 -- macro files of LaTeX 2.09 25-mar-1992 version Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 13:50:39 +0200 > I am cc'ing this message to the debian-tetex-maint list. I think they > would also like to know about this and will have a much bett

Evolution 1.2.4. "mailto:" attachments

2003-05-19 Thread Valentijn Sessink
Hello Debian-devel, hello Takuo, I patched Evolution 1.2.4 to be able to send attachments with a "mailto:"; URL. Simply use evolution 'mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=attachment&body=Hello%20list&attach=/path/to/file' Please note that this functionality is enclosed in Evolution 1.3 b

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Alexander Kotelnikov
> On Mon, 19 May 2003 18:28:19 +1000 > "AP" == Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: AP> AP> AP> This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more parseable AP> format. DSA'a are available in RDF. There exists a link on the bottom of www.debian.org/security to it. -

Re: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-19 Thread Stephen Frost
* Aaron M. Ucko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What are other developers' feelings on the matter these days? I'm all for it, and GWU would be most excellent in my view. Of course, I live just outside DC... ;) Stephen pgpSnD1TuI4Jx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#190038: libgtkdatabox_1:0.2.3.0-1(m68k/unstable/thing2): FTBFS on m68k

2003-05-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 09:30:52AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Sat, 17 May 2003, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > > It's strange, because on my i386 system > > > > objdump -T /usr/lib/libgdk-X11-2.0.so gives > > > > > > > > 0002e71c gDF .text 0049 Base_gdk_display_x11_get_type > >

steambox ripper

2003-05-19 Thread RedaComputer
Hi,   Could you please help me to find the website from where I am able to download steambox ripper.   Thanks, Reda. 

Re: DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 06:28:19PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > This would be made easier if the DSA's were obtainable in a more parseable > format. Currently they're being retrieved from > http://www.debian.org/security/ via a recursive wget. Perhaps CVS would be easier? :pserver:[EMAIL PROTE

DSA's via rsync

2003-05-19 Thread Andrew Pollock
As previously mentioned on this list, where I work, we have a sizeable chunk of infrastructure that can't connect out to a Debian mirror[1] One of my colleages has written a script, which works on the /var/lib/dpkg/status file on a host that may require updating comparing it against the /var/l

Re: Maintaining kernel source in sarge

2003-05-19 Thread Ola Lundqvist
Hello On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 04:52:54PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: *SNIP* > Removing one kernel version and including another without rebuilding > all modules packages will break several installations. Not removing > the old packages will make the archive grow through time which will > cause p

Re: [RFC] Chapter for the debian reference about l10n

2003-05-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 19 May 2003, Martin Quinson wrote: > I repost this because I got no feedback at all. I guess it shows that my > email was long enough for not being read :) Or there is no other comment from my side than: Go for it! It is an important topic! Kind regards Andreas.

[RFC] Chapter for the debian reference about l10n

2003-05-19 Thread Martin Quinson
Hello, I repost this because I got no feedback at all. I guess it shows that my email was long enough for not being read :) Thanks, Mt. On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 05:29:00PM +0200, Martin Quinson wrote: > In order to help the current discution to find an usefull conclusion, I > would like to propo

Re: Where are translated man pages packaged?

2003-05-19 Thread Martin Quinson
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 10:02:18PM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Keegan Quinn wrote: > > > On Friday 16 May 2003 11:45 am, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Keegan Quinn wrote: > > > > > more than once i had to install small dns servers on boxes

Re: Bug#190038: libgtkdatabox_1:0.2.3.0-1(m68k/unstable/thing2): FTBFS on m68k

2003-05-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, 17 May 2003, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > > It's strange, because on my i386 system > > > objdump -T /usr/lib/libgdk-X11-2.0.so gives > > > > > > 0002e71c gDF .text 0049 Base_gdk_display_x11_get_type > > > 00045ebc gDF .text 014c Base_gdk_windowing_window_i

Re: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-19 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Aaron M. Ucko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030519 04:26]: > * As mentioned, we have an enthusiastic sponsor lined up, which is a > definite plus. What do we get from that sponsor? Conference rooms, network, accomodation, food, flights and tshirts?

Re: Do not touch l10n files (was Re: DDTP issue)

2003-05-19 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
On Sun, 18 May 2003, Denis Barbier wrote: > [All Cc's removed] > > On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 07:54:55AM +0200, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > [...] > > I don't believe that there is not an estestic layout that can satisfy > > all the languages we have in Debian. > > What is the rationale for having

Re: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-19 Thread Brian Nelson
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What are other developers' feelings on the matter these days? > > If we're doing "let's have a conf where we normally don't" how about we > have it on the US's east coast aswell. I'd personally argue for the > nothern Virginia are myself. > > Too many con

Re: Warning: python-apt in testing broken, aptitude users DO NOT UPGRADE

2003-05-19 Thread Taral
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:29:14PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 10:01:31PM -0500, Taral wrote: > > Looks like the python2.2 stuff migrated into testing without noticing > > that it breaks python-apt. Anyone using python-apt (e.g. aptitude users) > > are advised not to upgrade.

Re: Warning: python-apt in testing broken, ** apt-listchanges ** users DO NOT UPGRADE

2003-05-19 Thread Taral
> Huh? What's aptitude got to do with python-apt? > > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.2.11.1-3 > Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3-2-3.2, libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libncurses5 (>= > 5.2.20020112a-1), libsigc++0, libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (>= 1:2.95.4-0.010810) Okay, I feel like an idiot. It's supposed to be a