Re: how to handle upstream orig tarball with git-lfs reference files?

On 2019-08-11 01:55, Drew Parsons wrote: Upstreams are starting to use git lfs in their git repos. In some cases the git-lfs references files are retained in the source tarball, not replacing the reference with the actual files. This happens for instance with github repos (I gather it happens b

Re: Please stop hating on sysvinit (was Re: do packages depend on lexical order or {daily,weekly,monthly} cron jobs?)

Hi. I'm one of the people who has found systemd hugely valuable in server environments. Things I've found valuable include: * Avoiding imperative languages for configuration * Better configuration of security isolation * Better restart semantics and monitoring of services/ways to configure r

Bug#934413: marked as done (.debs are old fashioned. e.g., Google Play makes smaller updates)

Your message dated Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:48:46 +0100 with message-id <68271285753b879da03201ad4d36082b7b7c.ca...@decadent.org.uk> and subject line Re: Bug#934413: .debs are old fashioned. e.g., Google Play makes smaller updates has caused the Debian Bug report #934413, regarding .debs are old fa

Bug#934413: .debs are old fashioned. e.g., Google Play makes smaller updates

Package: general Just the other day I noticed Google Play seems to make smaller updates than when installing an initial package. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572812 So maybe instead of bulky .debs, Debian could do similar. Hmmm, http://debdelta.debian.net/ https://wiki.ubuntu.c

how to handle upstream orig tarball with git-lfs reference files?

Upstreams are starting to use git lfs in their git repos. In some cases the git-lfs references files are retained in the source tarball, not replacing the reference with the actual files. This happens for instance with github repos (I gather it happens because the tarball is generated with 'g

Re: Please stop hating on sysvinit

Hi, On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 11:24:37AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > >But there are other ways. Many traditional daemons can start as root > >and drop privileges. > How many lines of code have been replicated all along those daemons, > how many security relevant bugs in this code did we solve it h

Bug#934395: ITP: progstm32 -- The progstm32 utility to erase, write and read user flash memory and option bytes in stm32 microcontollers. It is based on progstm32 sdk which is a java library that can

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Rishi Gupta * Package name: progstm32 Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Rishi Gupta * URL : https://github.com/RishiGupta12/ProgSTM32 * License : LGPL Programming Lang: Java Description : The progstm32 utility to

Re: Please stop hating on sysvinit

On Fr, Aug 09, 2019 at 11:00:03 +0200, Ondřej Surý wrote: Unprivileged access to port < 1024. The socket-activated services can start as user since the port binding is done by the systemd, not the daemon. If the daemon supports different platforms, it needs a wrapper to bind to a port < 1024

Re: Please stop hating on sysvinit

And add correctly implementing capabiliti on top of that. Also lib cap or libcap-ng? Sometimes having more choices isn’t advantage... Ondřej -- Ondřej Surý > On 10 Aug 2019, at 11:24, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 10:27:31 +0100, Ian Jackson > wrote: >> But there are other ways

Re: Please stop hating on sysvinit

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 10:27:31 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: >But there are other ways. Many traditional daemons can start as root >and drop privileges. How many lines of code have been replicated all along those daemons, how many security relevant bugs in this code did we solve it he last decades and

Bug#934365: ITP: fckit -- Fortran toolkit for interoperating Fortran with C/C++

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Alastair McKinstry * Package name: fckit Version : 0.6.3 Upstream Author : European Centre for Medium-Range Forecasts (ECMWF) * URL : https://github.com/ecmwf/fckit * License : Apache Programming Lang: Fortran, C++ De