On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Michael Beattie wrote:
What version of gpg are you using?
Hmmm 1.0.2 just like mdorman.
http://bugs.debian.org/69515
looks like james has done a workaround though..
I'll try uploading again then. Thanks for your help.
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Josip Rodin wrote:
SNIP some "don't include" tips
Thanks. Makes a lot of sense.
INSTALL
If it's generic, don't include it. If it explains only stuff about compiling
from source, don't include it either.
Thanks. It's out.
NEWS
If it's like other NEWS files
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 04:37:51PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
mctools-lite
A really nice mixer and a so-so cd player. It has 4 open bugs. The
maintainer is not very responsive, though he does still seem to be
around.
Still open to adoption.
I would like to take it, if it has
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not
a debian maintainer yet
Thanks,
Joop
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Hi
I have made a couple of packages :) Anyone want to sponsor me?
The list is on http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/
Wasn't there anyone who was packaging webmin that maybe want to sponsor this
package instead :)
Thanx in advance :)
// Ola
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Joop Stakenborg wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
Yes.
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"Joop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
(or whatever name you usually use).
Peter
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
Yes.
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -m"Joop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
(or whatever name you usually use).
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:56:37PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
I tried uploading my package (axe) to master yesterday, and got an error
message saying the GPG key on my .changes file is bad/unrecognized. I
tried to upload again today, but this time it just tells me:
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 10:12:02PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
Bugs are resolved. This is wrong !!!
JM The maintainer should aprove the bugfixes and close the bugs manually.
I know, but why the BTS close these nugs ?
It doesn't, it only sets severity to 'fixed'.
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Adrian Bunk wrote:
There's another possibility that I do use together with my sponsor
Tony Mancill:
I build the package unsigned:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
And my sponsor only signs the package using debsign (and doesn't rebuild
it). There's still my name in the
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not
a debian maintainer yet
Ah, finally something I
Hello.
I am thinking about joining Debian someday soon, as a developer.
Was wondering, what type of experience is required?
Also - is there a resource available that describes the writing of
.deb packages?
Thanks,
Ben
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I am thinking about joining Debian someday soon, as a developer.
Was wondering, what type of experience is required?
Creating a package. :)
Also - is there a resource available that describes the writing of
.deb packages?
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
Greetings,
As a newbie soon-to-be maintainer, I'd like to recommend a change in
policy regarding "examples" (section 6.7), such that source code and
shell scripts must either live in /usr/share/doc/package-name/examples,
or (here's the change) if the package name ends in "examples", then just
andreas palsson wrote:
Earlier today I talked with a guy on irc about debian packages.
He told me that a .DEB-file isn't just a renamed .TAR.GZ-file but also
been thru 'ar'.
To be more specific, is the files first tar:ed, gzip:ed and then ar:ed?
I really can't find any reason why 'ar'
I much prefer to get their source package, md5sum the .orig.tar.gz
against upstream, and read the diff. Only then build the package and
sign it. Call me paranoid. It's really not a lot harder though.
I don't think you're all that paranoid. It's part of the responsibility
of the sponsor to
I managed to fix the problem that was causing the error messages during
upload. However, it seems that my upload was rejected... something about
bad GPG signature. I know there was a thread about this just a few days
ago, but I accidentally deleted the thread and don't remember how/if it
was
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 07:19:29PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, the new maintainer application appears to be broken. On
http://nm.debian.org/newnm.php, the name and email entry form does
not know how to post. A bug report is being sent seperately.
I sent the webmaster a patch for the
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:11:51AM +0800, Neil Hunt wrote:
G'day,
I've grabbed the source of the packages that I am taking over. Is it now
just a matter of changing the maintainer field and rebuilding the package,
or do i create a new set of control files? I can't seem top find a
reference
I'm having a similar problem. I uploaded a package this morning and it
was rejected because of a bad key. My keys been in the ring for years.
What gives? (I only caught the tail end of this thread so sorry if you've
already explained.)
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:34:32AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
I'm having a similar problem. I uploaded a package this morning and it
was rejected because of a bad key. My keys been in the ring for years.
What gives? (I only caught the tail end of this thread so sorry if you've
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Michael Beattie wrote:
What version of gpg are you using?
Hmmm 1.0.2 just like mdorman.
http://bugs.debian.org/69515
looks like james has done a workaround though..
I'll try uploading again then. Thanks for your help.
--
Jaldhar H. Vyas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Josip Rodin wrote:
SNIP some don't include tips
Thanks. Makes a lot of sense.
INSTALL
If it's generic, don't include it. If it explains only stuff about compiling
from source, don't include it either.
Thanks. It's out.
NEWS
If it's like other NEWS files I've
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 03:42:22PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
If it's like other NEWS files I've seen, this is fine. If there's no
upstream changelog, use this as it.
This is a changelog, but there is also a ChangeLog file, probably
automatically generated because it doesn't have
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 04:37:51PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
mctools-lite
A really nice mixer and a so-so cd player. It has 4 open bugs. The
maintainer is not very responsive, though he does still seem to be
around.
Still open to adoption.
I would like to take it, if it has
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not
a debian maintainer yet
Thanks,
Joop
--
Joop Stakenborg - Debian GNU/Linux developer [EMAIL
Hi
I have made a couple of packages :) Anyone want to sponsor me?
The list is on http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/sponsor/
Wasn't there anyone who was packaging webmin that maybe want to sponsor this
package instead :)
Thanx in advance :)
// Ola
--
- Ola
Joop Stakenborg wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
Yes.
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -mJoop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(or whatever name you usually use).
Peter
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On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
Yes.
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -mJoop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(or whatever name you usually use).
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:56:37PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
I tried uploading my package (axe) to master yesterday, and got an error
message saying the GPG key on my .changes file is bad/unrecognized. I
tried to upload again today, but this time it just tells me:
axe_6.1.2-7_i386.deb,
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 10:12:02PM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
Bugs are resolved. This is wrong !!!
JM The maintainer should aprove the bugfixes and close the bugs manually.
I know, but why the BTS close these nugs ?
It doesn't, it only sets severity to 'fixed'.
--
Jordi Mallach Pérez
Adrian Bunk wrote:
There's another possibility that I do use together with my sponsor
Tony Mancill:
I build the package unsigned:
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc
And my sponsor only signs the package using debsign (and doesn't rebuild
it). There's still my name in the
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
I am sponsoring drew parsons and would like to upload his packages
with only his entry in the changelog. Is that possible?
My guess is that the package will be rejected because he is not
a debian maintainer yet
Ah, finally something I
Hello.
I am thinking about joining Debian someday soon, as a developer.
Was wondering, what type of experience is required?
Also - is there a resource available that describes the writing of
.deb packages?
Thanks,
Ben
I am thinking about joining Debian someday soon, as a developer.
Was wondering, what type of experience is required?
Creating a package. :)
Also - is there a resource available that describes the writing of
.deb packages?
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
Greetings,
As a newbie soon-to-be maintainer, I'd like to recommend a change in
policy regarding examples (section 6.7), such that source code and
shell scripts must either live in /usr/share/doc/package-name/examples,
or (here's the change) if the package name ends in examples, then just
Greetings: God bless you.
A couple of months ago, I indicated my interest in
adopting the orphaned package xmailtool. I've worked
on this-and-that, and studied -the-other, found out
that there is no active upstream maintainer, and so
assayed to fulfil that role, also (see .sig).
Anyway, I
Hello.
Earlier today I talked with a guy on irc about debian packages.
He told me that a .DEB-file isn't just a renamed .TAR.GZ-file but also
been thru 'ar'.
To be more specific, is the files first tar:ed, gzip:ed and then ar:ed?
I really can't find any reason why 'ar' should be used, since tar
andreas palsson wrote:
Earlier today I talked with a guy on irc about debian packages.
He told me that a .DEB-file isn't just a renamed .TAR.GZ-file but also
been thru 'ar'.
To be more specific, is the files first tar:ed, gzip:ed and then ar:ed?
I really can't find any reason why 'ar'
tony mancill wrote:
The advantages to this method (over, say building the package yourself
from sources) are:
- bug reports, etc. go to the sponsee, because the control file has their
email address in it.
You can keep their name in the control file and build the package. Just
make your name
NEWS
If it's like other NEWS files I've seen, this is fine. If there's no
upstream changelog, use this as it.
This is a changelog, but there is also a ChangeLog file, probably
automatically generated because it doesn't have very much info in it. In
fact, it doesn't have version
I much prefer to get their source package, md5sum the .orig.tar.gz
against upstream, and read the diff. Only then build the package and
sign it. Call me paranoid. It's really not a lot harder though.
I don't think you're all that paranoid. It's part of the responsibility
of the sponsor to
I managed to fix the problem that was causing the error messages during
upload. However, it seems that my upload was rejected... something about
bad GPG signature. I know there was a thread about this just a few days
ago, but I accidentally deleted the thread and don't remember how/if it
was
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:31:44PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
I managed to fix the problem that was causing the error messages during
upload. However, it seems that my upload was rejected... something about
bad GPG signature. I know there was a thread about this just a few days
ago, but I
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