Re: [OT] OS Design Book Recommendations

2003-04-25 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Barry deFreese wrote: I was wondering since you were all so helpful about my earlier programming questions if you wouldn't mind a question about Operating System books. I am currently considering the following: Operating System Concepts - 6th Edition Abraham

Re: [OT] OS Design Book Recommendations

2003-04-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Modern Operating Systems - 2nd Edition Andrew Tanenbaum. Well reviewed. Tanenbaum is a leading author in the field (as well as network theory). I wouldn't discount this book in a hurry. Does it have the OS reviews in it, though? this one is used as the OS book in many colleges.

Re: A question about the application process

2003-04-25 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
Hi Deedra, would you mind to tell us in which area you live? I don't exclude the possibility of a DD just passing by or something like similar. Thanks Fabio On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Deedra Waters wrote: I filled out the application to become a debian developer last night. I have

Re: [OT] OS Design Book Recommendations

2003-04-25 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:40:09PM -0700, Barry deFreese wrote: I was wondering since you were all so helpful about my earlier programming questions if you wouldn't mind a question about Operating System books. I am currently considering the following: www.kernelnewbies.org/books.php3

Building stable packages

2003-04-25 Thread Holger Kubiak
Hello, I'm trying to build a package. There is the dependency ${shlibs::Depends} in debian/control. On my machine I run unstable. Because of this, the package built with dpkg-buildpackage needs a libc6 (= 2.3.1-1). I want to install this package on systems running stable. At those hosts, I only

Re: [OT] OS Design Book Recommendations

2003-04-25 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On 20030425T105530+0200, Ottavio Campana wrote: I personally dislike Modern Operating Systems, I've read it and I didn't enjoy it. The last version of the book is much less tecnichal than the previous one, the so called Operating Systems. To give you the idea, Modern Operating Systems

RFS libnet-nbname-perl - Perl module for NetBIOS Name Service requests

2003-04-25 Thread Martin Orr
I am looking for a sponsor for the Net::NBName Perl module, not currently in the Debian archive. My package can be found at deb http://henry.methody.org/debian sid official deb-src http://henry.methody.org/debian sid official Package: libnet-nbname-perl Version: 0.24-1 Section: perl

Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread andy.grafham
Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to include in debian. Cheers Andy

Re: Building stable packages

2003-04-25 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Holger! You wrote: When I use pbuilder, I get a package that could be installed on woody. The problem is, that the files are not signed. You can use debsign to sign the package after building. -- Kind regards, ++ | Bas

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi andy.grafham! You wrote: Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to include in debian. AFAIK, there

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Leo \Costela\ Antunes
I second that. But maybe we still need a canonical list of problematic packages, and the CBP status would only be aplicable to inform wannabe packagers that there's an ongoing analysis on the packagability of that software. On second thought, I'm not sure it would be worth it, but I like the

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
___ / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? --

How to adopt Package 'taper'?

2003-04-25 Thread Rene Tschirley
Dear Mentors, Due to the WNPP the package 'taper' is orphaned for quite a long period of time. According to Martin Michlmayrs posting in debian-devel, the packet will be removed from Debian if nobody volunteers to become the new maintainer. I use taper and think it would be a pity to loose this

help me costela

2003-04-25 Thread Anthony Hurd
I'M IN JAIL. That's right. I got put in jail. All because I went in to the Rabbit yard and ate a rose bush and a few small trees. I wasn't the one who broke in in the first place. It was The Devil. That's right. The Devil now lives here. All I did was follow him in. Now I'm in jail till the

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 02:23:29PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: ___ / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close the bug and give an explanation? Because - when it really cannot

Re: How to adopt Package 'taper'?

2003-04-25 Thread Frank Küster
Rene Tschirley [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: If still nobody volunteered, I would. The Applicant's Checklist requires me to find an advocate before applying to become a new maintainer. I contacted the current maintainer, Piotr Roszatycki, some days ago, but didn't receive an answer. If somebody

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:21:56 +, andy.grafha wrote: Is there any way of requesting the BTS to move a package from Requested to Can't be packaged? I was investigating packaging VisualBoyAdvance a gameboy advance emulator, but it looks like license problems will make it impossible to

Re: Moving packages from Requested to Can't be packaged

2003-04-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 04:41:27PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Arnaud Vandyck wrote: / Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | AFAIK, there is no automatic way of doing this. What about adding a | new tag, something like CBP (cannot be packaged), to the wnpp? Why not simply close

drinking

2003-04-25 Thread Anthony Hurd
I plan to go get wasted tomorrow night, burn down a few buildings, and raise some heck. Anyone want to join me?

Re: help me costela

2003-04-25 Thread Brian Nelson
Anthony Hurd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'M IN JAIL. That's right. I got put in jail. All because I went in to the Rabbit yard and ate a rose bush and a few small trees. I wasn't the one who broke in in the first place. It was The Devil. That's right. The Devil now lives here. All I did

RE: drinking

2003-04-25 Thread deFreese, Barry
-Original Message- From: Anthony Hurd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Subject: drinking I plan to go get wasted tomorrow night, burn down a few buildings, and raise some heck. Anyone

Re: drinking

2003-04-25 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 12:55:50PM -0400, Anthony Hurd wrote: I plan to go get wasted tomorrow night, burn down a few buildings, and raise some heck. Anyone want to join me? Where do you live? -Josh -- New PGP public key: 0x27AFC3EE pgpZa4YY3EFcd.pgp Description: PGP signature

NUM request procedure

2003-04-25 Thread Drew Scott Daniels
Hi, What would be the proper procedure for requesting an NMU? Assuming that all the conditions are met as described in http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-nmu and it's sub sections, except that the person desiring the NMU is not a debian developer, would it be

Re: lintian rpath warning

2003-04-25 Thread Roger Leigh
Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IANAE, but I just went through a package cleaning up the library and rpath handling, so perhaps I can offer some help. Thanks! I would start by cleansing your makefiles of any explicit mention of /usr/lib, /lib, and any other directories listed in

Re: NUM request procedure

2003-04-25 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: What would be the proper procedure for requesting an NMU? Assuming that all the conditions are met as described in http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-nmu and it's sub sections, except that the person desiring

Re: How to adopt Package 'taper'?

2003-04-25 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Rene Tschirley wrote: Due to the WNPP the package 'taper' is orphaned for quite a long period of time. According to Martin Michlmayrs posting in debian-devel, the packet will be removed from Debian if nobody volunteers to become the new maintainer. I use taper and think

Re: lintian rpath warning

2003-04-25 Thread Neil L. Roeth
On Apr 25, Roger Leigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IANAE, but I just went through a package cleaning up the library and rpath handling, so perhaps I can offer some help. Thanks! I would start by cleansing your makefiles of any explicit