Re: Second RFS: cnet network simulator

2004-11-11 Thread Ricardo Mones
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:55:06 +0100 J. M. D. Mendinueta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I make the package on several Debian boxes downloading the sources with APT, and seems to work well. Working well is good, but there is some quality standards a package must satisfy to be accepted in Debian. A

RFS: nslint (version 2.1a3), took over maintenance from Tommi Virtanen

2004-11-11 Thread Sven Mueller
Hi. After asking him wether he would want to keep maintaining the package himself (and offering help in doing so), alternatively offering to take it over myself, Tommi told me to take it over. His mail regarding this matter is available on request. The nslint package I created took over

Re: RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

2004-11-11 Thread Joseph Nahmias
Hello Alec, On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:52:19PM -0400, Alec Berryman wrote: Hi mentors, I adopted rdiff-backup and have a new revision ready that fixes ten outstanding bugs, leaving only one of non-wishlist priority. When I adopted rdiff-backup I received two sponsorship offers, but the

Re: RFS: nslint (version 2.1a3), took over maintenance from Tommi Virtanen

2004-11-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Sven Mueller wrote: One question though: should I file an ITA against nslint first, or was it enough to consult Tommi and upload with the new maintainer name/address in control file and changelog? It's not been orphaned in the traditional sense so

Re: Re: RFS: orphaned 'htp' package, an HTML pre-processor

2004-11-11 Thread Brian Nelson
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:18:22PM -0500, Jan Medlock wrote: martin f krafft wrote: Do we need htp when there is wml? I've not looked at wml, but even if they have the same functionality, variety has always been a strength of Debian. ...and package bloat is a weakness of Debian... -- For

Re: compilers that self compile

2004-11-11 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:05:48AM -0300, Antonio S. de A. Terceiro wrote: Joel Baker escreveu isso aí: [cut] Will this approach make manual porting unnecessary? Sadly, no, at least if I understand you correctly. Because, four months down the road when you've uploaded another copy to

Re: Re: RFS: orphaned 'htp' package, an HTML pre-processor

2004-11-11 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jan Medlock [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.11.10.2318 +0100]: I've not looked at wml, but even if they have the same functionality, variety has always been a strength of Debian. That and I've just offered to maintain the package, with the help of a sponsor. If you think that htp is

Re: Second RFS: cnet network simulator

2004-11-11 Thread Ricardo Mones
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:55:06 +0100 J. M. D. Mendinueta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I make the package on several Debian boxes downloading the sources with APT, and seems to work well. Working well is good, but there is some quality standards a package must satisfy to be accepted in Debian. A

RFS: nslint (version 2.1a3), took over maintenance from Tommi Virtanen

2004-11-11 Thread Sven Mueller
Hi. After asking him wether he would want to keep maintaining the package himself (and offering help in doing so), alternatively offering to take it over myself, Tommi told me to take it over. His mail regarding this matter is available on request. The nslint package I created took over

Re: RFS: rdiff-backup (adopted)

2004-11-11 Thread Joseph Nahmias
Hello Alec, On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 09:52:19PM -0400, Alec Berryman wrote: Hi mentors, I adopted rdiff-backup and have a new revision ready that fixes ten outstanding bugs, leaving only one of non-wishlist priority. When I adopted rdiff-backup I received two sponsorship offers, but the

Re: RFS: nslint (version 2.1a3), took over maintenance from Tommi Virtanen

2004-11-11 Thread Steve Kemp
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 05:49:05PM +0100, Sven Mueller wrote: One question though: should I file an ITA against nslint first, or was it enough to consult Tommi and upload with the new maintainer name/address in control file and changelog? It's not been orphaned in the traditional sense so

Re: Re: RFS: orphaned 'htp' package, an HTML pre-processor

2004-11-11 Thread Brian Nelson
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 05:18:22PM -0500, Jan Medlock wrote: martin f krafft wrote: Do we need htp when there is wml? I've not looked at wml, but even if they have the same functionality, variety has always been a strength of Debian. ...and package bloat is a weakness of Debian... -- For

Re: compilers that self compile

2004-11-11 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:05:48AM -0300, Antonio S. de A. Terceiro wrote: Joel Baker escreveu isso aí: [cut] Will this approach make manual porting unnecessary? Sadly, no, at least if I understand you correctly. Because, four months down the road when you've uploaded another copy to