Bug#440607: ITP: steam-powered -- Valve's steam game content delivery system

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: steam-powered Version : 6 Upstream Author : Michael Gilbert * URL : no website * License : GPL Programming Lang: shell Description : Valve's steam game content

Re: RFS: steam-powered

2007-09-03 Thread Ben Finney
Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it distributes. the key word is distribution. the question is whether the part of the software to be added to the

Re: RFS: normalize-audio (updated package)

2007-09-03 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 03 Sep 2007, Joachim Reichel wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.7.7-2 of my package normalize-audio. I haven't checked this in detail but a quick look shows additional build-dependencies: Build-Depends: debhelper (= 5), dpatch, autotools-dev,

Re: RFS: steam-powered

2007-09-03 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2007/9/3, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Michael Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The users *are* free to choose the software that's out there. The Debian project is also free to refuse to choose what software it distributes. the key word is distribution. the question is whether

RFS: Piklab - IDE for PIC-microcontroller development

2007-09-03 Thread Miriam Ruiz
Piklab is an integrated development environment for applications based on Microchip PIC and dsPIC microcontrollers similar to the MPLAB environment. Support for several compiler and assembler toolchains is integrated. The GPSim simulator, the ICD1 programmer, the ICD2 debugger, the PICkit1 and

does anyone work on SMSer ?

2007-09-03 Thread Jabka Atu
Hello ,.. i wish to create a debian package for SMSer by guySoft i didn't found an itp for it but maybe someone is working and didn't send one ;-) -- -- Could you at least use man ? Jabka Atu (aka mha13/Mashrom Head) -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFS: steam-powered

2007-09-03 Thread Josef Spillner
On Monday 03 September 2007 11:29:17 Miriam Ruiz wrote: I for one would prefer not to concentrate too much in adding that kind of software to Debian, and even less in trying to promote it if there's no real demand for it beforehand. Very well said, Miriam. There are similar issues with other

RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Krauss
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package xpn. * Package name: xpn Version : 0.7.0-3 Upstream Author : Antonio Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://xpn.altervista.org/index-en.html * License : GPLv2 Section : net It builds these

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread schoenfeld / in-medias-res
Hi, Michael Krauss wrote: - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/x/xpn/xpn_0.7.0-3.dsc IANADD, therefore i cannot upload you package, but anyways some comments: Major problems: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi, Major problems: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher then -1. This has an affect on debian/changelog which should only contain one version. I don't remember that there was a consensus about whether unreleased versions

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Norbert Preining
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher then -1. This has an affect on debian/changelog which should only contain one version. I don't remember that there was a consensus about

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread schoenfeld / in-medias-res
Jan C. Nordholz wrote: I don't remember that there was a consensus about whether unreleased versions should be kept in the changelog (link appreciated if someone knows better). This will depend on the sponsor's preference, and thus I wouldn't consider it a major problem (but IANADD either).

RFS: New ccontrol package, 0.9.1+20060806-4

2007-09-03 Thread Ted Percival
Hello mentors! I have a new ccontrol package ready for upload. Once again it is a minor change from the last version: * Force-disable GCC stack protection as it is incompatible with the current dietlibc (Ubuntu #109157). * Don't ignore errors in $(MAKE) distclean. The first change will

Advocate needs

2007-09-03 Thread Alexander Rodin
Hi all! I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them. Now I want to put them to Debian. Can anyone to be my advocate? -- Alexander Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Advocate needs

2007-09-03 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Alexander Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-03 16:18]: I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them. Now I want to put them to Debian. Can anyone to be my advocate? You don't need an advocate if you don't want to become an official Debian

Re: Advocate needs

2007-09-03 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 06:15:24PM +0400, Alexander Rodin wrote: Hi all! I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them. Now I want to put them to Debian. Can anyone to be my advocate? Hi Alexander, Where are the debian sources? Justin -- To

Re: Advocate needs

2007-09-03 Thread Alexander Rodin
В Пнд, 03/09/2007 в 16:29 +0200, Nico Golde пишет: Hi, * Alexander Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-03 16:18]: I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them. Now I want to put them to Debian. Can anyone to be my advocate? You don't need an

Re: Advocate needs

2007-09-03 Thread Alexander Rodin
В Пнд, 03/09/2007 в 10:19 -0400, Justin Pryzby пишет: On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 06:15:24PM +0400, Alexander Rodin wrote: Hi all! I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them. Now I want to put them to Debian. Can anyone to be my advocate? Hi

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 03.09.2007, 14:50 +0200 schrieb Norbert Preining: On Mon, 03 Sep 2007, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher then -1. This has an affect on debian/changelog which should only contain

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi, Hmm. Well i have no link, cause i don't know that there has been any different opinions on this. It might not be a technical problem, but as the changelog is part of what the users _can_ see it might not be a good idea to publish something thats not available to anyone, but the

review: qstardict (Re: Advocate needs)

2007-09-03 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 07:12:18PM +0400, Alexander Rodin wrote: В Пнд, 03/09/2007 в 10:19 -0400, Justin Pryzby пишет: On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 06:15:24PM +0400, Alexander Rodin wrote: Hi all! I have develop program (http://qstardict.ylsoftware.com) and maintain Debian package for them.

Re: RFS: normalize-audio (updated package)

2007-09-03 Thread Joachim Reichel
Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.7.7-2 of my package normalize-audio. I haven't checked this in detail but a quick look shows additional build-dependencies: Build-Depends: debhelper (= 5), dpatch, autotools-dev, libaudiofile-dev, libmad0-dev, mpg321,

Re: RFS: normalize-audio (updated package)

2007-09-03 Thread Joachim Reichel
Hi Kevin, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.7.7-2 of my package normalize-audio. I haven't checked this in detail but a quick look shows additional build-dependencies: Build-Depends: debhelper (= 5), dpatch, autotools-dev, libaudiofile-dev, libmad0-dev, mpg321,

Re: debian .orig.tar.gz vs. upstream tar.gz

2007-09-03 Thread Jörg Sommer
Hi, Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Jörg Sommer wrote: Do *not* get the upstream .tar.gz which may have changed for some mysterious reason. I don't think the upstream tar.gz have changed, but your orig.tar.gz is not the same as the upstream tar.gz. This

Re: review: qstardict (Re: Advocate needs)

2007-09-03 Thread Alexander Rodin
Thank you! You're the upstream author; why don't you include the manpage upstream instead of in the .diff.gz? I realize that manpages for graphical programs are difficult to write well. Does your program accept keystrokes? Does it have any other help file? I don't include manpage into

Re: review: qstardict

2007-09-03 Thread Neil Williams
On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:55:07 +0400 Alexander Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're the upstream author; why don't you include the manpage upstream instead of in the .diff.gz? I realize that manpages for graphical programs are difficult to write well. Does your program accept keystrokes?

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Krauss
Am Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:39:54 +0200 schrieb Daniel Leidert: Am Montag, den 03.09.2007, 14:50 +0200 schrieb Norbert Preining: On Mon, 03 Sep 2007, Jan C. Nordholz wrote: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher then -1. This

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Krauss
Hi, Am Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:27:40 +0200 schrieb schoenfeld / in-medias-res: Major problems: * xpn appears to be the first package you release, therefore it must not have a debian revision higher then -1. This has an affect on debian/changelog which should only contain one version. there seem

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread schönfeld / in-medias-res
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jan C. Nordholz wrote: Why should I try to hide the normal course of development? I don't see I agree that this *is* suboptimal. But it should not be part of normal development cycle to create extra revisions that you do not release, should it?

Re: RFS: steam-powered

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
This sub-thread is discussing whether we *want* software in Debian whose only purpose is to sell non-free software. like i said before, the purpose of the package is to help the average user to easily run the software of their choice on linux. steam does include a store, but it is by no means

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi, Are you sure, that the executable bit isn't set? Here i get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/share/xpn/xpn.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 559 2007-09-03 20:41 /usr/share/xpn/xpn.sh What looks like i expected. And the program is executable. ] dpkg-deb -c xpn_*deb [...]

Re: RFS: steam-powered

2007-09-03 Thread Michael Gilbert
I for one would prefer not to concentrate too much in adding that kind of software to Debian, and even less in trying to promote it if there's no real demand for it beforehand. there is demand. 90% of computer users play games, and steam has a lot of users (3 million players per month [1]).

Advice on HTML docs

2007-09-03 Thread Neil Williams
homebank was the subject of an RFS some time ago and had problems with non-GPL licenced SVG images (which, I admit, I completely missed). These were fixed and I uploaded a new upstream version provided by the maintainer but it was rejected because there is no source for the HTML documentation.

Re: RFS: normalize-audio (updated package)

2007-09-03 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 12:09:41AM +0200, Joachim Reichel wrote.. I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.7.7-2 of my package normalize-audio. http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/n/normalize-audio/normalize-audio_0.7.7-2.dsc You need to complete the debian/copyright a

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Patrick Schoenfeld
Michael Krauss wrote: Are you sure, that the executable bit isn't set? Yes. Here i get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /usr/share/xpn/xpn.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 559 2007-09-03 20:41 /usr/share/xpn/xpn.sh That is why you should use something like pbuilder etc. to test your

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 03.09.2007, 20:59 +0200 schrieb Michael Krauss: Am Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:39:54 +0200 schrieb Daniel Leidert: Am Montag, den 03.09.2007, 14:50 +0200 schrieb Norbert Preining: [..] I guess it shouldn't be a problem to start real Debian life with a revision higher than -1, but

Re: Advice on HTML docs

2007-09-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Neil Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: These were fixed and I uploaded a new upstream version provided by the maintainer but it was rejected because there is no source for the HTML documentation. rejected, the source of doc/*.html is missing. If you look into the files you see a

Re: RFS: xpn

2007-09-03 Thread Jan C. Nordholz
Hi Patrick, Well you are right in this point. But I seem to develope my packages in another way then you. Cause i only start a new changelog entry, if i really uploaded something through my sponsor to the archive. I usually do it that way, too. But there are cases when I have to create

Re: RFS: libsbc (updated package)

2007-09-03 Thread Krzysztof Burghardt
2007/8/9, Krzysztof Burghardt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2007/7/28, Krzysztof Burghardt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.0cvs20070728-1 of my package libsbc. It builds these binary packages: libsbc-dev - Development files for subband codec (SBC) library

Re: RFS: eprints

2007-09-03 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 03:17:18PM +0100, David C Tarrant a écrit : Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package eprints. Making Research Freely Available - For many years we have been helping researchers and their institutions to provide free online access to their research