Re: RFS: debian-builder (updated package)

2008-02-11 Thread Deepak Tripathi
Hi Neil, Yes you are absolutely right that how many Debain should handle it. As per my knowledge i have good understanding of debian build process that is why i have adopted this package. Yes i do understand that maintaining an build packages is much harder then other and i have tried to start th

Re: RFS: python-twitter

2008-02-11 Thread Mauro Lizaur
On Feb 11, 2008 8:11 PM, Piotr Ożarowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mauro, > > I've changed your package a little bit (fixed lintian error, etc., see > attachment). > > Please take a look and disagree if you don't like my changes. > > [Mauro Lizaur, 11.02.2008] > > Btw, i added a few lines to

RFS: gliese (updated package)

2008-02-11 Thread Francisco García
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.1-14 of my package "gliese". It builds these binary packages: gliese - Stellar data set from the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars Long Description: This package provides a star catalog which contains approximately 3800 star reco

RFS: yale (updated package)

2008-02-11 Thread Francisco García
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.0-13 of my package "yale". It builds these binary packages: yale - Stellar data set from the Yale Bright Star Catalog Long Description: These data come from the [Yale] Bright Star Catalog, 5th Rev. Ed. (preliminary), Hoffleit

Re: Long descriptions in RFS emails.

2008-02-11 Thread Richard Hecker
Ben Finney wrote: Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 08:37 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: A good policy except that I'd recommend you respond to at least some of them to say *why* you think they're worth ignoring. Those who take some time over the prepara

Re: RFS: python-twitter

2008-02-11 Thread Mauro Lizaur
On Feb 11, 2008 8:11 PM, Piotr Ożarowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mauro, > > I've changed your package a little bit (fixed lintian error, etc., see > attachment). > > Please take a look and disagree if you don't like my changes. > > [Mauro Lizaur, 11.02.2008] > > Btw, i added a few lines to

Re: Bug#397939: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 03:19:36PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:21:29AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> Always re-running autoconf and automake would increase the number of > >> FTBFS's that we'd need to fix. > > > Not really

RFS: vamp-plugin-sdk -- audio analysis and feature extraction plugins

2008-02-11 Thread Székelyi Szabolcs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "vamp-plugin-sdk". * Package name: vamp-plugin-sdk Version : 1.1b-1 Upstream Author : Chris Cannam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.vamp-plugins.org/ * License

Re: Bug#397939: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:21:29AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Always re-running autoconf and automake would increase the number of >> FTBFS's that we'd need to fix. > Not really. No, really, I promise it will. :) Each time we upgrade autoconf, it wil

Re: Bug#397939: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:21:29AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not only > > "generated by the build target), which im

Re: Bug#397939: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Note that if the upstream's auto-generated files are deleted during > the clean target, then the source *must* be re-packaged to avoid > needless clutter in the .diff.gz which is of a "negative" nature. Not so. Deletions are ignored. Ever tried

Re: RFS: python-twitter

2008-02-11 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
Hi Mauro, I've changed your package a little bit (fixed lintian error, etc., see attachment). Please take a look and disagree if you don't like my changes. [Mauro Lizaur, 11.02.2008] > Btw, i added a few lines to install the examples in /usr/bin (one of > them is a mini client) manpages are mis

Re: Help with watch file -- pre-release upstream versions

2008-02-11 Thread Székelyi Szabolcs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leo "costela" Antunes wrote: > Székelyi Szabolcs wrote: >> What's the usual way of handling "preX" upstream version numbers in >> watch files? I'm having trouble because uscan considers 1.0pre3 newer >> than 1.0. > > Perhaps mangling the upstream versi

Re: RFS: uncrustify (updated package) (second try)

2008-02-11 Thread Patrick Winnertz
Am Montag, 11. Februar 2008 22:18:43 schrieb Johann Rudloff: > Am Sonntag, den 10.02.2008, 21:39 +0100 schrieb Patrick Winnertz: > > - remove config.{sub|guess} in clean target > > - you forgot to mention in changelog that you added a Homepage tag to > > debian/control > > - you forgot to mentio

Re: RFS: uncrustify (updated package) (second try)

2008-02-11 Thread Johann Rudloff
Am Sonntag, den 10.02.2008, 21:39 +0100 schrieb Patrick Winnertz: > - remove config.{sub|guess} in clean target > - you forgot to mention in changelog that you added a Homepage tag to > debian/control > - you forgot to mention that you removed autotools-dev as Build-Dep > - you forgot to menti

Re: RFS: syslog-summary (updated and adopted package)

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:57:06 +0100 David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Dear mentors, > > I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1.13 of the package > "syslog-summary", which I'm also adopting (ITA: #455005). > > It builds these binary packages: > syslog-summary - summar

RFS: mailscanner (updated package)

2008-02-11 Thread Simon Walter
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 4.65.3-1 of my package "mailscanner". It builds these binary packages: mailscanner - email gateway for virus scanning, spam and phishing detection The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 412883, 4258

Re: RFC: Exclude config.sub and config.guess from

2008-02-11 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080211 15:21]: > If you care > and if you want to avoid this: preserve the original config.* scripts > and put them back in the clean-target. This increases the whole > debian/rules file for around 4 lines. much easier: just delete in the clean target and put

Re: Config files which are writable by www-data

2008-02-11 Thread Roland Gruber (LAM)
Hi Russ, Russ Allbery schrieb: > No, you're not allowed to reference /usr/share/doc from maintainer > scripts. dpkg may be modified to not install /usr/share/doc at all. You > should ship them in /usr/share/ and add a symlink in > /usr/share/doc if desired. > > See Policy 12.3. thanks for the

Re: Bug#397939: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not only > "generated by the build target), which implies "rebuild everything in > the build target". [...] > I'd like to

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:36:03 +0100 Cyril Brulebois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > On 11/02/2008, David Paleino wrote: > > Not true: > > [Snip unrelated logic stuff.] I can't understand how what I wrote is "unrelated", but let's go on. > [..] > > Now, moving that to a Makefile: > ,

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread Cyril Brulebois
On 11/02/2008, David Paleino wrote: > Not true: > [Snip unrelated logic stuff.] Yes, true. Functionally, you want foo => bar. Check (assuming here foo is absent): , | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [ ! -f foo ] && echo "Doing bar 1" | Doing bar 1 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [ -f foo ] && echo "Doin

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 02:17:54PM +0100, Daniel Leidert wrote: > Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 10:54 +0100 schrieb David Paleino: > > Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:53:48 +0100 > > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > > > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean targe

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:55:04 -0500 Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > A set -e shell script doesn't terminate if a nonzero return value is a > part of a conditional/test. However in a makefile, the exit status of > the shell can be nonzero even if it was a due to a test "faili

Re: RFC: Exclude config.sub and config.guess from

2008-02-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:42:34PM +0100, David Paleino wrote: > Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:19:08 +0100 Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ha scritto: > > > Copy the config.* scripts after the clean target has been called (e.g. > > in the config.status target) then they are simply not part o

RFS: tcpser (updated package) (try 2)

2008-02-11 Thread Peter Collingbourne
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my updated package "tcpser". * Package name: tcpser Version : 1.0rc12-1 Upstream Author : Jim Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.jbrain.com/pub/linux/serial * License : GPL Section : net It build

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:50:33 +0100 Cyril Brulebois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > On 11/02/2008, David Paleino wrote: > > This seems to me more hackish than it should; is there a cleaner way > > to do it (maybe I'm just complicating myself and don't see The Easy > > Way [1])? > > You co

Re: RFC: Exclude config.sub and config.guess from

2008-02-11 Thread Cyril Brulebois
On 11/02/2008, David Paleino wrote: > This seems to me more hackish than it should; is there a cleaner way > to do it (maybe I'm just complicating myself and don't see The Easy > Way [1])? You could have a look at how cdbs does it, which might help. > [1] I know that using "[ ! test ] || ..." is

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:23:46 +0100 Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Sorry, I broke the subject with my last post. I wanted to adjust it, but > forgot finish the subject line. Really sorry. ...and I read this post a second later having sent my reply. Please fix the subject o

Re: RFC: Exclude config.sub and config.guess from

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:19:08 +0100 Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > Copy the config.* scripts after the clean target has been called (e.g. > in the config.status target) then they are simply not part of the > diff.gz. Of course they would be after a second build run. If you

Re: RFC: Howto exclude config.sub and config.guess updates from .diff.gz

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Sorry, I broke the subject with my last post. I wanted to adjust it, but forgot finish the subject line. Really sorry. Regards, Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFC: Exclude config.sub and config.guess from

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 14:45 +0100 schrieb David Paleino: > Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:17:54 +0100 > Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > We simply copy config.sub and config.guess into the build directory for > > some years now and I never observed any problem with this. >

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 14:17 +0100 schrieb Daniel Leidert: > Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 10:54 +0100 schrieb David Paleino: > > Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:53:48 +0100 > > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > > > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:17:54 +0100 Daniel Leidert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > We simply copy config.sub and config.guess into the build directory for > some years now and I never observed any problem with this. > > I'm really wondering why you want to make the situation complicated?

Re: Help with watch file -- pre-release upstream versions

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 02:23 +0100 schrieb Székelyi Szabolcs: > What's the usual way of handling "preX" upstream version numbers in > watch files? I'm having trouble because uscan considers 1.0pre3 newer > than 1.0. IMO you have two options: 1) Ignore the pre-versions by a rule like http://

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Montag, den 11.02.2008, 10:54 +0100 schrieb David Paleino: > Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:53:48 +0100 > Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not on

Re: RFS: QA Upload -- mma - Musical Midi Accompaniment generator

2008-02-11 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Feb 10, 2008 11:57 PM, Barry deFreese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just an upload to set QA to maintainer and bring standards, et al up to > date. Package should really probably be removed but we can see if > someone adopts it first I suppose. > > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/m

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Bas Wijnen wrote: > Secondly, when the clean target removes all generated files, they are > ignored when generating the diff.gz, so it doesn't actually clutter it. > It does produce some warnings during make clean, but those are not a > problem IMO. Oops. I'd forgotten

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:40:58PM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Bas Wijnen wrote: > > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not only > > "generated by the build target), whi

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Bas Wijnen wrote: > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not only > "generated by the build target), which implies "rebuild everything in > the build target". > > With the current w

Re: Copyright question (BSD with advertisement clause)

2008-02-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 01:26:55PM -0500, Joey Hess a écrit : > Riku Voipio wrote: > > I think the short term solution to this dilemma is to compile a list > > of attributions needed to be included in advertizment material. > > Also a list should be compiled attributions needed n documentation > >

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:53:48 +0100 Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > I suggest to mandate "remove all generated files in the clean target" > (formulated in a way which includes "generated by upstream", not only > "generated by the build target), which implies "rebuild everything

Re: Lintian: outdated-autotools-helper-file

2008-02-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 03:48:20PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Raphael Geissert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Quoting the Debian Policy, section 4.9 Main building script: > > debian/rules[1] > > > >> clean > >> > >> This must undo any effects that the build and binary targets may > >> have h

Re: Long descriptions in RFS emails.

2008-02-11 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 23:25 -0500, Andres Mejia wrote: > On Sunday 10 February 2008 10:13:50 am Neil Williams wrote: > > Just a note for everyone - I will now ignore any RFS that does not > > include the long description for the package. > > > > It doesn't matter how many times you "ping", without