Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
Don Armstrong wrote: The right way to do this is to test the SQL database itself if it needs to be updated. [Indeed, ideally the module itself would handle upgrading itself if it was running an earlier version.] Don Armstrong Yes, mod_log_sql should be able to upgrade itself, we know that

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-15 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce doux début de matinée du mardi 15 juillet 2008, vers 08:18, Thomas Goirand [EMAIL PROTECTED] disait : Anyway, thanks for all the good remarks, I think the last one from Don is the best answer (eg: check for the database format itself, and see if it needs upgrade). Another

RFS: wmtime 1.0b2-10

2008-07-15 Thread Paul Harris
I am picking up an orphaned package and am seeking a sponsor. Package name: wmtime Version:1.0b2-10 License:GPLv2 Section:x11 URL:Now dead upstream Upstream Authors:Martijn Pieterse [EMAIL PROTECTED], Antoine Nulle

RFS: wmmon 1.0b2-15

2008-07-15 Thread Paul Harris
I am picking up an orphaned package and am seeking a sponsor. Package name: wmmon Version:1.0b2-15 License:GPLv2 Section:x11 URL:Now dead upstream Upstream Authors:Martijn Pieterse, Antoine Nulle This builds these

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-15 Thread Thomas Goirand
Vincent Bernat wrote: Another solution is to use dbconfig-common. You get for free a lot of things, including: - automatic upgrade of database (but it relies on package versions) - debconf questions already written (and already translated) Wrong. dbconfig-common is for apps, not for

Re: RFS: dgtdrv

2008-07-15 Thread Yavor Doganov
В Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:33:52 +1000, Ben Finney написа: POSIX is usually treated as an initialism, so should be spelled in all-capitals. Not necessarily: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/13886/focus=4187 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/13916 -- To

Re: RFS: dgtdrv

2008-07-15 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 15 July 2008 17:59:14 Yavor Doganov wrote: В Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:33:52 +1000, Ben Finney написа: POSIX is usually treated as an initialism, so should be spelled in all-capitals. Not necessarily: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs/13886/focus=4187

Re: How to detect an upgrade from an older version of a package

2008-07-15 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO Peu avant le début de l'après-midi du mardi 15 juillet 2008, vers 13:11, Thomas Goirand [EMAIL PROTECTED] disait : Another solution is to use dbconfig-common. You get for free a lot of things, including: - automatic upgrade of database (but it relies on package versions) - debconf

Re: Prospective package - Redmine #478741

2008-07-15 Thread Richard Hurt
According to the Redmine website it has been released under the GPL v2 license. Also, Ohloh (http://www.ohloh.net/projects/redmine/analyses/latest) breaks down the actual files in the repository like this: 454 files - GPL v2 14 files - MIT License 10 files - LGPL v2.1 I think these

Re: Prospective package - Redmine #478741

2008-07-15 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En cette soirée bien amorcée du mardi 15 juillet 2008, vers 22:21, Richard Hurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] disait : Since I am *very* new at packaging Debian software I'm going to go slow and ask for a lot of help. Please be patient with me. :) My next step is to send an ITP message to this

RFC: libprojectM, new upstream version.

2008-07-15 Thread Francesco Namuri
Hi, I've packaged the new version of this library, the upstream author has changed the SONAME, and so I've changed the name of the lib and -data package, not changed the name of the -dev file because the old maintainer has chosen to not version the package. This is my first library package, and