Re: RFS: 'snap2' rsync-based backup program with GUI

2010-06-12 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at [100612 06:49]: One of the ways dpkg-source v3 differs from dpkg-source v1 is that any debian/ directory in the orig.tar.gz is removed before the debian.tar.gz is unpacked. So debian.tar.gz cannot be empty and the upstream debian/ directory if any is

Re: RFS: 'snap2' rsync-based backup program with GUI

2010-06-12 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Thomas Goirand tho...@goirand.fr [100612 07:54]: I am quite sure that I read it somewhere, however, I can't find it again. It was more important in the past. Since there is the version 3 source format, an debian/ directory in the upstream tarball is only unecessary and no longer harmful. So no

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-12 Thread Klaus Grue
Perhaps maintainers should stand up and review some packages of their peers? Absolutely. This already happens a little bit. It would be excellent if more people could do it. Maybe my experience with Fedora and Cygwin could be of interest. As a new packager, I made my first package

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-12 Thread Umang Varma
On 06/12/2010 03:31 PM, Klaus Grue wrote: So this is my experience with Fedora: When I came with my package, the Fedora community did something for me (reviewed the package) then required me to do something for them (do a pre-review), and the package was accepted. That seems quite fair.

RFS: femmes-celebres

2010-06-12 Thread benoît tuduri
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package femmes-celebres. * Package name: femmes-celebres Version : 0.1-1 Upstream Author : TUDURI Benoît * URL : N/A * License : [fill in] Section : games It builds these binary packages:

Re: RFS: 'snap2' rsync-based backup program with GUI

2010-06-12 Thread Norbert Preining
On Sa, 12 Jun 2010, Bernhard R. Link wrote: No, it is exactly correct and one of the important improvements of v3 that the .orig.tar.gz's debian/ dir is completely removed. Contraticted, I agree that v3 has lots of improvements, that is not one of it. Wasn't there *one* point in the list of

Re: RFS: 'snap2' rsync-based backup program with GUI

2010-06-12 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fr, 11 Jun 2010, Russ Allbery wrote: I don't think this has the implication that it sounds like you believe it has. Suppose that you're packaging something where upstream includes a Thanks Russ, I completely agree. In fact I ask upstream to not ship debian. I only wanted to make clear that

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-12 Thread George Danchev
Quoting Klaus Grue g...@diku.dk: Perhaps maintainers should stand up and review some packages of their peers? Absolutely. This already happens a little bit. It would be excellent if more people could do it. Maybe my experience with Fedora and Cygwin could be of interest. As a new

Re: RFS: emu8051

2010-06-12 Thread Johan Van de Wauw
I am not a devian developer, so I can not sponser your upload, however here are some comments: debian/control: XSBC-original maintainer is a field only used by ubuntu, remove it section: I would use 'Electronics' debian/copyright: your last lines read: License: GPL-2 The Debian packaging is

Re: RFS: emu8051

2010-06-12 Thread Bhavani Shankar R
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a devian developer, so I can not sponser your upload, however here are some comments: debian/control: XSBC-original maintainer is a field only used by ubuntu, remove it section: I would use

Re: RFS: emu8051

2010-06-12 Thread Bhavani Shankar R
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Johan Van de Wauw johan.vandew...@gmail.com wrote: I am not a devian developer, so I can not sponser your upload, however here are some comments: debian/control: XSBC-original maintainer is a field only used by ubuntu, remove it section: I would use

Re: RFS: femmes-celebres

2010-06-12 Thread Joachim Reichel
Hi, I think the quotes should be added to fortunes-fr. A seperate package for ~100 quotes is IMHO not the right way. A few comments for the sake of feedback and learning (but as explained above I will not upload the package if you fix these issues). I am looking for a sponsor for my package

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-12 Thread Johan Van de Wauw
2010/6/11 Tanguy Ortolo tanguy+deb...@ortolo.eu: * dokuwiki, a PHP-based wiki, that I co-maintain with a DD that has  almost no time to sponsor me and suggested me to find another sponsor:  such a package (PHP, web application) seems to interest nobody. Which should not really come as a

Re: A lot of pending packages

2010-06-12 Thread Thomas Goirand
Johan Van de Wauw wrote: 2010/6/11 Tanguy Ortolo tanguy+deb...@ortolo.eu: * dokuwiki, a PHP-based wiki, that I co-maintain with a DD that has almost no time to sponsor me and suggested me to find another sponsor: such a package (PHP, web application) seems to interest nobody.

Re: RFS: netpipes (updated package)

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
On 23 April 2010 18:33, Mats Erik Andersson mats.anders...@gisladisker.se wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 4.2-5 of my package netpipes. The upload would fix these bugs: 203290, 482399, 503341 In the reformulation of the short description, it has become a verb phrase

Re: RFS: rush

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
On 4 June 2010 10:45, Mats Erik Andersson mats.anders...@gisladisker.se wrote: I am seeking an __active__ sponsor for this package. I'm afraid it seems you're stuck with me. ;) At DebConf we (the project) shall have to discuss the sponsoring situation. In comparison to the first packaging

Re: RFS: httpry

2010-06-12 Thread Tim Retout
On 24 April 2010 19:33, Yann Lejeune yleje...@netyl.org wrote: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/httpry/httpry_0.1.5-1.dsc Sorry for my lack of response... again. You've removed 'quilt' from debian/control, but debian/rules still contains quilt lines - sorry for not being clearer

Re: RFS: femmes-celebres

2010-06-12 Thread Paul Wise
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