Re: RFS: xnoise

2011-07-07 Thread shuerhaaken
Hello Joachim Sorry for this. I will try to fix all this stuff as soon as possible. I ran lintian --pedantic xnoise_0.1.25-1_source.changes and it didn't give me errors or warnings for the final version, which I then uploaded. I must have done something very wrong, but I don't know yet what it

Re: RFS: john (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Ruben Molina
(seems like my previous message didn't hit d-mentors) El mié, 06-07-2011 a las 10:19 +0900, Charles Plessy escribió: I have uploaded john 1.7.8-1. I will send you the build log in private. Thank you very much! Would you consider applying as DM or resuming your DD application ? It think that

Re: RFS: arp-scan (updated package, new maintainer)

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Hi William, On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 12:43 -0500, William Vera wrote: 2011/7/6 Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org: On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 18:23 -0600, René Mayorga wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 08:45:41AM +0200, Kilian Krause wrote: Tim, are you agreed that William takes over or do you

Re: RFS: lebiniou, lebiniou-data

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Olivier Girondel wrote: I included the FreeMono.sfd, COPYING and README files from the freefont package in the source tarball. I don't think that was needed. Really you only need them in any non-Debian binary packages that you make (for Windows/MacOS etc). Even

Re: Git and tarballs

2011-07-07 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 02:31:02PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Does pristine-tar work if the upstream branch contains files which have been removed during repack? Unfortunately the directory and the tarball must have identical contents. That's not true, but the larger the difference

Re: RFS: libpam-abl

2011-07-07 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 06/28/2011 02:12 PM, Etienne Millon wrote: Hello, I had a look at your package. Please not that I am not a DD, and so I can't sponsor your contribution. Build - Your package builds in a clean sid chroot. Lintian --- Your package is _not_ lintian clean. Here are the warnings upto

Re: RFS: Sponsor needed for pmwiki

2011-07-07 Thread Strobl, Robert
Yes, thank you all :) I'm currently working in your feedback and hope that I can give an update this week-end. Best regards, Robert Am 07.07.2011 um 11:10 schrieb Thomas Goirand: On 07/04/2011 09:17 AM, Strobl, Robert wrote: I need a sponsor for: Package name:pmwiki

Re: RFS: pidgin-latex.

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Hi Elías, On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 16:15 -0500, Elías Alejandro wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for my package pidgin-latex. * Package name: pidgin-latex Version : 1.4.4-1 Upstream Author : Benjamin Moll q...@users.sourceforge.net * URL :

Re: RE : : RFS: autoconf-archive (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Hi Bastien, On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 07:50 +0200, roucaries bastien wrote: Please do not upload directly, i will upload git tree before under collab maint and postthe final ppackage here. It is more a rfc.

Re: RFS: arp-scan (updated package, new maintainer)

2011-07-07 Thread Tim Brown
On Thursday 07 July 2011 07:55:48 Kilian Krause wrote: Hi William, On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 12:43 -0500, William Vera wrote: 2011/7/6 Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org: On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 18:23 -0600, René Mayorga wrote: On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 08:45:41AM +0200, Kilian Krause wrote:

Re: Git and tarballs

2011-07-07 Thread Joey Hess
Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: How can I create this delta? The man page says only about creating a delta for a tarball without a directory. The delta is created for you when you run pristine-tar commit. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: arp-scan (updated package, new maintainer)

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Tim, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 05:00:00PM +0100, Tim Brown wrote: On Thursday 07 July 2011 07:55:48 Kilian Krause wrote: [...] Since that bug is dead since 2009 I guess it would help to push this a bit again so that this common shared package will finally make it to the Debian archive. But

RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Daniel Echeverry
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.8.2-2 of my package sxiv. It builds these binary packages: sxiv - simple X image viewer The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 632914 The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL:

Re: RFS: pidgin-latex.

2011-07-07 Thread Elías Alejandro
Hi Kilian, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 05:18:01PM +0200, Kilian Krause wrote: Thanks for stepping up as new maintainer for this interesting package. yes, It was useful for me sometime ago. I see you're including CHANGES as docs which is not required. It'll get installed twice then and end up as

Re: RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Daniel, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 12:05:12PM -0500, Daniel Echeverry wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.8.2-2 of my package sxiv. It builds these binary packages: sxiv - simple X image viewer The package appears to be lintian clean. The upload

Re: RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote: sxiv       - simple X image viewer The package is already uploaded by kilian, but here is a review of things you could fix: The upstream README.md file contains installation information that isn't relevant to users of binary packages.

Re: RFS: qasmixer

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Hi Sebastian, On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 04:13:14PM +0200, Sebastian H. wrote: The new package source is uploaded. looking closer at your package I find the following: 1. It's an intial upload to Debian AFAICT. Yet your debian/changelog is cluttered with a number of entries already. For an

Re: RFS: arp-scan (updated package, new maintainer)

2011-07-07 Thread William Vera
Hi On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org wrote: Hi William, On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 12:43 -0500, William Vera wrote: Package updated Built, Signed, Uploaded. Thanks! Thanks :) You may want to try to push #481296 forward and make the oui resp. ethervendors

Re: RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Daniel Echeverry
Hi Paul 2011/7/7 Paul Wise p...@debian.org On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote: sxiv - simple X image viewer The package is already uploaded by kilian, but here is a review of things you could fix: The upstream README.md file contains installation information

Re: RFS: flush (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:21:50PM +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.9.10-1 of my package flush. Some 'LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,defs -Wl,--as-needed' should help to get the depedency list a bit shortened. Otherwise the package looks fine and I would

Re: RFS: flush (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Fabrizio Regalli
Hi Sven, and thanks for your review. Il giorno gio, 07/07/2011 alle 21.12 +0200, Sven Hoexter ha scritto: On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:21:50PM +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: Hi, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.9.10-1 of my package flush. Some 'LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,defs

Re: RFS: wav2cdr (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:59:26PM -0500, Edgar Antonio Palma de la Cruz wrote: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 2.3.4-1 of my package wav2cdr. Uploaded, thanks. Sven -- And I don't know much, but I do know this: With a golden heart comes a rebel fist. [

Re: RFS: flush (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 09:17:46PM +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: Hi Fabrizio, Really strange. I tried to install and use it before request sponsor, and I have not found errors I've no doubt in that, it's possible that there's something wrong with the dbus stuff here. With the devil sitting

Re: RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote: 2011/7/7 Paul Wise p...@debian.org The upstream README.md file contains installation information that isn't relevant to users of binary packages. Looking at the rest of the content, that is covered by the manual page. IIRC README.md files

Re: RFS: flush (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Fabrizio Regalli
Hi Sven, Il giorno gio, 07/07/2011 alle 21.37 +0200, Sven Hoexter ha scritto: On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 09:17:46PM +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: Hi Fabrizio, Really strange. I tried to install and use it before request sponsor, and I have not found errors I've no doubt in that, it's

Re: RFS: sxiv (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Daniel Echeverry
Hi 2011/7/7 Paul Wise p...@debian.org On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Daniel Echeverry wrote: 2011/7/7 Paul Wise p...@debian.org The upstream README.md file contains installation information that isn't relevant to users of binary packages. Looking at the rest of the content, that is

Re: RFS: libpar2 (reupload to Debian)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Andreas Moog wrote: dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libpar2/libpar2_0.2-2.dsc I am unable to unpack the source package: dpkg-source: error: File ./libpar2_0.2.orig.tar.gz has size 401700 instead of expected 403492 -- bye, pabs

Re: RFS: libgeier (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Olaf Dietsche wrote: The package appears to be lintian clean. Not really: I: libgeier source: missing-debian-source-format W: libgeier source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-arch W: libgeier source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target

Re: RFS: libpar2 (reupload to Debian)

2011-07-07 Thread Andreas Moog
On 07/07/2011 09:53 PM, Paul Wise wrote: On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Andreas Moog wrote: dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/libpar2/libpar2_0.2-2.dsc I am unable to unpack the source package: dpkg-source: error: File ./libpar2_0.2.orig.tar.gz has size 401700 instead

Re: RFS: libpar2 (reupload to Debian)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
There is one lintian warning: I: libpar2-0: no-symbols-control-file usr/lib/libpar2.so.0.0.1 Two cppcheck warnings: [libpar2.h:29]: (error) Memory leak: LibPar2::par1Repairer [libpar2.h:30]: (error) Memory leak: LibPar2::par2Repairer Since you are essentially upstream now, will you be

how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to encourage accuracy and for people to actually use lintian and fix any issues

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Nicolas
Hi all, I think the main problem is the default level of warning/error for lintian. Even for my first package I ran lintian but my package seems to be lintian clean !! Now I run lintian with theses parameters : lintian -IivEcm --pedantic *.changes It's a but strict but help me find problem.

Re: RFS: libgeier (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 22:53 +0200, Olaf Dietsche wrote: So, where do these other warnings come from? From my bash configuration: alias lintian='lintian --info --display-info --display-experimental --pedantic --show-overrides --checksums --color auto' And always use the latest lintian from

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Paul, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:47:24PM +0200, Paul Wise wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org wrote: Until that happens though I've put together a somewhat lenghty test-script that I usually run on my resulting packages after they are built as a review process. And if that fails, I'll report it back to the list like

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Benoît Knecht
Hi Paul, Paul Wise wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to encourage accuracy and for people to actually

Re: RFS: flush (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 09:44:01PM +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote: Hi, I decided to take this package (and renew it) for his horrible state in sid. Uploaded, thanks. Sven -- And I don't know much, but I do know this: With a golden heart comes a rebel fist. [ Streetlight Manifesto -

Re: RFS: libgeier (updated package)

2011-07-07 Thread Olaf Dietsche
Paul Wise p...@debian.org writes: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Olaf Dietsche wrote: The package appears to be lintian clean. Not really: I: libgeier source: missing-debian-source-format W: libgeier source: debian-rules-missing-recommended-target build-arch W: libgeier source:

RFS: xxxterm (2nd attempt)

2011-07-07 Thread Luis Henriques
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package xxxterm. * Package name: xxxterm Version : 1.399-1 Upstream Author : Marco Peereboom ma...@peereboom.us, Stevan Andjelkovic ste...@student.chalmers.se, Edd Barrett vex...@gmail.com, Todd T. Fries t...@fries.net * URL

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread gregor herrmann
On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:36:21 +0200, Niels Thykier wrote: A little heads up; in lintian 2.5.1 and newer you can enable default settings for some options in your lintianrc (e.g. ~/.lintianrc): Wow, that's cool -- thanks! Cheers, gregor -- .''`. Homepage: http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Rodolfo kix Garcia
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:05:03 +0200, Benoît Knecht wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Wise wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2011-07-08 00:34, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote: On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:05:03 +0200, Benoît Knecht wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Wise wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:47:24PM +0200, Paul Wise a écrit : It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to encourage

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org wrote: Le Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:47:24PM +0200, Paul Wise a écrit : It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:05:03 +0200 Benoît Knecht benoit.kne...@fsfe.org wrote: Hi Paul, Paul Wise wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template,

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 22:47:24 +0200 Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to in order to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Kilian Krause
Hi Paul, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 11:04:49PM +0200, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org wrote: Until that happens though I've put together a somewhat lenghty test-script that I usually run on my resulting packages after they are built as a

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Wise p...@debian.org writes: It is rare to see an RFS that says The package appears to be lintian clean. and the package (especially binary ones) actually be lintian clean. Thanks for raising this topic for discussion. If we were to change the RFS template, what could we change it to

Re: how to get people to run lintian on their packages

2011-07-07 Thread Karl Goetz
On Fri, 8 Jul 2011 07:27:21 +0200 Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org wrote: Hi Paul, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 11:04:49PM +0200, Paul Wise wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Kilian Krause kil...@debian.org wrote: Does anyone know the current status of the new mentors.d.n? Hasn't