RFS: figtoipe (updated package)

2010-06-22 Thread Alexander Bürger
unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd/fig2sxd_0.21-2.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded these packages for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2010-05-28 Thread Alexander Bürger
is corrupted. It also adds one new feature: now there is an option to rename the styles used in the output file. I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-11-04 Thread Alexander Bürger
Salut Vincent, Uploaded. Sorry for the delay. Thanks. Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-30 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, finally the upload to mentors.debian.net worked :-) Your upload of the package 'fig2sxd' to mentors.debian.net was successful. Sponsors can now download it. The URL of your package is: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd The respective dsc file can be found at:

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hei, ... upstream changelog ... So, I made a new version 0.20-1 and it is available via URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free dget

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
Ouch, I sent my last mail too early. I wanted to add that: No. I say that uploading in unstable a version that will never go in testing because of the freeze would put some difficulties on you if you need to upload a fix (a small fix that would be 0.18-2 for example). I do not understand

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd/fig2sxd_0.20-1.dsc Doesn't look like it uploaded to me. HTTP request

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... Debian changelog, not upstream ... Hmm. I do not have an upstream changelog, and all previous debian/changelog entries have the same problem. So what would you suggest to do: * Move all debian/changelog entries actually describing upstream changes to a new upstream-changelog and

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-20 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, The new package is re-uploaded to debian-mentors. It can be found via: - URL: http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd - Source repository: deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian unstable main contrib non-free - dget

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-18 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hei, You might want to investigate the 'pbuilder' package for maintaining a chroot specifically to build your packages inside. You should also test your packages in unstable too. So how would I do that efficiently? It is highly unlikely that I buy a second computer, or that I replace

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-18 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... a virtual machine ... I set up a virtual machine with debian unstable and re-built the package. The only change from this step was that the Standards-Version is now 3.8.0. The new package is re-uploaded to debian-mentors. It can be found via: - URL:

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-18 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... virtual machine with debian unstable ... ... inside the chroot ... Which chroot? ... make sure it's as functional? Yes, it is! Best wishes, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-18 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... also test your packages in unstable ... ... how ... efficiently? ... ... burden ... If you're not able ... re-think ... Sorry. I do not package very often so I sometimes have basic questions or problems. I was not sure what would be the simplest acceptable solution to the 'ubuntu

RFS: fig2sxd

2008-10-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-05-22 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... acknowledge ... NMU ... I thought so too, but I did not know what to write there, so I skipped it. Maybe thanks for the NMU of 0.17-1.1? I can hardly put (Closes: 455650) as the bug is already closed and archived. What do you suggest? Well, an NMU should not close a bug.

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-05-21 Thread Alexander Bürger
Salut Vincent, ... debian/changelog... switched to cdbs ... mention it. Done. ... acknowledge ... NMU ... I thought so too, but I did not know what to write there, so I skipped it. Maybe thanks for the NMU of 0.17-1.1? I can hardly put (Closes: 455650) as the bug is already closed and

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-20 Thread Alexander Bürger
Salut Vincent, ... using dpkg-divert ... You should divert the manpage too. Oh yes, sorry. Did you release a new package with the fix? Yes, Otfried has uploaded a new version and I just uploaded the new package to mentors.debian.net. The diff now only modifies debian/ and a

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
Salut Vincent, Is your package useful for someone that has ipe ( 6.0pre30-1)? As I understand, those versions already have figtoipe. Therefore, your package is useless. This is why you Conflict with this package. No, the old packages had a version of figtoipe that was unable to

Re: RFS: figtoipe / difficulties with Replaces:

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, 0==0 Info for debian-devel: we try to figure out how to package figtoipe. Before version 6.0pre30-1, a version of figtoipe was included in the ipe package. Since then, figtoipe is a separate upstream package and also gone

RFS: fig2sxd

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
unstable main contrib non-free - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd/fig2sxd_0.18-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi Nico, fig2sxd- convert XFig files to OpenOffice.org format What is OpenOffice.org format? As is elaborated in the long description, the program produces files (more or less) compatible with the .sxd format of OpenOffice.org Draw. Although this description may not be precise, it has

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, ... diversion for the file is probably the right way to go. A new package using dpkg-divert instead of Replaces: has been uploaded to mentors.debian.net, and I would be happy if it could be sponsored. Kind regards, Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi Vincent, ... using dpkg-divert ... You should divert the manpage too. Oh yes, sorry. ... modifying upstream ... Well, as I am also the upstream maintainer it would be strange to add a patch. As I cannot upload to the luaforge website, I just did not want to bother Otfried because of

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-16 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hei, I do not understand Replaces/Conflicts very well. You should. ;-) Conflicts avoids that your package is installed along with another package. Replaces allows your package to replace files from some other packages during upgrades. Replaces: ipe ( 6.0pre30-1) Conflicts:

Re: RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-13 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, Fill an ITP when working on a package and close it in your changelog. I submitted one, so I can close #481022 in the changelog. ... figtoipe was provided by ipe in the past, ... Replaces ... Conflicts ... I do not understand Replaces/Conflicts very well. I believe that all ipe packages

RFS: figtoipe

2008-05-11 Thread Alexander Bürger
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package figtoipe. * Package name: figtoipe Version : 20080505-1 Upstream Author : Otfried Cheong, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alexander Bürger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://tclab.kaist.ac.kr/ipe * License

Re: RFS figtoipe

2008-05-11 Thread Alexander Bürger
Salut Vincent, Sorry, I was not on the debian-mentors list. figtoipe has also been removed from the upstream ipe package. The reason is that the code of ipe and figtoipe has no overlap. When I sent patches to Otfried Cheong (the author of ipe and figtoipe) to add some features to figtoipe, he

Re: fig2sxd

2007-07-27 Thread Alexander Bürger
Good morning, why 0.17-2 and not 0.17-1? Version 0.17-1 was the one I had uploaded to mentors.debian.net with the typo in the number of the closed bug. Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: fig2sxd

2007-07-27 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, why 0.17-2 and not 0.17-1? Version 0.17-1 was the one I had uploaded to mentors.debian.net with the typo in the number of the closed bug. Well, I know that some DDs require it, but for me debian/changelog file is to document changes in package for other Debian users and developers and

fig2sxd

2007-07-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
. Best wishes, Alexander Bürger

Re: RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2007-06-22 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, $ gpg --recv-keys 6BCCC58A gpg: requesting key 6BCCC58A from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpgkeys: key 6BCCC58A not found on keyserver Sorry. This was somehow no problem during the last upload, so I thought that everything would be ok with the key. Now I ran gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu

RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2007-06-21 Thread Alexander Bürger
if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger

RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2007-06-20 Thread Alexander Bürger
The upload would fix bug 471183 and adds output to stdout as new feature. No, it doesn't. There's no bug with such a number. Sorry, that's true. It is bug 417183, I swapped the second and third digit. I will make a new package soon. Alexander -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2007-06-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
-1.dsc I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards Alexander Bürger

RFS: fig2sxd (updated package)

2007-05-19 Thread Alexander Bürger
://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fig2sxd I would be glad if someone could upload the package for me. Best regards, Alexander Bürger

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2006-12-17 Thread Alexander Bürger
the most recent version available from http://fig2sxd.sf.net/ mentors.d.n It's there and also on sf.net. however, i had a look at your package: * remove the useless empty line at the end of changelog * bump the standards version to the current one, check with lintian if there are

RFS: fig2sxd

2006-12-12 Thread Alexander Bürger
be uploaded. Thank you for your help. Alexander Bürger

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-29 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi Rene, Anyhow, besides the fact I don't like your changelog entry for -2.1 ( * Fix packaging problem - which? I know, but changelog is for documenting the actual changes) i'll see over this, the package otherwise is ok and uploaded. Please write better changelog entries next time,

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-28 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, well, it doesn't hurt.. Although a public key not accessible doesn't exactly make much sense. ;) And gpg already shows the uid etc so verify the signature would work when the key is on a keyserver or somesuch. I sent it to hkp://subkeys.pgp.net with gnupg. Anyway... $ dpkg-source -x

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-28 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, Argh. This is just plainly _wrong_. Read policy and developers reference about versioning what -2.1 actually means... I'm sorry, but I cannot find anything negative about 2.1 as debian revision. In the policy I read section 5.6.11 which tells me that 2=2.1 which is what I want; my upstream

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-28 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, Argh. This is just plainly _wrong_. Read policy and developers reference about versioning what -2.1 actually means... I'm sorry, but I cannot find anything negative about 2.1 as debian revision. It's not negative -- and every other aspect you mentioned is also true. What Rene

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi again, W: fig2sxd source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 I cannot reproduce this. I have installed lintian 1.22.9, but it does not give this warning. How do you get this? Anyway, after reading the changelog for debian-policy I decided to put Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0 into debain/control.

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-26 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi again, W: fig2sxd source: newer-standards-version 3.6.0 I cannot reproduce this. I have installed lintian 1.22.9, but it does not give this warning. How do you get this? Anyway, after reading the changelog for debian-policy I decided to put Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0 into debain/control.

Re: RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-25 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, Rene Engelhard wrote: No. What I forgot here: Fix this: I tried to follow your advice, and I also converted everything to utf-8 (basically the ü from my name, which occurs in almost all the files). Of course, a new upstream version was necessary, now it's 0.10. The files, including

RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-24 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, I have written a utility called fig2sxd which tries to convert from xfig format to OpenOffice.org Draw format. Although the conversion is not perfect, it could be useful to others, especially together with pstoedit. I tried to make a debian package of it; it's small (program, manpage,

RFS: fig2sxd

2004-01-24 Thread Alexander Bürger
Hi, I have written a utility called fig2sxd which tries to convert from xfig format to OpenOffice.org Draw format. Although the conversion is not perfect, it could be useful to others, especially together with pstoedit. I tried to make a debian package of it; it's small (program, manpage,