Re: Trouble with autoconf (Was: Bug#933628: aevol FTCBFS: broken, oudated, embedded copy of AX_BOOST_BASE)

2019-08-01 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Andreas, On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 11:14:05AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > I have removed m4/ax_boost* in Git[1]. Unfortunately this leaded to > some configure errors. I was able to work around > > 1. error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR > >by adding > > m4_pattern_a

Re: Cross-compiling a package that build-depends on Python

2018-02-03 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi, thanks to pabs for making me aware of the question. I'm cross posting it to d-cross@l.d.o as that is the proper place for these questions. On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 02:01:30PM +0100, Lukasz Walewski wrote: > I maintain a binary package that is not part of Debian (yet). The upstream > content is

Re: Multiarch hinter on package tracker: Shall i obey ?

2016-09-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 04:00:28PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > i am preparing the Debian package for a new upstream release of libisofs > and see on its tracker page > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libisofs > a new "action needed": > > "Multiarch hinter reports 1 issue(s)" Thank you for l

Re: RFC: Packaging a toolchain for CloudABI, a new architecture/runtime

2016-03-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 01:47:26PM +, Alex Willmer wrote: > >> 3. Are there any comments/questions you'd like to add? > > > > Please create a wiki page for the port if you haven't already. > > I'm not seeking to have a Debian port of CloudABI, but agreed. > > Thank you for the links, I'm read

Re: Compile Kernel 32 bits on an 64 bits machine: initramfs

2015-08-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
I acknowledge that this is a late answer, hope it still helps. On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 05:45:52PM +0100, pietrop wrote: > I am running a Debian 8 machine and I need to compile a 32 bits kernel > using this system, I have managed to compile the kernel using the > package linux-source-3.16 and it bo

Bug#790125: RFS: dropbear/2015.67-1.1 NMU

2015-07-30 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: tags -1 - moreinfo Hi Guilhem, That was quick. Let me answer some of your comments already. I intend to take another stab at the upload when I find more time, but that shall not prevent other interested sponsors from uploading it earlier. Possibly Gerrit replied by then. On Fri, Jul 31,

Bug#790125: RFS: dropbear/2015.67-1.1 NMU

2015-07-30 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo Hi Guilhem, Thanks for your work on dropbear. Much appreciated. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 03:20:52PM +0200, Guilhem Moulin wrote: > Note that while the current maintainer (Gerrit, CC'ed) told me to go > ahead and proceed with a NMU, they are not able to sponsor me at th

Re: rules file and build directory

2015-07-26 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:04:38AM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:52:07 +0200, Eugen Wintersberger wrote: > > > override_du_auto_test: > > cd && make my_super_test > > > > My original question was: where do I get BUILDDIR from? For instance, > > when you use cmake the

Re: shlib symbolic link to optional lib in lib-dev ?

2015-04-30 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 04:44:47PM +0100, Václav Ovsík wrote: > I tried a bit different approach. The new src:ustr generate bin packages: > libustr-1.0-1 > libustr-1.0-1-dbg > libustr-dev > libustr-doc > Developer can switch debian/control (use debian/control.wdbg) a then > generate

reviewed scons

2014-11-07 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Jörg, I looked into the scons package at http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scons/scons_2.3.4-1.dsc and copy this review to d-mentors for others to join in. Here are some comments in random order. Importance at end of mail. 1. Earlier reviewers have observed that you are using compre

Bug#747032: RFS: libjs-zxcvbn/1.0+dfsg.1-1

2014-09-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 08:54:09AM -0300, Eriberto Mota wrote: > Jackub, do you have conviction that buildd has Internet access? > Nevertheless, the download when building is undesirable. Jakub was meaning to say that even though policy does not allow interacting with the internet during build, ma

Re: Splitting in /usr/lib/ and /usr/share

2014-03-18 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:50:07AM +, Wookey wrote: > +++ Thibaut Paumard [2014-03-10 10:59 +0100]: > > Actually one way to go would be to upload the package without making the > > split, downloading all the binaries, and comparing the files. This is > > easier than manually building on porterb

Re: Splitting a package

2014-01-15 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 03:54:12PM +0100, Ol?? Streicher wrote: > Arno Töll writes: > > Please use Replaces in conjunction with Breaks (not Conflicts). See > > Policy §7.6.1 which explains your use case: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-replaces > > Thank you.

Re: RFS: new powertop version

2013-07-07 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 06:08:24PM +0200, Julian Wollrath wrote: > nearly a month passed, since I asked for sponsorship for the new > powertop package [0] and addressed the concerns which Paul Wise had > with it. Sadly Patrick Winnertz, the maintainer, did not react and I When you claim the someon

Re: How to handle a package triggering ice or segv during build?

2013-06-22 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 03:50:54PM +0900, Thomas Moulard wrote: > [4] > https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=visp&arch=armel&ver=2.7.0-4&stamp=1371101186 There currently are a number of issues with doxygen on armel involving segfaults and hangs. The cause is not yet well understood. Mos

Re: Half of webapp in /usr/ and half in /var

2013-06-01 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 04:20:50PM +0400, Anton Balashov wrote: > Like most of webapps, it expects all its dirs in /var/www :) But I should > put some dirs in /usr/share/pkg and some in /var/lib/pkg > It doesn't have its apache config. Note that symbolic links are a valid way of achieving this.

Bug#700410: RFS: furiusisomount/0.11.3.1~repack0-2 [ITA] -- ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG image management utility

2013-03-20 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 08:30:11PM +0700, Prach Pongpanich wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "furiusisomount" Thanks for your work on an existing package. IANADD, so all you get from me is a review. > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/furiusisomount/furiusisomount_0.

Re: RFS: seed7/20130203-1 [ITP]

2013-03-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Thomas, On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 10:59:19AM +0100, Thomas Mertes wrote: > Package: sponsorship-requests > Severity: wishlist It appears that you were trying to open a bug. You didn't send this mail to submit@bugs.d.o, so no bug was created. In order for potential sponsors to easier find you, I

Re: RFS: libengsas packages

2013-02-26 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 06:58:22PM +0100, Anton Gladky wrote: > On 02/25/2013 05:37 PM, Andrew Shadura wrote: > >> 6) Copyright-file must be in DEP-5 format. > > Please don't say 'must' when you're speaking about what's actually a > > recommendation, not a rule. Thanks. > ok, agree, my "typo". But

Bug#694778: RFS: tcpflow/1.3.0-1 [ITA] TCP flow recorder

2013-02-16 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 02:13:03AM -0800, Dima Kogan wrote: > Thanks for explaining. This makes sense, and I can add this tag. You mentioned > tcpdump, but it does NOT have any Multi-Arch tags. You feel like it should, > right? Indeed. #700727 Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-

Bug#694778: RFS: tcpflow/1.3.0-1 [ITA] TCP flow recorder

2013-02-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 02:50:49AM -0800, Dima Kogan wrote: > > Can you check whether Multi-Arch: foreign is applicable to the tcpflow > > binary package? > > I don't follow. The docs suggest that 'Multi-Arch: foreign' is for > dependencies > that can satisfy the depender of any architecture. Tcp

Bug#695366: RFS: gringotts/1.2.10-1

2013-01-08 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 12:50:16AM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > I have doubts here. I changed to GPL2+ to be compatible but previous > package (Wesley's) was released as GPL3 and I'm not sure if I can > relicense debian files as GPL2+. Completed the license paragraph, too. You cannot relicense th

Bug#695366: RFS: gringotts/1.2.10-1

2013-01-07 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: tag -1 + moreinfo On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 04:53:26PM +0100, Jose G. López wrote: > gringotts (1.2.10-1) unstable; urgency=low > > * New upstream release. Please hold back new upstream releases from unstable until after the freeze and target experimental instead. This would be a small

Bug#694778: RFS: tcpflow/1.3.0-1 [ITA] TCP flow recorder

2013-01-06 Thread Helmut Grohne
Control: tags -1 moreinfo On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:13:16AM -0800, Dima Kogan wrote: >dget -x > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/t/tcpflow/tcpflow_1.3.0-1.dsc I suggest to target experimental instead of sid, because the package is part of wheezy. The changelog is not very verbose

Bug#687620: RFS: udpxy/1.0.23-1 [ITP]

2012-12-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
ot;. > Can it be false-positive? This check has had false positives in the past. As you checked the compilation and linking steps, you can likely ignore it. > Helmut Grohne wrote 2012-10-26 02:57: > >The long description of your package looks suspiciously short. > >This is > >

Bug#694737: RFS: libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.2 [NMU] [indirect RC] [MultiArch]

2012-11-29 Thread Helmut Grohne
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: important Please fix #677786 using the patch to the bug log in message #12. I suggest delayed/7 to give the maintainer some more time to react. That bug blocks RC bug #677762. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: RFS: sipvicious/0.2.7-1 [ITP] Tools to audit SIP based VoIP systems

2012-11-29 Thread Helmut Grohne
For support@m.d.n: I believe the below package to be undistributable due to lacking and wrong license declarations. On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 12:56:21PM +0100, Victor Seva wrote: > sipvicious - set of tools that can be used to audit SIP based VoIP > systems. Can you briefly explain the relation

Re: lib32foo?

2012-10-25 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 02:45:47PM -0400, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > Is there a document somewhere talking about how folks build these 32-bit > packages for amd64, as opposed to building an i386 package that's installed > via multiarch? As far as I know most of the lib32foo packages are going to

Bug#687620: RFS: udpxy/1.0.23-1 [ITP]

2012-10-25 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:22:46PM +1100, Alex 'AdUser' Z wrote: > WNPP request are here : > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=687543 > Package uploaded just now : https://mentors.debian.net/package/udpxy So I had a look at your package version 1.0.23-1 as found on mentors.

Bug#681685: RFS: homealoned/0.4.1-1

2012-09-19 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 07:53:40PM +0200, alberto fuentes wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > That said, I believe that the package is not being a good fit for the > > Debian project due to its limited applicability (/24 networks only), > >

Bug#681685: RFS: homealoned/0.4.1-1

2012-09-18 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 05:42:12PM +0200, alberto fuentes wrote: > dget -x > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/h/homealoned/homealoned_0.4.1-1.dsc Nobody seems to care for this package at all. What a shame. Now I had a look. First and foremost, the upstream source hides the licensin

Bug#683844: RFS: sgml-base/1.26+nmu4

2012-08-04 Thread Helmut Grohne
state. + * Pre-Depend on dpkg >= 1.16.4 (Closes: #678902). Removed dependency on +dpkg >= 1.14.18. sgml-base highlights a bug in dpkg's trigger processing. + + -- Helmut Grohne Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:09:07 +0200 + sgml-base (1.26+nmu3) unstable; urgency=low * Non-maintaine

Re: Backporting a multi-arched package

2012-07-25 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 08:43:24PM +0200, Joachim Wiedorn wrote: > Remove multi-arch support: Now you make me wonder. Please explain why this is needed. The original question mentioned that the package in question is "Multi-Arch: foreign". I do not see an issue with having Multi-Arch:foreign heade

Bug#678468: RFS: sgml-data/2.0.7 [RC] [QA] -- common SGML and XML data

2012-06-23 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 02:55:40PM +0300, Boris Pek wrote: > > * The description still contains the homepage. > > Hmm, is it a problem? I don't see nothing about it in the Debian Policy [1]. > That lintian note was about missed homepage field which is possibly present > in > description. > > [

Bug#678468: RFS: sgml-data/2.0.7 [RC] [QA] -- common SGML and XML data

2012-06-23 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 03:07:43AM +0300, Boris Pek wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "sgml-data". You say "QA upload" below, I guess you don't mean to adopt the package, right? Thanks for taking care of this package. This upload fixes at least one RC bug. > http://mentors.deb

Re: wwwoffle

2012-06-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 03:12:46AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > I've seen wwwoffle was dropped from Debian and Ubuntu. > As I really need it, I'm willing to step in as maintainer. > > I'm currently in process of importing the available releases into > an git repo and adding the latest patches. >

Bug#669722: RFS: gnunet/0.9.2-1 [ITA]

2012-04-22 Thread Helmut Grohne
Thanks for your work on the gnunet package. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 01:11:29PM +0200, Bertrand Marc wrote: > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/g/gnunet/gnunet_0.9.2-1.dsc Why does the -dbg package depend on all other packages? Wouldn't it be enough to depend on -common since all

Bug#663685: uploaded of openvpn-auth-radius to mentors and corrected debdiff

2012-04-10 Thread Helmut Grohne
/control openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control --- openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control +++ openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Source: openvpn-auth-radius Maintainer: Cygnus Networks GmbH Uploaders: Helmut Grohne -Standards-Version: 3.9.1 +Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Section

Bug#663685: Acknowledgement (RFS: openvpn-auth-radius/2.1-4 -- updated packaging, hardening release goal)

2012-03-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control --- openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control +++ openvpn-auth-radius-2.1/debian/control @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ Source: openvpn-auth-radius Maintainer: Cygnus Networks GmbH Uploaders: Helmut Grohne -Standards-Version: 3.9.1 +Standards-Version: 3.9.3 Section

Bug#663685: RFS: openvpn-auth-radius/2.1-4 -- updated packaging, hardening release goal

2012-03-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
right to machine readable specification 1.0. * Support dpkg-buildflags. * Switch to debhelper 8 and use overrides. -- Helmut Grohne Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:31:05 +0100 Note that support for dpkg-buildflags is a way to meet the hardening release goal. Please refrain from suggesting higher debh

Re: proposed new pseudo-package 'debian-mentors' for handling sponsoring requests

2012-01-20 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:59:14PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > SUMMARY > === > > We plan to ask for the creation of a new pseudo-package > debian-mentors or mentors.debian.org [3] (contact: > debian-mentors@lists.debian.org) in Debian's bug tracking system (the > name is still subject to

Re: RFS: logkeys (fixing RC bugs)

2012-01-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear DDs, On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:11:12AM +0200, Vedran Fura?? wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "logkeys". > > * Package name: logkeys >Version : 0.1.1a-2 >Upstream Author : Kernc > * URL : http://logkeys.googlecode.com/ > * License

Re: RFR: devilspie2

2011-10-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:15:24PM +0200, Andreas Rönnquist wrote: > (in this case - RFR = Request For Review - I am not sure if its a > used/correct abbreviation) Correct. > Could someone please check out my devilspie2 package? Yes. > It is a continuation of the original Devilspie by Ross Burt

Re: RFS: instead

2011-10-13 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Jakub, On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Helmut Grohne , 2011-10-12, 09:12: > >Your debian/rules file basically needs to be rewritten. > > Sorry, but that's not helpful. Care to elaborate what's so > inherently wrong with the current

Re: RFS: instead

2011-10-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
IANADD, so I cannot upload and I would recommend not uploading this package in its current shape. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:15:39AM +0300, Sam Protsenko wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "instead". > > * Package name: instead >Version : 1.5.1-1 >Upstream Aut

Re: RFS: manaplus

2011-10-12 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Andrei, On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 03:39:12AM +0400, andrei karas wrote: > I will update packages after releasing next version. Good. > I dont know what write in public domain license field. > It should be short explanation about public domain license or about code? > And where i can find it? T

Re: RFS: lacewing

2011-10-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
IANADD, so I cannot upload. On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 04:54:54PM +0100, James McLaughlin wrote: > I'm looking for a sponsor for my package "lacewing". > > * Package name: lacewing >Version : 0.2.4 This is a nice upstream version number, but your Debian packaging needs a Debian rev

Re: RFS: ndppd

2011-10-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
IANADD, so I cannot upload. On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 08:42:40PM +0200, daniel.adolfs...@tuhox.com wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ndppd". Please mention in your RFS subject whether the package is new. In this case the package is new. As such, it should close an ITP bug. Please

Re: RFS: manaplus

2011-10-06 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Andrei, On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:22:50PM +0400, andrei karas wrote: > * Package name: manaplus >Version : 1.1.9.4-1 I had a look at your package and have some remarks: * debian/copyright: * src/mumblemanager.* is lacking a required Copyright field. The referenced F

Re: [PING] RFR/RFS: openvpn-auth-radius (new package, fixes retitled RFP)

2011-01-04 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Sven, thank you very much for your thoughts! Also hi to Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta and Stephen Gran. I added you two to CC for you maintain openvpn and freeradius. The openvpn-auth-radius package is to combine these packages. Sven was uncomfortable with it being maintained by a company and sugge

[PING] RFR/RFS: openvpn-auth-radius (new package, fixes retitled RFP)

2011-01-03 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, Please CC me in a reply, since I am not subscribed to the list. Could you reconsider this RFS? Two weeks have passed without a response. On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 06:17:56PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:58:23PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > I a

Re: RFR/RFS: openvpn-auth-radius (new package, fixes retitled RFP)

2010-12-16 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, Please CC me in a reply, since I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks to Paul Wise for reviewing the source package. On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:58:23PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "openvpn-auth-radius". > > * Packag

RFR/RFS: openvpn-auth-radius (new package, fixes retitled RFP)

2010-12-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, Please CC me in a reply, since I am not subscribed to the list. I am looking for a sponsor for my package "openvpn-auth-radius". * Package name: openvpn-auth-radius Version : 2.1-1 Upstream Author : Ralf Luebben * URL : http://www.nongnu.org/radiusplugin

Re: RFS: avifile (QA upload)

2009-11-29 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Yavor, On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 09:45:58PM +0200, Yavor Doganov wrote: > At Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:26:39 -0500, > Barry deFreese wrote: > | avifile-utils: setuid-binary usr/bin/kv4lsetup 4755 root/root > but this override was added by the original maintainer (also > upstream), which of course doesn

Re: how to support 32- & 64-bit versions of libraries

2009-03-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Steve, On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 03:11:00AM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > For package "gmp", I have two open requests to provide 64-bit versions > of the libraries on ppc. One of the requests also asks for a 32-bit > version on amd64. I'd like to see 32bit libs for amd64, too. :-) > Is this

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 07:40:41PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Helmut Grohne wrote: > > So will the new minimal example look like the following then? > > > > #/usr/bin/make -Bf > > %: > > dh $@ > > Yes, that's how it's looking now. You should t

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:27:33AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Helmut Grohne writes: > > Well my basic idea was to add a .PHONY line to the 3-line example like: > > #!/usr/bin/make -f > > %: > > $@ > > .PHONY:build clean install binary-arch binary-indep binary

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:35:03AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Helmut Grohne writes: > > I only tried to fix the broken example by adding a .PHONY rule. What > > I blame dh for is that it implements .PHONY rules without marking > > them as such. > I don't understand

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:39:10PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > GNU make users probably know that this is why there is a .PHONY: ... > > rule. However that one does not work with implicit dependencies and > > results in make thinking there is nothing to be done. > I was not aware of this behavior of

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
> > #!/usr/bin/make -f > > %: > > $@ > > .PHONY:build clean install binary-arch binary-indep binary > There is no way of knowing in advance how a particilar .PHONY should look > like, thus it is left to the user to decide on per package basis and populate > it as well. You can hardly blame dh

Re: dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
> Yes. For this reason, I avoid the three-line rules file (despite its > cuteness), and use the .PHONY feature. OK. > > However that one does not work with implicit dependencies and > > results in make thinking there is nothing to be done. > Can you give an example of a ???debian/rules??? that do

dh 7 broken by design?

2009-02-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi, I recently tried converting my packages to dh 7 and ... failed. The simple rule %: dh $@ will fail miserably if there is any file named like a target. Try `touch build' in your favourite dh-7-package to see it break. GNU make users probably know that this is why there is a .PHONY: ..

Re: RFS: libnotifymm

2008-04-20 Thread Helmut Grohne
> * Package name: libnotifymm Two minor comments: 1) Your copyright file is inconsistent about the gpl versions. You mention L?GPL-2+ whereas the path to /usr/share/common-licenses points to a version 3. 2) Few people use control.in and those who do mostly do so for good reasons. I

Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)

2008-04-15 Thread Helmut Grohne
> What is the reason for adding the dnsutils suggests? I suggested add dnsutils, because dig is used by lynis/include/tests_networking. A Recommend or Depend might be more appropriate though. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: RFS: nlkt

2008-04-15 Thread Helmut Grohne
> So, in nlkt_0.2.3_deb-src.tar.gz i've provided .dsc, .diff, .orig.tar.gz > files - it is regular non-native debian package, isn't it? It is. And it is properly accessible now, thanks: > Also I've uploaded source package to mentors.debian.net for convenience: > http://mentors.debian.net/debi

Re: RFS: nlkt

2008-04-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
> I'm prepared debs for i386, amd64, and deb-src: > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=218218 Please provide a dsc file. It also looks like you have created a native package. Is this necessary? See http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#native_vs_non_native

Re: RFS: gtkvncviewer

2008-04-14 Thread Helmut Grohne
Please provide a reason for why this should be a native package or repackage it as non-native. See http://people.debian.org/~mpalmer/debian-mentors_FAQ.html#native_vs_non_native for further information. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: RFS: arename

2008-04-08 Thread Helmut Grohne
> Quoting myself: > > I also heard doing direct patches to the upstream source is not liked > > and one should use quilt or dpatch. I think using Git for this task is > > enough to keep track of the changes and also way easier. Advocates of > > Git-based packaging (for example, Joey Hess) seem to

Re: RFS: arename

2008-04-08 Thread Helmut Grohne
> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "arename". 1) Your diff.gz modifies files outside debian/. Some sponsors will require you to use a patch system like dpatch or quilt, so it might be easier to find a sponsor if you used a patch system. As far as I can see your package is perl-only

Re: RFS: compiz-switch

2008-04-05 Thread Helmut Grohne
> * Package name: compiz-switch 1) Your diff.gz modifies files out side debian/. Many sponsors will consider this a bad practise, so I suggest using a patch system like dpatch or quilt in order to reach more potential sponsors. 2) There is a debian/menu file. However dh_installmenu is n

Re: Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)

2008-04-04 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Francisco, > I mean that your lynis package is not in mentors.debian.net, and I would > like review it. So please, can you send me your package, or a link > to download it? Why do you think that I might have packaged lynis? This is not true. I did a basic review for common mistakes. > I would

Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)

2008-04-03 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Francisco, > please, send me your package, or give me a link to it, > in > mentors.debian.net there is no longer. I have no clue what package of mine you might be talking about. Could you rephrase that? Please also try to avoid (wrongly quoted) top-posting as it makes reading your mail even h

Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)

2008-04-01 Thread Helmut Grohne
> lynis - security auditing tool for Unix based > systems Please see my other recent mail on lynis: Some issues are still not fixed. Another thing is patching. I think like 90% DDs would use a patch system instead of patching the tarball using the .diff.gz. A potential sponsor may require yo

Re: RFS: gnormalize

2008-03-30 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Alessio, > > 2) Is there a reason for you are not calling dh_strip? > Bernd Zeimetz suggested me to remove it > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2007/11/msg00083.html). > gnormalize is a pure perl program, so it seems there is no need for > dh_strip. Am I wrong? > I'll wait your opinion

Re: RFS: gnormalize

2008-03-28 Thread Helmut Grohne
IANADD, but > * Package name: gnormalize 1) /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL -> GPL-3, but your copyright file says GPL-2. Please fix that. 2) Is there a reason for you are not calling dh_strip? 3) Does debian/TODO still apply? If not, why not remove it? Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Help needed for packaging a library

2008-03-28 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Georgi, > Why is my library architecture-dependent? How can I make it > architecture-independent, assuming the source code doesn't care about the > architecture (I don't think a printf should be a problem)? Your library will be compiled to a binary blob and this binary blob is architecture d

Re: RFS: lynis (updated package)

2008-03-28 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Mateusz, IANADD, but: > lynis - security auditing tool for Unix based systems Please provide a long description next time. After all this is an ad for sponsors. > - dget http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/l/lynis/lynis_1.0.9-1.dsc 1) Remove unneeded example files please. Can s

RFS: jugglemaster

2007-10-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "jugglemaster". * Package name: jugglemaster Version : 0.4-3 Upstream Authors: Gary Briggs, Ken Matsuoka, Greg Gilbert, Per Johan Groland * URL : http://icculus.org/jugglemaster/ * License : Modified MIT a

Re: RFS: japa [sponsor found]

2007-10-16 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, japa entered the Debian Multimedia repository and Free Ekanayaka agreed to sponsor the package. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: japa

2007-09-22 Thread Helmut Grohne
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "japa". * Package name: japa Version : 0.2.1-2 Upstream Author : Fons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/ * License : GPL 2+ Section : sound It builds t

Re: japa packaging (RFS?->#435583) - jack and alsa perceptual analyzer

2007-09-19 Thread Helmut Grohne
retitle 435583 ITP: japa -- jack and alsa perceptual analyzer owner 435583 ! thanks > I don't think so [1] [2] > 1. RFP should be 'assigned' to you and retitled so it is an ITP Ok. > 2. debian/changelog should reflect the Closes: #... > 3. Fix all the lintian warnings (e.g. Upstream Author_(s)_

japa packaging (RFS?->#435583) - jack and alsa perceptual analyzer

2007-09-17 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi! I've found a tool called japa pretty useful for doing audio analysis. It was developed by Fons Adriaensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> under the GPL and is now available at http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/. As I regularly use this software on multiple systems I'd like it to see in the Debian Arch