Re: Updates to d-mentors FAQ

2005-04-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
, this was one of the most helpful things I read. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pdf files in upstream tarball and -doc package

2005-02-11 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
in a specific PDF viewer, but you can't actually embed malicious code. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: renaming a library package (advice and sanity check)

2005-01-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
the time. Well, this is long, but maybe it will help someone reading the archive someday. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: renaming a library package (advice and sanity check)

2005-01-15 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The recent thread on names of library packages on debian-devel made me decide that I made a mistake in naming one of my packages. Specifically, the vips7.10 source package creates four binary packages: libvips7.10, libvips7.10-dev, libvips7.10-tools

Re: renaming a library package (advice and sanity check)

2005-01-15 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: I've read Section 5.9.3 of the developer's reference and understand it clearly. Is that still the best way to go? Not always, unfortunately. Very often, the upgrade will be smoother if you use empty dummy

advice about splitting a package (libtiff-tools)

2004-11-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
those libraries on their systems anyway, and I suspect not many people running systems without X will bother with libtiff-tools. Thanks for any advice. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

Re: advice about splitting a package (libtiff-tools)

2004-11-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
-opengl is installed, it will no longer be possible to install an older version of libtiff-tools, but I don't consider that to be important. Thanks for any advice. You're welcome. Actually, thank doogie on IRC. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

advice about splitting a package (libtiff-tools)

2004-11-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
those libraries on their systems anyway, and I suspect not many people running systems without X will bother with libtiff-tools. Thanks for any advice. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: advice about splitting a package (libtiff-tools)

2004-11-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
-opengl is installed, it will no longer be possible to install an older version of libtiff-tools, but I don't consider that to be important. Thanks for any advice. You're welcome. Actually, thank doogie on IRC. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

request removal of vips7.8 and nip from mentors.debian.net

2004-09-09 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
someone has agreed to sponsor them for upload into the archive, and I want to tweak the description from what's there on mentors. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

request removal of vips7.8 and nip from mentors.debian.net

2004-09-09 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
someone has agreed to sponsor them for upload into the archive, and I want to tweak the description from what's there on mentors. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: RFD: take over packages

2004-08-22 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
I was writing to Ivo Timmermans[1] that I would like to continue with some of his packages, as he has not updated them for a while. They are music players (mean: binary, libs) for C64 music formats, ie: SID emulator. He said it is OK for him, but when I have updated the packages,

Re: RFD: take over packages

2004-08-22 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
I was writing to Ivo Timmermans[1] that I would like to continue with some of his packages, as he has not updated them for a while. They are music players (mean: binary, libs) for C64 music formats, ie: SID emulator. He said it is OK for him, but when I have updated the packages,

getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and upload them before the freeze? * In xerces23 and xerces24, other architectures out of date, but their buildd logs show success. Why would they be out of date if they were built successfully? What can I do to resolve this? Thanks for any clarification. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
* On all three packages, the arm build failed because of an unsatisfiable build dependency that was the result of a timing problem. These should succeed now as the problem with the dependent package has been cleared. I emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] to request these

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Yes, it seems the most recent arm build failed, but yet the current icu28 (2.8-3) is in testing. Perhaps someone built it manually. There are no bugs posted again icu28. In testing but not in unstable for arm? Or in testing without arm support? Hmm. In testing and unstable

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
http://people.debian.org/~wouter/wanna-build-states There's a lot of information hidden beneath the surface, it seems. Is there a place through which I could have discovered this, other than asking on debian-mentors? :-) Answering my own question, I see a link to this in

getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and upload them before the freeze? * In xerces23 and xerces24, other architectures out of date, but their buildd logs show success. Why would they be out of date if they were built successfully? What can I do to resolve this? Thanks for any clarification. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
* On all three packages, the arm build failed because of an unsatisfiable build dependency that was the result of a timing problem. These should succeed now as the problem with the dependent package has been cleared. I emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] to request these

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Yes, it seems the most recent arm build failed, but yet the current icu28 (2.8-3) is in testing. Perhaps someone built it manually. There are no bugs posted again icu28. In testing but not in unstable for arm? Or in testing without arm support? Hmm. In testing and unstable

Re: getting packages to rebuild

2004-08-08 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
http://people.debian.org/~wouter/wanna-build-states There's a lot of information hidden beneath the surface, it seems. Is there a place through which I could have discovered this, other than asking on debian-mentors? :-) Answering my own question, I see a link to this in

RFS: vips/nip: quick demo so you'll see how good it is

2004-08-05 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
in image manipulation software will take a look at these. I don't want to seem impatient, which is why I mention this up front. I'm only trying to act quickly because of the looming sarge freeze. :-) -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ 1.tif Description: TIFF image 2.png

RFS: vips and nip

2004-08-04 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
at these. I don't want to seem impatient, which is why I mention this up front. I'm only trying to act quickly because of the looming sarge freeze. :-) -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: two new packages, one depends upon the other

2004-08-03 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
, or does this happen automatically? Thanks again for any clarification. That depends on the reason of not-building. What reasons do you expect? Only not waiting long enough between uploading A and B. Probably nothing to worry about. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q

RFS: vips and nip

2004-08-03 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
at these. I don't want to seem impatient, which is why I mention this up front. I'm only trying to act quickly because of the looming sarge freeze. :-) -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

two new packages, one depends upon the other

2004-08-03 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
package that creates four binary packages (runtime, dev, doc, and tools) and then a separate graphical front end that depends on the runtime and build-depends on the dev. I'll be posting an RFS for these packages probably within the next day or so. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: two new packages, one depends upon the other

2004-08-03 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
, or does this happen automatically? Thanks again for any clarification. That depends on the reason of not-building. What reasons do you expect? Only not waiting long enough between uploading A and B. Probably nothing to worry about. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

two new packages, one depends upon the other

2004-08-02 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
package that creates four binary packages (runtime, dev, doc, and tools) and then a separate graphical front end that depends on the runtime and build-depends on the dev. I'll be posting an RFS for these packages probably within the next day or so. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: packages.qa.d.o bug?

2004-07-23 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
?package=cvs2svn You'll see that this is blocked by subversion which in turn is blocked by perl. Lots of things are blocked by perl, but there appears to be active effort in resolving that issue. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: packages.qa.d.o bug?

2004-07-23 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
?package=cvs2svn You'll see that this is blocked by subversion which in turn is blocked by perl. Lots of things are blocked by perl, but there appears to be active effort in resolving that issue. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Feedback wanted: audacity 1.2.1-3

2004-07-17 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
to wxWidgets (f.k.a. wxWindows) which I use for my own GUI development now. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: Feedback wanted: audacity 1.2.1-3

2004-07-17 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
to wxWidgets (f.k.a. wxWindows) which I use for my own GUI development now. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-06-02 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
might want to word this. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: setgid-wrapper

2004-06-02 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
might want to word this. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/init.d/ script policy violation?

2004-05-25 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and networking. Thus allowing acces to the hanging machine even with pcmcia network cards. This is true only as long as DELAYLOGIN=no in /etc/default/rcS or rmnologin is moved earlier as well. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: /etc/init.d/ script policy violation?

2004-05-25 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and networking. Thus allowing acces to the hanging machine even with pcmcia network cards. This is true only as long as DELAYLOGIN=no in /etc/default/rcS or rmnologin is moved earlier as well. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Upload of a new package

2004-05-19 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and had xerces25 (new) uploaded by a sponsor. The package was initially uploaded on May 4 and appeared in unstable on May 18. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: testing config/preinst mods

2004-05-11 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
to debian-devel today with the subject testing config/preinst mods: one approach. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: testing config/preinst mods

2004-05-11 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
to debian-devel today with the subject testing config/preinst mods: one approach. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

testing config/preinst mods

2004-05-07 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and debconf-devel documentation have lots of hints, but nothing that looks easier than the approach I'm planning on trying. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

testing config/preinst mods

2004-05-07 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
and debconf-devel documentation have lots of hints, but nothing that looks easier than the approach I'm planning on trying. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

withdrawing RFS for patmv (was RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool)

2004-04-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
completely acknowledge that patmv is not something anyone will come looking for. Thanks again for the responses and interest! -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

withdrawing RFS for patmv (was RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool)

2004-04-28 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
completely acknowledge that patmv is not something anyone will come looking for. Thanks again for the responses and interest! -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
on purpose. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
I'd like to request a sponsor for my patmv package. patmv is a Perl script that can be used to do bulk renames on files based on a Perl expression (pattern). I've been using this script for about 10 years, and it has a small following among current and former co-workers.

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
appreciate your consideration. So that I don't have to come across as nagging, can you give me some kind of timeframe within which you expect to respond? If I don't hear anything within that timeframe, I'll post a second RFS request. :-) Thanks! -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Jay Berkenbilt wrote: Although I failed to mention this in my initial post, the thing that pushed me over the edge and made me decide to submit this package for sponsorship was the recent inclusion of the renameutils package, which I learned about in the Debian Weekly News[1

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
conviction on this point. I truly appreciate the suggestions and the implication of interest that they imply. Thanks again for listening. Please let me know if I you are still planning on looking at patmv and considering sponsoring it. Thanks. --Jay -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
on purpose. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
I'd like to request a sponsor for my patmv package. patmv is a Perl script that can be used to do bulk renames on files based on a Perl expression (pattern). I've been using this script for about 10 years, and it has a small following among current and former co-workers.

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
appreciate your consideration. So that I don't have to come across as nagging, can you give me some kind of timeframe within which you expect to respond? If I don't hear anything within that timeframe, I'll post a second RFS request. :-) Thanks! -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Jay Berkenbilt wrote: Although I failed to mention this in my initial post, the thing that pushed me over the edge and made me decide to submit this package for sponsorship was the recent inclusion of the renameutils package, which I learned about in the Debian Weekly News[1

Re: RFS: patmv -- a bulk renaming tool

2004-04-26 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
conviction on this point. I truly appreciate the suggestions and the implication of interest that they imply. Thanks again for listening. Please let me know if I you are still planning on looking at patmv and considering sponsoring it. Thanks. --Jay -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
want your welcome to join the group. Thanks. I'll definitely check this out. Someone kindly volunteered to look over my packages. Should I still move forward with the NMU? I just need to redo the packages following the proper policy for NMU which I didn't do exactly right. -- Jay Berkenbilt

wvdial prompts by hand... is that release critical?

2004-03-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=219151 -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
want your welcome to join the group. Thanks. I'll definitely check this out. Someone kindly volunteered to look over my packages. Should I still move forward with the NMU? I just need to redo the packages following the proper policy for NMU which I didn't do exactly right. -- Jay Berkenbilt

wvdial prompts by hand... is that release critical?

2004-03-16 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=219151 -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/

Re: RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-14 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am interested in possibly co-maintaining the xerces packages or in taking them over. Ivo Timmermans, the current maintainer of the xerces packages, indicated on [1]debian-devel that he is looking for people interested in working

Re: RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-14 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am interested in possibly co-maintaining the xerces packages or in taking them over. Ivo Timmermans, the current maintainer of the xerces packages, indicated on [1]debian-devel that he is looking for people interested in working

RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-13 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
or effort. If you're willing to sponsor me as a comaintainer of the packages, I'd like to know that too. We would, of course, have to coordinate with Ivo. Thanks for your time. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

RFS: xerces -- or -- request for NMU

2004-03-13 Thread Jay Berkenbilt
or effort. If you're willing to sponsor me as a comaintainer of the packages, I'd like to know that too. We would, of course, have to coordinate with Ivo. Thanks for your time. -- Jay Berkenbilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ql.org/q/