Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-12 Thread Paul Gevers
Actually what I was saying is that the libxpm within the lesstif package has remained stagnant for many years while the separate libxpm has evolved, so those are in that package. You can see this progression in the libxpm repo [0]. Ah, sorry, I completely misunderstood. The way you say it

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Gevers
One issue that I see with your changes, although I don't know enough about libraries to tell know if I am right, is that you reduced the symbols (as lesstif doesn't have them after your change). Interestingly, an other discussion on this list [1], mentions the Debian policy (8.1) where it is

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-11 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: On top of that, there are a few spelling corrections, and a couple cases of refactoring/improving the code in the standalone version. If this is really the case, I would propose to get these improvements into the libxpm package (and

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Michael, [This e-mail is not as coherent as I intended, I hope you catch what I mean. Don't hesitate to ask clarification.] On the surface, the diff between the embeded library in lesstif and the standalone libxpm seem rather large. However, if you dig into it, you'll notice that 95% of

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-08 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi Michael, Thanks for your interest in lesstif. As I made the last couple of rounds of changes and are listed as one of the maintainers, I would have appreciated it when you had included me in your cc and maybe even have communicated about your intentions before contacting the mentors list.

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:31:11 +0200 Paul Gevers wrote: Have you investigated the changes made by upstream lesstif in the embedded code and verified that they are not necessary? Hi, On the surface, the diff between the embeded library in lesstif and the standalone libxpm seem rather large.

RFS: lesstif2

2011-08-07 Thread Michael Gilbert
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package lesstif2. * Package name: lesstif2 Version : 1:0.95.2-2 Section : libs Other boilerplate info can be found on the pts page: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lesstif2.html To access further information about this

Re: RFS: lesstif2

2009-11-13 Thread Paul Gevers
Charles Plessy wrote: do not hesitate to ping the maintainers of packages that depend on lesstif for this task. Aaron M. Ucko was so kind to sponsor lesstif2. As the maintainer of a dependent package he rather keeps lesstif2 in the archive. :) Hopefully, I can get some long standing bugs out

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 06:16:08PM +0100, Paul Gevers a écrit : Point taken. I will do what I want to do with lesstif next weekend/weeks and if nobody steps up to sponsor I will leave it on mentors and on Alioth and just provide a package at Launchpad [1] for a while. Dear Paul, do not

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-04 Thread George Danchev
Hi mentors, Hi, Paul Gevers wrote: I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.2-1 of my package lesstif2 [0]. This new upstream version is only the incorporation of a lot of patches already incorporated in the current version

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-11-03 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi mentors, Paul Gevers wrote: I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.2-1 of my package lesstif2 [0]. This new upstream version is only the incorporation of a lot of patches already incorporated in the current version of lesstif2

Re: RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-10-23 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi Paul, first of all, thanks for your work in Debian On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:57, Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl wrote: Hi mentors and mentees, [Sorry for the long mail, there are several issues/questions.] I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a sponsor for the

RFS: lesstif2 AND Questions about collab-maint

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi mentors and mentees, [Sorry for the long mail, there are several issues/questions.] I am looking for a thourough check of my packaging and preferably a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.2-1 of my package lesstif2 [0]. This new upstream version is only the incorporation of a lot of patches

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-05 Thread Paul Gevers
I hope somebody is able to give me more feedback (or ultimately upload the package). uploaded. Thanks, but no comments? Paul signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-05 Thread LI Daobing
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 22:23, Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl wrote: I hope somebody is able to give me more feedback (or ultimately upload the package). uploaded. Thanks, but no comments? Hmmm, comments: 1. package is lintian clean. 2. two program works as expected: xmgrace (from package

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-04 Thread LI Daobing
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 18:33, Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl wrote: This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time for such a large task? On your own? Is there any upstream activity? I have the intention to try. And of course all help is appreciated, but I would say that

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package)

2009-05-03 Thread Paul Gevers
This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time for such a large task? On your own? Is there any upstream activity? I have the intention to try. And of course all help is appreciated, but I would say that any improvement over inactivity is good. I really think this cleaning

RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]

2009-04-29 Thread Paul Gevers
Use the posted debdiff to create a package and upload it to mentors.debian.net and post a complete RFS. Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.0-2.2 of the package lesstif2, this is not my package but I thought it needed some attention. snip If you are going to

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]

2009-04-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 1:0.95.0-2.2 of the package lesstif2, this is not my package but I thought it needed some attention. This is a big package with a high popcon count, do you have the time for

Re: RFS: lesstif2 (updated package) [Was: Re: How to give lesstif2 some attention?]

2009-04-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 29.04.2009 23:12, schrieb Neil Williams: On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:09:37 +0200 Paul Geversp...@climbing.nl wrote: W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.guess 2005-05-15 W: lesstif2 source: outdated-autotools-helper-file config.sub 2005-05-12 The PTS claims 85 lintian