Re: RFS: netdump -- Dump kernel crash information over the network

2004-07-15 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Chirag, On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:23:14PM +0530, Chirag Kantharia wrote: Hi! I've uploaded netdump package to mentors.debian.net and am seeking for a sponsor for this package. I took a look at your package, a few issues: 0) For some reason you decided to build this as a

Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread ms419
I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain these files, it simply conflicts

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain

mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Sebastian Henschel
howdy folks... in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy 10.7 and asked a maintainer of such a package, but did not find

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Roman Kennke
Am Do, den 15.07.2004 schrieb Sebastian Henschel um 14:45: howdy folks... in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Martin Dickopp
Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy 10.7 and asked a maintainer

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/etc/default] See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for each

Re: RFS2: secure-delete

2004-07-15 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:27:49PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: hi everyone, i am looking for a sponsor for secure-delete: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory oh come one everybody! what the hell is wrong with this package that nobody wants to sponsor it? it's really in a

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-15 Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy 10.7 and asked a

Re: debconf question

2004-07-15 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:46 pm, Brian Nelson wrote: Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while I'm at it: the behaviour change is not really dangerous, but can cause people to get more spam. (Background: postgrey

RFS: flyspray -- light Bug Tracking System (BTS) in php

2004-07-15 Thread Pierre HABOUZIT
Some informations : o package is now lintian clean o it builds in pbuilder (well, it was not that difficult ;p) o should be policy compliant (not 100% sure though) o ITP is : http://bugs.debian.org/258356 o and btw my work is here : http://amaretto.inria.fr:8080/~mc/flyspray/ *

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Joey Hess
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/etc/default] See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the

Re: RFS: netdump -- Dump kernel crash information over the network

2004-07-15 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Nahmias) writes: Hello Chirag, On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:23:14PM +0530, Chirag Kantharia wrote: Hi! I've uploaded netdump package to mentors.debian.net and am seeking for a sponsor for this package. I took a look at your package, a few issues: 0) For some

Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread ms419
I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain these files, it simply conflicts

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:21:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B

Re: Removing Other Packages' Conflicting Files

2004-07-15 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am packaging a package - A - which conflicts with only some files in another package - B - (A depends on the rest of B's files). If A also contained the files in B with which it conflicts, I think I would tag A Replaces: B and be done; but A doesn't contain

mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Sebastian Henschel
howdy folks... in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy 10.7 and asked a maintainer of such a package, but did not find

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Roman Kennke
Am Do, den 15.07.2004 schrieb Sebastian Henschel um 14:45: howdy folks... in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/etc/default] See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the | init.d script should set default values for each

Re: RFS2: secure-delete

2004-07-15 Thread Robert Lemmen
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 05:27:49PM +0200, Robert Lemmen wrote: hi everyone, i am looking for a sponsor for secure-delete: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory oh come one everybody! what the hell is wrong with this package that nobody wants to sponsor it? it's really in a

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2004-07-15 Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in the last couple of months, i realized that more and more packages are using a file in /etc/default/ for the configuration of their init-scripts. i searched in debian-devel and debian-mentors, looked into the policy 10.7 and asked a

Re: debconf question

2004-07-15 Thread Nathaniel W. Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 13 July 2004 01:46 pm, Brian Nelson wrote: Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And while I'm at it: the behaviour change is not really dangerous, but can cause people to get more spam. (Background: postgrey

RFS: flyspray -- light Bug Tracking System (BTS) in php

2004-07-15 Thread Pierre HABOUZIT
Some informations : o package is now lintian clean o it builds in pbuilder (well, it was not that difficult ;p) o should be policy compliant (not 100% sure though) o ITP is : http://bugs.debian.org/258356 o and btw my work is here : http://amaretto.inria.fr:8080/~mc/flyspray/ *

Re: mysteries of /etc/default/*

2004-07-15 Thread Joey Hess
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: On Thursday 15 July 2004 15.15, Martin Dickopp wrote: Sebastian Henschel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [/etc/default] See Policy 9.3.2. (Disclaimer: IANADD.) Which does only say: | To ensure that vital configurable values are always available, the

Re: RFS: netdump -- Dump kernel crash information over the network

2004-07-15 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Nahmias) writes: Hello Chirag, On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 05:23:14PM +0530, Chirag Kantharia wrote: Hi! I've uploaded netdump package to mentors.debian.net and am seeking for a sponsor for this package. I took a look at your package, a few issues: 0) For some