Re: naming and relationships of development packages

2006-10-11 Thread Florent Rougon
Székelyi Szabolcs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right. But why is Replaces needed in the case of an MTA? If a package Providing mail-transport-agent is installed, and the user is about to explicitly install another package which also Provides and Conflicts with mail-transport-agent, then

RFS: zim (updated package)

2006-10-11 Thread Emfox Zhou
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.16-1 of my package zim. It builds this binary package: zim- a desktop wiki The package is lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 351539, 366503, 375326, 381681 The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: -

RFS: comix (updated package)

2006-10-11 Thread Emfox Zhou
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 3.6-1 of my package comix. It builds this binary package: comix - GTK Comic Book Viewer The package is lintian clean. The upload would fix these bugs: 391426 The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: - URL:

RFS: pcmanx-gtk2 (updated package)

2006-10-11 Thread Emfox Zhou
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.3.5-1 of my package pcmanx-gtk2. It builds these binary packages: libpcmanx-core0 - core rendering library of pcmanx mozilla-plugin-pcmanx - pcmanx plugin for Mozilla based browser pcmanx-gtk2 - user-friendly telnet client mainly

Re: RFS: zim (updated package) [sponsored]

2006-10-11 Thread tony mancill
Emfox Zhou wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.16-1 of my package zim. zim_0.16 has been uploaded. Cheers, tony signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

RFS: pfm (New upstream release)

2006-10-11 Thread Mark Hindley
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package pfm. * Package name: pfm Version : 1.4.2-1 Upstream Author : Wim Herremans * URL : http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pfm/ * License : GPL Section : misc It builds these binary packages: pfm

Re: RFS: trueprint [sponsored]

2006-10-11 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Henrique Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-10-10 17:44:00 -0300]: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 5.3-4 of my package trueprint. It builds these binary packages: trueprint - pretty printing of source code The package is lintian clean. The upload would fix

Diff in update?

2006-10-11 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
Hi, Six month ago, I used testing, and used to learn packaging for Debian on a testing box. I have been out for some mounths. I'am back now, and I see the way apt repo are dona is sloghtly different. Something differential has been introduced: apt-get update downloads some kind of patches whose

Current status of kfreebsd ?

2006-10-11 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Hello, I'm wondering... Is this project dead There's nearly not any traffic left on this ML and I haven't heard anything yet about debian-installer port since a while Thanks in advance ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Current status of kfreebsd ?

2006-10-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Wrong ML, I think... On 10/12/06, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm wondering... Is this project dead There's nearly not any traffic left on this ML and I haven't heard anything yet about debian-installer port since a while Thanks in advance ! -- To

Re: Current status of kfreebsd ?

2006-10-11 Thread Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)
Le jeudi 12 octobre 2006 02:37, Andrew Donnellan a écrit : Wrong ML, I think... Oups, sorry. On 10/12/06, Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm wondering... Is this project dead There's nearly not any traffic left on this ML and I haven't heard anything yet

Handling bugs

2006-10-11 Thread Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz
What does one do with an inactive unreproducible important bug? (#368546) Close it? After how long? Last mail from submitter was four months ago. No one else has ever seen it, either in Debian or in upstream mailing list. -- Rodrigo Gallardo GPG-Fingerprint: 7C81 E60C 442E 8FBC D975 2F49

Re: Handling bugs

2006-10-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 07:38:10PM -0500, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz wrote: What does one do with an inactive unreproducible important bug? (#368546) Close it? After how long? Last mail from submitter was four months ago. No one else has ever seen it, either in Debian or in upstream

RFS: gbonds

2006-10-11 Thread Richard Laager
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package gbonds. * Package name: gbonds Version : 2.0.2-6 Upstream Author : Jim Evins [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://gbonds.sourceforge.net/download/ * License : GPL Section : gnome It builds these

Re: RFS: zim (updated package) [sponsored]

2006-10-11 Thread Emfox Zhou
tony mancill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Emfox Zhou wrote: I am looking for a sponsor for the new version 0.16-1 of my package zim. zim_0.16 has been uploaded. Cheers, tony Thanks for kindness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Orphaning my packages

2006-10-11 Thread Zak B. Elep
Hi François! =) On 10/12/06, François Févotte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I saw on the debian-devel mailing list that you were willing to take care of tilda. Is that still the case ? I certainly wouldn't want to take over the package if you are working on it... Actually there's an

Re: preinst: ( configure [ -n $2 ] ) or ( configure [ -z $2 ] ) ? (AND: initramfs-tools: preinst fragment is never run)

2006-10-11 Thread Justin Pryzby
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... Stephen Gran: ... The preinstall script is never run with a configure argument ... http://bugs.debian.org/391619 http://www.us.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-mscriptsinstact Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

RFS: pyecm

2006-10-11 Thread Martin Kelly
Dear mentors, * Package name: pyecm Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Martin Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyecm/ * License : GPLv2 Section : Mathematics It builds these binary packages: pyecm - Factors large numbers

Re: RFS: pyecm (additional details: comparison to gmp-ecm)

2006-10-11 Thread Martin Kelly
I forgot to mention some additional details that may help prospective sponsors make decisions. In comparison to gmp-ecm, pyecm has several advantages. First, it does not display any mathematical notation when factoring a number, making it more useful to those not familiar with factoring

Re: RFS: pyecm

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Percival
Martin Kelly wrote: It builds these binary packages: pyecm - Factors large numbers (= 50 digits) using ECM (Elliptic Curve Method) I suggest changing the short description to: Factors large numbers (up to 50 digits) using the Elliptic Curve Method (ECM) And possibly even leaving off the

Re: RFS: pyecm

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Percival
I think you can re-upload a package over the existing one on mentors. If not, you can delete the old one via the web interface. It would be nice if you re-upload with the new description, but it is not necessary. It is a good idea for discussions like this to be made to the -mentors list. I have