Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, This is my first contact with the Debian community. I might be doing all sorts of errors, including sending a questionable message to the wrong list. Just tell me, I'll listen. I'm the upstream LIRC [2] maintainer. We are currently in the 0.9.4 cycle which tentatively will be

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 09:51, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > Hi Alec, > >> >> I'm not seeking any argument as to why the Debian packages are still >> 0.9.0. It's the debian packager's decision. Full stop. > > > the argument might be: we were in the freeze because of jessie release at > that time, > so

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 12:45, Ghislain Vaillant wrote: > Just my 2 cents here but quoting d-mentors FAQ [1]: > > "There are cases where upstream ships a tarball which already contains a > debian directory. This is undesirable, even if you're upstream yourself > or can commit there. Keep the released

Help: Package upgrade blues.

2015-11-04 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, I cannot get my first package into shape - the upgrade paths fail. The sad story: New packages: liblirc0, liblirc-dev, lirc, lirc-x, lirc-doc Old packages lirc, lirc-x, liblircclient0, liblircclient-dev. New packages 'lirc' and 'liblirc0' together obsoletes old 'lirc'.

Re: Newbie: "Review request" on an updated LIRC package

2015-10-30 Thread Alec Leamas
On 30/10/15 09:51, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: > El Divendres, 30 d'octubre de 2015, a les 09:34:09, Alec Leamas va escriure: >> Dear list, >> >> I'm the upstream LIRC [2] maintainer. We are currently in the 0.9.4 >> cycle which tentatively will be released a

Re: [cmake][multipackaging] best practices

2015-11-04 Thread Alec Leamas
On 04/11/15 10:28, Raffi Enficiaud wrote: > Le 04/11/15 09:50, Gianfranco Costamagna a écrit : >> Hi, generating debian files from cmake is not trivial, and I'm not >> sure I can answer here. > > Hi, > > Thank you for your reply! Would you please tell me what are the > difficulties? I have more

Bug#806815: RFS: lirc/0.9.4-devel-0.1 [NMU] -- Linux Infrared Remote Control

2015-12-01 Thread Alec Leamas
ending message to the QA team. I have also requested to be member of this group. The packaging situation has been discussed: https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2015/10/msg00487.html The update is disruptive and needs manual intervention: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/11/msg00082.html Regards, --Alec Leamas

Bug#808249: RFS: libirman/0.5.1-1 [NMU]

2015-12-17 Thread Alec Leamas
tained from http://www.example.com. Changes since the last upload: libirman (0.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium * Update to latest upstream, closes: #801588. * Handle conditional build of lirc plugin when lirc >= 0.9.4. -- Alec Leamas <leamas.a...@gmail.com> Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:16:26 +010

Re: Failed to stop defining RPATH in libncl

2016-01-04 Thread Alec Leamas
On 04/01/16 11:40, Andreas Tille wrote: Oops... by mistake, I replied to -devel. Here is the reply in correct list. Hi, I'm trying to package libncl[1] but I failed to fight the following lintian error: E: ncl-tools: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath usr/bin/NCLconverter

Re: Failed to stop defining RPATH in libncl

2016-01-04 Thread Alec Leamas
On 04/01/16 12:45, Andreas Tille wrote: Hm... don't know the Debian docs that well, but Fedora has some info on [2]. Basically, you should be able to add something like that in a dh_ override. The debian GL seems to be in [3]; they look similar. Thanks for your attempt to help but these links

Re: Failed to stop defining RPATH in libncl

2016-01-04 Thread Alec Leamas
On 04/01/16 13:45, Alec Leamas wrote: rules: override_dh_install: dh_install --fail-missing chrpath -delete debian/tmp/usr/bin/N* Oops... That won't work. But: rules: override_dh_install: chrpath -delete debian/tmp/usr/bin/N* dh_install --fail-missing If you

Re: Failed to stop defining RPATH in libncl

2016-01-04 Thread Alec Leamas
On 04/01/16 16:32, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hi Andreas, Hmmm, the libraries are installed in usr/lib/{triplet} so I'm not sure>what you are talking exactly. If git.d.o would be online I'd commit the current status with cleaned up packaging and removed RPATH. nope, they were

Bug#808249: RFS: libirman/0.5.1-1 [NMU]

2016-03-02 Thread Alec Leamas
On 02/03/16 19:27, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hi, now we are waiting for Stefan to review the package :) cheers, G. And, probably more important, we we are waiting for Stefan to review the lirc package. lirc currently has a build dependency on libirman, but the upcoming lirc package

Bug#806815: RFS: lirc/0.9.4~pre1-1.3 [NMU]

2016-05-18 Thread Alec Leamas
On 15/05/16 17:19, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 03:16:01PM +, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: Given that nothing happened here in the last 6 months, I'm closing this RFS ticket. Feel free to open a new one if/when you'll come back. I mean, Stefan is (at least in Debian) very much

Re: Bug#852415: RFS: scap-security-guide/0.1.31-6 [ITP] -- security guides and conformity checks using SCAP standard

2017-02-02 Thread Alec Leamas
On 02/02/17 15:27, p...@reseau-libre.net wrote: Dear security team, I'm contributor to scap-security-guide project for 2 years now and I'm looking for a mentor for packaging the project into Debian. I'm certainly not your mentor. That said, FWIW this seems packaged in Fedora [1]. At a

Adequate reports obsolete conffiles: and now what?

2017-01-21 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, The new, shiny lirc 0.9.4 has received a bug report #851618. At the core, this is about adequate reporting lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/irexec.lircrc lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/lircmd.conf lirc: obsolete-conffile /etc/lirc/hardware.conf lirc: obsolete-conffile

Fwd: Re: Adequate reports obsolete conffiles: and now what?

2017-01-23 Thread Alec Leamas
oops, happened to send the reply to James as a PM... here it comes, it was actually meant for the list Forwarded Message Subject: Re: Adequate reports obsolete conffiles: and now what? Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:40:10 +0100 From: Alec Leamas <leamas.a...@gmail.com> To:

Re: Fwd: Re: Adequate reports obsolete conffiles: and now what?

2017-01-23 Thread Alec Leamas
On 23/01/17 18:03, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: hello, Hi! However I think the .dist files should be installed in /usr/share and copied from there instead of being installed in /etc. This is of course the Right Thing to do. Will implement, thanks! This is nice, however I think this

Re: Build a sort-of-systemd-dependent package on kfreebsd

2016-11-08 Thread Alec Leamas
On 08/11/16 14:13, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Tue, Nov 8, 2016, at 10:39, Alec Leamas wrote: I'm now trying to wrap my head around how to conditionalize a packet such as lirc. I'm coming from Fedora/RPM and used to just spread some %ifarch in the spec file. Now, is something

Re: Data updates in debian packages

2016-10-28 Thread Alec Leamas
On 28/10/16 12:38, Ole Streicher wrote: Hi, My question is now how to provide a good and consistent packaging: Usually, one would just put the data into a package. This works nicely for the immutable data, and reasonably for the slowly changing data. The fast changing data shall be available

Re: Packaging from Git

2016-12-20 Thread Alec Leamas
On 20/12/16 15:25, Adam Borowski wrote: On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:00:20AM +0100, Narcis Garcia wrote: Hello, I'm trying to maintain a small project in my public Git, and to have an easy way to build a package for Debian OS obtaining a good/clean result. Even just using git directly

Re: Packaging from Git

2016-12-20 Thread Alec Leamas
On 20/12/16 12:57, Narcis Garcia wrote: Maintaining debian-branch, upstream-branch and pristine-tar... Does it mean that I'll need to replicate "master" branch to those 3 sub-branches each time I wan to apply an update? Same for each upstream/ subdirectories? I have been struggling with

Re: Packaging from Git

2016-12-20 Thread Alec Leamas
On 20/12/16 13:21, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 01:10:03PM +0100, Alec Leamas wrote: I have been struggling with this myself. My current approach - One separate branch for the debian packaging - In that branch, add the release branch as a git submodule

NMU help.

2017-08-15 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, Gianfranco, who usually kindly offers me reviews and also actually uploads my lirc packahes is in a well deserved holiday. During his holiday, we have a new bug in the recently uploaded lirc-0.10..0-1. It's kind of bad, a FTBS in packages compiled against lirc. It surfaced in the

Bug#872147: RFS: lirc/0.10.0-2 NMU

2017-08-15 Thread Alec Leamas
; > Why does the report title say "NMU"? Perhaps it shouldn't - large parts of the debian workflow is still a mystery for me. > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 05:41:45PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > * Restore parallel builds, accidentally disabled in -2 > debian/compat says 10, so --

Bug#872147: RFS: lirc/0.10.0-2 NMU

2017-08-16 Thread Alec Leamas
On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 02:01:12 +0500 Andrey Rahmatullin <w...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:32:55PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > > Why does the report title say "NMU"? > > > > Perhaps it shouldn't - large parts of the debian workflow i

Uploading bugfix, normal uploader on holidays

2017-08-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, During the past year(s) I have been cooperating with Gianfranco who kindly has reviewed and uploaded my lirc packages. On Friday, he uploaded 0.10.0-1 and then started a well.deserved holiday. Now, we have a bug [2] which needs to be fixed in 0.10.0-1. I have prepared a 0.10.0-2

Bug#872147: RFS: lirc/0.10.0-2 NMU

2017-08-14 Thread Alec Leamas
lircmd non-existing socket writes, in -1. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#901510: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.1-2 (Upstream bugs #11, #12, #13)

2018-06-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddupdate" * Package name: ddupdate Version : 0.6.1-2 Upstream Author : Alec Leamas * URL : https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate * License

package review: ddupdate.

2018-01-15 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear mentors, Following the checklist for new packages on debian mentors FAQ [2] I'm approaching the review point: "Ask on the debian-mentors mailing list for people to check your packaging..." So: Have anyone time to check my package ddupdate[1] for errors or mistakes? ddupdate is a small

Re: package review: ddupdate.

2018-01-15 Thread Alec Leamas
On 15/01/18 19:13, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 06:46:22PM +0100, Alec Leamas wrote: >> So: Have anyone time to check my package ddupdate[1] for errors or >> mistakes? > The RFS is 1 day old. It's too early to ask. OK. So, what's an appropriate time to

Bug#887126: RFS: ddupdate/0.2.0-1 #886546

2018-01-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddupdate" Package name: ddupdate Version : 0.2.0-1 Upstream Author : Alec Leamas URL : https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate License

Bug#887126: RFS: ddupdate/0.2.0-1 #886546

2018-02-07 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Juhani! On 07/02/18 15:38, Juhani Numminen wrote: > Hi Alec, > > Alec Leamas kirjoitti 04.02.2018 klo 18:32 > >>> Please use up-to-date lintian. It'll give you an error tag and several >>> informational and pedantic tags, some of which are easily dealt with

Bug#910895: RFS: lirc/0.10.1-1

2018-10-12 Thread Alec Leamas
e obtained from http://lirc.org. Changes since the last upload: - Updated to latest upstream bugfix release - Fixed a crash when starting lirc-setup(1). - Dropped an upstreamed build patch. - Update to version 4.2.1, compat level 11 (systemd fixes). Regards, Alec Leamas

Bug#911541: RFS: wxsvg/2:1.5.15+dfsg.2-1

2018-10-21 Thread Alec Leamas
pendencies. Regards, Alec Leamas

Bug#917561: RFS: opencpn/4.8.8+dfsg.1-1 [ITP]

2018-12-28 Thread Alec Leamas
he opencpn website. Downstream patch provides HTML pointer-to-docs page. * A large number of new build dependencies. * The -plugins package is dropped, opencpn is not usable without the default, limited set of plugins. * A debian/upstream/metadata file is added. Regards, Alec Leamas

Bug#930461: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.3-1

2019-06-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddupdate" * Package name: ddupdate Version : 0.6.3-1 Upstream Author : Alec leamas * URL : https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate * License

Bug#931582: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.4-1

2019-07-07 Thread Alec Leamas
package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddupdate" Package name: ddupdate Version : 0.6.4-1 Upstream Author : Alec Leamas leamas.alecgmail.com URL : https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate

Bug#926715: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.2-1

2019-04-09 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "ddupdate" * Package name: ddupdate Version : 0.6.2-1 Upstream Author : Alec Leamas * URL : https://github.com/leamas/ddupdate * License

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-10 Thread Alec Leamas
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:12:34 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-09-10 at 01:45, Tobias Frost wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 10:53:37PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > > > Well, actually, all those lines probably should be removed: > > debian/changelog

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-09 Thread Alec Leamas
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 22:53:37 +0200 Alec Leamas wrote: > Hi, > > A new version is uploaded to mentors. Time to reset the history. Changes > since last round: ... Dammit. There's still one copyright for src/gshhs.cpp to fix. I'm on it, but holding next upload until I hear from you

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-09 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, A new version is uploaded to mentors. Time to reset the history. Changes since last round: - New warning dialog for downloading binary plugin content (patch). - Spelling error fixed - Removed references to upstream bugs. I think it's a pity, the references linked patches in

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-09 Thread Alec Leamas
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 18:44:17 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 07:39:38AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > > Now, this should not really change anything. OpenCPN is perfectly usable > > without any plugins, and builds fine on all Debian core platforms (sic!

Re: About sponsorship in real life

2020-09-08 Thread Alec Leamas
On 08/09/2020 13:10, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 07:39:14AM +0200, Thomas Dettbarn wrote: >>> Francisco M Neto hat am 08.09.2020 03:31 geschrieben: >>> >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I see a lot of RFS email that just sits there in the mailing list, >>> without ever getting

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-08 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Tobias, Thanks for taking some time for this! On 08/09/2020 16:29, Tobias Frost wrote: > a short review: > > * New upstream release including plugin downloader. Closes: 948702 > > It is a privacy violation to download stuff. Do you inform your user about it? Not really. Do you think a

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-08 Thread Alec Leamas
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 19:05:21 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > > Not really. Do you think a patch is motivated? If so, for each and every > > plugin, or just for the first one? > > I'm not sure how plugins are installed. If there is an UI, the warning > could be presented in that gui. The basic

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-10 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Tobias, On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 08:06:10 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 11:08:53PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 22:53:37 +0200 Alec Leamas wrote: > > Dammit. There's still one copyright for src/gshhs.cpp to fix. I'm on it, > > bu

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-10 Thread Alec Leamas
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 07:46:32 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 11:08:53PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 22:53:37 +0200 Alec Leamas wrote: > just go ahead and update the package on mentors. Done. --alec

Bug#965363: Fwd: Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-14 Thread Alec Leamas
On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:27:24 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 02:50:43PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > More stuff. Lintian this time. > > - Lintian overrides > Lintian overrides should on

Bug#965363: Fwd: Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Tobias, Here we go: On 12/09/2020 16:28, Tobias Frost wrote: > Control: owner -1 ! > > Two remarks: > - d/changelog You could bumpt the timestamp on the changelog from time to > time, though > ;-): dch -r "" is a nice trick ;-) Indeed, thanks! Tried now, will need to to it again. > -

Bug#965363: Fwd: Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:27:24 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 02:50:43PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > Ah, regarding my remark for NSIS.template.in: > After thinking about it: This is pr

Bug#965363: Fwd: Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:27:24 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 02:50:43PM +0200, Tobias Frost wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > > So far for now… > > More stuff. Lintian this time. > > - Lintian

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-08 Thread Alec Leamas
On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 21:01:47 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: > On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 08:10:48PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 19:05:21 +0200 Tobias Frost wrote: >> All this said: do you think it's motivated to make such a patch? > > I guess. (Again bein

Bug#965363: Fwd: Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-09-13 Thread Alec Leamas
On 13/09/2020 14:50, Tobias Frost wrote: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 01:23:41PM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > (snipping stuff that is done or settled … Its getting a long mail) > > (regarding the transitinal package and Replace/Breaks versioning) >> OK, will do (unless not don

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
On 22/09/2020 13:52, Tobias Frost wrote: > Uploading right after this mail with this cosmetic change: > > l-1.2.1_orig/debian/changelog libcxx-serial-1.2.1/debian/changelog > --- libcxx-serial-1.2.1_orig/debian/changelog 2020-09-22 13:46:47.366672711 > +0200 > +++

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi again, On 22/09/2020 12:51, Alec Leamas wrote: > Cannot upload to mentors: > > $ dput -f mentors ../libcxx-serial_1.2.1-2_source.changes > Checking signature on .changes > gpg: ../libcxx-serial_1.2.1-2_source.changes: Valid signature from > 0A1DA7134E068B4C > Check

Re: Questions about buildinfo

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
On 22/09/2020 16:05, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > Hi Alec, > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:48:39AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >>> I have problems with the debugging info containing the local build path >>> and the buildinfo. Status: [snip] > You misread the dpkg-genbui

Re: Questions about buildinfo

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
On 22/09/2020 10:29, Tobias Frost wrote: > Hi mentors, > - Forwarded message from Alec Leamas - > > Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 20:56:57 +0200 > From: Alec Leamas > To: Tobias Frost > Subject: cxx-serial > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
09/msg00243.html Regards, --Alec Leamas

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-24 Thread Alec Leamas
On 24/09/2020 10:34, Tobias Frost wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > Control: reopen -1 > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 09:29:58AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> Hi again, >> >> On 24/09/2020 09:07, Alec Leamas wrote: > (Looking at the -dev package: they use

Bug#970712: tags 970712 - moreinfo

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
tags 970712 - moreinfo

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-22 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, On 22/09/2020 11:47, Tobias Frost wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo Cleared > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 10:58:26AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: > > Hi Alec, > > To avoid confustion, I'm comparing the version in the archive (1.2.1-1.1) with > yours, in case you mi

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-23 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Gianfranco, On 23/09/2020 10:59, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: Hello, just FYI, the upload fails on i386 https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libcxx-serial=i386=1.2.1-2=1600846376=0 Due to a difference between i686 and i386 The change in gst-omx might fix this problem gst-omx

Bug#970712: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-2 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2020-09-23 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi again, On 23/09/2020 11:27, Alec Leamas wrote libcxx-serial_1.2.1-3 is uploaded to mentors, available Real Soon (tm). In haste, --alec Too much haste, new version uder way, need to wait for mentors to settle.  Correct fix is available in my gitlab repo. In even more haste, --alec

Bug#962714: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.5-1 -- Tool updating DNS data for dynamic IP addresses

2020-06-12 Thread Alec Leamas
* Update standards version to 4.5.0, no changes needed. * Fix error running ddupdate-config (#41) * New plugin domains.google.com * Multiple python 3.9 fixes. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#965363: RFS: opencpn/5.2.0+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2020-07-20 Thread Alec Leamas
2.0+dfsg-1.dsc Changes since the last upload: * New upstream release * Closes: #962213 * Update debian/copyright due to new upstream source layout. * Bump Standards-Version to 4.5.0, no changes. * Drop upstreamed patches. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Re: Question about writing systemd unit for old package

2021-05-19 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, On 20/05/2021 03:35, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:51 AM Richard Hector wrote: > >> Does that not depend on whether it does anything before dropping >> privileges? For example, a webserver can bind to low ports before >> dropping privilege. I imagine if the systemd service

Re: Touching $HOME in postrm

2021-05-05 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi, Thanks for taking time to reply to this strange issue... On 04/05/2021 08:39, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:46:42AM +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: >> Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea. >> However, a colluegue insists in

Touching $HOME in postrm

2021-05-03 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, Touching files under $HOME in a postrm script is obviously a bad idea. However, a colluegue insists in trying to make me do this. Just to resolve this issue: is the the limitations on what files which can be touched by a packaging script documented somewhere? I have been skimming

Bug#997793: RFS: libcxx-serial/1.2.1-5 [RC] -- Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ (runtime)

2021-10-24 Thread Alec Leamas
lled cmake configuration files. Closes: #997732 This is simple, bugfix release. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1002719: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg1-1~bpo11+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2021-12-27 Thread Alec Leamas
-backports. * Changes to Vcs-git in control and default branch in gbp.conf. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1002992: sub...@bugs.debian.org

2022-01-02 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wxsvg": * Package name: wxsvg Version : 2:1.5.23+dfsg-1 Upstream Author : Alex Thuering * URL : http://wxsvg.sourceforge.net/ * License : wxWindows

Bug#1002992: sub...@bugs.debian.org

2022-01-02 Thread Alec Leamas
Made a new upload to mentors after syncing my git tree with salsa. Basically means that the VCS headers which was broken now should be OK --alec

Bug#1001494: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg1-1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2021-12-22 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Bastian, Just a ping. Any chance we can push things forward here? Happy Xmas! --alec

Re: How to include the .git folder in a source package's .tar.xz archive?

2021-10-29 Thread Alec Leamas
On 29/10/2021 07:35, Tobias Frost wrote: On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 09:02:21PM -0500, Hunter Wittenborn wrote: The problem is that whenever I (and the other guy) build the program with something like debuild, the resulting .tar.xz archive doesn't contain the .git repository in which the 'debian/'

Bug#1001494: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg1-1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2021-12-12 Thread Alec Leamas
CC: to bug as well to keep discussion visible On 12/12/2021 11:16, Bastian Germann wrote: Copy to make sure you have received the remarks. d/changelog === Please remove the 5.2.4.210213gitcad0d456+dfsg1-1 entry. It was never uploaded to the archive. Done, finally d/copyright

Bug#1001494: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg1-1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2021-12-10 Thread Alec Leamas
p walk-around for #831870 using zip download, clean up d/rules and d/watch Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1004134: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.6-1 -- Tool updating DNS data for dynamic IP addresses

2022-01-21 Thread Alec Leamas
omplicated. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1003214: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg0-1~bpo10+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-01-06 Thread Alec Leamas
library in place. Use dfsg0 to make it precede dfsg1 in bullseye. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1003214: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg0-1~bpo10+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-01-06 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Tobias, On Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:59:00 +0100 Tobias Frost wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > Hi Alec, > if you dont remove it using Files-Excluded, you need to document libwxsvg's > copyright in d/copyright... > Indeed, good catch! I have uploaded a new build to mentors. Cheers!

Bug#1004134: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.6-1 -- Tool updating DNS data for dynamic IP addresses

2022-01-22 Thread Alec Leamas
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:41:09 +0100 Bastian Germann wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:08:31 +0100 Alec Leamas wrote: > > Changes since the last upload: > > > > ddupdate (0.6.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium > > . > > * New upstream bugfix release > >

Bug#1009723: RFS: opencpn/5.6.0+dfsg0-1~bpo10+2 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-04-15 Thread Alec Leamas
the target as a compile time constant. * Add patch to avoid getting multiple possible plugins to load besides the Debian version. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1051759: opencpn/5.8.4+dfsg-1~bpo12+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2023-09-12 Thread Alec Leamas
s; urgency=medium . * New upstream release * Rebuilt for bookworm-backports. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1010223: RFS: opencpn/5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo11+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-04-26 Thread Alec Leamas
e. The sid version builds more or less out of the box, the delta is minimal. Changes since the last upload: opencpn (5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo11+1) bullseye-backports; urgency=medium . * Initial bullseye backport of 5.6.2+dfsg-1 Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1010187: RFS: opencpn/5.6.2+dfsg-1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-04-25 Thread Alec Leamas
right: Remove unused GPL-2 license. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1010905: RFS: lirc/0.10.1-7 [RC] -- Infra-red remote control support - daemons and utils

2022-05-12 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: important Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "lirc": * Package name: lirc Version : 0.10.1-7 Upstream Author : Alec Leamas * URL : https://sf.net/p/lirc * License : MIT, GPL-2

Bug#1014946: RFS: wxsvg/2:1.5.23+dfsg-2 [RC] -- Development files for wxSVG

2022-07-15 Thread Alec Leamas
FS. Closes: #1004632. * d/control: Standards-version: 4.6.0 -> 4.6.1, no changes. Regards, -- Alec Leamas

keys

2022-07-14 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, I have recently become a DM for some packages. In the process I had to create a new 4096-bits gpg key since the one I have used earlier was just 2096 bits. So, I have basically one "old" 2096 bits key and a "new" 4096 bits one. I now need to upload to mentors, a package I'm not

Backport version number problem.

2022-05-02 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, I'm about to backport opencpn from Sid to backports-sloppy, running into versioning problems. The Sid version is 5.6.2+dfsg-1. The sloppy version should then be something like 5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo10.1. However, it has been necessary to repack the backport. This is a about a

Bug#1010540: RFS: opencpn/5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo10+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-05-03 Thread Alec Leamas
5.6.0). Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1010865: RFS: opencpn/5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo11+2 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS Navigation Software

2022-05-11 Thread Alec Leamas
ix release for the existing Bullseye backport. Changes since the last upload: opencpn (5.6.2+dfsg-1~bpo11+2) bullseye-backports; urgency=medium . * Add patch fur unusable buildd version. Closes: #1010860 Regards, -- Alec Leamas

Bug#1024853: RFS: wxsvg/2:1.5.24+dfsg-1 [RC] -- Development files for wxSVG

2022-11-26 Thread Alec Leamas
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: important Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wxsvg": * Package name : wxsvg Version : 2:1.5.24+dfsg-1 Upstream contact : Alex Thuering * URL :http://wxsvg.sourceforge.net/ * License :

mentors.debian.net: upload stuck

2022-11-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, I did something I should not have done: I uploaded a package without sources to mentors. Now, I cannot upload the correct package with sources, it seems that the bad one is in the way. The package is ddupdate-0.6.6-2. Is there anyone listening who can clear things on the mentors

Re: mentors.debian.net: upload stuck

2022-11-13 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Mattia, On 13/11/2022 19:21, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 07:11:54PM +0100, Alec Leamas wrote: I did something I should not have done: I uploaded a package without sources to mentors. Now, I cannot upload the correct package with sources, it seems that the bad one

Bug#1024025: RFS: ddupdate/0.6.6-2 [RC] -- Tool updating DNS data for dynamic IP addresses

2022-11-13 Thread Alec Leamas
/ or using 'dget' with this command: dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/d/ddupdate/ddupdate_0.6.6-2.dsc Changes since the last upload: ddupdate (0.6.6-2) unstable; urgency=medium . [Stefano Rivera] * New patch for bundled distutils in setuptools. Closes: #1022527 [A

Backporting package which missed bookworm.

2023-04-17 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, I'm trying to handle the opencpn package. Upstream has just released 5.8.0. Despite other intentions, it has thus missed bookworm. Hence I need to use the backports. I see no particular problem with backporting 5.8.0 from sid/testing once it's there to bookworm-backports.

Bug#1042006: RFS: opencpn/5.8.4+dfsg-1~bpo11+1 -- Open Source Chartplotter and Marine GPS navigation

2023-07-25 Thread Alec Leamas
. Regards, -- alec leamas

Re: Bookworm backport status

2023-06-21 Thread Alec Leamas
Hi Paul, On 21/06/2023 06:16, Paul Wise wrote: On Mon, 2023-06-19 at 14:40 +0200, Alec Leamas wrote: Anyone which can shed some light on the bookworm-backports status and perhaps also where my upload ended up? I suggest checking the debian-backports mailing list archives and if the answer

Upload to bookworm-backports

2023-06-21 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear mentors, I'm trying to upload openpcn to bookworm-backports. Since I'm just a DM, I need a sponsor to upload the first package heading into the NEW queue. However, bookworm-backports is yet not accepted by the mentors infrastructure. Is there any other way I could get some help with

Bookworm backport status

2023-06-19 Thread Alec Leamas
Dear list, Trying to understand the backport mechanics after the bookworm release. Specifically, I try to push  a new opencpn release 5.8.2 which missed the freeze into the backport branches. For bullseye, my upload ended up in the backports new queue, which is as expected. My upload to

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