Re: Maintainer scripts: execute command as another user: use sudo or su?

2014-03-02 Thread Emilien Klein
2014-03-02 0:41 GMT+01:00 gregor herrmann gre...@debian.org: On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:55:20 +0100, Emilien Klein wrote: One minor challenge that I faced is that I couldn't get the commands to run using su. With the help of Karsten Hilbert I understood that the issue was that the user being

Re: Maintainer scripts: execute command as another user: use sudo or su?

2014-03-01 Thread Emilien Klein
On 02/27/2014 03:37 PM, David Kalnischkies wrote: On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 04:07:35PM +0100, Emilien Klein wrote: In the pre- and postinst scripts, a command has to be performed as that user (e.g. make a backup of the database). […] I am wondering what the best way is to fix this. I see 2

Maintainer scripts: execute command as another user: use sudo or su?

2014-02-26 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors, TLDR: in order to execute a command as another user, should `sudo` or `su --command` be used? I'd like to get your opinion on how to best solve this issue: I've got a package [0] that uses dbconfig-common to manage its database. The database is owned by a specific user (not root).

Re: How to specify a = X Y Depends (Was: Packaging GNU Health)

2012-11-26 Thread Emilien Klein
Thanks Niels and Michael, 2012/11/26 Niels Thykier ni...@thykier.net: On 2012-11-26 08:24, Michael Tautschnig wrote: Hi all, Hi Emilien, On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:54:59AM +0100, Emilien Klein wrote: ... As a general question: If package A depends on a specific set of releases (like

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-05-03 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors, 2012/2/17 Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st: I have now updated the package to the newest version 0.0.38beta and uploaded it to mentors.d.n. I'm looking for somebody to review my new package and possibly sponsor its upload. It's a web application used to maintain one's own

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-02-17 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors, I have now updated the package to the newest version 0.0.38beta and uploaded it to mentors.d.n. FYI version 0.0.37beta introduced a new JavaScript library that wasn't yet packaged in Debian, so I have first worked on getting it packaged in Debian. To co-maintain this new package, I

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-01-22 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors, I've added a dependency on php5-gd to have the thumbnailing service work properly. I've uploaded the updated package again to mentors: http://mentors.debian.net/package/shaarli Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: dget -x

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-01-17 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Paul, 2012/1/16 Paul Wise p...@debian.org: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Emilien Klein wrote: I've worked with upstream Shaarli to fix the issue with the inclusion of the minified jQuery files. Upstream has released a tarball that uses the jQuery CDN instead of the local minified files

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-01-16 Thread Emilien Klein
2012/1/14 Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org: * Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st, 2012-01-14, 15:56:  dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/shaarli/shaarli_0.0.33beta-1.dsc Shaarli contains the jQuery 1.6.2 minified file, …for which we have no source. This is violation

RFS: shaarli

2012-01-14 Thread Emilien Klein
typically have in a binary program, etc.) Please let me know if the man page is mandatory, and what kind of information you think should then be included. I would be glad if someone uploaded this package for me. Kind regards, +Emilien Klein P.S.: Please CC me, as I'm not subscribed to this list

Re: RFS: shaarli

2012-01-14 Thread Emilien Klein
Le 14 janv. 2012 18:10, Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org a écrit : * Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st, 2012-01-14, 15:56: Shaarli contains the jQuery 1.6.2 minified file, …for which we have no source. This is violation of DFSG §2. (And additionally, upstream is violating jQuery's license

Re: Advice on packaging a PHP application (ITP for Shaarli)

2012-01-06 Thread Emilien Klein
. The package will not hard-depend on Apache. I'll create an Apache config file with the alias shaarli that will only be linked to if Apache is installed. To respond to your points: 2012/1/5 Thomas Goirand z...@debian.org: On 01/06/2012 07:13 AM, Emilien Klein wrote: By default, those directories

Advice on packaging a PHP application (ITP for Shaarli)

2012-01-05 Thread Emilien Klein
for your convenience, would you want to have a look at it. - Should I handle more than just Apache2 (other webservers)? Thanks in advance, Emilien Klein P.S.: Please CC me on your response as I'm not subscribed to the list. [0] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#maintscripts

Re: Advice on packaging a PHP application (ITP for Shaarli)

2012-01-05 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Gregor, 2012/1/5 gregor herrmann gre...@debian.org: On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:13:44 -0500, Emilien Klein wrote: - The current version number is 0.0.32 beta (including space) as written on the web page and in the source code, and 0.0.32beta in the zipfile. As the version number in Debian

Re: How to remove an entire directory (and included files) with a quilt patch?

2011-12-13 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/12/13 Paul Tagliamonte paul...@ubuntu.com: perhaps something like (with dh short syntax): override_dh_auto_build:    rm -rf ./cruddy/folder    dh_auto_build $(FLAGS_IF_ANY) I've added the following: override_dh_auto_build: rm -rf nautilus_image_manipulator/upload/poster

How to remove an entire directory (and included files) with a quilt patch?

2011-12-12 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi mentors, I maintain the nautilus-image-manipulator package in Debian. N I M contains the source code for poster, which is now packaged in Debian. I thus want to make N I M depend on python-poster, and remove the copy of poster's source code from N I M's Debian package. I have to patch one

Re: How to remove an entire directory (and included files) with a quilt patch?

2011-12-12 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/12/12 Paul Tagliamonte paul...@ubuntu.com: What is the correct way to remove an entire directory and it's contained files with a quilt patch? Why not do that in debian/rules ? So you would patch the one file that needs patching, and remove the whole directory from debian/rules, am I

Re: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Alexander, 2011/12/9 Alexander Reichle-Schmehl toli...@debian.org: I'm sorry, but personally I don't like to sponsor your NMU. Makes me sad ;) (joking) Some of the reasons are: * Only fixing a wishlist bug, nothing else * The wishlisht bug is a new version not detailing why the new

Re: RFS: python-poster (was: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer)

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Jakub, If I understand it correctly none of the changes I've made are acceptable for an NMU. That's fine by me, as l'm just trying to get a newer version that is free of the bug due to which I have to duplicate code. If fixing part of the Lintian warnings are not fit for a NMU, I'll gladly not

Re: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/12/9 Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org: * Alexander Reichle-Schmehl toli...@debian.org, 2011-12-09, 13:56: This package should have at least a new co-maintainer, Eh, why? Because the maintainer failed to respond to a wishlist bug? It's actually failing to respond to 6 direct emails and 4

Re: RFS: python-poster

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Thanks Arno for your detailed explanation, makes complete sense. +Emilien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: RFS: python-poster (was: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer)

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/12/9 Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org: I'd happy to sponsor the NMU if it fixed this one thing. Great! One more question: For my initial NMU on 2011-10-27 I used version number 0.8.1-0.1. Should I use the same (since it hasn't been uploaded to unstable) and just pretend nothing else happened, or

Re: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Robert, 2011/12/9 Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net: politics aside, I'm happy if you want to add yourself to uploaders or even take over the package. Thanks for you response. I'll make this upload a NMU, and will work to get that maintained within the Python group (still need to

Re: RFS: python-poster (was: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer)

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Jakub, 2011/12/9 Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org: * Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st, 2011-12-09, 16:22: If I understand it correctly none of the changes I've made are acceptable for an NMU. That's fine by me, as l'm just trying to get a newer version that is free of the bug due to which

Re: RFS: python-poster

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/12/9 Jakub Wilk jw...@debian.org: I uploaded the package to DELAYED/2. Please post full debdiff between 0.7.0-1.1 and 0.8.1-0.1 to the bug log. Thanks Jakub for the upload. Full debdiff is to be found here: http://paste.debian.net/148759/ Please let me know if using the paste service

Re: RFS: python-poster

2011-12-09 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Arno, 2011/12/9 Arno Töll deb...@toell.net: no it is not. Jakub meant to file a bug denoting your NMU to the BTS. You can use the nmudiff to get the idea. #610114 [1] is a random example of what we mean too. In your case you shouldn't be filing a new bug though, but reply to the existing

Re: NMU done but unresponsive maintainer

2011-12-08 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors and Alessio, 2011/11/25 Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st: Hi Mentors, About a month ago [6 weeks now] I made a NMU of the python-poster package for the latest version 0.8.1, as suggested by Robert. Unfortunately Robert hasn't answered my last 4 emails on 28/10, 2/11, 4/11

NMU done but unresponsive maintainer

2011-11-25 Thread Emilien Klein
-of-date-standards-version warning. Thanks, Emilien Klein -- Forwarded message -- From: Robert Collins robe...@robertcollins.net Date: 2011/9/13 Subject: Re: New version of Poster - Update of the Debian package To: Emilien Klein emil...@klein.st Sorry, just been swamped with new baby

New upstream version: nautilus-image-manipulator 0.3

2011-05-19 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Mentors, I have released a new version of nautilus-image-manipulator. I have also packaged it for Debian and uploaded to the mentors server. No particular change, apart from the debian/changelog file, was made to the debian packaging files. Thanks for checking the new package! Cheers,

Re: [Uploaded] Re: New upstream version: nautilus-image-manipulator 0.3

2011-05-19 Thread Emilien Klein
2011/5/19 Julien Valroff jul...@debian.org: Uploaded. Thanks Julien for uploading. Do not hesitate to contact me directly next time. Will do, thank you for that! Cheers, +Emilien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-05-01 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Julien, 2011/5/1 Julien Valroff jul...@debian.org: Could one of you please review the latest changes in my package? I reviewed your package yesterday and was testing it. Thanks! As for the packaging itself, I would still clean rules file by removing unneeded `find…' call and the

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-05-01 Thread Emilien Klein
Julien, 2011/5/1 Julien Valroff jul...@debian.org: Le dimanche 01 mai 2011 à 15:12:48 (+0200 CEST), Emilien Klein a écrit : I don't get this empty directory when removing the complete dh_install override... Looking at the bug you reported against python-distutils-extra [0], I have checked

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-05-01 Thread Emilien Klein
Julien 2011/5/1 Julien Valroff jul...@debian.org: Uploaded - you should now have received a confirmation the package should go through the NEW queue. I indeed got a few messages. Thank you very much for the upload. I'll keep monitoring to learn about the upload process! Thank you very much

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-30 Thread Emilien Klein
Julien, Paul, Niels, Stefano, and the other mentors, Could one of you please review the latest changes in my package? Thanks, +Emilien P.S.: Please CC me since I'm not subscribed to the mentors list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-19 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Stefano, 2011/4/19 Stefano Rivera stefa...@debian.org: Drop the unnecessary preinst (it's a new package, not one migrating from pycentral to pysupport). Done. Drop the unecessary unexports from debian/rules. Are all the unexports unnecessary? I currently have those (set automatically by

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-18 Thread Emilien Klein
Julien, I have found a very useful blog post by Raphaël Hertzog [0] that does exactly what I was trying to do, i.e. ignoring auto-updated files. This is done by passing the --extend-diff-ignore option to dpkg-source in the debian/source/options file. I have thus removed my command from

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-17 Thread Emilien Klein
Julien, This is the wrong approach: you cannot rely on the orig tarball being in ../ - also what would happen in case you have various orig tarballs there? eg. I use pbuilder, hence my tarballs are in ~/debian/tarballs… Why not simply try and avoid i18n files to be updated or, even easier,

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-14 Thread Emilien Klein
Paul Gevers, Julien Valroff, I've created the package both with debuild and pdebuild. The latter made me realize I needed more build dependencies (pkg-config, python-nautilus) that where used by the `python setup.py install` command. The package was building OK, but since those packages where not

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-13 Thread Emilien Klein
Paul, 2011/4/13 Paul Gevers p...@climbing.nl: I have used pbuilder, and it seems to me that all needed build dependencies are correctly addressed. snip That's due to the Lintian version I have on my Ubuntu 10.04 workstation, which is not the most recent (2.3.4ubuntu2). What are the

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-12 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Julien, I have started the package over from scratch, using the resource you mentioned in [0]. I have added some files I already had from my previous packaging intent (like for the manpage and the watch file). I have used pbuilder, and it seems to me that all needed build dependencies are

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-12 Thread Emilien Klein
Forgot to add again that I'm not subscribed to the list, please CC me on any response. I will try to not forget to specify that on future messages... 2011/4/12 Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st: Hi Julien, I have started the package over from scratch, using the resource you mentioned

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-04-08 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi Julien, Thanks for your answer, which I just read (I am not subscribed to the mentors mailing list) I will update the package according to your comments. Question: do I need to continue replying to the list also, or should we continue this discussion off-list? Tthanks, +Emilien -- To

Re: RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-03-20 Thread Emilien Klein
Hi mentors, I'd appreciate if somebody could have a look at this package. Thanks! +Emilien 2011/2/9 Emilien Klein emilien+deb...@klein.st: Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package nautilus-image-manipulator. * Package name    : nautilus-image-manipulator  Version

RFS: nautilus-image-manipulator

2011-02-08 Thread Emilien Klein
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package nautilus-image-manipulator. * Package name: nautilus-image-manipulator Version : 0.2-1 Upstream Author : Emilien Klein (me...) * URL : https://launchpad.net/nautilus-image-manipulator * License : GPL 3