Re: [gentoo-dev] beep-media-player removal: 04/03/2006

2006-02-23 Thread Mart Raudsepp
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 08:22 +0100, Luca Barbato wrote: > George Prowse wrote: > > No, BPMx and Audacious are two different things > > > > bmpx is using large frameworks and have some deps that makes it in the > league of amarok totem and friends, call them large players > > bmp is in the league

Re: [gentoo-dev] beep-media-player removal: 04/03/2006

2006-02-23 Thread Luca Barbato
George Prowse wrote: > No, BPMx and Audacious are two different things > bmpx is using large frameworks and have some deps that makes it in the league of amarok totem and friends, call them large players bmp is in the league of zinf xmms audacious xmms2 (to a degree) and so on, call them light p

Re: [gentoo-dev] beep-media-player removal: 04/03/2006

2006-02-23 Thread Stephen Bennett
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:02:32 + "George Prowse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, BPMx and Audacious are two different things Err, I think that might have been his point. > > http://audacious-media-player.org/FAQ#1.4 > > On 22/02/06, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: [gentoo-dev] New forums staffer: kernelsensei (Boris Fersing)

2006-02-23 Thread George Prowse
Oh no! Not kernelsensei!!!On 23/02/06, Boris Fersing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2006/2/23, Peter Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 22:48 +0100, Wernfried Haas wrote:> > Boris is one of the people taking care of the French forum and now has > > joined the official Gentoo ranks.> >>

Re: [gentoo-dev] beep-media-player removal: 04/03/2006

2006-02-23 Thread George Prowse
No, BPMx and Audacious are two different thingshttp://audacious-media-player.org/FAQ#1.4On 22/02/06, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:34, Stephen P. Becker wrote:> Ugh, it looks like this new 'BMPx' branch uses gstreamer. Is there no> way to kee

Re: [gentoo-dev] Searching for a person who can advice me

2006-02-23 Thread George Prowse
Pick an area to help in and help with it (file bug reports, submit patches, comment on mailing lists). If people notice you are working well towards a specific area you are far more likely to be mentored. Ask this question to a developer in a few months time, one who you have a rapport with. George

[gentoo-dev] Last rites for dev-db/mergeant

2006-02-23 Thread John N. Laliberte
Hello, dev-db/mergeant has been in package mask since March 10 of 2003. This package will be removed from portage one week from today, March 2nd 2006. Please respond if you feel it should not be removed. Thanks, -John (AllanonJL) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-dev] app-arch/zoo: volunteer for simple security patch wanted

2006-02-23 Thread Jonathan Smith
Stefan Cornelius wrote: Hi devs, app-arch/zoo is prone to a buffer overflow that needs to be patched but the package has no maintainer, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/123782 for details. Since I don't have commit rights, I would appreciate help to get this sorted out, the patch is really simple and

[gentoo-dev] app-arch/zoo: volunteer for simple security patch wanted

2006-02-23 Thread Stefan Cornelius
Hi devs, app-arch/zoo is prone to a buffer overflow that needs to be patched but the package has no maintainer, see http://bugs.gentoo.org/123782 for details. Since I don't have commit rights, I would appreciate help to get this sorted out, the patch is really simple and should apply cleanly, the

[gentoo-dev] Last rites for net-im/kpopper

2006-02-23 Thread Stefan Cornelius
Hi all, kpopper was masked for half a year now because of insecure temporary file creation (see bug #94475 for details), now it's time to completely remove it from portage. If you have rejections, please speak up in a timely fashion or silently wave goodbye to the package. Thanks and have a nice

Re: [gentoo-dev] New forums staffer: kernelsensei (Boris Fersing)

2006-02-23 Thread Boris Fersing
2006/2/23, Peter Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 22:48 +0100, Wernfried Haas wrote: > > Boris is one of the people taking care of the French forum and now has > > joined the official Gentoo ranks. > > > > He writes about himself: > > My name is Boris Fersing, I'm 20 years old, F