Re: RC class bug, dataloss grade, No 398373

2006-11-29 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
FWIW, fixing this bug requires changes in the kernel. I'm not sure. I compiled 2.6.18.3 myself and problem persists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Possibly RC bug 399980

2006-11-29 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Hallo, there is another bug that I feel might be classified as RC. See 399980. Seems that it is impossible to switch keyboard properly on X level (without GNOME applet). The bug is quite new, encountered some month ago. Thus it is impossible to properly use any other window manager. Debian s

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Re: Ftpmaster bug reports are not processed nearly fast enough.

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:06:55PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > As for the bugs requesting change of priorities in the Overrides > file, many appear to simply be ignored permanently. #263887 is the > canonical example. I recommend eliminating the overrides file for > packages of priority 'stan

Re: Conditionally applying an architecture-dependent patch

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 05:00:41PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Quilt does not seem to have this. But it shouldn't be hard to write a > makefile target that creates the series file by running > debian/patches/series.$ARCH through cpp. That is the way I'm going > anyway, hence the syntax. B

Re: Ftpmaster bug reports are not processed nearly fast enough.

2006-11-29 Thread Andreas Barth
* Michael Banck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061129 13:50]: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:06:55PM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > As for the bugs requesting change of priorities in the Overrides > > file, many appear to simply be ignored permanently. #263887 is the > > canonical example. I recommend eli

Re: Naming a 32-bit/64-bit specific Java package

2006-11-29 Thread Florian Weimer
* Benjamin Seidenberg: > Less archive/mirror bloat. Which is easily nullified if the more complex Architecture: all approach needs more bug fixes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Naming a 32-bit/64-bit specific Java package

2006-11-29 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
"Shaun Jackman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11/28/06, Shaun Jackman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm personally leaning towards to two arch: all packages (one 32-bit, >> one 64-bit) and a meta-package which depends on the right one. I am >> considering and open to the one arch: any package t

Re: Possibly RC bug 399980

2006-11-29 Thread Guus Sliepen
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 09:01:01AM +0100, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: > there is another bug that I feel might be classified as RC. See 399980. This bug is in no way release-critical. > Seems that it is impossible to switch keyboard properly on X level > (without GNOME applet). The bug is quite

Re: Possibly RC bug 399980

2006-11-29 Thread Mgr. Peter Tuharsky
Okay. I just have considered important to _mention_ the bugs that COULD POSSIBLY be important to fix before stable release. Nothing more. I don't intend to discuss severities here. I didn't, and don't want to argue on this list (even if I consider keyboard switching to be such a basic thing

Software Verlag/"Debian GNU/Linux"

2006-11-29 Thread Anna Dorazińska
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, unser Verlag Software ist Herausgeber von Magazinen wie Aurox Linux, PHP Solutions, hakin9-Abwehmethoden, OpenOffice.Org Magazine, Software 2.0 , MScoder, .psd und Linux+. Wir spezialisieren uns in Herausgabe von Profi-Zeitschriften für IT-Administrator/innen, Pro

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 04:28:24PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > If you are maintainer of a non-free-package falling into this category (i.e. > after careful review of the license that it can be autobuild), please: Are you interested in having those information also for Arch: all packages? Just t

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Andreas Barth
* Stefano Zacchiroli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [061129 16:41]: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 04:28:24PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > If you are maintainer of a non-free-package falling into this category (i.e. > > after careful review of the license that it can be autobuild), please: > > Are you interest

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
On Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 16:40:30 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 04:28:24PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > If you are maintainer of a non-free-package falling into this category (i.e. > > after careful review of the license that it can be autobuild), please: > > Are you

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Andreas Barth wrote: On the other hand, there are plenty of packages in non-free that can easily be autobuild, because their license is "free-with-tiny-exceptions". For such packages, a group of Developers headed by Martin (zobel) and me provides some autobuilding infrastruc

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-11-29 16:28]: > On the other hand, there are plenty of packages in non-free that can easily > be autobuild, because their license is "free-with-tiny-exceptions". How can I decide that my package fall into this category? Are there guidelines available som

localisation in system wide daemons

2006-11-29 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, Adam Cécile reported #400719[0] to the fetchmail package. The question is wheter a system wide daemon should care about the system wide locale configurations or not. Fetchmail currently does, we are not calling it with LC_MESSAGES=C or something similar. I can't find anything about this in

Re: Software Verlag/"Debian GNU/Linux"

2006-11-29 Thread Jens Seidel
Hi, this is a help request from a IT publisher who wants to release a special edition related to "Debian GNU/Linux". The journal "hakin9-Abwehrmethoden" covers IT-Security. Anna asks for help to create articles for this issue which I redirect to debian-publicity. Hallo Anna, die meisten der ang

Re: localisation in system wide daemons

2006-11-29 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 29 novembre 2006 à 19:33 +0100, Nico Golde a écrit : > Hi, > Adam Cécile reported #400719[0] to the fetchmail package. > > The question is wheter a system wide daemon should care > about the system wide locale configurations or not. > > Fetchmail currently does, we are not calling it

ITP: gtk-recordmydesktop -- GUI frontend for recordMyDesktop (a video desktop capture tool)

2006-11-29 Thread L. Redrejo
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: José L. Redrejo Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: recordmydesktop Version : 0.3.0 Upstream Author : John Varouhakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/ * License : GPL Descript

Re: Naming a 32-bit/64-bit specific Java package

2006-11-29 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Florian Weimer wrote: > * Benjamin Seidenberg: > > >> Less archive/mirror bloat. >> > > Which is easily nullified if the more complex Architecture: all > approach needs more bug fixes. > > > Except old versions are dropped from mirrors. So after a time, the old packages will disappear an

Re: Conditionally applying an architecture-dependent patch

2006-11-29 Thread Russ Allbery
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need exactly the same thing. I was lloking for an include statement > for series files though. Something like > debian/patches/series.common: > version.patch > foo.patch > barf.patch > debian/patches/series.amd64: > #include "series.common" >

Bug#401001: ITP: alpine -- Friendly text-based email client, designed for novices but also with expert features

2006-11-29 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: alpine Version : 0.8 Upstream Author : Jeff Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.washington.edu/alpine/ * License : Apache License 2.0 Description : Frie

Re: out-of-date non-free packages

2006-11-29 Thread Carlo Segre
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Andreas Barth wrote: Hi, as all of you should know, packages in non-free are not build by the normal autobuilders for legal reasons. However, if a non-free package exist on different architectures, it need to be current to allow testing migration. On the other hand, there

Bug#310762: ITP: intro-linux - A beginner's guide to GNU/Linux

2006-11-29 Thread Suresh Rajashekara
Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #310762 Owner: Suresh Rajashekara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Package name: intro-linux Version : 1.24 Upstream Author : Machtelt Garrels URL or Web Page : http://tille.xalasys.com/training/tldp/ Licence : GFDL Desc