ITP: gst-buzztard -- modular, free, open source music studio (GStreamer extensions)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: gst-buzztard Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Stefan Kost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.buzztard.org * License : LGPL 2.1+ Description : modular, free, open source music studio Hi, I'm planning to package buzztard soonish, now that some fundamental issues are solved in 0.4.0. Together with buzztard the three dependencies gst-buzztard, bml and bsl will also be packaged. This package will be maintained by the pkg-gstreamer team. > The buzztard project aims to provide a modular, free, open source > music studio that is conceptually based on the proprietary Windows > software called Buzz. The Buzz software is not really further > developed, as the main developer has lost his source code. The > buzztard project itself has no direct link to Buzz (apart from its > concepts that we build upon). We don't want to make buzztard a 1:1 > Buzz copy. In comparison to Buzz, we hope that our software will > improve in usability and features in the future. To allow migration > for Buzz users, we are providing song-file import and buzz-machine > reuse. > > Features and functionality are added in small development cycles (see > Roadmap for the current planning and Status for what we achieved > already). > > Buzztard is free software and distributed under the LGPL. signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
ITP: buzztard -- modular, free, open source music studio
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: buzztard Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Stefan Kost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.buzztard.org * License : LGPL 2.1+ Description : modular, free, open source music studio Hi, I'm planning to package buzztard soonish, now that some fundamental issues are solved in 0.4.0. Together with buzztard the three dependencies gst-buzztard, bml and bsl will also be packaged. This package will be maintained by the pkg-gstreamer team. > The buzztard project aims to provide a modular, free, open source > music studio that is conceptually based on the proprietary Windows > software called Buzz. The Buzz software is not really further > developed, as the main developer has lost his source code. The > buzztard project itself has no direct link to Buzz (apart from its > concepts that we build upon). We don't want to make buzztard a 1:1 > Buzz copy. In comparison to Buzz, we hope that our software will > improve in usability and features in the future. To allow migration > for Buzz users, we are providing song-file import and buzz-machine > reuse. > > Features and functionality are added in small development cycles (see > Roadmap for the current planning and Status for what we achieved > already). > > Buzztard is free software and distributed under the LGPL. signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
ITP: bsl -- modular, free, open source music studio (BuzzSong loader)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: gst-buzztard Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Stefan Kost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.buzztard.org * License : LGPL 2.1+ Description : modular, free, open source music studio Hi, I'm planning to package buzztard soonish, now that some fundamental issues are solved in 0.4.0. Together with buzztard the three dependencies gst-buzztard, bml and bsl will also be packaged. This package will be maintained by the pkg-gstreamer team. > The buzztard project aims to provide a modular, free, open source > music studio that is conceptually based on the proprietary Windows > software called Buzz. The Buzz software is not really further > developed, as the main developer has lost his source code. The > buzztard project itself has no direct link to Buzz (apart from its > concepts that we build upon). We don't want to make buzztard a 1:1 > Buzz copy. In comparison to Buzz, we hope that our software will > improve in usability and features in the future. To allow migration > for Buzz users, we are providing song-file import and buzz-machine > reuse. > > Features and functionality are added in small development cycles (see > Roadmap for the current planning and Status for what we achieved > already). > > Buzztard is free software and distributed under the LGPL. signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
ITP: bml -- modular, free, open source music studio (BuzzMachine loader)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: bml Version : 0.4.0 Upstream Author : Stefan Kost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.buzztard.org * License : LGPL 2.1+ Description : modular, free, open source music studio Hi, I'm planning to package buzztard soonish, now that some fundamental issues are solved in 0.4.0. Together with buzztard the three dependencies gst-buzztard, bml and bsl will also be packaged. This package will be maintained by the pkg-gstreamer team. > The buzztard project aims to provide a modular, free, open source > music studio that is conceptually based on the proprietary Windows > software called Buzz. The Buzz software is not really further > developed, as the main developer has lost his source code. The > buzztard project itself has no direct link to Buzz (apart from its > concepts that we build upon). We don't want to make buzztard a 1:1 > Buzz copy. In comparison to Buzz, we hope that our software will > improve in usability and features in the future. To allow migration > for Buzz users, we are providing song-file import and buzz-machine > reuse. > > Features and functionality are added in small development cycles (see > Roadmap for the current planning and Status for what we achieved > already). > > Buzztard is free software and distributed under the LGPL. signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
2008/11/30 Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Sunday 30 November 2008 00:56, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> > Closes: 341420 >> Do you mind at least contacting the maintainers? >> I find your upload very impolite. > > Huh? We are in a permanent bugsquashing party, cause we want to release lenny. So what? One email with "I am going to upload PHP5 to resolve #341420" would really delay release. I don't find it impolite, I find it very rude. > This is a RC bugs since three weeks, so I rather think the php-maintainers > have been unpolite leaving it open so long... Sorry, but this is really bad approach - attacking php maintainers when somebody else made mistake of not communicating that he is going to upload. This is basic courtesy between DDs (at least it was in the old days). We are all only people with real lives and sometimes the time is lacking, or we forgot about bugs or whatever - but nothing of it could be excuse for doing NMU without prior notice - sending email is not that hard compared to preparing proper NMU. Ondrej -- Ondřej Surý <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ITP: taglib-rusxmms -- TagLib + RusXMMS patch
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org --- Please fill out the fields below. --- Package name: taglib-rusxmms Version: 1.5 Upstream Author: Scott Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://ktown.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib License: LGPL-2.1 Description: TagLib Audio Meta-Data Library RusXMMS Project === Originally, the project was aimed to provide means to work with multiple encodings of the same language through adapting encoding of ID3 tags, M3U and PLS playlists (including file names) to local settings on-the-fly. Both the tag reading and writing back using any selected encoding was supported. Nowadays there are library available providing the same functionality for almost any program with just a few lines of code. The library is not limited to ID3 tags, it can be useful for any program working with small titles or file names in different languages and encodings. The patches for several music players, ID3 tag libraries and some other programs are available on the project page. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: ITP: taglib-rusxmms -- TagLib + RusXMMS patch
Twas brillig at 15:09:32 30.11.2008 UTC+03 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] did gyre and gimble: i> Package name: taglib-rusxmms The name is *very* misleading, due to i> The library is not limited to ID3 tags, it can be useful for any i> program working with small titles or file names in different i> languages and encodings. i> The patches for several music players, ID3 tag libraries and some i> other programs are available on the project page. Why the author does not cooperate with those projects? "Patches" means those are not applied upstream. Using Debian to achieve this is not very wise idea. -- pgpw4wCEjc16r.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#507352: ITP: qlandkartegt -- GPS mapping (GeoTIFF and vector) and Garmin GPSr management
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: qlandkartegt Version : 0.9.0 Upstream Author : Oliver Eichler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.qlandkarte.org/ * License : GPL-2 Programming Lang: C++ Description : GPS mapping (GeoTiff and vector) and GPSr management This package provides a versatile tool for GPS maps in GeoTiff format as well as Garmin's img vector map format. QLandkarteGT is the successor of QLandkarte. Among various improvements (e.g. 2D/3D map rendering and reduced ressource demands) the major difference is its device-independent architecture, which is not limited to Garmin devices anymore. Therefore, the package also does not include device drivers. Drivers for a number of Garmin devices are available from the package. Additionally, QLandkarteGT serves as a frontend to the GDAL tools, to make georeferencing of scanned maps feasible for users. In contrast to similar tools (e.g. QGis) its straightforward interface is especially suited for non-scientific users. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) -- GPG key: 1024D/3144BE0F Michael Hanke http://apsy.gse.uni-magdeburg.de/hanke ICQ: 48230050 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
hiya, On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 01:43:22AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > Huh? We are in a permanent bugsquashing party, cause we want to release > lenny. > This is a RC bugs since three weeks, so I rather think the php-maintainers > have been unpolite leaving it open so long... for future reference a number of us who are either active or semi-active with php maintenance are also often on irc, so if writing an email is too cumbersome you can also ping us (raphael or myself, anyway) on #debian-devel. however, i'd still suggest that the best practice would be to attach something to the bug for posterity (and yes, the same applies to the "undocumented" php-maint intentions as well) personally i don't object to having an NMU done for this, though a "heads up" would have been appreciated. sean signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 05:56:39PM -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > [...] > > Urgency: low > > Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Changed-By: Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Description: > [...] > > Closes: 341420 > > Changes: > > php5 (5.2.6.dfsg.1-0.1) unstable; urgency=low > > . > > * Non-maintainer upload. > > * Remove exts/dbase from orig tarball (Closes: #341420) > > Do you mind at least contacting the maintainers? > > I find your upload very impolite. php5 had an RC bug open with an obvious fix available for 3 weeks. The fix was to remove code that was not even being built, so it was low-risk. Why exactly should I have hesitated to NMU? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. - Lily Tomlin signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: system users
[Vincent Bernat] >> That is nice. We will be able to get reasonable output under ps >> command for exim4 too. > > You are right. Too long usernames are displayed numerically. ps, top and wtmp/utmp (ie w,last, etc) have user name limits. For ps and top, it seem to be the POSIX limit of 8 characters, while wtmp/utmp have 32 characters as the limit (see /usr/include/bits/utmp.h). To avoid admins being surprised when using ps and top, I would strongly recommend to avoid more than 8 characters in usernames. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
To see which popular packages are missing in Debian/main at the
moment, I decided to compare the list of popular pckaages in Ubuntu
with the list of packages in Debian/main. The result was interesting.
There are at the moment 823762 reports colleected in
popcon.ubuntu.com. I decided to use 5000 (~0.6%) installations as the
cutoff point defining "popular", as 5000 installations could be seen
as quite a significant user base, even if it is a very small fraction
of the user base.. This gave me a list of 1543 packages in Ubuntu.
There are 31595 debian/main packages listed as used by
popcon.debian.org, and comparing these lists give this list of 152
packages only in Ubuntu and not in Debian/main:
acroread acroread-escript adobe-flashplugin apparmor apparmor-utils
apport apturl avidemux binutils-static bluez bluez-gstreamer
busybox-initramfs compiz-wrapper displayconfig-gtk dkms dvdrip
emerald example-content firefox-2 firefox-3.0 firefox-3.0-branding
firefox-3.0-gnome-support gdebi-kde gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse hwdb-client-common
hwdb-client-gnome hwtest hwtest-gtk iceauth inputattach
jockey-common jockey-gtk jockey-kde kdebase-workspace-bin
kde-window-manager kio-umountwrapper kubuntu-artwork-usplash lame
landscape-common language-pack-de language-pack-de-base
language-pack-en language-pack-en-base language-pack-es
language-pack-es-base language-pack-fr language-pack-fr-base
language-selector language-selector-common launchpad-integration
libbluetooth3 libcamel1.2-14 libcanberra-gnome libcryptui0 libdca0
libebackend1.2-0 libedataserver1.2-11 libemeraldengine0 libfaac0
libgnome-desktop-2-7 libgp11-0 libgucharmap7
liblaunchpad-integration1 libltdl7 libplasma2 linux-firmware
linux-headers-2.6.24-21 linux-headers-2.6.24-21-generic
linux-headers-2.6.27-7 linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic
linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic linux-image-2.6.22-15-generic
linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic linux-image-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-image-2.6.24-21-generic linux-image-2.6.27-7-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
linux-restricted-modules-common
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-19-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic mencoder mjpegtools
nspluginwrapper nvidia-173-modaliases nvidia-177-kernel-source
nvidia-177-modaliases nvidia-71-modaliases nvidia-96-modaliases
nvidia-common nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-177 nvidia-glx-new
nvidia-settings onboard openoffice.org-l10n-common
openoffice.org-style-human opera picasa powermanagement-interface
pxljr python-apport python-bittorrent python-cupshelpers
python-gconf python-gnomecanvas python-launchpad-bugs
python-launchpad-integration python-problem-report python-virtkey
python-xkit rar restricted-manager restricted-manager-core
seahorse-plugins sessreg skype smartdimmer soprano-daemon
sun-java5-bin sun-java5-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk
sun-java6-jre system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-gnome system-config-printer-kde sysvutils
transcode ufw unrar update-motd upstart upstart-compat-sysv
upstart-logd usb-creator usplash-theme-ubuntu virtualbox
virtualbox-2.0 vlc-plugin-pulse volumeid w32codecs xdpyinfo xkbutils
xmodmap xorg-driver-fglrx xrdb xset xsetroot xvinfo
I was a bit surprised that there were so few popular packages missing
in Debian/main. A lot of these packages are due to different package
structure or other differences between Debian and Ubuntu, while others
are already available in contrib or non-free (like sun-java*).
A lot of the rest is multimedia related (like avidemux, lame,
mencoder, mjpegtools, transcode) which would be very nice to have
available in Debian. The onboard package for example seem to be
related to accessibility support. Should we try to get any of these
packages into Debian/main?
This is how I made the list:
GET http://popcon.ubuntu.com/by_vote.gz | gunzip > ubuntu-by_vote-all
GET http://popcon.debian.org/main/by_vote.gz | gunzip > debian-by_vote-main
grep -v '#' ubuntu-by_vote-all |awk '$4 > 1 {print $2}' | \
sort > ubuntu-popular
awk '{print $2}' debian-by_vote-main | sort > debian-main
comm -23 ubuntu-popular debian-main
Happy hacking,
--
Petter Reinholdtsen
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Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
Hi, Cyril, thanks for your reply. (I'm not even sure I should send this one, as I dont add much...) On Sunday 30 November 2008 05:24, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > > Huh? We are in a permanent bugsquashing party, cause we want to > > > release lenny. > Still, coordination and communication matter. I fully agree. > It sounds to me that just saying > “ACK, no need to NMU, we're actively working on getting this fixed” > after the severity got bumped would have done the job. I think so too. > > > This is a RC bugs since three weeks, so I rather think the > > > php-maintainers have been unpolite leaving it open so long... > Maybe Holger meant “without any reply”, but I can't speak for him. Yup. > Coordination and communication got lacking, no need to get so angry. ;) Amen. On Sunday 30 November 2008 05:04, Raphael Geissert wrote: > Right, but it is a DFSG-freeness issue and those take time to > *properly* resolve. That depends, sometimes removal of those bits doesnt hurt. Also, removing those bits is usually better than removing the package. Having an RC bug open without a reply for three weeks at this stage of the release is just not acceptable. regards, Holger pgpnRDipNCltS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should we try to get any of these packages into Debian/main? I think it is up to their Ubuntu maintainers or any Debian people who use them or want them in Debian to get them into Debian main/contrib/non-free. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 04:05:09PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > comparing these lists give this list of 152 > packages only in Ubuntu and not in Debian/main: > > acroread It would be useful to (i) only include packages from Ubuntu universe/main, and (ii) maybe edit it a bit to remove the kernel packages etc. Otherwise, that's a great list to have! Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
On 2008-11-30, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kdebase-workspace-bin > kde-window-manager is in experimental. > system-config-printer-common > system-config-printer-gnome I am planning to request this split of system-config-printer quite soon, so that we when next kde major release can have > system-config-printer-kde /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#507376: ITP: upprint -- tools for better n-up printing
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: upprint Version : 1.5 Upstream Author : Peter Selinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) URL : http://www.mscs.dal.ca/~selinger/upprint/ License : GPL / psutils licence Programming Lang: C The upprint package contains tools for better formatting of print jobs. Unlike print systems such as CUPS, which delegate all formatting to the print server, the upprint tools are designed to work on the user side, and therefore under the user's control. The package provides the following tools: pstops-clip: an extension of Angus J. C. Duggan's pstops program for reformatting postscript files. The extension allows configurable page clipping. psdim: a small utility to be used in conjunction with pstops or pstops-clip. It determines the true margins of a postscript documents and calculates the optimal page placement for n-up printing. It outputs a format string suitable for processing by pstops or pstops-clip. In order to accurately determine the size of the pages in a postscript document, psdim internally uses the ghostscript interpreter to render the document. For this reason, psdim is relatively slow, but much more accurate than other tools. lprwrap: a wrapper around the standard "lpr" program. Lprwrap is a client-side program, which means, all processing is done under your control before passing the print job to lpr. Lprwrap can convert common file formats to postscript. It recognizes special options for duplex printing and n-up printing. It handles n-up printing intelligently, with optimal margins based on the actual document (see above illustration). I have packaged an initial version and am looking for a sponsor the preliminary packages are accessible here: http://loevborg.karmafish.net/debian/upprint/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 06:06:38PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 04:05:09PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > comparing these lists give this list of 152 > > packages only in Ubuntu and not in Debian/main: > > acroread > It would be useful to (i) only include packages from Ubuntu > universe/main, and perhaps to exclude packages that are no longer distributed by Ubuntu - the only still-supported Ubuntu release that includes acroread is Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, it's not present in Ubuntu 7.10 or later. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 03:29:14PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > * Non-maintainer upload. > > > * Remove exts/dbase from orig tarball (Closes: #341420) > > Do you mind at least contacting the maintainers? > > I find your upload very impolite. > php5 had an RC bug open with an obvious fix available for 3 weeks. The > fix was to remove code that was not even being built, so it was > low-risk. Why exactly should I have hesitated to NMU? devref 5.11.1., "How to do a NMU"? : NMUs which fix important, serious or higher severity bugs are encouraged and accepted. You should endeavor to reach the current maintainer of the package; they might be just about to upload a fix for the problem, or have a better solution. [...] At times, the release manager or an organized group of developers can announce a certain period of time in which the NMU rules are relaxed. This usually involves shortening the period during which one is to wait before uploading the fixes, and shortening the DELAYED period. It is important to notice that even in these so-called bug squashing party times, the NMU'er has to file bugs and contact the developer first, and act later. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#507400: ITP: libi18n-ruby -- I18n and localization solution for Ruby
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: libi18n-ruby Version : 0.1.1~git20081120 Upstream Author : The Ruby i18n Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://rails-i18n.org/ * License : MIT/X Programming Lang: Ruby Description : I18n and localization solution for Ruby Implementation of the Ruby on Rails I18n core api. - -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJMwEW5SXWIKfIlGQRAtl5AJ9ZvfcSzNeNVJVKE0lyMP7L2MrptQCfUCPe B49czepEvcJWldil4RcIhtg= =wiDP -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: qmail and related packages in NEW
On Nov 30, Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Qmail is dead upstream and requires a whole set of patches to even begin to > work in the manner expected of a modern MTA. Given this, the fact that this > means there is also no upstream security support, and the fact that Debian > already contains at least three reasonable MTAs, we see no need to add qmail > to > the archive. So - please reconsider if it really helps Debian to have those While I totally agree that qmail is an obsolete FPOS with many bad problems and I hate it with a passion at least as much as any decent person, I need to remind everybody that sadly it is a dependency of Plesk (the only high quality administration panel software) so it's still going to be installed anyway on many Debian servers. Maybe having an official well-maintained package (and the one you evalued clearly is not) is the least evil. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#507412: ITP: liq-contrib -- contributed scripts for liquidsoap
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Romain Beauxis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: liq-contrib Version : 08.11 Upstream Author : The Savonet Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://savonet.sf.net/ * License : GPL v2+ Programming Lang: liquidsoap Description : contributed scripts for liquidsoap liq-contrib contains various scripts implemented using the liquidsoap audio streaming language. . Currently, it contains: o liq123: a command line audio player o streamliqueur: an audio stream ripper o simpleliq: a program to create and test simple streaming examples using the liquidsoap language. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
Hi, 2008/11/30 Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > On Sunday 30 November 2008 05:04, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> Right, but it is a DFSG-freeness issue and those take time to >> *properly* resolve. > > That depends, sometimes removal of those bits doesnt hurt. Also, removing > those bits is usually better than removing the package. The package would not be removed, the issue would have been fixed either by getting permission from the copyright holder, or by *properly* removing the affected code. By coordinating the removal of the code the following things could have been done: 1.- Decide the proper naming of the uploaded package version 2.- Ensuring that the watch file mangles the Debian version and that it calls a script designed to strip the code from the downloaded tarball, so that there is no need to manually remove it from future tarballs[1]. 3.- Including patches for a couple of issues that were pending to be uploaded. [1] The dbase extension has been removed by upstream for the 5.3.x series, but the future releases of the 5.2.x will still include it. > > Having an RC bug open without a reply for three weeks at this stage of the > release is just not acceptable. The "offending code" can quickly be dated back to 9 years ago; and IMO it is not about "getting it ready for the release:" it affects all versions of the package. > > > regards, >Holger > Regards, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
[I would appreciate if you respected the CoC] 2008/11/30 Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > > php5 had an RC bug open with an obvious fix available for 3 weeks. The What looks obvious to you may not be obvious to the others, please refrain from making such statements. > fix was to remove code that was not even being built, so it was > low-risk. Why exactly should I have hesitated to NMU? As already stated by Steve: because of devref 5.11.1, and because of mere courtesy. Also, the issue affects all versions of php from php3 to php5. So in case you are interested in "fixing" the whole problem then deal with the copies at archive.d.o, snapshot.d.n, and master. > > Ben. > Regards, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not MIA D= (was Re: Bug#495190: no answer for 495190)
Vincent Danjean escribió: Hi, Is Jose Parrella MIA ? I did not get any answer at all from him since 15 Aug 2008 (and a reminder on 29 Oct 2008). Hello, Vincent! I'm not MIA, as you might see from other Debian-related activity. I've already uploaded the latest A::CD. Let me know if you run into any problems. All of my packages are open for NMU if you think I'm lagging. NB: I'm not in the list. Jose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
Petter Reinholdtsen dijo [Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 04:05:09PM +0100]: > (...) > acroread acroread-escript FWIW, I find this quite strange... I know many non-FS users assume that the good PDF reader is the Acrobat PDF reader. However, I find it quite inferior both in usability and on quality to evince - Even now that evince does properly(?) support provisions disallowing copying from or printing a PDF. But anyway, and knowing this is not an Ubuntu list... Does anybody know why on Earth is Acroread popular? Why isn't a PDF regularly handled in a saner way with Evince (or kde-based lookalike) in some distributions? -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 18:45 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: > [I would appreciate if you respected the CoC] > > 2008/11/30 Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] > > > > php5 had an RC bug open with an obvious fix available for 3 weeks. The > > What looks obvious to you may not be obvious to the others, please > refrain from making such statements. > > > fix was to remove code that was not even being built, so it was > > low-risk. Why exactly should I have hesitated to NMU? > > As already stated by Steve: because of devref 5.11.1, and because of > mere courtesy. You're right, I'm sorry. 7.2.2 actually contradicts 5.11.1, but I accept that I should have either notified my intent to NMU or used the delayed queue. > Also, the issue affects all versions of php from php3 to php5. Then please assign clones of the bug to php3 and php4. > So in > case you are interested in "fixing" the whole problem then deal with > the copies at archive.d.o, snapshot.d.n, and master. I don't believe there is quite the same concern over commercial distribution there. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production: A fail-safe circuit will destroy others. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: qmail and related packages in NEW
Twas brillig at 00:40:50 01.12.2008 UTC+01 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] did gyre and gimble: Md> I need to remind everybody that sadly it is a dependency of Plesk Md> (the only high quality administration panel software) so it's still Md> going to be installed anyway on many Debian servers. Md> Maybe having an official well-maintained package (and the one you Md> evalued clearly is not) is the least evil. [speaking as Plesk ex-developer] It won't help, Plesk's qmail is patched in various ways, including Plesk-specific patches, so version provided by Debian won't help. -- pgpe4tUun6pCk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
With regard to the thread proper: As far as packages that are not currently in Debian, dkms has already obviously been discussed. apturl seems interesting, however. On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Petter Reinholdtsen dijo [Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 04:05:09PM +0100]: >> (...) >> acroread acroread-escript > > FWIW, I find this quite strange... I know many non-FS users assume > that the good PDF reader is the Acrobat PDF reader. However, I find it > quite inferior both in usability and on quality to evince - Even now > that evince does properly(?) support provisions disallowing copying > from or printing a PDF. > > But anyway, and knowing this is not an Ubuntu list... Does anybody > know why on Earth is Acroread popular? Why isn't a PDF regularly > handled in a saner way with Evince (or kde-based lookalike) in some > distributions? Evince cannot properly zoom in on some pdfs. Compare pdfs at 200% zoom downloaded from JSTOR (a commonly used and rather expensive database collection) in evince and acroread. Evince has notably inferior quality in this regard. Also, prior to kde4, kpdf did not support rotation, which explains why acroread as an alternative would have been popular. -- Daniel Moerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Daniel Moerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apturl seems interesting, however. Debian already has aptlinex so apturl isn't needed. Might be a good idea for the two upstreams of these packages to get them merged. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main
Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Does anybody > know why on Earth is Acroread popular? There are some features that are present in e.g. evince, but are, arguable though, more 'advanced' implemented in adobe reader (e.g. better zooming capabilities as alreayd someone said). however, there are two 'features' that are atm completely specific to adobe reader: CMYK support and support of displaying certain DRM locked ebooks and such, that do dynamically 'reload' pages from sub-files (many computer magazine archive cds do that). I think most people that use adobe reader use it because they just *think* it is the better reader, which it is in most cases not. or because they don't know that with mozplugger, you can use evince to behave like adobes pdf plugin. Regards, Daniel -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why is acroread so popular? (Was: Popular packages in Ubuntu that is missing in Debian/main)
[Gunnar Wolf] > But anyway, and knowing this is not an Ubuntu list... Does anybody > know why on Earth is Acroread popular? Why isn't a PDF regularly > handled in a saner way with Evince (or kde-based lookalike) in some > distributions? It is also popular in Debian. I asked the same question over at debian-edu@, and got a lot of replies. I recommend looking at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg13528.html> for that thread. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Processed: reassign from ntp-server to ntp
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Debian bugs #600000 and #1000000 contest
(originally sent to -devel-announce-publicity folks, that could deserve an entry in the DPN, maybe?) > As the bug #50 mark was turned on September 24th 2008, Debian > developers and contributors need a new challenge. > > So, again, a small contest has been set up. The principle is very > simple: please place a bet (one per person) about the day bugs #60 > and #100 will be reported. > > The winner(s) will be the person(s) placing her|his|their bet as close > as possible to the real moment bug #60 and #100 are reported. > > There is nothing to win but the pride of being the person who > predicted our bug report rate for the next months|years, just what > René Mayorga won by winning the bug #50 prediction game > (http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/50.html). > > The bet page is a wiki page: http://wiki.debian.org/60thBugContest > > It will be closed on November 30th 2008. Bets will be kept statically > until bug #60 is reported. > > Then the page will be reopened with a new list of bets for bug > #100. Thus, we will have four sets of bets for bug #100 with > even more suspense and fun!. So far, we have quite few bets. As a consequence, I will keep the bet wiki page opened up to December 31st. So, for those people who have played this little game, please feel free to do so. There is nothing to win but your name being mentioned in the official announcements in a few years...:-) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [php-maint] Bug#341420: marked as done (code in exts/dbase is not DFSG-free)
Hi, Raphael Geissert wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > [...] >> Urgency: low >> Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Changed-By: Ben Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Description: > [...] >> Closes: 341420 >> Changes: >> php5 (5.2.6.dfsg.1-0.1) unstable; urgency=low >> . >> * Non-maintainer upload. >> * Remove exts/dbase from orig tarball (Closes: #341420) > > Do you mind at least contacting the maintainers? > > I find your upload very impolite. Notwithstanding the requirement to send diffs for NMUs, the bug log is a good example of how not to deal with bugs properly. While it's laudable that you bring the bug up in front, the bug log ended in open questions from three weeks ago. For stuff that is easily fixable that is 50% longer than what we expect for RC bug fixes. 0-day NMUs means that the requirement for advance contact is reduced to sending the NMU diff at the time of an upload for existing, old-enough bugs. If, for any reason, you aren't able fix an RC bug in a package of yours within 2 weeks, you should either ask for help by sending a mail to the Quality Assurance (QA) group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or explain your difficulties and present a plan to fix them by sending a mail to the bug report. -- Developer's Reference 3.6 Mind you, acknowledging the fact that someone else took the trouble of looking at your package might be an idea if you want to set an example instead of just demanding politeness. Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
