Re: question: bugfixes in experimental?

2005-07-30 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
Hi, On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 08:11 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Shouldn't it be some kind of policy to mark a bug as fixed, > only if the fix is available on the same level as the previous > broken package? There's a semi-policy IMHO, you can tag[1] the bugs instead of closing them, so there's a fi

Re: question: bugfixes in experimental?

2005-07-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Harald Dunkel wrote: > I've got a problem with marking broken packages as fixed. Fixed generally means that the bug has been fixed in an NMU, IE, by someone not the maintainer; fixed-in-experimental is the tag that usually means that the bug in question has actually been fixed

question: bugfixes in experimental?

2005-07-30 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi folks, I've got a problem with marking broken packages as fixed. If there is (lets say) a grave functionality bug for package "M" in unstable or testing, then a bugfix in experimental doesn't help me. (I made very bad experiences with experimental, e.g. broken version numbers, currupted apt sy

bugs2ldap running on master (was: bugs2ldap gateway down - wnpp, bts.turmzimmer.net broken)

2005-07-30 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Barth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050728 22:39]: > on request of Ryan Murray I stopped the bugs2ldap-gateway on > bugs.debian.org. I'll move that gateway to some other host as soon as I > have time. At least the following services are broken by that: > - the wnpp bug list > - bts.turmzimmer.net

Debian Science mailing list created

2005-07-30 Thread Helen Faulkner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Everyone, This is to let interested people know that the Debian Science mailing list [1] has been created. This list is aimed to encourage discussion about how best to use Debian as an operating system for science research and how to improve Debi

Re: Bug#320637: ITP: lltag -- Massive and magic command-line mp3/ogg file tagger

2005-07-30 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
Brice Goglin wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: lltag > Version : 0.6.1-1 > Upstream Author : Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://bgoglin.free.fr/lltag/ > * License : GPL >

Re: RFC, problem with g++4

2005-07-30 Thread Jaakko Niemi
Followups to #320630. --j -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#320637: ITP: lltag -- Massive and magic command-line mp3/ogg file tagger

2005-07-30 Thread Brice Goglin
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: lltag Version : 0.6.1-1 Upstream Author : Brice Goglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://bgoglin.free.fr/lltag/ * License : GPL Description : Massive and magic comma

Re: Bug#320623: ITP: monouml -- computer-aided software engineering (CASE) friendly tool

2005-07-30 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
David Moreno Garza wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: David Moreno Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: monouml > Version : 0.1a > Upstream Author : Mario Carrión <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and others. > * URL : http://monouml.sf.net/ > * License

Re: Packages descriptions review

2005-07-30 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
One more question: Was the question, should short descriptions be capitalized? ever decided? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packages descriptions review

2005-07-30 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
I've started reviewing the news section, and I'm noticing that I'm running across descriptions which are OK as-is, but could be better. So far, Iv'e put in a comment saying how I think it could be approved, but am clicking "OK". Is that right? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Packages descriptions review

2005-07-30 Thread Michael Bramer
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 04:08:10PM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote: > > how will you handel changes in the description (from upstream, aka package > > maintainer)? > > By comparing all descriptions when we are done. For packages which have > a new descriptions, a manual review/merge will be needed. N

Re: SUMMARY: Re: shared library -dev package naming proposal

2005-07-30 Thread Steve Greenland
On 29-Jul-05, 08:50 (CDT), GOMBAS Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 08:38:17AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > Exercise: let's say I have an application that uses GSSAPI, and has to > be able to be built statically. Requirements: > > - It should build with Heimdal's libgs

New experimental shadow package 4.0.11.1-1, synced with upstream

2005-07-30 Thread Christian Perrier
The shadow package maintenance team is glad to announce the release of version 4.0.11-1 of the shadow package, in experimental. Shadow is the source package for passwd and login and is part of the base system. Both packages are "Priority: required". This package was highly desynchronized with ups

Bug#320623: ITP: monouml -- computer-aided software engineering (CASE) friendly tool

2005-07-30 Thread David Moreno Garza
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: David Moreno Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: monouml Version : 0.1a Upstream Author : Mario Carrión <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and others. * URL : http://monouml.sf.net/ * License : GPL and LGPL Description : co

Re: Public service announcement about Policy 10.4

2005-07-30 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jul 29, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, please note that posh is not the only shell that lacks support for > > local. IIRC, it also breaks down under one or more of dash and busybox sh. > dash supports local, or at least supports it in the way it's u

Re: Public service announcement about Policy 10.4

2005-07-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 29, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, please note that posh is not the only shell that lacks support for > local. IIRC, it also breaks down under one or more of dash and busybox sh. dash supports local, or at least supports it in the way it's used in all the packages I main

Re: Public service announcement about Policy 10.4

2005-07-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jul 29, "Brian M. Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have found no less than four packages which break with /bin/posh > as /bin/sh, including one that refuses to be removed because of its > brokenness. I am expecting many more. Yes, like most of my packages. posh does not provide any bene

A quick favor...

2005-07-30 Thread Packaging HQ
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Re: Packages descriptions review

2005-07-30 Thread Clément Stenac
Hello, > how will you handel changes in the description (from upstream, aka package > maintainer)? By comparing all descriptions when we are done. For packages which have a new descriptions, a manual review/merge will be needed. Regards, -- Clément Stenac -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Packages descriptions review

2005-07-30 Thread Michael Bramer
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:32:18PM +0200, Clément Stenac wrote: > > Someone suggested an announcement should be sent to > > > d-d-a. What do you think ? > > > > Yes, go to it and find some reviewer. > > Will do... > > > Maybe you should add a 'get a random Description' link on your Page... > >

Re: congratulations to the X team!!

2005-07-30 Thread Tshepang Lekhonkhobe
On 7/15/05, Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, I previously had xorg from Ubuntu installed, and upgrading from > that to Debian's xorg _didn't_ go smoothly: the file "/etc/X11/Xsession" > was created by two packages, x11-common [debian], and xorg-common > [ubuntu], and in upgrading tri

Re: ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on???

2005-07-30 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 7/29/05, Steve Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 02:31:01AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..last mirror update was a week ago, what's going on??? > > > ..and, yeah, gg:"Debian mirror update" "21-Jul-2005" etc > > finds _lotsa_ noise. > > > ..whether this mirror upda

Re: SUMMARY: Re: shared library -dev package naming proposal

2005-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 02:18:29PM -0400, Jay Berkenbilt wrote: > > FWIW, detecting a fixed libtool would be rather difficult, since it's the > > libtool used by the depending application which does the recursion and > > therefore needs to be fixed. > I was thinking we'd be able to tell from the .

Re: RFC, problem with g++4

2005-07-30 Thread Florian Weimer
* Goswin von Brederlow: > The proper use of this construct seems to be: > > template > struct Foo { > static const unsigned N = T::N; > char bar[N]; > }; > > struct Bla { > static const unsigned N; > }; > > const unsigned Bla::N = 10; > > int main() { > Foo foo; > } This program is ill-f