Re: Sharing a subdirectory of /usr/share between multiple packages ?

2007-05-07 Thread sean finney
hi, On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:08 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > It would make a lot of sense to have them in the same directory, so that > the sysadmin can dedicate a partition to this heavy data. We are > thinking about something like /usr/share/biodata for instance. In > the case the wrappers wou

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/07/2007 08:28 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 08 May 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: >> Pick a random uid? Send no mail? Send mail to all? And no, simply >> "pick @debian.org" doesnt work, people may have chosen to deactivate >> that address becaus

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 03:26:04AM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > Why build-depending on package from testing would be an RC bug? > Could it be that libtool-cvs is not intended for a stable release? In such a case, if a package Build-Depends on it, makes it into a stable release and then requir

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Why build-depending on package from testing would be an RC bug? 2007/5/8, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 03:08:30AM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > Could you explain what you mean? My package is built with libtool > 2.1a(without dependency on its package) and it we

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 03:08:30AM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > Could you explain what you mean? My package is built with libtool > 2.1a(without dependency on its package) and it went to etch long time > ago. I > don't understand why do you want to fill RC bugs for such packages. I didn't say

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Bryan Donlan
On 5/7/07, Piotr Roszatycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Could you explain what you mean? My package is built with libtool 2.1a (without dependency on its package) and it went to etch long time ago. I don't understand why do you want to fill RC bugs for such packages. vorlon was referring to buil

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Do you mean I should just renumber the package version from 2.1a to 1.9 or what? I think the versioning schema for this project is very bizzare. Also I think it is not so important for experimental packages :) 2007/5/7, Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:18:57PM +0200,

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
Could you explain what you mean? My package is built with libtool 2.1a(without dependency on its package) and it went to etch long time ago. I don't understand why do you want to fill RC bugs for such packages. 2007/5/7, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:19:33PM +02

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:18:11AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11013 March 1977, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >> This would need a new field defined in some sane way and then get > >> enforced to use to make sense. And then the scripts can start using it. > >> So the simple(r) option is "subsc

Sharing a subdirectory of /usr/share between multiple packages ?

2007-05-07 Thread Charles Plessy
Dear all, In the Debian-Med project, we started to package a bioinformatic analysis suite - EMBOSS - which exploits local or remote sequence databases (read-only). When they are small (a few megaoctets), we are considering pacakging them. But in the case of much bigger ones (gigabytes), we will us

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 08 May 2007, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Pick a random uid? Send no mail? Send mail to all? And no, simply > "pick @debian.org" doesnt work, people may have chosen to deactivate > that address because they use something different for all their > debian activity now. It's slightly suboptimal, bu

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:18:11AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11013 March 1977, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > >> This would need a new field defined in some sane way and then get > >> enforced to use to make sense. And then the scripts can start using it. > >> So the simple(r) option is "sub

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11013 March 1977, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >> This would need a new field defined in some sane way and then get >> enforced to use to make sense. And then the scripts can start using it. >> So the simple(r) option is "subscribe to pts". > Doesn't the key used to sign the upload tell you? Yes,

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:14:17AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11012 March 1977, Nico Golde wrote: > > > would it be a big change for dak to enable that sponsors of > > Yes. And not only for dak. Just - tell me how the script should find out > who the sponsor was/is? > > This would need a n

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-08 00:16]: > On 11012 March 1977, Nico Golde wrote: > > > would it be a big change for dak to enable that sponsors of > > Yes. And not only for dak. Just - tell me how the script should find out > who the sponsor was/is? I thought this migh work v

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 11012 March 1977, Nico Golde wrote: > would it be a big change for dak to enable that sponsors of Yes. And not only for dak. Just - tell me how the script should find out who the sponsor was/is? This would need a new field defined in some sane way and then get enforced to use to make sense. A

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:14:52PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:10:47PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:08:09PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > > This would be nice since the NM don't have to forward them > > > to the sponsor. > > > > H

Re: wordpress packages

2007-05-07 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Maintaining a collection of plugins for WP sounds like a > nightmare for me. http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/May/0011.html while we're speaking from the devil -- Bernd Zeimetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:17:38PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:14:52PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > Honestly, that sucks. I don't want to subscribe the PTS for packages I > > sponsor, I do go read the BTS from time to time to check they (my > > sponsoring)

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 10:14:52PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > Honestly, that sucks. I don't want to subscribe the PTS for packages I > sponsor, I do go read the BTS from time to time to check they (my > sponsoring) are doing a good job, but I don't want to receive > everything. Though, I fin

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:10:47PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:08:09PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > This would be nice since the NM don't have to forward them > > to the sponsor. > > Have them subscribe in the PTS? Honestly, that sucks. I don't want to subsc

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-07 21:31]: > On Mon, 7 May 2007, Nico Golde wrote: > > >This won't work for the initial mails you get when you > >upload the package the first time. > > What about using the Uploaders control field? I don't want to be listed as co-maintainer for a

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Nico Golde wrote: This won't work for the initial mails you get when you upload the package the first time. What about using the Uploaders control field? Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:19:33PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Mike Hommey: > > Why not package this as libtool and upload to experimental ? > It would be impossible to build-depend on it. This may or may not be > a good thing. I don't imagine libtool-cvs is a target for inclusion in lenny

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-07 20:12]: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:08:09PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > This would be nice since the NM don't have to forward them > > to the sponsor. > > Have them subscribe in the PTS? This won't work for the initial mails you get wh

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 06:18:57PM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: > 2007/5/7, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >* Mike Hommey: > > > >> Why not package this as libtool and upload to experimental ? > > > >It would be impossible to build-depend on it. This may or may not be > >a good thing. >

Re: Mandatory -dbg packages for libraries?

2007-05-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 01:02:17PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:32:37AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > > > > If there are concerns over archive size, why don't we drop all static > > > .a libraries at t

Re: Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 08:08:09PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > This would be nice since the NM don't have to forward them > to the sponsor. Have them subscribe in the PTS? /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Getting ftp-master mails as sponsor

2007-05-07 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, would it be a big change for dak to enable that sponsors of packages also get the mails by the Archive Admistrator and Debian Installer? This would be nice since the NM don't have to forward them to the sponsor. Kind regards Nico -- Nico Golde - http://ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG:

Bug#422688: ITP: libpasori -- Library for handling PaSoRi, a USB reader/writer for FeliCa contactless IC card

2007-05-07 Thread Kobayashi Noritada
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Kobayashi Noritada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libpasori Version : 2~pre Upstream Author : mjt * URL : http://libpasori.sourceforge.jp/ * License : BSD Description : Library for handling PaSoRi, a USB reader

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-07 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
> Humh... No, I don't have, have had, own, have owned, claim to own, > claim to have owned, claim to have nor claim to have ever had the > needed private key that corresponds 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0.. I hope so - or somebody could think you had chosen your GPG fingerprint as master key w

Re: wordpress packages

2007-05-07 Thread sean finney
On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:08 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > imho the wordpress packaging should be changed in a way to allow the > user to drop their plugins/themes into /var/lib/wordpress/../ instead of > trying to package plugins and themes. Due to the nature of php and > wordpress, the code is har

Re: Bug#422137: ITP: 09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0 -- l33t h4x0r numb3r

2007-05-07 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Bart Martens dijo [Sun, May 06, 2007 at 10:01:45AM +0200]: > > Hey, if you don't have anything to do with your money now that it's > > taken, send it over here! ;-) > > > > -- > > Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 > > PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 > > Fingerprint

Re: spam from bugs.debian.org

2007-05-07 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 01:13:59PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > I don't know how much this helps, but wouldn't it be good to more > > actively *recommend* the posters to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Something like a monthly reminder sent over all lists or similar. > > Next spammers wil

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Piotr Roszatycki
2007/5/7, Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: * Mike Hommey: > Why not package this as libtool and upload to experimental ? It would be impossible to build-depend on it. This may or may not be a good thing. I think the including libtool from cvs snapshot to the unstable distribution might be

Bug#422657: Can't advocate a New Maintainer

2007-05-07 Thread Santiago Vila
Package: general As I explained in http://lists.debian.org/debian-newmaint/2007/04/msg00016.html there seem to be a bug in the web form used to recommend a NM applicant. Apparently, no mail is sent to people who receive mail directly in master. Nobody bothered to fix it, and that's why I'm fil

Re: spam from bugs.debian.org

2007-05-07 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 01:13:59PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > I don't know how much this helps, but wouldn't it be good to more > > actively *recommend* the posters to subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Something like a monthly reminder sent over all lists or similar. > > Next spammers wil

Re: Bug#422423: ITP: libtool-cvs -- Generic library support script - CVS snapshot

2007-05-07 Thread Florian Weimer
* Mike Hommey: > Why not package this as libtool and upload to experimental ? It would be impossible to build-depend on it. This may or may not be a good thing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LDAP breaks kcheckpass when not setuid root (#298148)

2007-05-07 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 07 mai 2007 à 09:57 +1000, Russell Coker a écrit : > On Saturday 05 May 2007 16:13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Roberto C. Sánchez] > > > > > You mean that the passwords go in the clear? > > > > Yes, unless you are securing the entire LDAP session, using SSL. > > Does

Re: spam from bugs.debian.org

2007-05-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 11:13:50AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 05:01:36PM +0200, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > > > I belive that a rate of 0.1% is quite an acceptable rate, but we > > permanently try to lower that. > > I don't know how much this helps, but wouldn't it be

Re: wordpress packages

2007-05-07 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Russell Coker wrote: > I am currently running Wordpress on Debian/etch. I would like to run only > Debian packages but it seems that themes and plugins are not packaged and > Wordpress is not fully functional without them. imho the wordpress packaging should be changed in a way to allow the us

Re: Mandatory -dbg packages for libraries?

2007-05-07 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 12:32:37AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:15:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > > If there are concerns over archive size, why don't we drop all static > > .a libraries at the same time. Given that in Debian we typically > > always link dynamicall

Re: LDAP breaks kcheckpass when not setuid root (#298148)

2007-05-07 Thread Russell Coker
On Saturday 05 May 2007 16:13, Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Roberto C. Sánchez] > > > You mean that the passwords go in the clear? > > Yes, unless you are securing the entire LDAP session, using SSL. Does the pam_ldap module allow you to store the SSL key for the server or authen

wordpress packages

2007-05-07 Thread Russell Coker
I am currently running Wordpress on Debian/etch. I would like to run only Debian packages but it seems that themes and plugins are not packaged and Wordpress is not fully functional without them. Does anyone have a repository of Debian Wordpress themes and plugins? If not then I'll create my

Re: Are popcon stats per package and arch possible?

2007-05-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 10:15:40PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 06:23:36PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > >> >> [Michael Hanke] >> >> > To me it looks like stats for