The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested
through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the
last week.
Total number of orphaned packages: 386 (new: 7)
Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 80 (new: 1)
Total number of packages requeste
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libio-compress-zlib-perl
Version : 2.005
Upstream Author : Paul Marquess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib-2.005/
* License : same a
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> * Package name: libcompress-base-perl
The proper name is of course libio-compress-base-perl.
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Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: libcompress-base-perl
Version : 2.005
Upstream Author : Paul Marquess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/
* License : same as Perl (choose Artistic or
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Andrés Roldán" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: eresi
Version : 0.78b3
Upstream Author : The ERESI team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.eresi-project.org/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C, C++, Assembly
Steve Greenland wrote:
> 1. The format that will be used by Debian packages to specify their menu
> entry. I think the consensus in this thread is that the FDo format is
> better and more flexible than the current Debian menu system format.
I wouldn't argue that it's better or more flexible. It is
Frank Küster wrote:
> > Window managers?
>
> Yes, in an appropriate category. *That* one could be a candidate for
> hiding. If I'm not mistaken KDE, Gnome and friends only work with
> certain window managers, so switching doesn't make sense.
Window managers are already not displayed on the gnom
"Paul Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 7/26/07, Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> cinepaint probably needs removing; it's very buggy and is dead
>> upstream.
>
> Last upstream release is 0.22-1 from June 12, 2007.
Hmm, I missed that when I checked on it. I must have been looking
On 26/07/07, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:50:49PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
> > Your title= tagging has unfortunately barfed on my name, due
> > to the "TBBle" in it causing the quoted string to terminate
> > early.
>
> Well, I don't think this page i
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: assogiate
Version : 0.2.1
Upstream Author : Kevin Daughtridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://www.kdau.com/projects/assogiate/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C++
Des
On 26-Jul-07, 02:25 (CDT), Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Still, I think local admins should have the possibility to set a local
> policy on a package basis for blacklisting packages to bridge until the
> package gets fixed.
man apt_preferences:
P < 0
preven
On 26-Jul-07, 13:41 (CDT), Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 3. The actual contents and structure of the default menu in each WM etc.
> > This is a matter of Policy and ENTIRELY orthogonal to issues 1 and 2.
> > In particular, just saying
On 26-Jul-07, 04:37 (CDT), Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have no business into changing other environments' menus. This is why
> I suggested that we keep the Debian menu as it is for those who prefer
> it. As people seem to want to switch to the freedesktop menu given its
> super
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 3. The actual contents and structure of the default menu in each WM etc.
> This is a matter of Policy and ENTIRELY orthogonal to issues 1 and 2.
> In particular, just saying "we're going to use the FDo format now" does
> nothing to prevent the kind of
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 04:33:17PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 12:59 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> > You do not remove the need for some functionality by simply removing the
> > functionality itself altogether, which is what I see GNOME developers do
> > more of
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Meanwhile, real world people have moved to the freedesktop menu, which
> despite its flaws is more flexible, more beautiful and allows a better
> structure designed for each environment.
Tell me, in which world do I live if its not the real world?
Re
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 07:50:49PM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
> Your title= tagging has unfortunately barfed on my name, due
> to the "TBBle" in it causing the quoted string to terminate
> early.
Well, I don't think this page is necessary anymore, since better
options to check this are avail
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 12:59 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> You do not remove the need for some functionality by simply removing the
> functionality itself altogether, which is what I see GNOME developers do
> more often than other developers.
This seems to be based solely on hearsay.
>
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 06:01:38PM -0400, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> > I guess an evil solution to *** that doesn't cause problems with ###
> > would be to create a dummy source package that Build-Depends: on the
> > exact version of the package it builds, so that uploads include a
> > >...<
On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 14:10 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >> I found (at least one) counter example: I never managed to get rid
> >> of the stupid nautilus behavour to open new windows.
> >
> > Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Always open in navigation windows
> >
> > If the option name isn't c
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Adam Cécile (Le_Vert)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: qink
Version : 0.3.1
Upstream Author : Moris Ravasio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Matvey Kozhev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (current maintainer)
* URL : http://code.go
Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Witness:
>> >> - usable completion in the File Open dialog -> gone
[...]
> Note that AFAIK, completion never disappeared from the file open dialogs.
> You just have to enable it with a keystroke.
I know that; the shortcut is Ctrl-L. But I wrote "
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For your information, this was ironic. There is no compositing manager
> in metacity as no one seemed interested enough in developing it.
Ah, I see. Not everyone follows the development of every window manager
on earth, so you couldn't really expect m
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name: btanks
Version : 0.5.4539
Upstream Author : Vladimir Menshakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://btanks.sourceforge.net
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: C++
Descriptio
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 02:07:17PM +0200, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 13:35 +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit :
> > > Eye candy... oh right, this must be why there are so many people
> > > interested in bringing a compositing manager to metacity, rather tha
[Sorry for beeing OT - it will be my only contribution to this thread]
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote:
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 13:33 +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
I found (at least one) counter example: I never managed to get rid
of the stupid nautilus behavour to open new wi
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 13:35 +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit :
> > Eye candy... oh right, this must be why there are so many people
> > interested in bringing a compositing manager to metacity, rather than
> > improving performance or rendering quality.
For your information, this was ironic. The
On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 13:33 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> I found (at least one) counter example: I never managed to get rid
> of the stupid nautilus behavour to open new windows.
In Nautilus enable Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Always open in
browser windows.
> I was even not
> able to ge
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 01:13:13PM +0200, Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Witness:
> >> - usable completion in the File Open dialog -> gone
> >> - customizable keyboard shortcuts in apps[1] -> gone
> >
> > Both are due to g
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 13:33 +0200, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> I found (at least one) counter example: I never managed to get rid
> of the stupid nautilus behavour to open new windows.
Edit -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Always open in navigation windows
If the option name isn't clear enoug
Hi,
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eye candy... oh right, this must be why there are so many people
> interested in bringing a compositing manager to metacity, rather than
> improving performance or rendering quality.
YMMV, but IMHO, I don't think compositing will much improve my
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote:
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 10:54 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
One thing I do not like about the GNOME usability philosophy is
precisely this: catering for the novice user is great, but the GNOME
usability philosophy caters for novice users *at th
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:37:33AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 10:54 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> > One thing I do not like about the GNOME usability philosophy is
> > precisely this: catering for the novice user is great, but the GNOME
> > usability philosophy
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 08:25 +0200, Frank Küster a écrit :
> > A window manager choice has nothing to do in an application menu, as it
> > is not an application. This is a matter for a configuration tool,
> > whatever form it takes.
>
> The Debian menu has more Categories than just application
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 06:57:54PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 25 juillet 2007 à 08:54 -0400, Marvin Renich a écrit :
> > Gnome and KDE are targeted primarily at desktop users, not servers. If,
> > as a desktop user, I install a graphical app on my machine, I *expect*
> > to see t
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 11:38 +0200, Florent Rougon a écrit :
> Seems very clear to me: it has been almost a decade now since the GNOME
> project tries hard to get rid of every feature that makes their software
> more usable (I'm speaking here about real usability, not about
> eye-candy).
Eye c
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 11:38:59AM +0200, Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> SCNR...
>
> Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Frank> That turns out not to be the case. If I use an app frequently, then it
> Frank> goes on the toolbar. The menu is for finding infrequently used apps
On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 06:35:06PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote:
> Here's also a list of packages needing a sponsor.
> http://people.debian.org/~bartm/borg/needssponsor.html
Your title= tagging has unfortunately barfed on my name, due
to the "TBBle" in it causing the quoted string to terminate
early.
SCNR...
Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Frank> That turns out not to be the case. If I use an app frequently, then it
Frank> goes on the toolbar. The menu is for finding infrequently used apps. For
Frank> a lot of users, browsing the menu is how they find out what's available.
Mike> IIRC
Le jeudi 26 juillet 2007 à 10:54 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> One thing I do not like about the GNOME usability philosophy is
> precisely this: catering for the novice user is great, but the GNOME
> usability philosophy caters for novice users *at the expense of
> experienced users*.
This w
On Thu July 26 2007 01:02:57 am Frank Küster wrote:
> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If an application is used so infrequently, it shouldn't have its
> > place in a menu.
>
> It seems we have a very different notion of what a menu is. To me,
> the reply "Exactly because it is used
Thank you Magnus for this quick reply.
Just one point: I have read the paragraph about cooperating groups of
packages too, and I did not figure exactly what to do.
As we are to make a virtual package named wims-something, there is little
chance that we are going to annoy other people, since nobod
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:54:27PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> >> $ apt-cache show lsb-release | grep Rec
>> >> Recommends: lsb, apt
>> >> $ apt-cache show lsb | grep Dep
>> >> Depends: lsb-core, lsb-g
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