Re: lintian.d.o updated, link change

2007-12-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 23 December 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: >> The new scheme is: >> http://lintian.debian.org/reports/maintainer/.html > > The links from those pages to error descriptions are broken: > > http://lintian.debian.org/reports/maintainer/Tnewer-debconf-t

Re: lintian.d.o updated, link change

2007-12-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 23 December 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: > The new scheme is: > http://lintian.debian.org/reports/maintainer/.html The links from those pages to error descriptions are broken: http://lintian.debian.org/reports/maintainer/Tnewer-debconf-templates.html 404 Not Found There's no record of

Re: Which spell checkers to include by default?

2007-12-22 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Russ Allbery] > See previous thread about old Unix users and what we expect. :) Well, some old unix users might expect it, but I've been using Unix and friends since I started with HP-UX 9 in 1992, and I do not expect word lists to be installed by default. :) Lets move to the most advanced spe

Re: RFA: gpsim -- Simulator for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers

2007-12-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 08:12:52PM +0100, Steffen Joeris wrote: > My debian time is already taken by other debian things, so I am not > finding enough time to maintain this package properly. > If you are willing to take it over, be my guest. However, I guess it is > a good idea to also adopt the do

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Steve Greenland
On 22-Dec-07, 11:48 (CST), Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is what I feel about it: ITP should be filled the moment you'd > like to package a piece of software, so you're not supposed to know it > in deep; thus, the long description (that describes what the package > does) can be rew

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
let's continue this on d-{devel,python} On Dec 22, 2007 8:50 PM, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Julien Cristau [Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:41:37 +0100]: > > > Why not use the same name for both? I think it'd be clearer, and > > has no drawbacks afaics. > > +1. I personally dislike so many

Re: Which spell checkers to include by default?

2007-12-22 Thread Russ Allbery
Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Brian M. Carlson] >> Note that the w* packages provide word lists, which are important to >> many programs. One could argue that a standard Unix system should >> have a word list; at least, every Unix system I have used provides >> one. > OK. W

Re: Bug#457318: ITP: qmail -- a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent

2007-12-22 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 21, "Steinar H. Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How widespread is this anyway? I hardly see any new qmail installations > anymore, and the ones I see are largely because it's a pain to migrate away > from. Just one word: plesk. And yes, I'd like myself as well to see qmail die the

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Julien Cristau [Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:41:37 +0100]: > Why not use the same name for both? I think it'd be clearer, and > has no drawbacks afaics. +1. I personally dislike so many python modules "suffering" from this. Cheers, -- Adeodato Simó dato at net.com

Re: Which spell checkers to include by default?

2007-12-22 Thread Lars Wirzenius
On la, 2007-12-22 at 20:06 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Brian M. Carlson] > > Note that the w* packages provide word lists, which are important to > > many programs. One could argue that a standard Unix system should > > have a word list; at least, every Unix system I have used provides >

RFA: gpsim -- Simulator for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers

2007-12-22 Thread Steffen Joeris
Package: wnpp Severity: normal Hi My debian time is already taken by other debian things, so I am not finding enough time to maintain this package properly. If you are willing to take it over, be my guest. However, I guess it is a good idea to also adopt the documentation package (gpsim-doc), the

Re: Which spell checkers to include by default?

2007-12-22 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Brian M. Carlson] > Note that the w* packages provide word lists, which are important to > many programs. One could argue that a standard Unix system should > have a word list; at least, every Unix system I have used provides > one. OK. Which programs? I was only aware of ispell. Happy hacki

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Saturday December 22 2007 12:16:20 Hagen Paul Pfeifer wrote: > * Ron Johnson | 2007-12-21 21:30:08 [-0600]: > >From reading the web page, it seems that netsend might only > > work between Linux systems. Am I reading it wrong? > > You are right. Netsend is optimized for linux: splice(), > madvic

Re: Bug#457384: ITP: netsend -- a speedy filetransfer and network diagnostic program

2007-12-22 Thread Hagen Paul Pfeifer
* Ron Johnson | 2007-12-21 21:30:08 [-0600]: >From reading the web page, it seems that netsend might only work >between Linux systems. Am I reading it wrong? You are right. Netsend is optimized for linux: splice(), madvice(), congestion control algorithms (bic, cubic, ...), etc. There is curren

Dependency based boot sequencing reaches 2/3 threshold (Was: Please all dependency info into your init.d script)

2007-12-22 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
When measuring the amount of packages in Debian/sid with dependency information for their init.d scripts today, I was very happy to discover that more than 2/3 of the packages in Sid now have dependency information included. Only one base package is missing it (libdevmapper1.02.1), and only three

Bug#162262: There are differences in all people in regards to height, weight and appearance.

2007-12-22 Thread Sharon Elliot
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wxwidgets 2.8, anyone?

2007-12-22 Thread Ron
> Vadim Zeitlin wrote: > If I understand correctly, I should be working with Daniel Baumann > who, as a sponsor, would be actually uploading the packages so I'll > be contacting Daniel in the beginning of the next year to organize > all this. Two small things you seem to be ignoring: 1. You've s

Bug#457480: ITP: rubberband -- An audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting library and utility program

2007-12-22 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
Package: wnpp Owner: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Severity: wishlist * Package name: rubberband Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Chris Cannam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL or Web page : http://www.breakfastquay.com/rubberband/ * License : GPL v2 or above De

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Steve Greenland
On 22-Dec-07, 10:42 (CST), Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Description : Extension of the python threading api > > (will be rewritten in the real package) I've seen this a several times lately (both explicitly, as here, and in response to suggestions), and I'd like to speak agains

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
> > the binary package will have the python- prefix, but that is the > > intended source package name > > > Why not use the same name for both? I think it'd be clearer, and > has no drawbacks afaics. On Debian Python Modules Team requested me not to change source package name from upstream name i

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
Hi Steve, > I've seen this a several times lately (both explicitly, as here, and > in response to suggestions), and I'd like to speak against it: One of > key points of the ITP is to allow others to correct and/or improve the > descriptions before initial package upload and before others waste tim

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 18:36:16 +0100, Sandro Tosi wrote: > > Shouldn't the package name be something like python-extendable-threading > > then? i.e. have python- in it? > > the binary package will have the python- prefix, but that is the > intended source package name > Why not use the same n

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
> Shouldn't the package name be something like python-extendable-threading > then? i.e. have python- in it? the binary package will have the python- prefix, but that is the intended source package name > Also you're not allowed _s. good catch, I'll call it extended-threading (source) and pytho

Re: Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 05:42:20PM +0100, Sandro Tosi wrote: > * Package name: extended_threading > Description : Extension of the python threading api Shouldn't the package name be something like python-extendable-threading then? i.e. have python- in it? Also you're not allowed _s. S

Bug#457473: ITP: extended_threading -- Extension of the python threading api

2007-12-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: extended_threading Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : S James S Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : * http://www.var-dev.net/programming/python/extended_threading * License :

Re: Which spell checkers to include by default? (Was: priorities)

2007-12-22 Thread brian m. carlson
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 08:08:42AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Because of this, I believe it would be a good idea to drop ispell from the list of standard packages, and the related packages too (i*, w*). Note that the w* packages provide word lists, which are important to many programs.

Re: Bug#457424: ITP: yougrabber -- download simultaneously several videos from youtube.com

2007-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Saturday December 22 2007 05:04:06 root wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Carl Chenet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name: yougrabber > Version : 0.29.3 > Upstream Author : Quetzy Garcia > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : > http://yougrabber.sourcef

Re: Bug#457318: ITP: qmail -- a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent

2007-12-22 Thread Gaudenz Steinlin
On Sat, Dec 22, 2007 at 11:07:18AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 04:23:52PM +0100, Guus Sliepen wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 02:28:28PM +, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > > > > qmail is meant as a replacement for the entire sendmail-binmail system > > > on typical Interne

Re: Bug in makeinfo or install-info?

2007-12-22 Thread Norbert Preining
On Fr, 21 Dez 2007, Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz wrote: > I have confirmed that rebuilding sawfish with texinfo/4.11.dfsg.1-3 > solves the problem. Rebuilds of the affected packages (but I have no Yes, the first fix by upstream author Karl Berry was incomplete. I added another one which should fix t

Bug#457424: ITP: yougrabber -- download simultaneously several videos from youtube.com

2007-12-22 Thread root
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Carl Chenet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: yougrabber Version : 0.29.3 Upstream Author : Quetzy Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://yougrabber.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description