autoreconf and quilt

2008-10-10 Thread Sylvain Beucler
Hi, (please keep in me Cc:, I'm not on the list) The 'ballz' package (platform/puzzle game) requires a few changes in the build system to avoid using the builtin copy of 'chichan' (GUI toolkit for games) I checked autotools-dev and decided to implement a solution that re-run the autotools suite

Re: autoreconf and quilt

2008-10-10 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Sylvain Beucler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What kind of elegant solution would you recommend? :) debian/rules: clean: ... make maintainer-clean -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Bug#501717: ITP: libnet-mac-vendor-perl -- Look up the vendor for a MAC

2008-10-10 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 09:14 +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 10:38:30PM +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 14:54 -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > * Package name: libnet-mac-vendor-perl > > > Description : Look up the vendor for a MAC > > > > I'm cur

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Mohammed Adnène Trojette
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Would using a gnuherds.org pledge on RC bugs be useful here? Then > people can donate money to get RC bugs fixed in debian, and people who > fix the bug can claim the money. The claims and pledges would be open, > which I think is important. > > I u

Re: The kernel-img.conf man page

2008-10-10 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Manoj Srivastava said: > I can go either route. Comments? I'd say a -common package makes the most sense to me. The other way seems like you could conceivably end up with several roughly identical manpages installed, which seems like a waste. --

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:55:46AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:50:10PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du vendredi 10 octobre 2008, vers > > 14:04, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > > > > The rules are : at the end

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 07:50:10PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du vendredi 10 octobre 2008, vers > 14:04, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > > The rules are : at the end of a 5-day period, the bug you are assigned > > must be closed in unstabl

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Simon Josefsson wrote: > Would using a gnuherds.org pledge on RC bugs be useful here? Then > people can donate money to get RC bugs fixed in debian, and people who > fix the bug can claim the money. The claims and pledges would be open, > which I think is important. > I understand there could be

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 02:04:12PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > All we need is 122 skilled developers willing to sign in this contract > (with their blood). > > Does it sound like a realistic idea? If people agree with it, I’ll setup > a wiki page to collect the volunteer list and send an anno

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Vincent Bernat
OoO En ce début d'après-midi nuageux du vendredi 10 octobre 2008, vers 14:04, Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait : > The rules are : at the end of a 5-day period, the bug you are assigned > must be closed in unstable or have a lenny-ignore tag. Otherwise this is > a free-for-all. The d

The kernel-img.conf man page

2008-10-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, The kernel images produced by kernel package all obey the directives in /etc/kernel-img.conf, for example, to trigger lilo/grub. Currently, users only get to see the man page if they happen to have the 'kernel-package' package installed. As Bug#373872 shows, even official kernel im

Re: Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Be sure to get kernel-package_11.005_all.deb. The 11.005 fixes a critical regression, born of a copy&paste error from late night hacking. Sorry for the inconvenience. manoj -- Spence's Admonition: Never stow away on a kamikaze plane. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:04:12PM +, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Hi, > > there are currently 122 RC bugs remaining that affect both testing and > unstable. We need to fix them NOW. > > However, in the permanent BSP state that has lasted for quite some time, > people seem to lose focus on this

Re: Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Simon Josefsson
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > there are currently 122 RC bugs remaining that affect both testing and > unstable. We need to fix them NOW. > > However, in the permanent BSP state that has lasted for quite some time, > people seem to lose focus on this urgent need for the re

Re: debian package dependencies

2008-10-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, This should have been debian-user posting... This is not right list. On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:42:39PM +0200, Jan U. Hartmann wrote: > Hi, > > I'm maintaining the Debian Package for a network appliance. The Update > is executed via Webinterface. My problem is that I need an additional > pa

Bug sprint !

2008-10-10 Thread Josselin Mouette
Hi, there are currently 122 RC bugs remaining that affect both testing and unstable. We need to fix them NOW. However, in the permanent BSP state that has lasted for quite some time, people seem to lose focus on this urgent need for the release. So the idea is: 122 developers × 5 days = 1

debian package dependencies

2008-10-10 Thread Jan U. Hartmann
Hi, I'm maintaining the Debian Package for a network appliance. The Update is executed via Webinterface. My problem is that I need an additional package in a newer Version of my appliance. I can't change dependencies, that would lead to an error, right? Do I have any chance to tell my new pak

Rejuvenated kernel-package uploaded to unstable, please test

2008-10-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi folks, A new version of kernel-package has made its way to unstable. This is a extensive change, and addresses most of the problems that have been plaguing kernel-package, partially thanks to patches provided by other folk. The new version works with the merged x86 code in r