Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement (PROBLEM SOLVED)

2009-02-09 Thread Martin Wuertele
* kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz [2009-02-09 21:12]: > This means my thoughts were correct, because Aptittude mantainers are > trying to implement it. (as I request) This answer I found satisfies > me. They don't implement it on your request. yours Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-r

Re: Bug#514690: ITP: artha -- A handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet

2009-02-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Sundaram Ramaswamy wrote: Artha is written from scratch in pure C using GTK+, with WordNet as it database corpus. It may be used as an advanced replacement for the proprietary WordWeb in GNU/Linux environments. Please keep me informed if there is any need for help to packa

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 12:59:49PM +0100, kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz was heard to say: > I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I miss > a package manager based on powerfull dependency solver. Using APT in > DEB-based distributions, I can easilly create some kind of p

Bug#514690: (no subject)

2009-02-09 Thread Sundaram Ramaswamy
Subject: ITP: artha -- A handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet Package: wnpp Owner: Sundaram Ramaswamy Severity: wishlist * Package name: artha Version : 0.8.0 Upstream Author : Sundaram Ramaswamy * URL : http://artha.sourceforge.net/ * License :

Bug#514679: ITP: liblwp-online-perl -- module to check if there is Internet access

2009-02-09 Thread Antonio Radici
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Antonio Radici * Package name: liblwp-online-perl Version : 1.07 Upstream Author : Adam Kennedy * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/LWP-Online/ * License : Artistic | GPL-1+ Programming Lang: Perl Description :

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Gustavo Noronha
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 15:31 +0200, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: > > I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I > > miss a package manager based on powerfull dependency solver. Using APT in > > DEB-based distributions, I can easilly creat

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Tilo Schwarz
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:59:49 +0100, wrote: I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I miss a package manager based on powerfulldependency solver. As a user I never had any problem using aptitude. It lets you cycle quickly through its different dependency resolu

Re: deprecated server packages in lenny?

2009-02-09 Thread Michael Tautschnig
> > [Daniel Baumann] > > although probably almost everyone already does, it's finally time to > > drop nfs-user-server (nfs-kernel-server has got support for nohide). > > When are host netgroups expanded by nfs-kernel-server? I had the > impression that only the user space server would expand th

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Eugene V. Lyubimkin may or may not have written... > >> kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: >> <...> > [note: reformatted] >> I don't feel comfortable to answer on your mails. Use '>' for quoting, >> don't include mail headers into answers, and wrap the text, really.

Re: deprecated server packages in lenny?

2009-02-09 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Daniel Baumann] > although probably almost everyone already does, it's finally time to > drop nfs-user-server (nfs-kernel-server has got support for nohide). When are host netgroups expanded by nfs-kernel-server? I had the impression that only the user space server would expand the host netgrou

Re: Bug#514639: ITP: frei0r -- a minimalistic plugin API for video effects

2009-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/09/2009 12:42 PM, Luca Bigliardi wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Luca Bigliardi * Package name: frei0r Version : 1.1.22 Upstream Author : Richard * URL : http://www.piksel.org/frei0r * License : GPL-2) Programming Lang: C, C++ Descr

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Darren Salt
I demand that Eugene V. Lyubimkin may or may not have written... > kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: > <...> [note: reformatted] > I don't feel comfortable to answer on your mails. Use '>' for quoting, > don't include mail headers into answers, and wrap the text, really. Why I > have to spend my time

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement (PROBLEM SOLVED)

2009-02-09 Thread kc.ubuntu.cz
I don't know, If you know the correct answer, but I was right. I found some paper with additional explanation of the dependency solver problem in Debian. This paper claims, that experimental branch of Aptitude include a prototype of mentioned powerfull solver (same as zypper or smart). (page 15)

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: > > __ >> Od: jackyf.de...@gmail.com Komu: kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz CC: >> debian-devel@lists.debian.org, de...@lists.debian.org Datum: >> 09.02.2009 18:15 Předmět: Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude >

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread kc.ubuntu.cz
Sorry. I'm not familiar with mailing list, and it take me a lot of time event to find out, how to response. Apologise myself. I did not know. I'm not used to. have a nice day. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: <...> I don't feel comfortable to answer on your mails. Use '>' for quoting, don't include mail headers into answers, and wrap the text, really. Why I have to spend my time to parse your mails while you don't have a time even to configure your mail client? Or wait

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread kc.ubuntu.cz
__ > Od: jackyf.de...@gmail.com > Komu: kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz > CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, de...@lists.debian.org > Datum: 09.02.2009 18:15 > Předmět: Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement > kc.ubuntu..

Bug#514639: ITP: frei0r -- a minimalistic plugin API for video effects

2009-02-09 Thread Luca Bigliardi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Luca Bigliardi * Package name: frei0r Version : 1.1.22 Upstream Author : Richard * URL : http://www.piksel.org/frei0r * License : GPL-2) Programming Lang: C, C++ Description : a minimalistic plugin API for video

[Fwd: [Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#514061: atieventsd and SELinux support]

2009-02-09 Thread Patrick Matthäi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 tags #514061 + help thanks Hello list, I am also an SELinux newbie and hope here is someone who knows how to fix this. :-) Please keep the BTS in CC, thanks. - Original-Nachricht Betreff: [Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#514061: Workaround

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, Feb 09 2009, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > [...] >>c. his means there will be no need for /etc/kernel-img.conf file any >> more. > > [...] > > Isn't this file also read in the postinst of the "official" kernels? > In FAI we had several issues when kernel-img.conf was missing or > h

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: > #> If you look at the comparison i posted above, you can se that APT is > worse than Urpmi and SMART - which was the best dependency solver in that > comparison. Zypper mentioned above, is a ittle bit better than #smart: > #> > #If you look at users' feelin

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread kc.ubuntu.cz
      __ > Od: jackyf.de...@gmail.com > Komu: kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz > CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, APT Development Team > Datum: 09.02.2009 14:20 > Předmět: Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement > #>

Re: Data packages.

2009-02-09 Thread Joerg Jaspert
> Also, I'd suggest (if we get it), we also use it for things like > videos of talks about Debian, that kind of things. No. -- bye, Joerg schneidet nie chilis und wascht euch dann _nicht_ die hände und reibt euch dann an der nase. uargs, wie das brennt hammer. das ist ja schlimmer als die d

Re: Should 32-bit apps work with a 64-bit kernel?

2009-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/09/2009 08:04 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: On 02/09/2009 12:28 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: If jed can deal with files that large, sure. But if it expects to be able to load the entire file into memory - as most text editors do - stat() will

Bug#514615: ITP: p910nd -- Small printer daemon intended for diskless workstations

2009-02-09 Thread Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian)
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian)" Package name: p910nd Version : 0.93 Upstream Author : Ken Yap URL : http://p910nd.sourceforge.net/ License : GPL Programming Lang: C, Perl Description : Small printer daemon

Re: Should 32-bit apps work with a 64-bit kernel?

2009-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/09/2009 12:28 AM, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: If jed can deal with files that large, sure. But if it expects to be able to load the entire file into memory - as most text editors do - stat() will be only the first of its problems. Old vi

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Hello, please wrap your mails properly in future. APT development list CC'ed. kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: > I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I miss > a package manager based on powerfull dependency solver. Using APT in > DEB-based distributions, I can eas

Re: incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/09/2009 05:59 AM, kc.ubuntu...@centrum.cz wrote: I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I miss a package manager based on powerfull dependency solver. Using APT in DEB-based distributions, I can easilly create some kind of problem, APT is unable to solve. Th

Re: Data packages.

2009-02-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Lionel Elie Mamane (09/02/2009): > Also, I'd suggest (if we get it), we also use it for things like > videos of talks about Debian, that kind of things. FWIW, there's that already: http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/ Mraw, KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

incapable and obsolete APT / Aptitude replacement

2009-02-09 Thread kc.ubuntu.cz
I would like to ask you a little bit controversal question. As a user I miss a package manager based on powerfull dependency solver. Using APT in DEB-based distributions, I can easilly create some kind of problem, APT is unable to solve. This is because the APT is the worst dependency solver alm

Re: Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:30:48AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath a écrit : > Dear -devel, > > I'd like to suggest the introduction of two new control fields to the > source stanza of debian/control, namely Build-Recommends and > Build-Suggests. Dear Fabian, this is a very intersting proposal that would

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-09 Thread Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
Hi On Montag, 9. Februar 2009, Michael Tautschnig wrote: > [...] > >c. his means there will be no need for /etc/kernel-img.conf file any > > more. > > [...] > > Isn't this file also read in the postinst of the "official" kernels? In FAI we > had several issues when kernel-img.conf was

Re: Forthcoming changes in kernel-package

2009-02-09 Thread Michael Tautschnig
[...] >c. his means there will be no need for /etc/kernel-img.conf file any > more. [...] Isn't this file also read in the postinst of the "official" kernels? In FAI we had several issues when kernel-img.conf was missing or hadn't had the proper values in there. Best, Michael pgpuCu

Re: Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 09/02/09 at 01:13 -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 09 Feb 2009, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > - Build-Recommends would list packages that are basically available > > in the Debian archive, but are not available on all architectures or > > for all kernels. > > Unfortunatly, making missing bui

Re: Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 01:13:24AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > Why have I added libfaad-dev to the Build-Recommends? Because in > > Ubuntu ffmpeg-debian is in the main section, while faad2 is not. So > > in order to merge ffmpeg-debian to Ubuntu, the maintainer has to > > manually remove this B

Re: Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:30:48AM +0100, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Dear -devel, > I'd like to suggest the introduction of two new control fields to the > source stanza of debian/control, namely Build-Recommends and > Build-Suggests. This is a very bad idea. It interferes with reproducibility of

Re: Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > - Build-Recommends would list packages that are basically available > in the Debian archive, but are not available on all architectures or > for all kernels. Unfortunatly, making missing build-dependencies a non-fatal error causes builds to be non-det

Proposal of two new control fields: Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests [long reading]

2009-02-09 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Dear -devel, I'd like to suggest the introduction of two new control fields to the source stanza of debian/control, namely Build-Recommends and Build-Suggests. Introduction of the new fields == - Build-Recommends would list packages that are basically available in t

JBoss5 on Debian: call for testers

2009-02-09 Thread Philipp Huebner
Hello, I'm writing on behalf of the Debian pkg-jboss group. JBoss 5 is being packaged by us with the overall goal to get it into Debian. There is still much work to do, especially in the build process, packaging more components of JBoss separately, and getting those already packaged separately wo

Re: Data packages.

2009-02-09 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 08:39:58AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Le Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 10:03:09PM +0100, Joey Schulze a écrit : >> The data archive will contain huge packages that cannot be distributed >> through the regular archive due to their sheer size. (...) > that sounds very, very inter