Re: suggestion: build-blockers field in control file

2011-12-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011, peter green wrote: > Some packages have runtime dependencies on packages that they do not > have corresponding build-dependencies for. This leads to the building of > uninstallable packages which in turn leads to problems with testing > transition of packages. > > Currently t

Re: libconfig9 for Wheezy?

2011-12-01 Thread Jonathan McCrohan
Hi, On 28/11/11 12:41, Andrey Ponomarenko wrote: > The compatibility report for libconfig between libconfig8/1.3.2 and > libconfig9/1.4.8 versions (see attachment) generated by the > abi-compliance-checker [1] tool may be of help to upgrade this package. Thanks. abi-compliance-checker looks very

Work-needing packages report for Dec 2, 2011

2011-12-01 Thread wnpp
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: 396 (new: 7) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 138 (new: 0) Total number of packages request

Bug#650688: ITP: pyjavaproperties -- Python implementation of java.util.Properties

2011-12-01 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Hans-Christoph Steiner" * Package name: pyjavaproperties Version : 0.6 Upstream Author : Jesse Noller * URL : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyjavaproperties/ * License : PSF (Python Software Foundation) License Program

Bug#650668: ITP: tardiff -- Tarball comparison tool

2011-12-01 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: wnpp Owner: Axel Beckert Severity: wishlist * Package name: tardiff Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Josef Spillner * URL or Web page : http://tardiff.coolprojects.org/ * License : GPL Description : Tarball comparison tool TarDiff compares the contents of

Bug#650648: ITP: kakadu -- kakadu demo tools

2011-12-01 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Mathieu Malaterre * Package name: kakadu Version : 6.3.1 Upstream Author : Dr. David Taubman * URL : http://www.kakadusoftware.com * License : non-free Programming Lang: C++ Description : kakadu demo tools A co

dctrl-tools with autotools

2011-12-01 Thread Игорь Пашев
Hi, all. I have ported dctrl-tools to use autotools [1]. My motivation was to use gnulib on non-gnu platforms (namely Solaris). The only thing I didn't is using po4a. If it does make sense I'm also thinking to rearrange apt sources. [1] https://github.com/ip1981/dctrl-tools

Re: suggestion: build-blockers field in control file

2011-12-01 Thread Jakub Wilk
* peter green , 2011-11-29, 19:23: Some packages have runtime dependencies on packages that they do not have corresponding build-dependencies for. This leads to the building of uninstallable packages which in turn leads to problems with testing transition of packages. Currently there are two