Re: Release sprint results - team changes, auto-rm and arch status

2013-11-28 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Niels, On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 09:04:56PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > kFreeBSD was a technology preview, and has not generated enough user > interest to bring in sufficient install base to continue in this > state. I wonder, how is the release team measuring this? For the other ports that y

Work-needing packages report for Nov 29, 2013

2013-11-28 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: 534 (new: 2) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 148 (new: 0) Total number of packages request

Re: Release sprint results - team changes, auto-rm and arch status

2013-11-28 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Niels Thykier > However, I would not be surprised if DSA were to object to maintaining > machines running sid. With the (grumbling) exception of new architectures where there is sometimes a bootstrapping problem, we want to run stable on buildds and porter boxes, yes. -- Tollef Fog Heen, wi

Re: Re: Re: Proposal: switch default desktop to xfce

2013-11-28 Thread Adam Walczak
I also have some old hardware around that could have problems with booting from something other then the CD sets. But seriously... I should have thrown in away a decade ago. Also I can by more powerful used hardware that those (with DVD support) for a dozen of Euros. Therefore I think that such ol

Re: Release sprint results - team changes, auto-rm and arch status

2013-11-28 Thread Niels Thykier
On 2013-11-28 21:24, Daniel Pocock wrote: > I've found the builds on the less used architectures have been useful > for flushing out unusual bugs, particularly when the code ships with > many test cases and it exposes problems for big endian machines, etc. > > Also, kFreeBSD and HURD are both kind

Re: Release sprint results - team changes, auto-rm and arch status

2013-11-28 Thread Daniel Pocock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 28/11/13 21:04, Niels Thykier wrote: > Architecture Status === > > ia64 causes us concern for the following reasons: > > * binutils issues (#718047, #720404), resulting in build failures > blocking transitions > > * man

Re: Bug#730674: ITP: piwik -- Open Source Web Analytics Software

2013-11-28 Thread Shawn Landden
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, den 27.11.2013, 17:50 -0800 schrieb Shawn Landden: >> * Package name: piwik > > are you aware of > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448532 and > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506

Re: sysvinit: moving the contents out of the Essential: yes package?

2013-11-28 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 28/11/13 10:57, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Steven Chamberlain wrote: >> I was referring to the sysvinit program/package, which I think is made >> obsolete by OpenRC; the original SysV init scripts could still be used >> by OpenRC. > > I think you’re confusing sysvinit with s

Re: debconf as a registry

2013-11-28 Thread Joey Hess
Bas Wijnen wrote: > As I wrote, the only thing you need is to search for any package using a > config script. Searching for db_input path:\.config$ gives for example > cyrus-sasl2 and bind9 on the first page. No ,any package using a config script does not use debconf in a buggy fashion. Sheesh. A

Re: debconf as a registry

2013-11-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Jakub Wilk writes ("Re: debconf as a registry"): > I suggest the following test instead: > > 1) DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install $package > 2) rm -rf /var/cache/debconf > 3) DEBIAN_PRIORITY=low apt-get install --reinstall $package > > If any questions are asked in point 3, the packa

Re: How many users for /usr/bin/view ?

2013-11-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Charles Plessy writes ("How many users for /usr/bin/view ?"): > I will most probably remove /usr/bin/view from mime-support, but > just in case, I would like to hear if some people are strongly > relying on it. I just read the bug. I'm not a vi user (I use emacs or ed) so have no personal use for

FOSDEM 2014 Desktops DevRoom Call for Talks

2013-11-28 Thread Pau Garcia i Quiles
Hello, We are inviting talks for the Desktops DevRoom at FOSDEM 2014, which will take place in Brussels (Belgium) 1-2 February 2014. The Call for Talks is here: http://www.elpauer.org/2013/10/fosdem-desktops-devroom-2014-call-for-talks/ The change of the default desktop in Debian from Gnome to X

Re: sysvinit: moving the contents out of the Essential: yes package?

2013-11-28 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Wed, 27 Nov 2013, Steven Chamberlain wrote: > I was referring to the sysvinit program/package, which I think is made > obsolete by OpenRC; the original SysV init scripts could still be used > by OpenRC. I think you’re confusing sysvinit with sysv-rc here. This was never about the sysvinit *p

Bug#730686: ITP: python-pyst -- Python module for interacting with the Asterisk PBX

2013-11-28 Thread Apollon Oikonomopoulos
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Apollon Oikonomopoulos * Package name: python-pyst Version : 0.6.50 Upstream Author : Ralf Schlatterbeck * URL : http://pyst.sourceforge.net/ * License : LGPL, Python Programming Lang: Python Description : Python

Re: Bug#730674: ITP: piwik -- Open Source Web Analytics Software

2013-11-28 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 27.11.2013, 17:50 -0800 schrieb Shawn Landden: > * Package name: piwik are you aware of http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448532 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506933 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609521 Greeti