Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 19:34 -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Note that this does not seem to be due to a lack of people willing to > work on it though, cf. #750135. Yeah, I was following that bug in silence ;-) Cheers, Chris. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Nikolaus Rath
On Mar 31 2015, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 23:18 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> No, it is not. It used to be, but apt's dependency resolver is far >> superior to aptitude's these days. > Are there so many cases where you need it? I usually just select what I > want

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Wookey
+++ The Wanderer [2015-03-31 11:36 -0400]: > On 03/31/2015 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Shadura wrote: > > On 31 March 2015 at 17:00, Matt Zagrabelny > > wrote: > >> Thus, I believe there are a couple of knobs to turn to make > >> aptitude behave more expectedly. > > > > Here is it: > > > > $ cat /etc/ap

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 23:18 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > No, it is not. It used to be, but apt's dependency resolver is far > superior to aptitude's these days. Are there so many cases where you need it? I usually just select what I want and install it... IMHO aptitude is one of the hearts of

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:18:50AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 05:14, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. > > why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? > > > > Ap

ANN: whalebuilder - Debian package builder using Docker

2015-03-31 Thread Hubert Chathi
I've whipped up a quick script that uses Docker images to build Debian packages. It's basically the same idea as pbuilder/cowbuilder (and was inspired by them), but using Docker. It's in pretty rough shape still and there's a lot of stuff to do still (and lots to learn about Docker and Ruby), but

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Josh Triplett
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > It's tangential to the main topic of this thread, but you might want to > give /usr/bin/apt a try: it abstracts over apt-get / apt-cache, offering > a single CLI entry point to (some of) the functionalities of both. I've used the new apt tool, and I do find it quite an

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread The Wanderer
On 03/31/2015 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Shadura wrote: > Hi, > > On 31 March 2015 at 17:00, Matt Zagrabelny > wrote: > >> I've grepped debian-devel, but cannot find an email that was sent >> to the list some months ago about tweaks to /etc/apt/apt.conf >> (IIRC) to make aptitude behave more sanely. >

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hi, On 31 March 2015 at 17:00, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > I've grepped debian-devel, but cannot find an email that was sent to > the list some months ago about tweaks to /etc/apt/apt.conf (IIRC) to > make aptitude behave more sanely. > Thus, I believe there are a couple of knobs to turn to make ap

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:32 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > Repeatedly over the years - I'd almost say consistently - I've seen > aptitude report that a requested package change (install, remove, or > some combination) would result in an invalid or conflicting dependency > situation, and suggest a sol

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread The Wanderer
On 03/31/2015 at 09:18 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 05:14, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > >> I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, >> i.e. why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian >> installation? >> >> Aptitude isn't

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Matthias Klumpp
2015-03-31 15:18 GMT+02:00 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh : > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 05:14, Fabian Greffrath wrote: >> I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. >> why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? >> >> Aptitude isn't recommended f

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 31.03.2015 um 15:18 schrieb Henrique de Moraes Holschuh: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 05:14, Fabian Greffrath wrote: >> I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. >> why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? >> >> Aptitude isn't recommend

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 10:22, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:18:50AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > apt-get is the simple tool everyone knows about, though. It also needs > > another simple tools like apt-cache to be really usable. > > It's tangential to th

Re: Changing the ACL policy for alioth projects (Was: Unable to push debian-jr changes)

2015-03-31 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 03:30, Andreas Tille wrote: > since I have cared for ACLs set on all projects I have admin permissions > I always (obviously wrongly - see[1]) assume that people do so as well > in their projects. I experienced the same issue yesterday in > pkg-openstack: The fact that the

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:18:50AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > apt-get is the simple tool everyone knows about, though. It also needs > another simple tools like apt-cache to be really usable. It's tangential to the main topic of this thread, but you might want to give /usr/bin/apt

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, at 05:14, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. > why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? > > Aptitude isn't recommended for dist-upgrading since Lenny, I think. > > Do we really nee

Re: Work-needing packages report for Mar 27, 2015

2015-03-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2015, 12:34 +0200 schrieb Jeroen Dekkers: > There are some people doing their best to keep it working (kudos to Yes, kudos to them! > them!), but grub2 still needs a lot more help. It currently has two Well, arguably then standing on this list for the past 11 years hasn't

Re: Changing the ACL policy for alioth projects (Was: Unable to push debian-jr changes)

2015-03-31 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 08:07:36AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:30:34 +0200 > Andreas Tille wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > since I have cared for ACLs set on all projects I have admin > > permissions I always (obviously wrongly - see[1]) assume that people > > do so as well in

Re: aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:14:16 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: >I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. >why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? > >Aptitude isn't recommended for dist-upgrading since Lenny, I think. > >Do we really need

Re: Debian PHP upgrade

2015-03-31 Thread Andile Ntebe
Hi Philip Thank you very much for your response. Regards On 2015/03/25, 4:28 PM, "Philip Hands" wrote: >Andile Ntebe writes: > >> Hi >> >> Im not sure why Gareth said PHP, I’m referring to Apache 2.2.22. >> >> The below vulnerabilities seem to affect this version: > >You seem not to have n

Re: Debian PHP upgrade

2015-03-31 Thread Andile Ntebe
Hi Florian Here you go: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html Regards On 2015/03/28, 10:42 PM, "Florian Weimer" wrote: >* Andile Ntebe: > >> Im not sure why Gareth said PHP, I’m referring to Apache 2.2.22. >> >> The below vulnerabilities seem to affect this version: > >

Re: Debian PHP upgrade

2015-03-31 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andile Ntebe: > On 2015/03/28, 10:42 PM, "Florian Weimer" wrote: > >>* Andile Ntebe: >> >>> Im not sure why Gareth said PHP, I’m referring to Apache 2.2.22. >>> >>> The below vulnerabilities seem to affect this version: >> >>Hi Andile, >> >>Where did you get this list? > Here you go: > > http:

Bug#781592: ITP: r-cran-phangorn -- GNU R package for phylogenetic analysis

2015-03-31 Thread Alba Crespi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Alba Crespi * Package name: r-cran-phangorn Version : 1.99-12 Upstream Author : Klaus Schliep * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/phangorn/ * License : GPL-2 Programming Lang: R Description : GNU R pac

Re: Bug#781263: ITP: timgm6mb-soundfont -- TimGM6mb SoundFont from MuseScore 1.3

2015-03-31 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Fabian Greffrath writes: > Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2015, 10:26 +0200 schrieb Toby St Clere Smithe: >> The Fluid soundfont is split into two parts: GM and GS. This does not >> apply for timgm6mb, so such naming doesn't make sense. Both names are >> descriptive, and are of the general schema >> name

Bug#781590: ITP: plainbox-provider-piglit -- Piglit (OpenGL/OpenCL) Test Provider for Plainbox

2015-03-31 Thread Zygmunt Krynicki
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Zygmunt Krynicki * Package name: plainbox-provider-piglit Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Zygmynt Krynicki * URL : https://launchpad.net/plainbox-provider-piglit * License : GPL3 Programming Lang: Python Descripti

Re: Work-needing packages report for Mar 27, 2015

2015-03-31 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
At Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:30:31 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > > Hi -devel, > > > For the following packages help is requested: > > [... massive package list ...] > > is the list of packages that usually follows this line still useful for > anybody? I mean, there are packages in it like e.g. grub

Re: ITP: bitstring -- Python module for manipulation of binary data

2015-03-31 Thread Ghislain Vaillant
2015-03-30 20:50 GMT+01:00 Adrien Clerc : > Le 30/03/2015 20:50, Ghislain Vaillant a écrit : > > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Ghislain Antony Vaillant > > * Package name: bitstring > Version : 3.1.3 > Upstream Author : Scott Griffiths > * URL : https:/

Re: Bug#781263: ITP: timgm6mb-soundfont -- TimGM6mb SoundFont from MuseScore 1.3

2015-03-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am Dienstag, den 31.03.2015, 10:26 +0200 schrieb Toby St Clere Smithe: > The Fluid soundfont is split into two parts: GM and GS. This does not > apply for timgm6mb, so such naming doesn't make sense. Both names are > descriptive, and are of the general schema > name-soundfont[-specialisation]. I

Re: Work-needing packages report for Mar 27, 2015

2015-03-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Fabian Greffrath, le Tue 31 Mar 2015 10:30:31 +0200, a écrit : > > For the following packages help is requested: > > [... massive package list ...] > > is the list of packages that usually follows this line still useful for > anybody? I mean, there are packages in it like e.g. grub2 for which help

Re: Bug#781263: ITP: timgm6mb-soundfont -- TimGM6mb SoundFont from MuseScore 1.3

2015-03-31 Thread Toby St Clere Smithe
Fabian Greffrath writes: > The current name of the package is "musescore-soundfont-gm" and there > are two other soundfonts packaged in Debian in the "fluid-soundfont-gm" > and "fluid-soundfont-gs" packages. Maybe the name of the new package > should be chosen to be somewhat consistent with the ex

Re: Work-needing packages report for Mar 27, 2015

2015-03-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi -devel, > For the following packages help is requested: > [... massive package list ...] is the list of packages that usually follows this line still useful for anybody? I mean, there are packages in it like e.g. grub2 for which help was "requested 3972 days ago"; that's more than a decade, fo

Re: Bug#781263: ITP: timgm6mb-soundfont -- TimGM6mb SoundFont from MuseScore 1.3

2015-03-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
> Package name: timgm6mb-soundfont The current name of the package is "musescore-soundfont-gm" and there are two other soundfonts packaged in Debian in the "fluid-soundfont-gm" and "fluid-soundfont-gs" packages. Maybe the name of the new package should be chosen to be somewhat consistent with

aptitude has Priority: standard, why?

2015-03-31 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi there, I am curious why the aptitude package still has Priority: standard, i.e. why it is installed next to apt in each and every Debian installation? Aptitude isn't recommended for dist-upgrading since Lenny, I think. Do we really need to have two CLI package management tools installed, is

Re: Changing the ACL policy for alioth projects (Was: Unable to push debian-jr changes)

2015-03-31 Thread Neil Williams
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:30:34 +0200 Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > since I have cared for ACLs set on all projects I have admin > permissions I always (obviously wrongly - see[1]) assume that people > do so as well in their projects. I experienced the same issue > yesterday in pkg-openstack: The