Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 5/7/23 18:14, Ansgar wrote: Is there any specific reason why specifically diversions are a problem where "it might work" is not sufficient? That is, why should we divert from the usual standard for dealing with packages outside the Debian ecosystem here? Locally created diversions are

Bug#1035706: ITP: plume-util-java -- Plume-lib utility libraries for Java

2023-05-07 Thread Olek Wojnar
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Olek Wojnar X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: plume-util-java Version : 1.1.0 Upstream Author : Michael Ernst * URL : https://github.com/plume-lib/plume-util * License : MIT Programming Lang:

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 22:10, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Hi Luca, > > On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 12:51:21PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > The local/external aspect is already covered in Ansgar's reply and > > subthread. > > I hope that we can at least agree that we don't have consensus on this > view

Bug#1035705: ITP: plume-reflection-util-java -- Utility libraries related to Java reflection

2023-05-07 Thread Olek Wojnar
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Olek Wojnar X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: plume-reflection-util-java Version : 0.2.2 Upstream Author : Michael Ernst * URL : https://github.com/plume-lib/reflection-util * License : MIT Pr

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Luca, On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 12:51:21PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > The local/external aspect is already covered in Ansgar's reply and subthread. I hope that we can at least agree that we don't have consensus on this view. And the more I think about it, the more it becomes clear to me that

Bug#1035687: ITP: stravalib -- Tool for accessing and downloading Strava data through Strava API

2023-05-07 Thread Anton Gladky
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Anton Gladky X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name : stravalib Version : 1.3.0 * URL : https://github.com/stravalib/stravalib * License : Apache-2.0 Programming Lang: Python Description : Tool for accessing and downloading Strava data t

Bug#1035668: ITP: node-lezer -- Node.js modules that provide Lezer grammar for various languages

2023-05-07 Thread Yadd
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Yadd X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: node-lezer Version : 1.4.3 Upstream Contact: Marijn Haverbeke * URL : https://lezer.codemirror.net/ * License : Expat Programming Lang: JavaScript Desc

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 12:51, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 06:55, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > > > Hi Luca, > > > > On Sat, May 06, 2023 at 09:47:15PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > > Sure, there are some things that need special handling, as you have > > > pointed out. What I meant

RFP: virtme-ng -- Tool to build and run a kernel inside a virtualized snapshot of your live system

2023-05-07 Thread Andrea Righi
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andrea Righi X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Control: affects -1 ITP * Package name: virtme-ng Version : 1.2 Upstream Author : Andrea Righi * URL : https://salsa.debian.org/arighi/virtme-ng * License : GPL-2

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 06:55, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > Hi Luca, > > On Sat, May 06, 2023 at 09:47:15PM +0100, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > Sure, there are some things that need special handling, as you have > > pointed out. What I meant is that I don't think we need special > > handling for _all_ affec

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 00:44, Sean Whitton wrote: > > Hello, > > On Sat 06 May 2023 at 09:47PM +01, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > > On Sat, 6 May 2023 at 19:51, Helmut Grohne wrote: > >> > >> > - the moratorium on moving files from bin/ sbin/ lib/ _and_ to other > >> > packages at the same time is main

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Luca Boccassi
On Sun, 7 May 2023 at 10:14, Ansgar wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 07:50 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > But then, you only capture diversions inside Debian's ecosystem > > It's unreasonable to support stuff outside Debian's ecosystem: even > basic dependency relations do not work for th

Bug#1035663: ITP: foomuuri -- multizone bidirectional nftables firewall

2023-05-07 Thread Romain Francoise
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Romain Francoise X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org * Package name: foomuuri Version : 0.18 Upstream Contact: "Kim B. Heino" * URL : https://github.com/FoobarOy/foomuuri * License : GPL-2.0 Programming Lang: P

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Ansgar
Hi, On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 07:50 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > But then, you only capture diversions inside Debian's ecosystem It's unreasonable to support stuff outside Debian's ecosystem: even basic dependency relations do not work for this. Debian's dependency system requires to explicitly dec

Re: DEP 17: Improve support for directory aliasing in dpkg

2023-05-07 Thread Ansgar
Hi, On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 07:50 +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > But then, you only capture diversions inside Debian's ecosystem and miss > out on other kinds of diversions such as local diversions. We currently > support imposing local diversions on pretty much arbitrary files > including unit files