Bug#883133: Bug#883134: general: Add new package header Upstream-Version:

2017-12-01 Thread Victor Porton
On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 12:15 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > Control: tags -1 moreinfo > > On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 04:25:54AM +0200, Victor Porton wrote: > > I am writing software which should call a program in specific > > version range > > (or fail to call it if the pr

Bug#883134: general: Add new package header Upstream-Version:

2017-11-29 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainers, I propose to add new package header Upstream-Version: to contain the version as of the upstream of the package. The header should be optional because not every package has a definite upstream version. I am writing software which should call

Bug#883133: general: Add new package header Upstream-Version:

2017-11-29 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainers, I propose to add new package header Upstream-Version: to contain the version as of the upstream of the package. The header should be optional because not every package has a definite upstream version. I am writing software which should call

Bug#858732: general: Hash Sum mismatch for libgtk-3-doc all 3.22.9-4

2017-03-25 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: important $ sudo apt dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: lightning thunderbird The following packages have been kept back

Re: How to select an interpretor version?

2016-06-25 Thread Victor Porton
On Sat, 2016-06-25 at 23:54 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Victor Porton writes ("Re: How to select an interpretor version?"): > > I am going to write a program which automatically converts between > > XML  > > formats using scripts described by RDF resources located at

Re: How to select an interpretor version?

2016-06-25 Thread Victor Porton
Ian Jackson wrote: > Victor Porton writes ("Re: How to select an interpretor version?"): >> Geert Stappers, you have misunderstood my problem. >> >> I want to support ALL interpreters available in Debian (Perl, Python, >> Ruby, Java, etc.) >> >&g

Re: How to select an interpretor version?

2016-06-25 Thread Victor Porton
rsion. Geert Stappers wrote: > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 02:41:04PM +0300, Victor Porton wrote: >> I have an interpreter name (say "Python") and an interval of versions >> (say "2.5 - 2.6"). >> >> Based on this data I need to select the python executab

How to select an interpretor version?

2016-06-25 Thread Victor Porton
t; to avoid such multiple meanings of an executable located in the same path of the filesystem? In Debian, are there always more specific paths like /usr/bin/python2.7 or /usr/bin/python3.1? Also, does it make sense to parse output of `dpkg -p`? or is it better to write RDF config f

Bug#799336: general: Prepare for quantum computers breaking encryptions

2015-09-17 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, We should prepare that invention of quantum computers may break SSH, HTTPS, PGP, and other encryptions we use in practice. Packages like these providing SSH should be developed around this problem. Also there should be written a user manual abo

Bug#747668: ITP: secilc -- SELinux CIL compiler and helper commands

2014-05-10 Thread Victor Porton
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Victor Porton I want to package this software along with some system scripts (to help installation of other packages) I am going to create: https://bitbucket.org/jwcarter/secilc Please take into account, it is my first package to be put into Debian

Bug#693695: general: "error while loading shared libraries" on system upgrade

2012-11-19 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: important While upgrading squeeze -> wheezy: Preparing to replace libvlc5 1.1.3-1squeeze6 (using .../libvlc5_2.0.3-3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libvlc5 ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for vlc-nox ... /usr/lib/vlc/vlc-cache-gen: erro

Bug#630235: It stopped

2011-06-12 Thread Victor Porton
Now I noticed my DVD stopped. I don't know the cause it started and the cause it stopped. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/338121307898...@web47.yande

Bug#630235: general: DVD is constantly working without disk inside

2011-06-12 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: important My DVD BlueRay drive started to work constantly even despite there are no disk inside. When I try to eject the disk (either by the button on the drive or by "eject /dev/sr0" command, it starts to eject but shortly (half ejected) closes back.) I run Gnome o

Bug#601380: general: Cursor changed after "apt-get autoremove"

2010-10-25 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: minor After "apt-get autoremove" mouse cursor in X/Gnome changed from white color to black color. The color of cursor should not be changed by "apt-get autoremove". (I can't point which exactly packages were removed.) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/s

Bug#352912: general: Reduce network load using zip packaging and VFS

2006-02-14 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: wishlist Here is my plan how to reduce Debian servers load and users Debian packages download bandwidth: 1. Package in .zip (or a similar format) instead of .tar.{gz,bz2} 2. Implement ZIP filesystem as Linux kernel module. 3. Users could be then able to mount a .zip f