Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
Hello, everyone! On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:04:07 +0100, Martin wrote: > I have no problem with renaming pthsem into pth, if this is wanted by > the "community". I don't want to do a hostile takeover of pth. > > But this needs coordination with the other distributions shipping pth. > If one of the b

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-23 Thread Martin Koegler
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:08:03PM +0100, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > This seems like a Debian related discussion. But as the author of > GNU Pth I can at least say that I've never heard of "pthsem" > myself (if I received any email, then, sorry, it seems it was > filtered by the anti-spam stuff)

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-22 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
On 20.01.10 23:04, Martin Koegler wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:06:21PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 21:04:30 +0100, Marc Leeman wrote: I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I need. All I care about is that there is an agreement between

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Yavor Doganov
Marc Leeman wrote: > > (OTOH, speaking generally, it is sad to see a package "reborn" > > under another name just because > > Don't read to much into this; Well, as a matter of fact I don't. Probably I wouldn't have replied to the thread if pth wasn't a GNU package, but my opinion would be the

Re: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Marc Leeman
> (OTOH, speaking generally, it is sad to see a package "reborn" under > another name just because the prospective new maintainer cannot > communicate successfully with the original one to negotiate the > takeover. I once again urge you to write to to > avoid this unpleasant scenario.) Don't rea

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-21 Thread Yavor Doganov
Martin Koegler wrote: > I must admit, that I have not read anything about GNU maintainers, > but GNU has usually a bigger "philosophical overhead". Then I suggest you to read the appropriate documenation [1] before jumping to premature and possibly incorrect conclusions (what does the phrase "phil

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Martin Koegler, le Wed 20 Jan 2010 23:04:07 +0100, a écrit : > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:06:21PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 21:04:30 +0100, Marc Leeman wrote: > > > > > > I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I > > > > need. > > > > > > A

Re: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Julien Cristau, le Wed 20 Jan 2010 22:06:21 +0100, a écrit : > I'm not sure we care if its homepage is at GNU or elsewhere. Agreed, thanks free software :) Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@list

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Koegler
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:06:21PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 21:04:30 +0100, Marc Leeman wrote: > > > > I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I > > > need. > > > > All I care about is that there is an agreement between the Debian > > commun

Re: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 21:04:30 +0100, Marc Leeman wrote: > > I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I > > need. > > All I care about is that there is an agreement between the Debian > community and the upstream developer. Martin is very active in > supporting his envi

Re: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Reinhard Tartler
On Mi, Jan 20, 2010 at 21:04:30 (CET), Marc Leeman wrote: > An alternative for Martin is probably to include/hide pthsem in bcusdk; > but that would not be as clean IMHO (ffmpeg anyone?) I don't get the connection with ffmpeg. please elaborate. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 9453

Re: [gmail] Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Marc Leeman
> I need pthsem, so I only want a working version with all features I > need. All I care about is that there is an agreement between the Debian community and the upstream developer. Martin is very active in supporting his environment and in that respect I am to inclined to support his decision. C

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Koegler
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:48:24AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Yavor Doganov
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the > > > existing pth p

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Bastien ROUCARIES
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : >> Samuel Thibault wrote: >> > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : >> > > * Package name    : pthsem >> > [..] > > The problem is that people know pth, but

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Martin Koegler, le Tue 19 Jan 2010 09:27:07 +0100, a écrit : > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > > * Package name: pthsem > > > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth > > package? Else you'll have to s

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-19 Thread Martin Koegler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > > * Package name: pthsem > > Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth > package? Else you'll have to share the Debian patches. The situation with GNU pth is: * pth in debian

Re: Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Marc Leeman, le Sun 17 Jan 2010 22:16:17 +0100, a écrit : > * Package name: pthsem Mmm, could this perhaps rather be just a patch added to the existing pth package? Else you'll have to share the Debian patches. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Bug#565675: ITP: pthsem -- pth replacement with semaphore support

2010-01-17 Thread Marc Leeman
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Marc Leeman * Package name: pthsem Version : 2.0.7 Upstream Author : Martin Koegler * URL : http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/~mkoegler/index.php * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : pth replacement with