Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2011-02-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 04:13:55PM +, Philipp Kern wrote: >> > http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRelease >> > (which has not been edited since 2009) >> If you start linking to the wiki, take the right page: >> http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseTimetable > > Can the other pa

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2011-02-02 Thread Philipp Kern
On 2011-02-01, Simon Paillard wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 10:34:48PM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: >> * Goswin von Brederlow [110201 21:29]: >> > > squeeze release live microblogging >> [..] >> > Is there a ToDo list of things that need to happen during the release >> > process, id

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2011-02-01 Thread Simon Paillard
On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 10:34:48PM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > * Goswin von Brederlow [110201 21:29]: > > > squeeze release live microblogging > [..] > > Is there a ToDo list of things that need to happen during the release > > process, idealy with ETAs? Something that gives an overv

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2011-02-01 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Goswin von Brederlow [110201 21:29]: > > squeeze release live microblogging [..] > Is there a ToDo list of things that need to happen during the release > process, idealy with ETAs? Something that gives an overview without the > distractions of funny and otherwise interesting facts about De

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2011-02-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Paul Wise writes: > squeeze release live microblogging > -- > > The Debian squeeze release will be live microblogged[4] to Debian's > identica account[5]. Several steps of the release process are quite long > and boring, so these quiet periods will be filled wit

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-12-06 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2010-11-07, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Simon Ruggier wrote: > >> Has anyone considered patching the screenshot tools of GNOME or KDE to >> include support for automating the process of submitting to >> screenshots.debian.org? It would almost certainly cause a big incre

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread The Fungi
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:21:38PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: [...] > To some extend the problem also exists for several command line > applications. [...] > To implement this idea we should probably define a reasonable > default xterm to get some consistency and put this information in > the usag

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 12:34 +, Sune Vuorela a écrit : > On 2010-11-17, Paul Wise wrote: > > Some libraries warrant screenshots (GTK+, Qt for example). > > I don't really see why these packages warrants screenshots. their look > is fully dependant on the chosen style (and the two ment

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2010-11-17, Andreas Tille wrote: > This argument is true for any application using GTK+ or Qt - would you > conclude that also in this case a screenshot is not warranted? IMHO No. e.g. seenig the layout of a editor, the structure of a IDE, the appearance of a instant message program, ... /Su

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:34:54PM +, Sune Vuorela wrote: > > Some libraries warrant screenshots (GTK+, Qt for example). > > I don't really see why these packages warrants screenshots. their look > is fully dependant on the chosen style (and the two mentioned, GTK+ and > Qt can actually look e

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 07:14:41PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Currently packages.d.o does not know if a package has a screenshot or > not. To do that it would need to regularly download the screenshots > metadata and make use of it. Patches welcome if anyone wants to > implement it. I have no idea

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2010-11-17, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Toni Mueller wrote: > >> I guess the majority of packages don't lend themselves to have a >> screenshot. All libraries, and many daemons, come to mind. Would it be >> possible to exclude the screenshot feature for such packages? I

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 06:42:49PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Some libraries warrant screenshots (GTK+, Qt for example). The Debian Pure Blends web sentinel has this screenshot feature for some time and we stumbled upon the same question (without having a reasonable solution). To some extend the p

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 06:42:49PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Some libraries warrant screenshots (GTK+, Qt for example). > > The problem is that there is no reliable way to differentiate between > packages that it is appropriate to have a screenshot for and those > that should never have a screen

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Ian Campbell wrote: > Why does the "no screenshot available" message need to be an image? If > no screenshot is available why not insert the relevant text instead? Currently packages.d.o does not know if a package has a screenshot or not. To do that it would need

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Ian Campbell
On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 18:42 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Toni Mueller wrote: > > > I guess the majority of packages don't lend themselves to have a > > screenshot. All libraries, and many daemons, come to mind. Would it be > > possible to exclude the screenshot featu

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Toni Mueller wrote: > I guess the majority of packages don't lend themselves to have a > screenshot. All libraries, and many daemons, come to mind. Would it be > possible to exclude the screenshot feature for such packages? It always > takes some time to find the

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-17 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sun, 07.11.2010 at 11:45:05 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Screenshots on packages.d.o > --- > > You may have noticed that packages.d.o now includes screenshots[1] > with a link to a the Debian screenshots site[2]. Where a screenshot > isn't available a "No screensh

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-07 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 09:48:13AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > I suspect that wouldn't be received very well. I'll file it on debshots > > though. > There isn't much the debshots author can do if upstreams for the > screenshot programs don't want support for uploading screenshots to > screenshot s

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Simon Ruggier wrote: > I suspect that wouldn't be received very well. I'll file it on debshots > though. There isn't much the debshots author can do if upstreams for the screenshot programs don't want support for uploading screenshots to screenshot sites. -- b

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-07 Thread Kai Wasserbäch
Hello Simon, Simon Ruggier schrieb am 07.11.2010 17:19: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Paul Wise wrote: >> Please file wishlist bugs on the relevant upstream bug trackers. > > I suspect that wouldn't be received very well. I'll file it on debshots > though. why not? just make it generic like

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-07 Thread Simon Ruggier
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Simon Ruggier wrote: > >> Has anyone considered patching the screenshot tools of GNOME or KDE to >> include support for automating the process of submitting to >> screenshots.debian.org? It would almost certainly

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-07 Thread Mehdi Dogguy
A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? On 11/07/2010 05:38 AM, Simon Ruggier wrote: > Hi all, please CC me on any responses, I'm not subscribed to debian-devel. > > Has anyone considered patching the screenshot tools of GNOME or KDE to > include support

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Simon Ruggier wrote: > Has anyone considered patching the screenshot tools of GNOME or KDE to > include support for automating the process of submitting to > screenshots.debian.org? It would almost certainly cause a big increase > in the number of submissions. Pl

Re: Misc Developer News (#24)

2010-11-06 Thread Simon Ruggier
Hi all, please CC me on any responses, I'm not subscribed to debian-devel. Has anyone considered patching the screenshot tools of GNOME or KDE to include support for automating the process of submitting to screenshots.debian.org? It would almost certainly cause a big increase in the number of subm