Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 26 janvier 2006 à 20:04 -0500, David Nusinow a écrit : > On the other hand, adding languages only adds to the complexity and tools > that a Debian developer should know to be effective. Despite the days of nightmare I have spent on perl, I couldn't claim to be "effective" with perl. When

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 09:42:47AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 26 janvier 2006 à 20:04 -0500, David Nusinow a écrit : > > On the other hand, adding languages only adds to the complexity and tools > > that a Debian developer should know to be effective. > > Despite the days of nightma

Re: returning emeritus developer, no response from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2006-01-27 Thread Joe Smith
"Adeodato Simó" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Can we please fast-track this clairvoyant NM? Umm... I belive that is the policy. He needs to have his email read, and then answer a few questions. The process for returning emeritus Developers is intentionaly much

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Florian Weimer
* Matt Zimmerman: > One of the appealing things about the Python language is their "batteries > included" philosophy: users can assume that the standard library is > available, documentation and examples are written to the full API, etc. Would this really be a problem if the minimal Python implem

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 04:16:20PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Matt Zimmerman: > > > One of the appealing things about the Python language is their "batteries > > included" philosophy: users can assume that the standard library is > > available, documentation and examples are written to the f

Re: returning emeritus developer, no response from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

2006-01-27 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Fri, 2006-01-27 at 10:22 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: > "Adeodato Simó" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Can we please fast-track this clairvoyant NM? > > Umm... I belive that is the policy. He needs to have his email read, and > then answer a few questions. > The

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[OT] Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Adam Heath
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The point, however, is that it's rather silly to add yet another > scripting language to the set of Essential packages. Sure, it'd be nice; > but then tomorrow someone else will come along who will claim that > Python is sucky and that Ruby is Teh Thin

what is the current status of kat in debian?

2006-01-27 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Can someone tell me about the current status of kat in Debian? There were multiple ITPs filed at some point of time http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309068 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340616 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328610 Which tel

Re: what is the current status of kat in debian?

2006-01-27 Thread Fathi Boudra
kamaraju kusumanchi a écrit : Can someone tell me about the current status of kat in Debian? There were multiple ITPs filed at some point of time http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309068 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=340616 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Matthias Klose
Florian Weimer writes: > * Matt Zimmerman: > > > One of the appealing things about the Python language is their "batteries > > included" philosophy: users can assume that the standard library is > > available, documentation and examples are written to the full API, etc. which batteries do you mea

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 27 janvier 2006 à 12:46 +0100, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > The point, however, is that it's rather silly to add yet another > scripting language to the set of Essential packages. Personally I don't care about the Essential status. However we have to accept the use of python in more bas

Re: what is the current status of kat in debian?

2006-01-27 Thread Jonas Genannt
Fathi Boudra wrote: >> Can someone look into this and take appropriate action? The problem is, that kat is working _only_ with sqlite3 < 3.2.6! Otherwise it will crash! So we are waiting for 0.7 because this version is an complete rewrite of kat, and will work with all sqlite versions. Roberto,

Re: what is the current status of kat in debian?

2006-01-27 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Jonas Genannt wrote: Fathi Boudra wrote: Can someone look into this and take appropriate action? The problem is, that kat is working _only_ with sqlite3 < 3.2.6! Otherwise it will crash! So we are waiting for 0.7 because this version is an complete rewrite of kat, and will work wi

Bug#350231: ITP: libsocket++ -- a family of C++ classes for Socket Operations

2006-01-27 Thread James Vega
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: libsocket++ Version : 1.12.12 Upstream Author : Herbert Straub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.linuxhacker.at/socketxx/download * License : Description : a family of C++ cla

Re: Bug#350231: ITP: libsocket++ -- a family of C++ classes for Socket Operations

2006-01-27 Thread Russ Allbery
James Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Copyright Notice: > - > Copyright (C) 1992-1996 Gnanasekaran Swaminathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Permission is granted to use at your own risk and distribute this > software in source and binary forms provided the above copyright notice > and

Re: when and why did python(-minimal) become essential?

2006-01-27 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > > Sure, it'd be nice; > > but then tomorrow someone else will come along who will claim that > > Python is sucky and that Ruby is Teh Thing, and we can start this all > > over from the start again. > > I hear this argument against python all the time, and frankly, if people > were listening

proc is mounted after sid cdebootstrap run, who's doing it?

2006-01-27 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, cdebootstrap sid regression test has been failing for the last few days. who's mounting /proc in postinst and leaving it ? -> debootstrap finished -> copying local configuration -> Installing apt-lines Refreshing the base.tgz -> upgrading packages -> mounting /proc filesystem mount: /