Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le lundi 14 janvier 2008 à 21:25 +, Peter Clifton a écrit : > Since there are no other categories in the XDG spec which fit, this is > really why the problem occurs: > > "Every conforming desktop environment MUST support" (XDG menu-spec) At least for GNOME, I have nothing against adding new m

Re: Bug#460504: dh_desktop/dh_icons madness

2008-01-15 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 13 janvier 2008 à 22:02 +0100, Loïc Minier a écrit : > >On a technical level, the best approach would appear to be > > implementing some sort of global dpkg postinst and postrm hooks. > > Yes, "triggers"; I think these were not available at the time of the > first impleme

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:34:54AM +, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > > chance. Take the step of contacting those who maintain packages that > > depend on the l

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > chance. Take the step of contacting those who maintain packages that > depend on the libraries you want to remove, post RFAs instead of remove > requests, and

Lenny (testing): Install hangs

2008-01-15 Thread Dag Andersen
Hi, tried to install this: debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso from 2008-13-01. It hangs during download of files. I tried twice, first time stopped after approx 600, second after 841 of 923, that's 30-45 mins into a 1 hour download. Only thing I can see is that there is no activity on the network.

Re: Intent to help maintaining libxml++s

2008-01-15 Thread Deng Xiyue
Deng Xiyue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ...so I can be safely removed when it has 0 rdepends. And of course, s/I/it/ . Sorry for the stupid typo :P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intent to help maintaining libxml++s

2008-01-15 Thread Deng Xiyue
Deng Xiyue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > can do to help, so I can be safely removed when it has 0 rdepends. And of course, s/I/it . Sorry for this stupid typo :P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Intent to help maintaining libxml++s

2008-01-15 Thread Deng Xiyue
As confirmed by QA team that Chris Leishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, the maintainer of libxml++{,2.6} is kind of MIA, I would like to help comaintaining these libs. I've already file a wishlist bug for libxml++2.6 (#430142[1]), which contains a preliminary version of .diff.gz and .dsc against latest u

Change default directory in a package

2008-01-15 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello, When I install a program in Windows, it's need to set one directory. I would like make the same with packages debian. How I can do it ? Best regards, Faria Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! http://br.mail.yahoo.com/ -- T

Re: Change default directory in a package

2008-01-15 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Faria, this is a "development" list, not a user support list. You have higher chances of getting responses when you ask one of the local user groups or mailing lists. On Di, 15 Jan 2008, Rodrigo Tavares wrote: > When I install a program in Windows, it's need to set > one directory. > > > I

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
"cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "As long as there's interest the software will stay alive" is one of the > main tenets of Free Software. Consequently, IMHO, as long as there's people > willing to maintain it, it shouldn't be removed regardless of how old it > is. GNO

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:34:10PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Can submenus be made to appear automatically? I should study the > standards. Err, like you did already for games, as you said. I see in the standard GNOME gnome-applications.menu. It appears that the Technical menu should include

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:39:03AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le lundi 14 janvier 2008 à 21:25 +, Peter Clifton a écrit : > > Since there are no other categories in the XDG spec which fit, this is > > really why the problem occurs: > > > > "Every conforming desktop environment MUST suppo

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > > chance. Take the step of contacting those who maintain packages that > > depend on the libraries you w

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Err, like you did already for games, as you said. I see in the standard GNOME gnome-applications.menu. It appears that the Technical menu should include at least; - Science - Engineering - Math - HamRadio - Electronics And here we have good chances f

Bug#460885: ITP: mcrl2 -- the mCRL2 formal specification language toolset

2008-01-15 Thread Paul van Tilburg
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul van Tilburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: mcrl2 Version : 1.0.0 Upstream Author : Jan Friso Groote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and many others * URL : http://www.mcrl2.org/ * License : Boost Software License (MIT-like),

Change default directory in a package

2008-01-15 Thread Rodrigo Tavares
Hello, When I install a program in Windows, it's need to set one directory. I would like make the same with packages debian. How I can do it ? Is there any tool for this work ? Best regards, Faria Abra sua conta no Yahoo! Mail, o único sem limite de espaço para armazenamento! htt

launching dpkg-reconfigure from Synaptic

2008-01-15 Thread SZERVÁC Attila
When I right-click an installed package in Synaptic, I don't see 'Configure' option, which runs dpkg-reconfigure . Since Synaptic's page tells: 'Debian only: Configure packages through the debconf system.': allowing this option & setting Debconf priority from Synaptic needs a patch? Unfort

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > "cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "As long as there's interest the software will stay alive" is one of > > the main tenets of Free Software. Consequently, IMHO, as long as > > there's people willing to maintain i

wnpp tags "ita" and "rm"

2008-01-15 Thread Sebastian Pipping
-- rm i noticed this bug [1] is the only wnpp bug using the type "rm" for removal. is this an official type that scripts talking to BTS should support? is it documented somewhere? is it a bug in the bug report? -- ita i noticed the "intent to adopt" tag is not mentioned on [2] though used frequen

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread L. Redrejo
El mar, 15-01-2008 a las 14:22 +0100, Andreas Tille escribió: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > Err, like you did already for games, as you said. I see in the > > standard GNOME gnome-applications.menu. > > > > It appears that the Technical menu should include at least; > > - Scie

Re: wnpp tags "ita" and "rm"

2008-01-15 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Sebastian, * Sebastian Pipping <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-15 15:58]: > -- rm > i noticed this bug [1] is the only wnpp bug using > the type "rm" for removal. is this an official > type that scripts talking to BTS should support? > is it documented somewhere? is it a bug in the bug > report? I

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: And here we have good chances for a flame because I as a user would not expect Science and Math under a main menu "Technical". I'd rather see "Science" as a main menu entry and find "Math" below this. I do not say that my point of view is c

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread L. Redrejo
El mar, 15-01-2008 a las 16:22 +0100, Andreas Tille escribió: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > > >> And here we have good chances for a flame because I as a user would > >> not expect Science and Math under a main menu "Technical". I'd rather > >> see "Science" as a main

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 10:34 +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > > chance. Take the step of contacting those who maintain packages that > > depend on the librari

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 04:35:54PM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 10:34 +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > Don't start filing remove requests until other maintainers have a > > > chance. Take th

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:35:54AM -0500, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > So please, let these maintainers choose, rather than ordering them > about. It is *they* who are in a position to decide whether maintaining > gnome 1.x is worth it. Of course, it will also be up to them to do the > maintenanc

Re: wnpp tags "ita" and "rm"

2008-01-15 Thread David Moreno Garza
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 15:56 +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > -- rm > i noticed this bug [1] is the only wnpp bug using > the type "rm" for removal. is this an official > type that scripts talking to BTS should support? > is it documented somewhere? is it a bug in the bug > report? > > -- ita > i

Re: wnpp tags "ita" and "rm"

2008-01-15 Thread Steve Langasek
reassign 453466 ftp.debian.org thanks On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 03:56:35PM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > -- rm > i noticed this bug [1] is the only wnpp bug using > the type "rm" for removal. is this an official > type that scripts talking to BTS should support? > is it documented somewhere? is

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 17:56 +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > So please, let these maintainers choose, rather than ordering them > > about. It is *they* who are in a position to decide whether maintaining > > gnome 1.x is worth it. Of course, it will also be up to them to do the > > maintenance.

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 13:39 +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > "cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "As long as there's interest the software will stay alive" is one of the > > main tenets of Free Software. Consequently, IMHO, as long as there's people > > willing to

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 17:02 +, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:35:54AM -0500, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > So please, let these maintainers choose, rather than ordering them > > about. It is *they* who are in a position to decide whether maintaining > > gnome 1.x is worth

Re: wnpp tags "ita" and "rm"

2008-01-15 Thread Sebastian Pipping
Nico Golde wrote: i noticed the "intent to adopt" tag is not mentioned on [2] though used frequently. is this on purpose? I guess yes since this part is about adding a new wnpp bug. And adding a bug with ITA as tag does not make much sense. It is documented on http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Luk Claes
Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 13:39 +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: >> "cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> "As long as there's interest the software will stay alive" is one of the >>> main tenets of Free Software. Consequently, IMHO, as long as th

Bug#460942: ITP: line6usb-source -- Line 6 POD driver source

2008-01-15 Thread Jelmer Vernooij
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jelmer Vernooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Package name: line6usb-source Version : 0.7.2 Upstream Author : Markus Grabner * URL : http://www.tanzband-scream.at/line6/ * License : G

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wouldn't. I don't keep tabs on every package that my packages depend > on. One of them could be orphaned and I would never know. Running wnpp-alert weekly out of cron is a good idea for any DD, IMO. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Ben Finney
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Instead of saying "we're deleting this, you will all have to adapt", > say, "we aren't maintaining this anymore; if you want it, you'll > have to start taking it over." Isn't that exactly what bug #369130 means? I thought it was the responsibility

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:22:19PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >> Err, like you did already for games, as you said. I see in the >> standard GNOME gnome-applications.menu. >> >> It appears that the Technical menu should include at least; >> - Science >

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 19:56 +0100, Luk Claes wrote: > We can surely keep all old cruft in the archive and never release again > (or not with these packages anyway), though I don't think that is > preferred from a quality assurance, security nor release point of view... Of course, this isn't what

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:22:19PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >> Err, like you did already for games, as you said. I see in the >> standard GNOME gnome-applications.menu. >> >> It appears that the Technical menu should include at least; >> - Science >

Bug#460965: ITP: kpar2 -- a frontend for verifying and repairing PAR and PAR2 recovery sets

2008-01-15 Thread Fathi Boudra
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: kpar2 Version: 0.3.1 Upstream Author: Lawrence Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KPar2?content=70101 License: GPL Description: a frontend for verifying and repairing PAR and P

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Pierre Habouzit wrote: > As per release goal, gnome 1.x won't be shipped in Lenny. I just started > a first round of bugs (severity important for now), with user/usertag > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/gnome-1.x-removal so that people > interested in that goal can track our progress. Two thumbs up, thanks for

Re: gnome 1.x removal

2008-01-15 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:53:50PM +, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > As per release goal, gnome 1.x won't be shipped in Lenny. I just started > > a first round of bugs (severity important for now), with user/usertag > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/gnome-1.x-removal so that people

Re: electronics-menu REJECTED (discussion)

2008-01-15 Thread Charles Plessy
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:39:03AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > I think the good solution is a new "technical" menu with optional > > submenus appearing when it becomes too large. If you can agree on the > > structure of this menu and make it fit as much as possible to existing > > XDG cate