apt-utils package is broken in sid?

2008-07-23 Thread Dionysis Kalofonos
Hello folks, i tried to make a chroot for sid this morning. the command i used is the following: cdebootstrap -v --flavour=minimal sid /sid http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ i got the following message: O: The following NEW packages will be installed: O: apt-utils O: 0 upgraded, 1 newly ins

Re: Debian Project News - July 21st, 2008

2008-07-23 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Charles Plessy wrote: > Thanks for the answer, I just opened a bug on the Policy to reflect > this. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=491985 I do have to agree with Russ that policy isn't the place for this. Why do you need to sprinkle information there instead of enhancing the

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 22/07/08 at 17:58 +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Yeah, great idea! Let's start Debian subdistros for every specific use > > one can think of. This whole "universal operating system" idea is so > > old. What about gebian, kebian, xebian? > > Would it

SUPERVISORES EFICACES - NO LO DEJE PASAR - publicidad

2008-07-23 Thread Hasta el 25 de Julio
SUPERVISORES EFICACES - MEJORANDO EL DESEMPEÑO DE LOS SUPERVISORES Agosto 06 y 07, 2008 - 17:00 a 21:30 hrs. Centro de Convenciones Hotel María Angola OBJETIVOS Actualizar la preparación de los participantes para modernizar su desempeño como Supervisores Eficaces, dotándoles de las nuevas filos

Re: .desktop files of GNOME apps and path to these applications

2008-07-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
I just submitted #492027 with a patch to dh_desktop which will hardcode the path in most existing desktop files. Cheers, -- .''`. : :' : We are debian.org. Lower your prices, surrender your code. `. `' We will add your hardware and software distinctiveness to `-our own. Resi

Bug#492029: ITP: atl1e -- Atheros(R) L1e ethernet driver

2008-07-23 Thread Ben Armstrong
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: atl1e Version : 1.0.0.7r5 Upstream Author : xiong huang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://marc.info/?t=12160065951&r=1&w=2 * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Desc

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Mon Jul 21 14:07, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > I do feed info upstream (via yet more website logins), I really can't > > > > add yet another one. > > > > I guess OpenID support will come to the rescue here. > > > It will help, if one wants to use the web interface. However, > > Launchpad acc

Bug#492044: ITP: r-other-genabel -- genome-wide SNP association analysis

2008-07-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-other-genabel Version : 1.4-0 Upstream Author : Yurii Aulchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://mga.bionet.nsc.ru/nlru/GenABEL/ * License : GPL 2+ Programming Lang

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given that Ubuntu takes things directly from Debian, and hence all > Debian Developers have a vested interest in Ubuntu packages, would it > make sense to (provide|ask ubuntu to provide) a way for bug reports to > be manipulated by users with keys in t

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed Jul 23 16:13, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Given that Ubuntu takes things directly from Debian, and hence all > > Debian Developers have a vested interest in Ubuntu packages, would it > > make sense to (provide|ask ubuntu to provide) a way for

Re: Please help me make athcool compatible with dependency-based init systems (was: Release Update: freeze, architecture requalification)

2008-07-23 Thread Kel Modderman
Hi Nicolas, On Wednesday 23 July 2008 06:18:43 Nicolas Boullis wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Disclaimer: I've been pretty busy recently, not giving my Debian > > packages the care and love they deserve. That's why I'm now asking for > > help, somewhat late... > > > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 03:35:35P

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed Jul 23 16:13, Reinhard Tartler wrote: >> Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Given that Ubuntu takes things directly from Debian, and hence all >> > Debian Developers have a vested interest in Ubuntu packages, would it >> > make

Re: amd64 buildd hosts

2008-07-23 Thread Walter Franzini
Walter Franzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to make aegis ready for lenny and it currently fails on > amd64 (nautilus), but the problem seems related to the environment > being somewhat broken. What's the best method to contact the person(s) > responsible for nautilus? N

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,23.Jul.08, 16:36:39, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > My point is that I don't have the impression that Debian Developers want > to have an LP account activated at all, so IMO it doesn't really matter > if the account is activated implicitly via some (authenticated) action > or exlicitly by click

Re: FHS and /var/www

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Moving from /var/www to /srv/www gains nothing - We would still have > all webservers throwing files where they are not supposed to, to a > user-managed directory. There's a large difference between Debian as a whole violating the FHS by using a nonstandard top-level director

Re: Xen status in lenny?

2008-07-23 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hi! On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 01:04:45AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > right but still no excuse to bring in a patch set that is *known* > to not be merged upstream. with our current options, loosing xen dom0 support IS a very good excuse for this, IMO. Best regards Frederik Schüler -- ENOS

Re: FHS and /var/www

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
FHS: | Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of /var. Such | directories should only be added if they have some system-wide implication, and | in consultation with the FHS mailing list. Stephen Gran wrote: > /var/www is not actually explicitly forbidden, just implicitly

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
Steve Langasek wrote: > And even if LP accepted other openid providers, one would still have to log > in to LP the first time in order to configure which openid provider to use, > which I guess is still going to be more effort than some are interested in > doing. :) I've seen websites get openid w

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:15:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > And even if LP accepted other openid providers, one would still have to log > > in to LP the first time in order to configure which openid provider to use, > > which I guess is still going to be more effort than

Re: Intel Atom Processor

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
Loïc Minier wrote: > Would it be wrong to ship different flavors of the Debian CDs based on > various upstream software? http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-kde-CD-1.iso http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso --

Re: FHS and /var/www

2008-07-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Joey Hess dijo [Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:59:05AM -0400]: > Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > Moving from /var/www to /srv/www gains nothing - We would still have > > all webservers throwing files where they are not supposed to, to a > > user-managed directory. > > There's a large difference between Debian as

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Banck wrote: > Also, we should probably include window decorations to not make the > screenshot look funny I don't buy that a screenshot without window decorations somehow looks funny. However, if an implementation wants to, it can decorate a screenshot at display time with whatever decora

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 05:24:44PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > Before people submit dozens of screenshots all looking slightly > different, I suggest first deciding on some standards, like making sure > screenshots use the default GTK or Qt theme Debian uses. Back when I was involved in the Ubu

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread Drake Wilson
Quoth Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 2008-07-23 12:45:03 -0400: > I don't buy that a screenshot without window decorations somehow > looks funny. One data point: a screenshot with no window decorations loses a small amount of information, primarily the caption used for the window. Interesting w

Re: Please help me make athcool compatible with dependency-based init systems

2008-07-23 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Kel Modderman] > There is no need to modify README.Debian instructions, as insserv > package provides an update-rc.d wrapper. When the admin follows the > existing instructions of "update-rc.d athcool start 20 2 3 4 5 ." > you will get runlevel links, just that the sequence number 20 is > ignored

Re: FHS and /var/www

2008-07-23 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008, Joey Hess wrote: > I think that there's room for Debian to establish distro-wide policies > for the *default* directories in /srv, as a suppliment to the FHS. I don't see the need for taking the risk of FHS non-compliance. Why not use a new package for such policies? e.g

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Russ Allbery
Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This would effectivly mean activating the respective LP account [1] and > associating the respective gpg key with that account. This would be of > course doable, but given from this and previous discussions, I do not > have the impression that this is

Bug#492106: ITP: qmmp -- xmms-like audio player with support of many formats

2008-07-23 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: qmmp Version : 0.2.0 Upstream Author : Ilya Kotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://code.google.com/p/qmmp/ * License : GPLv2+ Programming Lang: C++ Descripti

Bug#492112: ITP: r-cran-combinat -- GNU R package providing utilities for combinatorics

2008-07-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-cran-combinat Version : 0.0-6 * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/combinat * License : GPL Programming Lang: R Description : GNU R package providing ut

Bug#492114: ITP: r-cran-genetics -- GNU R package for population genetics

2008-07-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-cran-genetics Version : 1.3.3 * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/genetics * License : GPL Programming Lang: C, R Description : GNU R package for popul

Re: Please help me make athcool compatible with dependency-based init systems

2008-07-23 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi Kel, On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:55:04PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote: > Hi Nicolas, > > Just add the LSB header with correct information like: > > ### BEGIN INIT INFO > # Provides: athcool > # Required-Start:$remote_fs > # Required-Stop: $remote_fs > # Default-Start: 2 3 4

Re: Please help me make athcool compatible with dependency-based init systems

2008-07-23 Thread Teodor
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Nicolas Boullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for asking a potentially stupid question, but how does the > "Default-Start" keyword affect the bahvior of the system? Refer to http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts for details. Maybe this page should be updated

Bug#492122: ITP: r-cran-haplo.stats -- GNU R package for haplotype analysis

2008-07-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-cran-haplo.stats Version : 1.3.8 * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/haplo.stats/index.html, http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/schaid_lab/software.cfm * L

Bug#492128: ITP: r-cran-qvalue -- Q-value estimation for false discovery rate control

2008-07-23 Thread Steffen Moeller
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: r-cran-qvalue Version : 1.1 * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/qvalue * License : LGPL Programming Lang: R Description : Q-value estimation for false di

"glib too old" OR "Lenny broken by default?"

2008-07-23 Thread Eddy Petrișor
Hello, (please CC me, I am not subscribed.) During a regular upgrade of my laptop (follows lenny) I have seen these messages: Se pregătește înlocuirea lui linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64 2.6.25-6 (folosind .../linux-image-2.6.25-2-amd64_2.6.25-7_amd64.deb) ... *** This build of Glib was compiled

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:53:14AM -0500, Drake Wilson wrote: > One data point: a screenshot with no window decorations loses a small > amount of information, primarily the caption used for the window. > Interesting ways of working around this might involve storing the > caption as metadata, or sto

Re: "glib too old" OR "Lenny broken by default?"

2008-07-23 Thread James Vega
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 01:31:52AM +0300, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > During a regular upgrade of my laptop (follows lenny) I have seen these > messages: Looks like the same issue discussed earlier in the week. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/07/msg00643.html -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread Drake Wilson
Quoth Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 2008-07-24 00:33:01 +0200: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:53:14AM -0500, Drake Wilson wrote: > > One data point: a screenshot with no window decorations loses a small > > amount of information, primarily the caption used for the window. > > Interesting

Re: Good communication with upstream is good idea

2008-07-23 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:15:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > I've seen websites get openid wrong in a variety of amusing ways, > > but on reasonable implementations, you generally indicate your > > openid provider by trying your openid into the openid

Re: Please help me make athcool compatible with dependency-based init systems

2008-07-23 Thread Nicolas Boullis
Hi, On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:36:01PM +0300, Teodor wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Nicolas Boullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for asking a potentially stupid question, but how does the > > "Default-Start" keyword affect the bahvior of the system? > > Refer to http://wiki.de

Re: Debian Project News - July 21st, 2008

2008-07-23 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:21:27AM +0200, Thomas Viehmann a écrit : > > Why do you need to sprinkle information there instead of enhancing the > documentation on the subject already in the developer's reference? Dear Thomas, I need to eat, drink, breeze, but I do not feel a particular need to sp

Package renaming, and transitional dependencies

2008-07-23 Thread Ian Jackson
Recently, this happened: 1. A .deb in which I have an interest, but of which I am not the maintainer, had its binary package name changed. So far so good. (In fact I actually approve of the change.) However, then: 2. The maintainer of this package discovered that its testing propagati

machine figure

2008-07-23 Thread Jason mclaughlin
Say pieces on a board, make each a pair with another piece. like... |55|44|66| |44|66|55| so figure out how a piece can move. pick any piece, try to move it somewhere. when you move a piece you have to move it's pair at the same time. when you move to a piece it's pair has to move at the same t

Re: Screenshots of GUI applications (again)

2008-07-23 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Drake Wilson wrote: > > Well, there's a difference between "one application is one window" and > "one screenshot is one window"; if you have multiple windows in a > single screenshot then you have to have the decorations so that you > can tell them apart, so none of the above comes into play. One

Bug#492157: ITP: apollo -- The Apollo Solr Server

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Waite
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Paul Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: apollo Version : 1.8.0 Upstream Author : * URL : http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ * License : GPL, Apache 2.0, CDDL 1.0, BSD, MIT Programming Lang: (C, C++, C#, Perl, Python,