Re: [info@troll.no] The KDE Free Qt Foundation

1998-04-09 Thread Shaleh
No, it still mens that QT is under a restrictive license. It does mean however that one of the biggest worries with QT has gone away. Troll can NEVER charge for QT free now. EVER. And if anything happens to Troll, QT becomes BSD licensed -- AT THAT POINT IN TIME. But not yet. Not now. QT mak

Problem installing rvplayer.deb

1998-04-09 Thread Shaleh
The newest rvplayer in hamm will not install because it provides 'netscape' and some other package does too. What is happening here? I did not install the netscape deb package. -- --- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, whe

Re: Problem installing rvplayer.deb

1998-04-10 Thread Shaleh
Joey Hess wrote: > > Shaleh wrote: > > The newest rvplayer in hamm will not install because it provides > > 'netscape' and some other package does too. What is happening here? I > > did not install the netscape deb package. > > Please sned me the exact

Re: Problem installing rvplayer.deb

1998-04-10 Thread Shaleh
Joey Hess wrote: > > Shaleh wrote: > > Soory for doing it from memory (-; > > > > Reading database ... 37548 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace rvplayer 5.0b3-4 (using rvplayer_5.0-1.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement rvp

error installing new mh.

1998-04-10 Thread Shaleh
Setting up mh (6.8.4-20) ... chmod: /usr/lib/mh/spopfi: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing mh (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: debian/dists/frozen/contrib/binary-i386/net/rvplayer_5.0-1.deb mh DP

Intent to package chameleon

1998-04-11 Thread Shaleh
This is a program that uses GTK and imlib to draw pix onto the root window, or just colors. It is like xv in this respect. it is fully GPL and has no problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X errors on exit

1998-04-13 Thread Shaleh
I see the following whenever I leave X. I did the following to catch it: xinit > Xmsg 2>&1. I snipped out all but what I thought relevant. If you need more -- ask.[snip] (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dp

my imlib packages

1998-04-13 Thread Shaleh
frozen should have 1.1-4 in it. This fixes some bugs that I have closed. They are currently in slink. I put frozen unstable in the changelog -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#21009: rvplayer: Namespace conflict

1998-04-13 Thread Shaleh
If it helps -- I do not have a /usr/lib/netscape dir but it still wont install. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Imlib packages buggy

1998-04-15 Thread Shaleh
I replied to Andreas earlier and not this list (-: The current imlib (1.1) has problems loading tiff images. Not a big problem but it does exist. The other formats are hit or miss type bugs -- not everyone sees them. The upstream maintainer (Raster) has a version in gnome's CVS that does fix th

fltk and XForms compliance

1998-04-16 Thread Shaleh
The author has stated that this is no longer a goal of his library. Also, many of the XForms apps that we use would require modifications because the author of fltk did not re-create anything that took an X type as an argument (like XEvent). It is possible to make the XForm apps work w/ fltk, how

Re: Colored Shell

1998-04-16 Thread Shaleh
First, this belongs on debian-user -- not devel. The color came from ls. Debian also ships this version of ls. read ls's man page and all should be clear. > Pat Quick wrote: > > I have had Linux on my machine before (Slackware) and had a shell that > had different colors assigned by file type.

My packages are not in frozen -- why?

1998-04-17 Thread Shaleh
My imlib and gdk_imlib packages are being put in slink instead of frozen. The ones in frozen presently are out of date and frankly -- I screwed them up. Please put my new packages in frozen. In the changelog I have "frozen unstable" listed. Is this not adequate?? -- ---

Re: My packages are not in frozen -- why?

1998-04-17 Thread Shaleh
Is this not sufficient: Distribution: frozen unstable Changes: gdk-imlib (1.1-6) frozen unstable; urgency=low . * Fixed the symlinks to lib.so.x -- was done in the wrong package The same is (or was) in my imlib package. -- --- How can you see,

Re: A little ircii /dcc tweak I'd like to see the default...

1998-04-19 Thread Shaleh
Nothing to stop them from copying it to /tmp and dcc'ing it from there. Waste of time changing the app. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Blender 3D

1998-04-19 Thread Shaleh
James A.Treacy wrote: > > I maintain the mesa package. As no packages (before this) depended on > a libc5 version of mesa, I stopped including them. Adding them back > seems like a step backwards. It would be much better if you could > get blender recompiled with libc6 based libs. > > Jay Treacy

Re: Synchronised sonames (was: Gnome debs?)

1998-04-24 Thread Shaleh
Only if we are wrong. We should endeavor to do what the upstream maintainer does unless it is flat wrong. We are not RH, maybe they should make their sonames match ours. No, we should both do what is right. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

why not mingetty??

1998-04-24 Thread Shaleh
Why is our default not mingetty. Several other dists use this. For almost all Linux boxen this is the right choice. It is easier on mem and cpu than agetty. Anyone who needs the other gettys also knows how to change their getty. I have been running mingetty for a year now and have had no probl

Re: why not mingetty??

1998-04-25 Thread Shaleh
The inittab setup is not different. However, the only way to switch gettys is to change thme by hand. This is because of agetty's priority, I could not remove agetty. As far as quantifiable numbers -- I have no idea. However from a simple look, mingetty has NO serial dial in support or what not

why has ps changed it option syntax,or "where oh where has my - gone"

1998-04-25 Thread Shaleh
Why is ps -ax considered "deprecated". Using a hyphen in a command is accepted and standard practice. Last I checked it is also POSIX as well as w/o. tar -zxvf and tar zxvf are the same and should be ok. Why is ps different? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

Seeking other archs to build packages on

1998-04-30 Thread Shaleh
I am the E/Imlib/Fnlib maintainer. I would like to help or make packages for the other architectures that are able to run them. If you have a machine and can give me access please let me know. BTW is there a list of machines like this somewhere? Might be nice. -- --

Re: Improvement ;)

1998-04-30 Thread Shaleh
I say -- Put your code where your mouth is. Loads of people are saying what "ought" to be. Most Linux things exist because someone wanted it and nothing existed to do it. Or what did exist they hated. If you want to see something done -- give code. I find the Debian install a matter of poundin

Re: Gnome debs?

1998-04-20 Thread shaleh
GNOME is currently not very stable and things are changing very rapidly. Jim Pick is the GNOME guy for Debian. Give it a few more weeks and I think you will see more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intent to package 'bezerk'

1998-04-20 Thread shaleh
I started playing w/ this a day or so ago. It is VERY VERY alpha. The efnet server I always use causes it to segfault. The author is very open to bug reports and patches however. He has also sent me a patch to try and see if I can log into my server again. I would hold off on giving this to

apt tried for the first time

1998-05-04 Thread Shaleh
Looks good. We have needed a progress meter for a long time. Cant wait for the GUI !! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

where is libc6-dev 2.0.7pre3

1998-05-04 Thread Shaleh
I have libc6 2.0.7pre3-1 installed. libc6-dev is unhappy -- all I can find is the 2.0.7pre1-4 of it. apt is kinda of cure here. It wants to remove my libc6-dev and all dependant packages (-: Glad I have it held. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

not knowing where to send this.....

1998-05-04 Thread Shaleh
I just was un-subscribed from debian-user for generating too many bounced mails. I have now problems with my mail. I have received some 400 e-mails in the last day and a half and sent around twenty. I work for the ISP, our mail server is stable. Otherwise our customers would be ripping the door

Re: bug #21739 - xfstt -- comments?

1998-05-04 Thread Shaleh
what about /usr/share/ttf or /usr/share/ttfonts. My understanding is that /usr/share is for any architecture independent data. This seems appropriate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkb-buildpackage errors

1998-05-04 Thread Shaleh
This may not be your problem, but when I get this error it means I am in the debian/ directory and not in the root of the package. i.e imlib-1.3/debian instead of imlib-1.3. Or in some other subdirectory. When the builder statrs it looks in ./debian/{changelog,rules,control} so if you are in de

Re: Seeking other archs to build packages on

1998-05-07 Thread Shaleh
I was gratiously given an account by another developer on an alpha. I do not believe that imlib/fnlib/E works on m68k -- correct me anyone if I am wrong. I would be more than willing to try and get a ppc version going. I never received a bug from an alpha maintainer -- I stumbled across it in th

Where is uudeview's lib

1998-06-08 Thread Shaleh
The uudeview tar.gz from upstream has a few bins, a tk script, and a lib w/ headers. All I can see packaged is the binaries and the tk script. Where did the lib go, or why was it not packaged. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: dpkg bug when "overwriting" directories.

1998-06-09 Thread Shaleh
Is there anyway there could be a variable set that says "do not install /usr/doc files"? This way those who do not want the docs can go on w/o them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Corel Network Computer Port

1998-06-09 Thread Shaleh
They are not out yet. I think they are talking August 1. Pre-production demos/betas are floating around. I played w/ one of these at Linux Expo. Currently it is a mix of a.out and ELF and RH 4.2 kludged w/ 5.x. So the software is flaky and the compilation tools are still being tweaked. On top

Imlib 1.6 is now in Debian's Incoming!!!!!!!!!

1998-06-15 Thread Shaleh
Yes after much trial and hard ship (ok after me putting it off and complaining a lot) Imlib 1.6 is now resting comfortably in Debian's Incoming and will appear in slink shortly. SO yes, now GNOME and Debian will happen. Jim Pick and I seem to have it so we can make auto gen packages from cvs so m

Re: New maintainer intending to package pavuk

1998-06-18 Thread Shaleh
Policy is not set in stone. There are times when it makes little sense. I say make a console version, then make a X package. The X version can have a gtk and/or Xlib version. Are you also going to help him maintain the upstream source now that he is away? I thought about this back in March, b

Re: Gnome .debs released

1998-06-18 Thread Shaleh
I would recommend installing them all over. Numerous little things changed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: fltk anyone? + packaging questions

1998-06-20 Thread Shaleh
fltk is in slink. It is not as Forms compliant as it used to be. Porting Forms apps will take some work. There is a fltk mailing list, you can read about it on fltk's home page. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dupload question

1998-06-21 Thread Shaleh
dupload's man page states that --nomail will cause dupload to NOT send an e-mail. However, this option gives an error and as far as I can see, is not in the source. What has happened? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

problem w/ dh_movefiles

1998-06-21 Thread Shaleh
I am packaging fnlib for E (doing it right for once) and have run into a snag. There are a fwe files that fnlib uses that have odd names. Things like '{.tiff', and ".tiff and even ..tiff. When dh_movefiles tries do do its work, it fails with a "unexpected EOF". I am sure it is due to the odd na

cda from xmcd hassle

1998-06-22 Thread Shaleh
cda does not appear to work. First I apparently need to set XMCD_LIBDIR to where the cfg files are (the postinst did not mention this,but the man page did). I set this to /etc/xmcd (which is where the cfg file lives. However now when cda starts it tries to read /etc/xmcd/config/common.cfg -- whi

Re: Intent to package pavuk

1998-06-23 Thread Shaleh
Only that someone else posted their intentions last week. Sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Please follow protocol when you announce your Intents to package

1998-06-23 Thread Shaleh
I have seen numerous people post Intentions to package apps that are already being worked on. Please read the wnpp (it is made for a reason). And when you do announce you intentions PLEASE cc wnpp so that it gets added to the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

automating the "Intents to package" was Re: Please follow protocol when you announce your Intents to package

1998-06-24 Thread Shaleh
Ok, I'm game. I have had to fend off enough people from taking my packages that this is worth my time. Besides, I enjoy writing CGI, call me sick. What do we want/need/desire/despise and let's get this going. Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > >I have seen numerous people post Intentions to packag

Re: automating the "Intents to package" was Re: Please follow protocol when you announce your Intents to package

1998-06-25 Thread Shaleh
control access to the page?? Maybe it would be better to write a shell script on master/va for vacations? `vacation -on -time="5 days" shaleh` (as long as shaleh=uid I get set to "vacationing for x"). This will then be displayed on a web page and/or sent to a mailing list once

Re: X is not working after the upgrade

1998-06-26 Thread Shaleh
It worked for me but. Check you /etc/X11/Xservers file and make sure that it has an Xserver listed such as "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA". I had to do this when I first installed hamm because the configuration left it out. Alexander Shumakovitch wrote: > > Hi! > > I've just upgraded to the lat

Stepping down as Enlightenment maintainer

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
I am stepping down as the maintainer of the Enlightenment debs and the libraries that go with it. It has become apparent that E and I are going in two different directions. So I have found two people who I have known for a good while and are both very eager to help Debian and Enlightenment. Tyni

Re: Imlib NMU

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
I am afraid that every Imlib using app is link w/ -ljpeg. Hence all of GNOME, wmaker-conf, Enlightenment, Eterm, chameleon, perl-imlib, python-imlib, and Fnlib will all break from the 6a->6b change. Tynian is going to begin the 6b move over last I spoke to him. All package maintainers will be gi

problem w/ the Java interface lib for PostgreSQL

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
The libpgjava depends on jdk1.1-runtime, which tries to remove the -dev files needed to actually write Java apps. The jdk1.1-dev provides the runtime, but is not able to provide the numeric version needed. Once again lack of versioned provides rears its head.

Re: Imlib NMU

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
> Let's do something compatible with Red Hat (unless there are good > reasons not to). Synchronizing SONAMEs is one of the goals of the > LSB. If we are going to switch to libjpeg62 - let's do so before the > freeze. > Agreed Jim. Would the libjpeg maintainer care to step up and explain why a

Re: problem w/ the Java interface lib for PostgreSQL

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
libpgjava depends on jdk1.1-runtime (>= ??.??). jdk1.1-dev provides jdk-runtime. However the dependency resolution tries to install jdk1.1-runtime because of the versioned depends and jdk-runtime removes jdk-dev. So if I install libpgjava, I lose the java compiler and what not, which means I can

Re: problem w/ the Java interface lib for PostgreSQL

1998-10-05 Thread Shaleh
ote: >>>>>> "Shaleh" == Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Shaleh> libpgjava depends on jdk1.1-runtime (>= ??.??). > Shaleh> jdk1.1-dev provides jdk-runtime. However the dependency > Shaleh> resolution tries to install jdk1.1-r

Re: Imlib NMU

1998-10-06 Thread Shaleh
I 100% agree w/ you. Now make it work (-: I have compiled Imlib on my own box and I can link w/ only -lImlib. However every other person I know of, linux or otherwise needs to use the -l libs. Imlib is merely a common interface to the gfx libs. It hides the jpeg, png, etc. Seriously, make it

Re: Imlib NMU

1998-10-06 Thread Shaleh
I package chameleon, and it was created BEFORE imlib-config existed. But yes, as you can see the -lImlib works for me. Would some of you test compiling w/ Imlib and actually using the gfx libs. I have seen it compile OK, but then fail to load png's and jpegs (the two biggest offenders).

RE: Contacting authors

1998-10-07 Thread Shaleh
On 07-Oct-98 Martin Schulze wrote: > Hi, > > tonight I was thinking about implementing @authors.debian.org which > would enable a way for us to get in touch with the upstream authors of > some piece of software without the need of looking into the copyright > file or digging in the source if the

Intent to package gqview

1998-10-09 Thread Shaleh
Unless someone else is working on this, I would like to package gqview. It is a DFSG GTK+ based Image browser that supports thumb nails and image viewing. I like it. Small and fast -- even on this p75.

Re: [larsbj@ifi.uio.no: Re: copyright problem]

1998-10-12 Thread Shaleh
It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry. > Egy pingvinre gyakorlatilag lehetetlen haragosan nezni. > HuLUG: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "

g++ dependency problem

1998-10-17 Thread Shaleh
The latest g++ on debian.midco.net (2.9.57-4) depends on libstd++ (>= +2.9.57). The plus there seems to be causing a problem as all that can be found is 2.9.57.

RE: g++ dependency problem

1998-10-17 Thread Shaleh
Of course that should have read 2.91.57 (-: On 17-Oct-98 Shaleh wrote: > The latest g++ on debian.midco.net (2.9.57-4) depends on libstd++ (>= > +2.9.57). > The plus there seems to be causing a problem as all that can be found is > 2.9.57. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Bug#32156: anacron: It ran unnexpectedly!

1999-01-20 Thread Shaleh
No one ever picked up anacron. I am doing so now. I just purchased a laptop and am going to use it as a mobile Debian development station. once I get all the bugs worked out in Debian I will work on anacron. Hope to have a new package up in the next week or two. Christian, thank you for writin

Re: slink's chameleon 1.0-2 depends on libgtk1.1.12, which is not in slink

1999-01-22 Thread shaleh
Will do that in the next couple of days.

Re: the Great X Reorganization, package splits, and renaming

1999-01-22 Thread Shaleh
On 22-Jan-99 Rafael Kitover wrote: > Sorry to jump in like this, but this seems to only be a problem when > someone would be using apt-get exclusively. Does xbase recommend the > various other packages people expect to have? That would make it simple > enough, a person would then just need to apt-

RE: Two imlib maintainers on package maintainer list

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
On 27-Jan-99 Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > > There are two imlib maintainers listed on the "People Behind Debian" web > page, Brian and Shaleh. Is that right? :) > > Thanks, > -Ossama > The right answer is "hell no" (= The detailed answer is I use

RE: Two imlib maintainers on package maintainer list

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
On 27-Jan-99 Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > >> The right answer is "hell no" (= > > I get the feeling nobody wants these packages. Did I just make a > boneheaded move by accepting the Imlib packages? :) > > -Ossama Raster and I had philosophical differences, which made the maintainer/author rel

Re: Intent to package: olex

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
I decided not to package or help this project because of the original license -- "either GPL your code or dont use Olex". The author is a good guy and is just trying to promote free software and make sure his work is not used to make proprietary software. I think this license is free enough. The

slink machine available for compiling and abuse

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
Hi all, I just setup a VAIO laptop running Slink. It is 100% pure slink. If anyone needs a package recompiled, I will gladly do so and upload it for you. I can also do some testing of package installs, although that could be more limited as I actually need to USE this laptop. I have a huge oc3

slink needs pcmcia-cs version 3.0.8 to support 2.2 kernels

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
I am glad slink will ship with 2.2. However laptop users need a new version of the pcmcia packages for this to work. I can make an nmu if needed. See my previous email.

RE: [Fwd: [Jikes-License] Jikes Parser Generator now available i

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
Now we need a free JDK and off we go (=

RE: [Fwd: [Jikes-License] Jikes Parser Generator now available i

1999-01-27 Thread Shaleh
On 27-Jan-99 Brent Fulgham wrote: > Try Japhar/Classpath: > > www.japhar.org -- free JDK (compiler, runtime, debugger, etc.) > www.classpath.org -- free implementation of the essential java libraries > By "we" I meant packaged and working. Ean was supposed to be packaging Kaffe.

RE: i18n'g the Debian Menu System

1999-01-29 Thread Shaleh
Good idea, needs a better solution. Sorry, but I do not speak Spanish, so have no idea what the menu file should be for you. You will also bloat each and every menu package which 20 menus. Better to use the menu systems builtin translation ability and supply i18n support to it. BTW, Tinguaro I

RE: LyX copyright

1999-01-29 Thread Shaleh
On 29-Jan-99 Michael Meskes wrote: > I just learned that the LyX copyright file was corrected to explicitely > state that linking against a non-free library is okay. This however wasn't > really needed as 'The law is quite clear that the release of the software by > the original authors and copyri

suggestion: www.debian.org package list show the URL of the program

1999-01-30 Thread Shaleh
how hard would it be to have the Packages pages on the Debian web site show the packages home URL, i.e. where the author is? A few times I have been hunting for this because I needed a bsd or Sun version of a program. Downloading the orig.tar.gz and looking inside can be cumbersome.

Re: suggestion: www.debian.org package list show the URL of the

1999-01-30 Thread Shaleh
On 30-Jan-99 Johnie Ingram wrote: > > "Shaleh" == Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Shaleh> how hard would it be to have the Packages pages on the Debian > Shaleh> web site show the packages home URL, i.e. where the author is? > Shaleh> A few t

RE: suggestion: www.debian.org package list show the URL of the

1999-01-30 Thread Shaleh
D'uh. The copyright file is one of those itsy bitsy links on the lower left. On 30-Jan-99 Shaleh wrote: > how hard would it be to have the Packages pages on the Debian web site show > the > packages home URL, i.e. where the author is? A few times I have been hunting > for this

RE: Anyone have a slink box I could use?

1999-01-31 Thread Shaleh
On 31-Jan-99 Adam Klein wrote: > I need to make a new frozen release of wmakerconf, but my system is potato > all the way. Does anyone have a computer I could compile this on? > > Adam Adam, remember my VAIO laptop -- it is PURE slink. You or any other developer is welcome to contact me

Intent to package netStreamer

1999-02-01 Thread Shaleh
NetStreamer is Internet Radio at its finest (=. There is a server, a transmitter, and a reciever -- all following the radio station analogy. The Server listens for receivers and also sends out the transmitters data. the transmitter(s) take audio from stdin, /dev/{audio,dsp}, or .tape files and se

Re: Intent to package netStreamer

1999-02-01 Thread Shaleh
On 01-Feb-99 Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Shaleh wrote: > > [ intent to package snipped ] > > Is there a URL for this, or is the code only available via supernatural > revelation? Only the truly blessed may wonder upon its blessed page .. No (= h

Re: x11amp

1999-02-01 Thread Shaleh
On 01-Feb-99 John Goerzen wrote: > Why should it be non-free if it's GPL? the mp3 patent

Re: KDE debian stuff

1999-05-10 Thread shaleh
Look into kde/kdm's bug list. It does some things very badly here (have heard the X maint gripe more than once on this).

Re: Package to give away/orphan: GNU acct

1999-05-13 Thread shaleh
acct is user login/use accounting, NOT money matters.

RE: alternative man page reader?

1999-05-14 Thread Shaleh
On 13-May-99 Bradley Bell wrote: > has anybody thought about packaging an alternative to the man-db/groff > combination for reading man pages? 4mb is a lot for small systems, and > reading man pages is pretty much a neccessity. > Maybe I am wrong here but, how else are you gonna do it? man pag

Re: Package to give away/orphan: GNU acct

1999-05-14 Thread Shaleh
> > Well, I wrote something simple in Perl for the last package, but Shaleh says > it fails on his box. What does /usr/sbin/compare_kernel_version say for you? > [ Note that I turned the $debug flag on here: ] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> /tmp/compare_kernel_version 2.0 >

Re: ITP: rxvp

1999-05-14 Thread shaleh
> > Rxvp is a validating XML parser. It's GPL'd. The code is already present in > Debian in non-free as part of festival (oddly, with a BSD-ish copyright); I > intend to package it as standalone code and possibly as a shared library > programs like festival can link to. > Is that rxp? I had ann

fixing the wnpp was ITP rx(v)p

1999-05-14 Thread shaleh
The wnpp has become exceptionally incorrect and out of date. What can we do as a group to fix this?

Re: fixing the wnpp was ITP rx(v)p

1999-05-14 Thread shaleh
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > The wnpp has become exceptionally incorrect and out of date. > > > What can we do as a group to fix this? > > One suggestion I just tossed out on IRC is to use the BTS > Hmm, so newbie developer issues a bug against wnpp "ITP foo". When foo is uploaded

new file nmu for testing

1999-05-16 Thread Shaleh
I have uploaded a new NMU of file to my directory on master. fix for SPARC V9 file detection properly shows stripped/unstripped (comments from non-x86 people here please and non-glibc2.1) if no further suggestions are made or errors shown, I will upload this release into debian proper.

Re: Bug#34579: Removing ncsa from the dist?

1999-05-16 Thread Shaleh
On 16-May-99 Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:26:18AM -0400, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: >> Boa is nice as well, but has too many open bugs, and the maintainer >> never ever seems to respond. > > Unfortunately, that would mean that boa is not maintained upstream, > because Jon Nelson

Re: new file nmu for testing

1999-05-16 Thread Shaleh
On 16-May-99 Chris Waters wrote: > Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> properly shows stripped/unstripped (comments from non-x86 people >> here please and non-glibc2.1) > > Did you contact upstream about that flakey "fix" they made that didn't

Re: better /etc/init.d/network

1999-05-17 Thread shaleh
I looked at the code (have not run it yet). Nice. Well documented, clean. The design seems sound. An up/down section is also handy. Shipping a default config would be nice, maybe in the /usr/doc/net/examples? A little heavy on the bash code for my liking, but I understand why. Have you maile

Re: request to kill nag messages

1999-05-18 Thread shaleh
> > I'm not the only one to be annoyed at the nag messages that are sent out. > Can the script please be disabled. There are better ways to find out bugs > you have open. Long-standing bugs are likely to be less important than > recent bugs too. > I would rather see the old bugs closed. An ol

Re: Time to rewrite dpkg

1999-05-19 Thread shaleh
> > Hello, esteemed members of the Debian enthusiast community! > > So, whether or not I recieve the approval of this community, I'm > going to be working on a complete rewrite of dpkg. No, it won't even > *resemble* the old dpkg; I guarantee it to become contraversial. I'll let > the masse

Re: better /etc/init.d/network

1999-05-19 Thread shaleh
> > If there's noone objecting to the addition of IPv6 stuff to the interface > we could work out a proper way of specifying it on the debian-ipv6 list. > IPv6 is supposed to be the future so either we do it now or later. Might as well be now.

Re: Paying for trade show booths?

1999-05-21 Thread shaleh
> > Okay, next question would be then: Do we want to be paying for large > booths at trade shows? I agree, LinuxWorld was a _MADHOUSE_, but is it > something we want to spend donation money on? ie, do people think the > trade shows are that terribly important to us? > > (I was at LinuxWorld an

Re: Paying for trade show booths?

1999-05-22 Thread shaleh
> > > --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 09:07:02AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > (I was at LinuxWorld and I must say it was cool! Worth going, and even > > > worth the financial nightmare it created in my life that is just now >

Re: VA Research and linux.com

1999-05-25 Thread Shaleh
On 19-May-99 Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Joseph Carter proclaimed: >> Not to mention the longstanding rumors that "soon" Debian will be offered >> on VA's machines.. > > I thought VA already did Debian installs "on request". > Sort of. And Debian was dropped mainly because it was cheaper

ITP: terraform

1999-05-26 Thread shaleh
As I recall someone(s) posted an intent and nothing came from this. I am able to compile and use this app, so it will now be packaged. This will likely be a few weeks away as various things are comig up and I need to get gtkmm happy again first (GNOME deps, eee).

Re: Let's Debian blow... gracefully! [was Re: Intent to package GNU Philosophy web pages]

1999-05-26 Thread shaleh
Seconded, this seems a good solution.

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate funct

1999-09-27 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh' Perry
> > So what you're telling me is that anyone with a "complex" setup > shouldn't bother using Debian? > a) I would not test a new daemon on a working machine, I would use a separate one. In the case of gnu pop3, it will spin off and consume 99% of your cpu due to poor child management. We (I am

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate funct

1999-09-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh' Perry
On 27-Sep-99 Clint Adams wrote: >> a) I would not test a new daemon on a working machine, I would use a >> separate > > So? > >> b) if you know what you are doing, compile the packages by hand, fix their >> install scripts, and remove the conflicts. You are trying to circumvent the >> norm. >

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate funct

1999-09-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh' Perry
Ok, let's bring this back to implementation. How would you propose we handle this? Currently daemons install, set themselves up, and begin running. a) we can prompt. b) we leave everything off and let the admin turn it on (not an option for obvious reasons) c) first come first serve -- first dae

RE: ITP: portsentry

1999-09-29 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh' Perry
On 29-Sep-99 Rene Mayrhofer wrote: > portsentry is a daemon that listens for port scans (also stealth scans) > and is able to disconnect and remember the attacking hosts in real-time. > It uses ipchains for disconnecting and tcp wrappers for preventing hosts > from further connections. > Please lo

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