[Joao Eriberto Mota Filho]
> Re-name [...] is a small and quick tool written in C so it's quicker
> than most rename tools written in shell scripts.
[citation needed]
I'm suspicious of this claim for two reasons.
- The obvious tool to compare with is 'prename' (mentioned up-thread),
which w
[Mathieu Malaterre]
> I do not believe in debian life-span, a package manager ever switch
> an implementation of a package. So libjpeg9 and libjpeg-turbo will
> have to co-live.
It happens. Look at the source for 'libc6'. It used to be glibc,
these days it is a fork called eglibc. Likewise the
[Dominic Hargreaves]
> HybServ is a daemon that connects to your IRCD-Hybrid server and
> automagically provides nickname, channel, memo, and oper services to your
> entire network if it is configured correctly to talk with your IRC server.
"Automagically"? When you install a server package, con
rom stunnel4. From
the ITP, I cannot figure out why I would want this instead, or indeed,
why Debian should ship both.
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr
[Georges Khaznadar]
> Is pv able to do the same? for example how can I use pv to monitor the
> transfer which is done by modifying a command such as:
>
> dd if=someImageFile of=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D1D977-0:0
pv < someImageFile > /dev/disk/by-id/usb-TheNiceStick_0878101B77D
file, or vice versa. I can't figure out
how that could be useful for a password manager.
Aside from that, can it use or import password from 'pwsafe',
'gnome-keyring' or 'kwallet'? Is there a reason this app isn't
just a frontend to one or more of those?
--
[Richard Darst]
> * Package name: python-ctypeslib
Oh, great. Now I will no longer have a good excuse to avoid shipping
the Subversion cpython bindings.
(:,
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org
w
[Andrew Pollock]
> * Package name: libpam-barada
> Description : PAM module to provide two-factor authentication based on
> HOTP
I would suggest that the PAM architecture is better suited to providing
only _one_ factor of authentication per plugin. Does this module
really implement tw
[Andres Mejia]
> Digest::SHA::PurePerl is a complete implementation of the NIST Secure Hash
> Standard written entirely in Perl. It gives Perl programmers a convenient way
> to calculate SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 message digests. It
> is functionally equivalent to the Digest::S
doing NMUs already. I have a vested
interest: I already maintain subversion, which I think is the only
reverse dependency for serf.
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe&qu
[TANIGUCHI Takaki]
> This program is distributed as a free software. You can
> use/copy/modify/redistribute this software freely but with NO
> warranty to anything as a result of using this software.
>
> How is it?
Better. I think the context makes it clear what the auth
[TANIGUCHI Takaki]
> * "free software" satisfies
> "freely usable, freely (re-)distributable
> without any charge for itself, freely modifiable unless the
> original author(=me)'s copyrights are infringed or neglected,
> absolutely not responsible to any result from itself. "
"
ed to endorse or promote products derived
> *from this software without specific prior written permission.
Strange ... didn't NetBSD move to the 3-clause a long time ago, shortly
after the University of California relicensed BSD?
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
hardly be less secure than screen.
Well, if by "in /tmp" you mean "in /var/run/screen".
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
siasts.
Yes, but what does it _do_?
Also, do you really need to tell us that it is open source?
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
d be rather nice to extend one
of those modules, rather than add a new one.
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
that make nettee a faster bittorrent? Or is bittorrent, in
fact, a faster nettee?
--
Peter Samuelson | org-tld!p12n!peter | http://p12n.org/
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
[Amaya Rodrigo Sastre]
> > This program also shows soundwaves which makes it easier for
> > subtitles synchronisation that most other subtitle editors like
>
> > ksubtile or gaupol.
This program also shows sound waves, which makes it easier to
synchron
[Arthur de Jong]
> svn2cl has been included into the subversion repository [1] and will
> probably be included with some future release of subversion.
Thanks for the reminder. I did notice when it was merged upstream
recently, but forgot to note it as something to make sure Debian ships.
> I be
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 07:08:02AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > Well, I have one very little argument against doing so: why do it
> > for Dzongkha and why not do it for, say, French...:-)
[Lionel Elie Mamane]
> Because "French" is the adjective in English (the language the
> package desc
[Stefani Banerian]
> * Package name: sqlitemanager
> Version : x.y.z
> Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * URL : http://www.example.org/
> * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.)
The information content here is rather thin.
signature.asc
Descript
[dann frazier]
> > > Version : x.y.z
> > > Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > * URL : http://www.example.org/
> > > * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.)
> > >
> > > (Include the long description here.)
>
> I couldn't really come up with anything
[dann frazier]
> * Package name: slimscrobbler
> Description : SlimServer plugin that submits listening data to Last.FM
OK...
> Version : x.y.z
> Upstream Author : Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * URL : http://www.example.org/
> * License : (GPL, LGPL, BSD,
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I intend to hijack 'equivs', as its maintainer (Fabio Rafael da Rosa
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) is believed MIA.
I will wait a week or so to see he shows up.
Peter
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
[Andreas Hoenen]
> * Package name: dblatex
> DocBook to LaTeX Publishing that transforms your SGML/XML DocBook
> documents to DVI, PostScript or PDF by translating them in pure LaTeX
> as a first process. MathML 2.0 markups are supported, too. It is a
> clone of DB2LaTeX.
Please explain in
[Henning Makholm]
> ... Note that I am the upstream author myself. I wrote this tool
> because I need it myself and there seems to be nothing comparable
> available on the net. Then I put some extra work into polishing it up
> for general consumption, because it seemed to be the Right Thing to
> d
[Lior Kaplan]
> * Package name: culmus-fancy
> Description : Type1 Fancy Hebrew Fonts for X11
I understand that the 'culmus' package already exists, and other
packages like 'lmodern' don't follow any particular name convention
either, but could you consider naming this thing t1-culmus-f
[Wesley J. Landaker]
> As described by the upstream website (the rest of this is a quote):
>
> What is sendcard?
> Sendcard is a multi-database (It currently supports 9 different
> databases!) e-card or virtual postcard program written in PHP. Suitable
> for large or small sites, it is very easy
[Steffen Joeris]
> This also means that 915resolution must be run every time the
> computer boots inorder for it's changes to take effect.
its
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
[Mattia Dongili]
> * Package name: acpica-unix
>
> iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine
> Language). This AML is suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system
> firmware. It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes.
The name is a bit silly, IMO. It's not as t
[Paul Wise]
> * Package name: khmer-to-unicode
> * URL : http://www.khmeros.info/drupal/?q=en/download/others
>
> These programs take a plain text file encoded in either of the ABC or
> Limon Khmer legacy fonts and creates a file that is the equivalent in
> Khmer Unicode (UTF-8).
[Thomas Petazzoni]
> Yes, biloba is a turn-based game. It's played around an hexagonal game
> plate. Each player has a certain number of pawns, and the goal is to
> eliminate the pawns of the other players. Each player plays one after
> the other. During each turn, one player can move one of its p
[Thomas Petazzoni]
> Description : A 2-4 players strategic game
>
> Biloba is an abstract strategic game that can be played with 2, 3 or 4
> players. It is possible to play locally or through the network. Biloba
> has an artificial intelligence that allows to play against the
> computer bef
[Arthur de Jong]
> * I'm not sure if I need some statement on the copyrights on the
> generated html files. The css file that is just copied has a BSD
> license.
Generally, output from a program is not considered to be copyrighted.
The templates from which it is built could be copyrighted, an
[Terry Burton]
> > Since this resource is written in PostScript and interpretted
> > within the virtual machine of a printer it is compatible with
> > virtually any operating system and hardware platform.
[Stefano Zacchiroli]
> Is this latter part of your long description relevant to and/or use
[astronut]
> Owner: astronut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In general we encourage package maintainers to have real names.
* * *
So, for future reference, here's a case study in "why you can't just
copy the description verbatim from the website":
> EasyH10 is an open source p
[Florian Ragwitz]
> * Package name : libtest-tap-model
> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/~nuffin/Test-TAP-Model/
I think it's best to follow Perl Policy 4.2 "Module Package Names".
That is, libtest-tap-model-perl. Same for libtest-tap-htmlmatrix-perl.
Peter
signature.asc
Descr
Looks great. Small edits suggested below.
Peter
> Description: A DHCP relay agent.
** DHCP relay agent [no "."]
> Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP
** dhcp-helper [not Dhcp - the real package name is all lowercase]
> and BOOTP broadcasts on d
[Simon Kelley]
> A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
>
> 1) Size
> 2) Kernel requirements
> 3) Configuration
Yeah - this is the sort of thing to include in the long description.
Except somewhat shorter than your email was. Otherwise none of these
things will
[Simon Kelley]
> * Package name: dhcp-helper
> Version : 0.2
> Description : A DHCP relay agent.
> Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP
> and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays
> them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere.
C
[Mathias Weyland]
> The files in the musepack directory are licensed under the LGPL as
> described in README. The original musepack plugins is also licensed
> under the LGPL, so I don't think this is a problem.
OK. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of the licensing
problems I saw before.
[Mark Purcell]
> * Package name: asterisk-sounds-moh
> Version : 20050715
> Upstream Author : Enjoy Elena Kuschnerova and Lev Guelbard
Uh. Who is the upstream author again?
> Description : Asterisk PBX Music On Hold (MOH)
>
> Enjoy Elena Kuschnerova, pianist, and Lev Guel
[Helge Kreutzmann]
> I see that there are interests in adopting this package. If you
> decide against it, let me know.
Yes, I will adopt xsok. Unfortunately I just had a few weeks (just
after I filed the ITA!) where I was mostly away from home, so I did not
have a lot of time to polish and test
merge 234291 234361 315791
thanks
[Mathias Weyland]
> * URL : http://svn.pld-linux.org/svn/bmp-plugins/trunk/
> * License : GPLv2, LGPL
> Description : A set of BMP plugins
When I ITP'd this over a year ago (#234291), it turned out that a lot
of source files had no lice
[Jonas Smedegaard]
> This version builds the newer cpio format initrds, even though the
> stock Debian configuration uses the older format.
By "cpio format initrd" do you mean initramfs?
You may wish to change the package description to talk about initramfs,
rather than initrd, if that's what
[Penny Leach]
> PHP blog with all the common features (comments,track/pingbacks,RSS)
> plus cool extras:Click'n' blog admin,extensible event-driven plugin
> API,easy styling, multiuser,image management,static pregeneration and
> a nifty installer: unpack, open in browser!
So nice to mention how c
[Adam M.]
> Description : a stateful address autoconfiguration protocol for IPv6
> DHCPv6 is a stateful address autoconfiguration protocol for IPv6, a
> counterpart to IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration protocol.
Please specify whether your package provides a client, a server, or
bo
[Sonia Hamilton]
> Package: wnpp
> Followup-For: Bug #304450
> Owner: Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I intend to package grabc.
Please retitle the bug as described in http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou
[Brian Nelson]
> * Package name: qt-x11-opensource
> Version : 4.0 beta 2
> Upstream Author : Trolltech AS
Is there some reason for the "-opensource" in the name? That's a
pretty redundant designation for something in Debian main, don't you
think? I'd probably go with "qt4" or "
[Philippe COVAL]
> * Package name: connect
> Version : 1.93
That's a terrible package name. What will the GNUSTEP people do if
they ever want to package something that manages SMB client mounts?
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
[Julien BLACHE]
> Mail::Verp provides utility functions to encode and decode Variable Envelope
> Return Paths (VERP) addresses, as described by
> http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt.
Unfortunate name - should have been Mail::VERP. Just as we have
Net::SMTP rather than Net::Smtp. I guess that's no
[Luke Reeves]
> I have the initial attempt at a packge at
> http://www.neuro-tech.net/debian/. See also bug #259863, an RFP for
> this software.
You should have retitled that bug, then, instead of opening this one.
Please retitle / merge appropriately.
signature.asc
Description: Digital signat
[Gunnar Wolf]
> * Package name: libuser-identity-perl
...
> The "Mail::Identity" object contains the description of role
So is this libuser-identity-perl or libmail-identity-perl?
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT
[Hanna M. Wallach]
> DidiWiki is a small and simple WikiWikiWeb implementation written in
> C. It is intended for personal use for notes, Todo's etc. It includes
> its own webserver.
Wiki engines and web servers. That's two for the price of one, in the
category "things Debian *really* needs more
[Hanna M. Wallach]
> DidiWiki is a small and simple WikiWikiWeb implementation written in
> C. It is intended for personal use for notes, Todo's etc. It includes
> its own webserver.
Wiki engines and web servers. That's two for the price of one, in the
category "things Debian *really* needs more
retitle 279367 ITA: cplay -- A front-end for various audio players
thanks
[Martin Michlmayr]
> I'd be happy if you'd maintain cplay (and I can sponsor you). The
> onl question I really have is how good your Python is (afaik you
> aren't a big Python fan).
Thanks for the offer - I'm retitling t
I'm interested in co-maintaining cplay. I'm not a DD, and finding room
in my schedule for Debian work has sometimes been erratic, but this is
a package I use and care about a lot.
I investigated the UTF-8 limitation a couple of months ago: the issue
is that python bindings for libncursesw do not
retitle 236384 ITA: bplay -- Buffered audio file player/recorder
thanks
I use bplay; it's useful and shouldn't fall by the wayside.
I'll need a sponsor as I'm not a DD.
Peter
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
I know you have offers for this already, but a friend just pointed out
to me that pppoeconf is up for adoption, and I was interested in
working on it anyway. I'm not a DD, so I would need a sponsor for this
package - maybe you, maybe someone else. I am quite good at shell
scripting, and have don
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Package name: beep-media-player-plugins
Version : 0.2.1
Upstream Author : Artur Frysiak
URL : http://www.t17.ikarnet.pl/~wiget/bmp-extra-plugins/download/
License : GPLv2 [*]
Description : Extra plugins for Beep Media Player
60 matches
Mail list logo
