Bug#1003911: RFA: xplanet -- planetary body renderer

2022-08-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
nd if I adtopt it? > >I think one of the first stept would be, to check (and upload) the 1.3.1 >release. Sure, all yours! Have fun. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray

Bug#1014908: ITP: gender-guesser -- Guess the gender from first name

2022-07-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
Edward wrote: >Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> Oh, not *another* package that tries to guess things from names. >> >> Do you have a real use for this package? There are a *lot* of issues >> in this area, and mis-gendering people is not something to risk >> l

Bug#1003911: RFA: xplanet -- planetary body renderer

2022-01-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request an adopter for the xplanet package. I've not had any time to work on the package for quite a while, so I'm hoping somebody else will pick it up. The package description is: Xplanet renders an image of a planet into an X window or a file. All of the major

Bug#1003910: O: xmix -- X11-based interface to the Linux sound driver mixer

2022-01-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I intend to orphan the xmix package. It's way behind the times and likely not very useful for most current systems. I stopped using it myself some time ago, so it's time I let it go. The package description is: This interface to the sound driver mixer allows easy

Bug#1003909: RFA: nas -- Network Audio System - local server

2022-01-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request an adopter for the nas package. I haven't really done much with nas in a while, and it's quiet upstream too. I've no time to work on it any more. The package description is: The Network Audio System (NAS) was developed by NCD for playing, recording, and

Bug#1003908: RFA: dvdtape -- Create DVD master filesystems on DLT media

2022-01-17 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I request an adopter for the dvdtape package. I haven't had a need for this package in a very long time, and I've no time to work on it any more. The package description is: This tool will create the control files needed when mastering DVDs for manufacturing (DDP

Bug#927414: Debian package with SB MS keys?

2019-04-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
better to rely >on another package. > >Rescapp is part of rescatux. https://.supergrubdisk.org/rescatux/ . Hi Adrian, Dann is looking into this in #927414 - let'c sontinue the discussion there maybe? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com

Bug#854504: ITP : node-is-ci

2017-02-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
ine. You're kidding, right? https://github.com/watson/is-ci/blob/master/index.js shows 'use strict' module.exports = require('ci-info').isCI That's it. Is there a reason to think that this utterly trivial wrapper belongs in Debian? Does something else depen

Bug#805268: Adoption of syslinux

2017-02-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
HUP! On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 03:38:29PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: >On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 03:27:49PM +, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: >>On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:52:24PM +0100, Christian Seiler wrote: However we decide to organise things, are you still interested in workin

Bug#844713: ITP: partman-swapfile -- add support for creating swapfiles

2016-11-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
: GPL > Description : add support for creating swapfiles > >I am working on minimising number of partitions used in the default >instalations in Ubuntu. Might I ask why? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Further comment o

Bug#805268: Adoption of syslinux

2016-11-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
py that we can do bugfix uploads, but I wouldn't want to make any updates >to new upstreams before stretch is released (or at least, wouldn't want >those updates migrating to stretch though we could load them into unstable >after the final freeze). Definitely, and thanks for th

Bug#702255: efitools: changing back from ITP to RFP

2016-04-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
(See #702254), which is >>> required to build efitools. If/when sbsigntool is accepted, upload for >>> efitools will follow. >> >> Go on then! > >Since the packaging files are now a bit old, I'm checking them and will >upload it ASAP. Hi Pierre, Would yo

Bug#740548: Retitle (O to ITA) 740548

2014-03-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
retitle 740548 ITA: tbb -- parallelism library for C++ - runtime files thanks Retitling this appropriately for Steve. I'm most likely to be the one sponsoring his uploads, so... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com You raise the blade, you mak

Bug#707112: O: elilo -- Bootloader for systems using EFI-based firmware

2013-05-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:41:47AM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: >Package: wnpp >Severity: normal > >I no longer use this myself, so it's time for someone else to take over. If nobody else steps up I might be persuaded to take this too, but it's not a priority for me. -- Ste

Bug#707113: O: efibootmgr -- Interact with the EFI Boot Manager

2013-05-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
work I'm doing anyway. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "u

Bug#700416: Adopting xplanet

2013-02-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
retitle 700416 ITA: xplanet owner 93...@debian.org thanks -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ

Bug#699117: O: sendmail -- powerful, efficient, and scalable Mail Transport Agent

2013-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal The current maintainer of sendmail, Richard A Nelson (Rick) , is apparently not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package now. Maintaining a package requires time and skills. Please only adopt this package if you will have enough time and attention to work on

Bug#699118: O: uucp -- Unix to Unix Copy Program

2013-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal The current maintainer of uucp, Richard A Nelson (Rick) , is apparently not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package now. Maintaining a package requires time and skills. Please only adopt this package if you will have enough time and attention to work on it.

Bug#699116: O: libpam-ldap -- Pluggable Authentication Module for LDAP

2013-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal The current maintainer of libpam-ldap, Richard A Nelson (Rick) http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed instructions how to adopt a package properly. Some information about this package: Package: libpam-ldap Binary: libpam-ldap Version: 184-

Bug#699114: O: libnss-ldap

2013-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal The current maintainer of libnss-ldap, Richard A Nelson (Rick) http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed instructions how to adopt a package properly. Some information about this package: Package: libnss-ldap Binary: libnss-ldap Version: 264-

Bug#699110: O: batv-milter -- Mail Filter (milter) for BATV signing/verification

2013-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
mail Section: mail Priority: extra Filename: pool/main/b/batv-milter/batv-filter_0.4.0.dfsg-2+b1_amd64.deb Size: 27906 MD5sum: f947d956ed248aa54729d7d06dfa0300 SHA1: 22e7598fc7befb10f8317a6ac0e9871e473211c2 SHA256: 3ad14b210d6e1e2ac6c17a490793ab15d88e113c6a73a49cf260180bb09d4ec5 -- Steve McIntyre,

Bug#691972: smake ITP

2012-11-01 Thread Steve McIntyre
ware to work well in Debian. And Schily is about as hostile as they get. Again, do you have a massive need for smake? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Bug#677230: ITP: adhcp -- DHCP implementation in Ada

2012-06-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 04:33:00PM +0200, Adrian-Ken Rueegsegger wrote: >Hi, > >On 06/12/2012 03:45 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> One question: why? > >Is the question about why ADHCP in general or why ADHCP in Debian? > >If it is the former: the initial motiva

Bug#677230: ITP: adhcp -- DHCP implementation in Ada

2012-06-12 Thread Steve McIntyre
DHCPv4 client (adhcp_client) is D-Bus aware and can be used on most >modern Linux distributions as replacement for other clients such as ISC’s >dhclient or busybox’s udhcpc. One question: why? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Google-

Bug#669648: ITP: hurd-gopherfs -- Gopher virtual filesystem for the GNU Hurd

2012-04-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
l filesystem. The gopher nodes will appear >hierarchically. Gopher? In 2012? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscr

Bug#656794: O: tpb

2012-01-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I've not used tpb in quite a while, so it's time to pass it on to somebody else who may care about it more. There are some bugs open, but nothing serious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Bug#655712: ITP: template -- environment variable expander | simple template tool

2012-01-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
ronment >variables and prints this to stdout. Why do we need this? Does it need to be a separate package for a very simple utility program? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt -

Bug#655712: ITP: template -- environment variable expander | simple template tool

2012-01-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 02:55:06PM +0100, Michael Stummvoll wrote: >On 13.01.2012 14:52, Steve McIntyre wrote: >>Why do we need this? Does it need to be a separate package for a >>very simple utility program? >do you think it has better chances to get in a package like moreutils

Bug#652125: O: mirror -- keeps FTP archives up-to-date

2011-12-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
27;ll take on the mirror package. I'm still regularly using it for sites where other programs just don't work as well / at all... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A st

Bug#643900: RFA: tpb

2011-09-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I don't use tpb myself any more, so I'm not the ideal maintainer for it. Looking for somebody to take over maintenance. Cheers, Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Bug#617578: CVS (was Re: Bug#564195: Please rebuild cvs on all arches)

2011-05-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
that somebody might be caring about it, and it's not me. :-) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky, Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@list

Bug#617578: RFA: cvs -- Concurrent Versions System

2011-03-15 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal Hi, I request an adopter for the cvs package. The package description is: CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike th

Bug#589106: O: seyon -- Full-featured native X11 communications program

2010-07-14 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I intend to orphan the seyon package. I haven't used it in a long time myself, and I don't think it does anything special that's not covered elsewhere. The package description is: Seyon is a complete full-featured modem communications package for the X Window Syst

Bug#568039: ITP: gatling -- a small, high performance http and ftp server

2010-02-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
such file or directory. is not very inspiring... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torval

Bug#485058: O: giftrans

2008-06-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal giftrans needs some loving, and I don't have the time any more. It's an old but still useful program. The best bet is probably to re-package from scratch, which will fix the only outstanding bug (#478385). Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT pr

DPL teams review 2008

2008-04-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
=== Other stuff === That's the list of things I'm hoping to learn more about from this review of teams. Of course, I'm sure there are many other things in Debian that you'd like to ask or tell me about. By all means, talk t

Bug#462833: O: libupnp -- Intel Universal Plug And Play SDK for Linux (development files)

2008-01-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Severity: normal I intend to orphan the libupnp package. The package description is: The Linux SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp) provides developers with an API and open source code for building control points, devices, and bridges that are compliant with Version 1.0 of the Universa

Bug#354174: RFH: nas -- The Network Audio System

2007-09-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
you'd like to get involved. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression: http://www.eff.org/cafe/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#354176: RFH: cvs -- Concurrent Versions System

2006-04-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 10:20:20PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >Hi, > >What is the status of this RFH? Hi Kurt, Zak and I have had some discussion off-list about how to proceed; the debian patches for cvs are now available on alioth to make it easier for a group to maintain the package.

Bug#354177: O: mimedecode -- Decodes transfer encoded text type mime messages

2006-02-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2006-02-23 Severity: normal I haven't used mimedecode myself in quite some time, and I don't have the time to work on it any longer. Hopefully somebody else will have the time to fix up some of the outstanding bugs... -- Steve McIntyre, Cam

Bug#354176: RFH: cvs -- Concurrent Versions System

2006-02-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
/or sponsor uploads where necessary. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pur

Bug#354174: RFH: nas -- The Network Audio System

2006-02-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
gs with another person and sponsor uploads where necessary. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "When C++ is your hammer, everything looks like a thumb." -- Steven M. Haflich signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#290832: ITP: wmaloader -- firmware downloader for Linksys WMA11B media adapter

2005-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
l Free Software), it's possible to run a WMA11B media adapter to play audio from your network without needing any proprietary software installed. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his

Bug#290829: ITP: libupnp -- Intel Universal Plug And Play SDK for Linux

2005-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
runtime libraries; see libupnp-dev for the headers needed for developing programs using libupnp. libupnp is required for another package I'm ITPing - wmaloader. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't keep my eyes from the circling s

Bug#290832: ITP: wmaloader -- firmware downloader for Linksys WMA11B media adapter

2005-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
l Free Software), it's possible to run a WMA11B media adapter to play audio from your network without needing any proprietary software installed. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his

Bug#290829: ITP: libupnp -- Intel Universal Plug And Play SDK for Linux

2005-01-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
runtime libraries; see libupnp-dev for the headers needed for developing programs using libupnp. libupnp is required for another package I'm ITPing - wmaloader. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't keep my eyes from the circling s

Bug#266680: ITP: dvdtape -- Create DVD master filesystems on DLT media

2004-08-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
on DLT media This tool will create the control files needed when mastering DVDs for manufacturing (DDP information, DDPMS information, "lead in") and output them to DLT tape(s) or disk files as desired. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] &qu

Bug#218802: metawire.org took over ytalk.

2004-01-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
ou, as far as I'm concerned, you can take ytalk. And let me >know in case you're interested in the co-maintainance bit. If you're both interested and in the NM queue, I'm happy to let you two decide what you want to do here. Co-maintenance might not be a bad move to start with, but

Bug#218802: Offer for adoption of ytalk

2004-01-05 Thread Steve McIntyre
. Otherwise >I'll start it myself. I haven't, no. Most of what I've been doing has been very simple work, with no real need for version control. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "C++ ate my sanity" -- Jon Rabone pgphtFB1EMRyR.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#218802: Offer for adoption of ytalk

2003-12-20 Thread Steve McIntyre
and sponsoring should not be a problem. Do you have much experience of making Debian packages yet? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#200332: O: netpbm -- Graphics conversion tools

2003-07-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
tpbm, but I wouldn't want to see people pick it up expecting an easy job. We might even be better off dropping the whole package completely, but for the fact that it has quite a lot of dependents. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.[EMAIL PROTECTED] "It

Bug#109219: RFA: xftp -- Athena X interface to ftp

2001-08-19 Thread Steve McIntyre
Package: wnpp I've never really used xftp at all, and I've just had cause to rebuild it after a bug report. The source is full of warnings and I'm not really bothered about maintaining it any more. Anyone? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#89251: RFA: pacman -- Chase Monsters in a Labyrinth

2001-03-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
und and fixed a long-standing bug. License is GPL. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's actually quite entertaining to watch ag129 prop his foot up on the desk so he can get a better aim." [ seen in ucam.chat ] Finger for PGP key