28 Jan
2005
28 Jan
'05
5:14 p.m.
Hi,
I just saw the latest list of debian package bugs and noticed the
packages for these apps listed:
Package: icecast-server (debian/main)
Maintainer: Emmanuel le Chevoir <mms(a)debian.org>
292233 [ ] manpage looks not distributeable, as license not adhered
Package: specimen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eduardo Marcel Macan <macan(a)debian.org>
268317 [ + ] [UX] specimen: FTBFS on amd64: cast to pointer from integer of
different size
291252 [ ] [X] specimen: Uninstallable on sid - library dependency does not
exist.
Package: supercollider (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Brossier <piem(a)altern.org>
290339 [ H ] [X] supercollider: [m68k s390 mips sparc arm] FTBFS
Package: swami (debian/main)
Maintainer: Guenter Geiger (Debian/GNU) <geiger(a)debian.org>
279154 [ ] [EX] swami files are in /debian/....
Is anyone here working on fixing any of these? or know someone who is?
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28 Jan
28 Jan
5:26 p.m.
On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 16:10 -0500, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
Hi,
I just saw the latest list of debian package bugs and noticed the
packages for these apps listed:
Package: specimen (debian/main)
Maintainer: Eduardo Marcel Macan <macan(a)debian.org>
268317 [ + ] [UX] specimen: FTBFS on amd64: cast to pointer from integer of
different size
291252 [ ] [X] specimen: Uninstallable on sid - library dependency does not
exist.
Package: supercollider (debian/main)
Maintainer: Paul Brossier <piem(a)altern.org>
290339 [ H ] [X] supercollider: [m68k s390 mips sparc arm] FTBFS
What the hell is FTBFS?
Lee
6:47 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 10:44:19PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
Hallo,
Lee Revell hat gesagt: // Lee Revell wrote:
ah. i wondered about that myself ...
I'm on the fence about whether or not to start figuring out the whole
debian new maintainer process and start down the road toward becoming a
debian developer. I think I could do it, but I'm not sure I would enjoy
learning all of the bureaucracy and jargon.
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What the hell is FTBFS?
Debian jargon for
"Fails to build from source". 
8:29 p.m.
Hallo,
Eric Dantan Rzewnicki hat gesagt: // Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
I'm on the fence about whether or not to start
figuring out the whole
debian new maintainer process and start down the road toward becoming a
debian developer. I think I could do it, but I'm not sure I would enjoy
learning all of the bureaucracy and jargon.
You might also consider to just work on A/Demudi, which has not that
much bureaucracy and Free, the main maintainer, surely would welcome a
helping hand, I suppose.
FTBFS is explained in the Debian Reference Manual, btw, which is
required reading for maintainers anyway. Many critical bug reports in
Debian are of the FTBFS type.
Ciao
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29 Jan
29 Jan
10:39 a.m.
Frank Barknecht wrote:
i don't see any need for a special audio distribution based on debian.
debian itself is fine, the only thing which is missing is a low-latency
2.6 kernel package. how many people are using demudi after how many
years of development? it is a waste of money...
I'm on the
fence about whether or not to start figuring out the whole
debian new maintainer process and start down the road toward becoming a
debian developer. I think I could do it, but I'm not sure I would enjoy
learning all of the bureaucracy and jargon.
You might also consider to just work on A/Demudi, which has not that
much bureaucracy and Free, the main maintainer, surely would welcome a
helping hand, I suppose.
11:37 a.m.
Hallo,
oliver oli hat gesagt: // oliver oli wrote:
i don't see any need for a special audio
distribution based on debian.
debian itself is fine, the only thing which is missing is a low-latency
2.6 kernel package. how many people are using demudi after how many
years of development? it is a waste of money...
Nobody is actually putting any money into Demudi anymore, the phase of
EU funding is over.
Regarding the usefulness of Demudi: In my opinion you are judging a
bit unfair and - without any offense intended - slightly misinformed.
There is a lot of traffic on agnula-users, so it *is* in fact used.
(As is Planet CCRMA) And Demudi is involved at the forefront of a
Debian project called "Custom Debian Distribution", see
http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/ which is creating something like subsets
of Debian for different user groups to overcome various disadvantages
of the fact, that Debian has become a HUGE distribution with so many
packages to choose from, which many user profiles do not actually
need. This is an important development and Demudi offered a lot of
useful, first-hand insight into the problems and advantages such an
approach has. One problem in Debian for example is the known long
release cycle between "stable" versions, which is just not gonna fly
in the audio world, but which is needed in the server world. "Being on
the edge" and just running "unstable" however is difficult because of
dependency hell, it is not recommended for "newbies" and creates a lot
of work for the packagers.
Bottom line: It's a twofold situation: On one hand Demudi is actually
growing to become part of Debian, on the other it is working on
becoming a new kind of Debian.
Ciao
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