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a rather active week, although most of my uploads were (again!) either packages prepared by others or packages where I just applied existing patches from the BTS.

• #524102 – libsubtitleeditor0: "libsubtitleeditor0: missing Replaces: subtitleeditor"
  add missing Breaks/Replaces and upload to DELAYED/2
• #591976 – src:libjifty-plugin-chart-perl: "libjifty-plugin-chart-perl: does not build swf files from source"
  upload repackaged package prepared by bremner (pkg-perl)
• #593014 – src:libpoe-api-peek-perl: "FTBFS: test t/03-event.t fails with libpoe-perl (2:1.2920-1)"
  upload new upstream release prepared by periapt (pkg-perl)
• #593027 – src:solr: "solr: FTBFS: lib/lucene-core-2.9.2.jar Missing"
  untag squeeze
• #597180 – valgrind: "valgrind: Man page misbuilt on i386"
  add missing build dependency and upload to DELAYED/2
• #598070 – src:libdevel-cover-perl: "libdevel-cover-perl: FTBFS (powerpc): Test 37 fails"
  manual versioned close, the new version builds again (pkg-perl)
• #598249 – pacemaker: "unable to install pacemaker heartbeat"
  close: affects backports and not reproducible
• #599251 – liblatex-driver-perl: "FTBFS: waits for user input at "latex path [/usr/bin/latex]""
  uploaded fixed package prepared by carnil (pkg-perl)

in case you haven't seen it yet: there will be a BSP at the Mini DebConf Paris at the end of october. .

diocles' blog post reminds me that it's time again for some more RCBW propaganda. – so here are the RC bugs I've worked on in the last two weeks:

• #574624 – dibbler-client: "dibbler-client: after removing package with dselect impossible to purge it."
  apply patch to init script, upload to DELAYED/2
• #578403 – mysql-proxy: "DAEMON=".." in initscripts points to"
  fix init script (patch from BTS), upload to DELAYED/2
• #589582 – eucalyptus: "eucalyptus: FTBFS with upcoming Hibernate 3.5"
  add a comment to the bug report
• #595839 – verilog-mode: "verilog-mode: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'emacs22'"
  add emacs23 as first alternative in B-D-I, upload to DELAYED/2. later cancelled
• #595876 – multiboot: "multiboot: FTBFS in squeeze: rm: cannot remove `debian/multiboot/usr/share/info/dir': No such file or directory"
  remove potentially created file unconditionally, upload to DELAYED/2
• #597409 – tk707: "tk707: install-info installed leads to /usr/share/info/dir.gz in built package"
  rm /usr/share/info/dir.gz in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2
• #597411 – ssed: "ssed: install-info installed leads to /usr/share/info/sdir.gz in built package"
  rm /usr/share/info/sdir.gz in debian/rules, upload to DELAYED/2

which RC bug are you going to tackle today?

dear nokia,

if I want to import an .ics file into your /usr/bin/Calendar (sic!) & you just tell me "Invalid calendar file" – that's not helpful & reminds me of microsoft.

if you – after I fix some encoding problems & other calendaring applications accept the file (btw: they also helped me to find these issues by useful error messages) – still tell me "Invalid calendar file" it gets really annoying.

if I finally find out – with trial&error – that your calendar imitation chokes on VEVENTS that use DTSTART + DURATION because you expect DTSTART + DTEND — then one of us hasn't understood rfc 2445.

is it only me who sees a strong negative correlation between size of corporations & cluefulness?

update 1: seems I was rather annoyed yesterday.

update 2: that's probably maemo bug 10218.

thanks to Lucas' recent archive rebuild & bug filing we have new stuff to work on :) my activities in the last week:

• #567241 – libbuffy-perl: "fails after binnmu"
  apply patches from ntyni and upload to DELAYED/2
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  send a mail to -close after it finally builds again (pkg-perl)
• #592620 – time: "time: FTBFS in ubuntu due to nonexistent build dependency"
  upload NMU prepared by carnil to DELAYED/5
• #594503 – liblunar-1-0-dbg: "liblunar-1-0-dbg: empty package"
  tell dh_strip about the -dbg package and upload to DELAYED/2
• #595473 – gobby-0.5: "does not depend on dbus"
  close the bug as #595480 is fixed
• #595836 – enscribe: "enscribe: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'libgd-dev'"
  switch order of real/virtual package in Build-Depends and uploaded to DELAYED/2
• #595837 – libproxy: "libproxy: FTBFS in squeeze: pacrunner_mozjs.c:33:19: error: jsapi.h: No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595845 – namazu2: "namazu2: FTBFS in squeeze: Nonexistent build-dependency: 'tk8.3'"
  fix build-dep and upload to DELAYED/2
• #595850 – gjs: "gjs: FTBFS in squeeze: modules/console.c:53:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595871 – freej: "freej: FTBFS in squeeze: make[5]: *** No rule to make target `./Makefile'. Stop."
  tag unreproducible, close later
• #595876 – multiboot: "multiboot: FTBFS in squeeze: rm: cannot remove `debian/multiboot/usr/share/info/dir': No such file or directory"
  tag unreproducible

I thought it's about time to write a short report on my RC bug squashing activities again; nothing spectacular, but maybe it motivats others *hint*

• #558272 – libdate-calc-perl: "Date::Calc::Decode_Month(): argument is not a string"
  upload package prepared by ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  more mails to the BTS (pkg-perl)
• #590652 – src:megahal: "megahal: build depends on obsolete Tcl/Tk 8.3"
  sponsor QA upload prepared by ansgar
• #591111 – src:libdbd-sqlite3-perl: "libdbd-sqlite3-perl: FTBFS: failed tests"
  upload package prepared by carnil with a patch from ntyni (pkg-perl)
• #591678 – greylistd: "greylistd-setup-exim4 causes excessive callouts and cause the server to be blacklisted"
  add a comment in the BTS
• #592506 – libtest-harness-perl: "libtest-harness-perl: Serious regressions in 3.20-1 solved in upstream Git, probably blocker for stable"
  propose removal from testing (pkg-perl)
• #593145 – chrony: "chrony: fails to configure on installation"
  fix init script and upload to DELAYED/2, later cancelled on maintainer's request
• #594708 – emerillon: "emerillon: FTBFS due to librest transition 0.6 -> 0.7"
  tag and comment on the BTS
• #596257 – libanyevent-perl: "libanyevent-perl: architecture specific constants in an arch:all package"
  upload as arch:any, analysis by ntyni (pkg-perl)

long time no RC bug posting. in july I was at the Munich BSP, & during DebCamp/DebConf I had the excuse of being one of the judges of the RCBC (which was the only reason for the freeze, I'm sure :)).

to keep up with the tradition of posting about my other RC bug activities, here comes a short list. as you can see most of the work was done in or around the pkg-perl group; luckily I often only have to upload packages prepared by ansgar, carnil, & others.

• #560634 – src:libparse-debianchangelog-perl: "libparse-debianchangelog-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload NMU prepared by Ansgar
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  use different backends for different architectures - didn't work :/ (pkg-perl)
• #580479 – libdbd-mysql-perl: "libdbd-mysql-perl can access out of string and call craches"
  upload new upstream release, prepared by Ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #582410 – libgtk2-perl: "libgtk2-perl: FTBFS on mips: Failed test 'callbacks encountered'"
  don't run tests that need an X server (pkg-perl)
• #585471 – webgui: "webgui: License of www/extras/yui/examples/treeview/assets/js/json.js is considered non-free"
  upload new upstream release prepard by SquOnk
• #588118 – libmoose-perl: "libmoose-perl [ia64]: test failures"
  upload with patch from Niko (pkg-perl)
• #590409 – src:libdbd-anydata-perl: "libdbd-anydata-perl: FTBFS: Can't call method "params" on unblessed reference at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI/DBD/SqlEngine.pm line 721."
  upload NMU prepared by Ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #590453 – libgtk2-perl: "libgtk2-perl: Gtk2::Dialog and descendents signal produces different response to ->run()"
  upload new version prepared by Jeffrey (pkg-perl)
• #591108 – src:jabref-plugin-oo: "jabref-plugin-oo: FTBFS: package org.antlr.runtime does not exist"
  add .jar to classpath
• #591113 – src:libwebservice-youtube-perl: "libwebservice-youtube-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload fixed package prepared by carnil (pkg-perl)
• #591120 – src:libhtml-formfu-perl: "libhtml-formfu-perl: FTBFS: failed test"
  upload fixed package prepard by carnil (pkg-perl)
• #591166 – src:nama: "nama: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload new upstream release prepared by ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #592981 – src:jifty: "FTBFS: failed tests t/TestApp-Plugin-SetupWizard/t/001-basic.t with libyaml-syck-perl 1.12-1"
  upload patched package prepared by ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #593012 – src:libdevel-ebug-perl: "FTBFS: test t/pad.t fails with libyaml-syck-perl 1.12"
  upload patched package prepared by carnil (pkg-perl)

I hope we as a project can keep up the momentum to fix the remaining RC bugs, & see a release in a not so far future.

I spent the last two days at the BSP in Munich – thanks to everyone for inviting & feeding me, & especially to Stefan for hosting me again!

Unfortunately the weather was not good enough for an excursion to a Biergarten but the local chefs at the LiMux office delighted us with self-made spaghetti salmone & self-rolled sushi, & we spent quite some time behind our laptops.

The main results can be seen on the wiki page; my personal conclusion is that the list of remaining RC bugs contains mostly "hard stuff" (e.g. architecture-, hardware-, or desktop-specific bugs). Probably some packages will need to be kicked out of squeeze & some bugs might get a squeeze-ignore tag ... – To put it positively: I have a gut feeling that the freeze is getting closer :)

finally I bought my airplane tickets. at cheaptickets.com & for the first time in my life in USD :)

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Leave Sunday, July 25, 2010

British Airways 951 Economy  |  Airbus Industrie A320 (320) |  2hr 5min |  575 miles
Depart: 12:55pm Munich, Germany  Munich Franz Josef Strauss (MUC)
Arrive: 2:00pm London, United Kingdom  London Heathrow (LHR)

British Airways 189 Economy  |  Boeing 777 (777) |  7hr 45min |  3458 miles
Depart: 3:35pm London, United Kingdom  London Heathrow (LHR)
Arrive: 6:20pm Newark, NJ  Newark Liberty Int'l (EWR)

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Return Saturday, August 14, 2010

British Airways 186 Economy  |  Boeing 767 Passenger (767) |  7hr 15min |  3458 miles
Depart: 10:55pm Newark, NJ  Newark Liberty Int'l (EWR)
Arrive: 11:10am London, United Kingdom  London Heathrow (LHR)

British Airways 952 Economy  |  Airbus Industrie A319 (319) |  1hr 55min |  575 miles
Depart: 12:45pm London, United Kingdom  London Heathrow (LHR)
Arrive: 3:40pm Munich, Germany  Munich Franz Josef Strauss (MUC)

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to start with the good news: christine has joined the RCBW initiative – yeah! let's see who joins next ...

as usual, a short overview about my own attempts in the RC bugs department:

• #580106 – libclutter-1.0-0: "empathy: fails to start on armel"
  grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #583465 – src:clutter-1.0: "clutter-1.0: FTBFS: ERROR in annotation: can't find parameter n_properies referenced by parameter values of 'animatev'"
  test, add a comment to the BTS, grab patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #583648 – zoneminder: "package removed, processes still running"
  apply patch for debian/postinst from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #585410 – nagios3-cgi: "nagios3-cgi: Missing conflict with nagios3 v3.0.6-4~lenny2 (/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nagios3/extinfo.cgi_"
  add Replaces/Breaks and upload to DELAYED/2, later cancelled on maintainer's request; later fixed by a maintainer upload based on my patch
• #587830 – libnet-sftp-foreign-perl: "libnet-sftp-foreign-perl: causes script to fail silently with exit code 0"
  add missing dependencies (pkg-perl)

again, a short overview regarding my RC bug activities:

• #462810 – liballegro4.2: "liballegro4.2: alsa plugin doesn't work with many sound cards"
  apply patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2
• #535260 – libdbd-oracle-perl: "Does not work anymore with instantclient 11.1"
  upload new upstream release prepared by JuNix (pkg-perl)
• #573078 – gtkvncviewer: "Doesn't start without gnome-keyring"
  add missing dependency and upload to DELAYED/2
• #576463 – pulseaudio: "pulseaudio: Support tmpfs /var/run"
  investigate and add a comment to the BTS
• #578458 – src:libcoro-perl: "libcoro-perl: FTBFS: E: Caught signal 'Terminated': terminating immediately"
  more trial-and-error "debugging" (pkg-perl)
• #581552 – vtun: "vtun: want ipv6 support"
  apply patch from BTS and upload to DELAYED/2 (later downgraded to wishlist but I left the NMU with maintainer's permission)
• #583072 – libgnupg-perl: "libgnupg-perl: Hangs on test"
  fix unrelated packaging problem and upload the patched package (pkg-perl)
• #583463 – src:libmoosex-types-structured-perl: "libmoosex-types-structured-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #583985 – upse: "upse: FTBFS against audacious 2.3"
  grab patch from Ubuntu and upload to DELAYED/2
• #584377 – src:libtest-valgrind-perl: "libtest-valgrind-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  add comment to the BTS and tag (pkg-perl)
• #584391 – src:libdbix-class-perl: "libdbix-class-perl: FTBFS: tests failed"
  upload new upstream release prepared by Ansgar (pkg-perl)
• #584910 – ftp.debian.org: "RM: libgtk2-sexy-perl -- ROM; obsolete, no rdeps"
  RM (pkg-perl)
• #585468 – jifty: "jifty: license of */share/web/static/js/json.js is considered non-free"
  replace non-free json.js with a free alternative (pkg-perl)
• #585744 – zoneminder: "zoneminder: FBTFS (sid cowbuilder chroot, i386)"
  file new FTBFS bug