Debian Bug report logs - #290679
gpm: please advertise configure-debian, along with dpkg-reconfigure

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Janek Kozicki <janek@absurd.kozicki.pl>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gpm: please advertise configure-debian, along with dpkg-reconfigure

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 23:50:40 +0100

Package: gpm
Version: 1.19.6-19
Severity: wishlist


I was really pleased to see a message asking me to use "dpkg-reconfigure
gpm" instead of using gpmconfig. But I have found a much better (and
not-enough advertised tool), called configure-debian.

configure-debian  is really under-advertised, since I'm a zealous debian
user for 4 years already (including dualbooting of my machine - 7 years).
And I noticed configure-debian just one month ago :)

Please then modify a message that gpmconfig prints, so that people will
be aware of a really good tool called configure-debian :))

thank you for reading my wishlist bug report ;)


---
I suggest a message like this:

WARNING

  This program is now deprecated, please use "dpkg-reconfigure gpm"
  or "configure-debian" instead. It will be removed in a near future.
  If you want to get the old functionality regardless of this note 
  use "gpmconfig --legacy", but don't rely on it as the main purpose 
  of this program now is to die.

WARNING



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2)

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.4.30.11    Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils                 2.8.4        Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  ucf                         1.13         Update Configuration File: preserv

-- debconf information excluded

Message #10 received at 290679@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>

To: Janek Kozicki <janek@absurd.kozicki.pl>, 290679@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#290679: gpm: please advertise configure-debian, along with dpkg-reconfigure

Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 20:45:58 -0600

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[Janek Kozicki]
> Please then modify a message that gpmconfig prints, so that people will
> be aware of a really good tool called configure-debian :))

Thinking about it.  The thing is, when you know the package name
already (like in this case), configure-debian isn't really an
advantage.  So while I agree with you that it's nice to advertise the
existence of something like configure-debian, I'm not sure if gpmconfig
is a good place to do so.

Still pondering.  Thanks,
Peter

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Message #17 received at 290679-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: 290679-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#290679: fixed in gpm 1.20.3~pre3-1

Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:47:04 +0000

Source: gpm
Source-Version: 1.20.3~pre3-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gpm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.diff.gz
gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.dsc
gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
gpm_1.20.3~pre3.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/g/gpm/gpm_1.20.3~pre3.orig.tar.gz
libgpmg1-dev_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/libgpmg1-dev_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
libgpmg1_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gpm/libgpmg1_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 290679@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> (supplier of updated gpm package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.7
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:13:08 +0200
Source: gpm
Binary: gpm libgpmg1 libgpmg1-dev
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.20.3~pre3-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian GPM Team <pkg-gpm-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Description: 
 gpm        - General Purpose Mouse interface
 libgpmg1   - General Purpose Mouse - shared library
 libgpmg1-dev - General Purpose Mouse - development files
Closes: 61466 147462 160007 191928 225007 290679 430689 431159 431188 431279 431323 431546 431758 431759 431980 432214 433140 433242 433367 440711 446944 446944 447108 447108 455427
Changes: 
 gpm (1.20.3~pre3-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Peter Samuelson ]
   * New upstream version. (Closes: #191928, #147462, #160007, #225007)
     A big thanks to Joshua Kwan for rediffing all the patches:
     - Remove patches obsoleted by new release:
       001_logging_000: superseded upstream
       003_wheel_000, 012_dec_vs_xxx_aa_000: applied upstream
     - Combine 010_ps2_rework_* patches into one, 010_ps2_rework
   * Switch to quilt patch system.  Remove numeric prefixes/suffixes from
     patch names, as ordering in quilt is already explicit.
 .
   [ Guillem Jover ]
   * Backport rediffed patches by Joshua Kwan from experimental branch:
     - debian/patches/002_force_repeat_000: Sync.
     - debian/patches/004_priv_elevation_000: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/005_types_000: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/006_version_000: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/013_xterm_mouse_support_000: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/008_sun_repeat_000: Likewise.
   * Update patches for new upstream version.
     - debian/patches/040_gcc-3.4_fix_000: Remove, superseded upstream.
     - debian/patches/010_ps2_rework: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/010_ps2_compat: New file.
     - debian/patches/007_doc_fix_000: Sync.
     - debian/patches/007_doc_fix_001: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/007_doc_fix_FAQ: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/010_ps2_rework: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/014_has_mouse_control.patch: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/015_libgpm_noverbose.patch: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/030_fd_set_negative_int.patch: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/030_segfault: Likewise.
     - debian/patches/050_dont_link_libcurses: Likewise.
   * Switch Build-Depends from tetex-bin to texlive-base, and add texi2html.
   * Switch to use debhelper scripts instead of manually installing files,
     manpages, docs, info, examples and links:
     - Remove unused INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_SCRIPT and SOMINOR variables.
     - Remove targets binary-gpm, binary-libgpmg1, binary-libgpmg1-dev,
       binary-gpm-real, binary-libgpmg1-real and binary-libgpmg1-dev-real.
     - Make binary-arch depend only on build.
   * Use --print-architecture, instead of --print-installation-architecture
     for dpkg in gpm.config.
   * Debconf templates and package descriptions reviewed by the
     debian-l10n-english team as part of the Smith review project.
     (Closes: #430689, #431759)
     Thanks to Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> for coordinating.
   * Use binary:Version substvar instead of deprecated Source-Version.
   * Remove deprecated gpmconfig.
     - It cannot leave things in a bad state anymore. (Closes: #61466)
     - No point in advertising configure-debian either. (Closes: #290679)
   * Remove debian/vars detritus from quilt switch.
   * Update debian/watch and debian/copyrigth to the new upstream URL.
   * Now using Standards-Version 3.7.3 (no changes needed).
   * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Svn fields.
   * Add Homepage field.
   * Do not use OPEN_MAX anymore as it has been removed from <linux/limits.h>.
     (Closes: #455427)
     - debian/patches/040_no_OPEN_MAX.patch: New file.
   * Do not ignore make errors in 'debian/rules clean'.
   * Add a proper NAME section to gpm-types.8.
     - debian/patches/007_doc_fix_000: Update.
   * Update debian/copyright with new upsream copyright dates.
   * Demote message when the daemon is killed to debugging output.
     - debian/patches/030_daemon_quit: New file.
   * Bump libgpm shlibs dependency to 1.20.0.
 .
   [ Updated debconf translations ]
   * Arabic (Ossama Khayat). (Closes: #431980)
   * Basque (Piarres Beobide). (Closes: #431546)
   * Belarussian (Andrei Darashenka). (Closes: #447108)
   * Brazilian Portuguese (Herbert P Fortes Neto). (Closes: #433140)
   * Czech (Jan Outrata). (Closes: #431188)
   * Finnish (Esko Arajärvi). (Closes: #446944)
   * Galician (Jacobo Tarrio). (Closes: #431323)
   * German (Helge Kreutzmann). (Closes: #431758)
   * Portugese (Rui Branco). (Closes: #431159)
   * Russian (Yuri Kozlov). (Closes: #432214)
   * Spanish (Steve Lord Flaubert). (Closes: #433242)
   * Swedish (Daniel Nylander). (Closes: #433367)
   * Vietnamese (Clytie Siddall). (Closes: #431279)
 .
   [ New debconf translations ]
   * Belarussian (Pavel Piatruk). (Closes: #447108)
   * Finnish (Esko Arajärvi). (Closes: #446944)
   * Slovak (Ivan Masár).  (Closes: #440711)
Files: 
 4dd2a488f5e9b6f4e009139925f8480b 906 misc optional gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.dsc
 68cb0b05c78bbd9fff60d94621c7917e 284844 misc optional gpm_1.20.3~pre3.orig.tar.gz
 17d2ff258b56f9f28d942096b7e450d2 77754 misc optional gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1.diff.gz
 427d90b0ce7183a06a86df898348d6f5 231532 misc optional gpm_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
 585c195a753fef7bcbe3b81be26f8cfe 55674 libs standard libgpmg1_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb
 2880c63de9677e1bce1b2aa91d0c9592 58470 libdevel optional libgpmg1-dev_1.20.3~pre3-1_i386.deb

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