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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you for all the tips Mélodie :-)

I'll look at the links in your previous mail ...

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-09-29 17:55, meets@xxxxxx skrev:
> Hi,
> 
> I also know a Debian dev who can occasionnally be a sponsor. Anyway, when the time
> comes, when "sitting" regularly on the #debian-mentors chan can help find one, while
> asking help, asking questions, talking about the project.
> 
> The first part would be to get through all the docs, links, and help from the
> debian-mentors people, so to be able to first present a package done with the Debian way,
> once uploaded to the Debian mentors repository, and also once the program installed and
> checked working for Debian equally, (just a detail, right? ;-) ) and among other things,
> walked through the Lintian warnings.
> 
> Best regards,
> Mélodie
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:42:05 +0100
> Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Nio,
>>
>> a begging email to Julien may help. He is aware of the application and may
>> be able to assist in finding you a sponsor :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>> On 29 September 2014 13:41, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Israel,
>>>
>>> I'll try ...
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>>> Den 2014-09-29 14:26, Israel skrev:
>>>> Hi Nio,
>>>> You have to contact the upstream.  For Ubuntu you have to talk with
>>>> Debian and propose your package.
>>>> You have to send an RFP e-mail (Request for packaging).
>>>> https://wiki.debian.org/RFP
>>>> If Debian packages it, Ubuntu will bring it into the repos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/29/2014 07:17 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>>>> Hi again,
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I have uploaded mkusb version 9.0 to the stable PPA
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it will work well. After all the testing, most bugs should be
>>>>> squashed :-P
>>>>>
>>>>> Now to the next item: How to get mkusb into a real repository?
>>>>>
>>>>> Do *you* know anything about that process?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Nio
>>>>>
>>>>> Den 2014-09-20 21:25, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>>>>> Hello everybody,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have made mkusb more user friendly, and I think that it is quite
>>>>>> convenient now to make USB pendrives. It is described at this link
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/v9
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This method works well for me, so I want to share it. As shown in the
>>>>>> attached file, mkusb copies / flashes / clones the Lubuntu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> utopic-desktop-i386.iso
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to a USB 3 pendrive in a USB 2 port in 21 seconds :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PPA would be the preferred method to install mkusb for Ubuntu, maybe
>>> for
>>>>>> Debian and Linux Mint and other Ubuntu and Debian based distros and
>>>>>> re-spins, but the method described at
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb/v9#from_phillw.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>> works also for Knoppix, Mageia, Fedora and openSUSE. To make it
>>>>>> convenient, the installers (corresponding to apt-get) are called and
>>> pv,
>>>>>> xterm and zenity installed automatically. The scripts at phillw.net
>>> can
>>>>>> also uninstall mkusb; 'money back' if you are not satisfied ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -o-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mkusb is tested (and tweaked to work) in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu} {12.04 LTS, 14.04 LTS, 14.10}
>>>>>>          with PPAs for these versions (precise, trusty, utopic)
>>>>>> Bento
>>>>>> Bodhi
>>>>>> Debian Wheezy (and 9w)
>>>>>> Knoppix 7.4 (needed treatment with isohybrid)
>>>>>> Linux Mint
>>>>>> LXLE 12.04.3
>>>>>> LXLE 12.04.4 revisited 32-bits (needed treatment with isohybrid)
>>>>>> Mageia 4.1 Gnome Live and installed (needs a legacy desktop file)
>>>>>> ToriOS alpha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mkusb works with simpler display in 'legacy mode' (without colours and
>>>>>> other html features, where Zenity lacks the --html option) in
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fedora 20 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141802
>>>>>>
>>>>>> openSUSE 13.1 - https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896674
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Use mkusb 7 alias mkusb-nox or mkusb 8 in distros, where zenity does
>>> not
>>>>>> work at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mkusb 9 is tested with the following iso files / distros, which can
>>>>>> (only) be installed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clonezilla
>>>>>> Kolibri (mkusb works but does not identify the distro)
>>>>>> Ubuntu mini 14.04
>>>>>> Webconverger
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -o-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. Please help me decide if mkusb version 9.04 is mature enough to be
>>>>>> copied to the stable PPA :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. When are we ready to abandon mkusb version 8 (used in ToriOS now)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>> Nio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Den 2014-09-06 14:31, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mkusb version 9.0 is uploaded to Phill's server and the unstable PPA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Improvements *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - File selection dialogue only via zenity (when graphical
>>> environment).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Cosmetic improvements: I try to make the colour scheme as consistent
>>>>>>> as possible given the limitations of zenity. The menu lists have no
>>>>>>> colour, only shades of grey. I use the icon colour in the final
>>>>>>> confirmation windows. The blue colour which is standard in dialog is
>>>>>>> abandoned. The read warning colour is still there, of course :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Extended help with a separate help menu. There is even a quick link
>>> to
>>>>>>> the wiki page. I call the default web browser with the normal user id
>>> to
>>>>>>> avoid browsing with superuser id (a security issue).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -o-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This version will be described at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and will be possible to download from
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but is also available from our PPA, that was set up by
>>>>>>> Jörn. He taught be how to use it one week ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> will install the stable version mkusb 8.5.4
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> will install mkusb 9.0
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This version takes a greater leap: separate versions for
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> GUI mode: mkusb
>>>>>>> txt mode: mkusb-nox
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This avoids some complicated logic and makes the code smaller. I
>>>>>>> guess 95% of the users will prefer the GUI version, but the text
>>> version
>>>>>>> is good for servers and for users who do not want eye-candy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please test either or both of
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mkusb version 9.0 and mkusb-nox
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>> Nio
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
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