Re: diff utils for translators
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 11:28:49AM -0700, Andre Lehovich wrote: > There are diff utilities to handle this situation: > apt-get install wdiff wdiff-doc Personally I don't like how wdiff formats output. Dunno. The wikipedia.org diff mode seemed fairly good, though. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: suggested change to w.d.o/distrib/floppyinst page
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:39:07PM +0200, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > --- floppyinst.wml.orig 2002-08-26 00:32:38.0 +0200 > +++ floppyinst.wml2003-09-01 13:35:54.0 +0200 > @@ -22,11 +22,19 @@ > href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot#s-boot-from-floppies">\ >installation manual. > > - When the installation process prompts you for the files, choose the > - "Network" method in order to connect to a Debian mirror to fetch the > - files from, as the > + At the "boot:" prompt, press enter, and follow the installation > + instructions in the installation manual. Add a link to the right section, perhaps? > + When the installation process prompts you to choose between CD/Hard > + Disk/Network/Floppy media, choose "Network". I'd replace the second "choose" with "select". > + Connect to a Debian mirror and download the installation files, as > + described in the installation manual, at > href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-system#s-install-os-netfetch">\ > - installation manual also explains. > + this chapter. "at this chapter" sounds wrong. "as described in [this chapter of the installation manual]."? -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: Debian WWW CVS commit by alfie: webwml/english/po bugs.pot
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 08:03:01AM -0600, Debian WWW CVS wrote: > CVSROOT: /cvs/webwml > Module name: webwml > Changes by: alfie 03/09/01 08:03:01 > > Modified files: > english/po : bugs.pot > > Log message: > Add new tags: fixed-in-experimental, fixed-upstream, sarge-ignore > (clean up :/ ) I'm sorry, but why are we translating tag names at all?! Presumably there's a reason, although I can't think of one right now... -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: partners page patch (for all translations so far, too)
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 04:22:46PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Hi! > > Please find attached a patch that fixes the HTML for the recently added > credativ entry for the partners page. > > There is one thing that annoys me a little bit: The tag > defines a non-block command around the input (namely ) which > breaks HTML if you use a block command within the body. > Something that isn't obvious and should be avoided wherever possible. I > don't know of a better solution than to add closing tags and > opening tags where appropirate, though. One has to keep that in > mind when adding block commands (like , , , > and such). What about adding a around the content with a style="font-size:small" attribute? Or can someone say me a browser that 1.) Does not honor the CSS and 2.) Does honor the tag ? I will provide a patch if noone objects. The current solution is really ugly. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/
Re: package of the week
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 06:25:43PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > > Where should we put this? d.o/News/pow and packages.d.o/POW > > have both been suggested. I have no preference. > > I would say debian.org > It's much, much simpler. I would say p.d.o because it's negligibly more to type and would not impose on w.d.o namespace and possibly screw around with scripts that clean it up. We talked about this (but on webmaster alias -- bad Joey, bad! :) already, it's going to be in its own vhost because of the size for mirroring and the cvs module too. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: software patents message on www.debian.org
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:20:19PM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > Hey all. The message about software patents on www.debian.org mentions > september 1 in the future tense. Now that it's passed, the message > should probably be updated. I did that the other day, thanks for the note. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: partners page patch (for all translations so far, too)
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:52:34PM +1000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > > Who put credative on the partners page? and why ?? > > > I added them at the request of tbm. Would you like me to remove > > > them while this is sorted out? > > Right, that was me in my function as DPL. I noticed they were not > listed although they were doing good stuff and asked the webmasters to > add them. I will pass it through [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the future if you > want me to. > > > Well, I probably suffer from some sort of memory problem, but I dont > > remember the partners group discussing Credative. Nor does the > > entry on the debian/partners page say what they have/are doing to > > support the Debian project, as all of the other entrys do. > > Credativ has done lots of work for Debian. They have several Debian > developers on their staff (and do Debian work as part of their jobs), > sponsor CDs and other stuff for LinuxTag regularly, etc. While you > may not be aware of them, they do great stuff for Debian in Germany. > > Sorry about the size of the logo; I didn't check that. Please do pass it through [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the future so that Jim and whoever else is there can check these things before publishing. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: partners page patch (for all translations so far, too)
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:11:36PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Can it be converted from 8-bit/color RGBA (truecolor) to maybe something > like 8-bit colormap (indexed) or such? Everyone says png is sooo much > better than gif, but if you really like to compare png to gif you have to > stick with 8-bit colormap in png to not get insanely big files. I am pretty sure I did indexed PNGs before, and they were always smaller than GIFs. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: Moving /intl/l10n/ scripts from auric to gluck
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:12:18PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > Josip, could you please apply the attached patch? If you prefer > renaming all occurences of unstable.ftp-master in this file, > it is fine with me. Done and done. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
Re: Debian web page- home page
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 09:06:38AM +0800, Saththiyamoorthy Sakthivel wrote: > You mention about "Protect against software patents" at the top of the > page. Isn't that news outdated? Today is 05-sept-2003. Still the news says > about some event on Sept-1. It's been updated a while ago, thanks for the note. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
