I just had an idea reading a thread in at.linux discussing about
xhost:
Wht about a package that contains the following commands (yet to be
written):
xuseradd # Add's the user to the x group
xuserdel # Deletes the user from the x group
The package would have an config file where it lists all
The tpctl packages still haven't been relocated. Is there
some holdup?
Thomas
On Mon, 28 Aug, 2000 at 21:49:04 +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 12:04:32 +1200 (+), Michael Beattie wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 04:21:21PM -0400, Thomas Hood wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
Previously John Goerzen wrote:
> Incidentally, I have debconfized the following:
>
> base-passwd
I'm quite sure I told you I wouldn't merge that until after the potato
release. I also notice you didn't file the patch as a wishlist bugreport
which makes it a bit harder to find..
Wichert.
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 09:26:57PM +0200, Karsten Tinnefeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> > So we'd have GUI tools for:
> > - /etc/network/interfaces
>
> > http://gaby.netpedia.net/pics/Screenshot_GUI_tools.jpeg
>
> Looks very nice, but at the moment there is just looks without any
>
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 03:16:26PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> - package information queries (a la apt-cache)...maybe this should be
> integrated with a GUI package manager frontend (is gnome-apt still alive?)
I think it would also be interesting to integrate
Florian Hinzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to fix an old problem with my Debian system (woody)
> today, but failed.
An old problem with a quite old answer: German-HOWTO
You'll find this in doc-linux-text and doc-linux-html packages.
Tscho
Roland
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> On 04 Sep 2000, Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not quite. The FHS briefly mentions *System V's* runlevel 2 and
> > 3 (along with Berkley's multiuser state). It does not specify
> > anything about runlevels for Linux or any other OS.
Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:
> O
> So we'd have GUI tools for:
> - /etc/network/interfaces
> http://gaby.netpedia.net/pics/Screenshot_GUI_tools.jpeg
Looks very nice, but at the moment there is just looks without any
intellicence. If having some gui it should transparently (display
resulting configurations) provice choices lik
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 06:24:28PM +0200, Frederic Peters wrote:
> GUI tools. [some will respond here with "we don't want those users" and I
> won't agree. This flamewar already happened. GUI tools doesn't mean you
> have to use them. blah blah blah.]
>
> Something else we'd need is an option in
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 05:04:10PM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> as already i said, on woody everything runs well. i could not recompile
> php4 debian sources on my potato since they look for apsx for creating
> apache modules and, as far as i searched, i couldn't find it.
The apxs program is
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 06:24:28PM +0200, Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
[anecdote snipped]
> So I drew the conclusion that what Debian needs for those users is simple
> GUI tools. [some will respond here with "we don't want those users" and I
> won't agree. This flamewa
> I have been working on a project to bring aolserver and perl
> together for the past 2-3 weeks, and it has passed what I
> consider to be all its proof-of-concept stages: with the
> preliminary code I have written, an aolserver
> which receives a request from a browser can respond by
> runni
> I hope this isn't necessary.
> (you can disable this in bash, but then some other stuff (legitimate control
> chars) breaks, and since I only type umlauts on the command-line very
> occasionally, it wasn't worth the effort to fix)
right, sorry, there was some resource I forgot to mention.
Th
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:28:42AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> I hope you mean you code would like like:
>
> if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
> do_configure
> fi
>
> the double '==' is a bash-ism not supported by POSIX shell.
>
at the moment i don't even check for $1, i completely ig
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 08:00:12PM +0200, Miros/law `Jubal' Baran <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> 5.09.2000 pisze Florian Hinzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> [symptomata snipped]
>
> Let me ask you one question: how did you set the `locale' variables
> (LANG, LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE and anot
Hi,
(please NOTE crosspost. I presently think discussion should take place on
-devel for awhile then move either to -perl or to a web-based list; I'm
open to suggestions on this.)
I have been working on a project to bring aolserver and perl together for
the past 2-3 weeks, and it has passed what
> I started coding proof of concepts thingies; they should be in my home
> directory on master (~fpeters/, is this accessible from http ?) soon.
Also available on http://va.debian.org/~fpeters/
[CMP] alternatives-0.1.tar.gz 05-Sep-2000 09:0296k
[CMP] debnetconf-0.1.tar.gz 05-Sep-2000 09:
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:22:41PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>
> > If the package is in 'non-free', you don't even need the
> > sources. IMHO (but IANAL), for a package to get in 'main', you HAVE
> > TO be able to compile it
5.09.2000 pisze Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> possibly, but the author goes as far as to output time in roman numerals and
> what not. I am not up on gettext, but I was under the impression you could
> not
> run code to get the output.
Oh, package it. We have ddate for Discordians
By all means sign me up.
Incidentally, I have debconfized the following:
magicfilter
postfix
base-passwd
libpaperg
libpaper
I did the first three about a month ago and sent the patches to the
maintainers. None have yet integrated it. The last one I did just
recently and sent in the patch, but
[CCed to:
debian-java, where this thread originated
the wnpp bug for Enhydra
debian-devel, to get broader input on source packaging issues
Please trim CC list as appropriate]
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:55:48PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> If the package is in 'non-
On 03-Sep-2000 Peter Makholm wrote:
> "Christian T. Steigies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> What does it do?
>> It has the same functionality as the date (1) program, only... It
>> has it in grammatically correct latin.
>
> Couldn't this be done with gettext and the normal date coma
Hi,
The holidays are now over and I spent them showing GNU/Linux systems
to NT administrators. Some were as dumb as my old VT320 terminal but
most were interested. I showed Debian but also other distributions
(that I installed for the first time in most cases) and I have to say
that Debian was not
5.09.2000 pisze Florian Hinzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[symptomata snipped]
Let me ask you one question: how did you set the `locale' variables
(LANG, LC_MESSAGES, LC_CTYPE and another LC_* companions)? I can type
umlauts without any problems, under console and X (having pl_PL locale
set, which me
At 07:40 PM 9/5/00 +0200, Bart Schuller wrote:
What frustrates me is that there's software that's
- useful
- free
- legal (at least for quite a few millions of people)
but not officially available for Debian.
I understand fully that using the name "non-US" for patent-encumbered
software is wrong. H
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Russell Coker wrote:
> I would like to transfer several files at a time to enable usable throughput
> through slow web caches. Is there any way this can be done? If not can this
> feature be added?
If I recall it isn't too hard, but it isn't there specificly to prevent
yaho
[this is debian-devel, where we don't Cc unless explicitly asked]
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 05:24:12PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The policy says about non-US:
>
> 2.1.5. The non-us server
>
That's in the context of "how to categorize a package", not a list of
Debian mach
>>"Adrian" == Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adrian> The non-US server is only for packages that include
Adrian> cryptographic program code.
Adrian> non-US has NOTHING to do with patents or other restrictions
Adrian> on the use of the packages. You are even allowed to use these
Ad
Why a new zsh was introduced in potato-proposed-updates ? It's not
compatible with thw previous version...
I thought potato-proposed-updates was just about severe bugfixes...
Phil.
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 05:48:17PM +0200, Samuel Hocevar wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000, Brian Almeida wrote:
> > Skipstone is a GTK+ webbrowser that uses mozilla's embed features. It is
> > similar to galeon only it is pure GTK+, no GNOME. The author asked me to
> > make packages of it, and I hav
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
New versions of ispell-fi (binary packages wfinnish and ifinnish)
have three sizes for the spelling dictionary: small, medium and large.
Their differences are in the number of words and word forms recognized
and in the disk space and memory requirements for ispell.
Brian Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mozilla was relicensed under the GPL...
Not quite, as I understand it: Mozilla is *in process* of being
relicensed under GPL. All contributors have to be contacted to
verify agreement first.
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:42:56AM -0400, Peter Teichman wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:03:07AM -0400, Brian Almeida wrote:
> > Skipstone is a GTK+ webbrowser that uses mozilla's embed features. It is
> > similar to galeon only it is pure GTK+, no GNOME. The author asked me to
> > make packa
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000, Brian Almeida wrote:
> Skipstone is a GTK+ webbrowser that uses mozilla's embed features. It is
> similar to galeon only it is pure GTK+, no GNOME. The author asked me to
> make packages of it, and I have uploaded it into Debian. It is placed under
> the GPL. See http://ww
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:03:07AM -0400, Brian Almeida wrote:
> Skipstone is a GTK+ webbrowser that uses mozilla's embed features. It is
> similar to galeon only it is pure GTK+, no GNOME. The author asked me to
> make packages of it, and I have uploaded it into Debian. It is placed under
> the
Scripsit Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Then why do we have DSFG #8 `License Must Not Be Specific to Debian'
> if there is no Debian?
There *is* a Debian. But it's not a legal *person*, it's a *work*.
It is possible to write up a license that says, for example, that
copies of program X
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Bart Schuller wrote:
> > The problem is not "patents", it's that this particular patent also
> > applies in Germany, meaning we can't distribute from non-us either.
>
> Yes we can, but not to or from Germany. Non-US is in The Netherlands,
> which doesn't have software patents
David Starner schrieb:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> > > my main server is potato. is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> > > there if they are destined for woody? should i start b
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:10:49AM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> The problem is not "patents", it's that this particular patent also
> applies in Germany, meaning we can't distribute from non-us either.
Yes we can, but not to or from Germany. Non-US is in The Netherlands,
which doesn't have softw
> > When typing german umlauts my system behaves
> > inconsistent:
> > When typing in xterm|gnome-terminal windows they
> > don't appear. Some chars do beep, but none of the
> > umlauts appear.
The following code in your .bashrc should cure this, see stty(1):
if tty -s
then
stty pass8
fi
Y
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:06:38PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Sep 05, Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >If it was legal for lame to be distributed with debian, I can tell you now,
> >it would be in the archive overnight. - But it isnt, so it wont.
> We have pandora for that, a
> > There's no legal difference between "Debian" and "people who recieve
> > it from us". [Legally, there's no such entity as "Debian".]
> >
> > Nor is there a difference from the viewpoint of our social contract.
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:35:49AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Then why do we
Skipstone is a GTK+ webbrowser that uses mozilla's embed features. It is
similar to galeon only it is pure GTK+, no GNOME. The author asked me to
make packages of it, and I have uploaded it into Debian. It is placed under
the GPL. See http://www.muhri.net/skipstone/ for more info.
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what to say more?
i'm developing keysign.php, which is the php scrip that manages debian key
signing coordination page (http://oink.cc.ntu.edu.tw/~cklin/signing/).
keysign.php is pretty finished and functioning, at least on woody. but
chuan-kay lin, the server administrator of oink.cc.ntu.edu.tw,
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Florian Hinzmann wrote:
> When typing german umlauts my system behaves
> inconsistent:
>
> In most X programs they appear fine (i.e. Netscape, several
> mail clients, XEmacs, ..)
>
> When typing in xterm|gnome-terminal windows they
> don't appear. Some chars do beep, but no
Raul Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 01:26:53PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > That to me says Debian has permission to re-distribute our modified
> > version, but that people who recieve it from us do not, unless they
> > too ask permission ("We do expect and appreciate..."). Non-free
On 05 Sep 2000, Andreas Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Today, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Do most mail readers have the same command line interface? Perhaps,
> > but I really doubt that news readers do.
*scratches* Uhm, right, I haven't thought about that *damnit* It
sou
Hi
Will it be a kde2 for potato or only for woody?
Ofcourse assuming that KDE2 will be out before woody.:-)
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Hi!
I tried to fix an old problem with my Debian system (woody)
today, but failed.
When typing german umlauts my system behaves
inconsistent:
In most X programs they appear fine (i.e. Netscape, several
mail clients, XEmacs, ..)
When typing in xterm|gnome-terminal windows they
don't appear. So
Today, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do most mail readers have the same command line interface? Perhaps,
> but I really doubt that news readers do.
Not even mail readers do, AFAIK. Console readers have the mail(1)
interface to stick to, but if it comes to an x MUA...
It would reall
Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2000-09-06
Severity: wishlist
gpppkill is a small GTK+ program which displays a graph of ppp link usage
and also has options to kill pppd after a specified time of low link usage,
or after a given amount of time.
License is GPL.
-- System Information
Debian
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:29:32AM +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote:
> I believe the infamous "aalib" affair actualy came out of a wishlist
> bugreport submitted to them by a user; the then frozen potato aalib was too
> low a version to meet all the helix dependencies. This meant people like me
> had to
Just read on Linuxtoday.com that trolltech will
license QT under the GPL. Guess the 'river was
lowered' instead of 'raising the bridge' (old Jerry
Lewis movie title) so KDE can now go in main for
Woody, right?
=
Amateur Radio, when all else fails!
http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze
Debian Gnu Linu
On Sep 05, Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If it was legal for lame to be distributed with debian, I can tell you now,
>it would be in the archive overnight. - But it isnt, so it wont.
We have pandora for that, and I remember Wichert agreed to this use.
What still needs to be done to
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 12:52:51PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Now there doesn't seem to be an alternative for the MUAs or the NUAs.
> I'd really like to have that in there so that packages like pinfo or
> muttzilla (just for an example) could work "out of the box" without
> needing to twitch w
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:03:56AM +0200, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
> Saved to "branden.asc" and 'gpg -d branden.asc' results in
>
> gpg: CRC error; 72a653 - dc372a
> gpg: quoted printable character in armor - probably a buggy MTA has been used
>
>
> Well, I was able to "repair" and read it.
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Michael Beattie wrote:
> It was meant as a joke... so go ahead :)
That's why I did not really complain about it ;-)
> Im not sure why he encrypted to you though.
Yeah, I also thought that you should have received this ;-))
(because you asked for it, that is)
Ulf
Hi all
I am going to vacation for the next 3 weeks, so if there is anything wrong with
one of my packages (pptpd, logcheck, mkinitrd-cd) then please feel free to do
NMUs.
best greets,
Rene
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Previously Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> I just need to find out whether kdelibs reports to kdebase during compile
> time whether it was built against ssl or not...
With the current dpkg-shlibdeps it will since kdelibs will pull in the ssl
libraries and ldd will report that. Provided that you link kon
Hi!
Today I stumbled across my .muttrc and found that I've hardcoded the
pager (w3m ;) and the editor (vim :) into it. On the other hand I find
the alternatives-mechanismus really useful so I changed it to pager and
editor which works really fine.
Now there doesn't seem to be an alterna
I've started making debian packages of the latest galeon CVS trees
available over at:
http://silverchair.futureks.net/~solomon/galeon/
The 0.7.3 deb available there has been slightly enhanced as well, see the
changelog.Debian.
Potato users will probably want to read
http://silverchair.futureks.n
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> Description: ODBC tools libraries
> Binaries and libraries from the unixODBC package.
> COMPONENTS:
> .
> 15. libodbcpgsql.so (driver for PostgreSQL)
How does it correspond to the current ODBC driver of PostgreSQL?
> 18. isql(cmd line too
>> Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> and sent patches to XFree86 a long time ago, but the patch was
> ignored, and Dirk Hohndel basically told me I was an idiot for
> doing so, because it might unexpectedly terminate the server in the
> quite common case of four X session logins i
Ok...I leave for an extended weekend and Troll get's freaky on me! :)
Since I've been basically doing this unofficially for almost 2 years now working
with Stephan Kulow who was the maintainer/developer and who has since passed
it on to me due to time and the fact he's not running woody and all...
Description: ODBC tools libraries
Binaries and libraries from the unixODBC package.
COMPONENTS:
.
1. libodbc.so (ODBC Driver Manager)
2. ODBCConfig (GUI Setup using libodbcinst.so)
3. libodbcinst.so (ODBC Installer/Setup)
4. odbcinst(cmd line UI for libodbcinst.so)
5.
Description: C++ and IDL Source Documentation System
KDOC creates cross-referenced documentation for C++
and CORBA IDL libraries directly from the source.
Documentation can be embedded in special doccomments
in the source.
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http://snowcras
On Mon 04 Sep 2000, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> Nondevelopers do not have access to the away information in db.d.o.
Ugh. They _are_ presented with a form where the "on vacation" box can
be checked, and the subsequent search simply returns "0", no errors
explaining that this info can't be retr
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 01:19:08AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 08:54:25AM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> > > Um, why send such a message to a widely-read mailing-list?
> >
> > As a joke...
>
> Im damned curious..
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> If possible, your package should depend on packages in potato only.
> Then users won't be forced to install other unstable packages,
> just to try out your package.
What if your package won't compile against the libraries in wood
> I don't either--but that is not the point. The point is that the U of
> W has actually threatened to sue the FSF for distributing a modified
> version of a program that was released under the same words.
Personally, I'm still in the process of confirming this.
I hope that the U
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:53:12AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
>
> >
> > in the meantime I'll work on splitting off 2 seperate packages..1 with
> > ssl and 1 without.
> >
>
> It may be easier just to build it twice, once with SSL and once
> with
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 11:54:05PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Software has bugs, it's a fact of life. New software is more likely to
> > have unknown bugs that affect more people. What makes the Helix packages
> > so nice is the turnaround time for fixes. I don't know how they do it,
> > but th
Joseph Carter wrote:
> Software has bugs, it's a fact of life. New software is more likely to
> have unknown bugs that affect more people. What makes the Helix packages
> so nice is the turnaround time for fixes. I don't know how they do it,
> but they do.
Maybe they have a dinstall delay of le
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
>
> in the meantime I'll work on splitting off 2 seperate packages..1 with
> ssl and 1 without.
>
It may be easier just to build it twice, once with SSL and once
without. That's what I'm going to do.
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On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:44:06AM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
>
> > KDE2 is doing alot with ssl stuff...konqueror, kmail, etc...kdelibs builds
> > against libssl so it's in non-US.
> >
>
> Can you do a non-ssl version too for main? Otherwise Amer
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> KDE2 is doing alot with ssl stuff...konqueror, kmail, etc...kdelibs builds
> against libssl so it's in non-US.
>
Can you do a non-ssl version too for main? Otherwise American CD
manufacturers aren't going to be able to include it and therefore the r
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 04:06:49PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> > packages into unstable. Helix is too stable for unstable, and too unstable
> > for stable.
>
> Not exactly true, as Helix Gnome is usually more cutting-edge than
> unstable Gnome.
In my experience, it's had a bug report to fix tur
> >
> > Still in incoming... dont look at me :)
>
> I looked again, and http://incoming.debian.org still doesn't show it.
> The only things I can think of is that RevKrusty removed the packages
> himself (to upload versions that don't worry about the QPL-GPL
> problems), or some terribly freaky
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:20:05PM +0200, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> Hugues Marilleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Who is going to ITP kde ?
> >
> > I'm dreaming about an "apt-get install kde" ...
> >
> Rather task-kde ;-) (SCNR)
>
already have one. :)
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On 04 Sep 2000, Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Not quite. The FHS briefly mentions *System V's* runlevel 2 and 3
> (along with Berkley's multiuser state). It does not specify anything
> about runlevels for Linux or any other OS.
O.k., you're right - it was on linuxbase.org. Which we su
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:53:30PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:29:44PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> >
> > I looked again, and http://incoming.debian.org still doesn't show it.
> > The only things I can think of is that RevKrusty removed the packages
> > himself (to
> ""Jürgen" == "Jürgen A Erhard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"Jürgen> *If* there's some *valid* reason not to store something
"Jürgen> in a *root-readable* DB, make it put it somewhere else.
"Jürgen> In the end, it *gets stored anyway.
Not always the case.
eg consider a package f
> "Arthur" == Arthur Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Arthur> apt-move uses rsync to update it's Packages, and it's a
Arthur> real improvement over the sledgehammer method.
Correction: "apt-move [potato version] uses rsync to update it's
Packages [...]".
As of woody, this is no longe
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you a new debian developer, looking for some packages to maintain?
> If so, this list is for you. I need to drop some of my simpler packages
> to make way for other work. All of the below are up for adoption -- just
> mail me. Otherwise, I will continue to
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 08:08:33PM +0200, happ wrote:
> enough said
>
> http://www.trolltech.com
>
> now we can move the ftp://kde.tdyc.com/pub/kde potato kde2 contrib
> back home
>
> WE WON !
No, we didn't win. Neither did KDE. Troll Tech won this license war. It
looks like the rest of us w
[you don't have to CC me on messages to debian-devel]
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:49:26PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:36:00PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > lab == lots of people == lots of NCD xterms == lots of quick logins to the
> > > DEC Unix server at the b
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:29:44PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
>
> I looked again, and http://incoming.debian.org still doesn't show it.
> The only things I can think of is that RevKrusty removed the packages
> himself (to upload versions that don't worry about the QPL-GPL
> problems), or some ter
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:48:36PM -0300, Rogerio Brito wrote:
> But I'd really love to see an MP3 encoder in Debian. On the
> other hand, we now have Vorbis (players, plugins for XMMS and
> encoders) on woody, so the situation is alleviated.
If it was legal for lame to be distri
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:36:00PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > lab == lots of people == lots of NCD xterms == lots of quick logins to the
> > DEC Unix server at the beginning of a lab... sheesh
>
> Quick logins don't trigger the termination of the server.
>
> It's a login, followed by an i
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 06:32:10PM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> No, it was just an observation of a coincidence that my twisted mind
> found amusing. :)
Yes, I suppose it was amusing :)
> Away put your flamethrowers! I mean you no harm!
I didnt have it out :)
--
M
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a) You just made some changes in X that caused it to lock up the display.
>Magic sysreq got you out alive, but now you would like to boot to a
>console to fix it.
> b) Your monitor blew up. You've got a replacement on hand, but it won't
>work
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:53:32PM -0300, Rogerio Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
> > Of course the other problem is the code not yet being optimised (and
> > I'm not complaining but..) and bogging down my poor P133.
>
> Unfortunately, I have no experience here with older proces
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:48:36PM -0300, Rogerio Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
> But I'd really love to see an MP3 encoder in Debian. On the
> other hand, we now have Vorbis (players, plugins for XMMS and
> encoders) on woody, so the situation is alleviated.
I t
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 10:25:23AM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 05:05:09PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> > > No, I can understand that. - that exact circumstance would occur in our
> > > University computer science lab. Regularly too, I might add.
> >
> > I take it this
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 04:05:27PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> > He already uploaded kdelibs, I didn't see if it was installed.
>
> I was wondering what happened to it? It didn't appear in the
> archives, it wasn't moved to REJECT or DONE, it just disappeared.
> I was wondering if there was some
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 01:29:02AM +0200, Tom Cato Amundsen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> > i'm a new maintainer, and maybe this is better directed at -mentors,
> > or maybe it's in the docs somewhere...if so, just point me that way,
> > please.
> >
>
On Sep 04 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> lame/vorbis works alright. The problem I'm facing is lack of a good CLI
> ogg player.
See the ogg123 package in woody. It works perfectly well with
my potato.
> Of course the other problem is the code not yet being optimised (and
> I'm no
On Sep 04 2000, John O Sullivan wrote:
> I'm surprised that lame hasn't been packaged already. Was it
> discussed and rejected previously?
Well, there aren't official packages AFAIK, but, for instance,
I have a reasonably well-made package of lame 3.86beta and I
intend to s
On Sep 04 2000, Peter Allen wrote:
> All vorbis tools are very young, and as most work goes into
> libvorbis the encoder is missing some features and has a few
> unwanted features Lame is mature, and although I haven't
> checked out the ogg encoding bit of lame I guess it has more
> supported
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 07:19:11PM +, michael d. ivey wrote:
> i'm a new maintainer, and maybe this is better directed at -mentors,
> or maybe it's in the docs somewhere...if so, just point me that way,
> please.
>
> my main server is potato. is it "bad" for me to be building packages
> there
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