la, 2006-02-11 kello 13:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki kirjoitti:
> GSynaptics is a configuration tool for Synaptics touchpad driver
> of X server. Before you use this package, please read
> /usr/share/doc/gsynaptics/README and configure X server properly.
"Properly" is a bad word to use in this context,
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Package name: gsynaptics
Version : 0.9.5
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Takuro Ashie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ikuya Awashiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:08:32PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns writes:
> > That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't good
> > enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a supervisory one.
> Often the role of a Secretary is a ministerial one, and
On 10 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns outgrape:
> That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't good
> enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a supervisory
> one.
The secretary is responsible for running the vote, and also
has the final decision for the form of the
Anthony Towns writes:
> That view, namely "other people may propose ballots that aren't good
> enough, and it's my job to stop that", is precisely a supervisory one.
Often the role of a Secretary is a ministerial one, and which wouldn't
include supervisory elements.
However, Debian is different
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 08:34:53PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On 8 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns stated:
> > Personally, I hope and trust that the developer body are honourable
> > enough to note vote for a proposal they think contradicts the social
> > contract or DFSG; and I don't see much point
On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 13:36 schrieb Neil Roeth:
> > On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> > > and provides manual
On 8 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns stated:
> Personally, I hope and trust that the developer body are honourable
> enough to note vote for a proposal they think contradicts the social
> contract or DFSG; and I don't see much point to all the implications
> that we're not that honourable and need to have
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:31:43AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Incidentally, if I ever become a DD, I *will* immediately propose a GR to
> amend the Social Contract to explicitly allow unmodifiable license texts in
> Debian, since it technically doesn't, but everyone agrees that it should.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:25:10AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > It says how the documents can be superceded or withdrawn; it doesn't
> > say anything about ignoring them outright, or changing the way they're
> > interpreted.
> That's a strawman argument.
> The ballot options are not being ignored.
Package: wnpp
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* Package name: ksmoothdock
Version : 3.6.1
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* URL : http://ksmoothdock.sourceforge.net/
* License : GPL
Description : A cool desktop panel (like KDE's kicke
Nathanael Nerode wrote:
Incidentally, if I ever become a DD, I *will* immediately propose a GR to
amend the Social Contract to explicitly allow unmodifiable license texts in
Debian, since it technically doesn't, but everyone agrees that it should.
I'd welcome someone else beating me to it.
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 07:42:25PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:30:01 +1100,
> Anand Kumria wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
>>> I just realised that the timezone data in glibc is taken from an
>>> upstream database (namely ftp://
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:22:34PM +, Roger Leigh wrote:
> Several folks seem to wish to re-ignite the debate of whether or not
> the changes were "editorial" or not. Whether it was or was not, it's
> now over and done with. This GR is a separate, albeit related, issue.
The changes could onl
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:55:57PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Sorry, but there's a whole new generation of Debian developers here
>> > that simply won't develop anything in perl, just because
Package: wnpp
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* Package name: sdljump
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* URL : http://sdljump.sourceforge.net
* License : GPL
Description : an impro
Hello Rene, hello debian-devel,
Rene Engelhard schrieb am Sat 04. Feb, 10:23 (+0100):
> Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > # prep-deb-files from module-assistant creates the neccessary debian/
> > files
> > -kdist_config: prep-deb-files
> > +kdist_config: prep-deb-files patch-stamp
>
> Not needed. The pat
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This one time, at band camp, Thomas Bushnell BSG said:
>> Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Yes. Because I would trust the developers to see the amendment as the
>> > silly
>> > fraud that it would be, and vote it down. We don't need t
On 2/9/06, Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To impose the 3:1 requirement requires, beforehand, a judgment concerning
> the DFSG. Since no one has found a Secretarial basis for that power, it
> follows that to arbitrarily impose 3:1 supermajorities (when doing so on
> the basis of a
On 2/9/06, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:18:18PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > On 2/9/06, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > As it happens, it says nothing about implicit changes to foundation
> > > documents, or even about having to act in accord with them.
> > Section 4.1.5.3 seems
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:09:40PM +0100, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML and
> provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
>
> Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev package?
> I would
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:36:54PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > [Christopher Martin]
> >> If an issue is highly controversial, then I can think of no better
> >> way of settling it in a way that most developers will accept than a
> >> vote.
Hi,
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:09:40PM +0100, Hendrik Sattler wrote:
> Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev package?
> I would prefer PDF:
> * one file only
> * easy to print
> * many viewers available
>
> I would rather not build all three as this is a definit
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 10:33:12AM +0700, namth wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to build a glibc 2.3.2-95.27 but I don't know what to do Could you
> tell me to build it?
(resisting the temptation to say "Namth, Build it!")
I'll try ...
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html, 6.13 and 6.14
Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 13:54 schrieb Lars Wirzenius:
> This has been discussed a long time ago and there is a policy decided.
>
> >From the Policy Manual:
>
> 12.4 Preferred documentation formats
>
> The unification of Debian documentation is being carried out via
>
Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 12:36 schrieb Daniel Leidert:
>> Am Freitag, den 10.02.2006, 12:09 +0100 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:
>> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
>> > and provides manual build targets for PDF,
pe, 2006-02-10 kello 07:36 -0500, Neil Roeth kirjoitti:
> On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> and
> > provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
> >
> > Is there any preference on which t
Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 12:36 schrieb Daniel Leidert:
>> Am Freitag, den 10.02.2006, 12:09 +0100 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:
>> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
>> > and provides manual build targets for PDF,
On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 07:36 -0500, Neil Roeth wrote:
> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> and
> > provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
> >
> > Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev
> package?
> > I would
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Norbert Preining [Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:57:20 +0100]:
>
>> HI all!
>
> Hi,
>
>> When I go to
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=info
>> it tells me
>> ... to the source package texinfo's bug page ...
>
>> But when I go to
>>
Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 13:36 schrieb Neil Roeth:
> On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> > and provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
> >
> > Is there any preference on
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Quoting Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > That was a 3:1 majority out of 200 voters, considering that Debian
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_004
> >
> > There were exactly 909 developers including active, MIA and inactive
On Feb 10, Hendrik Sattler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML and
> provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
>
> Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev package?
> I would pre
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes:
>
>> On Feb 09, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone come forward and said "I was deceived by GR 2004-03"? I
>
>> Yes, multiple people did. HTH.
>
> Who? I can't recall any. Ca
Am Freitag, 10. Februar 2006 12:36 schrieb Daniel Leidert:
> Am Freitag, den 10.02.2006, 12:09 +0100 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:
> > I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML
> > and provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
> >
> > Is there any preference on wh
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:55:57PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Sorry, but there's a whole new generation of Debian developers here
> > that simply won't develop anything in perl, just because perl looks
> > too complex and cryptic to us. N
Am Freitag, den 10.02.2006, 12:09 +0100 schrieb Hendrik Sattler:
> I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML and
> provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
>
> Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev package?
Why don't you mo
Hi,
I about packaging a library that ships an API reference in docbook SGML and
provides manual build targets for PDF, PS and HTML.
Is there any preference on which type should be included in the -dev package?
I would prefer PDF:
* one file only
* easy to print
* many viewers available
I wou
This one time, at band camp, Thomas Bushnell BSG said:
> Christopher Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Yes. Because I would trust the developers to see the amendment as the silly
> > fraud that it would be, and vote it down. We don't need the Secretary's
> > protection, believe it or not.
>
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:31:43AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Well, maybe the people who mislabeled the "everything is software" vote
> > as an "editorial change" and deceived many other developers should have
> > tought about this.
>
> This is an old canard.
>
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 02:55:57PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Sorry, but there's a whole new generation of Debian developers here that
> > simply won't develop anything in perl, just because perl looks too
> > complex and cryptic to us. N
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:02:01AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:16:43PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > > Quoting Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > > Well, maybe the people who mislabeled the "everything is software
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 09:31:55AM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > That was a 3:1 majority out of 200 voters, considering that Debian
> > > counts almost 1000 developers and considering that many pros are
> > > convinced they have been deceived.
> >
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:06:25AM -0200, Fernando Ike de Oliveira wrote:
> * Package name: gerwin
please note that gerwin has been renamed to ferret to avoid legal
problems (erwin trademark).
cu robert
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Quoting Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > That was a 3:1 majority out of 200 voters, considering that Debian
> > counts almost 1000 developers and considering that many pros are
> > convinced they have been deceived.
>
> > Extremists are a minority but a very lound minority as usual which ma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Maybe we could suggest another "editorial change" and revert to the
> previous wording (not everything is software)
>
> Uh ?
Wouldn't help, as I noted elsewhere. "Debian is 100% free software" doesn't
actually leave any room for non-software in Debian. The previous
Am Mittwoch 08 Februar 2006 09:51 schrieb Chandan M. C.:
> I have installed on my system..
> But I didnt get excat procedure to build a live cd with my own root
> file system ( may the host root file system) ...
hi,
try livebackup
regards
rudi
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Quoting Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:16:43PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Quoting Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > Well, maybe the people who mislabeled the "everything is software" vote
> > > as an "editorial change" and deceived many other develo
> On Feb 09, Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The binutils package generates part of its documentation from header
> > files in order to get the structures and constants right. The headers
> > are GPLed, the compiled documentation is under the GFDL. For this
> > relicensing to hap
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