Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 22 iun 11, 14:06:13, Aron Xu wrote: > > grub-pc will write MBR every time when triggered, and grub-pc-bin will > not update grub entry after the kernel is updated. - It is weird when > you have grub installed to an alternative place, then you upgrade a > package and it write MBR regardless

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread YunQiang Su
> Maybe what needs to be fixed is grub not writing to your “alternative > place”? > now I installed one Debian Sid/Experimental and an Ubuntu 11.10. I perfer Debian to take control my MBR. But once upgrade Ubuntu, the MBR is taken place, and once then upgrade Debian, it's back. I hate this behav

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On mer., 2011-06-22 at 14:06 +0800, Aron Xu wrote: > > What is your use case for the second behaviour? > > > > grub-pc will write MBR every time when triggered, and grub-pc-bin will > not update grub entry after the kernel is updated. - It is weird when > you have grub installed to an alternative

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On mer., 2011-06-22 at 14:10 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote: > > What is your use case for the second behaviour? > > > The second behavior means that: when update/reinstall grub or > update/install/reinstall kernel will call update-grub but not call > grub-install. Let me rephrase what Ben asked: why

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread YunQiang Su
> On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:33 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote: >> When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug. >> >> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224 >> >> and Colin Watson tell me that it's a new feature. >> Y, it maybe, he tell to install grub-pc-bin only,

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread Aron Xu
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:07, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > More packages means more user confusion.  And the first behaviour is > definitely the correct default, as installing a boot loader package > almost always means you want to install the boot loader in the boot > sector. > > What is your use ca

Re: Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:33 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote: > When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224 > > and Colin Watson tell me that it's a new feature. > Y, it maybe, he tell to install grub-pc-bin only, but t

Whether should grub2 write MBR automatic

2011-06-21 Thread YunQiang Su
When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224 and Colin Watson tell me that it's a new feature. Y, it maybe, he tell to install grub-pc-bin only, but this package has no kernel hook even. Here is my suggestion: m

Re: Bug#629278: ITP: python-sphinx-aafig -- Embedded ASCII art figures in Sphinx documentations

2011-06-21 Thread Margarita Manterola
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Nicolas CANIART wrote: >  So is BOLA a DFSG compliant license or not ? Who is to decide ? >  If not, what should be done with BOLA licensed software packages in main ? This has gone unanswered for a while, I wanted to voice my opinion on the matter. The decision

Re: relationships with GNU as an upstream - call for feedback

2011-06-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Stefano Zacchiroli writes ("relationships with GNU as an upstream - call for feedback"): > In short: if you are maintaining a GNU package [4] in Debian, I'd like > to hear from you. Please mail me comments about your relationship with > GNU as an upstream, whether it is good or bad, and whether yo

relationships with GNU as an upstream - call for feedback

2011-06-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
I've been invited to deliver a speech at the next GNU Hackers Meeting, which will take place in Paris (France) from August 25th to August 28th. The people who invited me are interested in the workflow of patches from final users to upstreams, possibly passing through derivatives, that I've presente

Bug#631211: ITP: jenkins-task-reactor -- Task execution and control framework used in Jenkins

2011-06-21 Thread James Page
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: James Page * Package name: jenkins-task-reactor Version : 1.2 * URL : https://github.com/jenkinsci/lib-task-reactor * License : MIT Programming Lang: Java Description : Task execution and control framework used in

Bug#631210: ITP: jenkins-executable-war -- Library for building executable .war files

2011-06-21 Thread James Page
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: James Page * Package name: jenkins-executable-war Version : 1.22 * URL : http://jenkinsci.org/ * License : MIT Programming Lang: Java Description : Library for building executable .war files Executable war wrapp

Bug#631209: ITP: jenkins-crypto-util -- Jenkins Utility around Java Crypto API

2011-06-21 Thread James Page
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: James Page * Package name: jenkins-crypto-util Version : 1.1 * URL : https://github.com/jenkinsci/lib-crypto-util * License : MIT Programming Lang: Java Description : Jenkins Utility around Java Crypto API Utilit

Bug#631207: ITP: jenkins-test-annotations -- Annotation library for tracking testing in Jenkins

2011-06-21 Thread James Page
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: James Page * Package name: jenkins-test-annotations Version : 1.0 * URL : http://github.com/jenkinsci/lib-test-annotations * License : MIT Programming Lang: Java Description : Annotation library for tracking testin

Bug#631206: ITP: funcdesigner -- Python module for rapid prototyping of functions with AD

2011-06-21 Thread trophime
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: trophime * Package name: funcdesigner Version : 0.34 Upstream Author : Dmitrey Kroshko * URL : http://openopt.org/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: Python Description : Python module for rapid prototyping of fu

Bug#631203: ITP: derapproximator -- Python module for computing derivatives via finite-difference

2011-06-21 Thread trophime
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: trophime * Package name: derapproximator Version : 0.34 Upstream Author : Dmitrey Kroshko * URL : http://openopt.org/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: Python Description : Python module for computing derivative

Bug#631202: ITP: spacefuncs -- Python module for N-dimensional space calculations

2011-06-21 Thread trophime
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: trophime * Package name: spacefuncs Version : 0.34 Upstream Author : Dmitrey Kroshko * URL : http://openopt.org * License : BSD Programming Lang: Python Description : Python module for N-dimensional space calcul