Re: Etch Software RAID Upgrade Trouble & Suggested Installer Improvements

2007-01-06 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
e cp. Here's how I do it: mkdir 1 2 mount -o ro /dev/hda1 1 # Despite it's already mounted somewhere mount /dev/hdb1 2 cp -avx --preserve=all 1/* 2 # rsync will do as well umount 2 umount 1 -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com

Re: db.debian.org (and related infrastructure) updates

2006-12-31 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
he way they want to, as gender has little to do with biological sex, and there's more than two options for it. What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see some examples. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejo

Re: How can the OS autodetect that a user is a newbie and offer help?

2006-10-17 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
ery time when maintaining a cluster of Debian machines. So, my opinion is: please don't include things like this in default Debian installations. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-findremovable v0.1 (initial release)

2006-10-04 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
tely installed and which have been > automatically installed. Why not just stop using apt-get? aptitude can do everything the same as apt-get and even supports the same command line parameters. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.c

Re: apt-findremovable v0.1 (initial release)

2006-10-03 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
s what you need. However, it's considered obsolete now that aptitude takes care of unused packages. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-24 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
ntial to system operation doesn't sound like a very good idea to me. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian ISOs

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
eal killer though, just > don't use bittorrent as the only method. If only there was some auto-negotiation method like the one HTTP provides for content types: IF the client is able to use bittorrent, THEN use it, ELSE use FTP. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 11522

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
If you disagree, use C. No, I just used C as an example. I'm fine with any language as long as you can write something like "while (condition) action" in it without too much thinking about how this simple thing is done in this language. Python is just OK. -- Alexey Fe

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
with the concept of literal programming. I believe that a good, solid programming style allows to express an algorithm better than paragraphs of prose. (That's just my personal opinion.) -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
H, Debian never was a conservative distro, so all kind of things can be changed. Yes, you're welcome. I've just subscribed to that list, BTW. Mh, I don't have it anymore, of course. If you still do, please bounce it. Done. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [I

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
e? Is anything already implemented, or is it only an idea for now? Is there a reason to start developing a new tool instead of enhancing ifupdown? Can I forward your post to the netconf mailing list? Yes, you're welcome. I've just subscribed to that list, BTW. -- Alexey Fel

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
/ifupdown) which enabled the use of this group and disabled the use of up and down. When a laptop user moves between usual locations, there should be no need to edit /etc/network/interfaces. If you mean adding new locations, there really should be user-friendly tools which do it. -- Al

Re: Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-23 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
n: base, meaning that it shall be frozen [2] and that redevelopment will have to target etch+1. Of course, redesign of ifupdown is too big a thing to be pushed into etch. I wasn't even thinking of that. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.liv

Time to rethink ifupdown

2006-08-20 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
pervisor, then pre-up on the logical interface, then the explicit or built-in actions on the logical interface. The pre-up or post-down actions on the logical interface are never run. When running post-up and pre-down actions on the supervisor, the $LOGICAL variable should be available. The details need to be worked out, of course. For now, I'd love to hear your opinion on the idea in general. If the general direction of ifupdown development is accepted, I can offer my help in both detailed design and implementation. -- Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com

Bug#310048: kicker: sometimes eats 100% CPU after logout from KDE

2005-05-21 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
Package: kicker Version: 4:3.3.2-1 Severity: important Sometimes after I log out from KDE, the kicker remains hanging and starts eating 100% CPU. It doesn't die off even when I log in again, so I have to kill it with SIGKILL. This happens or not happens without obvious reasons, and the probability