Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-28 Thread Brian Wolfe
breaks too frequesntly. :) On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:09:54AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Wolfe) writes: > > > Actualy, I believe that the mkisofs maintainer should have seen that a > > new option was created and notified the maintainers of anything t

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-27 Thread Brian Wolfe
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 04:24:06PM +, Mark Brown wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 04:14:46PM +0200, Juha J?ykk? wrote: > > > I wonder how this could happen in the first place: if CDRToaster > > depended properly on mkisofs version <= whatever, then upgrading > > mkisofs should remove CDRToas

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-27 Thread Brian Wolfe
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 11:07:20PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On 26 Dec 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > Um, if it doesn't work for the version of mkisofs in woody, then it is > > a critical bug as far as woody is concerned. > > That may be true. But someone who has potato installed, and

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
l/fringe stuff thats poping up) On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:22:42PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 03:49:11PM -0600, Brian Wolfe wrote: > > Instead of many new packages, why not make people pick up the orphaned > > stuff, and find replacements or adopt p

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
Ok, here is something to look at. How many NEW packages are there in the last 2 months? How many of them could have been saved for later due to an alternate allready existing? How many don't add a whole lot of value to debian? Instead of many new packages, why not make people pic

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
It's a normal bug at the minimal. I couldn't get CDRToaster to even do a simple burn of a single directory! So I think the bug description would be more like "CDRToaster has failed to follow the evolution of mkisofs's command line parameters. As a result many fetures that CDRToaster purp

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:43:53PM +, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:57:17AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > As debian "caught up" on versions, CDRToaster became > > increasingly buggy. The last modification that I saw to it over > > a year ago was to let it s

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
ly Ture Open Source distro out there that I know of. #3 It started with a noble goal in mind, and started with an attitude of quality. If not, then where the hell did the idea of apt-get and dpkg come from!?! #4 Pick-o-the-week application ability. More than one editor, browser, filemanager, g

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
s in Debian, not packagers that go > their merry way leaving the distro littered with outdated and often broken > crap. Aye, and I as a user will wave my Clue Bat(tm) as forcefully as required and as frequently as required at developer heads that I have contact with that don&#x

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
at worst IMHO. > > > Have a nice (redhat|mandrake|windowsXP) day > > Pf Ack! EVIL! It's still Debian Woody for me. :) I'm not giving up just yet. -- Brian Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Down to earth computing!" TerraBox.comFingerprint: 2849 5090 D4E0 2A6C C648 A750 52F8 8504 67DB 205C

Re: An alarming trend (no it's not flaimbait.) (fwd)

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Wolfe
Duly chastined. :) I discovered a few minutes ago (thanks to a friend that is d-d) that I can in fact join the debian-devel list. So I am now lurking to read and reply. :) I'll reply in a few minutes to the other email. :) Brian