Re: Bug#1104169: wish: adduser _radvd on new installs

2025-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 10:29:07PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 10:18:46PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > --- a/debian/radvd.init > > +++ b/debian/radvd.init > > Where is the corresponding change in the systemd unit? Work in progress, https://bu

Re: Is it worth spending more time on adduser?

2025-04-27 Thread Geert Stappers
from > (adhoc) maintainer scripts to declarative configuration. > > Now these also often use (automatically generated) maintainer script > fragments, but it seems to be a step towards having no maintainer scripts > one day. For what it is worth: I use `adduser` outside maintainer script. I think I'm not alone in that. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Bug#1104169: wish: adduser _radvd on new installs

2025-04-26 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 07:20:38PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 05:26:33PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Package: radvd > > > > Wish: Do `adduser _radvd` on new installs. > > Actual: Make it possible to increase Standards-Version. >

Re: Reconsidering Debian’s Inclusion of Non-Free Firmware - A Call for Discussion

2025-03-11 Thread Geert Stappers
thing to get the holy installer, is to (start to) building it. Groeten Geert Stappers Debian Developer, Voted for 'Lets stop with telling "With the non-free-firmware ISO would have your install through WIFI succesed"' -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Using GitHub directly from inside Emacs

2025-02-09 Thread Geert Stappers
f the contribution process. +1 for the "What you do not wish to be done to yourself, do not do to another." > - Otto Groeten Geert Stappers > [1] https://magit.vc/ A Git Porcelain inside Emacs > [2] https://magit.vc/manual/forge.html Forge allows you to work with Git forge

Re: A 2025 NewYear present: make dpkg --force-unsafe-io the default?

2024-12-27 Thread Geert Stappers
quot;, but not with "Debian only works on BTRFS". Yeah, it feels wrong that dpkg gets file system code, gets code for one particular file system. Most likely I don't understand the proposal of Julian and hope for further information. > Cheers, > Hakan @Hakan, please made reading in the discussion order possible. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Program request.

2024-11-22 Thread Geert Stappers
on order. So take in extra time for understanding programm flow order. > > > Thanks and have a great day. You are welcome. I do love to educate^Wcluebat unaware mailinglist posters before breakfast. Please, pretty please, do reply below previous text. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: It makes no sense to link vmlinuz and initramfs to the root directory

2024-11-11 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 02:14:34PM +0800, kindusmith wrote: > In early Unix, boot and vmunix were both stored in the root directory as > programs, and boot was used to start vmunix. Debian inherited this for > compatibility, but the situation has changed a lot. Today, boot is stored in > the root d

Re: salt removed from mirror

2024-08-09 Thread Geert Stappers
8-14, although the Debian > > LTS subproject plans to provide limited security maintenance for an > > additional 2 years.) > > > > smcv > Thx, I'm aware I'm on oldstable here, but replacing old systems is > sometimes not as fast as I'd hope it'd be ;) Yes, there is (sadly) some consensus that somebody else should do it. Thing that makes me wonder is how to appreciate those that take care of salt-stack in Debian. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Mini-DebConf in Cambridge, UK - October 10-13 2024

2024-06-28 Thread Geert Stappers
e to expect (or require?) > > cryptographic signatures from DDs in mailing list discussion. We may > > eventually reach a point where AI can fabricate those as well, but that > > seems to not be possible yet. > > This time around we don't need to overcomplicate things given we know > it is his establihed pattern to come up with false identities trying > to smear sh*t on DD's noses. > Advice for those who are unaware of trolls: Do known that such energy sucking creatures exist and avoid them. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: xz backdoor

2024-03-29 Thread Geert Stappers
to be taken on Debian. > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1515519/accepted-xz-utils-561really545-1-source-into-unstable/ Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

main-dev

2023-11-10 Thread Geert Stappers
us to keep with the pace of upstream. What would be needed to catch-up? Regards Geert Stappers [0] to complete the list, additions welcome. [1] Also for building and reproducible rebuilding -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Regarding: Package name discord ITP: discord a modern voice & text chat app

2023-07-03 Thread Geert Stappers
gt; > I've never heard that Discord was Free Software. > > > Of course it isn't. > > > > Not yet. > > Hello Andrey, With 'We can do better' is meant Stop attacking community members In case this message feels as an attack, then I might h

Re: artwork for bookworm?

2022-10-27 Thread Geert Stappers
gt; > Paul > who is *not* going to do that. > Time will tell if someone stepped forward or that we just re-used an existing design. Regards Geert Stappers [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/ReleaseTeam/ReleaseCheckList/BookwormCheckList [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-desktop/2022/

Re: Bug email is not getting to me

2022-09-25 Thread Geert Stappers
server? > P.S. This has been happening for months if not years. It's just that I > haven't been motivated to ask the question until now. So the change might be "fresh". > P.P.S. I don't subscribe to any debian lists, so it is appreciated to > directly cc me in replies. You are welcome Groeten Geert Stappers Runs his own mail server -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: how about telegram channel

2022-07-20 Thread Geert Stappers
of being > > usable). > Shouldn't this have gone to -curiosa instead? > Please lead by example. Groeten Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: how about matrix channel, it is available

2022-07-19 Thread Geert Stappers
> > (as well as being open and free). Its hard to see Signal inter-operating > > to others. As tech evolves, we need to stick to principles of being open > > in the sense of federation, not being centralized. > > There is the Debian Social [1] Matrix instance at > https://element.debian.social. You can sign in with Salsa. Many of the > Debian IRC channels are bridged and collected in the > #debian:matrix.debian.social space. > Nice Groeten Geert Stappers [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Another workflow for Rust Was: Rust libraries left broken

2022-04-11 Thread Geert Stappers
aging currently sub-optimal" has been seen. Then interpret it as "no need to add more fuel to the flame war". It is up to us for how long we let cool this down. The cooling down is important for getting a constructive mindset. As in "frustration will block finding a solution". I

Bug#992692: link

2022-03-30 Thread Geert Stappers
iHTH https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008652

Bug#1008652: mirrors must support also HTTPS in order to be considered official

2022-03-30 Thread Geert Stappers
to make more clear that the wish is about **adding** another transport protocol, not about **switching** transport protocol. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Debian has gone to great lengths to implement package distribution security which doesn't really depend at all on transport layer encryption.

Re: access forbiden salsa.debian.org, Back in Business

2022-03-02 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 01:55:52PM +, Philip Wyett wrote: > On Tue, 2022-03-01 at 15:24 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > Hi Phil (and everyone) > > > > On 2022/03/01 15:10, Philip Wyett wrote: > > > Thank you for the terse response. The two examples i.e. micronews and the > > > infra list do

Re: uscan roadmap

2021-12-02 Thread Geert Stappers
the user (us, debian maintainers) what is happing is a better approach. Especial when the redirector can explain the 500 is due problems with the actual upstream website. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: uscan roadmap

2021-12-01 Thread Geert Stappers
removal of bare Disable all site specific special case code such as URL redirector uses and page content alterations. from the uscan code and uscan manual page (they are in /usr/bin/uscan ) The goal is to have documented that there are extra components being used. Av

Re: Future of /usr/bin/which in Debian?

2021-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 07:56:05PM +, Clint Adams wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 09:48:29PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > } } I'm happy to transition /usr/bin/which to alternatives > > Which alternatives would that be? > > I meant > > update-alternatives -

Re: Future of /usr/bin/which in Debian?

2021-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
g all of these. > Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: merged /usr considered harmful

2021-07-17 Thread Geert Stappers
he PoV of Debian’s package manager. > Running usrmerge breaks assumptions done by dpkg; you can probably > do it with RPM or something, but it’s not supported with dpkg. Hence a change. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Reconsider sending ITP bugs to debian-devel: a new list?

2021-06-14 Thread Geert Stappers
"let's see what people are up to". I think we would lose many reviews with a "weekly digest". Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: How to commit a new architecture like RISC-V

2021-05-20 Thread Geert Stappers
you are stakeholder, express that that you are aware of the mutual benefit of having another instruction set architecture added. So yes, there is a limit for the software version of gcc and glibc. It most be recent. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian

2021-03-30 Thread Geert Stappers
the path to knowledge; it has no place in the > endeavor of science. > -- Carl Sagan > Regards Geert Stappers [1] includes reference to a simular account name -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Anyone willing to package a new file browser?

2021-03-08 Thread Geert Stappers
er is looking for https://wiki.debian.org/ITP Answering the question: Yes, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=984757 Groeten Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: New service: https://debuginfod.debian.net

2021-02-28 Thread Geert Stappers
id bring us, Debian, so far. That it also did made us leaving network silence and other "good things", is something we have to deal with. Methods, ideas and opinions on the "how", please in a fresh thread. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: GSoC 2021

2021-02-07 Thread Geert Stappers
ussion. As in: No need to say sorry for missing announcement that missed their audience. > Kind regards > Aditya Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Making Debian available - Testing iso download

2021-02-05 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 04:21:42PM +, Paul Sutton wrote: > Would it be possible to make it easier to find the ISO for the next release It is work in progress and the process is called "Doing a release".

Re: Making Debian available, non-free promotor

2021-01-27 Thread Geert Stappers
ree up firmware, we'd probably have figured out a > way to pay that right away without even spending time doing additional > fund raising. I do read that as "Lets figure out the other options" Regards Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Making Debian available

2021-01-23 Thread Geert Stappers
uld you maybe consider telling it in a way that doesn't make us > look like we want to have a gap between our own members on each and > every topic please? Requests on how to tell about a gap, will NOT close that gap. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: +1 (Re: Making Debian available)

2021-01-23 Thread Geert Stappers
ry well said, thank you! > Yes, we have to embrace firmware blobs. No for accepting Binary Large OBjects, but for accepting hardware. When we are not customers of hardware that "needs" blobs, we are not in a position to negotiation about it. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Firmware awareness Was: Making Debian available

2021-01-18 Thread Geert Stappers
why we have this project.) We, the Debian project, are fully aware of how odd firmware blobs are. What to do with the awareness is yet unknown. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Making Debian available

2021-01-15 Thread Geert Stappers
they install as that's the only option we provide. > > > > And those people usually react by taking their choice and install ... > > > > > > ... a different distribution. > > > > Do we want this? > > Yes, hardcore FSF fans shouldn't influ

Re: Making Debian available, non-free promotor

2021-01-12 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 05:14:14PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2021-01-12 16:36 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 02:48:22PM +, Dan Pal wrote: > >> Hello Debian Developers, > > > > Hello World, > > > > > >> I

Re: Making Debian available

2021-01-12 Thread Geert Stappers
s 10. Seen the "I think it could be better", not yet seen the "how" Please elaborate the improvement. > Sincerely, > Dan Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: one more for the road

2020-12-23 Thread Geert Stappers
st too. Let go, let go > Still, nobody knows what your actual problem is. Aim for common interests > Are you trolling? In case of doubt on trolls: Stop feeding them Regards Geert Stappers @Richard: Heb je ergens begin januari een mogelijkheid om naar https://jitsi.debian.s

Re: im am fed up and we go beyond it

2020-12-22 Thread Geert Stappers
et. Echter niet zeiken. Inderdaad Richard, het is je gelukt om wat negatieve energie los te krijgen. Weet dat het aan jezelf is om met goede vragen te komen. In http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html de lange versie. Of ik boos ben? Dat is niet belangrijk. Belangrijk is dat wij o

Re: CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu release cycles

2020-12-10 Thread Geert Stappers
am not aware of any such FC/FCoE hardware (not just the > network adapters, but also the storages). Acknowledge on that problem. Do know that it can and must be solved by wallet. So do talk with your purchase department. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: ik wil meedoen en een antwoord van een menselijke e-mail accoutn ?

2020-11-22 Thread Geert Stappers
t forward > Groeten, > Richard Waterbeek > Nederland Regards Geert Stappers Internet -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Split Packages files based on new section "buildlibs"

2020-11-11 Thread Geert Stappers
; think the reference to upstreams doesn't help with the definition of the new > section. The thing we should aim for, the thing I'm aiming for, is that software developed in any programming language can be distributed by Debian. User point of view: `apt install foo` Debian policy p.o.v. `apt-get source foo` > Matthias > Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: NEW queue almost empty

2020-11-08 Thread Geert Stappers
t; > > ago. That's an amazing effort by ftp-master that must have consumed a > > > *lot* of energy. > > > > > > THANK YOU! > > > > Agreed, that's a huge work done, thanks to all FTP Masters! > > > Who uses ftp nowadays ? Nowadays me

Re: RFC: Final update of DEP-14 on naming of git packaging branches

2020-09-13 Thread Geert Stappers
nsus. Other warm feeling I have is that this discussion learnt me that DEP-14 was originally written with Upstream in mind. Regards Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Nitrokey for DDs

2020-09-09 Thread Geert Stappers
nts /o\. It would be cool to have Debian > Developers working/collaborating in the world of hardware (bridging us to > one more field/community). Do know there are hardware designers / manufactors / vendors who already do sell libre products. > Z (throwing random ideas) Challenge: wallet voting Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Lenovo discount portal update (and a few other things)

2020-09-02 Thread Geert Stappers
ews, even if I do not live in the USA so this is not > relevant for me at this time. > But you should be aware that not all developers choose to enable their > debian.org email address, so given time it would be useful to have an > alternative authorization method. Such as? Re

Re: RFC: Final update of DEP-14 on naming of git packaging branches

2020-08-30 Thread Geert Stappers
erimental an outlier that cannot be made > > consistent (because there is no character code name for experimental > > AFAIK). > > I thought the same at one point, but in fact, there is: it's called > rc-buggy. > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Codenames > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/rc-buggy/ > Learn from bikeshedding that it is just bikeshedding. Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Accepting / adopting DEP-14

2020-08-26 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 06:08:17PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 at 16:00:02 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: } } [ ... good input ... ] How to go from good input to accepting DEP-14 ?

Accepting / adopting DEP-14

2020-08-24 Thread Geert Stappers
Hi, The good things of https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep14/ are in use. But https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep14/ it self looks abandonned. What is needed to official accept DEP-14? (and to give https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep14/ status "adopted") Gro

Re: Why Vcs-* fields are not at least recommended ?

2020-08-18 Thread Geert Stappers
gt; I don't think anything is "supposed" here. We don't recommend workflows > and if you need to make just one upload for an orphaned package you don't > need to touch any VCS. And for packages without a repo somebody would need > to create one which is extra work when you need to make just one upload. Please, pretty please, make `debcheckout ` possible Groeten Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Proposal: Allowing access to dmesg for users in group adm

2020-08-16 Thread Geert Stappers
e same information already available in > /var/log/kern.log, /var/log/syslog and journalctl. Correct. > Please let me know if you are interested, Yes I'm interested in this feature > as it enhances user experience when running dmesg, Yes, it does feel strange to prefix a readonly actio as dmesg with sudo. > and there would be less delta between Debian and Ubuntu > util-linux packages to maintain. That is a nice extra > Thanks, > Matthew Ruffell Groeten Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: The "which -s" flag

2020-08-13 Thread Geert Stappers
he right approach: Just do Now comes a challenging part: Give time to others to respond > I have never contributed to Debian before, but I am happy to do it :) Nice, you started > Best regards, > -Erik Regards Geert Stappers DD P.S. Welcome -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: rust-dbus_0.8.2-3_amd64.changes REJECTED

2020-08-09 Thread Geert Stappers
point there is big. Bastian, if you meant something else, please correct me here! Then eight months past. How can we continue with where the november post is about: rust software to work in a well-established way in Debian ? Regards Geert Stappers DD -- Silence is hard to parse

Bug#837606: closed by Ansgar (Re: general: system freeze)

2020-07-28 Thread Geert Stappers
what Anybody could have done > have a good one. Thanks Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: isc-dhcp-client sends DHCPDISCOVER *before* wpa_supplicant authenticates/associates/connects.

2020-07-12 Thread Geert Stappers
so disabling wpa-supplicant is > just another command. > > > > -- > WBR, wRAR FWIW I think that Andrey is happy with a disabled wpa-supplicant and that Jonas is right for asking wpa-supplicant not required by network-manager. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: isc-dhcp-client sends DHCPDISCOVER *before* wpa_supplicant authenticates/associates/connects.

2020-07-11 Thread Geert Stappers
802.11 subsystem generic netlink commands and events. It uses the nlmon kernel driver from Linux 3.10 and later. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: debdocker - A Debian docker-based personal builder

2020-06-28 Thread Geert Stappers
opment environment when the user is in a build/test/debug cycle. While the above are the most important features DUE provides, there are a lot more ways it makes using different development configurations easier, which are documented in the Readme.md (https://github.com/CumulusNetworks/DUE/blob/master/README.md) Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: debdocker - A Debian docker-based personal builder

2020-06-27 Thread Geert Stappers
would not provide at least two > implementations of almost the same thing. In my case i spent quite some time > looking for a container based builder and checking, if the main builders > 'pbuilder' and 'sbuild' could use containers instead of chroot - > unsuccessfully. > After too much time "wasted", i end up writing 'debdocker', which anyone could > use (hence these posts). I would suggest you also try it as a sandbox for a > simple/sample docker usage. > > Regarding 'sbuild' docker backend, i would gladly try to help, however i would > probably need some guidance. After a quick look at #867176, there is an > 'sbuild' > patch available, but you are also talking about 'autopkgtest'. What exactly > needs to be done regarding the patch? Yes, please pursuit that challenge. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: local repostory doesn't show up (synaptic or apt)

2020-06-13 Thread Geert Stappers
./dists/buster/main/binary-i386/Packages > > apt-cache policy | grep repo.local > release o=debian.repo.local,n=buster,l=debian.repo.local,c=main,b=i386 > release > o=debian.repo.local,n=buster,l=debian.repo.schlummerland.online,c=main,b=amd64 > > again to complicated ! > Advice: Describe what is actually wanted Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: RFC: Replacing vim-tiny with nano in essential packages

2020-03-16 Thread Geert Stappers
mented-in::c, role::program, uitoolkit::ncurses Download-Size: 249 kB APT-Manual-Installed: yes APT-Sources: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster/main armhf Packages Description: Modern, legacy free, simple yet efficient vim-like editor Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse

Re: Debian Project Leader Elections 2020: Candidates 3 / 5

2020-03-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 01:08:35AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx - Debian Project Secretary wrote: > We're now into the campaigning period. We have 5 candidates this year: five > - Jonathan Carter > - Sruthi Chandran > - Brian Gupta > three That doesn't add up. Please re

Re: enough

2020-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 08:19:52PM +, Melanie Frost wrote: > > Debian can be better than this, really > Acknowledge. Please show that you understand the meaning of enough Regards Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: enough conflict, BS

2020-03-09 Thread Geert Stappers
are persisted in all the Debian tools, you are making Debian a target > and setting the standard for future confrontation. > > Melanie That does not compute: An outsider worried about "this". In other words: The bullshit has been seen. Request: Leave this crap as manure. Reg

Re: moving mg from salsa to github?

2020-02-15 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 05:33:51PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 18:26 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 05:02:03PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sat, 2020-02-15 at 14:16 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > > H

f...@packages.debian.org Re: moving mg from salsa to github?

2020-02-15 Thread Geert Stappers
o explain that you are maintainer of the package in Debian. Hope this helps. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: moving mg from salsa to github?

2020-02-15 Thread Geert Stappers
ch > as something else and then checkout the master branch from the GitHub > remote as 'upstream' in your repository. You might also have to make > some minor tweaks, but the above are the major steps. Please state some examples where that is done. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: moving mg from salsa to github?

2020-02-15 Thread Geert Stappers
o What, or which version, should be packaged, when Upstream stopped doing releases? I see three possiblities: * Talk with Upstream about version numbering * Choose a version number scheme yourself * Ask for further advice > Harri > > https://github.com/hboetes/mg > https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mg > Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: News about the debhelper toolchain, challenge

2020-02-01 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Feb 02, 2020 at 03:08:32AM +, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 2:39 PM Niels Thykier wrote: > > > * Support for new execute_before_X and execute_after_X targets. > > Some folks on IRC mentioned that the shorter before_X/after_X would > have been preferred by them. Feel fre

Re: Condorcet Internet Voting Service

2020-01-05 Thread Geert Stappers
issue with relevant parts of Debian without revealing the sender's > > identity. > > I think many of us can guess the sender's identity. > Don't give him the attention. At least be aware of a relation broken beyond repair. Regards Geert Stappers -- No one should

Re: requirements and regulations concerning upgrade checks/statistics callback on program start

2019-12-26 Thread Geert Stappers
age of the user license agreement. I did bring back the device to the shop, got refund and spend my money on another e-reader. In other words: sending out user information is unacceptable. > Checking for updates might be annoying but is "OK" to me. Debian user did choose the Debian version, there is no need for a check on an update outside Debian. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Debian testing daily build - no kernel modules..!!!

2019-11-03 Thread Geert Stappers
work in the time inbetween the reports. (The Lonnie Cumberland report and the André Verwijs report) Please see this message as an invention for either reporting "works for me" or "next day retry also failed". > Dank U - Thank You U bedankt voor het melden - Thanking you for

Re: Opera Mail is missing on Linux

2019-10-30 Thread Geert Stappers
nd if we where in the same pub I would invite you to follow me outside. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Git Packaging Round 2: When to Salsa mirror

2019-09-08 Thread Geert Stappers
about Vcs-Mirror-* for actual telling where a mirror is. In case of `git` is "mirror" a "clone" Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: GPL

2019-08-16 Thread Geert Stappers
version. > > [ your choice - I can > put the version I want myself. Type: or version 2.1 of License 3 ] ? > My advice: Stay close to original. In this case: 2.1 Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: regarding non-free firmware for wi-fi and ethernet

2019-07-25 Thread Geert Stappers
> I know that the firmware used on unofficial iso are redistributable. Can we > use it on our ISO? > > Thank you in advance, > > Kind regards, > > Aygun Abibula > > Developer and PR at AcademiX GNU/Linux > > https://academixproject.com Most likely you will appriceate https://www.debian.org/blends/ Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

sbuild: do not fail when there are alternatives

2019-07-19 Thread Geert Stappers
it already was reported before. Not checked if it really fails when it can't find the first alternative from list of build dependencies. Thing is that sbuild _might_ be blocking a nice way to cope with libraries that are not available on all architectures. Context at https://lists.debian.o

Re: hping3: git repository missing

2019-07-15 Thread Geert Stappers
racker.debian.org/pkg/hping3 also says. At https://anonscm.debian.org/ is a link to https://alioth-archive.debian.org/ However under https://alioth-archive.debian.org/git/ is indeed no hping3 So `apt-get source hping3` might a good starting point to revive "hping3" Groeten Geert Stapper

Re: Getting rid of codenames (Was: getting rid of "testing")

2019-06-27 Thread Geert Stappers
s like sources.list it's probably best to use > something like debian10 (or deb10, as in stable updates' version strings, > or just 10) so that it doesn't have to change on release day. > > smcv > Groeten Geert Stappers P.S. rolling symlinks to testing tumbleweed symlinks to testing -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Is screenshots.debian.net at risk?

2019-03-24 Thread Geert Stappers
register an account upload whatever they please. Do I go implement "filters"?No. Do I go shutdown the various wikis?No. Do I think that "EU article 13" will harm the libre Internet? Yes Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian vs Linux namespaces, NMU lsb-base

2019-03-24 Thread Geert Stappers
t directory of processes they do not own. What would be the harm to the Buster release if lsb-base got NMU with https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=888743;filename=init-functions.diff;msg=37 ? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Debian vs Linux namespaces

2019-03-24 Thread Geert Stappers
get niche things fixed. As far as I can see is Harald exploring the amount of niches and a generic solution. > Ondrej > > > > Thanx in advance > > > > Harri > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/888569 > > https://bugs.debian.org/888743 > > https://bugs.debian.org/858837 > > https://bugs.debian.org/924551 > > > Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Questions about VRF function in /etc/network/interfaces

2018-12-28 Thread Geert Stappers
g/support > > -- > > -- Unit networking.service has failed. > > -- > > -- The result is failed. > > Dec 29 02:38:48 dut211 systemd[1]: networking.service: Unit entered failed > > state. > > Dec 29 02:38:48 dut211 systemd[1]: networking.service: Failed with result > > 'exit-code???. > > > Thank you. > Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Uncoordinated upload of

2018-11-05 Thread Geert Stappers
> > Instead of putting all the blame on > > Why would I need to communicate that? Because coordination needs involvement from all

Pretty Easy Privacy

2018-08-20 Thread Geert Stappers
Hi, There is PEP, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Easy_privacy project website is https://www.pep.security/ However `apt search pep` doesn't show it? Neither is a WNPP bugreport at hand. Is Pretty Easy Privacy available in Debian? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Debian 25 on thursday 2018-08-16

2018-07-30 Thread Geert Stappers
Hi, Thursday 16th of augustus becomes Debian 25 years. Let's celebrate it Cheers Geert Stappers

Re: A message from CMake upstream: announcing dh-cmake

2018-07-06 Thread Geert Stappers
ving files from > the upstream tarball is an automated process that takes seconds, where > the license check easily takes much more. FWIW the "tooling removing files from the upstream tarball is an automated process" is `uscan` and debian/copyright having a 'Files-Excluded:' entry Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: sarge bo rex

2018-06-24 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 05:11:45PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Sun, 2018-06-24 at 18:10 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > What is the sequence of Debian release names? > > > > Which Debian web page contains such list? > > > > Fairly predictably

Re: sarge bo rex

2018-06-24 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 06:14:14PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:10:49 +0200, Geert Stappers > wrote: > > What is the sequence of Debian release names? > > > > Which Debian web page contains such list? > > See https://wiki.debi

sarge bo rex

2018-06-24 Thread Geert Stappers
Hi, What is the sequence of Debian release names? Which Debian web page contains such list? Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: Debian 10 please update gimp to 2.10....

2018-06-12 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 09:48:22AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Geert Stappers, le mar. 12 juin 2018 09:41:53 +0200, a ecrit: > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 08:36:38AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > DutchGigalo, le lun. 11 juin 2018 23:16:21 -0700, a ecrit: > > >

Re: Debian 10 please update gimp to 2.10....

2018-06-12 Thread Geert Stappers
g/pkg/gimp says there is more needed then just being patient. Regards Geert Stappers -- Where did we agree that somebody else should do it?

Re: Please remove your obsolete repos from alioth *NOW*

2018-05-30 Thread Geert Stappers
t; exit 1 stappers@moszumanska:/git/collab-maint/ipmitool.git$ stappers@moszumanska:/git/collab-maint/ipmitool.git$ stappers@moszumanska:/git/collab-maint/ipmitool.git$ cd .. stappers@moszumanska:/git/collab-maint$ rm -rf ipmitools stappers@moszumanska:/git/collab-maint$ Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

path to gitlab upstream

2018-05-30 Thread Geert Stappers
2,696 All: 19,198 That tells me that a Merge Request has a better success ratio. Also that it is wise to keep notes of the MR number :-/ Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

Re: remote: GitLab: LFS objects are missing. Ensure LFS is properly set up or try a manual "git lfs push --all".

2018-05-30 Thread Geert Stappers
does not work yet: > use the support tracker and I will look after it when I have time. Where is that support tracker? (It feels strang to report "salsa is broken" at Salsa itself.) > debian-devel is not on the list of salsa supportchannels. Even multiple suportchannels for s

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Geert Stappers
a, even to > > make simple changes, then it is not free software for us. > > Its not a matter of free software, but a matter of us having to support those > patches - which is something we don't want to do. Not knowing who is "we", but the thing I want to says is Do not ask for a lighter load, but ask for more shoulders to carry the load. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven

When pkg-foo is not at all involved here

2018-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
Hello debian-devel, IIRC do we agree that feedback is good. On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 04:51:54PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > [always CC the package maintainer when reassigning] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2018/05/msg00243.html > On Sun, 13 May 2018 15:58:01 +0200 Geert St

Bug#898394: screen shots next to each other

2018-05-13 Thread Geert Stappers
Find attached the two screenshots next to each other in one image. Groeten Geert Stappers

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