Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 05:05 +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > Even if the d-d for ndiswrapper has done something wrong or not, even if > the upstream package is better (I don't know the facts, and I'm not > personally interested), it is NOT necessary to be rude and go on the > offensive like this. Pleas

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 03:35:07PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > Oh, but wait, the version of ndiswrapper-source in testing is packaged by > the same maintainer, and it works just fine for me. Did you try building it against kernel 2.6.10? Old versionf of upstream debs build against new kernels;

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:32:45AM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:21:53PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > > identify problems, both in upstream and packaged versions. Posting in > > d-d is at least inappropriate. > It's an open list. And streets are public, but

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:40:47PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > How can a couple of variables (not two dozens that you would need to get > from the headers, environment and some other sources) mean tight > coupling? In which world are you living? Meaning it breaks it isn't there. You're confus

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
* William Ballast [Mon, Jan 10 2005, 02:34:15PM]: > > WTF? IIRC there are studies about where low cooupling and high cohesion > > make sense and where not. > > All he uses from your include files are a couple of variables. > That's low cohesion, tight coupling. How can a couple of variables (not

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 07:59:59PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > WTF? IIRC there are studies about where low cooupling and high cohesion > make sense and where not. All he uses from your include files are a couple of variables. That's low cohesion, tight coupling. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 19:59 +0100, de Bladen wrote: > In the meantime, begin to recompile Debian with staticaly linked > packages. That is very important, you know. That evil libc causes such a > mess of tight coupling, one could become crazy from just imaging all the > possible consequences!!!

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * William Ballard [Mon, Jan 10 2005, 12:40:12PM]: > The only thing it "has to have" module-assistant is a couple of > variables in debian/rules. For that trivial advantage we now have tight > coupling on the rest of module-assistant, which means if those variables > change in module-

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Sam Watkins
Even if the d-d for ndiswrapper has done something wrong or not, even if the upstream package is better (I don't know the facts, and I'm not personally interested), it is NOT necessary to be rude and go on the offensive like this. Please simply state your case, using calm language and unadorned fa

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 06:14:05PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > What are other packages?! The other packages which depend on module-assistant. > the module-assistant package (about 40kB) but provides some comfort for > users and comfort, code size reduction, extendability, automatic feature > upg

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * William Ballard [Mon, Jan 10 2005, 11:32:45AM]: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:21:53PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > > identify problems, both in upstream and packaged versions. Posting in > > d-d is at least inappropriate. > > It's an open list. There is some reason for its ex

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The upstream is better. It's already Debianized. Do not use the one in > > the Debian archive. > > I consider this as rude. But it's true. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrum) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Andreas Barth
* William Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050110 17:35]: > Listen, I'm just going to say this and not reply to all the bazillion > other flames which are coming: > > The upstream is better. It's already Debianized. Do not use the one in > the Debian archive. I consider this as rude. Cheers, An

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread David Pashley
On Jan 10, 2005 at 16:24, William Ballard praised the llamas by saying: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 10:15:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > "shove ... down everybody's throat" > > "You've F'd it up beyond all recognition" > > I filed a bug nice and the guy closed it about 14 minutes later > immedi

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:21:53PM +0100, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > identify problems, both in upstream and packaged versions. Posting in > d-d is at least inappropriate. It's an open list. The problem is the upstream has the goal of producing a package that works and another guy is trying

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 10:15:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > "shove ... down everybody's throat" > "You've F'd it up beyond all recognition" I filed a bug nice and the guy closed it about 14 minutes later immediately saying "there is no problem." The maintainer is dead-set on following his ch

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 10:12:13PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > All: > > Some of you have probably seen my gripes about ndiswrapper-source. > I moved on past all that -- but upstream is debianizing it and > it's better in many ways. > Frankly speaking, I see no reason to not simply bugging th

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 11:06 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:00:18AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > That's still no reason to rip the d-d. > > I didn't rip it. I said I'm not griping -- just remarked on > the fact that the upstream is already Debianized and is not > broke

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:00:18AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > That's still no reason to rip the d-d. I didn't rip it. I said I'm not griping -- just remarked on the fact that the upstream is already Debianized and is not broken. I don't think the maintainer even uses ndiswrapper on his system.

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Andres Salomon
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:57:48 +, David Pashley wrote: [...] > Unless I've got this very wrong, but the ndiswrapper source supplied in > the SF deb is different to the source provided in the Debian package in > the archive. This suggests it isn't down to the packaging. You are correct; they are

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 09:31 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 03:45:56AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > > Gee, the latest ndiswrapper has a bug. Downgrade to the one in > > testing, or upgrade to the one I uploaded today. It's not the > > end of the world. Perhaps you could

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread David Pashley
On Jan 10, 2005 at 14:31, William Ballard praised the llamas by saying: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 03:45:56AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > > Gee, the latest ndiswrapper has a bug. Downgrade to the one in > > testing, or upgrade to the one I uploaded today. It's not the > > end of the world. Per

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 03:45:56AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > Gee, the latest ndiswrapper has a bug. Downgrade to the one in > testing, or upgrade to the one I uploaded today. It's not the > end of the world. Perhaps you could even be helpful and let me > know whether rc2 hangs in the same w

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Andres Salomon
On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 22:12:13 -0500, William Ballard wrote: > All: > > Some of you have probably seen my gripes about ndiswrapper-source. > I moved on past all that -- but upstream is debianizing it and > it's better in many ways. > > The alternate location is: > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.ne

Re: Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * William Ballard [Sun, Jan 09 2005, 10:12:13PM]: > All: > > Some of you have probably seen my gripes about ndiswrapper-source. > I moved on past all that -- but upstream is debianizing it and > it's better in many ways. Stop abusing Debian-Devel for your private wars and file a proper

Debianized ndiswrapper-source is better on SourceForge

2005-01-09 Thread William Ballard
All: Some of you have probably seen my gripes about ndiswrapper-source. I moved on past all that -- but upstream is debianizing it and it's better in many ways. The alternate location is: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian/ It contains: ndiswrapper-source_0.12-1_i386.deb dated 25-Nov-2004.