Re: automatic selection which kernel image to install

2002-11-27 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:55:52AM +1100, Brian May wrote: Ideally have some way for the user to override the default choice if automatic selection fails... Can you detect smp from non-smp kernel? Mike Stone

[desktop] graphical su-to-root (was: Re: [desktop] foomatic-gui is born)

2002-11-27 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:13:22 -0200, Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > I'm willing to work towards this, and I think it would be good to > create some policy for that, probably modify the su-to-root script > to use a "graphical su" alternative if $DISPLAY is set... Something l

Re: Planned mass-filing of bugs: java packages only depending on java-common

2002-11-27 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Brian" == Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> errr... shouldn't you decide on the name first, then file Brian> bug reports? A reasonable point & I'll do so. I don't, however, expect the name to change as that would introduce a third virtual package into the mix. Tow, java-

Re: gpg-agent?

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.27.2317 +0100]: > What is the security model of each, and why is one better then > the other? quintuple-agent simply echoes the passphrase onto fd0, to be picked up by another program through a piper. qagent get gpg | cat or so reveals your pa

Re: DAM approval wait time?

2002-11-27 Thread Andrew Lau
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:21:40PM -0800, Jim Lynch wrote: > > A bit hypocritical of you pointing out that I was > > participating in my own thread late. > > Not at all. The thread I refer to is the now-very-large "Are we > losing users to Gentoo" thread, which you have not participated in > s

Re: debconf template translations from ddtp

2002-11-27 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Bramer wrote: > The ddtp will produce also po-debconf files in future. I must only write > some scripts for it... I did something like: for lang in cs da de es fr hu it ja nl pl pt_BR ru ; do wget http://ddtp.debian.org/debconf/template_unstable/base-config/templates-$lang; done rename

Re: Bug#170987: ITP: gtk-xfce-engine -- A GTK+-2.0 theme engine for Xfce

2002-11-27 Thread Colin Walters
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 16:09, Martin Loschwitz wrote: > * Package name: gtk-xfce-engine We've standardized on a naming convention for GTK+ 2 engines; this package should be named gtk2-engines-xfce. See the archives of -gtk-gnome for more info. Thanks.

Re: Pick a name, any name...

2002-11-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 02:03, Roland Mas wrote: > Current candidates include: > hey how about something much less cryptic like "forge". Nothing worse than having to guess what woman's name some silly coder named the program I am looking for. And since most of us aren't French the names

Re: debconf template translations from ddtp

2002-11-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:26:24PM +0100, Michael Bramer wrote: > IMHO this changes of the translation is the big problem. > > And the server translate the description not on a package base. If I > templates file has 10 templates, the server will submit 10 bug reports > per language. I'm sure p

Re: Pick a name, any name...

2002-11-27 Thread Jim Penny
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:34:20PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On Wednesday 27 November 2002 02:03, Roland Mas wrote: > > Current candidates include: > > > > hey how about something much less cryptic like "forge". Nothing worse than > having to guess what woman's name some silly coder na

Re: location of UnicodeData.txt

2002-11-27 Thread Branden Robinson
[Jim trimmed from CC; I'm not sure why his address was in your M-F-T.] On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 09:43:33AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > Just out of curiosity, are documents like the DFSG distrubuted with > Debian? Well, certainly some documents "like" the DFSG might be distributed as part of the Debi

Re: location of UnicodeData.txt

2002-11-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 05:00:55PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The problem is, every character in Unicode, all 70,000 of them, has a > distinct set of properties. UnicodeData.txt is basically a listing of > those properties. If it is a copyrightable work, That's a big if, and the answer may

Incommunicado for a bit

2002-11-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi Folks, I have just relocated. Unfortunately, the DSL folks report huge backlogs, and are unable to provide me a connection; so I'll be off the network until they do come in and connect me. I am going to be in Washington, DC for 2.5 weeks in December, and may be able to parti

Re: gpg-agent?

2002-11-27 Thread Joey Hess
martin f krafft wrote: > from what i understood. gpg-agent hooks into gpg like ssh-agent into > ssh and you can't get at the passphrase. correct me if this is wrong. By this I assume you mean it does something like store the passphrase in non-swappable memory and then when requested use some form

in DC this weekend

2002-11-27 Thread Joey Hess
I'm in DC this weekend, if anyone would like to go do lunch on Friday or Saturday or something like that. -- see shy jo pgpfwg45vKUQl.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: DAM approval wait time?

2002-11-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:58:38AM +1100, Andrew Lau wrote: > Like you and everyone else here, I too am entitled to form an opinion > of my own and be able to express them in a public forum. Surely you aren't suggesting that everyone has a right to post opinions about any subject on debian-devel

Re: Pick a name, any name...

2002-11-27 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:03:58 +0100, Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As some of you probably know, some people are in the process of > installing a Sourceforge site on a Debian machine. It will consist of > a slightly patched version of the 2.6 branch of the Debian package > "sourceforge"

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