Re: Explications needed...

2006-12-31 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 02:18:26PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx a écrit : > > I think you're confusing the buildd admin with the porters. I expect > porters to read the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, I don't expect > the same from the buildd admin. Dear all, Maybe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" lists should be read by

Re: localisation in system wide daemons

2006-12-31 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:48:50 +0100, Szalay Attila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My problem is not with the bug report language but the cut&pasted log >messages language. I have received some bug reports which contain logs from a non-english locale, but in the cases that I have not been able to figur

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

2006-12-31 Thread Pierre Habouzit
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 05:14:30PM +0100, Francois Petillon wrote: > Marco d'Itri wrote: > >For a start that sites performing sender verification will partecipate > >in a DDoS on the mail infrastructure of domains forged by spammers. > [...] > > There are two things I really dislike in sender veri

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

2006-12-31 Thread Amaya
Nicolas Boullis wrote: > What about gender? How is it specified? Currently it is a drop down that allows you to choose: - unspecified - male - female Which in my opinion reflects sex and not gender. I would rather have it as an input field where people can express their gender in the way they wa

Re: localisation in system wide daemons

2006-12-31 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 12:15:27PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > I have received some bug reports which contain logs from a non-english > locale, but in the cases that I have not been able to figure it out I > have asked the submitter to retry with LANG=C. > > Actually no big deal here. If the log

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

2006-12-31 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El sábado, 30 de diciembre de 2006 a las 15:42:33 +, Nicolas Boullis escribía: > > - the birthDate field isn't currently available via the mail daemon, > >this will be fixed soon. > What about gender? How is it specified? > with a ldapsearch, I can find 1, 2 and 9... It appears to be 1

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

2006-12-31 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 02:19:02PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I figure it's a consequence of the ldapmodify default changetype being > > 'replace'. I suppose that's a sane default, but it could still be a bit > > confusing to people who don't know/notice. > > Nothing new here, this is how th

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

2006-12-31 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Sunday 31 December 2006 05:16, Amaya wrote: > Nicolas Boullis wrote: > > What about gender? How is it specified? > > Currently it is a drop down that allows you to choose: > - unspecified > - male > - female > > Which in my opinion reflects sex and not gender. > > I would rather have it as an in

Can ftpmasters do ONE SIMPLE THING?

2006-12-31 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Namely, fix bug #224469. It's really trivial and it's been waiting for over three years now. This is just STUPID. Next DPL election, I want to see someone running on the platform of adding an extra ftpmaster *whether or not the current ftpmasters like it*. Someone who will get simple stuff like

Re: Can ftpmasters do ONE SIMPLE THING?

2006-12-31 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 09:17:06AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Namely, fix bug #224469. It's really trivial and it's been waiting > for over three years now. This is just STUPID. > > Next DPL election, I want to see someone running on the platform of > adding an extra ftpmaster *whether or

Bug#405122: ITP: ocamlwc -- count the lines of code and comments in OCaml sources

2006-12-31 Thread Georg Neis
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Georg Neis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: ocamlwc Version : 0.3 Upstream Author : Jean-Christophe Filliâtre * URL : http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/software.en.html * License : GPLv2 Programming Lang: OCaml Descripti

Re: Can ftpmasters do ONE SIMPLE THING?

2006-12-31 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:51:38PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > Afaik, it can't be removed from unstable before oldstable is removed > from the main archive. > AFAICT, his point is that they belong in oldstable, since boot-floppies went away after Woody. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanch

status of disk i/o per process

2006-12-31 Thread liran tal
Hey everyone, This is more kernel related since I think the information is to be gathered from /proc but I decided to give this great mailing list a shot at it first. I'm wondering how to find out the status of the disk input/ouput usage PER PROCESS. At first I thought the answer would be in /pr

Re: localisation in system wide daemons

2006-12-31 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Gabor Gombas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-12-31 14:54]: > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 12:15:27PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > > I have received some bug reports which contain logs from a non-english > > locale, but in the cases that I have not been able to figure it out I > > have asked the submitt

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

2006-12-31 Thread Alexey Feldgendler
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:16:24 +0100, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Currently it is a drop down that allows you to choose: - unspecified - male - female Which in my opinion reflects sex and not gender. I would rather have it as an input field where people can express their gender in the way t

Re: Bits from the debian-cd team; more CD/DVDs being built regularly

2006-12-31 Thread Steve McIntyre
Eduard Block wrote: >#include >* Steve McIntyre [Wed, Dec 20 2006, 06:29:04PM]: > >> Gnome vs. KDE vs. XFCE >> == >> >> The KDE and XFCE variants of CD#1 are now being produced to give more >> choice to people for initial installation. By default, CD#1 has always >> meant to b

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

2006-12-31 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le dimanche 31 décembre 2006 à 07:29 -0700, Wesley J. Landaker a écrit : > > I would rather have it as an input field where people can express their > > gender in the way they want to, as gender has little to do with > > biological sex, and there's more than two options for it. > > I think if some

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

2006-12-31 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 31, Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see some > examples. Or maybe not. Who cares? -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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

2006-12-31 Thread Amaya
Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see > some examples. I paste some email I already privately answered. Someone wrote: > Wildly OT, but don't people generally self identify more with one > gender or the other? If "generally" equals "whi

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

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 06:40:46PM +0100, Amaya wrote: > Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > > What other kinds of gender are there? It would be interesting to see > > some examples. > > I paste some email I already privately answered. > > Someone wrote: >

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

2006-12-31 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've yet > to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or > 'male',YMMV. > feliz ano nuevo, > Kev Maybe that question would be a good starting point: What's the use for

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

2006-12-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [gender entry in db.debian.org] > Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've yet > to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or > 'male',YMMV. Preferred pronouns is the reason I've usually heard. Although the fiel

Re: status of disk i/o per process

2006-12-31 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 05:11:50PM +0200, liran tal wrote: > This is more kernel related since I think the information is to be gathered > from /proc but I > decided to give this great mailing list a shot at it first. > > I'm wondering how to find out the status of the disk input/ouput usage PER >

Re: status of disk i/o per process

2006-12-31 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:19:43PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > You don't say anything about operating system, but in Linux >= 2.6.19 you can > use blktrace, which gives you this information and much more. Hm, looking at the list again it's kind of obvious what operating system you meant :

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

2006-12-31 Thread Amaya
Kevin Mark wrote: > Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've > yet to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or > 'male',YMMV. Yeah, I also wonder what this LDAP field is good for, but if we are going to have it, let's make it, at least, accurate. --

Re: status of disk i/o per process

2006-12-31 Thread liran tal
Thanks for the reply Steinar. The blktrace is a tool and I was wondering if there's something in /proc itself that I can use to get some info regarding the disk i/o per process. Thanks again. On 12/31/06, Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:19:43PM +0100

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

2006-12-31 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 31, Miriam Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe that question would be a good starting point: What's the use for a > gender field there? Stalking. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

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

2006-12-31 Thread Paul Waring
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:16:24 +0100, Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicolas Boullis wrote: >> What about gender? How is it specified? > > Currently it is a drop down that allows you to choose: > - unspecified > - male > - female > > Which in my opinion reflects sex and not gender. Would it n

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

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 07:18:36PM +0100, Amaya wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've > > yet to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or > > 'male',YMMV. > > Yeah, I als

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

2006-12-31 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hi Amaya, > I was considering: sex & gender options and realized that the only > reasonably non-changing question would be 'sex chromosomes'[0] which can be > XX or XY (unless gravity or any person with relevant info can add to > this). 'Men' can add

Happy New Year to all the developers and helpers on Debian!

2006-12-31 Thread Kenward Vaughan
Folks, You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling hobbyist like myself. Please, PLEASE keep up the great work that is needed for a pro

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

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 09:57:31PM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > --- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > Hi Amaya, > > I was considering: sex & gender options and realized that the only > > reasonably non-changing question would be 'sex ch

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

2006-12-31 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hi Miry, > > > social relevance of it, and that means gender. Any other solution seems > more > > trying to justify that field than anything really useful. > When you specify 'social' relevance, does that mean 'the larger society' > or 'the Debi

Bug#405151: ITP: libclamav-client-perl -- A client for the ClamAV virus scanner daemon

2006-12-31 Thread Devin Carraway
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Devin Carraway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libclamav-client-perl Version : 0.11 Upstream Author : Julian Mehnle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/ClamAV-Client/ * License : GPL, Artistic Pro

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

2006-12-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was considering: sex & gender options and realized that the only > reasonably non-changing question would be 'sex chromosomes'[0] which can > be XX or XY (unless gravity or any person with relevant info can add to > this). Sex chromosones in humans can,

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

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 12:06:55AM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > 1) I don't see any relevance in having a gender field. The only exception I > might find is for genderifying the texts in web pages and mails, or maybe for > statistics. > > 2) I see ev

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

2006-12-31 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 04:15:53PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I was considering: sex & gender options and realized that the only > > reasonably non-changing question would be 'sex chromosomes'[0] which ca

Re: Happy New Year to all the developers and helpers on Debian!

2006-12-31 Thread Baz
On 12/31/06, Kenward Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Folks, You do a wonderful job, keeping the best dist. flowing along and helping those who need it, on this list. I started with Debian and can't see myself changing ever. It works too well, even for a bumbling hobbyist like myself. Ple