Re: perl5.004 for bo

1998-01-10 Thread David Morton
got on IRC were not usable, and mostly along the line of go fix it yourself. Well, usually, I have no problem with that, but I wouldn't be asking for help if I could do that, now would I? [rest deleted... not worth replying to]

Re: perl5.004 for bo - last post

1998-01-10 Thread David Morton
/dev/null. Sorry to have caused such a fuss ---- David Morton See my webpage for my public pgp key E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://thinker.emporia.edu/~mortonda/home.html Date: 10-Jan-98 Time: 04:14:25

was default prompt debate - system defaults

1998-04-07 Thread David Welton
t of protection against spoofing attacks. If we are going to go with what we think are reasonable defaults, fine, but let's be consistent. Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: was default prompt debate - system defaults

1998-04-08 Thread David Welton
On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 10:24:42PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"David" == David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > David> If we won't even set a default prompt, what business do we have > David> doing things like: > [Setting u

I18N (was Re: package pre-selections tool)

1998-04-08 Thread David Frey
nt should be obsolete. Then we could offer Japanese/Chinese/Korean/Arab/... languages (with many glyphs and larger space needs) as extra packages. Anyway, what I wanted to say is: internationalization/localization and applications are orthogonal issues. David -- David Frey (B98D36A9) = 51F35

Re: How to install editor lisp files?

1998-04-09 Thread David Welton
> both emacsen? I think /usr/doc/emacsen-common has some info.. also take a look at some of the other emacsenified packages, like mailcrypt, to see how they do it. I'm certainly not an exper though, just some leads:-> -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~dav

vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
is in frozen. Powered by emacs;-P -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 09:15:01PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2. Ask the user if it is ok to fool with vimrc ,and script the > > necessary changes. This strikes me as being ugly and something that > > we might be stuck with f

Re: Dictionary Packages

1998-04-12 Thread David Frey
version that is DFSG > compliant within a few weeks. Nice! David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 10:40:07PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote: > > David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >The debian conffile system has a weakness: there's no simple way to > >announce what the significance of a changed conffile at administrator &g

Re: Processed: reassignment pftp and netscape!?!

1998-04-13 Thread David Welton
om package `netscape4' to `pftp'. What does netscape have to do with pftp? Perplexed in Portland, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-15 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 09:40:30AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Sat 11 Apr 1998, David Welton wrote: > > > Notwithstanding my dislike for things vi;-), vim is a nice program > > used by a lot of people, so I though I'd try and fix some of the more > > serious bug

Re: Anyone want to make a Debian XDM login screen?

1998-04-15 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 03:02:32PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Raul Miller wrote: > > David A. van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Even ctrl-alt-del doesn't work in XFree86. > > > > ctrl-alt-del should be made to work. > > Um, please, NO!

Re: elvis package

1998-04-17 Thread David Welton
I don't know the licensing though.. Powered by emacs;-) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Test Report (was: Re: boot-floppies_2.0.4 (source i386) uploaded)

1998-04-17 Thread David Frey
Eyes # # If this file exists and is readable, login environment will be # read from it. Every line should be in the form name=value. # ENVIRON_FILE/etc/environment David -- David Frey (B98D36A9) = 51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to re

Re: /etc/passwd : which software does support this ?

1998-04-19 Thread David Frey
ial value of umask >ulimit= - set initial value of ulimit > >from passwd(5). what software does support this ? >login, xdm, ssh, cron, at ? shadow-login David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe

1998-04-22 Thread David Welton
an do those things. nm binary | less, or whatever.. Let's leave the default alone:-> Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe

1998-04-22 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:15:51PM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: > David Welton wrote: > > One of the things I like about Linux, and Unix in general, is that it > > doesn't try to be smart where you don't expect it to. > > But when you say, 'less binfile', wh

Re: /etc/passwd : which software does support this ?

1998-04-23 Thread David Frey
m forgetting. Could this be done? Sure. It shouldn't be too difficult, since shadow-login is already able to set the values. The only point is not to forget anything. David -- David Frey (B98D36A9) = 51F35923114FC864 7D05FF173C61EFDE Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to re

Re: Lists archives outside debian.org

1998-04-23 Thread David Frey
pgpXXqDighaAf.pgp Description: PGP message

Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
or has it happend but quietly? I do note that there is no kemacs.., but there are things like krpm.. hrm.. I'd have to look at the list, but... one would think that at least RMS would enforce things under the FSF's protection. So are we missing something? Ciao, -- David Welton

Re: Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 08:16:58PM -0700, David Welton wrote: > > So why haven't we seen this enforced, or has it happend but quietly? > I do note that there is no kemacs.., but there are things like > krpm.. hrm.. I'd have to look at the list, but... one would think tha

Re: Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 11:49:10PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So why haven't we seen this enforced, or has it happend but quietly? > > I do note that there is no kemacs.., but there are things like > > krpm.. hrm.. I

Re: another question

1998-04-25 Thread David Engel
On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 01:54:26PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm copying this to David Engel, whom I consider to be our library guru. > David, am I right that this self-dependance can be ignored? Yes. David -- David EngelODS Networks [EMAI

Boot Disks

1998-04-28 Thread David Welton
ssed out.. I'm frustrated that it doesnt work, and I couldnt help a friend install debian, and I'd like to do something about it, other than just whining. Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNS

Re: why not mingetty??

1998-04-28 Thread David Welton
tually a way to do this from inittab, although it *is* a control char, and thus might be less than perfect as far as a variety of systems. I think the man page explains it. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To

xmem ?

1998-04-29 Thread David Welton
ugh the cracks of xcontrib and xproc. Will it be packaged seperately? Should it be part of one of those humongous X builds? Thanks:-) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: on forming a new Linux Distribution

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
hey really don't care whether software is really free or not, as long as it works. Hrm.. you really need to set up a different list.. this being Debian, how could you not know that it would start a big long thread?:-) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw

Re: Why is dosemu in contrib?

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
799 > > Maintainer: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Version: 0.66.7-10 > > Depends: libc6, slang0.99.38, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) > > ... Does it possibly depend on having a working copy of DOS around? That would put it in contrib. -- David Welton

Re: on forming a new Linux Distributionx

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
nd provide more of a challenge than creating another distribution. Anyway.. ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why is dosemu in contrib?

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 01:05:19PM -0400, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > That might not put it in contrib isn't there a "Free" version > of DOS that someoen other than Micro$loth made? i fsomething like > that works with DOSemu... Caldera makes one, but it's not

Gnome debs?

1998-04-20 Thread David Welton
rpm's? I would like to take a peek at some of the development going on, and maybe have a crack at fixing things here and there... do the rpm's install well with alien? Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Intent to package 'bezerk'

1998-04-20 Thread David Welton
lable. Zircon: very very slow Tkirc: still slow K.*irc: not free So I'd like to package this, even if it is still alpha'ish. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gnome debs?

1998-04-20 Thread David Welton
upport in their build scripts for debs. Every morning they get some rpm's generated automatically. I was wondering if it might be feasible to do this to make some debs too, or if it would be just a waste of time:-/ -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw

Code crusader for debian?

1998-05-02 Thread David Welton
uted under Debian, I'll be happy to integrate the patches. John -End of forwarded message- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: magicfilter and /etc

1998-05-08 Thread David Frey
n. someoen should file a > bug report, or better write a patch... filter.{ps,pcl} belong to lpr (but I agree about the bug report) David (magicfilter maintainer) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian? [was: Re: RFS: dosage -- powerful webcomic downloader / archiver]

2005-01-25 Thread David Schmitt
t to see the range of comics available. While I am aware that this is another quality, I just want to point out, that fortunes has mitigated this risk by splitting off the offensive fortunes into a sperate package. Regards, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread David Pashley
bcomic downloader / archiver" isn't really appropriate. > It appears that this is what the program does, so why is it an inaccurate description? -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: apply to NM? ha!

2005-01-25 Thread David Weinehall
m today's paper, and the "Fuck off!" newbies sometimes get on an IRC-channel when asking the wrong question. The problem is that to alleviate the problem completely, we'd either have to stop people from writing what they think (mind control), or have everyone convert to new speak

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-25 Thread David Nusinow
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 03:02:31PM +, Will Newton wrote: > 1. File a wishlist big against dosage if one does not already exist. 1a. Submit a patch so that you can be certain you get what you want. > 2. Get on with your life. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Bug#292183: ITP: gtkpizza -- Pizza takeaway managment program written in gtk

2005-01-26 Thread David Pashley
ry to say it uses gtk? Could it be used to manage items other than pizzas? If so you might want to mention that it could be adapted for all types of fast food. -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#292299: ITP: policyrcd -- policy-compliant interface from invoke-rc.d to local config files

2005-01-26 Thread David Pashley
oke-rc.d, having a search path policy for policy-rc.d can be > messy and is prone to be unstructured and uncoordinated. > > Hence, having a dedicated package is the clean way of doing things. > It seems a bit excessive having a package for just one script. Is there not another p

Re: Bug#292299: ITP: policyrcd -- policy-compliant interface from invoke-rc.d to local config files

2005-01-26 Thread David Pashley
On Jan 26, 2005 at 09:59, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh praised the llamas by saying: > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, David Pashley wrote: > > > Since there are at least two packages containing their own version of > > > invoke-rc.d, having a search path policy for policy-rc.d can

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-01-26 Thread David Weinehall
also supposed to educate their children. Can't disagree with this one though. But there's always the saying: "Do as I say, not as I do". And it's always a mistake... [snip] Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lig

Re: Service cancellation

2005-01-30 Thread David Schmitt
On Sunday 30 January 2005 19:50, A L BRIGGS wrote: > Please remove my service to Callwave . Hi! Please take a look at the instructions at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/01/msg01444.html Thanks, David Schmitt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Debian Re-organization proposals (was: Re: so what?)

1998-06-03 Thread David Engel
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 12:35:35AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > David> Reread some of my earlier messages. I firmly believe that a > David> lack of strong leadership has been one of the biggest > David> contributing factors in Debian's inability to put out ti

Re: NEW handling ...

2005-03-20 Thread David Schmitt
On Sunday 20 March 2005 12:08, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:40:34PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > > On Friday 18 March 2005 13:26, Sven Luther wrote: > > > And yes, i volunteer to help out NEW handling, if that help is wanted. > > > > Vapourware. I

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-20 Thread David Nusinow
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 10:05:15AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 12:06:15PM -0500, David Nusinow wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 05:43:26PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > [1] The installer might be a point, but since all sarge architectures > > &

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-20 Thread David Nusinow
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 09:06:23PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > David Nusinow wrote: > > You know, you keep saying this and I have a really hard time > > believing it, although I don't follow the kernel list so please > > enlighten me if I'm wrong. > > The p

Re: NEW handling ...

2005-03-21 Thread David Schmitt
On Monday 21 March 2005 02:19, Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 08:20:40PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > > kernel-latest-2.6-hppa 2.6.8-1 > > source hppa unstable > > 1 month Kyle McMartin > > > > debian-kernel managed kernel-image tracker pack

Re: Required firewall support

2005-03-21 Thread David Weinehall
arameter, it would be nice if Linux did. netdev@oss.sgi.com <--- patches goes that way. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <--- or possibly that way. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the

How to show $arch releaseability (was: Re: How to define a release architecture)

2005-03-22 Thread David Schmitt
Trying to get/keep ones local testing repository up to speed leads directly to the problems, the release team had (has) to solve for sarge. 3) This problems can be solved by quick autobuilding, working with maintainers, porter-NMUs and so on. 4) Finally one can publically demonstrate (by showing

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-22 Thread David Nusinow
e baby to the > debian-boot people to handle as usual. > > Hope this clarifies things a bit. Thanks Sven, it certaintly does. It's much appreciated. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#301081: ITP: mutt-ng -- Mutt next generation (mutt-ng) is a fork of the well-known email client mutt

2005-03-24 Thread David Schmitt
about how blind people are and how many prospective maintainers have already failed to fill out these fields. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir Ãber ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15

Re: Bug#295131: JFTR: sdl(glib2.0) vs. wx2.4(glib1.2) only affects scorched3d

2005-03-24 Thread David Schmitt
000) zion:~# scorched3d loads fine for me now, I could start a game (though textures were messed up). Looking at Depends of libsdl1.2debian-*, a Conflicts: libsdl1.2debian-all, libsdl1.2debian-arts would probably help. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels

2005-03-26 Thread David Nusinow
ackwards from "we want this stuff to be in main, freedoms or not"? > > > Well, I would start with "we want this stuff in main" and work from > > there; > > See? There you go. I have a hard time believing that this is a fundamentally wrong approach to ta

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels

2005-03-26 Thread David Schmitt
On Saturday 26 March 2005 20:25, David Nusinow wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 03:59:49PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Scripsit Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 05:37:02PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > >> Do yo

Re: Idea: about package installation under chroot.

2005-03-26 Thread David Mandelberg
Adeodato Simà wrote: > # test -r /proc/1/root || echo "Inside a chroot" What if an postinst script at some point drops privs to a non-root user and grsec is preventing it from reading any process' info other than its own user's? Also, as pointed out earlier this wouldn't work on HURD. signatu

Re: Standard description file about maintainer groups

2005-03-28 Thread David Schmitt
.") Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15

Re: How to detect which user is connected to $DISPLAY

2005-03-28 Thread David Weinehall
> > >I have asked here because I have already > >gotten unuseful $USER answers. > > > >I need a qualified REAL solution. > > Hire a consultant. -devel is not the second-level-support hotline. A, come off it, this question is a hell lot more on-topic fo

Re: Bug#301892: ITP: cuetools -- tools for manipulating CUE/TOC files

2005-03-29 Thread David Pashley
lit a large audio file into many > small files according to a CUE or TOC, for example: > > cuebreakpoints disc.cue | shntool split disc.wav > > I've prepared packages at http://people.debian.org/~joshk/cuetools/. > What are CUE and TOC files? What are they used for? It woul

Re: Bug#301892: ITP: cuetools -- tools for manipulating CUE/TOC files

2005-03-30 Thread David Pashley
On Mar 30, 2005 at 12:38, Frank Küster praised the llamas by saying: > Alban Browaeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Le Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:10:06 +0100, David Pashley a écrit : > > > >> What are CUE and TOC files? What are they used for? It would be useful

Re: CALL WwAVE cANCELATION

2005-03-31 Thread David Schmitt
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 19:00, ERNRDT PODLUVKY wrote: > PLEASE UNSUBSUBSCRIBE ME AS OF TODAY---THANK YOU Please read and follow the instructions on http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/01/msg01444.html Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - g

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels

2005-03-31 Thread David Weinehall
dom is concerned, both types are equivilently bad. The choice is > either: > 1) Distribute the non-free firmware. Our users are happy. Sure, as long as we distribute it in *non-free* where it belongs. [snip] Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#250202: Standardizing make target for 'patch' and 'upstream-source'

2005-04-01 Thread David Schmitt
[Cc:s trimmed. Probably should go to -dpkg] On Friday 01 April 2005 02:12, Scott James Remnant wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 11:37 +0200, David Schmitt wrote: > > To prepare the sourcecode for inspection and/or minor modifications an > > additional argument for debian/rules woul

unsubscribe

2005-04-03 Thread David R
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Re: Bug#250202: Standardizing make target for 'patch' and 'upstream-source'

2005-04-03 Thread David Schmitt
you clean or put a source package back > together, when it's got the patches all applied -- how do you know which > patch any modifications should go into? Adam Heath claims to have a dbs-ng prototype which does "the right thing". See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/

Re: Right of a maintainer not to respect FHS

2005-04-04 Thread David Mandelberg
usr/lib/$i" "$DESTDIR/usr/share/$i" ln -s "/usr/share/$i" "$DESTDIR/usr/lib/$i" done -- David Mandelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Bug#303307: ITP: freecycle -- a beat slicer

2005-04-05 Thread David Mandelberg
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 23:47 +0100, Paul Brossier wrote: > * Package name: freecycle I'm not sure if it applies, but there's a US trademark on "freecycle"; see <http://www.freecycle.org/> -- David Mandelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description:

"application" installation (was: Fwd: apt-get dist-upgrade will remove metapackages)

2005-04-05 Thread David Schmitt
in the tree acts as appropriate "meta-package". Add some icons and a nice tree-widget and perhaps debtags as a first approximation of categories and I believe this could become a quite powerful package selection tool. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15

Re: Bug#303667: ITP: cycle -- calendar program for women

2005-04-08 Thread David Pashley
CTED]> > * URL : http://cycle.sf.net/ > * License : GPL > Description : calendar program for women > Does cycle have any features over mencal[0] or periodic-calendar[1]? [0] apt-cache show mencal [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=283655 -- Da

Re: Bug#304266: ITP: sdate -- never ending september date

2005-04-12 Thread David Pashley
ey entertain the user. What is the purpose of > > sdate? > > Entertain the user, of course, in a things-were-better-back-in- > the-good-old-days kind of way. > > Sort of like Edith and Archie singing "Those Were The Days". > I suspect most games entertain the

Bug#304509: ITP: libcmd-ruby -- library for building line-oriented command interpreters in Ruby

2005-04-13 Thread David Nusinow
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: libcmd-ruby Version : 0.7.2 Upstream Author : Marcel Molina Jr. <http://vernix.org/marcel/> * URL : http://code.vernix.org/cmd/ * License : MIT Description

Re: mplayer 1.0pre7

2005-04-25 Thread David Nusinow
blasting through the queue so fast) - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Publicly available mbox archives of debian mailing lists + Bug#161440

2005-04-29 Thread David Mandelberg
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 03:53 -0500, Bill Allombert wrote: > As far as spam harvester are concerned, they can just subscribe to the > mailing-lists to get the mail headers. I think if they subscribe to the mailing list and use it for abuse they can easily be banned, whereas they can't be banned from

Re: Urgently need GPL compatible libsnmp5-dev replacement :-(

2005-05-03 Thread David Mandelberg
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 19:40 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > GNU version of OpenSSL (I don't recall how > it is called). GnuTLS I think. -- The attachment "signature.asc" (if it exists) is a digital signature. Unless you know what that is, you can completely ignore it. It is mostly ha

Re: Release update: editorial changes to the testing propagation scripts

2005-05-04 Thread David Nusinow
y in the Netherlands, "De beste stuurlui staan > aan wal", "The best boatsmen are standing on shore": it's easy to > complain while not bearing any responsibility, rather than actually > doing the job Very well said Jeroen. - David Nusinow -- To

Re: Urgently need GPL compatible libsnmp5-dev replacement :-(

2005-05-04 Thread David Mandelberg
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 20:15 -0400, David Mandelberg wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 19:40 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > GNU version of OpenSSL (I don't recall how > > it is called). > > GnuTLS I think. Stupid mail misconfiguration, I sent this before I go

Re: Should Debian use lsb init-functions?

2005-05-04 Thread David Schmitt
if -n $PS1? non-sh init scripts? convert handle_init into a binary to be called, which can handle /etc/$NAME/init.d/{pre,post}-{{re,}start,stop,{force-,}reload,status} Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15

Re: Derived distributions and the Maintainer: field

2005-05-06 Thread David Schmitt
This is parallel to encouraging users to report _any_ bug in Debian first to Debians BTS instead of bothering 1) before verifying that the problem exists there too. (bin)NMUs are another area where 3) and 4) should be kept in the loop. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? -

Re: debian sarge is 3.2 or 4 ?

2005-05-06 Thread David Nusinow
ll references just as they are about to > >print. > > Their fault for releasing a book about unreleased software which is > bound to be outdated the day that sarge will actually release. A lot of users request just such a book. It's been years since we had one, and it's been

Re: Debian AMD64 Archive Move

2005-05-10 Thread David Nusinow
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 12:34:57AM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: Stop acting like such a spoiled child. You want non-free for amd64? Host it yourself until it gets moved officially. Don't like it? You've qualified for a full refund on your purchase. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Bug#309241: ITP: dguitar -- Guitar Pro 3/4 tabs viewer and player

2005-05-17 Thread David Schleef
t's really only about 50 years old and still under copyright. dave... -- David Schleef Big Kitten LLC (http://www.bigkitten.com/) -- data acquisition on Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian as living system

2005-05-18 Thread David Weinehall
g flame wars by > getting offensive and doing ad hominem attacks with a very arrogant POV. So, Pot. Kettle. Black. [snip] Regards: David weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~ // Diamond-white roses of

Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/libexec

2005-05-19 Thread David Weinehall
e ownership/permission support and its filename munging... And I somehow doubt that minix is a problem either, these days. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~ // Diamond-white roses of

Re: New Nokia device is Debian-based?

2005-05-27 Thread David Weinehall
ware Operations) that work on this product consists of several DD's (myself being one), plus at least one person in the NM-queue. Some of our subcontractors are also DD's. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ /

Re: Projet de Srebnicki

2005-05-29 Thread David VANTYGHEM
C'est quoi cet abruti qui envoie des messages aussi cons et qui en plus font 2,6 Mo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is Ubuntu a debian derivative or is it a fork?

2005-06-04 Thread David Nusinow
play politics forever though, and at a certain point there needs to be some more coherent statement of policy (if just for practical purposes) than what we've seen so far. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: C++ ABI change for etch -- freeze unstable for all C++ libs with changed or new sonames

2005-06-05 Thread David Nusinow
g MFT appropriately. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: C++ ABI change for etch -- freeze unstable for all C++ libs with changed or new sonames

2005-06-05 Thread David Nusinow
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 02:35:10PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > David Nusinow writes: > > No. There are a number of people who are in charge of important technical > > decisions who have no more association with Canonical than you or I > > do. I'm sure if you stop rant

Re: New Nokia device is Debian-based?

2005-06-06 Thread David Weinehall
ing them. Well, the European Parliament is (or has at least been) strongly opposed to software patents, so it's unlikely that they will pass without some serious trickery. NOTE: I'm a Nokia employee and work on the N770 team, but this is by no means an official statement... Rega

Re: Is Ubuntu a debian derivative or is it a fork?

2005-06-06 Thread David Nusinow
the debian project will switch to the new software > > so ubuntu can stop running an independent bug tracker? > > I think that's pretty unlikely, personally ... Would it be of a lot of benefit to us if it could be done? I'd personally rather not have Debian's BTS be t

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-07 Thread David Goodenough
raphical interface to the /etc/networking/interfaces file would be a good idea for GUI only users and those who might not understand the consequences of incorrectly coded entries and need a program to do it for them. David > > This sounds like a good idea, but will need very careful logic.

Re: Canonical and Debian

2005-06-07 Thread David Goodenough
t is intended to be similar to the VM/CMS System Product Editor, XEDIT and to KEDIT from Mansfield Software. David > > And please stop yelling at our releases. > > Greetings > Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-07 Thread David Goodenough
On Tuesday 07 June 2005 09:26, Thomas Hood wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:10:13 +0200, David Goodenough wrote: > > Another item that might be worth considering for laptops is a networking > > equivalent of the pmount group. People in these groups would be allowed > > to e

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-07 Thread David Goodenough
On Tuesday 07 June 2005 09:26, Thomas Hood wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 10:10:13 +0200, David Goodenough wrote: > > Another item that might be worth considering for laptops is a networking > > equivalent of the pmount group. People in these groups would be allowed > > to e

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-07 Thread David Starner
"Thaddeus H. Black" writes: > We are going to support Unicode because we have > no practical alternative. However, Unicode is a bad > standard. It is highly overwrought. Its philosophy is > wrong. Its use complicates many things which do not > need complication. Lots of accusations but no bac

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-08 Thread David Goodenough
ser's home is quite normal, having an etc directory is not. Instead control files tend to be hidden in . directories. But I guess this is not a debate for Debian, rather for the FHS. If one had an etc directory in a home directory then programs you run would need to look for unrestri

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-08 Thread David Pashley
> log or drop you to a login prompt. > > I don't know if this functionality is from the X packages or from gdm > etc. but it is a much better solution than the band aid offered by > run-levels... > Plus you can always boot at runlevel 1 if you really don't want to a

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-08 Thread David Weinehall
. Yup. They'll also have learned that packages are managed by rpm. We'd better change our package management system. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~ // Diamond-white roses

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