Re: table view wnpp page now on wnpp.debian.net

2008-03-23 Thread Karl Goetz
are case of totally monochromatic vision). > > I applied a new set of colors, selected using the Color schemes > generator 2. Please let me know how the new set works. > The new set is very clear, thank you. kk > > > Sebastian > > -- Karl Goetz, Debian user / Ubuntu

Re: ssl problems: gpg affected?

2008-05-14 Thread Karl Goetz
is extend to gpg keys and its signatures? That would make quite > an impact. The DSA said no. kk > > Best wishes > > -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Bug#559134: ITP: shc -- a generic shell script compiler

2009-12-01 Thread Karl Goetz
them to be easily > readable by other people. Does this mean its a tool to make software no longer DFSG compatible? seems a bit odd to include in Debian. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your

Re: Package management unsafe?

2008-07-12 Thread Karl Goetz
which would respond by gpg-signed the challenge + the > checksum of current .Release file. How would all these schemes work with offline mirrors? eg, ones that are built, and used without an internet connection for a month. kk > > Franklin > > -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: DFSG violations in Lenny: Summarizing the choices

2008-11-09 Thread Karl Goetz
rage. Lets not forget there are people who will/do explicitly move *to* Debian because of its DFSG and freeness. kk > > - Ted -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: volunteers wanted for driving/finalizing a DEP on debian/copyright format

2008-12-02 Thread Karl Goetz
e for that, which is not always true, and also, it's not > really easy to add automatic filtering support to any tools based on > that. Would something like apt-listbugs work? I know it doesnt address the offline issue, but seems to fit as a concept for the rest of the problem. kk > >

Re: Is The number of stable users dropping fast?

2008-12-21 Thread Karl Goetz
ian.org. Or some people are doing what I did - clean install from stable -> testing (to see the new D-I) and not installing popcon. > > I suspect this is because Debian is loosing users. :( Wasn't there one of these threads a little while ago? kk > > Happy hacking, -- Karl

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-12 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 15:42 +0200, Ondrej Certik wrote: > > I guess the Social Contract really is a joke. I don't know why new > > applicants > > are supposed to agree to it. Old members apparently violate it at will for > > years > > with no consequences. > > > > It doesn't make me respect Deb

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-13 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 20:45 +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > John Kelly, 2007-09-12 18:33:12 + : > > > Again, if Debian's highly esteemed social contract is for the > > benefit of users, then why not let users vote? > > We do, actually. Those users who do show interest in influencing the > course

Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

2007-09-13 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 18:50 +, John Kelly wrote: > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:45:07 +0200, Roland Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >John Kelly, 2007-09-12 18:33:12 + : > > > >> Again, if Debian's highly esteemed social contract is for the > >> benefit of users, then why not let users vote?

Re: Invite to join the Release Team

2010-03-14 Thread Karl Goetz
below or [1]) > > Yes, the FTP team is trying to be transparent, and that's great. > That's no reason to pick on other teams. As usually, "patch welcome" > applies (I guess;) Where was the criticism that started this thread posted to? I didn't notice it pass

Re: Invite to join the Release Team

2010-03-14 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:59:11 +0300 Stanislav Maslovski wrote: > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:45:26PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:58:48 +0100 > > Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > > > > > Hi dear Teams, > > > > At the risk of getting invol

Is Robert Millan MIA?

2010-03-14 Thread Karl Goetz
gratefully accepted. [1] I'm happy to provide these details to MIA, but I'm a bit leery about providing them to the -devel list). thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social

Re: Is Robert Millan MIA?

2010-03-17 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:09:43 +0100 Jan Hauke Rahm wrote: > Hi again, > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 04:34:16AM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: > > I've not seen any life out of Robert since the middle of Febuary. > > I'm aware of several attempts to reach Robert, via Ema

Re: Work-needing packages report for Oct 8, 2010

2010-10-08 Thread Karl Goetz
number of packages offered up for adoption: 0 (new: 0) > Total number of packages requested help for: 0 (new: 0) um is this a bug, or does this run on a cleaned up testing? kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I w

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-23 Thread Karl Goetz
. Would you remove the 'country' question from d-i? else the timezone option would then be asking you for redundant information. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-23 Thread Karl Goetz
tates: > > New South-Wales No hyphen in nsw ( http://www.nsw.gov.au/ ) > Victoria > Australian Capital Territory > Queensland > Tasmania > South Australia > Northern Territory > Western Australia > Eyre Highway > Yancowinna county > Lord Howe Island That wou

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-23 Thread Karl Goetz
[1]. People know which capital is theirs, and there is a good chance they are in it. [1] Adelaide has 90%+ of the states population within 50km of the cbd > > An alternative was: Please skip this alternative :) kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Linux-libre for Debian Lenny

2009-04-23 Thread Karl Goetz
ciate them (users/lurkers, call them what you will) announcing it on -dev ... (Your not a DD, so STFU etc) > Thanks for the packages Robert! kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Linux-libre for Debian Lenny

2009-04-23 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:11:42 +0200 Michael Meskes wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:12:21AM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:45:11 +0200 > > m...@linux.it (Marco d'Itri) wrote: > > ... > > > Lurkers told you so in private mails? > &

Re: ignoring the CoC in regards to cc:s

2009-04-27 Thread Karl Goetz
\ | sed -e 's,[ /].*,,' -e 's,(.*,,' | sort | uniq -c | sort -n -k 1 > 343 Claws > 329 Sylpheed Claws usually does this correctly, I think the exception is when the direct reply is the one you respond to. > > /me uses Debian's default MUA > /me tries

Re: Debian documentation permalinks

2012-05-30 Thread Karl Goetz
wiki. > > > > So I can't see a useful argument here, only FUD trying to talk > > people into using Mediawiki. > > > Hi there and thanks for your feedback. > > I'm talking about the fact that Debian has mail archives that may > include links to do

Re: CD1 without a network mirror isn't sufficient to install a full desktop environment

2012-09-18 Thread Karl Goetz
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, 19:45:36 EST, Serge wrote: > 2012/9/11 Jon Dowland wrote: > > > I feel that the decision to change from GNOME to something else, on the > > basis of complaints about GNOME 3, should only be considered after > > we've actually released with at least one version of GNOME 3. >

Re: Reply to a RFP on the right way

2011-10-09 Thread Karl Goetz
Debian packaging, but it is my first > contribution to Debian project. If you are new to debian packaging, you might find the mentors helpful. http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/ irc://irc.debian.org/debian-mentors thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.

Re: Announcing derivatives patches and call for help and feedback

2011-10-25 Thread Karl Goetz
l's name is “maddie”. Hopefully it won't be confused with (r)maddison :) thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Announcing derivatives patches and call for help and feedback

2011-10-31 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:34:47 +0800 Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > As a (largely) non coder, what should I look for in (say) gNewSenses > > patches to know if it can be filtered out automatically? Are there > > any common i

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-02 Thread Karl Goetz
tp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/fhs-discuss/2011-August/000334.html thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-02 Thread Karl Goetz
reestandards-fhs-discuss This is not the proper location for FHS discussion, [1] is. [1] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-02 Thread Karl Goetz
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 19:11:11 -0400 Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Nov 2011, Karl Goetz wrote: > > Not sure what you're trying to suggest here? The FHS *is* clear on > > what goes in /usr/games: > > games Games and educational binaries (optional) &g

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Karl Goetz
ot taking a stance on if it should be in or not). [1] elseware in the thread i saw a sourceforce fhs-discuss list. Is that the one? If so I'll go digging there. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: directory under /usr/bin -- Ok or not?

2011-11-06 Thread Karl Goetz
:) [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/05/msg00401.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/05/msg00434.html thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Red Hat is moving from / to /usr/

2011-12-11 Thread Karl Goetz
one system to another without rebuilding the initramfs? Seems like a step backwards for flexability. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Red Hat is moving from / to /usr/

2011-12-12 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:11:55 +0100 Reinhard Tartler wrote: > On Mo, Dez 12, 2011 at 05:36:41 (CET), Karl Goetz wrote: > > [...] > > >> The initramfs on the other hand is made to fit. So if /usr isn't > >> on a networking filesystem (NFS) then you won

Re: Bug#644788: Bug#654116: RFH: screen -- terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

2012-01-01 Thread Karl Goetz
is problem manifest for *anyone* trying to ssh from a wheezy system to a squeeze system? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#644788: Bug#654116: RFH: screen -- terminal multiplexor with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation

2012-01-02 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:40:33 -0200 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > > to fix a tiny problem which presents itself just for the length > > > > of the upgrade process, if at all. > > > > > > Correct. I

Re: cross-build-essential

2012-01-19 Thread Karl Goetz
e right things? shouldn't it be crossbuild-essential-$arch? it would help tab completion for apt, and would probably allow easier searching. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Doesn't contain source for waf binary code

2012-02-07 Thread Karl Goetz
thread, but would it be possible to patch the package to work with a packaged waf instead? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: upstart: please update to latest upstream version

2012-02-24 Thread Karl Goetz
s is insane. I agree it would be a blocker. We can't ask > all the maintainers of providing daemon packages to sign it, and > there's no reasons why we should force them to. Contributors *to upstart* need to agree to the canonical contribution agreement, I'm not sure what gives

Re: upstart: please update to latest upstream version

2012-02-25 Thread Karl Goetz
soon as > this is decided somehow, we could think of how to support kFreeBSD and > all the other stuff. Surely what it will support (and how it will be supported) would be part of a desision about 'technically best'? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Unofficial repositories on 'debian' domains

2012-03-06 Thread Karl Goetz
DMCA or your > equivalent $county_specific_law (and there are quite a few around the > world, unfortunately). I'm surprised, I thought DMCA applied to circumventing protections designed to 'protect' copyright. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http:

Re: upstart: please update to latest upstream version

2012-03-07 Thread Karl Goetz
not forget that there has been no real stable release yet. The lack of a stable release (where this means 'shipped as a full release arch for Debian') will be another factor in the popcon score: The appearance that its not yet ready for use. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group *** I've changed GPG key to 6C097260 *** signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: On init in Debian

2012-03-17 Thread Karl Goetz
> > > > I had a look in a CentOS VM, and I didn't see such file. Is it only > in RHEL? 19:33:06 (centos6) kgoetz@epicfail: ~ $ ls /etc/init.d/functions -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14K Dec 19 12:00 /etc/init.d/functions (i note init.d is a symlink to /etc/rc.d/init

Re: On init in Debian

2012-03-17 Thread Karl Goetz
ase header)... > Of course, in many cases, we need a bit more, this could be > implemented with things like START_OPTS / STOP_OPTS and > so on, and maybe some hooks for start/stop functions. Hopefully there is some way to know (as a user) that a service doesn't support restart (or

Re: Bug#693998: ITP: linux-minidisc -- Free software for accessing NetMD and HiMD MiniDisc devices

2012-11-24 Thread Karl Goetz
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, 00:26:34 LHST, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 09:02:18AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:16 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > > > * Package name      : linux-minidisc > > > > Thats a strange name considering it bu

Re: "Do not CC me"

2012-11-25 Thread Karl Goetz
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, 07:27:31 LHST, Игорь Пашев wrote: > Hi there! > > I see many note in this list like: > "I'm registered to the list. So please *do not* Cc: me." > > So I'd like to note: > > 1. Some e-mail cleints make it hard not to CC. For example GMail has only > two options: reply and r

Re: Default size limits for /run (/var/run) and /run/lock (/var/lock)

2011-04-13 Thread Karl Goetz
%) > /tmp: No default (use general tmpfs default of 20%) 20% doesn't seem like a lot for /tmp when people try and compile something. While its not something most people end up doing, it does seem odd to make people change their tempfs size before they can start building packages for debia

Re: Bug#617867: ITP: morse-coach -- Koch method Morse code trainer for GTK+ and Pulseaudio

2011-04-13 Thread Karl Goetz
//mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/m/morse/ both appear to use pulseaudio, could you port your gtk ui to the existing morse? kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Providing official virtualisation images of Debian

2011-07-25 Thread Karl Goetz
nstalled base and is relevant, although > proprietary > - Microsoft Virtual PC is likely also needed > - Citrix XenServer? Would this require the Debian project to go out and buy various bits of proprietary software to build the images with? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK

Re: Providing official virtualisation images of Debian

2011-07-27 Thread Karl Goetz
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:44:26 +0200 Moritz Mühlenhoff wrote: > Karl Goetz schrieb: > > >> I think it's sufficient for starters to provide images for stable > >> (they can be updated for every few point updates if needed). > >>=20 > >> Wh

Re: Providing official virtualisation images of Debian

2011-07-28 Thread Karl Goetz
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:12:02 +0100 Jon Dowland wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:48:57AM +0930, Karl Goetz wrote: > > It seems bizarre to me that we require packages to build > > using software in main to be 'debian', but we wouldn't > > require it for

Re: Bug#637351: ITP: urfkill -- urfkill is a daemon for the management of the radio killswitches.

2011-08-10 Thread Karl Goetz
of the radio killswitches. Hi, How does it differ from rfkill, already in the archive? Perhaps the description could be updated to make this clear. thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#638808: ITP: daimonin -- Daimonin is a fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) which features a large gameworld with engaging background, and is developing many fun and

2011-08-22 Thread Karl Goetz
neither is able to speak on behalf of the project, and ftpmasters say of what gets in is final :)). thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature