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> On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I intend to package xscavenger, a lode runner like game (remember the good
> > old commodore 64 days?).
> >
>
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> On Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 10:32:51PM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hello all!
> > >
> > > I intend to package xsc
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On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:46:20PM +, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 12:20:10AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 10:32:51PM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> > > On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > > I i
On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 1997 at 03:34:34PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I intend to package xscavenger, a lode runner like game (remember the good
> > old commodore 64 days?).
> >
bandwidth. (Note that I don't know if the executables provide the same
functionality, I'm just guessing).
(On the other hand, we could link all executables statically, because they
would be smaller then 2 MB in most cases >:-]
Merry christmess,
Mrcs (whr r my vwls ?)
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On Mon, Dec 22, 1997 at 06:54:08PM -0700, Anthony Fok wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > Sorry, do you mean that wml contains copies of m4, eperl, txt2html and
> > other? If this is the case, they should be removed IMHO and wml should
> > depend o
e.
Be sure to read the howto
http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html
before!
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w could evolve to the main debian documentation
center it is supposed to be, as we have policy that preferred doc format is
html, havn't we?
> from me.
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(which itself is created by autoconf out of
configure.in) to Makefiles.
Automake does support the GNU standard, a less restrict one, and (perhaps)
the gnits standard (the new GNU standard). Will there be automake support
for Debian packages ?
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On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 08:08:51PM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > Automake does support the GNU standard, a less restrict one, and (perhaps)
> > the gnits standard (the new GNU standard). Will there be automake support
>
naged
> to make dvi files with ps images print right through magicfilter, I would
> love to hear how you did it.
Is there really a ps2dvi program? Or do you mean the other way round ?
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}
for example. I don't know if egcs does make use of this promise by the
programmer, but it certainly should. Take the bigger binary as a sign that
the C++ support gets better. Maybe the size will go down again if it gets
again far more better.
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sign of unefficient C++ programming style. Only to use exceptions in a few
places and use other global error handling strategies most of the time is
IMHO unnecessary.
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On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 02:58:39PM +0300, Amos Shapira wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 01:01:46AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > However, you can give the compiler a hint that a function does not throw any
> > exceptions by adding throw() at the right place:
> >
>
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 05:15:59PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > Exception handling is a powerful feature, and makes other global error
> > strategies mostly unnecessary. Therefore the size of compiled and well
> >
I understand your concern, you want a stable Debian main Distribution. But
for special hardware, you need some components. Those you can find in Extra.
Some of these components could be a Kernel 2.1.x snapshot.
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OTOH, we don't have a kernel-source package for hamm.
So you have made your point, as I have made mine.
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mpt setting scheme, in hopes this
> inspires someone else (any improvements greatly appreciated)
Manoj, have you considerd autoconf support for this beast ;)
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loper would know where to look, and it
could be mentioned in a readme.new-kernel.
> Acceptable?
Sure. My only interest is that a 2.1.x kernel is on the CD ;) And I would
not start fighting around for it...
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nclude selected directories from there on the official
CD (I think of gettext (ouch, don't beat me), 2.1.x software, ...)?
Great idea Brian,
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> that is installed before trying to use it.
>
> Source and screenshots are available at:
>
> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~conradp/express/
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On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 12:19:03PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > Why don't we include selected directories from there on the official
> > CD (I think of gettext (ouch, d
e being in "experimental" does not implicitly mean "not to be
> distributed in CDs", then we would need definitely another different
> "experimental" for gettext.
Maybe non-free/experimental? Sorry for the shot.
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On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 11:59:18AM +0100, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 05:16:54AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > >2) irritating: When installing from a (not yet mounted) hard disk partition
> > > and entering the path to the m
ace change (e.g. do we need to upload new versions of related
packages) ?
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On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 05:32:17PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> >>>>> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marcus> Did the interface change (e.g. do we need to upload new
> Marcus> versions of related packages
ot. I think the whole thing about free software is to spread it.
Probably not on the binary CD, but what about the source CD, which is mainly
interesting for developers. I hope some vendors will be kind enough to be
not so picky.
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Everyone needs a teddy. This is human psychology.
Could you make xteddy pop up at kernel oops?
;) Marcus
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On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 01:07:34AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marcus> Is gettext so unstable? I doubt it.
>
> Dpes not matter. We should be respecting the upstrea
hould be fixed (if at all
possible).
I can try fresh boot disks, but not before thursday.
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during boot...)
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On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 07:13:32PM +0100, Enrique Zanardi wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 02:03:26PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >
> > Enrique, could you *please* fix the help screens? They say you should boot
> > "default options=value" and "rescue op
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On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 06:20:21PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you
> >> disagree.
> &g
mber
those? I have one, is it valuable?] to Alpha station) ;)
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for newbies easier, for
interested people it would be something to get starting with and all the
prof's can improve it without caring about defaults ;)
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lthough someone submitted
an entry for FWIW, IIRC ;)
FWIW was the worst to find out for myself, it really puzzled me a long
time, as non-native english speaker ;)
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On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:34:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Brinkmann) wrote on 23.04.98 in <[EMAIL
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>
> > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > As far as I can tell this license is DF
However, it is not as obvious as you want to make us believe. Things that
are not explicitely allowed are forbidden. Things that are not spelled out,
are not there at all. There is only little room for interpretation of legal
texts.
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On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:40:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > And now my comments:
> > 1) He does not mention that selling is allowed. So you are not allowed to
> > sell it.
>
> Last time I heard, "red
;t have the
time for kid games and name calling. I only ask you to have a footnote
explaining: If you need it in your Ph.D. to warrant this language, you
certainly want it in an internationally used document, too.
Remember that Linux as well as Debian is an international project.
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On Wed, Apr 29, 1998 at 10:37:36PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I hope you are well aware of the fact that a lot of people will not
> > understand it, and probably will ask you abo
velopers by some "higher person", but something the developers force
on *themselves*. You can only experience real freedom if you feel the border.
In short, I agree with Manoj.
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suboptimal configuration tools, they tend to create more problems then they
solve.
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sly, this was not what Branden suggested.
Sorry for the fuzz,
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On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 06:36:37PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> While I agree with much of what you say about the need for policy to be
> clear, I will continue to urge caution when being dictatorial about
> policy.
>
> I only
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Obviously, this has somewhat changed. I don't know if he is still working on
it. I asked him some time ago, but got no response.
Perhaps we should create a COAS for Debian group?
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> source code?
> Or how about those C(++) systems that let you write documentation and source
> code in one file?
Yes, you make very valid points here. IMO, this problem rises now because we
have more and better documentation than some years ago.
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working on it, and I am
sure we will follow very soon, but anyway, currently egcs is the only option
for us.
(gcc 2.95.x couldn't compile itself last time I tried).
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Note that Gtk-- is currently completely revamped, and although there
probably will be an update, Gtk-- 1.0 is mostly dead meat. I am not sure
1.1. makes it into potato though.
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from the license (IMHO).
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download:
> 1.0.40 3196381 Sep 27 15:19 gnome-libs-1.0.42.tar.gz
and recompile. Will be done in no time. Don't worry. But only if it is
installed in the archive by now (last time I checked it was stuck in
incoming).
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On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 08:25:00PM +0100, Marco Budde wrote:
>
> Please tell me what for do we need doc-base?
To piss off people like you of course.
Shaking my head in despair.
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t require legal papers from contributors, we just don't care
and hope that our ass is covered by our good intentions (we act responsible
and in good faith).
No problems with XEmacs.
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On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 09:14:15AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > The FSF does only include code in GNU programs if the author assigns the
> > copyright to the FSF by signing a paper.
>
> Wrong.
>
> Take a look
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On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 07:44:38PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 01:28:53AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 06:53:18PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > This may sound silly, but in fact, glibc does not support shadow groups[1]
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not user independant is it?
On the Hurd it is!
> The system can not be set so that one user
> has support for running Java/JPEGs from the command line, and another does
> not?
Yes!
Oh, you mean Linux? No. See above :)
http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd
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> Changing the mime-type for one file would automatically effect
> all programs.
Yep. For this and other stuff (package managment) a filesystem which can
store arbitrary metadata would be nice.
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&& (cmp tmp-foo1 tmp-foo2 > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo $$file differs
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On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:44:39PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Marcus> Making last minute changes and rushing in x.0 versions of
> Marcus> critical software is just Plain Wrong. Esp
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 01:37:01PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:14:56PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > The simple fact you are missing is that Debian is not an industry.
>
> Which doesn't mean that all arguments are not valid. As Manoj
On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 10:47:51PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > You are going to keep /usr/X11R6 for this release right? I guess that the
> > XFree86 people might get a bit irritated if you tried to drop it.
>
> Actually, I've evilly been toying with the idea of #defining ProjectRoot to
> /u
get.
Only if there isn't a copyright file somewhere laying around, giving a
license to us. Probably contact borland for a license if there isn't.
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make a package which looks different from the "official" package. The
debian-snapshot list was created to aim at a solution, but nothing came out
of it so far.
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:15:01PM +, Michal Fecanin Araujo wrote:
> --
> #include
>
> FILE *output=stderr;
>
> int main()
> {
> fprintf(output,"Hello World\n");
> }
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> The proble
works also with individual packages you don't get from an archive source.
It cuold also be used to verify the origin of the package.
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Hi Anthony,
On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 08:37:10AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 04:02:20PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 09:00:34AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > The whole file --- verifying each entry would take at l
use it is stored on a network
connected machine, the latter because it is transfered over the net (if it
is shared among the security team). Of course, if the security team use
their personal key in the latter case, I can trust it.
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problem it solves and which it doesn't solve. Also it is important to
realize that the secret key automatically used by dinstall can not be stored
in a highly secure way.
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:41:22AM -0500, Chris Frey wrote:
>
> Quoting from the mailing list archives... :-)
>
> Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 09:00:34AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > The whole file --- verifying eac
).
Also, it might be that the submitter reads the bug archive to correspond
with you.
I don't know if you were serious or not, but I think the whole discussion
got well out of hands.
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On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 08:52:36PM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 04:00:20PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > It seems you feel personally insulted. I am sorry for this, but
> > unfortunately it doesn't change the situation that the signed p
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 01:36:56PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 03:38:29PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > I could not trust either. The former, because it is stored on a network
> > connected machine, the latter because it is transfered over the ne
On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 02:49:40PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > In the signed .debs case, I, as a developer, assert that the package comes
> > from me. A user can directly verify this by checking the signature.
>
On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 03:16:23PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > Wrong. If you have signed debs, and you are careful when updating the
> > debian-keyring package, there is no risk even if master is compromised.
>
&
hole archive.
> I also assert that the
> chance of a hacker getting the security key is lower than say 50% of the
> keys in our keyring.
I would not make such claims. In any way, see above.
Thanks,
Marcus
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dinstall to the user, I don't care. But don't
> > tell the users that link 2 asserts that all packages come from Debian
> > developers, it doesn't.
>
> No, it asserts that all packages come from *Debian*. Debian itself states
> that they'll only distribute
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 01:01:30PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 02:57:06PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > > As dinstall verifies the keys on the packages (which already exist, btw,
> > > > they are just not propagated), it puts
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 08:11:15PM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
>
> We might want to revoke the old key. If James leaves we can't revoke his key
> because it is HIS key. We can however revoke the dinstall key because it
> is by definition Debian's key. But this is nitpicking.
Who is Debian?
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 02:30:12PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> > This is a seperate problem. I agree that this should not be the case, but it
> > has no place in this discussion. If individual developer keys are
> >
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 01:36:01PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
>
> Debian *can* make this decision, because we know each other. Most users
> can only go `James who?'.
This is easily identified as a play with names. Who is this "Debian" person
you refer to anyway? After all, behind every action is
ing 300
further, even useless, binaries wouldn't distract me in any way.
Thanks,
Marcus
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