Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have considered a "Debian port outside of Debian" a couple of years > ago very carefully, for some reasons. And it is not an easy task, if > you want to do it properly. There is a major difference between > having a couple of extra packages on a s

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Marco Gerards
Michael Morey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would very like to see the HURD more widely used, > and may have an interest in getting involved as a > developer. Is there something you would like to work on? Thanks, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread joejoe99
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:42:25 -0800 (PST) Michael Morey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would very like to see the HURD more widely used, > and may have an interest in getting involved as a > developer. > > Michael I would also like to (and will) participate in Debian GNU/Hurd. My concern is movi

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Michael Morey
--- "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You didn't know that people start hacking on the > Hurd because you are > such a cutie pie? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I would very like

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
At Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:57:33 +0100, Alfred M Szmidt wrote: > >That might not be a bad thing anyway, but it would be more work and >a change. > > The work needed would be minimal, and I doubt you would need any > changes. There has always been a seperate archive where Debian > GNU/Hurd ha

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
You didn't know that people start hacking on the Hurd because you are such a cutie pie? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Marco Gerards
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >How about attracting new developers, porting packages, having >something useful to work with for Hurd developers, etc? > > That hasn't happened in the several years I have been around here. > People start hacking on the Hurd for other reasons

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
How about attracting new developers, porting packages, having something useful to work with for Hurd developers, etc? That hasn't happened in the several years I have been around here. People start hacking on the Hurd for other reasons. And you know that quite well... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Marco Gerards
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While I agree with most of what you wrote, I don't think "progress" > can be made within Debian, but what will happen is that things won't > go broken. And that is a good thing. How about attracting new developers, porting packages, having somethi

Re: [md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)] Re: Required firewall support

2005-03-17 Thread Marco Gerards
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> But doing this because the bureaucracy wants it seems like a silly >> reason to me. I am considering writing a new pfinet from scratch >> because the current one really sucks, in my opinion. If we wa

Re: [md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)] Re: Required firewall support

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But doing this because the bureaucracy wants it seems like a silly > reason to me. I am considering writing a new pfinet from scratch > because the current one really sucks, in my opinion. If we want > firewall support it should be in the new pfinet, I

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
While I agree with most of what you wrote, I don't think "progress" can be made within Debian, but what will happen is that things won't go broken. And that is a good thing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)] Re: Required firewall support

2005-03-17 Thread Marco Gerards
Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:54:28PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> Here's one fellow's interpretation of that requirement. > > Marco has advocated dropping 'doorstop architectures' from Debian for > years and he is in no way authorative on this ma

Re: heads up

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What Debian GNU/Hurd will be is Debian GNU/Linux + translator support, > and a easy way for people to try the Hurd, without all the nice > things. Debian is not interested in creating a new operating system. That's fine. I'm not out here to say t