Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-08-08 Thread Martin Juhlin
Hi How did the proposal went? Is there any development? Best regards Martin torsdagen den 22 juli 2004 14.11 skrev Riccardo Vestrini: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/sh

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-08-08 Thread Martin Juhlin
Hi How did the proposal went? Is there any development? Best regards Martin torsdagen den 22 juli 2004 14.11 skrev Riccardo Vestrini: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/sh

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Romana Branden
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 05:56:58PM -0600, Al Stone imparted: > Hm. If no one else wants, to I'm foolish enough > and interested enough to try to organize this effort. > Just don't make me regret it :-)... oddly enough, halfway through my howto on acer aspire 1350 with sid, and wireless cards/usb

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Al Stone
Hm. If no one else wants, to I'm foolish enough and interested enough to try to organize this effort. Just don't make me regret it :-)... What I would also like to suggest is that we find some way to cooperate with tuxmobil and linux-on-laptops -- we use their info and we share with them what we

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Al Stone
This is an excellent idea. I'm willing to help, too. As a long-time laptop Linux user, being able to apt-get a package of handy hints and pointers to URLs would have been a great time and effort saver. Yes, I was able to find a lot of what I needed with google; if someone had bundled that up for

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Romana Branden
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 05:56:58PM -0600, Al Stone imparted: > Hm. If no one else wants, to I'm foolish enough > and interested enough to try to organize this effort. > Just don't make me regret it :-)... oddly enough, halfway through my howto on acer aspire 1350 with sid, and wireless cards/usb

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:22:37AM -0400, Robert Goley wrote: > >That is a very good question. I have very limited time. I can see me > maintaining a few laptop models that I >have access to but I do not think that I have the time and resources to > manage the whole project. Any >

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Al Stone
Hm. If no one else wants, to I'm foolish enough and interested enough to try to organize this effort. Just don't make me regret it :-)... What I would also like to suggest is that we find some way to cooperate with tuxmobil and linux-on-laptops -- we use their info and we share with them what we

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Al Stone
This is an excellent idea. I'm willing to help, too. As a long-time laptop Linux user, being able to apt-get a package of handy hints and pointers to URLs would have been a great time and effort saver. Yes, I was able to find a lot of what I needed with google; if someone had bundled that up for

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emmanuel Halbwachs
Hello, Riccardo Vestrini a écrit : apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed I like the idea. will someone be interested? I unfortunately have no time to help the developpement but if I can help by testing on my laptop or r

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:22:37AM -0400, Robert Goley wrote: > >That is a very good question. I have very limited time. I can see me > maintaining a few laptop models that I >have access to but I do not think that I have the time and resources to manage > the whole project. Any >

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emmanuel Halbwachs
Hello, Riccardo Vestrini a écrit : apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed I like the idea. will someone be interested? I unfortunately have no time to help the developpement but if I can help by testing on my laptop or re-reading

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robin Haunschild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Am Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004 14:11 schrieb Riccardo Vestrini: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopseri

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robin Haunschild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Am Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2004 14:11 schrieb Riccardo Vestrini: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopseri

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Riccardo Vestrini
since I received so much feedback I have to explain better my thoughts my idea was about a documentation-only package, something like doc-linux-* packages, a collection of documents and links to webpages useful for the owner of a certain laptop adding dependencies is a difficult thing, this way

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Werner Heuser
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 09:26:54AM -0400, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: > I think that is a great! idea. Maybe two packages though laptop-common > and laptopbrand-laptopseries. And "maybe" (just a thought) have say, > laptop-common install a set of packages common to all laptops and > laptopbrand-lapto

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:35:28AM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > However, what the original writer was suggesting was a meta-package > along the lines of "kde-extras" which itself depends on a suite of > appropriate other Debian packages and specific configuration options > which would complete t

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Curt Howland
On Thursday 22 July 2004 09:43, Emma Jane Hogbin was heard to say: > I think this is a good idea, but I wonder how it will be different > from the information at: > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ Agreed. The repository already exists, let's utilize it. However, what the original writer wa

RE: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Goley
That is a very good question.  I have very limited time.  I can see me maintaining a few laptop models that I have access to but I do not think that I have the time and resources to manage the whole project.  Any suggestions or volunteers? Robert n Thu, 2004-07-22 at 09:35, Antonio Expósito

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Riccardo Vestrini
since I received so much feedback I have to explain better my thoughts my idea was about a documentation-only package, something like doc-linux-* packages, a collection of documents and links to webpages useful for the owner of a certain laptop adding dependencies is a difficult thing, this way you

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Werner Heuser
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 09:26:54AM -0400, Ralph Crongeyer wrote: > I think that is a great! idea. Maybe two packages though laptop-common > and laptopbrand-laptopseries. And "maybe" (just a thought) have say, > laptop-common install a set of packages common to all laptops and > laptopbrand-lapto

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:11:36PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed > documentation on how to configure

RE: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Antonio Expósito Lorenzo
Good idea, but who will be its manager? -Mensaje original- De: Riccardo Vestrini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 22 de julio de 2004 14:12 Para: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Asunto: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie I think it could be

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
I think that is a great! idea. Maybe two packages though laptop-common and laptopbrand-laptopseries. And "maybe" (just a thought) have say, laptop-common install a set of packages common to all laptops and laptopbrand-laptopseries install a set of packages specific for that brand and series as

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Charles Plessy
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:11:36PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote : > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed > documentation on how to configur

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:35:28AM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > However, what the original writer was suggesting was a meta-package > along the lines of "kde-extras" which itself depends on a suite of > appropriate other Debian packages and specific configuration options > which would complete t

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Goley
I like the idea and would be willing to contribute. I have access to a few laptops. I am relatively new to debian packaging though. I have created some basic configuration packages. Robert On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 08:11, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buyin

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Curt Howland
On Thursday 22 July 2004 09:43, Emma Jane Hogbin was heard to say: > I think this is a good idea, but I wonder how it will be different > from the information at: > http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ Agreed. The repository already exists, let's utilize it. However, what the original writer wa

RE: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Goley
That is a very good question.  I have very limited time.  I can see me maintaining a few laptop models that I have access to but I do not think that I have the time and resources to manage the whole project.  Any suggestions or volunteers? Robert n Thu, 2004-07-22 at 09:35, Antonio Expósito

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:11:36PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed > documentation on how to configure

RE: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Antonio Expósito Lorenzo
Good idea, but who will be its manager? -Mensaje original- De: Riccardo Vestrini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: jueves, 22 de julio de 2004 14:12 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie I think it could be a good thing

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Ralph Crongeyer
I think that is a great! idea. Maybe two packages though laptop-common and laptopbrand-laptopseries. And "maybe" (just a thought) have say, laptop-common install a set of packages common to all laptops and laptopbrand-laptopseries install a set of packages specific for that brand and series as

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Charles Plessy
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:11:36PM +0200, Riccardo Vestrini wrote : > I think it could be a good thing if someone buying a new laptop could > simply do > apt-get install laptopbrand-laptopserie > and then obtain in /usr/share/doc/laptopbrand-laptopserie all needed > documentation on how to configur

Re: proposal: create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-serie

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Goley
I like the idea and would be willing to contribute. I have access to a few laptops. I am relatively new to debian packaging though. I have created some basic configuration packages. Robert On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 08:11, Riccardo Vestrini wrote: > I think it could be a good thing if someone buyin