Re: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration

2003-03-20 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:12:32PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > For example. I see a lot of questions on debian-user about configuring IP > addresses, so I thought, hey I'll write a quick Python app to configure > /etc/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf. Of course doing an apt search > produces e

Re: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration

2003-03-20 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:12:32PM -0800, deFreese, Barry wrote: > For example. I see a lot of questions on debian-user about configuring IP > addresses, so I thought, hey I'll write a quick Python app to configure > /etc/interfaces and /etc/resolv.conf. Of course doing an apt search > produces e

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-17 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:05:50PM -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: > How about for validation of PGP messages. Is the version on the solaris > system good enough for validation? [...] Yes, probably. > I've also found useful information at pgpi.org since my last post. It > seems that the IDEA alg

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-17 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:57:26PM -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: > I would like to setup a key to eventually be used for Debian related > activities (the kind nm's need). I would like to use an existing version > of pgp on a set of solaris systems I have access to, the problem is they > have PGP

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-17 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:05:50PM -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: > How about for validation of PGP messages. Is the version on the solaris > system good enough for validation? [...] Yes, probably. > I've also found useful information at pgpi.org since my last post. It > seems that the IDEA alg

Re: pgp 2.6.3i vs pgp5i vs gnupgp

2003-03-17 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:57:26PM -0600, Drew Scott Daniels wrote: > I would like to setup a key to eventually be used for Debian related > activities (the kind nm's need). I would like to use an existing version > of pgp on a set of solaris systems I have access to, the problem is they > have PGP

Re: I'd like to help out - where should I start?

2003-03-12 Thread Chad Miller
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:00:15PM -0500, Greg Leffler wrote: > [...] The main concern I have with the OS is that there is an awful lot of > documentation missing or that could be made better, just from my run-ins > with stuff. [...] > [...] but want I want to begin with is by helping update or

Re: I'd like to help out - where should I start?

2003-03-12 Thread Chad Miller
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:00:15PM -0500, Greg Leffler wrote: > [...] The main concern I have with the OS is that there is an awful lot of > documentation missing or that could be made better, just from my run-ins > with stuff. [...] > [...] but want I want to begin with is by helping update or

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Chad Miller
Hi, Thomas. On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:55:32AM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Taking your answer literally, the conclusion is that you think that debian > has enough package maintainers and the others should bother about the crums > that fall from the table that existing DDs are not interested in

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-28 Thread Chad Miller
Hi, Thomas. On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 08:55:32AM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Taking your answer literally, the conclusion is that you think that debian > has enough package maintainers and the others should bother about the crums > that fall from the table that existing DDs are not interested in

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-27 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:37:59PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote: > Well, I really do not care about sexyness of my work. I have just > participated in the development of the program (actually, it is > just a script for vim), which seems to be very interesting for > me (so I hoped it may be interesting f

Re: How to be a great Debian Developer

2003-01-27 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:37:59PM -0500, Matej Cepl wrote: > Well, I really do not care about sexyness of my work. I have just > participated in the development of the program (actually, it is > just a script for vim), which seems to be very interesting for > me (so I hoped it may be interesting f

Re: Sponsor for distributed computation daemon: protein folding

2003-01-27 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:38:10PM +0100, Daniel Bonniot wrote: > The original tar file is huge (22MB) because it contains the (big) > binaries for three architectures (i386, powerpc and hppa). But, the tarball comes with source, too, right? [Sorry -- too lazy and on too low-bandwidth to look.]

Re: Sponsor for distributed computation daemon: protein folding

2003-01-27 Thread Chad Miller
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:38:10PM +0100, Daniel Bonniot wrote: > The original tar file is huge (22MB) because it contains the (big) > binaries for three architectures (i386, powerpc and hppa). But, the tarball comes with source, too, right? [Sorry -- too lazy and on too low-bandwidth to look.]

How to be a great Debian Developer (was Re: Question about seeking (finding) a sponsor)

2003-01-26 Thread Chad Miller
Hi, Thomas. I'm not directing this to you only. I'm giving general advice to all readers here who are thinking of joining Debian. On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 10:54:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > - - Getting my GPG-Key signed, > - - Finding a sponsor, > - - Applying as new maintainer, and All

How to be a great Debian Developer (was Re: Question about seeking (finding) a sponsor)

2003-01-26 Thread Chad Miller
Hi, Thomas. I'm not directing this to you only. I'm giving general advice to all readers here who are thinking of joining Debian. On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 10:54:14PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > - - Getting my GPG-Key signed, > - - Finding a sponsor, > - - Applying as new maintainer, and All

Re: new system uid/gid

2003-01-26 Thread Chad Miller
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:12:21AM +0100, Szilveszter Farkas wrote: > i would like to create a package which needs a system user and a group > to be added. which uid/gid shall i use? leave it over 1000 (default), > or should i set it under 1000? There's policy already set up for this, and "adduser

Re: new system uid/gid

2003-01-26 Thread Chad Miller
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:12:21AM +0100, Szilveszter Farkas wrote: > i would like to create a package which needs a system user and a group > to be added. which uid/gid shall i use? leave it over 1000 (default), > or should i set it under 1000? There's policy already set up for this, and "adduser

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:22:50AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: > IDs are easily forged. I am sure of that since I have see how it works To misquote Old Man Murray, it's better than relying on scent. IDs are the best thing we have for identifying the person's real name, and real names are _requ

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
could have you vouch for the identity of myself as "Bubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>". Now, there's usually no good way to match the email address with the person, but as long as the name-part of the ID is okay, you might be comfortable signing those you're reasonably sure are

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:22:50AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: > IDs are easily forged. I am sure of that since I have see how it works To misquote Old Man Murray, it's better than relying on scent. IDs are the best thing we have for identifying the person's real name, and real names are _req

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
could have you vouch for the identity of myself as "Bubba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>". Now, there's usually no good way to match the email address with the person, but as long as the name-part of the ID is okay, you might be comfortable signing those you're reasonably sure are

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Chad Miller
g in general. I'd even try really hard to avoid it, using 1.2.0 this time, instead of prepending an epoch. Epochs are ugly. I usually use 1.2+MMDD for snapshots and 1.1+1.2preN for "prereleases". I did adopt a package (openjade) that has such a problem, though.

Re: 1.2 after 1.2pre

2002-04-02 Thread Chad Miller
g in general. I'd even try really hard to avoid it, using 1.2.0 this time, instead of prepending an epoch. Epochs are ugly. I usually use 1.2+MMDD for snapshots and 1.1+1.2preN for "prereleases". I did adopt a package (openjade) that has such a problem, though.

Re: Request for a sponsor (clisp)

2002-03-15 Thread Chad Miller
a sponsor, so > is anyone interested in sponsoring me for this package? I'm interested in having clisp actively maintained. I'm pretty new to it, but I can sponsor you. > BTW - I do realise that this package appears to be a portability PITA but I > think I can cope with tha

Re: Request for a sponsor (clisp)

2002-03-15 Thread Chad Miller
a sponsor, so > is anyone interested in sponsoring me for this package? I'm interested in having clisp actively maintained. I'm pretty new to it, but I can sponsor you. > BTW - I do realise that this package appears to be a portability PITA but I > think I can cope with tha

Re: directory permission not changed by dpkg

2002-02-28 Thread Chad Miller
re-versions' to decide what to do. Btw, I'm not addressing whether this is "legal", just that it's possible. -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.advogato.org/person/cmiller/> ``Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool.''

Re: directory permission not changed by dpkg

2002-02-28 Thread Chad Miller
g --compare-versions' to decide what to do. Btw, I'm not addressing whether this is "legal", just that it's possible. -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.advogato.org/person/cmiller/> ``Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing sec

changes and arch?

2001-01-07 Thread Chad Miller
chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic') Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from

changes and arch?

2001-01-07 Thread Chad Miller
chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic') Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received:

Re: test followup (was Re: creating man pages)

2000-12-14 Thread Chad Miller
nd a 'MFT: UserWithNoMailDomain' . I'm not confident enough to file a bug report on it, tho. - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insuff

Re: test followup (was Re: creating man pages)

2000-12-14 Thread Chad Miller
nd a 'MFT: UserWithNoMailDomain' . I'm not confident enough to file a bug report on it, tho. - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insuff

Re: info on the autobuilder?

2000-11-21 Thread Chad Miller
esn't come into it. hth. - chad (An NM, not mentor.) -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic')

Re: info on the autobuilder?

2000-11-21 Thread Chad Miller
esn't come into it. hth. - chad (An NM, not mentor.) -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Chad Miller
bian-devel . (No one seemed to notice.) - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic')

Re: bugreports potato/woody

2000-10-10 Thread Chad Miller
bian-devel . (No one seemed to notice.) - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third La

Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?

2000-06-29 Thread Chad Miller
ueued, tho. - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic') pgpIrSWF0kgI5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: NM : Dale Scheetz : is NM working fine ?

2000-06-29 Thread Chad Miller
ueued, tho. - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ (GPG) "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic') PGP signature

Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys

2000-06-05 Thread Chad Miller
ocumentation. Anyone here develop gnupg upstream? - chad -- Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> URL: http://web.chad.org/ "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced". First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic')

ITP: pmud

2000-05-30 Thread Chad Miller
xppc/ (as RPMs and SRPMS). - chad Source: pmud Section: admin Priority: optional Maintainer: Chad Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Standards-Version: 3.0.1 Package: pmud Architecture: powerpc Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} Provides: apmd Recommends: hdparm Sugg