Hi Chad
On Sonntag, 26. Januar 2003 23:55, Chad Miller wrote:
> This is something you should do if and when you're pretty sure that
> you don't want your work to be just exercise. There's nothing
> wrong with packaging something just for the experience, note; you
> don't have to be a package ma
Hi Chad
On Sonntag, 26. Januar 2003 23:55, Chad Miller wrote:
> This is something you should do if and when you're pretty sure that
> you don't want your work to be just exercise. There's nothing
> wrong with packaging something just for the experience, note; you
> don't have to be a package ma
For the record, their are a lot of developers who agree absolutely with
the sentiments you express here, and suggest you try to become an official
DD rather than accepting the inconvenience of working always through a
sponsor.
Britton Kerin
__
GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always."
On
For the record, their are a lot of developers who agree absolutely with
the sentiments you express here, and suggest you try to become an official
DD rather than accepting the inconvenience of working always through a
sponsor.
Britton Kerin
__
GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always."
On
@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: How to be a great Debian Developer
Hi Russell!
You wrote:
> One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for
> every binary on your system. /usr/bin and /bin binaries deserve man pages
in
> section 1, /usr/sbin and /sbin
Hi Russell!
You wrote:
> One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for
> every binary on your system. /usr/bin and /bin binaries deserve man pages in
> section 1, /usr/sbin and /sbin binaries deserve man pages in section 8. If
> you write a Perl script to search f
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:03:11PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> That's at least a start. I'm sure there must be a way to get a list of
> bugs with a specific tag; e.g 'help' or 'unreproducable' that need some
> help to fix, but I can't find it right now. Colin, is that possible?
Not for tags in
quot;Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:35 AM
To: Russell Coker
Cc: deFreese, Barry; '[EMAIL PROTEC
Hi Russell!
You wrote:
> One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for
> every binary on your system. /usr/bin and /bin binaries deserve man pages in
> section 1, /usr/sbin and /sbin binaries deserve man pages in section 8. If
> you write a Perl script to search f
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:55, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking me
> seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I just
One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for
every binary on your sy
On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 01:03:11PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> That's at least a start. I'm sure there must be a way to get a list of
> bugs with a specific tag; e.g 'help' or 'unreproducable' that need some
> help to fix, but I can't find it right now. Colin, is that possible?
Not for tags in
This one time, at band camp, deFreese, Barry said:
> Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking
> me seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I
> just need some guidance in the right direction. The way I look at it,
> the more exposure I get, the
> Unfortunately, it's hard to tell who is serious about Debian and who is,
> for instance, likely to do work for a month, decide RedHat is what they
> want to run at home, and never be seen again.
>
> A long NM process used to weed out people joining Debian on a whim
> (good), but it also weede
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:55, deFreese, Barry wrote:
> Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking me
> seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I just
One thing you could do is write a script that searches for a man page for
every binary on your sy
ff we don't like" is a successful way of getting
> anywhere.
>-Original Message-
>From: Chad Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:11 AM
>To: Thomas Viehmann
>Cc: debian-mentors
>Subject: Re: How to be a great Debian Developer
&
This one time, at band camp, deFreese, Barry said:
> Hey I've offer to be a "slave" to Debian but no one seems to be taking
> me seriously. I'll write man pages, clean up code, test, whatever, I
> just need some guidance in the right direction. The way I look at it,
> the more exposure I get, the
> Unfortunately, it's hard to tell who is serious about Debian and who is,
> for instance, likely to do work for a month, decide RedHat is what they
> want to run at home, and never be seen again.
>
> A long NM process used to weed out people joining Debian on a whim
> (good), but it also weede
ff we don't like" is a successful way of getting
> anywhere.
>-Original Message-
>From: Chad Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:11 AM
>To: Thomas Viehmann
>Cc: debian-mentors
>Subject: Re: How to be a great Debian Developer
&
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
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
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:55, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> still left, but you should well know that a volunteer project needs to
> distribute the dull jobs amongst those that are working for the main cause.
That is a fair point. However you may have noticed that there are
difficulties in becoming a ne
Hi Chad.
I did not answer to your first post for various reasons.
While I thank you for your answers, I strongly disagree
with some of your views to the point that I wondered why
it was my package that prompted you to write about "pet-packages".
Just as your advice was not only to me, please take
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:55, Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> still left, but you should well know that a volunteer project needs to
> distribute the dull jobs amongst those that are working for the main cause.
That is a fair point. However you may have noticed that there are
difficulties in becoming a ne
Hi Chad.
I did not answer to your first post for various reasons.
While I thank you for your answers, I strongly disagree
with some of your views to the point that I wondered why
it was my package that prompted you to write about "pet-packages".
Just as your advice was not only to me, please take
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:48:19PM -0500, Chad Miller wrote:
> Let me give a personal example: I wrote a program that uses the XMLRPC
> features of Advogato to edit one's diary there. People loved it. There
> are about two dozen people who regularly use it. I made it into a
> package, and put i
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:48:19PM -0500, Chad Miller wrote:
> Let me give a personal example: I wrote a program that uses the XMLRPC
> features of Advogato to edit one's diary there. People loved it. There
> are about two dozen people who regularly use it. I made it into a
> package, and put i
Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
>
> It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
No, it is just other way around -- as if you couldn't get just
one peanut, but you would have to read at le
Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
>
> It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
No, it is just other way around -- as if you couldn't get just
one peanut, but you would have to read at le
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:37:29PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
>
> It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
I second that emoti
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
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
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http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive be
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On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:37:29PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> > What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
>
> It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
I second that emoti
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
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 21:37, Matej Cepl wrote:
> What's so wrong with maintaing just one package?
It's like salted peanuts. Once you have one you can't stop. ;)
--
http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages
http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive be
Chad Miller wrote:
> Sure, all of these may not seem as "sexy" as uploading
> a package you create, but it sure helps Debian more.
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 t
Chad Miller wrote:
> Sure, all of these may not seem as "sexy" as uploading
> a package you create, but it sure helps Debian more.
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 t
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