On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:07:47AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:50:24AM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> > If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned
> > before,
> > why did you apply to be one ???
>
> When I applied, there was not much demand. Ther
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:07:47AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:50:24AM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> > If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned before,
> > why did you apply to be one ???
>
> When I applied, there was not much demand. There we
On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:50:24AM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned before,
> why did you apply to be one ???
When I applied, there was not much demand. There weren't several hundred
applicants waiting, so there was no queue. There was
On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 03:50:24AM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned before,
> why did you apply to be one ???
When I applied, there was not much demand. There weren't several hundred
applicants waiting, so there was no queue. There was
Hamish,
Just one question.
If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned before,
why did you apply to be one ???
Yours,
Eric.
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:39:43AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:37:21PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > If he
Hamish,
Just one question.
If you can do virtually everything without being a DD as you mentioned before,
why did you apply to be one ???
Yours,
Eric.
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:39:43AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:37:21PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > If h
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:37:21PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> If he has root access on his Suse box, I think a chroot Debian
> environment might work out if he's careful.
Good point. If his work allows it..
Hamish
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On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:37:21PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> If he has root access on his Suse box, I think a chroot Debian
> environment might work out if he's careful.
Good point. If his work allows it..
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:30:59PM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> > At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at ha
> nd,
> > and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, other distribution is prohibited
> .
> >
> > I'm /home-less and I'm not rich enoug
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:30:59PM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> > At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at ha
> nd,
> > and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, other distribution is prohibited
> .
> >
> > I'm /home-less and I'm not rich enou
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:06:48PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> ** On Jan 15, Hamish Moffatt scribbled:
> > No, Debian (a software project) is about developing an OS, not
> > about providing access to machines. The machines are only a tool
> > for developing the distribution.
> yes, but you can'
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:06:48PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> ** On Jan 15, Hamish Moffatt scribbled:
> > No, Debian (a software project) is about developing an OS, not
> > about providing access to machines. The machines are only a tool
> > for developing the distribution.
> yes, but you can
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:30:59PM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> As I mentioned before, I have passed all tasks and skills to become a NM, I'm
> just waiting DAM approval.
>
> At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at hand,
> and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, othe
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:30:59PM +0100, Eric VB wrote:
> As I mentioned before, I have passed all tasks and skills to become a NM, I'm
> just waiting DAM approval.
>
> At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at hand,
> and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, oth
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:06:48PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> yes, but you can't expect all the maintainers hava a park of machines of all
> architectures. And yet, the Debian OS runs different kernels and on
> different architectures. The conclusion is obvious.
I am pretty sure that if you a
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:06:48PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> yes, but you can't expect all the maintainers hava a park of machines of all
> architectures. And yet, the Debian OS runs different kernels and on
> different architectures. The conclusion is obvious.
I am pretty sure that if you
As I mentioned before, I have passed all tasks and skills to become a NM, I'm
just waiting DAM approval.
At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at hand,
and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, other distribution is prohibited.
I'm /home-less and I'm not rich enou
** On Jan 15, Hamish Moffatt scribbled:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 10:49:00PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> > have brains and skills that can be used. And besides, a SOFTWARE PROJECT is
> > about giving its pariticpants access to software/hardware they can work on,
> > isn't it? Especially a multi
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 10:49:00PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> have brains and skills that can be used. And besides, a SOFTWARE PROJECT is
> about giving its pariticpants access to software/hardware they can work on,
> isn't it? Especially a multi-arch/multi-OS distribution like Debian.
No, De
As I mentioned before, I have passed all tasks and skills to become a NM, I'm
just waiting DAM approval.
At the moment, I live 2000 km from home, I don't have a Debian system at hand,
and at work, I'm only allowed to use Suse, other distribution is prohibited.
I'm /home-less and I'm not rich eno
** On Jan 15, Hamish Moffatt scribbled:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 10:49:00PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> > have brains and skills that can be used. And besides, a SOFTWARE PROJECT is
> > about giving its pariticpants access to software/hardware they can work on,
> > isn't it? Especially a mult
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 10:49:00PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
> have brains and skills that can be used. And besides, a SOFTWARE PROJECT is
> about giving its pariticpants access to software/hardware they can work on,
> isn't it? Especially a multi-arch/multi-OS distribution like Debian.
No, D
On Saturday 13 January 2001, at 11 h 10, the keyboard of Martin Schulze
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> . uploading packages (through a sponsor)
After months of sponsorship-bashing ('it will break Debian', 'it will
short-circuit the normal NM process'), then after months of ignorance, now it
is
Anthony Towns writes:
> The one thing that's *least* useful, though, is trying to tell
> volunteers that, dammit, they're just not doing a good enough job,
> and they'll have to work harder if they want any respect at all.
Hey, don't forget that all the people in the new maintainer process are a
Hi Marcus,
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 05:32:40PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Nothing of this is hard to understand. But if this happens, you have to pass
> on the general staff. If you don't care about new maintainers, because you
> don't think there is much value in them, leave them alone. But
On Saturday 13 January 2001, at 11 h 10, the keyboard of Martin Schulze
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> . uploading packages (through a sponsor)
After months of sponsorship-bashing ('it will break Debian', 'it will short-circuit
the normal NM process'), then after months of ignorance, now it is
> I mean, is it really difficult to see how approving someone who'll
> maintain a couple of packages that'll get dropped into optional or extra
> isn't really a high priority? Is it difficult to see how someone might
The problem with this logic is that you don't have much chance of being
able to
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The one thing that's *least* useful, though, is trying to tell
> volunteers that, dammit, they're just not doing a good enough job,
> and they'll have to work harder if they want any respect at all.
Hey, don't forget that all the people in the new main
Hi Marcus,
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 05:32:40PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Nothing of this is hard to understand. But if this happens, you have to pass
> on the general staff. If you don't care about new maintainers, because you
> don't think there is much value in them, leave them alone. But
> I mean, is it really difficult to see how approving someone who'll
> maintain a couple of packages that'll get dropped into optional or extra
> isn't really a high priority? Is it difficult to see how someone might
The problem with this logic is that you don't have much chance of being
able to
** On Jan 14, Anthony Towns scribbled:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:47:21PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > > > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
> > > Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
> >
** On Jan 14, Anthony Towns scribbled:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:47:21PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > > > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
> > > Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
> >
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:47:44AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> I mean, is it really difficult to see how approving someone who'll
> maintain a couple of packages that'll get dropped into optional or extra
> isn't really a high priority? Is it difficult to see how someone might
> think, oh, I don'
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:47:21PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
> > Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
> What about those with sid (me) who want access to
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 01:47:44AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> I mean, is it really difficult to see how approving someone who'll
> maintain a couple of packages that'll get dropped into optional or extra
> isn't really a high priority? Is it difficult to see how someone might
> think, oh, I don
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:47:21PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
> > Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
> What about those with sid (me) who want access t
> On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
>
> Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
What about those with sid (me) who want access to potato and woody machines
to test with weird breakages? (me)
Why
On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
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> On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> > What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
>
> Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
What about those with sid (me) who want access to potato and woody machines
to test with weird breakages? (me)
Wh
On 20010114T010257-0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms?
Those are special cases, and warrant access to our non-x86 machines.
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Keep the Deja Archi
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 01:02:57AM -0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms? What if I
> someday end up with a package like that, want to see it for myself, fix
> the problem, and send the patch upstream like a good developer?
>
> Having access to plat
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 01:02:57AM -0600, Scott Dier wrote:
> What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms? What if I
> someday end up with a package like that, want to see it for myself, fix
> the problem, and send the patch upstream like a good developer?
>
> Having access to pla
* Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010113 17:31]:
> > Only for very few tasks you will require to be an official Debian
> are not important, neither is login access to Debian systems.
What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms? What if I
someday end up with a package li
* Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010113 17:31]:
> > Only for very few tasks you will require to be an official Debian
> are not important, neither is login access to Debian systems.
What about odd programs with breakage on non-x86 platforms? What if I
someday end up with a package l
On 20010113T111032+0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Only for very few tasks you will require to be an official Debian
> maintainer.
However, as long as you are not a Debian developer, you do not have
power over policy or in constitutional issues. You can't, for example,
vote for a DPL or second poli
On 20010113T111032+0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Only for very few tasks you will require to be an official Debian
> maintainer.
However, as long as you are not a Debian developer, you do not have
power over policy or in constitutional issues. You can't, for example,
vote for a DPL or second pol
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