Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-31 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How is this issue going to affect the users? It's hard for us to say exactly. Hence, I tend to be rather conservative. > E.g.: Can one boot up a slink system then access a /home directory on a > potato built fs. If the 2.2 ext2fs features are enabled, n

Build daemons

2000-01-31 Thread Matt Kern
I recently uploaded a source only change. This new version has been compiled and uploaded by the build daemons for i386 and mips. The alpha, powerpc and sparc uploads have not gone through. Are the build daemons still functioning on potato now that it has gone into freeze? Do they continue to o

What is this lintian complaint?

2000-01-31 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Hi, During a debuild of my own package I've this complaint from lintian Now running lintian... internal error: dpkg-source didn't report unpack directory internal error: could not unpack package to desired level: No such file or directory N: Skipping check of source package xiterm+thai I used pr

Re: [boot-floppies] `mke2fs' and new Linux 2.2 ext2 features ?

2000-01-31 Thread Alexander Koch
On Sun, 30 January 2000 18:00:54 -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > I disagree. I would assent to change the default and the "severity" > of the question if you can point out how the particular e2fs options > in question are in fact very important to retain. You disagree. Fine. > Since no one has don

need sponsorship for sphinx

2000-01-31 Thread Jacob Kuntz
i'm sure many of you noticed the release of CMU's Speech to Text as 'Open Source' today on slashdot. after carefull inspection of the license, i found that it isn't exactly free. howerver, it's quite close, and uses gnu autoconf, so i decided that it surely needs to be brought to debian. ("hey comp

Re: need sponsorship for sphinx

2000-01-31 Thread Joe Drew
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 05:28:02PM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > i'm sure many of you noticed the release of CMU's Speech to Text as 'Open > Source' today on slashdot. after carefull inspection of the license, i found > that it isn't exactly free. What isn't free about it? /* ==

Re: need sponsorship for sphinx

2000-01-31 Thread Jacob Kuntz
Joe Drew ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 05:28:02PM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > > i'm sure many of you noticed the release of CMU's Speech to Text as 'Open > > Source' today on slashdot. after carefull inspection of the license, i found > > that it isn't exactly free. > > What

Re: need sponsorship for sphinx

2000-01-31 Thread Jacob Kuntz
excuse me, i meant part 4 of the license. part 3 is fine. -- (jacob kuntz)[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED],underworld}.net (megabite systems) "think free speech, not free beer." (gnu foundataion)

Re: need sponsorship for sphinx

2000-01-31 Thread Joe Drew
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:06:24PM -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > > As far as I can see, it complies with the DFSG - looks like standard > > BSD-type fare. Comments? > > > > see part 3, derived works. that violates the open source guidelines. that > doesn't mean i'm not brimming with glee that we ha