At 20:10 -0700 1998-09-12, Richard Braakman wrote:
>I find it amusing that the FSF contradicts its own "GNU/Linux" stance
>here :-) Apparently linux is "GNU/Linux", but the Hurd is called "gnu"
>to distinguish it from "linux".
There isn't a contradiction, the names that config.guess/config.sub us
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 05:24:25PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Zed Pobre wrote:
> >
> > > In the mean time, then, if I understand correctly, the only arch
> > > string that will allow proper compilation is "i386-gnu"?
> >
Hi,
>>"Francesco" == Francesco Potorti` <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Francesco> /usr/doc is big, and I would like to move it to a
Francesco> different partition via a symlink. Unfortunately, some
Francesco> relative links inside it point to other files under the
Francesco> /usr tree, which is
Hi,
>>"Francesco" == Francesco Potorti` <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Francesco> I suggest that the policy makes clear that packages should
Francesco> add proper filter entries in /etc/printcap. For example,
Francesco> the package tetex-bin should add an fx entry in all
Francesco> printers in /
Hi,
>>"Zed" == Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Actually, so can lynx, MOzilla, netscape, and w3. I take back
>> my objection. I did not realize that all the html browsers too
>> transparently handle gzipped files
Zed> ? I have Netscape 4.06 installed on my box, and it refuses to
On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 05:24:25PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Zed Pobre wrote:
>
> > In the mean time, then, if I understand correctly, the only arch
> > string that will allow proper compilation is "i386-gnu"?
>
> Yes, because the gnumach kernel does only work under i
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Zed Pobre wrote:
> In the mean time, then, if I understand correctly, the only arch
> string that will allow proper compilation is "i386-gnu"?
Yes, because the gnumach kernel does only work under intel currently.
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On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:57:48PM -0700, Guy Maor wrote:
> > > Compressed html changelogs:
> >
> > dwww deals transparently with compressed html files. Why can't
> > html changelogs be compressed then?
>
> Because dwww requires essentially apache, th
I suggest that the policy makes clear that packages should add proper
filter entries in /etc/printcap. For example, the package tetex-bin should
add an fx entry in all printers in /etc/termcap.
On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Zed Pobre wrote:
> -:
>
> There have been three suggestions on this so far. Add "hurd" to the
> list of acceptable strings (currently the only acceptable one is
> "linux", add "gnu" to the list of acceptable strings, and for each
> current arch, add .
> My prefer
Due to bash bug #23857, the installation ofsome packages will fail if
`set -a' or `set -o allexport' has been used in the root shell that
executes dpkg. I submited many bug reports about this matter to the
package maintainers, until Martin Schulze suggested that I bring the
issue h
/usr/doc is big, and I would like to move it to a different partition
via a symlink. Unfortunately, some relative links inside it point to
other files under the /usr tree, which is okay by Debian policy. I
suggest that links links under /usr/doc that point outside of /usr/doc
are req
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Oh... then this is a new thing :) I maintain several packages that
> install their html documentation uncompressed, because compressed
> html was useless.
I've got compressed html in the libtiff3g directory, and I just
confirmed Manoj's findings - n
Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Because dwww requires essentially apache, though with effort it can work
> with other things.
It works with boa out of the box. boa is very light-weight.
Guy
Zed Pobre wrote:
> "Files" section:
>
> I left the files section as it was in the original proposal under
> the idea that a minimal set of changes was more likely to find
> agreement. Originally, the thought was to separate the issue of
> logfiles being a subsection of files rather than docum
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Guy" == Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Guy> Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Compressed html changelogs:
>
> Guy> dwww deals transparently with compressed html files. Why can't
> Guy> html changelogs be compressed then?
>
> Actual
On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 07:57:48PM -0700, Guy Maor wrote:
> > Compressed html changelogs:
>
> dwww deals transparently with compressed html files. Why can't
> html changelogs be compressed then?
Because dwww requires essentially apache, though with effort it can work
with other things. Either w
> Proposal templates:
>
> As a sidenote, if anyone has an idea for templates for proposals, or
> a format that would make proposals more readable or in some other
> manner more aesthetic or easier to deal with than what I posted, I'd
> also like to know about it.
I would prefer if, instead of
Hi,
>>"Guy" == Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Guy> Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Compressed html changelogs:
Guy> dwww deals transparently with compressed html files. Why can't
Guy> html changelogs be compressed then?
Actually, so can lynx, MOzilla, netscape, and w3
Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As a sidenote, if anyone has an idea for templates for proposals, or
> a format that would make proposals more readable or in some other
> manner more aesthetic or easier to deal with than what I posted,
Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Compressed html changelogs:
dwww deals transparently with compressed html files. Why can't
html changelogs be compressed then?
> As a sidenote, if anyone has an idea for templates for proposals, or
> a format that would make proposals more readable or
> Compressed html changelogs:
>
> If I understand correctly, Manoj's argument is basically that
> except for extreme circumstances, the lack of convenience in dealing
> with compressed html changelogs outweighs the size benefits. On that
> matter I don't really have a firm conviction one way
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