Bug#109171: Use Maildir format by default

2001-08-19 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 02:17:40PM -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > See the second reference I gave in the original message... That tells us that UW-imap sucks. And that's not news.

Bug#109171: Use Maildir format by default

2001-08-19 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:36:05PM -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > Debian uses the traditional mailbox style by default. However, it has some > disadvantages over maildir -- one of them is that it does a non-reversible > modification to the message's text if it contains the sequence 'From ' at

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-07 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 10:37:16AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Well, I think we should have a task-desktop that includes either one, > or, if we really cannot make up our minds, _both_. Or, if we get enough clue, _neither_ and a nice simple X setup that a new user will soon get acustomed to.

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-07 Thread Aaron Lehmann
Another thing that I think is important is that a task should actually have the effect of installing a multitude of packages. If it doesn't, you gain nothing over selecting packages by hand. On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 09:28:23PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > The resulting list would look something like:

Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included

2000-12-02 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:45:49PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > The GPL speaks of what you distribute. When you put a bunch of pieces > up on a web site, the question of whether you intend to distribute > the pieces or only the combined whole is a question of what your > intention is. One

Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included

2000-12-01 Thread Aaron Lehmann
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 09:09:07PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > Strawman. Tell me how your argument differes from me > > downloading ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bin/ls and not getting the GPL. > > One way that it certainly matters is that nobody at GNU advertises > individual binaries on ftp.

Bug#68981: dpkg: runs ldconfig way too often

2000-08-21 Thread Aaron Lehmann
This is one of the most irritating things about DPKG and I hope it gets fixed soon. I would have put the severity even higher, but there's probably some policy behind that. :( On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 03:44:08PM -0600, Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.6.14 > Severity: norm