Bug#209008: Bug #127 SAVE AS

2007-08-25 Thread Ramona Britton
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Bug#197835: [PROPOSAL]: integrated environments are allowed

2003-06-18 Thread Britton
than $EDITOR/$PAGER with user intervention. This approach translate as "if I don't know whats going on, give me the upstream author's default, otherwise, give me my favorite editor unless I've already specified that it doesn't work well for this application".

Re: [devel-ref] author/homepage in description

2002-12-09 Thread Britton
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Joey Hess wrote: > Britton wrote: > > I don't like this. The pages listed will end up being wrong half the time > > and google can find homepages very well and everybody knows it, so what is > > the point in adding this? > > Well we already

Re: [devel-ref] author/homepage in description

2002-12-09 Thread Britton
> > I'm hearing just go with homepage only, no other data really > > needed. I'll make that change. I don't like this. The pages listed will end up being wrong half the time and google can find homepages very well and everybody knows it, so what is the point in adding this? Britton Kerin

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Britton
I second or third this or whatever. There is a bit of duplication of information but both dpkg -L and .packlist are generated automaticly so who cares. Probably somebody who knows how to make official policy proposals should propose this. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be wit

Re: Bug#39830: [AMENDMENT]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

2002-11-14 Thread Britton
igure out that a page corresponding to a binary corresponding to an installed undocumented package has been requested, and respond with appropriate pointers, I guess there is no problem. Britton On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Chris Waters wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:22:58PM -0900, Britt

Re: Bug#39830: [AMENDMENT]: get rid of undocumented(7) symlinks

2002-11-13 Thread Britton
users may be helped by these pointers. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 12:14:50AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > There is a proposal under considerati

Re: Bug#167425: debian-policy: package should not depend on fileutils

2002-11-04 Thread Britton
So how does the reference to the now-nonexistent fileutils package ever go away? Britton On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Zack Weinberg wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.7.1 > Severity: normal > Tags: sid > > The debian-policy package has this control line: > > Depe

Bug#134977: debian-policy: section 7.4 'Virtual packages - Provides' doesn't say what it means?

2002-02-20 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
e anything. plural/nonplural disagreement between 'are' and 'package' Britton Kerin -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux anorien 2.4.17 #1 Fri Dec 28 15:42:14 AKST 2001 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= Versions of packages debian-po

Re: Bug#131781: debian-policy: Proposed virtual packages: mixer and mixer-x

2002-01-31 Thread Britton
I have the same issue with my application. I second this. Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, David B Harris wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.6.0 > Severity: wishlist > > (I'm subscribed to [EMAIL

Re: Should debian policy require to use debconf for postinst scripts?

2001-12-10 Thread Britton
are going to do the > sensible thing doesn't always work. Inasmuch as that is true, we're doomed anyway, policy or no policy. Britton

Re: Path modification

2001-01-12 Thread Britton
nmh, the potential for confusion is significant. But perhaps this is an mh-e bug. If there is no way to deliver a message or it is considered not worthwhile, fine. On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Chris Waters wrote: > On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:29:04AM -0900, Britton wrote: > > I don't thi

Re: Path modification

2001-01-11 Thread Britton
ser that the package requires something that debian packages normally never need in order to work correctly. Many debian nmh users will be trying nmh for the first time because they saw the description and got interested, and won't know about this peculiarity. Britton

Re: [PROPOSAL] don't upload to "stable unstable" (was Re: BAHH. Retraction.)

2000-12-28 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
should always increment only the major debian version number? Sounds good, but you seem to be saying that NMUs typicly use minor deb version number, so you still may end up with versions intended for different branches having identical version numbers, if that is a problem. Britton > On Wed,

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-16 Thread Britton
ct of "recommends" > not doing anything anymore, or it might be a real valid use. That is the big concern I have with the quick invention of a hierarchical task system or the like is that it seems like it would likely end up redundant with what we already have. Britton

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-09 Thread Britton
ckage for every branch of the sciences. Probably best to keep it as task-science, and note in the task description that it includes some commonly used programs for scientific computing. My $0.02. Britton __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Dirk Edd

Re: cleaning up our task packages

2000-12-08 Thread Britton
to me to make sense to merge the dev and the use tasks. Speaking for myself, if am being lazy and want to 'do some Tcltk tasks' I want both the use and development packages by default. Britton On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > [ I'm dropping the -devel cc in the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Origin and Bugs support

2000-11-28 Thread Britton
> In other words, we have no way to control what "baddies" do with > Debian. The best we can do is make it easy and convenient for > "goodies" to do the right thing (whatever that may be). The entire > discussion about trying to prevent "bug report hoarding" is futile and > moot -- we have no co

Re: [PROPOSAL] Origin and Bugs support

2000-11-27 Thread Britton
le for the package in their derived distributions know where to look to see if the problem has already been fixed. Or is the whole idea of forking bug reports considered heresy? Britton

Re: [PROPOSAL] Origin and Bugs support

2000-11-27 Thread Britton
le! > > > > They can just change the /etc/dpkg/origins/debian file. > > Screw those packages that are actually from Debian eh? Nice hack. which I agree is a serious problem. Britton

Re: Preparing Debian for using capabilities

2000-09-25 Thread Britton
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/ has some info, the README has some pointers as well. /usr/include/linux/capability.h is well commented and tells you the different capabilities that are available. Britton Kerin On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: >

Re: Preparing Debian for using capabilities: file ownership.

2000-09-25 Thread Britton
in over 10 years of work what unix security meant. I won't bother with capabilities until they get rammed down my throat, and I kind of hope debian isn't the first to do the ramming. Britton

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Britton
ntain a package together, handle bug reports together, etc. they should be able to. Have the most heavily involved party's name first or something, but steer clear of the sort of rule that seems to limit developers freedom on non-technical issues. Britton Kerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Intent to package: debian-keyring

1998-04-20 Thread Britton
d in my experience (and I'm sure yours also) statements like the above almost invariably get someone annoyed. Britton Kerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-29 Thread Britton
On 28 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Britton" == Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Britton> Good individuals will almost invariably harbor a few bad > Britton> individual ideas, for whatever reason. This is especially > Britt

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Britton
> Britton> What I like about the term limits idea is that they permit > Britton> authority to be rotated around regularly with no hard > Britton> feelings anywhere. I would feel bad voting Bruce out of > Britton> office after all the work he has done. Term limit

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-28 Thread Britton
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Glenn Amerine wrote: > > "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? > > M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to > M

Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.

1997-10-27 Thread Britton
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > > [snip] > > PROPOSAL FOR TERM LIMITS > > > > I propose that all elected posts in the Debian organization > > be subject to the following term limits: I actually like this proposal. I have no pr

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-27 Thread Britton
I think you are right there is not much left to be said. However, it is comforting to note that this one ugly thread is the only I have seen in all my time on the Debian lists. Looked at in that light it's sort of reassuring. If bad threads are so incidental, I can comfortably ignore them. An

Re: * Formal call for the removal of Bruce Perens *

1997-10-26 Thread Britton
I would like to commend the below post as being the only one so far to adopt a peaceful tone. The other responses I've seen are vicious. As for just ignoring Dave's posts, as someone proposed after bashing Dave again, it's too late for that folks. The feedeing frezy has already happened. Dave:

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-26 Thread Britton
On 24 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Kai" == Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Kai> So then here's a proposal for a policy: > > Kai> If a list participant (who is otherwise eligible for the list, > Kai> like being a project member if the list is debian-private) > Kai>

Re: abandoning the rules of discourse

1997-10-24 Thread Britton
fuel the fears of the last item in the paranoid (or over-cautios). Britton Kerin > > Ian. > >