Re: base dependency warning

1999-12-20 Thread Yann Dirson
Yann Dirson writes: > Joey Hess writes: > > No, there are references to base in policy. > > Ah yes, how did I miss it ... ? Looks like it's just defined the way > it is not used, so throwing it out may not be a big deal :) > > > See my post to debian-policy. > > I will look for it.

Re: Signal/noise ratio on -devel

1999-12-20 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Decklin Foster wrote: > And when people who subscribe to -devel to try to get *information* > have to constantly filter out this stuff, it eventually makes them fed > up (say, to the point where they write some rant to -project). debian-devel doesn't exist to get information. It exists

Signal/noise ratio on -devel

1999-12-20 Thread Decklin Foster
OK. Our humble not-yet-a-developer-due-to-new-maint-reorg, having finished exams, packs up and drives home for the holiday. So I get back, relax for a while, do non-computer stuff, etc etc. about 1:30 AM I decide to fetch my email. Hmm. 61 messages. Either I've just become incredibly popular, or th