Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I agree with Steve. While I agree that freenode has many flaws (the biggest being NOIDPRIVMSG), I find that while I am in Debian channels on >>> Exactly, why is an optional feature such a big flaw? >>> >> Because i

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 30 April 2006 15:51, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 07:25:50PM -0300, Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) wrote: > > On 04/30/2006 05:46 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > > > Just to prove you wrong: what the hell is Jabber? > > > > It is an Instant Messaging Client. > > It is not

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 30 April 2006 13:46, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 30 April 2006 22:32, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Why not move it to Jabber? More people use and know what Jabber is > > these days than IRC. > > Just to prove you wrong: what the hell is Jabber? Jabber is an open IM system that IETF is stand

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 30 April 2006 14:05, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Paul Johnson: > > Why not move it to Jabber? More people use and know what Jabber is > > these days than IRC. > > Really? jabber.debian.net does not seem to accept new users. I don't know about jabber.debian.net's registration process, how

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I agree with Steve. While I agree that freenode has many flaws (the >>> biggest being NOIDPRIVMSG), I find that while I am in Debian channels on >> Exactly, why is an optional feature such a big flaw? >Because it's the default and practically no one changes it. This is

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 07:25:50PM -0300, Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) wrote: > On 04/30/2006 05:46 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > > Just to prove you wrong: what the hell is Jabber? > > It is an Instant Messaging Client. It is not IRC though, so this point is moot. This thread is about IRC,

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Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/30/2006 05:46 PM, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 30 April 2006 22:32, Paul Johnson wrote: > >>Why not move it to Jabber? More people use and know what Jabber is >>these days than IRC. > > Just to prove you wrong: what the hell is Jabber?

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> I agree with Steve. While I agree that freenode has many flaws (the >> biggest being NOIDPRIVMSG), I find that while I am in Debian channels on >> > Exactly, why is an optional feature such a big flaw? > Because it's the default and p

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 04:55:38PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > If the move is done, the FN channels should be kept open > and the topic should redirect users to OFTC. It could just live on like it does now. > Then any packages that reference the FN channel should be > updated. Packages should ment

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Florian Weimer
* Paul Johnson: > Why not move it to Jabber? More people use and know what Jabber is > these days than IRC. Really? jabber.debian.net does not seem to accept new users. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Julien BLACHE
Benjamin Seidenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > components I use, postfix, etc, etc etc. I think it might be better for > us to try to use our influence as a huge source of users to try to > better freenode than to just move. We tried to do just that years ago. See how it worked out ? JB. --

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Joe Smith
"Don Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Steve McIntyre wrote: I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see that more and more of my own Debian

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I agree with Steve. While I agree that freenode has many flaws (the >biggest being NOIDPRIVMSG), I find that while I am in Debian channels on Exactly, why is an optional feature such a big flaw? I think it would also be useful to know about those other issues you are thin

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the >official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see Yes, the lilo-haters have been saying this for years. So far nobody proposed better arguments than "we do not like freenode". FWIW,

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 30 April 2006 22:32, Paul Johnson wrote: > Why not move it to Jabber? More people use and know what Jabber is > these days than IRC. Just to prove you wrong: what the hell is Jabber? pgpOAzzLTRw7r.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday 30 April 2006 11:34, Steve McIntyre wrote: > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to > the extent that I'm (currently)

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Roger Leigh
Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to > the extent that I'm (currently) not on a

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Steve McIntyre] > >> I can see that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on >> oftc, to the extent that I'm (currently) not on any freenode >> channels at all. >> > > For me it is the other way around. I am currently on one channel on > OFTC, whi

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Steve McIntyre wrote: > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to > the extent that I'm (currently) not on an

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Steve McIntyre] > I can see that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on > oftc, to the extent that I'm (currently) not on any freenode > channels at all. For me it is the other way around. I am currently on one channel on OFTC, while I am on 7 channels on Freenode, 4 of them rela

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Alexander Wirt
Steve McIntyre schrieb am Sonntag, den 30. April 2006: > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to > the extent that I'm (current

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Julien BLACHE
Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > Thoughts? Go for it. Having half the project members on Freenode and the other half on OFTC is just coun

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 4/30/06, Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to the extent that I'm (currently) not

Re: irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Martin Schulze
Steve McIntyre wrote: > I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the > official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see > that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to > the extent that I'm (currently) not on any freenode channels a

irc.debian.org

2006-04-30 Thread Steve McIntyre
I've heard it suggested by a variety of people that we should move the official irc.debian.org alias away from freenode to oftc. I can see that more and more of my own Debian IRC discussions are on oftc, to the extent that I'm (currently) not on any freenode channels at all. On another front, oftc

Re: Debian and professional certifications

2006-04-30 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/30/2006 07:43 AM, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > su, 2006-04-30 kello 03:30 -0700, Ottavio Caruso kirjoitti: > >>I have searched though the Debian website and this >>mailing list and the only reference I have found is an >>old Debian News regarding the

Re: Debian and professional certifications

2006-04-30 Thread Lars Wirzenius
su, 2006-04-30 kello 03:30 -0700, Ottavio Caruso kirjoitti: > I have searched though the Debian website and this > mailing list and the only reference I have found is an > old Debian News regarding the LPI. So my questions > are: > > 1) Is there a specific Debian policy about > professional certif

Debian and professional certifications

2006-04-30 Thread Ottavio Caruso
I have searched though the Debian website and this mailing list and the only reference I have found is an old Debian News regarding the LPI. So my questions are: 1) Is there a specific Debian policy about professional certifications? If not so, what's your personal opinion? Useful, useless, good,