Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2022-09-16 at 10:13 -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > Most people running interactive VMs (e.g., on a desktop with a > graphical console) aren't using Xen, they're using kvm or virtualbox > or just about anything else. While the number is probably less, some people (including Debian contribut

Re: Fwd: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2022-09-16 at 20:58 +0200, Steffen Moeller wrote: > > Am 16.09.2022 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Rahmatullin: > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:56:12AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > Russ does have point though in that if you don't like something in > > > > Debian, there are really only tw

Re: Debian on ia64 / HP Itanium servers

2022-09-16 Thread Paul Wise
On Fri, 2022-09-16 at 22:41 +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote: > To the best of my knowledge, there is still a port alive of > Debian for ia64 architecture[1,2], but support is not official > in the sense of a "Release architecture"[3,4] for contemporary > Debian version 11 bullseye. Due to the Itaniu

Re: How to Move an Issue Forward When there is no Energy

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 1:53 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Chuck" == Chuck Zmudzinski writes: > > Chuck> Debian processes: AFAIK there is no process for a user to > Chuck> resort to when an important bug has been ignored for over a > Chuck> year except to make some noise on mailing lists like >

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-09-16 at 16:03, Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Friday, 16 September 2022 20:41:33 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983357#97 I don't think I can sign-off on a patch written by Ben Hutchings. > > You shouldn't use a Signed-O

Re: Debian on ia64 / HP Itanium servers

2022-09-16 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 12:26:02PM -0400, Jesse Dougherty wrote: > Hi, I'm Jesse.. I work for a company that sells HP hardware. We sell HP > Itanium servers. I have a user that wants to buy a few servers and have > Debian loaded on them. It's... let's say unexpected. > Can you tell me what version

Debian on ia64 / HP Itanium servers

2022-09-16 Thread Jesse Dougherty
Hi, I'm Jesse.. I work for a company that sells HP hardware. We sell HP Itanium servers. I have a user that wants to buy a few servers and have Debian loaded on them. Can you tell me what versions of Debian are supported on ia64 / HP Itanium server platforms? Thanks Jesse Cypress Technology In

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Friday, 16 September 2022 20:41:33 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > The patch is written by Ben Hutchings, a kernel developer. Anyone can send a patch for inclusion in the upstream kernel: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220629224938.7760-1-didi.deb...@cknow.org/ IOW: you don't need to have so

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 01:54:09PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: On 9/16/22 10:13 AM, Michael Stone wrote: You have now sent a message about a particular udev issue to debian-user and I replied with one immediate thought. Some more thoughts: you're using a fairly obscure configuration. I thou

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 2:10 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 2:00 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/16/22 1:27 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > > On Friday, 16 September 2022 16:37:50 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > the Linux kernel accept a patch to fix Debian #983357 > > > > > > Has the patch

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 9:40 AM, Tobias Frost wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > > To put it in the most brief terms, I come to that conclusion based

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 9:42 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > > Well, sometimes bugs do sit around for a bit, yes; but you are presenting > > > it in > > > a much way that it makes the situation look wor

How to Move an Issue Forward When there is no Energy

2022-09-16 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Chuck" == Chuck Zmudzinski writes: Chuck> Debian processes: AFAIK there is no process for a user to Chuck> resort to when an important bug has been ignored for over a Chuck> year except to make some noise on mailing lists like Chuck> debian-user and debian-project. What wou

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 10:13 AM, Michael Stone wrote: > You have now sent a message about a particular udev issue to debian-user > and I replied with one immediate thought. Some more thoughts: you're > using a fairly obscure configuration. I thought Debian was free and I can use it that way if I want to, a

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 1:27 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Friday, 16 September 2022 16:37:50 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > the Linux kernel accept a patch to fix Debian #983357 > > Has the patch every been proposed to upstream? The patch is written by Ben Hutchings, a kernel developer. https://bugs.deb

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 2:00 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 1:27 PM, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > On Friday, 16 September 2022 16:37:50 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > the Linux kernel accept a patch to fix Debian #983357 > > > > Has the patch every been proposed to upstream? > > The patch is writte

Re: Fwd: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Steffen Moeller
Am 16.09.2022 um 15:36 schrieb Andrey Rahmatullin: On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:56:12AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: Russ does have point though in that if you don't like something in Debian, there are really only two things you can do to fix that situation for yourself: - Get involved as a c

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Diederik de Haas
On Friday, 16 September 2022 16:37:50 CEST Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > the Linux kernel accept a patch to fix Debian #983357 Has the patch every been proposed to upstream? If not, then send one with 'git send-email' to the ones listed for the file in question, which can be obtained via 'get_maintai

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits

2022-09-16 Thread Russ Allbery
"G. Branden Robinson" writes: > That said, such people define "constructively" in an odd way, as can be > seen above; they assert that the only way they experience respect is to > be _obeyed_. They claim that they are treated as second-class citizens > because they are not deferred to like monar

Re: long-standing bugs and tar pits (was: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?)

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 11:57 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2022-09-16T19:12:40+0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > That's easy to explain why your bugs are fixed quickly. You are a > > > DD, so your bugs are important. I am not a DD so my

long-standing bugs and tar pits (was: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?)

2022-09-16 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2022-09-16T19:12:40+0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > That's easy to explain why your bugs are fixed quickly. You are a > > DD, so your bugs are important. I am not a DD so my bugs are not as > > important to the maintainers who hav

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 9:23 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > >> > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > bugs are important. I am not a DD so my bugs are not as impo

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 9:23 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > >> > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > bugs are important. I am not a DD so my bugs are not as impo

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Michael Stone
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:37:03AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: The difficult cost of trying to have a voice as a Debian user is *not* the commitment, it is enduring the ad hominem attacks when I express my opinion. Of course if I cannot overcome the stigma of the ad hominem attacks, my voice

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Nilesh Patra
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > Well, sometimes bugs do sit around for a bit, yes; but you are presenting > > it in > > a much way that it makes the situation look worse than it actually is. > > The resolution is quic

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Tobias Frost
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > > To put it in the most brief terms, I come to that conclusion based on what > > > many people are telling me: Debia

Re: Fwd: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:56:12AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > Russ does have point though in that if you don't like something in > > Debian, there are really only two things you can do to fix that > > situation for yourself: > > > > - Get involved as a contributor, and help out fixing the p

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 08:47:19AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: >> > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > bugs are important. I am not a DD so my bugs are not as important to the > maintainers who have a greater responsib

Re: Fwd: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 6:01 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 09:51:03PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > On 9/15/22 8:33 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Or maybe the problem is that you want to be able to tell people what to > > > do, but you don't want to have to pay them? If so, uh, good

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/15/22 10:23 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Chuck Zmudzinski writes: > > > I am sorry you misunderstand me. Please stop putting words in my > > mouth. Let me speak for myself. I don't need you to tell me what I think > > about Debian. I know what I think about Debian. You obviously do not. > > You

Re: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 9/16/22 12:12 AM, Nilesh Patra wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:17:02PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > To put it in the most brief terms, I come to that conclusion based on what > > many people are telling me: Debian maintainers cannot fix bugs in software > > because they are just volunt

Re: Fwd: Are users of Debian software members of the Debian community?

2022-09-16 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 09:51:03PM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > On 9/15/22 8:33 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Or maybe the problem is that you want to be able to tell people what to > > do, but you don't want to have to pay them? If so, uh, good luck with > > that! > > > > I am sorry you misund