Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-06 Thread Chris Pimlott
graph (the simpliest and most likely most universal option) is that difficult. And I am not saying Debian should or should not require a digital photograph, just that I do not believe it is an unworkably difficult task. Chris Pimlott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-04 Thread Chris Pimlott
loper who was volunteered this If Debian will accept a fax quality black and white image, that adds more options. Yes, not everyone has a scanner, but one of these should be viable (even if it ends up costing a few bucks). Chris Pimlott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fearthe new maintainer process)

2000-08-02 Thread Chris Pimlott
binaries that will most likely be run by hundreds if not thousands of users. Chris Pimlott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Idea: Debian Release Sections

2000-07-07 Thread Chris Pimlott
s making life more difficult by having packages jump between different groups when their releasing patterns change and having criterions to decide when a package has officially changed from fast to slow. This makes both hassle for maintainers and users. Chris Pimlott -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: why not replace individual programs?

2000-06-13 Thread Chris Pimlott
ne could > > just sell wine to any company, and nobody would be in position to do > > nothing about it. For the record, Wine has recently switched to an X11 style license. http://kt.linuxcare.com/wine/wn2501_41.epl#2 Chris Pimlott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: why not replace individual programs?

2000-06-13 Thread Chris Pimlott
is not so spritely to load and, having many many more features than xv, quite as simple to use as xv _for the purposes of graphics viewing_. It is a bit like saying "you don't need cat, you can use emacs". Yes, you can, but it's not the same thing. Chris

Re: Clarifications

2000-06-12 Thread Chris Pimlott
n it, would this mean my OS is no longer "free"? No, the OS is free, the game Quake is not, and is not the OS. I would say alot of stuff is the OS - the kernel, glibc, bash, X, my window manager - but to say every application is part of the OS is silly. Therefore, in my eye