Re: d-d-a (and/or d-announce) on planet.debian.org

2010-11-06 Thread Ralf Treinen
Mehdi Dogguy wrote: > Nowadays, It seems that planet.debian.org became an important news > media and has a fairly large number of readers. I think that a large > number of mails sent to d-d-a (or debian-announce) may take advantage > of this media to gain more visibility (e.g. various RFH sent to

Re: debian-private declassification team (looking for one)

2010-06-26 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 02:46:02PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Friday 25 June 2010, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand against *what* exactly you're arguing; nor it > > is clear to me whether you are proposing a different course of action > > than the status quo. > > > > The v

Re: debian developers from *any* country ?

2009-07-28 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 06:27:43PM +0200, Martin Wuertele wrote: > * Bernd Zeimetz [2009-07-28 18:19]: > > > I think its not a problem to offer keysigning in the mentioned countries, > > if an > > applicant will be accepted at the end is not decided by the place where his > > key > > was signed

debian developers from *any* country ?

2009-07-28 Thread Ralf Treinen
Hello, I was just made aware of the fact that the debian key signing coordination page does not allow to file for key signing offers in Cuba. When I checked for myself I realized that this is also true for Iran, Iraq, Syria, and North Korea. This list of countries dates back to before the time whe

Re: DAM and NEW queues processing

2009-06-25 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 02:36:15PM -0500, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:21:21PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > I didn't think that using the templates was required for AMs, merely a > > > useful tool. I think AMs should be able to check to their satisfaction > > > in other way

DEP1: who should be allowed to do QA uploads ?

2008-05-25 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:50:45AM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: > * QA upload. > > If you want to do an NMU, and it seems that the maintainer is not > active, it is wise to check if the package is orphaned. When doing the > first QA upload to an orphaned package, the maintainer should be set to > De

Re: How do I use dpkg without superuser privileges?

2003-11-17 Thread Ralf Treinen
Hi, On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 11:02:27AM -0800, Debs Spammagnet wrote: > I've been trying to de-deb a .deb file without root > permission. I just want to unwrap the file like a tar > file. I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL IT. I just want to > UNPACK it like i might a TAR file. ar x packagename_n.deb

Re: netscape crashes on applicants' status pages

2000-09-27 Thread Ralf Treinen
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:24:41 +1100, Drake Diedrich wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:45:19AM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > > my netscape (4-75-2 on woody) crashes almost always when I click on > > > an applicant in the "All Applicants" listing (excep

netscape crashes on applicants' status pages

2000-09-27 Thread Ralf Treinen
my netscape (4-75-2 on woody) crashes almost always when I click on an applicant in the "All Applicants" listing (except for "my" current applicant). Anyone else observing this? Is it intendend to hide applicant status pages from other AMs? -Ralf.

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2000-09-27 Thread Ralf Treinen
What is the procedure after an appliant is put on hold? Will he automatically be refused after some time, or do I (the AM) decide myself what happens next? Background: I have an applicant who is not responding to my initial mail. I'm now to send a reminder and I want to tell what is going to happe