Re: Reverting to GNOME for jessie's default desktop

On Lu, 11 aug 14, 19:38:47, David Weinehall wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 06:00:05PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > I do: I see a reason to netinst a 0.629xCD size desktop install rather > > than a 0.829xCD size desktop when bandwidth is costly. > > Yes, but if you netinst you can *pick* y

Re: Any plans to add Pale Moon browser to the repository?

On Jo, 12 mar 15, 12:50:17, fidelis wrote: > Hello, Hi fidelis, > I just wanted to know if you have any plans to add Pale Moon browser to the > repository. If not would you consider it? Just for your information, debian-project is dedicated to non-technical discussions. Information about packa

Re: CD/DVD Vendor no longer has valid domain name

Hi Tristan, On Du, 09 aug 15, 15:09:02, Tristan B. Kildaire wrote: > On the CD/DVD's vendors page here , > the last vendor based in South Africa does not have a valid existing > domain name anymore and I suggest your remove it. > > This is the no-longer existin

Re: Sticker / Advertising

On Lu, 13 mai 19, 06:49:05, Jonathan Schmid wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > i'm a big fan of Linux and am very interested in your company. > I would be very happy about stickers / advertising articles of your company. > > Greetings > Jonathan Schmid Hi Jonathan, See https://www.debian.org/m

Re: Upgrade From Debian 8 to Debian 10

On Lu, 08 iul 19, 08:58:34, Ammad Khan wrote: > Hi Team, Just another Debian user :) > I'm running large number of servers on Debian 8 and now want to > directly upgrade them from Debian 8 to Debian 10. > Is it possible to upgrade dist directly and what is harm with this > process? Debian 8 ser

Re: Package request

On Jo, 26 mar 20, 00:15:10, Justin wrote: > Hello guys, I am inquiring if you make a package which would like > onenote for microsoft. Do you have a interactive package that would be > used just like onenote or similar? > Also do you make a package like a virtual machine or similar where you > c

Re: Salsa as authentication provider for Debian

On Mi, 08 apr 20, 19:40:27, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 14:30:43 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > Hi Zhu > > > > On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 07:50:22PM +0800, Shengjing Zhu wrote: > > > 1. Can you still keep the "-guest" enforcement, so it's still easy to > > > recognize who is D

Re: Salsa as authentication provider for Debian

On Sb, 11 apr 20, 19:27:53, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 10:04:55AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > I must be missing something so I'm asking: what is the *benefit* of > > avoiding collisions with Debian accounts? > > > f...@salsa.

Re: Testing Discourse for Debian

On Lu, 13 apr 20, 14:23:30, Sean Whitton wrote: > > (a) would more clearly benefit from having more structure. It is less > clear that (b) would benefit, and (b) benefits from the posting of diffs > and replying using inline comments. It seems like Salsa would be better suited for commenting on

Re: Testing Discourse for Debian

On Lu, 13 apr 20, 15:23:28, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Apr 13, 2020, Russ Allbery wrote: > > The thing with the "newer" projects that I've seen (and maybe I'm just a > curmudgeon trapped in a young person's body) is that they come off to me > as the early dotcom "exactly like X, except on the interne

Re: Testing Discourse for Debian - Moderation concepts

On Lu, 13 apr 20, 19:56:28, Neil McGovern wrote: > > Firstly, trust levels. These are the levels of "trust" that the platform > has in any particular user. Instead of explaining it here, please have a > read of the following: > https://blog.discourse.org/2018/06/understanding-discourse-trust-level

Re: Discourse usability

On Vi, 17 apr 20, 00:42:49, Abhijith PA wrote: > > I run a mailman3 instance with debian mailman3 package at > lists.fsci.org.in for FSCI[1]. If anyone interested to try/test or > need to run as lists.debian.net :) you are more than welcome. alioth-lists.debian.net might be interested / a good te

Re: alioth-lists and mailman3 (was Re: Discourse usability)

On Du, 19 apr 20, 18:55:10, Alex Muntada wrote: > Hi Andrei, > > > On Vi, 17 apr 20, 00:42:49, Abhijith PA wrote: > > > > > > I run a mailman3 instance with debian mailman3 package at > > > lists.fsci.org.in for FSCI[1]. If anyone interested to > > > try/test or need to run as lists.debian.net :)

Re: Please consider making "corectrl" part of the debian distribution

[Assuming you are not subscribed, sorry for the Cc: in case you are] On Sb, 27 iun 20, 15:21:42, hans_pali...@web.de wrote: > > please consider making the application "corectrl" a part of the > official debian (testing) distribution within the next few month. Please note that debian-project is

Re: Please consider making "corectrl" part of the debian distribution

On Sb, 27 iun 20, 08:46:37, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/27/20 7:18 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > In this particular case you might want to file an RFP (Request For > > Package). > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/RFP > > very interesting.  I did

Re: Debian artwork Bullseye - not allowed ?

On Vi, 14 aug 20, 09:54:12, JCZ wrote: > Hello dear Debian team, > > > This morning, I tried to create an account there: > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop/Artwork/Bullseye?action=newaccount > > Because I would like to participate to Debian artwork for Bullseye... > > I encode my inform

Re: Abusive language on Debian lists

On Du, 11 apr 21, 00:56:04, Eldon Koyle wrote: > > I feel these words always contribute to a toxic environment, however they > are being used intentionally by people I respect who hold a lot of influence > in this group, in open defiance of the accepted rules. Using a small shell > script (or reg

Re: Debian ISOs available for very fast download

On Thu,20.May.10, 21:54:22, David Voisin wrote: > > The platform is a mix between central server and pear to pear. There > are various machines on the web that we actually own (but this could > be extended to any computer willing to share on internet) that > contain the various ISO blocks, and a c

Re: Debian ISOs available for very fast download

On Fri,21.May.10, 10:58:41, Dirk Neumann wrote: > > > > Sounds like a distributed jigdo ;) > > Normal jigdo is already distributed: some packages are read from one > mirror, some others from another mirror and some from your local > harddisk/cdrom/dvdrom/bdrom/cf/... Sure, but: - you have to ma

Re: The role of debian-private

On Jo, 10 iun 10, 15:31:42, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > Absolutely. Nobody is trying to censor these conversations, let's just > have them somewere more appropriate. ...see my sig? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/li

Please set a /topic or similar for #debian-ro on Freenode

[Please keep -l10n-romanian in the loop] Hello, While the official Debian channels are those at OFTC, many people seem to use (only) Freenode. This is not a problem with channels like #debian with hundreds of participants in both networks, but can be a big issue for emerging communities. Beca

Re: Please set a /topic or similar for #debian-ro on Freenode

On Lu, 09 aug 10, 12:18:07, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > > Because of this I would like to have some means to suggest using > > #debian-ro in OFTC rather than Freenode. Currently I'm running a bot > > telling people joining that they should switch to OFTC, but I don't like > > to spam people. I also t

Re: Upstream guide and front desk

On Mi, 01 sep 10, 11:41:34, Jeremiah Foster wrote: > > On Aug 23, 2010, at 17:01, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Am 15.08.2010 18:08, schrieb Lars Wirzenius: > > > >>> That sounds like a good idea. As long as I would not be alone, I would > >>> be willing to join such a list

Bug#595217: Please create a debian-upstream list to serve as upstream guide and front desk

Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-project@lists.debian.org On Jo, 02 sep 10, 07:13:58, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > On ke, 2010-09-01 at 19:27 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Unless you consider it's necessary to be a DD for this I could join as > >

Re: QTS ( was Re: user support - Shapado instance for Debian)

On Mi, 06 oct 10, 21:42:37, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > One solution: all package maintainers subscribe to debian-user, and > set filters on their respective packages. Would this be sub-optimal? Unfortunately yes. In too many cases it is impossible to tell from the subject (or even body) if

Re: QTS ( was Re: user support - Shapado instance for Debian)

On Jo, 07 oct 10, 03:33:08, Fernando C. Estrada wrote: > track experts by tag: shapado automatically detects people that are > experts in some fields. That is to say, if you answer a question about > “kde” or “ruby” and get some upvotes, shapado will notice it. Then, if a > question gets asked ab

Re: QTS ( was Re: user support - Shapado instance for Debian)

On Jo, 07 oct 10, 19:02:39, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > You ask a question, and someone answers. If you find the answer > useful, you vote it as correct, and the answerer gets points for that. How can I do that by mail only? > You also get email notifications if you so wish if you got a new >

Re: DEP5: CANDIDATE and ready for use in squeeze+1

On Vi, 14 ian 11, 08:56:16, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 03:20:37AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > and it's ok by Policy, then I'd be happy to apply a patch someone > > provides. :) > > Here is one. > Index: dep5.mdwn >

Re: No good user experience of Debian (Was: Packaging r-bioc-simpleaffy)

On Ma, 01 mar 11, 00:37:23, Tony Travis wrote: > > Together with my colleagues, I arranged a biologist's 'power' user > workshop in Florence during which we spent one of the three days in > a University computer lab set up entirely with Debian Etch > workstations running Iceweasel, to connect as N

Re: Privacy matter

On Ma, 24 mai 11, 16:23:19, Reese Newell wrote: > This link on facebook is nothing I have ever done and I want it to be > removed immediately from showing up in searches, can you please remove it > from your website. It is deragatory and I do not want it showing up with my > name on google. Cong

Re: Debian Etch - Pre R0

Hi, debian-project is not about technical support, please contact debian-user instead (Reply-To: set accordingly). To your question: On Jo, 23 iun 11, 06:50:54, Greg Heath wrote: > Hi, > > I have a client that appears to be running a pre-release or beta release of > Etch R0, the date on the bu

Re: trademark licenses and DFSG: a summary

On Du, 19 feb 12, 19:56:11, Uoti Urpala wrote: > Stefano Zacchiroli debian.org> writes: > > - Debian should neither seek nor accept trademark licenses that are > > specific to the Debian Project. > > > > (Suggested by Steve Langasek. In addition to Steve's reasoning, I > > think that doing

Re: revenue sharing agreement with DuckDuckGo

On Mi, 28 mar 12, 20:56:31, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > The current default for some browsers in Debian informs webmasters > about which browser is being used. The user can, naturally, change it > to suit his/her needs. How does merely using this string to track hits > to DDG (with no changes to the

Re: revenue sharing agreement with DuckDuckGo

On Jo, 29 mar 12, 09:04:16, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Thu, March 29, 2012 04:27, Paul Wise wrote: > > Probably you missed the part of the email that says we should add > > t=debian by default to every new DDG search URL? I would suggest that > > it should be up to the users what t= should be set

Re: Bug#686481: debian-reference instructs users on how to install non-free software

On Lu, 03 sep 12, 22:14:44, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > I am reporting this bug because Stefano Zacchiroli has called for a > > "free-ness assessment" [2]. It is up to the package maintainer on how to > > proceed. > > So you are making me feel I am doing something DPL does not approve... > But I c

Re: Opinion on Debian documentation

On Mi, 28 nov 12, 20:25:17, Alexandru Vochescu wrote: > Hi, > > I am working at a task at google code-in where i have to > write about "documentation structure of other projects". I chose to > write about Debian, because i'm used to Debian (I have Debian Sid). And >

Re: Opinion on Debian documentation

On Sb, 01 dec 12, 11:57:05, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > 2. Debian web site > > This is the pages accessible as www.debian.org and mostly managed by > people discussing on debian-...@lists.debian.org . Actual contents are > managed by CVS at :ext:usern...@cvs.debian.org:/cvs/webwml as explained > http:

Re: A Broken Linux Link on Your Site - Follow-up

On Mi, 12 dec 12, 11:24:31, Erin Williams wrote: > Hi Michele, Hi Erin, debian-project is a mailing list of the Debian Project. http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/ > I wanted to follow up with you and make sure you had received my email > I sent a little bit ago regarding the broken link o

Re: privatsphähre

On Sb, 22 dec 12, 17:21:12, fab...@gmx.li wrote: > Guten Abend, > bitte entfernen Sie diesen Beitrag, oder entfernen Sie meinen Namen > und email-adresse. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/2005/12/msg01687.html http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/disclaimer lG, Andrei -- Offtopic d

Re: Validity of DFSG #10

On Du, 06 ian 13, 19:09:28, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 05:46:44PM +, Bart Martens wrote: > > > How would you organize setting up an authoritative and maintained list of > > verified DFSG-free licenses ? Which formal steps would need to be completed > > before an additio

Re: how to install scanner on my Debian

On Jo, 17 ian 13, 21:24:33, aniakufel wrote: > I have been a user of Debian for about half a year and generally > speaking the whole process on installing this system did not cause > me a lot of problems, hovewer some minor problems, as usual, had to > appear. There is one problem I do not how to

Re: Size of images of disks of a distribution kit of debian

On Du, 17 mar 13, 10:38:01, Деревянкин Андрей wrote: > Good afternoon. > Whether and it is impossible to unite all 8 dvd of files of images in > one file an image? Gradually dvd consign drives to the past, now on > system units any more don't put dvd drives. Appeared a card with a > capacity mor

Re: [all candidates] Removing or limiting DD rights?

On Ma, 02 apr 13, 17:34:28, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Starting off with a maintainer that closes my bug report with no > > explanation at all? How do I join the team, when the team refuses to > > communicate? Why would I make another bigger offer my time, when the > > team doesn't offer theirs e

Re: A Debian contributor StackOverflow

On Vi, 05 apr 13, 09:22:34, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Right. Let me add as a shameless plug that the service is in dire need > of volunteer admins that help with the setup (shapado configuration, > themes, etc.) and also keep a link with upstream development to discuss > our needs, cherry pick

Re: Debating difficult development issues in essay form

On Mi, 12 iun 13, 16:03:59, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > In the meantime, it seems that other users of /Debate have gone their > way, though :-), with the main essay residing in the debate page, rather > than in dedicated pages. This is a bit unfortunate, as it makes more > difficult to understan

Re: KickStarter for Debian packages - crowdfunding/donations for development

On Sb, 15 iun 13, 21:38:24, Manu Sporny wrote: > > Yes, we probably don't want to create a Mos Eisley in Debian. However, > knowing that you can go somewhere to hire Debian developers to fix > issues that you're having with the system would be very helpful for > companies (like ours and the ones w

Re: PaySwarm-based Debian donations

On Mi, 19 iun 13, 10:33:42, MJ Ray wrote: > > I would prefer a simpler listing of which developers are available for > hire and which projects they are interested in working on. If that > could be presented in the PTS, package managers or reportbug, that > would be great. Would anyone block such

Re: Surveying new package maintainers about their experience of contributing to Debian

On Vi, 19 iul 13, 15:41:27, Simon Chopin wrote: > > The fact is, I don't think we have much to track non-packaging > contributions and contributors in the first place. Before considering > adressing them the same kind of survey, we would probably need a way to > identify them. For translators the

Re: Surveying new package maintainers about their experience of contributing to Debian

On Vi, 19 iul 13, 22:20:42, Joseph R. Justice wrote: > > I just think it would be good for the survey to explicitly acknowledge that > non-packaging contributors and non-packaging contributions exist, and that > Debian desires to also improve the way those efforts are made, even though > _this_ su

Re: Wheezy 7.3 KDE

On Ma, 28 ian 14, 14:39:14, Harangozo Sandor wrote: > Hi, > > No one could answer me on IRC channels (Debian, Debian-KDE, KDE, > KWIN..) when I use KDE desktop environment I like to use two > effects, Glide and Magic Lamp. On every distibution I've tried works > except Debian, so it is no

Bug#747290: Please display the new Code of Conduct

Package: www.debian.org Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-project@lists.debian.org On Ma, 06 mai 14, 13:45:11, Brian Gupta wrote: > > All kidding aside, is there a plan to post the CoC, and make it easy > to find from www.d.o? (Perhaps either in the "About" section, or on > the "about Debia

Re: how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD?

[Redirecting to d-user] On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 05:29:16PM +0200, Ginis.com wrote: > hello, > > my name is George... > > I have Windows XP... > > how can I boot from USB? or with Live CD? > other 2 linux I have boot from USB... > > I wait for your answer... if you want... > > thanks a lot...

Re: Debian v 4.0r3 cd iso images

On Sb,04.oct.08, 09:24:19, César Bergara wrote: > I had download some 4.0r3 cds version for i386 architecture, but i > need to download the iso-image cd-19. > Are there websites with the olds stable version? I did like to > download the sources codes (of the 4.0r3 version, too). If you have regu

Re: Sound servers for Debian 4.0r3 i386

On Sb,04.oct.08, 09:30:15, César Bergara wrote: > The downloades cds of Debian 4.0r3, have a problem: the sound server > (alsa) have a problem and can't play sounds (of kde's soft or gnome's > soft, but xmms play sounds; but mpg123 don't). [nitpick: alsa rather represents a driver, esd (for Gnom

Re: Sound servers for Debian 4.0r3 i386

On Sun,05.Oct.08, 00:35:18, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 08:33:26PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > Please post the exact error message you get (if any) when you run > > mpg123. It might help to turn off any KDE/Gnome specific sound handling > > as the

Re: Developer Status

On Fri,24.Oct.08, 14:31:42, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: >> contributor.debian.org mail >> --- >> We are considering to implement an @contributor.debian.org mail >> forwarding setup which would be open for DC/DM too. Such addresses would >> continue to be valid even after a

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

On Sat,25.Oct.08, 00:36:06, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > My point is that if your only activity in Debian is periodically > answering an automated email, I don't see the point of staying member of > the project. How about this: every Debian Member chooses his own method of stating "I am active in t

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

On Sat,25.Oct.08, 09:41:35, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > If you are not voting or uploading packages, everythign else you > do can be done without a maintainers hat on, so you do not need to be > a DD. Does this mean you oppose to the concept of having non-packagers being members of the

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

On Sat,25.Oct.08, 21:56:09, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> If you are not voting or uploading packages, everythign else you > >> do can be done without a maintainers hat on, so you do not need to be > >> a DD. > > > > Does this mean you oppose to the concept of having non-packagers being

Re: Questions about present Gnome and the Linux kernel versions

On Tue,07.Jul.09, 15:59:10, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > P. S. I'd request someone who knows more than me to please write an > FAQ answer for "Why does Ubuntu have/do/... but not Debian? When will > Debian have it?..." type question. Something like this? http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser#pac

Re: Debian redesign

On Sat,01.Aug.09, 12:22:29, Steve Langasek wrote: > Because the current website is *all but impossible to navigate*, lacking > many of the signposts that users rely on to find their way. On the current > Debian website, we have the following sidebar: > > Getting Debian > CD vendors >