Source code

2014-09-29 Thread John
Hey, just for curiosity, do you guys read all the source code before make it available on repos? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1531700.RKdeuiGA8D

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2001-05-22 Thread John
Hey there, I found a great retail site with all kinds of products. Home decor, office decor, travel, outdoors, kitchen, etc... Take a look around at http://www.merchandisewholesale.com just click on the images of the product to enlarge it for a better view. Sincerely, John

how many CDs?

2004-06-06 Thread John
Hi, I just wanted to check to see how many CDs the full official latest release of debian uses.  When I went to a few of the download sites they had about 8 images to download, all different sizes, but all up there in the 500-600 million bytes.  So I am a little confused now as to what exac

Re: open source or free software?

2014-09-04 Thread John Sullivan
ome back majority No. I suspect the same would be true if we used "libre." The problem we face isn't a simple language one; it's that in more than one culture, commercial activity in the sense of selling "someone else's" work is not expected as a right. The

Re: Cooperation with the FSF?

2014-09-05 Thread John Sullivan
o I think there will be activity again. -john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87lhpyhxu5@myles.wjsullivan.net

Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux

2014-09-19 Thread John Smith
Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux, its too heavy. Rewrite this Operating System in C language and make it smaller than one GB. Thanks. John Smith

Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux,

2014-09-19 Thread John Smith
Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux, its too heavy. Rewrite this Operating System in C language and make it smaller than one GB. Just distribute one ISO file instead of so many torrents and make it easy for down-loaders. Thanks. John Smith

Debian clothing

2015-04-17 Thread John Simmons
Hi, I was thinking about making some hats with the debian logo on them, and selling them to some friends, and possibly putting them on my website for sale. I found this page https://www.debian.org/logos/#open-use and the open-use logo looked right for me. I also saw that it linked to the GNU lice

SOS

2016-06-02 Thread john borley
Hi my grandson downloaded your product and now can’t get it back to normal use can you help me please. thanking you mr j borley

Obtaining Debian Install PKG

2017-01-23 Thread John Klinvex
download the package suitable for this. Could you confirm which of the many downloads match my criteria? Thank you so much!!! You do a wonderful job! John Klinvex Electrical Engineer profjo...@gmail.com

How to install on imac

2019-05-03 Thread John Hammack
I would like info on how to install Debian on imac, (24-inch, Early 2009). mailto:retar...@linuxmail.org>> or mailto:j...@cahammack.com>>

Re: Further inquiry regarding data privacy (for packages installed in Debian)

2019-05-21 Thread John Scott
I don't know if many packages have them, but there is a privacy:: debtag that for potential privacy concerns and other anti-features. Synaptic should be able to show them. On May 21, 2019 9:16:53 AM EDT, npdflr wrote: >Hi, > >Would you recommend me or debian users to go through privacy policy f

Re: Debian supports pridemonth?

2019-07-02 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Jul 02 2019, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2019/07/02 11:26, Marc Haber wrote: >> I do feel significantly less welcome in Debian since diversity / >> antiharassment / policitcal correctnes / CoC came around the corner. > > How so regarding diversity/antiharassment/CoC? They do nothing to > t

Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
ture. I have been a Debian Developer for something like 23 years and still am. The flamewars are regrettable and sad, but don't represent a decline over where we were 23 years ago. The bureaucratic silence, however, is different. It really has me questioning whether contributing to Debian is still worth it. John [1] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Dec 24 2019, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 09:51:04-0600, John Goerzen a écrit: >> Hi, >> >> I mean this post as a challenge, but not as blame. I know many teams do >> hard work that can be thankless, and my intent is not to blam

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Dec 24 2019, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 10:51:04 AM EST John Goerzen wrote: > ... >> pygopherd was removed from testing. That makes sense. But also from >> sid, hours after I replied to the bug about this explaining that I was >> ac

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Dec 25 2019, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2019/12/24 20:08, John Goerzen wrote: > >> But at the same time, I feel that the project as a whole isn't really >> taking this problem very seriously. > > That is true, probably mostly because many people don't

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-25 Thread John Goerzen
laced on >> people's contributions. > > Hi Scott, John, everybody, > > In the past I proposed a system of peer review to pre-screen the > packages that are in the NEW queue. > > https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReview > > It never took off but maybe some process along t

Re: The copyright checking question

2019-12-31 Thread John Goerzen
rly if a package is already in sid), but we have this one-time thing. I agree with Russ; maybe it's needed, but it's high time we give it careful consideration again. John > > -Steve > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2019/12/msg00188.html

Re: Debian Facilitators

2010-08-20 Thread John Goerzen
aling with poisonous people on mailing lists, have had a long-term problem with it. Moreover, if everyone understands that the DF can ban people from the list, it can lend their attempts to defuse the situation some additional measure of credibility and authority. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: No general political content on Planet

2010-11-05 Thread John Goerzen
list. But I am not in favor of restrictions banning non-Debian-related (or, for that matter, Debian-related) material. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: Please draft a policy for planet.debian.org

2010-11-11 Thread John Goerzen
ta to the non-Debian server it's on. To me, this is a point where we go, "life sucks, but at some point we take it and move on because images in feeds are nice to have." -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

re-install apache2 on Debian 6

2011-03-31 Thread John Larysz
Hi: I have corrupted my apache2 server and deleted a key directory - /etc/apache2. Nothing I do with dpkg or apt-get seems to put this directory back. How do I re-install apache2?

Re: Debian hardware certification

2011-06-03 Thread John Sullivan
generated now at http://h-node.com. The FSF is also consolidating its former compatible hardware database there. Since h-node lists hardware that works without proprietary drivers or proprietary firmware, it should be a good fit for Debian main from Squeeze on. -john -- -John Sullivan -http://wj

Re: Debian hardware certification

2011-06-03 Thread John Sullivan
Ben Hutchings writes: > On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 11:42 -0400, John Sullivan wrote: >> Thomas Goirand writes: >> >> > The point is to have a system so that manufacturers can write "this >> > system supports Debian". If they don't want to do the work

Jessie will still boot.

2014-03-07 Thread John Goerzen
Dear folks, I wise man once told me, years ago, that he had unsubscribed from debian-devel because of all the noise. I had thought that rather odd at the time, but have come to appreciate it since. Like many, I have my opinion in the init system (my choice: sysvinit - it ain't broke, and I alrea

Re: Two Macedonias

2004-09-25 Thread John Manganas
Hello and Goodmorning, By the way, John, on Debian mailinglists, stressing a point is done by _underscoring_ it. Ooops. I 'll use underscoring from now on. Thank you John Manganas _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8

Re: Two Macedonias

2004-09-23 Thread John Hasler
an is not part of the Secretariat. This resolution has nothing to do with us. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Two Macedonias

2004-09-25 Thread John Manganas
I say that I am very sorry for you. Look inside your state and you will see which (fast-growing) minority is your enemy. For those "nationalist jerks" that live in Greece all I have to say is "Co-patriots we will do whatever is necessary for our land. As always." Thank yo

Re: Two Macedonias

2004-09-25 Thread John Manganas
part in our discussion. After all its Saturday and I assume that they have some minutes to spare and clarify_their_position with_arguments! Please Anton help us to reach the truth. Help the international Debian community to understand your point. Thak you John Manganas P.S. Which pa

Re: [Ossm-members] Re: Two Macedonias

2004-09-28 Thread John Manganas
Hello everybody Do I have to mention that we gave to the world Cyrilc Alphabet? Which world is this Igor? Is it a parallel universe? You gave to the world the Cyrillic Alphabet? Now, do the following easy steps: 1) Start Mozilla 2) Type www.wikipedia.org 3) Search for "Cyrillik Alphabet"

The Debian Project By-Laws

2004-09-29 Thread John Davis
By- Laws, and if so, are they publically available? Thank you very much for your time. Cheers, //John Davis -- John Davis Release Engineering Gentoo Linux Developer/ Manager/ Trustee signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: The Debian Project By-Laws

2004-09-29 Thread John Davis
will fix the flaws with the current ones. You > should definitely get in contact with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > who'll be able to tell you the problems with the current by-laws. Thank you very much for both of your responses. I will be in contact with SPI. Cheers, -- John Davis Release En

Re: debian/linux

2004-11-05 Thread John Goerzen
te unhelpful, but we don't know where you were asking or who this person was. > but because 3.0 is so different, > they only help a little. > I don't ever bring linux or debian up in conversations, in an effort not to > offend anyone. I'm not sure why that would offend someone. But in any case, any operating system will require time to learn, especially if you want to learn a lot about it. Debian is no different there. -- John

Re: Consumer boycott of your company

2004-11-15 Thread John Hasler
ils are being bounced back. Typical spammer. We'd like to help you but we can't. The people who are harrassing you are not connected with Debian in any way. -- John Hasler

Re: Consumer boycott of your company

2004-11-16 Thread John Hasler
responses even when it is clear that they are not the brightest stars in the cluster. -- John Hasler

Re: Consumer boycott of your company

2004-11-16 Thread John Hasler
Wouter Verhelst writes: > There's a 'Powered By Debian' thingy right there on their main page. Hmm. Privoxy is blocking it here, but not the Apache logo. -- John Hasler

Re: FW: Mail forwarding in return for Debian donation

2004-11-30 Thread John Hasler
't think Debian has ever contemplated having enough money to even consider doing that. Besides, paying developers from Debian funds could be very divisive. -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-13 Thread John Hasler
t I think that the income would have to be reported as unrelated business income and would be taxable. Mirror policies are another matter. In any case, I'm opposed to it unless we really need the money. -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
their students, > does that make them commercial? Do you seriously expect them to apply the same standards to themselves as they do to us? -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
have pay-per-bug right now. I'm sure many DDs would be willing to take money for fixing bugs. Paying SPI for work done for free by the DDs would be an entirely different thing, however. -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
MJ Ray writes: > Meanwhile, all developers on SPI projects are sitting on the beach > drinking cocktails... Can't I just stay inside and fix bugs? I hate cocktails, and it's -10C on the nearest beach. -- John Hasler

Re: Debian's financial status (was Re: Google ads on debian.org)

2004-12-14 Thread John Goerzen
gh this number may have changed. (I don't think it's substantially changed in either direction since then, though you'd need to speak to the SPI treasurer to be certain). Debian also has other assets, such as machine hardware. I am not aware of any comprehensive listing of those. -- John

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
es want to pay DDs directly for fixing bugs, that's fine. However, I don't think Debian should ever disburse money to developers for doing Debian software work. -- John Hasler

Re: Not-for-profit doesn't mean Never-get-money

2004-12-14 Thread John Hasler
Art McGee writes: > What distinguishes Capitalism from mere Sustainability are the concepts > of Capital Accumulation, Incessant Growth, and Labor Exploitation. Take your political propaganda elsewhere. -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-15 Thread John Hasler
> SPI *is* a business... SPI is a corporation. That does not make it a business (just attend a few board meettings...) -- John Hasler

Re: Google ads on debian.org

2004-12-15 Thread John Hasler
Stephen Frost writes: > The fact that Debian doesn't 'exist'... Organizations do not need to be incorporated to have legal existence. -- John Hasler

Re: Rewriting GFDL docs - where to start from?

2004-12-23 Thread John Hasler
eneral Public License" are included exactly as in the original, and provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. -- John Hasler

Re: Debian Free Documentation Guidelines was: License ofoldGNUEmacsmanual

2005-01-06 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Suffield writes: > If you are handing [out binary CDs] then you should also be prepared to > hand out source CDs to anybody who wants one. Or provide a written offer. -- John Hasler

Re: "Debian" Core Consortium

2005-07-24 Thread John Hasler
Ian writes: > "My response" has to do more with how that trademark policy appears to be > inconsistent with Debian's founding goals. I suspect that any effective trademark policy is going to be inconsistent with Debian's founding goals. -- John Hasler -- To UN

Re: "Debian" Core Consortium

2005-07-26 Thread John Hasler
omeone else in a different situation is doing. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please stop the Andrew Suffield spam

2005-08-12 Thread John Hasler
Eldon Koyle writes: > I'll agree that the pledge to killfile you doesn't seem like the best > solution... This is the first I've heard of it. Not only is it not the best solution, it's appalling. Andrew has been in my killfile for years, but he's coming ou

Re: Please stop the Andrew Suffield spam

2005-08-13 Thread John Hasler
Andrew Suffield writes: > It seems to be working. No it isn't. It's making things worse. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please stop the Andrew Suffield spam

2005-08-13 Thread John Hasler
x27;s posts are making it easier for others to rationalize there own appalling behavior. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Delegation for trademark negotiatons with the DCCA

2005-08-22 Thread John Hasler
Peter Vandenabeele writes: > ... or just stick to the original "DCC" as "Debian Commercial Consortium". Excellent suggestion. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Request for Advertising information

2005-08-24 Thread John Lockmer
d you more information if this seems interesting to you and/or would like to know more. I look forward to hearing from you soon.  If this is something you are not currently interested in I want to thank you for your time and to keep me in mind for the future.   Kind Regards,   John Lockmer  

Re: Debian UK

2005-09-05 Thread John Hasler
he same as charitable. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread John Hasler
Henning Makholm writes: > A bicycle trip to my local courthouse: DKK 2, including write-offs on the > bicycle. A trip to some court in America: Tens of thousands of DKKs. If I were to sue you for infringing the copyright on my GPL software I would file in US district court. -- John

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread John Hasler
onesia I will, of course, do nothing regardless of the presence or absence of a choice of venue clause in my license: suing him in the US would be a complete waste of time and I have no money for international ventures. > ...Or get him extradited somehow. Extradition has nothing to do with civi

none

2005-09-13 Thread John Smith
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Re: Debain Questions...

2005-10-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:42:29AM -0700, Patrick Mccall wrote: > I downloaded the first debian cd to install the os and > try it out. After going through the install process > and rebooting with no errors I get a dos-like system.. > Is this all debain is?? I didnt even get a gui!!!. No, it's not.

Re: DCC (Debian Confusion Core) trademark negotiation status

2005-11-01 Thread John Hasler
> They need to be asked to change their FAQ to remove more trademark > infringements. Careful. While I agree that all the changes you suggest are desireable, I think that most are nominative and so do not infringe the trademark. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Debian on one dvd?

2005-12-16 Thread John Hasler
the copyright owner can easily show that you could have hired the job done for a few cents a copy. Note that you only get to charge for the cost of physically performing source distribution. You do not get to charge for the cost of preparing the source for distribution. -- John Hasler --

Re: Debian derivatives and the Maintainer: field (again)

2006-01-18 Thread John Hasler
Hamish writes: > ...special requirements with regard to attribution. The only _requirements_ we can have with respect to attribution are fully satsified by compliance with copyright law and the terms of the relevant licenses. Anything else is a request. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread John Hasler
is, or is it just libel? > ...what's stopping us from officially discouraging Ubuntu's existence? The fact that most of us are interested in cooperation or at least peaceful coexistence. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-25 Thread John Hasler
Will L writes: > For exmaple, suppose a user just wants to ask a question, is it > reasonable to require him to subscribe, receive unrelated emails, then > unsubscribe? Subscription is not required. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-25 Thread John Hasler
ere. The terms may or may not be the same as last time, so you should read (and save!) the contract every time. That's one of the reasons I prefer to avoid such things. > I couldn't find the source code to their server, either. Another reason to avoid it. -- John Hasler --

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-26 Thread John Hasler
ike Web forums and use them only when there is no alternative. > Would people want it? Some might. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
s, but we are > also not being honest with ourselves and our users, as this is in > contradiction with the spirit of the social contract, even if some like to > play with words. I agree with that. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:57:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:35:02AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > That's not correct. The project simply voted not to removed it at that > > time, by defeating the GR. There was no affirmative vote to keep >

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 04:35:31PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:23:41AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > I don't see what that has to do with the simple fact of what the vote > > was about and how it turned out. > > So, you think that the vote

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
at proper documents and records are retained, and that proper documents are filed with the government. I think SPI's less-than-perfect track record on these things is well known, as is the fact that SPI has been really improving on all this -- but still needs to improve more. -- John -- To

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
t; considerations only apply to Debian, and not to SPI? I'd say you could probably count this in weeks, if not days. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
tuff discussed there actually gets out > to everyone else when it should. That is an *excellent* suggestion, and would surely help mutual understanding between Debian and SPI. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-07-29 Thread John Goerzen
an NMU. After all, it's one less thing I have to do to it, right? I do get extremely irritated when someone NMUs my package and breaks it and disappears. But that's only happened a couple of times to me. -- John Goerzen Author, Foundations of Python Network Programming http://www.a

Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-25 Thread John Goerzen
Hello, The Debian stable distribution has been a thorn in our side for a long time. We tend to go a long time between releases, which means that stable grows less and less useful as time goes on. We also have a strict policy on what is allowed into stable. This policy has many merits, especiall

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 08:43:53AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: > > Examples of things that should happen in stable, but haven't been > > happening reliably: > > > > * Kernel updates with more broad hardware support > > This requires

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
TO provides some at http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ > > And when you see my SVN repository and sources, > you'll find how hard to use newer Debian kernel on current > Sarge installer, John. > > If new kernel has perfect compatibilities with older kernel > (such as using de

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-28 Thread John Goerzen
s small compared to the cost of being uninstallable on modern hardware. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Take a deep breath...

2006-10-27 Thread John Goerzen
and yes, it seemed that they were inching closer towards agreement.) Let's give peace a chance[2]. [1] http://changelog.complete.org/posts/555-We-need-to-follow-the-Amish-example.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/SvenLutherAndDI (Was: Open Letter to Anthony Towns about the d-i mediation ...)

2006-10-31 Thread John Goerzen
only that). There has to be some time where we all let bygones be bygones. Surely we have passed this point a month or two ago. We are wasting everyone's time. Sven, please just live and let live. I don't want to see a single piece of mail about the d-i team unless it relates to the Debian installer itself. -- John

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/SvenLutherAndDI (Was: Open Letter to Anthony Towns about the d-i mediation ...)

2006-10-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:54:38PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Surely we have passed this point a month or two ago. We are wasting > > everyone's time. > > > > Sven, please just live and let live. > > John, what do you think this is all about ? I would

fantastic

2006-11-15 Thread John Kish
worked flawlessly. It took about 1.5 hours to connect to the internet and download package software but it was worth it. I will test this for a month and if all works well I will install on all 5 computers.   Kudos’ to Debian, and thank you for your hard work and service.   John Kish  

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:20:00PM +0100, Piotr Dziubinski wrote: > I'm very irritated and disappointed with your policy! Why? > > I've used various Linux distributions for 8 years. I've been using Debian > for the last 6 months, but today I changed my mind! > > After updating Firefox in Debian I

Re: Expulsion process: Sven Luther (aka: why I'm now convinced he needs therapy)

2007-03-28 Thread John Goerzen
ow can we trust a developer who acts in a responsible way only when convenient to him personally? One other comment. You said one time that not one single other person questioned the actions of the "expulsers". That is quite clearly not true. But if it were, wouldn't that suggest t

ideas....

2007-04-06 Thread John Watson
r. - The would be the projects leaders responsibility to share the contribution accordingly. - The project is only completed so long its agreed upon by the investor and the project leader. So those are the ideas, now flame me. John.

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
endent project however aimed for the Debian system. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. John Watson.

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
ow or as a initial investment. It would then be up to the project leader to encourage the investor to make the payment as an initial investment. Thanks. John

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
ey is allocated if debian recieves investment. Regards, Bart Martens John.

A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
earch some lists for my name over a specific time period. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:44:08PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to find out exactly when I joined Debian. > [...] > > 1) The date of my first upload > > Oldest signature block claiming you to be a DD s

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
meone other than Bruce maintained the keyring and saw the new-maint mail. So I guess the precise date at which I started to be able to upload packages, via chiark, is unknown but was likely in Dec 1996 or Jan 1997. This has been interesting. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-13 Thread John Goerzen
nstance). I don't think any of them are active anymore, though. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Planet policy?

2007-08-06 Thread John Goerzen
for the *non-Debian* posts. What somebody's apartment in Japan looks like, what the trip to Berlin was like, etc. Maybe what their Debian development area looks like... It's good to get to know our fellow developers as whole people, where Debian is part -- but not all -- of their liv

Re: Debian e-mail and UUCP

2007-12-14 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri December 14 2007 8:00:10 am Martin Schulze wrote: > The "official" way for this would be to use the bsmtp service on gluck. > Having a private UUCP installation on master is... interesting. Where can we find documentation on this bsmtp service? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread John Goerzen
lon or anyone else. Frankly that was a huge log, I skimmed it, and didn't find the interesting bits. And I suspect vorlon based the kickban on other criteria. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

2008-02-25 Thread John Goerzen
ance, the result is not likely to be positive for the project. This is, I believe, why the USA changed from having the vice-president be the presidential candidate with the second most votes to having the VP be tied to the presidential candidate. -- John

Re: Debian and non-free

2008-09-16 Thread John Goerzen
I think. Now we are talking flash. There's already a lot of stuff people use over at debian-multimedia.org and it's not stopping people from getting to it. Nor should it. A simple line in a config file and you've got access to flash, even if it's on suspiciousserver.ru.

Re: Debian and non-free

2008-09-16 Thread John Goerzen
as also a vote in 2004 on a different resolution: http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_002 I guess this means that it's about time for another once-every-4-years vote :-) -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FSF not considering Debian as Free (Re: Debian and non-free)

2008-09-20 Thread John Sullivan
t suggests getting non-free software from there. > > I'm very curious what part of the website or Debian would be doing this for > years, but I guess someone could ask Richard. I haven't been following this thread super-close, so sorry if I missed someone already throwing this

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