Re: new queue process tweaks

2005-04-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
h. A number of message sent to the secretary are discarded without comment. Does the project really want the secretary to be responding viagra ads? manoj -- "Luke, I'm yer father, eh. Come over to the dark side, you hoser." Dave Thomas, "Strange Brew"

Re: new queue process tweaks

2005-04-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 09:50:32 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [Manoj Srivastava] >> A number of message sent to the secretary are discarded without >> comment. Does the project really want the secretary to be >> responding viagra ads? > We

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e Lord of Entropy. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
as fallen off the face of the earth, or is no longer with Debian? manoj -- Convention is the ruler of all. Pindar Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- T

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
heer absence of even a modicum of thought. manoj -- Tact, n.: The unsaid part of what you're thinking. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNS

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
t a minute?" two programmers passing in the hall Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 28 May 2005 11:47:50 +0100, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (va, manoj)> wrote: >> Err, perhaps apply some common sense? Does anyone really doubt that >> the stable release manager is missing? Or is no longer involved in

Re: Consultant entries that will be removed unless there is an email address provided

2005-05-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 28 May 2005 17:05:34 +0100, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (va, manoj)> wrote: >> >> Why can't interested parties pone the consultant directly? >> > Expense. Why can't consultants send in their email

Re: Ongoing Firefox (and Thunderbird) Trademark problems

2005-06-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
s our users the freedom to modify and further distribute the renamed binary; but not renaming robs them of this freedom, then our course is clear. manoj -- "Survey says..." Richard Dawson, weenie, on "Family Feud" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://ww

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to an ISP that provides them with a real mail service, intead of sometimes delivering legitimate mail to them. manoj -- Bacon's not the only thing that's cured by hanging from a string. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ought to fix their email setup (surely a necesity in this day and age). I am sure there are ISP's around that provide a real SMTP service. manoj -- A hermit is a deserter from the army of humanity. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>

Re: Branden's mail policies

2005-06-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to spend his time, and more critical tasks to perform, than to jump through hoops to please people who just drop mail without paying any attention to content. manoj -- "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" Lily Tomlin Manoj Srivastava <[EM

Discussing the DMUP

2000-04-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ected to abide by it. That is destructive to our Branden> spirit of community. manoj -- The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists of "Ten Best". Allen Smith Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http

Re: Discussing the DMUP

2000-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. Size is the reason I think we need to create checks and balances for assigned power (much though it galls old timers that the project has sunk too such depths). I'll elaborate on this in another message. manoj -- Those who claim the dead never return to life haven't eve

Re: RFC: Changing the NM system

2000-12-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
devel called "Woody Andreas> Progress": Andreas> Andreas Schuldei> In fact we ultimatly exist to do them [the users] Andreas>good and please them. Andreas> Manoj Srivastava> Bullshit. >> From the same thread: Andreas> Manoj Srivas

Re: RFC: Changing the NM system

2000-12-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Andreas" == Andreas Voegele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I am not sure that you understand what the project is. The >> project is not a company, with a mandated party line; the project is

Re: Security upgrade for potato by new major version and distro change?

2001-01-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
guage your package is written in, it is highly unlikely your stewardship of that package is goging to be anything but mediocre. I would hope most developers would realize this, and do the right thing manoj -- "To steal from a thief is not theft. It is merely irony."

Re: Proposed General Resolution : IRC as a Debian communication channel

2001-11-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
sion period, be moved over to debian-vote@lists.debian.org, which was designed to serve such a purpose. manoj -- I don't do it for the money. Donald Trump, Art of the Deal Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Withdrawal of the General Resolution about IRC

2001-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
nal proposer. manoj - -- Let him choose out of my files, his projects to accomplish. Shakespeare, "Coriolanus" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF244

Re: Withdrawal of the General Resolution about IRC

2001-11-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
s one day at a time." Dean Acheson Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: >> On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 03:46:17PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> > Apropos to that, Policy proper contains elements that ought >> > not to be in there, but remain as vestigial documentation of dpkg >>

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 06:03:23PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Debian policy should be the minimalistic set of rules that >> packages follow, and expect other packages to foolow too, in order to >> have

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
and extentions. Most extentions, when the become popular, would be candidates for inclution into the core interface, when the dpkg authors feel the interface has stabilized and would be unlikely to change. manoj -- Unix is the worst operating system; except for all others.

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
I would not mind helping out, especially the parts that need be resurrected from the policy and old packaging manuals. manoj -- The bhikkhu who experiences great joy, and has faith in the religion of the Buddha, will attain the place of peace, the satisfaction of stilling th

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ould be part of the dpkg spec (in other words, the implementing the core interface is a design goal of dpkg, but dpkg is otherwise unrestrained -- and become usable beyond debian). manoj -- If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. Maslow Manoj Srivastava <

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
for other intrinsic interfaces that packages face (the menu system, the init scripts, etc). manoj -- Good salesmen and good repairmen will never go hungry. R.E. Schenk Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
cy/packages/distribution. They are Luca> people, staffs, working officially for Debian. I tend to agree. manoj -- ... indifference is a militant thing ... when it goes away it leaves smoking ruins, where lie citizens bayonetted through the throat. It is not a children's pa

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ns to be added to the core set, at your discretion, when you think it has become a part of the standard interface debian packages have to the packaging system(s). manoj -- I'm not prejudiced, I hate everyone equally. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:02:24PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Adam" == Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> We(Wichert and I) implement features that users want, when we Adam>

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
it would take a fire ant to drill a hole through a dill pickle, if the length-girth ratio of the ant to the pickle were 98.17:1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe the Universe. Give three examples. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 pr

Re: Best Packaging Practices - collecting ideas (and texts!)

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
see if I can annotate the rules files and ancillary maintainer scripts to be easier to follow. Sometime this week. manoj -- One organism, one vote. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:19:09PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> The real question is whether maintainers are meant to build Anthony> using the fe

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and "best packaging practices"

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
as follows." "What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?" said End-user. "For I am an End-user of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me." "It means the Thing to Do." "As long as it means that, I don't mind," said End-user humbly. Chris M

Bug#148034: DMUP: Please clarify limitation on news usage

2002-05-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ss this means that one should not telnet to port 119, and paste large amounts of text either. manoj -- I can't mate in captivity. Gloria Steinem, on why she has never married. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 prin

Re: Negative statement of intent

2002-05-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
g to fake it. Finagle's Tenth Law: No matter what the result someone is always eager to misinterpret it. Finagle's Eleventh Law: No matter what occurs, someone believes it happened according to his pet theory. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>

Re: Negative statement of intent

2002-05-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
es for temporary expediency ought to know better. manoj -- About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends. Herbert Hoover Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27

Bug#148034: DMUP: Please clarify limitation on news usage

2002-05-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
se. Debian does not use NNTP for the project. Donors should not have to provide the service, really, since it is unlikely to be used directly for project related work. If a donor has objected to providing sysadmin/bandwidth, and that is what prompted the DMUP, it is enough. ma

Bug#148034: DMUP: Please clarify limitation on news usage

2002-05-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
fine. Well, to each whatever windmills they wish to tilt at. manoj -- The early worm gets the bird. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 49

Bug#148034: DMUP: Please clarify limitation on news usage

2002-05-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ere is a distinction. manoj -- "I can't face the world in the morning. I must have coffee before I can speak." Joseph Cotton in Shadow of a Doubt Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E

Bug#158533: project: qmail is installed on murphy

2002-09-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
y, but first C programs tend to look a lot worse than first programs in any other language (maybe except for fortran, but then I suspect all fortran programs look like `firsts') Olaf Kirch Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095

Bug#158533: project: qmail is installed on murphy

2002-09-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raul> On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:57:01PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Cost has little to do with free as the DFSG defines it, so >> this is a bit of a red herring. May one distribute modified

Bug#158533: project: qmail is installed on murphy

2002-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
he passer-by obliged, and the string re-entered the bar. "May I have a beer, please?" it asked the bartender. The barkeep set a beer in front of the string, then suddenly stopped. "Hey, aren't you the string I just threw out of here?" "No, I'm a frayed knot.&q

Re: Disputes between developers - draft guidelines

2002-10-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
inally figured out why airports make you walk so far out to get to your plane. It's their way of giving your luggage a head start. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Disputes between developers - draft guidelines

2002-10-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
eat cost by the Poles since 1944. David Phillips, SUNY at Buffalo, about establishing a gateway from EARN (European Academic Research Network) to Poland Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Latest `disputes' draft (#3)

2002-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ars ago. "What is the 'Body of a rock'?" he was asked. In answer, Musashi summoned a pupil of his and bid him kill himself by slashing his abdomen with a knife. Just as the pupil was about to comply, the Master stayed his hand, saying, "That is the 'Body

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
is written, and not necessarily dictated from on high. manoj -- "Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man."

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
impression that people have that important business in the project gets conducted behind closed doors by cigar chomping old boys of the cabal. So please stand up and be counted, people. manoj -- The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about th

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
and your success is assured. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
recommendation of the Chairman of the Technical Committee Hmm. Joint? with whom? +A *DRAFT* recommendation of the Chairman of the Technical Committee. There. manoj -- Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. Euripides Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 01:37:19PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> Given no evidence to assume that it is, though, maybe we Anthony> shouldn

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
onger form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Ian" == Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ian> Manoj Srivastava writes ("Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me"): Ian> ... >> I posit then that there is no indication that these are >&g

Re: Disputes document - metaflameage

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
t; put together and post, then I'll assume that there's nothing much that Ian> can be done to improve it, and I'll just go back to the tech ctte and Ian> see if they want to vote in favour of it. Wonderful. Then a document that should come from the community, about et

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raul> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 01:27:23PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Can I too start writing up documents and claim that they ar4e >> joint recommendations of the Technical committee? Since we are

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
s also happy to help resolve Ian> disputes over individual bug reports, you should not refer a matter to Ian> the Committee until you have tried to explore the issue yourselves. Ian> When this has been done, the bug report logs should contain detailed Ian> description of the probl

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:09:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Raul> Yes, of course you can. >> I think that would be wrong, to imply that a bunch of people >> had signed on to the draft document without as

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:52:47AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: >> When I read a draft with a bunch of co-authors names on the >> authors list, I

All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is a joint draft message from the release manager and Manoj Srivastava Of course it is not, really. I would hope that all right minded people would agree and sign on to the holy task of eradicating all non emacs editors from the face of the planet. But

Re: why Ian Jackson won't discuss the "disputes" document draft with me

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ed technique for conflict resolution that you are following now? manoj -- Happiness is good health and a bad memory. Ingrid Bergman Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:34:11PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> This is a joint draft message from the release manager and >> Manoj Srivastava Anthony> The phrase Ian used was "DRAFT joint mes

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
on developers to an inferior position when it comes to our BTS conventions. Acting on a preconceived notion of the class a person may belong to, rather than the merits of the persons position and viewpoint, is fundamentally flawed. manoj -- Imagination is more important than

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ng ``flame insurence''. Under this arrangement, if one of our policy holders is flamed, we will cancel the offending article and flame the flamer, to a crisp. The TETflame flaming representatives include: Richard Sexton, Oleg Kisalev, Diane Holt, Trish O'Tauma, Dave Hill, Greg

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:38:36PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Since they are not derived from the one true editor. Apart from >> being a name calling moron, you have no humour gene. Anthony> Oddly en

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ty to actuallycome up with a technique that appears to work. I am praying for us. manoj -- Art is Nature speeded up and God slowed down. Chazal Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2

A different approach to a conflict resolution document

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
to go into more details, and whether I am being a moron (hi aj). manoj -- Sorry for mailing this article, I've obviously made a typo (168!=186) that's the price for being up all night and doing some "quick" checks before you go to bed Herbert Rosmanith &

Re: A different approach to a conflict resolution document

2002-11-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
AND A HALF HOURS!!! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:21:01PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:38:36PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> Si

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:09:44AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: >> No. That is improbable enough to be funny. It takes a tongue >> in cheek swip

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
against every effort to liberate the body and mind of man. It has been, at all times and everywhere, the habitual and incorrigible defender of bad governments, bad laws, bad social theories, bad institutions. It was, for centuries, an apologist for slavery, as it was the apologist for the divine right

Re: Migration of non-free packages to testing

2002-11-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e at hand. Colin> (Let's please have this argument on -project if you wish to Colin> continue it. -devel is a technical list.) Sure. manoj -- Out of sight is out of mind. Arthur Clough Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Debian joins Desktop Linux Consortium

2003-02-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
he score was tied and the basses were loaded with two out. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Debian joins Desktop Linux Consortium

2003-02-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ece of string around the page of the score before the bass >> cue. As the basses grew more and more inebriated, two of them fell >> asleep. The conductor grew quite nervous (he was very concerned about >> the pitch) because it was the bottom of the ninth; the score was tied

Re: rest of the cds?

2003-03-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
God. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: integrity of elections

2003-03-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>> On 24 Mar 2003 15:17:52 -0800, >> David N Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [ Please leave me CC'ed ] > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> My original point was that people who do not actually exercise >> their franchise

Re: Why are these packages in Debian?

2003-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
itten in the Debian Free Software Guidelines), and that's not the > duty of an operating sytem. Why do you think that the bible does not belong to an OS, but games do? Or fortune cookies? Or vi? manoj -- I'm a GENIUS! I want to dispute sentence structure with SUSAN

Re: Why are these packages in Debian?

2003-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
manoj -- I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother. Artemus Ward Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF2

Re: Why are these packages in Debian?

2003-04-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
m answering email from a plane 32k feet up there. Assuming unlimited internet connectivity leaves people in third world countries and on dialup out in the cold. manoj -- Your present plans will be successful. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/&

Re: Why "free" shouldn't have to mean "complicated"

2003-05-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ustomer is willing to bear the cost, I'll do whatever he wants of me, to the best of my ability. If you are not willing to pay for the debian developers, you can't pull the "But we are customers!! We reigh supreme!!" card. > It would be that simple. It would be

Re: Why "free" shouldn't have to mean "complicated"

2003-05-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
nux. And that is probably a wise decison on their part. manoj -- lisp, v.: To call a spade a thpade. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Why "free" shouldn't have to mean "complicated"

2003-05-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
at is what they want to do. manoj -- How's it going in those MODULAR LOVE UNITS?? Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Why "free" shouldn't have to mean "complicated"

2003-05-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
portant get down and work at it. So far, no one seems to have taken the hook -- but exhorting other people to do the work rarely, in my experience, works. manoj -- "When marriage is outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws." Jef Poskanzer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Manoj Srivast

Bug#210879: [agcosta@gis.net: Bug#210879: constitution.txt: revise odd language -- "K Developers"... "not integers"]

2003-09-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numb

Re: Proposal - Free the Debian Open Use logo

2003-10-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
t by Wilder and Brackett, and to play with Paramount's two superstars, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert, and to be beaten up by both of them! David Niven, "Bring On the Empty Horses" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C726109

Re: Proposal - Free the Debian Open Use logo

2003-10-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the work; and sits separately from the work itself. We are also required, under the law, to distribute the license as such, or lose our right to distribute the works at all. manoj -- "You tried it just for once, found it alright for kicks, but now you find out you have a habit that stick

A Position Statement from the Debian project re: DFSG/GNU FDL

2003-10-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
isit http://people.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml> Any comments, feedback, suggested wording, and proof reading appreciated. manoj -- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Bert Lantz Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian

Re: A Position Statement from the Debian project re: DFSG/GNU FDL

2003-11-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:06:20 +0100, Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Some comments: Thanks for the feedback. I have incorporated your suggestions, and am uploading the changed version. manoj -- The Korean War must have been fun. Manoj Srivastava

Bug#210879: Questions about Quorum

2003-11-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
manoj -- There is no remedy for sex but more sex. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Bug#210879: Questions about Quorum / less short

2003-11-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 15:35:39 -0500, Alfie Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Same thing, but longer comments. "Abandon all hope..." > On 2 Nov 2003, at 13:10, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Given the Debian keyrings (available from keyring.debian.org), you >> c

Re: Bug#210879: Questions about Quorum / less short

2003-11-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
lanation; it is easier to extrapolate to any size of body. manoj -- "Bill Gates says no matter how much more power we can supply, he'll develop some really exciting software that will bring the machine to its knees." Intel VP David House, In _EE_Times_, 16 October

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
such. I'll try and be extra "unscary", to the best of my ability to do so. manoj who is probably gonna be labelled misogynist now -- Satellite Safety Tip #14: If you see a bright streak in the sky coming at you, duck. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
you're not. Asking a totally hackerish community to act > differently is just going to end in tears. Yup. We are just big bags of dripping hacker testosterone, and our beetling brows shall never allow us to change. Faugh. manoj -- If you want to know what god thinks of mon

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
onal and correct in the first place about Debian being > unnecessarily hostile. Indeed. For once I am ashamed to be a member of such a narrow minded, bigoted group. Helen, please accept my apologies; we are not quite grown up enough to be able to interact with women ye

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
rone here. Hell, probably the only thing that can get through your neanderthalic skull. manoj thoughroghly disgusted -- We are preparing to think about contemplating preliminary work on plans to develop a schedule for producing the 10th Edition of the Unix Programmers Manual. And

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
if you had ever used debian lesbian. so have yah? 20:46 tam: that's only a male fantasy -- "To vacillate or not to vacillate, that is the question ... or is it?" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 06:17:20 -0500, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:06:40PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Indeed. For once I am ashamed to be a member of such a narrow >> minded, bigoted group. >> >> Helen, please acce

Re: EWL HOWTO unsuitable counterarguments, was: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:51:28 +, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 2004-03-04 16:04:15 +0000 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> You should read the following chapter, that addresses particularly >> your brand of protest: >> http://ww

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
-- Sam: What do you know there, Norm? Norm: How to sit. How to drink. Want to quiz me? Cheers, Loverboyd Sam: Hey, how's life treating you there, Norm? Norm: Beats me. ... Then it kicks me and leaves me for dead. Cheers, Loverboyd Woody: How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson? Norm: Pret

Re: EWL HOWTO unsuitable counterarguments, was: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
tatrement, you, as a woman, would obviously know what experiences women face in Debian. manoj -- I'm glad I was not born before tea. Sidney Smith (1771-1845) Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 0

Re: Just a single Question for the Candidates

2004-03-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:25:49 +, Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 09:37:43AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:07:06AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: >> > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 10:04:15AM -0600, Manoj Sriva

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