Re: Problemas de instalacion

2005-11-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
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Re: Recompilation of ALL Debian packages ...

2006-09-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
d packages. That is, developers are taught to use tools like pbuilder or sbuild in order to ensure that packages build cleanly. I'm not saying that mistakes will never occur. However, I would think that the vast majority of the people will be responsible and do it correctly th

Re: Debian firefox

2006-10-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
One in which is truly free & and embraces opensource. > I would like to propose a name: Debian WaterBuffalo Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian firefox

2006-10-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 11:46:45AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 01:27:01PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > I would like to propose a name: Debian WaterBuffalo > > I thought we already agreed on "IceWeasel". :) > There was some dis

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-08 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
the parts of Debian that interest them most. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
mething for Debian gets paid to do it? Nope. I would submit that people who consider quitting or actually quit over something like that probably have other issues to deal with. For example, why join the Debian project in the first place? Seriously, if money is someone's nly or primary mot

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ves me pause. > I see no evil in giving people financial compensations for working > full time on some key Debian tasks. If such people give the project > their best with faith and dedication and enjoy it, I am very very > happy for both them and the project. > Same her

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 08:37:32AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] I would submit that people who > > consider quitting or actually quit over something like that probably > > have other issues to deal with. >

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
a of funding some development has merit. However, there needs to be a standard set for quality and a review process in place. Make successful and satisfactory completion predicates for payment. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.c

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 08:50:39PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:22:04PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > [...] > > The strange thing is that while I see lots of discussion about why > > people should or should not be allowed to fund particular de

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 09:41:28PM +0200, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:14:05PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > [...] > > Would I love to get paid to my work on Debian? Sure, who wouldn't? > > But, is it going to make me quit if someone else worki

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
t; answer. > I'm sorry. I don't understand your meaning. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:58:45AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Huh? I hate to be the one to break it to you, but many things life > > boil down to a question of time or money. > > > > * Do I mow my lawn (time) or hire someone to do it

Re: Using money to fund real Debian work

2006-10-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:09:06AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] Person A gets mad becuase he is afraid that person B will will > > get pay for something that both had originally agreed to do for free. > > Now there&

Re: Improving the DAM-queue?

2006-10-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
uot; makes me feel like part of the problem, rather than part of the solution. It just discouraging, that's all. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Improving the DAM-queue?

2006-10-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 09:20:15PM +0200, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Thus, people who don't know me and > > don't know the quality of my work must waste time checking up on my work > > so that they feel safe sponsoring my packages. That

Re: Improving the DAM-queue?

2006-10-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
y off base, but I though I'd throw it out and see what discussion it generates. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Improving the DAM-queue?

2006-10-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 10:50:23AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > How about requiring all new NM applicants to join an existing package > > maintenance team? > > Because we're volunteers, we can't require peopl

Re: Improving the DAM-queue?

2006-10-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ugs is *extremely* small. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Response to "Position Statement to the Dunc-Tanc "experiment""

2006-10-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
27;s Law (though, > according to the rule, it would probably end the thread). > Actually, what you describe is a successful experiment. In fact, the Nazis did such things with humans. Now, such things are not ethical. But then, the discussion is not about whether the experiment is considered ethical, but rather the discussion is about which conditions would make the experiment a success. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Delete my message on one Debian List Please

2006-12-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
e not email addresses and which legitimately need to have the @ symbol. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Etch Stable.

2006-12-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 07:58:50PM +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > Which is why we release with gnome 2.14. > I don't understand. Do you consider this to be a good thing or a bad thing? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://ww

Re: Measuring Debian progress

2007-01-07 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ics. Because of the nature of software and the wide range of packages in Debian, any attempt to assign a quality metric to a particular package is probably not worthwhile. Again, that is my worthless 2 cents. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: mail

2007-01-22 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
essage. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
uiesced and released the binaries from mozilla, since the first security patch would create an unresolvable conflict) - Debian requires that everything shipped in main be DFSG compliant (the Mozilla Firefox artwork is not) Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~rober

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
alize that they are not stable and subject to volatile changes at times. Correct? Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
you would have seen by simply highlighting the iceweasel package that it was being installed because firefox depended on it. I'll say again, you did this to yourself and your initial flame against everyone was highly uncalled for. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
de browser, but aptitude works on the command line just like apt-get and keeps better track of things to boot. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
does not make sense. Debian -> Knoppix and Debian -> Ubuntu are not natural upgrade paths for many reasons. > Be realist, do everybody have a time to read all news carefully? > No, but you said all you wanted was an announcement. I gave you three. Regards, -Roberto -- Robert

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ough of a start that someone can expand > upon it and end the spectacularly stupid debate. > That is neat, but it does nothing for the list archived. Arguably, the problem is not severe there, though. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-27 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
* > You can even use the same extensions. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
annot be done. The reason is that virtual packages cannot have versioned dependencies expressed against them. In this way, with firefox instead being a dummy package, other packages can continue to express versioned dependencies on firefox and everything still works. Regards, -Roberto -- Rob

Re: Debian in the Federal Government

2007-02-10 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
how Linux-friendly, that use Debian unless it is "hidden" as the underpinnings of something purchased from a contractor or reseller or in an embedded device. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian in the Federal Government

2007-02-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ternatives is much more accepted. Where I did my undergrad, GSView was on every windows machine on campus, just to point out one instance. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian in the Federal Government

2007-02-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
) It proved very exasperating. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian in the Federal Government

2007-02-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
le as setup a new user. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Criteria for a successful DPL board

2007-02-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ision. > I disagree. Please look at how the general US population views the Congress. > It's also a form of leadership that fits better our own internal workings. > If a board member goes MIA, we still have 9 others who are there. > That is a valid point. Regards, -Roberto

Re: Plain English Please

2007-02-12 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
ficial release is 3.1 rev4. Then, of course, these things are all also covered in the FAQs. Regards, -Roberto [0] http://www.debian.org/CD/ -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: APT copyright

2007-03-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
> > Thanks for your time, > Heidi Nicewander > I think that you are confusing copyright with trademark. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X Windows...

2007-03-11 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
uality operating system and quality software than in promoting it? > Read the attached - at least the last lines. > Ahh, yes most informative. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Developers vs Uploaders

2007-03-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
year, packaged 20 packages and prepared 50 uploads, I would say that person is probably able to handle things on his own. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Developers vs Uploaders

2007-03-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 07:56:48PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:44:59PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > I think the line is rather blurry. If you have someone who just started > > in NM and is working on his first or second package, then that

Re: Developers vs Uploaders

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
signing the package for upload, as though I were to sponsor the upload myself and then pass it to my AM. Of course, there were some other minor things, but I think the overall balance was good. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Developers vs Uploaders

2007-03-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
out invariant sections, then it is Free (as in DFSG-compliant). If something has invariant sections, then it (at least that part of it) is not Free. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature