Re: Proposal: Source file package format (summary)

Quoting Svante Signell: > - rpm format to be used for binary packages in LSB. I beg your pardon? -- CrackMonkey.Org - Non-sequitur arguments and ad-hominem personal attacks LinuxCabal.Org - Co-location facilities and meeting space -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: ITP: TIP

Quoting Craig Sanders: > i suggest a name change to Tipo - Tip Isn't Pico, Oh! > > binary could be /usr/bin/tipo I recommend "cipo", as it's an anagram of "pico". It could be pronounced "Chipo" as in "It's a cipoff the old block." Maybe zeppo? -- CrackMonkey.Org - Non-sequitur

Re: [RFC] Suggestion for package ordering

Quoting Andreas Tille: > Is this popularity-contest really necessary. What about a script > which analyses FTP-servers log-files and counting how often a > package was downloaded? Running this script on the main mirrors > would make a reasonable statistic. It doesn't just check downloads

Re: This can lead to a better solution at all (was: Re: Quake is GPL)

Quoting Eduardo Marcel Macan: > We need to stop staring at our own bellybuttons (this is a local > expression translated) The American/English version is "contemplating our navel" (navel being another term for bellybutton). -- CrackMonkey.Org - Non-sequitur arguments and ad-homin

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eric House wrote: > I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' > at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. > Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this > problem: they launch as quickly as ever.

Re: Please clarify...

On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > every version, even major version changes. I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade. Th

Re: xkoules locked my system

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Tom Malloy wrote: > AMD 586 133, 64mg, 100mg swap. I don't see any system messages regarding > this crash. Thanks for your help Unless you're doing heavy-duty GIMPwork, 32megs of swap is optimal. "Photons have neither morals nor visas" -Dave Farber -

Re: VIM

On 12 Jun 1998, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > It is a very useful feature called backing up files ;-) > > You can convince vim to not create these files by either editing > /etc/vimrc (for all user) or ~/.vimrc (on a per-user basis) and add a > "set nobackup" line or edit the existing "set backup" li