Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-12-01 Thread Wayne Schlitt
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) writes: > > Graeme Stewart > > I'm sure that many of us are very concerned about the future of Debian > > re. what we have read. > > I am. I am not concerned. While it would be nice if everyone was perfect, made the correct decisions the

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
At 06:49 PM 11/29/96 -0500, somebody wrote: >However since you have said so, I officially hand in my resignation. >I wish you good luck with Debian in the future. Come on guys!!! I am not a Debian developer (yet) but I am a Debian user and I think we need everybody's effort in order to make Debia

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Brian C. White
> what is happening to the debian distribution? is it folding? Absolutely not. Debian is strong and growing. This entire mess was actually a bit of a growing pain with different people having different ideas about what would make Debian the strongest. There is no cause for concern regarding the

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread butch
Hello, what is happening to the debian distribution? is it folding? allan - Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/30/96 Time: 1:21:37 PM This message was sent by Chameleon - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Brian C. White
> This thread seems to have appeared in the debian-user lists a little > like a bolt from the blue. I am a very keen Debian user and > proselytiser and I'm sure that many of us are very concerned about the > future of Debian re. what we have read. > > I don't want debian-user to become a war zone

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread John Hasler
Graeme Stewart > I'm sure that many of us are very concerned about the future of Debian > re. what we have read. I am. > I really hope that it succeeds, in fact I hope to contribute to its > success, but my _perception_ at the moment is of technical secrets being > kept from users (re. XFree3.1)

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Graeme Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This thread seems to have appeared in the debian-user lists a little > like a bolt from the blue. I am a very keen Debian user and > proselytiser and I'm sure that many of us are very concerned about the > future of Debian re. what we have read. Conflict

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Graeme Stewart
> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bruce> From: "Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I never placed my position as "distribution manager" on the >> line for this point. I just said that if you didn't want me to >> do my job, then say so. Bruce> Indee

Re: Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Brian C. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I never placed my position as "distribution manager" on the line for > this point. I just said that if you didn't want me to do my job, then > say so. Indeed you didn't. I think the problem is mine. I've been able to delegate almost _everything_ about

Goodbye, all! (Whatever became of X3.2)

1996-11-30 Thread Brian C. White
> I've thought about this for many hours, and I'm afraid I agree with Ian. > If we release with XFree86 3.1, that will be the last Debian release ever, > because we will have blown our credibility. We just can't afford to do it. > So, I'm afraid I really must accept the resignation you offered yest