Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-13 Thread Default User
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 1:58 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Ma, 11 aug 20, 15:33:53, Javier Barroso wrote: > > > > I swiched from aptitude to apt-get/apt some years ago > > > > aptitude need love :( > > > > My problem was mixing 64 and 32 bits packages. Seem aptitude didn't do a > > good job > >

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 11 aug 20, 15:33:53, Javier Barroso wrote: > > I swiched from aptitude to apt-get/apt some years ago > > aptitude need love :( > > My problem was mixing 64 and 32 bits packages. Seem aptitude didn't do a > good job > > Reading Planet debian and transitions and apt-listbugs (or how It is

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-11 Thread Javier Barroso
El mar., 11 ago. 2020 13:31, Andrei POPESCU escribió: > On Vi, 07 aug 20, 13:31:53, Default User wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > > limitations. > > If you are referring to the limitations of 'aptitude why', this 1) > reverse dependen

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-11 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 07 aug 20, 13:31:53, Default User wrote: > Hey guys, > > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > limitations. If you are referring to the limitations of 'aptitude why', this 1) reverse dependency and 2) apt / apt-get don't even have (an equivalent for) this.

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-08 Thread Joe
On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:06:50 +0200 Johann Klammer wrote: > On 08/07/2020 10:10 PM, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400 > > Default User wrote: > > > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > >> limitations. > >> > >> Years ago, I be

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-08 Thread Johann Klammer
On 08/07/2020 10:10 PM, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400 > Default User wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution >> limitations. >> >> Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude >> was preferred to apt-ge

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-07 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-07 20:04:24-03, riveravaldez wrote: > On Friday, August 7, 2020, Joe wrote: >> I believe it is still aptitude. >> >> However, the length of time it takes increases sharply with number of >> packages to be upgraded. If you have more than a hundred or so, (not >> unusual on unstable) it m

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-07 Thread riveravaldez
On Friday, August 7, 2020, Joe wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400 > Default User wrote: >> So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be >> the best at dependency resolution? > > I believe it is still aptitude. > > However, the length of time it takes increases sha

Re: Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-07 Thread Joe
On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400 Default User wrote: > Hey guys, > > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > limitations. > > Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude > was preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency

Apt-get vs Aptitude vs Apt

2020-08-07 Thread Default User
Hey guys, Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution limitations. Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude was preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency resolution. Now, we have apt, as well. So, all other things being e

Re: apt-get vs. aptitude

2013-11-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 13 October 2013 18:44:51 Frank McCormick wrote: >  Aptitude has been refusing to do a full upgrade on my Jessie > system for the past two weeks because it said it needed > xorg-video-abi-12 but it said it is not installable. Well, not so. > I tried running Synaptic this morning and it ha

Re: apt-get vs. aptitude

2013-11-01 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 12 October 2013 06:45:15 Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > Tom H writes: > >>> Have you filed a bug report about aptitude breaking apt > >>> (whatever that means!) or is this just FUD? > >> > >> No, I have not. Because it is normal aptitude's behaviour. > >> > >> It was a cognitive case... > > >

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-26 Thread berenger . morel
Le 25.10.2013 15:30, Joel Rees a écrit : On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:26 PM, wrote: Le 23.10.2013 14:22, Joel Rees a écrit : On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:47 AM, wrote: Le 22.10.2013 23:01, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-25 Thread berenger . morel
Le 23.10.2013 14:22, Joel Rees a écrit : On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 9:47 AM, wrote: Le 22.10.2013 23:01, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : [...] Even inlined code requires resources to execute.

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-23 Thread berenger . morel
Le 23.10.2013 04:04, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/22/2013 8:47 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 22.10.2013 23:01, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-22 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/22/2013 8:47 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 22.10.2013 23:01, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:22,

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-22 Thread berenger . morel
Le 22.10.2013 23:01, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:22, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo.

Re: COBOL [was: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)]

2013-10-22 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/22/2013 10:01 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Curt wrote: On 2013-10-21, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: COBOL is still used, but tend to disappear, you can like it or not. I COBOL programs are in use globally in governmental and military agencies and in commercial enterprises, and

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-22 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/21/2013 5:40 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 21.10.2013 22:23, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 3:49 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 19.10.2013 04:48, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrot

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-22 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/21/2013 5:26 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:22, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, J

Re: COBOL [was: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)]

2013-10-22 Thread Miles Fidelman
Curt wrote: On 2013-10-21, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: COBOL is still used, but tend to disappear, you can like it or not. I COBOL programs are in use globally in governmental and military agencies and in commercial enterprises, and are running on operating systems such as IBM'

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-22 Thread Curt
On 2013-10-21, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > COBOL is still used, but tend to disappear, you can like it or not. I COBOL programs are in use globally in governmental and military agencies and in commercial enterprises, and are running on operating systems such as IBM's z/OS and z

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 21.10.2013 22:23, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/21/2013 3:49 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 19.10.2013 04:48, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again,

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 19:36, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:22, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually l

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: the changes are that the stuff that must work best, is NOT being done as open source or with particular transparency. At best, we can hope for serious design reviews and testing - not always the case. Which takes us back to a pretty good case for professi

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/21/2013 3:49 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 19.10.2013 04:48, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percent

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.10.2013 04:48, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percentage of programmers these days are writing .NET code on vanill

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 21.10.2013 19:46, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: That's why some professions have needs for legal stuff. We can not really compare a doctor with the usual computer scientist, right? And I said "usual", because most of us do not, and will never work, on stuff

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: That's why some professions have needs for legal stuff. We can not really compare a doctor with the usual computer scientist, right? And I said "usual", because most of us do not, and will never work, on stuff which can kill someone. And when we do, verific

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 20:24, Joe a écrit : On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:36:13 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 04:32, Miles Fidelman a écrit : > > I'm pretty sure that C was NOT written to build operating systems - > though it's been used for that (notably Unix). I never said

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-21 Thread berenger . morel
Le 19.10.2013 01:10, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 16:22, Miles Fidelman a écrit : (though it's pretty hard to get hired for anything in the US without a bachelorate in something) I do not think it can be worse than in France. Ok. I wasn't s

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-19 Thread Chris Bannister
[How about being a bit more proactive with the trimming, guys.] On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 02:19:13PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Take windows, and say honestly that it does not contains > applications? explorer, mspaint, calc, msconfig, notepad, etc. Those > are applications, noth

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-19 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/19/2013 3:50 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 07:04:21AM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: ...snip.. Try again. States do not differentiate between civil engineers, mechanical engineers, etc. and other engineers. Use of the term "Engineer" is what is illeg

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-19 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 07:04:21AM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: ...snip.. > > Try again. States do not differentiate between civil engineers, > mechanical engineers, etc. and other engineers. Use of the term > "Engineer" is what is illegal. Check with your state licensing > boa

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-19 Thread Jonathan Dowland
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Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:00 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 6:11 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:48 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: In the REAL world, program behavior is very much driven by the propert

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 11:02 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 7:24 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: I'd simply make the observation that most SQL queries are generated on the fly, by code - so the notion of building SQL requests to "experts" is a non-starte

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 11:00 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 6:11 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:48 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: In the REAL world, program behavior is very much driven by the properties of underlying hard

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percentage of programmers these days are writing .NET code on vanilla Windows machines (not th

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 7:24 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: I'd simply make the observation that most SQL queries are generated on the fly, by code - so the notion of building SQL requests to "experts" is a non-starter. Someone has to write the code that in turn

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 6:11 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:48 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: In the REAL world, program behavior is very much driven by the properties of underlying hardware. And... when actually packaging code for

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 7:33 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percentage of programmers these days are writing .NET code on vanilla Windows machines (not that I like it, but it d

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 7:24 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: I'd simply make the observation that most SQL queries are generated on the fly, by code - so the notion of building SQL requests to "experts" is a non-starter. Someone has to write the code that in turn generates SQL requests

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 6:11 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:48 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: In the REAL world, program behavior is very much driven by the properties of underlying hardware. And... when actually packaging code for compilation and/or ins

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percentage of programmers these days are writing .NET code on vanilla Windows machines (not that I like it, but it does seem to be a fact of life). A lot of peo

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/17/2013 10:32 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: So, what you name an OS is only drivers+kernel? If so, then ok. But some people consider that it includes various other tools which does not require hardware accesses. I spoke about graph

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 16:22, Miles Fidelman a écrit : (though it's pretty hard to get hired for anything in the US without a bachelorate in something) I do not think it can be worse than in France. Ok. I wasn't sure about that, though France does seem as creden

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/18/2013 11:48 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: In the REAL world, program behavior is very much driven by the properties of underlying hardware. And... when actually packaging code for compilation and/or installation - you need to know a lot about what

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Joe
On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:36:13 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Le 18.10.2013 04:32, Miles Fidelman a écrit : > > > > I'm pretty sure that C was NOT written to build operating systems - > > though it's been used for that (notably Unix). > > I never said I agreed that C was designed to

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 1:10 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 17:22, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 17:22, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use standard smart pointers in C++, I tend t

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2013 12:11 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/17/2013 3:57 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Do you know how the SQL database you're using works? Sure do. Don't you? I know how the interface works. Actually, I do know quite a bi

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 17:50, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : And, again, just a guess, but I'm guessing the huge percentage of programmers these days are writing .NET code on vanilla Windows machines (not that I like it, but it does seem to be a fact of life). A lot of people also seem to be writing stored SQ

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/17/2013 10:32 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: So, what you name an OS is only drivers+kernel? If so, then ok. But some people consider that it includes various other tools which does not require hardware accesses. I spoke about graphical applications, and

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 17:54, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : On 10/17/2013 8:31 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 17.10.2013 21:57, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/17/2013 3:57 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Do you know how the SQL database you're using works? Sure do. Don't you? I know how the interface works. Actually, I do know quite a bit about the internals of how it works. But do

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 16:22, Miles Fidelman a écrit : But now, are most programmers paid by societies with hundreds of programmers? (and whether you actually mean "developer" vs. "programmer") I do not see the difference between those words. Could you give me the nuances please? I still have a lot t

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/17/2013 8:31 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 17.10.2013 21:57, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use s

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/17/2013 3:57 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Do you know how the SQL database you're using works? Sure do. Don't you? I know how the interface works. Actually, I do know quite a bit about the internals of how it works. But do you know how it parse

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/17/2013 11:37 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:56, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : You're the one who said programmers need to know a lot of details about the hardware being used, not me. The more you need to know about different hardware, the harder

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/17/2013 12:42 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use standard smart pointers in C++, I tend to avoid them. I had so much troubles with them,

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/17/2013 11:37 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:56, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : You're the one who said programmers need to know a lot of details about the hardware being used, not me. The more you need to know about different hardware, the harder it is to write code t

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 18.10.2013 04:32, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: So, what you name an OS is only drivers+kernel? If so, then ok. But some people consider that it includes various other tools which does not require hardware accesses. I

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.10.2013 04:32, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: So, what you name an OS is only drivers+kernel? If so, then ok. But some people consider that it includes various other tools which does not require hardware accesses. I spoke about graphical applications,

Re: endianness (was Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude))

2013-10-18 Thread Jonathan Dowland
> On 18 Oct 2013, at 05:51, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > > What's wrong with htonl and other similar functions/macroes? They are pretty good when they fit what you want to do, but there are holes: eg convert big endian source to host layout. Note that the glibc implementation uses cpp conditionals

Re: endianness (was Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude))

2013-10-17 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Jonathan Dowland writes: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 05:29:33PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Speaking about endianness, it really is hard to manage: >> >> void myfunction( ... ) >> { >> #ifdef BIG_ENDIAN >> move_bytes_in_a_specific_order >> #else >> move_bytes_in_the_other_specif

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: So, what you name an OS is only drivers+kernel? If so, then ok. But some people consider that it includes various other tools which does not require hardware accesses. I spoke about graphical applications, and you disagree. Matter of opinion, or maybe I

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread berenger . morel
Le 17.10.2013 21:57, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use standard smart pointers in C++, I tend to avoid them. I had s

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use standard smart pointers in C++, I tend to avoid them. I had so much troubles with them, so now I only use the

Re: endianness (was Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude))

2013-10-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
> On 17 Oct 2013, at 17:47, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > I do not understand why? > In both cases with "decent compilers" it is solved at compile-time, so what > is the problem with preprocessor here? In case BIG_ENDIAN is not defined but > should be? For the reason I wrote: > ot

Re: endianness (was Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude))

2013-10-17 Thread berenger . morel
Le 17.10.2013 18:17, Jonathan Dowland a écrit : On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 05:29:33PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Speaking about endianness, it really is hard to manage: void myfunction( ... ) { #ifdef BIG_ENDIAN move_bytes_in_a_specific_order #else move_bytes_in_the_other_specif

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 17:51, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : I only know few people who actually likes them :) I liked them too, at a time, but since I can now use standard smart pointers in C++, I tend to avoid them. I had so much troubles with them, so now I only use them for polymorphism and sometimes RTTI.

endianness (was Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude))

2013-10-17 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 05:29:33PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Speaking about endianness, it really is hard to manage: > > void myfunction( ... ) > { > #ifdef BIG_ENDIAN > move_bytes_in_a_specific_order > #else > move_bytes_in_the_other_specific_order > #endif > } Bad way to man

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 17:56, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : You're the one who said programmers need to know a lot of details about the hardware being used, not me. The more you need to know about different hardware, the harder it is to write code to fit all of that hardware. I did not said "a lot" but bas

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-17 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 16:42, Miles Fidelman a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 13:04, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Anybody who thinks that being able to write code (be it Java, C, or .NET crap), without knowing a lot about the environment their code is going to run in, much less

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 5:38 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Wednesday 16 October 2013 16:27:00 Jerry Stuckle wrote: Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course hours be outside of your major. Which is to say: "Which is also why the Universities *in the USA* require..." Lisi Yup, U

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 16 October 2013 16:27:00 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course > >> hours be outside of your major. Which is to say: "Which is also why the Universities *in the USA* require..." Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 12:27 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/16/2013 7:15 AM, Darko Gavrilovic wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course hours be outside of your major. Huh!!?? I think you may be

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/16/2013 7:15 AM, Darko Gavrilovic wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course hours be outside of your major. Huh!!?? I think you may be referring to distribution requirements and you

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 9:01 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 13:04, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Anybody who thinks that being able to write code (be it Java, C, or .NET crap), without knowing a lot about the environment their code is going to run in, much less general analytic and desig

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 8:19 AM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 03:25, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Ah, but you are more than a "simple user". I guess so. I am not even a TV user anymore in fact, but that's not the question. The point is that I can hardly consider a programmer to be a sim

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 7:15 AM, Darko Gavrilovic wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course hours be outside of your major. Huh!!?? I think you may be referring to distribution requirements and you might mean 1/4 of you

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2013 12:16 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Why? Do you know how a TV signal is encoded at the station? How it is modulated onto the carrier? The operation of the RF and IF strips in your TV? The frequencies of the local oscillator(s) being used? How the RF signal is

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 16.10.2013 13:04, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Anybody who thinks that being able to write code (be it Java, C, or .NET crap), without knowing a lot about the environment their code is going to run in, much less general analytic and design skills, is going to

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: Try again. States do not differentiate between civil engineers, mechanical engineers, etc. and other engineers. Use of the term "Engineer" is what is illegal. Check with your state licensing board. The three states I've checked (Maryland, Texas and North Carolina) are

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 13:04, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Anybody who thinks that being able to write code (be it Java, C, or .NET crap), without knowing a lot about the environment their code is going to run in, much less general analytic and design skills, is going to have a very short-lived career. An

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 08:24, Erwan David a écrit : On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 01:10:42AM CEST, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org said: Le 15.10.2013 19:32, Chris Bannister a écrit : >On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 03:43:21PM +0200, >berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >>I know I wont teach that to anyone here, b

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 03:25, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Ah, but you are more than a "simple user". I guess so. I am not even a TV user anymore in fact, but that's not the question. The point is that I can hardly consider a programmer to be a simple user of a computer, because when you write a program, y

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 01:46:48PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 03:43:21PM +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > >wrote: > >>I know I wont teach that to anyone here, but modems are not > >>computing stuff, at all. They are simply here to transfo

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Darko Gavrilovic
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > Which is also why Universities require about 3/4 of the course hours be > outside of your major. > Huh!!?? I think you may be referring to distribution requirements and you might mean 1/4 of your "course hours". It's a distribution require

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2013 11:37 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 6:50 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 2:26 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Geeze Jerry, you're just so wrong, on so many things. What's a "coder"? In over 40 years of programming, I'

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-16 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 10/16/2013 12:16 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: Or do you just turn it on and watch your favorite show? Kinda helps to know how to wire together all the various pieces that go with a TV these days- cable connection snip Of course you can call up the local Best Buy and

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Erwan David
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 01:10:42AM CEST, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org said: > > > Le 15.10.2013 19:32, Chris Bannister a écrit : > >On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 03:43:21PM +0200, > >berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > >>I know I wont teach that to anyone here, but modems are not > >>computing stuf

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: Why? Do you know how a TV signal is encoded at the station? How it is modulated onto the carrier? The operation of the RF and IF strips in your TV? The frequencies of the local oscillator(s) being used? How the RF signal is demodulated? How the video and audio are

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 6:50 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 2:26 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Geeze Jerry, you're just so wrong, on so many things. What's a "coder"? In over 40 years of programming, I've met many programmers, but no "coders". Some

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2013 6:42 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Sorry for the broken thread. Let me try this again. Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 2:26 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Geeze Jerry, you're just so wrong, on so many things. What's a "coder"? In over 40 years of programming, I've met many pr

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2013 7:39 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Sorry for the broken thread. Let me try this again. Le 15.10.2013 18:28, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Why? Do you know how a TV signal is encoded at the station? How it is modulated onto the carrier? The operation of the RF and IF

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2013 7:40 PM, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 15.10.2013 18:28, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : Why? Do you know how a TV signal is encoded at the station? How it is modulated onto the carrier? The operation of the RF and IF strips in your TV? The frequencies of the local oscillat

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2013 6:50 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Jerry Stuckle wrote: On 10/15/2013 2:26 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: Geeze Jerry, you're just so wrong, on so many things. What's a "coder"? In over 40 years of programming, I've met many programmers, but no "coders". Some were better than othe

Re: sysadmin qualifications (Re: apt-get vs. aptitude)

2013-10-15 Thread berenger . morel
Le 16.10.2013 00:42, Miles Fidelman a écrit : I'm trying to figure out what kinds of things you see "programmers" working on that don't need serious knowledge of the underlying operating system, computer hardware, and i/o environment. I do not think every programmer needs serious knowledge outs

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