Re: Debian Constitution: supercede or supersede?

2008-11-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
is not changed. Some times punctuation makes a difference (placing a comma can change the meaning), but that certainly does not seem to be the case here. Please go ahead, and thanks for the cleanup work. manoj -- Computers will not be perfected until they can compute how much more than

Re: Please update the translation of the Debian Social contract

2008-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
al_contract.1.0 should really be at revision 1.4, but I screwed up. There are no changes between 1.4 and 1.6. > This really sucks. I am mystified by all this drama. Why does it suck? manoj -- Wish and hope succeed in discerning signs of paranormality where reason and careful

Re: Please update the translation of the Debian Social contract

2008-10-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
missed anything to resurrect the Dutch translation > while the actual changes are minor. There should not have been _any_ actual content changes; if there are, then some translation was buggy. manoj -- The trouble with the average family budget is that at the end of

Re: updated Hebrew translation for Debian Social Contract.

2008-10-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
in every married couple. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 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: DPL vote update 1.0

2008-03-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. Many thanks to both of you. manoj -- COBOL is for morons. E.W. Dijkstra Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Different links to voting wiki

2008-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
allace Sayre Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 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: Debian WWW CVS commit by srivasta: webwml/english/devel constitution.wml constitu ...

2008-02-24 Thread Manoj Srivastava
set up both forward and backward links. Fixed now, I think. manoj -- I sold my memoirs of my love life to Parker Brothers -- they're going to make a game out of it. -- Woody Allen Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C p

Re: broken link on http://www.debian.org/social_contract

2007-11-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
r the fact; and the URL's were added while doing so. > I didn't touch the old versions of Social Contract, > if is is OK, I can apply smart_change on them too. Please do. And thanks for keeping the web site sane :-) manoj -- Just because he&#x

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-06-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:12:22 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sun, 03 Jun 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> If the license is free, we need not be changing it at all, either now >> nor in the future. > We'd have to revisit it in cases where works in

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-06-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 10:31:41 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, 02 Jun 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:57:25 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> said: >> > 2 doesn't provide the protection of a copylef

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-06-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:57:25 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 01 Jun 2007, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> While my preference is the GPL V2; I would be willing to accept any >> DFSG free license, if asked. But signing away my rights mean that, in >>

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-06-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ing copyright helps keep Debian honest. manoj -- "I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums." -- Steven Wright Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-06-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 31 May 2007 23:41:27 +0200, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 11:56:36AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> I am willing to relicense my contributions under the GPL v2; but I am >> not willing to assign my copyright away. >> >

Re: Doubts and Ideas

2007-05-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
nge, the conviction of their correctness never does. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 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: Doubts and Ideas

2007-05-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
o not trust the SPI enough to allow them to relicense my work in the future. If SPI wants to discuss work-for-hire agreements, they can mail me off list. manoj -- Microbiology Lab: Staph Only! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/&g

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
fferent to subjective aesthetics. manoj -- A certain amount of opposition is a help, not a hindrance. Kites rise against the wind, not with it. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:25:40 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-21 18:35]: >> For example, I really dislike that when I hit the mailing list >> archive link, instead of being shown the archives based on >

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:51:26 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-26 00:10]: >> So, since my telepathy powers are obviously on the blink, can you >> tell me what the goals of the rewrite (apart from the

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:03:20 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > * Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-04-26 08:14]: >> If accessibility is a goal, how are you certain we are not meeting >> it? The web site has no javascript I can discern, it is

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:29:47 +0200, Runa Agate Sandvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 12:10:35AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Merely lists which web pages are in scope -- but nothing of the >> audience. It also hand waves at the usual goodies: u

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:02:22 +0200, Runa Agate Sandvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:35:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Starting to come up with mockups before we have >> goals/audience/requirements in place seems ... wrong, somehow. &g

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Starting to come up with mockups before we have goals/audience/requirements in place seems ... wrong, somehow. manoj -- The world wants to be deceived. Sebastian Brant Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093

Re: Improvements of the website

2007-04-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:29:57 +0200, Grégoire Duchêne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 2007/4/23, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Ubuntu is free software. We are not enemies. We are not >> incompetition. > Choice, and diversity, is a >> strength of free sof

Re: Improvements of the website

2007-04-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ying to to reduce that. manoj -- H. L. Mencken suffers from the hallucination that he is H. L. Mencken -- there is no cure for a disease of that magnitude. -- Maxwell Bodenheim Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C p

Re: Improvements of the website

2007-04-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
sers. manoj -- Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. Fields Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Improvements of the website

2007-04-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:10:42 +0200, Grégoire Duchêne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 2007/4/22, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> people who do not care about security, and refuse to be educated, >> ought to be gently steered to Windows? > I don't believe t

Re: Website Designs

2007-04-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
st/year/month directly, I am asked whether I want a developer mailing list or a user list. The additional level of access is irritating. manoj -- ... the HIGHWAY is made out of LIME JELLO and my HONDA is a barbequeued OYSTER! Yum! Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.go

Re: Improvements of the website

2007-04-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
me find a bargain'" --Tammy Faye Bakker Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 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: Improvements of the website

2007-04-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e o see news. > 3/ Althought security advisories are important, we can afford to put > them on a separate page (with of course a link on the left menu). Why are security advisories less important than random news? manoj -- "All my life I wanted to be someone; I guess

Re: Vote page ISO 8859-1 but contains UTF-8?

2007-02-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ode the vote pages into utf-8? I confess I am ignorant of the long term policy regarding utf-8 for our web site. manoj -- Bye Bye PDP 10 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 4

Lenght of vote bar in http://www.debian.org/vote/

2007-02-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/vote_001, all the votes for 2004 and prior shall be relegated to the History page. What do you think? manoj -- Why does a hearse horse snicker, hauling a lawyer away? Carl Sandburg Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/&g

Bug#238245: Proposed plan (and license) for the webpage relicensing

2006-04-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
t of contributors and preparing an explanatory e-mail and license > change notice for the website? The copyright assignment does not sound sane, no. manoj -- Don't feed the bats tonight. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Policy Translation

2006-04-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 10 Apr 2006, Jens Seidel wrote: > Hi Felipe, > > I added Manoj Srivastava to CC: because he has write access to the > debian-policy CVS module > (http://cvs.debian.org/debian-policy/?root=debian-policy). Since it > is stored outside DDP (debian-doc module) I doubt that peo

Re: Patch debian-www with css

2004-12-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
previous votes? manoj -- "Life is like a buffet; it's not good but there's plenty of it." Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C

Re: Social Contract reversion

2004-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
that has been ratified by the project on April 26, 2004. As it stands, we have lost the version from April 26, 2004, and we only have the old one from July 5, 1997. manoj -- Is knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know that? Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <

Re: Social Contract reversion

2004-12-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
27;ll revert to when Sarge is released? All I see is there is the old social_contract.1.0.wml, and the social contract.wml is a copy of that. Where did the version 1.1 of the contract go to? manoj -- Genius is ten percent inspiration and fifty percent capital gains. Mano

Re: Bug#250211: www.debian.org: Broken voting periods

2004-05-25 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. Looking at the HTML source, the dates > themselves are commented out. > I think this is incorrect. Why do you think this is incorrect? manoj -- I may not be able to walk, but I drive from a sitting position. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.g

Re: Debian WWW CVS commit by srivasta: webwml/english/devel constitution.wml constitu ...

2003-11-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
the years. I suggest putting the old versions in a > subdirectory though. I have no objections to moving superseded, but not redacted, versions of the constitution and foundation documents to a subdir (as long as the relevant links are updated). manoj -- I poured spot remover

Re: Added a blurb about the office of the project secretary

2003-05-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
man-made." Thomas Edison 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

Added a blurb about the office of the project secretary

2003-05-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
tary.xhtml Thanks manoj -- The common cormorant, or shag, Lays eggs inside a paper bag; The reason, you will see, no doubt, Is to keep the lightning out. But what these unobservant birds Have failed to notice is that herds Of bears may come with buns And steal the bags to hold the cru

Bug#145470: listarchives: I found ancient list archives, dating back to 95

2002-05-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Package: listarchives Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-01 Severity: normal Hi, I have found ancient list archives, and dowloaded the ones we are missing to master.debian.org, ~srivasta/list-archives.tar . They take us back to july 95. The original location is: http://distro.ib

Re: Statistics for the project leader elections 2002 available

2002-04-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
cally about the election process. Quorum: With 939 developers, Q=15.32155, making a quorum of 45.96466 Outcome: This outcome has not yet been decided. -- Humor in the Court: Q: What is your relationship with the plaintiff? A: She is my daughter. Q: Was she you

Update to the vote page

2002-04-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ied fool that said "A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer"; because, in any decent house, a brat that starts asking questions is promptly packed off to bed. Arthur Binstead Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> 1024R/C

Quorum for DPL election 2002

2002-03-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
crats. 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Voting page changes for the new GR

2001-11-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
There is no fire like desire. There is no weakness like anger. There is no suffering like the khandhas. There is no happiness greater than peace. 202 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27

Re: Bug#71130: depends on non-free _hardware_?

2000-09-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
When we say free software, we are more interested in freedome, not in cost, really. The same applies to hardware. manoj -- Two percent of zero is almost nothing. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4

Re: Virtual packages list

1999-05-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
If that is the case, and since it is physically in the policy-package, I offer to maintain the list (assuming the people on the policy list do not think do not object to this blatant grab of power ;-) manoj -- Mathematicians practice absolute freedom. Henry Adams Manoj Srivastava

Re: http://www.debian.org/social_contract changes

1998-10-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
. I said, "Well, what do you need?" Steven Wright Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E

Re: layout of web pages

1998-10-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
tart looking for other web designers to follow then ;-). However, this is a subjective decisoin, so do as you please. manoj -- Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different. Johann

Re: layout of web pages

1998-10-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
he diagnostics say it's fine. If it's not working, the diagnostics say it's fine. A proposed addition to rules for realtime programming Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E

Re: layout of web pages

1998-10-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
e debugging. USA Today, referring to the Internal Revenue Service conversion to a new computer system. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E

Re: Is NPL DFSG complient or not?

1998-08-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
"All the system's paths must be topologically and circularly interrelated for conceptually definitive, locally transformable, polyhedronal understanding to be attained in our spontaneous -- ergo, most economical -- geodesiccally structured thoughts." Buckminster Fuller [...and a tota

Re: Is NPL DFSG complient or not?

1998-08-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ould the web-master team put this on their todo list Martin> please? I think there is no need for this. manoj -- "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." Will Rogers Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <ht

Re: looking for people to translate the web pages

1998-06-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
, can't be represented on the web. ;-) manoj -- "If the vendors started doing everything right, we would be out of a job. Let's hear it for OSI and X! With those babies in the wings, we can count on being employed until we drop, or get smart and switch to gardening

Re: site design again

1998-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Blue eyes on the pages? I really like this. manoj -- "I got everybody to pay up front...then I blew up their planet." "Now why didn't I think of that?" Post Bros. Comics Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivas

Re: site design again

1998-04-08 Thread Manoj Srivastava
uot; Cal Keegan Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: content negotiation for language in web pages

1998-01-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
or servers that do not support it yet shall gradually get to supporting it. manoj -- The likelihood of anything happening is in direct proportion to the amount of trouble it will cause if it does happen. -- Sam W. Warren Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com

Re: Debian's WWW site Styleguides

1997-10-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
ow their rights. -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Manoj Srivastava mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USAhttp://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> --

Re: proposed changes to Debian web pages

1997-09-15 Thread Manoj Srivastava
n the style sheet option. manoj -- "There can be no offense where none is taken" Japanese proverb Manoj Srivastava mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile, Alabama USAhttp://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail