Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Fedora Upgrade - using yum

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Reindl Harald wrote: > oh even if people like i did some hundret dist-upgrades over the > years it was us told that linux has to go the windows way: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OfflineSystemUpdates Yeah, this is a really insane "feature"! Let me assure you that this "feature" is o

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jan Kratochvil wrote: > From what I have reports even Fedora 32-bit does not boot on such machines > because nobody tests the bleeding edge Fedora kernels on such obsolete > hardware. FYI, kernel-3.7.3-101.fc17.i686 runs fine on a Pentium 4 Northwood (which predates EM64T, i.e. what's now known a

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Apache OpenOffice

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
James Hogarth wrote: > Right now there's no roadmap for 4.0 - no milestone dates, alpha dates or > beta dates... The best that exists for this is a nightly snapshot from > trunk covered in caveats about how unstable it's likely to be. > > The openoffice.org wiki doesn't even mention 3.4 much less

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Apache OpenOffice

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jef Spaleta wrote: > yum info dpkg That dpkg package is there only for tools like debootstrap or alien to work, not as an alternative to RPM. Kevin Kofler -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: > It's an *initial* state, not a never-changing one. When I first decided > I was going to try Linux, I wanted to try Linux. I wanted exactly what > our download page gives you - a simple link to a thing called Linux I > could download and fiddle with. I'm not sure I wanted m

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Debarshi Ray wrote: >> I know this applies, but installing gnome-shell pulls in gdm. >> >> I.e. removing gdm without removing gnone-shell is not possible. > > Because gnome-shell (running in a special mode) is nowadays the greeter > used by GDM. That does not mean GDM won't let you log into KDE

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Debarshi Ray wrote: >> Keep in mind that to get to the point of installing an "alternative-only >> DE", in current Fedora, you normally first have a full blown Gnome3 >> installed, which is close to impossible to get rid of. > > [citation needed] There's no straightforward way to remove GNOME: "

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: > ...but as Rahul said, they all allow you to log in to any desktop. There > seems to be a meme in this thread that GDM does not, but that's not > correct, it does. The choice is not visible unless you actually have > multiple desktops installed, but when you do, it gives you

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
drago01 wrote: > There is no easy way to install applications (regular user don't want > to mess up with packages). Huh? Fire up gnome-packagekit or Apper, choose your app, make 2 or 3 clicks (install, apply, confirm dependencies if any), enter your root password and the app is there. How do you

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Adam Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 02:59 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> , but since you started it: OpenSUSE is doing just fine >> doing exactly what I suggest (making people actually pick their >> download). Their download button actually points to a selector, not >> directly to an ISO

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Alec Leamas wrote: > On 2013-02-05 21:46, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> You ordered Gnome and have been served Pizza for a long time - now >> you're being served Burgers :-) >> > Well, from a nutrition perspective that's actually a big step forward. > Perhaps time to trust the chef? ;) Huh? A plain c

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Replace MySQL with MariaDB

2013-02-09 Thread Remi Collet
Le 25/01/2013 19:46, Norvald Ryeng a écrit : > We'll try to do better in the future. So I will also try to work better, and so will report the annoying packaging bugs. MySQL Workbench 5.2.46 is released, so Connector/C++ http://bugs.mysql.com/68320 Missing option for library i

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Rave it wrote: > There is a current poll at fedora forum. > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=284463 > > The winner is... There are several factors which bias this poll: * GNOME 3 is the default in Fedora, so of course more Fedora users will be using it, merely due to the fact t

Re: the need of "Offline Updates"

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Jochen Schmitt wrote: > Odd question, AFAIK I have understood the wiki page for this feature > offline updates woriking only, if you are have running a GUI on your > system. For a servere without a GuI offline update is not realize. It is actually only implemented in gnome-packagekit. Current Appe

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: More Mobile Broadband

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > In Scope I see "KDE's networking layers likely require an update to use > the new API, as will any other direct client of ModemManager. However, the > functionality that most networking applets require from ModemManager is > fairly simple," Ouch, good that you noticed that

Re: Mass Rebuild for Fedora 19

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Dennis Gilmore wrote: > Additionally we will be mass patching config.guess and config.sub to > support aarch64 in preperation for 64 bit arm support Ugh, this really shows how bundled autocrap sucks! How are you going to determine the packages that need patching? Anything running autoreconf, ./a

Re: Request for a firewalld secondary DHCP + PXEBOOT HOWTO

2013-02-09 Thread Aaron Gray
On 7 February 2013 16:41, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > On 02/07/2013 04:23 PM, Aaron Gray wrote: > > Can someone who knows firewalld please do a HOWTO to on setting up a > secondary DHCP with DNS and HTTPS access for PXEBOOTing of Fedora18 please > to go with the PXEBOOT HOWTO :- > > http

Re: Package shipping their own CA and security

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Michael Scherer wrote: > Le vendredi 08 février 2013 à 16:54 +0100, Miloslav Trmač a écrit : >> That's quite a few :( Don't forget about other formats - .der, .p12 >> at least; possibly also the native NSS and Java formats. > > I will add .dev and .p12. For the native formats, I am not a certifi

Re: Mass Rebuild for Fedora 19

2013-02-09 Thread Peter Robinson
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Dennis Gilmore wrote: >> Additionally we will be mass patching config.guess and config.sub to >> support aarch64 in preperation for 64 bit arm support > > Ugh, this really shows how bundled autocrap sucks! > > How are you going to determine th

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Martin Sourada
Hi Kevin, On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:09:15 +0100 Kevin Kofler wrote: > There are several factors which bias this poll: > * GNOME 3 is the default in Fedora, so of course more Fedora users > will be using it, merely due to the fact that it is the default. > * Some people actually left Fedora over GNO

Re: Mass Rebuild for Fedora 19

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Peter Robinson wrote: > Nor should anything that's run their "make dist" tarball process with > the latest tools. Jon Masters was going to confirm if anything was > needed for cmake and any other non autotools build tools too. If any CMake support is needed, it will be only in the system cmake pac

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Martin Sourada wrote: > That's the first time I've seen XFCE win over GNOME, LOL. It shouldn't be, it was the same last year (and I had already posted the link back then). :-) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-awards-95/desktop-environment-of-the-year-9

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Ian Malone
On 9 February 2013 00:37, drago01 wrote: > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Martin Sourada > wrote: >> * Gnome 3's target audience does not enclose majority of Gnome 2's >>target audience, though it *does* have some intersection. Many of >>those are seeing this as arrogance. > > Being d

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Scherer
Le samedi 09 février 2013 à 11:09 +0100, Kevin Kofler a écrit : > Rave it wrote: > > > There is a current poll at fedora forum. > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=284463 > > > > The winner is... > > There are several factors which bias this poll: > * GNOME 3 is the default in

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread drago01
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Ian Malone wrote: > >>> * Gnome 3 is going the I-know-better-then-you-what's-good-for-you >>>way. >> >> Sure by giving you an extension system that allows you to do whatever >> you want with the desktop >> > > Is anyone doing that? https://extensions.gno

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Scherer
Le samedi 09 février 2013 à 11:34 +, Ian Malone a écrit : > On 9 February 2013 00:37, drago01 wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Martin Sourada > > wrote: > > >> * Gnome 3's target audience does not enclose majority of Gnome 2's > >>target audience, though it *does* have some i

Re: how reload udev rules and systemd on F18

2013-02-09 Thread Sérgio Basto
On Sex, 2013-02-08 at 10:08 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > On 02/05/2013 07:43 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > > Any advises or opinions ? > > I think you haven't yet described the original problem you're trying to > solve. Hi, When we install VirtualBox from rpmfusion , I'd like create /dev/vbo

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 08:35:56PM +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > Le Ven 8 février 2013 13:22, Olav Vitters a écrit : > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 10:34:58AM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: > >> I am providing a datapoint that directly contradicts your original > >> statement, namely that there is a "c

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Olav Vitters
On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 11:21:49PM +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > I stand by my statement that this was a very awkward moment, with Vincent > and the GNOME team radiating unhappiness and pretty much everyone else > being perplexed and wondering whether they should take offence at being > accused o

Newrepo for F-19 hanging?

2013-02-09 Thread Mamoru TASAKA
Hello: Can someone investigate F-19 newrepo below? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4939667 It seems that this task was created at Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:00:33 UTC (more than 17 hours ago) and has not completed yet. Regards, Mamoru -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Michael Scherer wrote: > Gnome-shell is not mean to be used nor appropriate for a mobile phone. > And despite being rather usable on a touch screen ( I tested ), it is > still not sufficient there for 1 million of details ( Vincent Untz talk > also said the same, see gnome people to see the details

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Fedora Upgrade - using yum

2013-02-09 Thread drago01
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Reindl Harald wrote: >> oh even if people like i did some hundret dist-upgrades over the >> years it was us told that linux has to go the windows way: >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OfflineSystemUpdates > > Yeah, this is a really

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Kofler
Michael Scherer wrote: > Well, a majority of people think such polls are useless, Do you have a poll to prove that? ;-) Seriously, the only thing more inaccurate than statistic is MADE UP statistics. :-/ > 1) 792 people. Just to compare, there is 300 people on #fedora-devel on > irc, and 800 on

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 03:46:57PM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Michael Scherer wrote: > > Gnome-shell is not mean to be used nor appropriate for a mobile phone. > > And despite being rather usable on a touch screen ( I tested ), it is > > still not sufficient there for 1 million of details ( Vince

Re: Newrepo for F-19 hanging?

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:42:10 +0900 Mamoru TASAKA wrote: > Hello: > > Can someone investigate F-19 newrepo below? > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4939667 > It seems that this task was created at Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:00:33 UTC > (more than 17 hours ago) and has not completed ye

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Fedora Upgrade - using yum

2013-02-09 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 09.02.2013 15:52, schrieb drago01: > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> Reindl Harald wrote: >>> oh even if people like i did some hundret dist-upgrades over the >>> years it was us told that linux has to go the windows way: >>> >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/O

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Pierre-Yves Chibon
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 15:01 +0100, Olav Vitters wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 08:35:56PM +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > > > Le Ven 8 février 2013 13:22, Olav Vitters a écrit : > > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 10:34:58AM +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote: > > >> I am providing a datapoint that directly co

Re: fedpkg: Change in git push method?

2013-02-09 Thread Michael J Gruber
Josh Boyer venit, vidit, dixit 08.02.2013 18:56: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Thomas Moschny > wrote: >> 2013/2/8 Josh Boyer : >>> Yes, but fedpkg is currently relying on the existing git default, which >>> is matching. That is changing upstream in git, so fedpkg needs to set >>> a default

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 05:38:46PM +0100, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote: > The only thing I can think of is that people turning their back on you, > not looking at you when you are asked to raise your hand on something > they worked on, this might be intimidating to some people. > I was not one of these

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Replace MySQL with MariaDB

2013-02-09 Thread Remi Collet
Le 09/02/2013 19:08, Alfredo Kojima a écrit : > Hi Remi > > About bundled 3rd party libs, what is the general feeling among packagers > about these? Per packaging Guidelines, bundled libraries are forbidden (with very rare exceptions). See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Lib

Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop

2013-02-09 Thread Olav Vitters
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:22:41AM +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > drago01 wrote: > > There is no easy way to install applications (regular user don't want > > to mess up with packages). > > Huh? Fire up gnome-packagekit or Apper, choose your app, make 2 or 3 clicks > (install, apply, confirm depend

[Heads Up][Boost] Build of dependent packages before the massive rebuild

2013-02-09 Thread Denis Arnaud
Hi! AFAIK, the next massive rebuild is scheduled for the 12th February, 2013. Moreover, as you may know, Boost-1.53.0 has been successfully built already (thanks to Petr!) on Koji: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=382788 So, as a few of you have already suggested, it may be a

Gnome-shell workspaces (Was Re: Proposed F19 Feature: Cinnamon as Default Desktop)

2013-02-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 02/09/2013 03:34 AM, Ian Malone wrote: 1. I no longer use workspaces to manage different tasks unless there are lots of windows and then I sometimes overflow onto 2. This is because they're less useful as you now can't switch without going to the activities view and they aren't segregated well

Re: Package shipping their own CA and security

2013-02-09 Thread Matej Cepl
On 2013-02-08, 17:42 GMT, Michael Scherer wrote: > Of course, when i mean "ban all", I mean "unless exceptions". > And finding those potential exceptions is also one reason to have this > thread :) I will try to take a look at gajim ... https://bugzilla.redhat.com/909625 Matěj -- devel mailin

Re: [Heads Up][Boost] Build of dependent packages before the massive rebuild

2013-02-09 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:26:04 +0100 Denis Arnaud wrote: > Hi! > > AFAIK, the next massive rebuild is scheduled for the 12th February, > 2013. Moreover, as you may know, Boost-1.53.0 has been successfully > built already (thanks to Petr!) on Koji: > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buil