Re: tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel T Chen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Fri, 22 May 2009, Joseph Miller wrote: I have posted a patch at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tsclient/+bug/233784 and your email is listed for the maintainers.  Please add my patch as soon as it's convenient or tell me what I

Re: Epson iscan and plugins

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel T Chen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Sat, 23 May 2009, Martin Owens wrote: > I had to compile and install the epson iscan software (LGPL) for ubuntu > since the debs provided by the manufacturer are specific for debian. If they're not already in Ubuntu or Debian, I recommend wor

Epson iscan and plugins

2009-05-22 Thread Martin Owens
Hello all, I had to compile and install the epson iscan software (LGPL) for ubuntu since the debs provided by the manufacturer are specific for debian. Like a good dev I made the ubuntu debs available in my repository (main problem, scripts assume sh is bash, all fixed) I also compiled a deb for t

tsclient printer redirection patch

2009-05-22 Thread Joseph Miller
I have posted a patch at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tsclient/+bug/233784 and your email is listed for the maintainers. Please add my patch as soon as it's convenient or tell me what I need to do to get this included. The drive redirection patch is included in the Ubuntu distro, bu

Re: What's wrong with Ubuntu's policy?

2009-05-22 Thread Evan R. Murphy
2009/5/21 Markus Hitter : [snip] >  From the article: > >> We go the extra mile in double qualifying all updates (that one >> would see in stock 8.10 and 9.04) and only publish those that are >> rock-stable. > > > To me, this sounds much like a fork of Ubuntu, just without a new > name. Stick with

tomcat package bug

2009-05-22 Thread Michael A. Repucci
I'm experiencing a little bug in the way Tomcat (either 5.5 or 6) functions. I've posted more about this on the Ubuntu forums ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1166995). I'd love to contribute to solving the problem, but I'm rather new to Tomcat. So, instead, I hope this note will help som

Re: What's wrong with Ubuntu's policy?

2009-05-22 Thread Daniel Chen
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Markus Hitter wrote: > In my opinion, this is disappointing. Very disappointing. What is > wrong with Ubuntu's release/fix/backport strategy for such a thing to > happen? "Downstreams" should feel free to adopt whatever policies suit them. (Think Ubuntu's downstre

Re: What's wrong with Ubuntu's policy?

2009-05-22 Thread Didier Roche
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Markus Hitter wrote: > > Am 22.05.2009 um 08:23 schrieb Martin Pitt: > > > As I said, you cannot have a regression _by definition_ if you ship a > > new machine with that backported stuff preinstalled. > > Of course. > > > Of course I don't know whether they infli

Re: What's wrong with Ubuntu's policy?

2009-05-22 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 22.05.2009 um 08:23 schrieb Martin Pitt: > As I said, you cannot have a regression _by definition_ if you ship a > new machine with that backported stuff preinstalled. Of course. > Of course I don't know whether they inflict those updates to earlier > customers as well. They sell the machin