Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-23 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 16:28 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > On Sun Nov 22 19:16:57 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Introduce a ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of > > all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed > > information, based on the relea

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-23 Thread James Westby
On Sun Nov 22 19:16:57 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > Introduce a ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of > all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed > information, based on the releases list and the current date. Examples: I have often thought this w

Re: upgrade from 9.04 - 9.10: the most broken Ubuntu / Debian upgrade I have ever experienced

2009-11-23 Thread Davyd McColl
Hi all It's me again (: This time, I think I might have some useful information if anyone is actually trying to figure out why upgrades have been of the failing persuasion... Anyone who has wasted time reading my drivel may know that I attempted to do an upgrade from Jaunty to Karmic with les

Re: CLI friendliness

2009-11-23 Thread Dustin Kirkland
on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Shentino wrote: > Most of my important work is done on command line, and personally, I like > nothing better than a snappy full-screen VT. > > Typical uses: > > * MUDs > * SSH > * Kernel development > > Generally, how friendly is ubuntu planning to be with users li

Re: Simple question on directfb

2009-11-23 Thread Andrea Gasparini
Hi, > To see what commands are included in a sequence, without actually doing >anything: > >dh binary-arch --no-act > > Your reply in this context is bit confusing to me Please forgive me in case I didn't understand something, but if I caught what you asked for, you sho