Re: Do you really want developers to be on this list was (Re: Very bad status of hardware (especially wifi) support in ubuntu, due to the too many accumulated regressions)

2008-11-13 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 20:36 +1100, Sarah Hobbs wrote: >> Take the intel 3945 card, for example. Vincenzo says it doesn't work >> for him, under various modes. Various users on the forums have also >> mentioned that the

Ubuntu Brainstorm 8.10 report

2008-11-02 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
Hello there! I wrote a small document about Ubuntu Brainstorm trying to summarize what's going on there (with a few stats), what you can expect from it, a summary of the most wanted features from its users, and its impact. I wrote this hoping to give to contributors and developers (not limited to

Re: Brainstorm ML and Ubuntu's own summer of code?

2008-04-30 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
I wrote a blueprint on this Summer-of-code-like event. If anyone is interested to comment, discuss... it's here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-own-summer-of-code/ Nicolas -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubsc

Re: Brainstorm ML and Ubuntu's own summer of code?

2008-04-24 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Alan McGovern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm speaking as someone who has taken part in the SoC as both a > student and a mentor. From what i've seen, a SoC project always ends > with the possibility of your code being bundled as part of a > distribution or a

Re: Brainstorm ML and Ubuntu's own summer of code?

2008-04-24 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Christian Csar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Finally, to make potential > > contributors benefit from it, the "pupils" would be asked to put > > online a "report" where they would explain how they worked. > > > Who is being defined as a contributor here? Isn't

Brainstorm ML and Ubuntu's own summer of code?

2008-04-24 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
Hi! [You are receiving this mail because either you are suscribed to the ubuntu-devel-discuss/ubuntu-qa ML or you are registered as a moderator in Ubuntu Brainstorm] Hardy is now out, and the UDS and FOSScamp are next. The ideas at the Ubuntu Brainstorm website will, or will not be a great source

Re: A Look at the Ubuntu Installer

2008-01-08 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
Very nice review, a lot of attention to detail. Let's hope it won't be forgotten in the depth of the ML, like many other great things... Have you directly contacted the authors? Nicolas On Jan 7, 2008 8:16 PM, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I did a walk-through and compiled

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-12 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Nov 12, 2007 2:15 PM, Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 14:06 +0800, Nicolas Deschildre wrote: [...] > > For the simplest installations, GRUB could perhaps read /etc/shadow and > accept any user's password -- but that would

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-10 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On 11/10/07, Thilo Six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06 > > <<-snip->> > > > Thanks for the pointer. > > But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone > > to edit boo

Re: Password-protect grub interactive commands

2007-11-10 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On 11/11/07, Chris Warburton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 17:41 +0100, Thilo Six wrote: > > Milan wrote the following on 10.11.2007 16:56 > > > > <<-snip->> > > > > > All in all, I'd rather suggest to activate password-locked GRUB, but I > > > understand this question is har

Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

2007-11-09 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Nov 4, 2007 6:35 PM, Oystein Viggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * ["Nicolas Deschildre"] > > > My point was not about the parameter itself. My point was about the > > ability to edit the kernel parameters while booting. > > IIRC lilo won't allow y

Re: rationale of root access from boot

2007-11-04 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
you that. > > Op zondag 04-11-2007 om 11:20 uur [tijdzone +0800], schreef Nicolas > Deschildre: > > hi! > > > > I was wondering about the rationale of allowing anyone to easily boot > > root (by adding the 'single' parameter to the kernel command line w

rationale of root access from boot

2007-11-03 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
hi! I was wondering about the rationale of allowing anyone to easily boot root (by adding the 'single' parameter to the kernel command line with grub). While I can understand it on a server, which must be physically protected to be really secure, IMO it is pretty bad on workstations. I know that

Re: Grouping preferences/Administration items?

2007-10-29 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
The items in the gnome control panel are already grouped by categories (Hardware, Internet, system,...). Why not used theses groups in the System menu? Instead of current preferences/administration? This way it has advantages of both the system menu and the control panel : access easiness and logic

Re: Grouping preferences/Administration items?

2007-10-28 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
Ouch, my words are a little confusing. What i means is grouping items of the preference menu in themed submenus. And the same thing for administration menu. But not merging both menus! Sorry for the lack of clarity. Nicolas On 10/28/07, Nicolas Deschildre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Grouping preferences/Administration items?

2007-10-28 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
Hi! I was wondering if it might be a good idea to update the policy to group preferences/administration items (in the system menu)... Right now, with a few additionnal programs installed, the list of items is longer than my 900px-height screen. I have to look several times to search and find what

Re: Request For Comments: blueprint around Ideastorm idea

2007-09-15 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
int or explanation on what you are planning? I would be interested to know what's your plans :) > > I agree that this would be a great feature for Launchpad in the future, > but it will be useful to start with a prototype first. > > Henrik > > Nicolas Deschildre wrote: &

Request For Comments: blueprint around Ideastorm idea

2007-09-15 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
;d like to hear from Launchpad guys about the possible implementation of the spec. Thanks! Nicolas Deschildre -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss