Providing information about packages in security advisories

2007-01-25 Thread Krzysztof Lichota
Would it be possible to include description of package (the same as in APT) in security announcements (USN-xxx sent by e-mail)? Sometimes package name is unknown and does not indicate if problem is serious (and I should react quickly) or it is minor problem in package which is not commonly used. Es

Re: BadVista action & BBC looking for Linux advocates in debate

2007-01-25 Thread t u
I got the attached email from the BadVista campaign but I think the following link might serve nicely to promote Linux: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm "On the BBC web site in the technology section, the BBC is trying to find advocates for Windows, Mac OS and Linux to debate the

Handling crash reports

2007-01-25 Thread David Farning
This is follow up to the changing nature of bug reports from a few weeks ago. On the Mozillateam our triagers are getting swamped with automatic crash reports. I would like to make a few suggestions that would greatly help our efforts and hopefully others developers too. 1. Add a top level bool

No Blobs By Default Petition

2007-01-25 Thread ago
Dear Mark, dear Ubuntu developers, We the undersigned petition you to reconsider your decision of including binary drivers by default in the next Ubuntu release. We believe, as you do, that it should be as easy as possible for end users to enable extra functionality via closed software when nece