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2009-05-08 Thread C de-Avillez
Hi, With the current trend in Debian to move out of DSA into RSA [1], and considering the theoretical (and probably correct) attack just presented [2], what are we planning to do? I am curious about the potential impacts -- compatibility, cost (both CPU-wise and conversion-wise), and proposed Ub

Re: Standing in the street trying to hear yourself think

2009-07-03 Thread C de-Avillez
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 12:36 -0400, Andrew SB wrote: > > > > I like this. So maybe a rating system more along the lines of, "Did > > this answer fix your problem?", instead of, "Digg it". > > Some thoughts: > > This sounds just like Launchpad Answers to me. How would the idea > you're talking abo

Re: Standing in the street trying to hear yourself think

2009-07-08 Thread C de-Avillez
On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 12:47 -0400, Evan wrote: > > The only issue I can find with this approach is that many new > users are > coming from windows. Have you tried using windows "help"? It > does use > an approach similar to this, and I would be afra

Re: Standing in the street trying to hear yourself think

2009-07-09 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 08:13 +0800, Onno Benschop wrote: > My experience in this scenario is that if you go down the path of > individual pairing that paired support person becomes the single > contact > point for that user from then on. It happens today when a support > request gets resolved the us

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-04 Thread C de-Avillez
On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 19:49 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > I've found a bug (or maybe it's a feature request) in apt (or maybe it's > in software-properties-gtk). I'd like to get people's opinions about > where this is best reported, and what the report should say. > > When you add a repository

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-04 Thread C de-Avillez
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 17:56 +0200, Michael Bienia wrote: > On 2009-08-01 19:49:33 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > > When you add a repository to your computer, then remove that repository, > > it's not obvious how to downgrade packages that are no longer available. > > Downgrades are not supported,

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 01:08 +0300, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > 2009/8/1 Andrew Sayers : > > When you add a repository to your computer, then remove that repository, > > it's not obvious how to downgrade packages that are no longer available. > > > > https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/p

Experiences on using the alternate amd64 install daily CD

2009-10-01 Thread C de-Avillez
For the record, this is the CD available on cdimages.ubuntu.com, dated of 20090929-2. This was the latest daily CD this morning (US-CDT time). A brief introduction. My laptop has been going through version upgrades since Hardy; I have been running Karmic on it since pretty much the start. From la

Re: is anyone ever going to fix this major bug?

2009-12-08 Thread C de-Avillez
Brendan Miller wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Marius Gedminas wrote: > >> There are millions of Ubuntu users, but only hundreds of developers... >> > > The issue is that there is no one triaging incoming bugs, so the bug > tracker has turned into a black hole for users. I'm sayi

Re: is anyone ever going to fix this major bug?

2009-12-09 Thread C de-Avillez
Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 12:30 -0800, Brendan Miller wrote: > >> This bug more or less makes apt-get unusable on 64 bit systems and has >> been in for a long time now: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/402833 >> > > Is this still a problem in Karmic? I don't hav

Re: is anyone ever going to fix this major bug?

2009-12-09 Thread C de-Avillez
Brendan Miller wrote: > Ah, Ok. I haven't updated any of my systems to 9.10, so I didn't > realize that 32 bit compatibility had been removed... Given that, I > probably just won't update since it would break adobe air and all my > third party stuff... > > I am afraid there is a misunderstanding

Re: proper procedure regarding bug reports

2010-01-05 Thread C de-Avillez
On 01/05/2010 02:56 PM, Patrick Freundt wrote: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:43 PM, Remco wrote: > >> You can start a topic on ubuntuforums.org if you're not comfortable with IRC. >> > Just so I get this straight - you aswell as Brian Murray suggest, that > bug reporting can not be handled wi

Re: making a workaround web page for bugs, in LTS release, not fixed

2010-01-08 Thread C de-Avillez
On 01/08/10 00:58, Marco Pallotta wrote: > 2010/1/7 Charlie Kravetz : > >> >> Ubuntu bugsquad already has a policy that workarounds should be >> identified and moved into the bug description. If that was happening, >> it should be easy to grab the section labeled "WORKAROUND:", right? >> >

Re: Question about this list

2010-01-28 Thread C de-Avillez
Amahdy wrote: > Maybe I'm missing something here (like I said in my early first post), but I > even don't know how to set a total delivery for all messages sent here, I > only receive a digest and there is no option to receive > instant-notification, although I believe mailman has this option but m

Re: Upstart (now, a very modest suggestion)

2010-03-05 Thread C de-Avillez
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:54:48 -0500 Ben Gamari wrote: > Excerpts from Patrick Goetz's message of Fri Mar 05 13:27:52 -0500 > 2010: > > So of course it only took a little digging to discover that smbd > > and nmbd are now services started separately, and that (bizarrely) > > there is now a winbind

Re: Please Consider Taking a Minute to Answer This Ubuntu User Survey

2010-03-25 Thread C de-Avillez
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:46:16 + daen...@gmail.com wrote: >This survey should take you only about two minutes > and is designed to understand the computer usage of Ubuntu users and > devs. Thank you in advance for your time. Good. Now, what is the objective? Where will resu

Re: File a new bug or re-open an old one

2010-03-29 Thread C de-Avillez
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:59:10 -0700 (PDT) Bruce Miller wrote: Hello Bruce, > I am not an Ubuntu developer; I learn a lot, however, from lurking on > this list. If this is not the right forum to raise this issue, I > would be grateful for a pointer in a better direction. I would say that you are

I am looking for packages with checks

2010-11-10 Thread C de-Avillez
Hi, We currently daily build some packages that embed extensive tests in the build process. I want to extend the tests for either build-time tests or a binary that runs it. I am now looking for either: * packages with extensive tests on build time * packages that build an extensive test binary

Re: I am looking for packages with checks

2010-11-10 Thread C de-Avillez
On 11/10/2010 03:12 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > I believe that clamav would fit your criteria. Indeed. Added for both Maverick and Natty. Thank you, Scott signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify s

Re: SSH and the Ubuntu Server

2010-11-18 Thread C de-Avillez
On 11/18/2010 09:49 AM, Marc Deslauriers wrote: >>> Q: What if the openssh-server package is compromised on the ISO? >>> A: Although this has happened before, it is relatively rare over the >>> history of Ubuntu. If/when this happens again, we would need to: >>>a) recommend that people choo

Re: Sync Request process questions

2010-12-14 Thread C de-Avillez
(with the bugSquad/Control admin hat on) On 12/14/2010 01:56 PM, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: >> > 1. Unlike many other excellent automatic responses, this one does not >> > thank me for my bug report. It implies that for anything to be done >> > for my bug report, I have to go and follow the in

Re: mountall and plymouth

2011-02-23 Thread C de-Avillez
On 02/23/2011 09:43 AM, Lukas Hejtmanek wrote: > Hi, > > first of all, I'm running bleeding-edge unstable Ubuntu to test new features > (and report bugs I got). > > Now I have the following issue. I tried to unhold mountall from 2.9 version > and I tried to install 2.22 (the current in unstable).

Re: Ubuntu should move all binaries to /usr/bin/

2011-11-02 Thread C de-Avillez
On 02/11/11 00:25, Marius Gedminas wrote: > On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 05:52:16PM -0400, Martin Pitt wrote: >>> Here's a link to an article that talks about Fedora's idea: >>> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-considers-moving-all-binaries-to-usr-bin-1369642.html?view=print >>> >> That w

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

2012-04-02 Thread C de-Avillez
On 02/04/12 15:27, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Monday, April 02, 2012 08:58:20 PM Dale Amon wrote: >> Oh and did I mention that some are only accessible >> by ip or have unique ssh ports for security? I'm >> not very good at remembering those at 3am. > That's what ~/.ssh/config is for. > So to giv

Re: How to install Precise without getting screwed?

2012-04-11 Thread C de-Avillez
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:54:55 -0700 Dane Mutters wrote: > If I might recommend one final thing...can the essence of this > discussion be somehow posted in an easy-to-find place on Ubuntu's > various web pages and forums? It would be helpful to have an > official notice that "this is how it is, a

Re: Missing File

2012-04-20 Thread C de-Avillez
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:25:24 -0400 Ray McCrum wrote: > > This should be an easy fix. > > This morning I tried to upgrade my Ubuntu 11.10 to the Ubuntu 12.04 > beta2-desktop-amd64, which did not work. > > I went into the Terminal and typed in this Line. > ''sudo do-­release-­upgrade

Re: Prevent deletion of file when it is being copied

2012-09-27 Thread C de-Avillez
On 27/09/12 07:51, Emmet Hikory wrote: > Yes, this is contrived, etc. On the other hand, I suspect many > of us have managed to be both Alice and Bob in a scenario much like > that above when interrupted in the middle by some significant > distraction, or just a sufficient span of time. > I

Re: EFF & Privacy; hopefully Ubuntu will listen to users

2012-11-06 Thread C de-Avillez
On 05/11/12 09:08, Jordon Bedwell wrote: > This is from my perspective though > and I have not really followed all too closely since I am the type of > person to remove what I don't want and block stuff like Canonical's > NTP and other tracking via our hardware firewalls instead of > complaining ab

Re: Is this so hard to fix? Or important?

2013-06-08 Thread C de-Avillez
On Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:44:05 +0800 Ma Xiaojun wrote: > warty-final-ubuntu.png is actually a JPEG file > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-wallpapers/+bug/296538 > I thought in UNIX (and Linux, and similar) we did not depend on the extension of a file name. signature.asc Descript

Re: The Simple Things in Life

2016-07-21 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:19:34 +0200 Xen wrote: > > FWIW, this is the *only* reply to this thread that I will ever do. > > I'm too busy following by secret agenda to reply to the other > > mails... > > Rightly so! This is important work you do. You should be proud of it > ;-). How about you

Re: The Simple Things in Life

2016-07-21 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 22:02:53 +0200 Xen wrote: > C de-Avillez schreef op 21-07-2016 21:48: > > On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:19:34 +0200 > > Xen wrote: > > > > > > > >> > FWIW, this is the *only* reply to this thread that I will ever > >> >

Re: [WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

2017-06-26 Thread C de-Avillez
On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 17:48:26 -0400 Jack Howarth wrote: > Is there any official word from the Ubuntu kernel maintainers about > their response to this issue just announced on the Debian mailing > lists? > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00308.html > > My understanding from Sys

Re: zfs-linux_0.6.5.6-0ubuntu25_source.changes REJECTED

2018-09-12 Thread C de-Avillez
On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:04:59 + Debian FTP Masters wrote: > zfs-linux_0.6.5.6-0ubuntu25.dsc: Refers to non-existing file > 'zfs-linux_0.6.5.6.orig.tar.xz' Perhaps you need to include the file > in your upload? > > > > === > > Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understan