Re: debian security archive/updates b0rken???

[John Smith]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:38:04 +0200 (CEST)
Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> very positive responses from people who pointed me to this site.
> The good thing is that readers of this site are not able to
> differentiate between Linux, Free Software, Debian, a penguin,
> Ubuntu, another penguin, Mozilla, OpenOffice and again a penguin.
> (Obviousely the authors of the article have no idea either but
> all in all the target readers felt positive about this penguin. :) )

It doesn't matter how they talk about you as long as
they do talk about you ;-)

Sincerely,

Jan


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Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

[John Smith]

On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 19:20, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:53:59PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 11:28:50PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > >  2.  kernel-image-* contains images in a deb.
> > > > 
> > > >  3.  You seem to have a problem with the kernel-source-* packges, which
> > > >  I honestly don't follow.
> > > 
> > > Do you understand what standarisation means?
> > 
> > "Creation of an arbitrary feature set that all parties involved agree
> > is worse than what they had before".
> > 
> > "Standards" are snake oil.
> 
> I don't expect everyone to agree that following the Debian de-facto
> standards is a good thing.
Sorry, disagree. _Any_ standard, including a bad one, is OK, if 
implemented vigourously. A standard makes it easier to change to
a better one, eventually.

Sincerely,

Jan.

Re: development environment question

[John Smith]

On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 18:36, bruce wrote:
> hi...
> 
> I was talking with Ian Murdock yesterday, and he suggested I pose the
> question to this group.
> 
> We're interested in creating a development environment that would allow open
> source applications to be created. The development environment would go
> beyond simply providing project management functions (ala sourceforge.net)
> but to actually allowing developers to build/create/test their applications
> within our network. Users would be able to add/modify applications on the
> test servers to suit their needs. Such a network would have to be carefully
> developed, given the inherent security issues.
> 
> The issue we're facing, is how would you go about constructing such an
> environment. Does anyone have any pointers to information/sites regarding
> this issue? Does anyone have expertise regarding the
> construction/development of this kind of environment?
> 
> I kind of thought that given what Debian has put together with it's
> development environment, that there might be people on this list who might
> be able to provide some  pointers.
> 
> All reasonable pointers/assistance will be helpful.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bruce Douglas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (925) 866-2790
> 
> 

Hi Bruce,

I don't want to disappoint you, but as with all IT projects, 
you need to specify a very specific goal that you want to achieve. 
Your goal, "allow open source applications to be created" and "allowing
developers to build/create/test their applications within our network.
Users would be able to add/modify applications on the test servers to
suit their needs" doesn't sound very aimed toward something.

Given the requirements for application development, a lonely
place for writing and a clean environment for testing, I don't think
you are going to achieve much. Separated testing environments with
free access to the internet to the outside, look like an awfully
inviting target for people with not so nice intentions (spammers, virus
distributers, port scanners etc.)

Good luck, hope you make something of your idea.

Sincerely,

Jan.