Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-13 Thread David Campbell
gs, to make maintenance simpler, to make extending the system easier, etc.. -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] Why are financial contributions not accepted?

2011-05-01 Thread David Campbell
Arch considered applying for official non-profit status or joining an organization such as the Software Freedom Conservancy[1]? [1]: http://sfconservancy.org/overview/ -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] [arch-releng] Default Bootloader for AIF

2011-03-29 Thread David Campbell
s yet to be seen. I certainly prefer writing/maintaining Python code over C though, and I don't see any benefit to translating it into C other than avoiding Python as a dependency. > I know about the newt-based nparted but I'm told it's badly maintained. As far as I could tel

Re: [arch-general] [arch-releng] Default Bootloader for AIF

2011-03-27 Thread David Campbell
e. > - the input format for the scripts should be similar/the same whether you use > MBR or GPT. The input format would be the same. -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] Default Bootloader for AIF

2011-03-13 Thread David Campbell
fault bootloader that seamlessly supports GPT disklabels? -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Vi package

2011-02-10 Thread David Campbell
Excerpts from Allan McRae's message of 2011-02-10 17:12:54 -0500: > Is the current vi package actually usable for an install by someone more > familiar with it? Yes, I have used it a few times, and prefer it over nano. -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] away Nov. 15-23 (to NYC)

2010-11-01 Thread David Campbell
hook up. > > > > Dieter > > > > I work in Rockefeller Center (49th and 6th). > > Anyone else? I live in Brooklyn by the President St subway stop (and the Brooklyn Museum of Art). -- David Campbell

[arch-general] [ABS][PATCH] Switch Contributor line with Maintainer line.

2010-09-12 Thread David Campbell
This was already done with the prototypes in the pacman repository and should be done with these as well. --- prototypes/PKGBUILD-bzr.proto |2 +- prototypes/PKGBUILD-cvs.proto |2 +- prototypes/PKGBUILD-darcs.proto |2 +- prototypes/PKGBUILD-git.proto |2 +- prototyp

Re: [arch-general] Package changelog

2010-08-23 Thread David Campbell
iable was a feature added with pacman 3.4.0 and the wiki does not appear to have been updated yet. -- David Campbell

Re: [arch-general] rc.conf man page

2010-08-23 Thread David Campbell
commented, and if there is a manpage, the two will have to be kept in sync with each other. Having the code with the documentation also makes understanding the documentation easier. I suggest either adding to the comments in rc.conf if they are not sufficient, or leaving out of the manpage information that can already be found in rc.conf. -- David Campbell

[arch-general] [namcap] [PATCH] Check for packages that should be 'any'

2010-08-01 Thread David Campbell
If a package has no elf files but is not 'any', throw a warning saying that the package could be 'any'. --- Namcap/anyelf.py | 18 ++ namcap-tags |1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Namcap/anyelf.py b/Namcap/anyelf.py index f3414af..c037

Re: [arch-general] Drupal Packages

2009-10-20 Thread David Campbell
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Evangelos Foutras wrote: > Have you thought about using a DVCS like Git to manage your Drupal > site(s)? I've been using the method detailed at > http://www.versioncontrolblog.com/2007/08/02/upgrading-drupal-52-with-git/ > to manage a Drupal site for close to 10 mo

[arch-general] Drupal Packages

2009-10-19 Thread David Campbell
packages might also help to enforce good file structure practices etc.. Let me know what you think or if you know anyone who might be interested in working on the project (also, if I should be posting this somewhere else). -David Campbell