Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Tanguy Ortolo
Paul Wise, 2012-01-09 00:44+0100: > Sounds like he was asking you to name these new 32-bit only x86 > systems that are still being produced and sold. That is right. In fact, I do not doubt there are some 32 bits only processors sold today, but I am not sure that they are using an UEFI. It is very

Re: Bug#654888: ITP: glances -- Glances is a CLI curses based system monitoring tool.

2012-01-08 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 16:25 +0100, Nicolargo wrote: > Glances is a CLI curses based monitoring tool for GNU/Linux or BSD OS. > Glances uses the libstatgrab library to get information from your system. > It is developed in Python and uses the python-statgrab lib. > You can have a look on CPU, LOAD,

Re: Bug#655185: RFP: pxz -- parallel xz compressor

2012-01-08 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 09/01/2012 13:16, Axel Beckert wrote: > Hi, > > Chow Loong Jin wrote: >>> Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running >>> LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple cores >>> and processors simultaneously. Its primary goal is to utilize all >>> res

Re: Bug#655187: ITP: nacl -- High-speed software library for network communication

2012-01-08 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Guillem Jover wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 04:49:02 +, Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Sergiusz Pawlowicz > > > > * Package name: nacl > > Version : 20110221 > > Upstream Author : Daniel J. Bernstein > > * URL : htt

Re: Bug#655185: RFP: pxz -- parallel xz compressor

2012-01-08 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > > Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running > > LZMA compression of different parts of an input file on multiple cores > > and processors simultaneously. Its primary goal is to utilize all > > resources to speed up compression time with minima

Re: Providing a dummy web server package in Debian (Removing web server dependencies from web apps)

2012-01-08 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 10:38:04 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > I agree we should advertise equivs more as it is the most flexible > solution. But until it is discoverable from (not to mention integrated > with) package managers, I doubt we can make a dent in the number of > people who will get s

Re: Bug#655187: ITP: nacl -- High-speed software library for network communication

2012-01-08 Thread Guillem Jover
On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 04:49:02 +, Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Sergiusz Pawlowicz > > * Package name: nacl > Version : 20110221 > Upstream Author : Daniel J. Bernstein > * URL : http://nacl.cace-project.eu/ > * License

Bug#655187: ITP: nacl -- High-speed software library for network communication

2012-01-08 Thread Sergiusz Pawlowicz
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Sergiusz Pawlowicz * Package name: nacl Version : 20110221 Upstream Author : Daniel J. Bernstein * URL : http://nacl.cace-project.eu/ * License : Public domain Programming Lang: C, C++, Description : High-speed s

Re: Bug#655185: RFP: pxz -- parallel xz compressor

2012-01-08 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 09/01/2012 12:16, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: pxz > Version : 4.999.9beta.20091201git > Upstream Author : Jindřich Nový > * URL or Web page : http://jnovy.fedorapeople.org/pxz/ + > https://github.com/jnovy/pxz > * License

Bug#655185: RFP: pxz -- parallel xz compressor

2012-01-08 Thread Axel Beckert
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: pxz Version : 4.999.9beta.20091201git Upstream Author : Jindřich Nový * URL or Web page : http://jnovy.fedorapeople.org/pxz/ + https://github.com/jnovy/pxz * License : GPLv2+ Description : Parallel LZMA/XZ compressor

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 01:25:20AM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > > Buying a nice new 64bit system for the purpose of running ancient 32bit > > programs at high speed is still a lot more common than we would hope. > Even worse: there's a lot of people pushing 32 bit for no obvious reason. Just be

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Chow Loong Jin
On 09/01/2012 08:25, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 11:08:56AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: >> On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Paul Wise wrote: >>> Sounds like he was asking you to name these new 32-bit only x86 >>> systems that are still being produced and sold. >> >> Buying a nice new 64bit s

Bug#655180: ITP: afpfs-ng -- Client for the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)

2012-01-08 Thread Andres Mejia
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andres Mejia * Package name: afpfs-ng Version : 0.8.1 Upstream Author : Alex deVries * URL : http://sites.google.com/site/alexthepuffin/home * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Client for the Apple

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Russell Coker wrote: > You can run a 32bit application in a chroot or in a DomU under a 64bit > environment. > > But the option of having a full 32bit environment is also useful.  Admittedly > it's becomming less useful as RAM >4G is becomming more common which allo

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Paul Wise wrote: > > Aside from that, there is still the issue of 32bit binary-only software. > > I would imagine that is irrelevant to this thread since you aren't > talking about bootloaders. You can run a 32bit application in a chroot or in a DomU under a 64bit environmen

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 11:08:56AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Paul Wise wrote: > > Sounds like he was asking you to name these new 32-bit only x86 > > systems that are still being produced and sold. > > Buying a nice new 64bit system for the purpose of running ancient 32bit

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Russell Coker wrote: > Aside from that, there is still the issue of 32bit binary-only software. I would imagine that is irrelevant to this thread since you aren't talking about bootloaders. PS: I'm subscribed, no need to CC. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Paul Wise wrote: > Sounds like he was asking you to name these new 32-bit only x86 > systems that are still being produced and sold. Aside from that, there is still the issue of 32bit binary-only software. Recently I moved all the 32bit stuff I support to DomUs running on 64b

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > I don't understand your question.  Are you confused about the existence of > new, consumer x86 systems with 32-bit-only processors? Sounds like he was asking you to name these new 32-bit only x86 systems that are still being produced and so

Re: zram Usage as Default in Debian (?)

2012-01-08 Thread Cesare Leonardi
On 07/01/2012 18:48, Rainer Dorsch wrote: I recently setup zram (for compressed swap space in RAM) on an older low RAM machine. I was quite happy with the result and started now to do the same setup also on my other machines. I am wondering if anybody is investigating, if debian should do that by

Re: zram Usage as Default in Debian (?)

2012-01-08 Thread Daniel Baumann
On 01/08/2012 10:11 AM, Thomas Goirand wrote: >> I don't think it's a good idea to make this default. >> > I and my ex-employee had similar experience. I also wouldn't recommend it. yet another aol from me; i've tested it quite a bit with the idea of enabling it automatically on debian-live sys

Bug#655156: ITP: quickrdp -- Manages RDP, telnet and SSH connections

2012-01-08 Thread Tobias Eliasson
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Tobias Eliasson * Package name: quickrdp Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Tobias Eliasson * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickrdp/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : Manages RDP, telnet

Bug#655143: ITP: libcec -- USB CEC Adaptor communication Library

2012-01-08 Thread Andres Mejia
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Andres Mejia * Package name: libcec Version : 1.3.2 Upstream Author : Lars Op den Kamp * URL : https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : USB CEC Adaptor communicati

Re: zram Usage as Default in Debian (?)

2012-01-08 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Am Sunday 08 January 2012 schrieb Thomas Goirand: > On 01/08/2012 02:43 PM, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > > On 08/01/2012 01:48, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I recently setup zram (for compressed swap space in RAM) on an older low > >> RAM machine. I was quite happy with the result and sta

Re: Bug#652011: general: Repeated pattern of FHS violation: Dependencies of /sbin and /bin, belong in /lib

2012-01-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:46:40PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > > Speed. > [...] > > encrypted. But this actually does _not_ slow things down: the Linux disk > > cache is sensibly caching the decrypted data, so often-used stuff from > > /bin and /lib happily remains in already-decrypted cache. The

Re: Providing a dummy web server package in Debian (Removing web server dependencies from web apps)

2012-01-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: > On 06.01.2012 19:09, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > I don't think this would be an issue for anyone, and I wouldn't see any > > argument against it (I'm sure someone in this list will though... :) ). > > Your thoughts? > The overall benefit o

Re: [Long] UEFI support

2012-01-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 10:12:15AM +, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: > Steve Langasek, 2012-01-07 01:08+0100: > >> It is also worth noting that an amd64 PC will probably support x64 UEFI > >> only, so given that there is probably no UEFI-base x86 PCs, there is no > >> point in creating corresponding imag

Re: zram Usage as Default in Debian (?)

2012-01-08 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 01/08/2012 02:43 PM, Chow Loong Jin wrote: > On 08/01/2012 01:48, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I recently setup zram (for compressed swap space in RAM) on an older low RAM >> >> machine. I was quite happy with the result and started now to do the same >> setup also on my other m

Re: zram Usage as Default in Debian (?)

2012-01-08 Thread Luk Claes
On 01/08/2012 04:22 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> I recently setup zram (for compressed swap space in RAM) on an older low RAM >> machine. I was quite happy with the result and started now to do the same >> setup also on my other machines. I am wo