Re: More polls and social pressure

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 09:43:23AM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > [ Reply-to debian-project ] reply-to, ignored since I feel this is important enough that both lists should see this reponse. > > Hi everybody, > > In the light of recent events, those polls could be used to give a physical > rea

Re: Problems found by piuparts

Hi Lars, On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 08:24:53AM +0200, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > * Creating /usr/local/lib/foo in postinst, but not removing it > in postrm. I don't think that is a problem at all; the administrator ought to feel free to be able to put things in (say) /usr/local/lib/f

Re: timezone data packaged separately and in volatile?

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:57:54AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Anand Kumria ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060207 09:52]: > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:13:07AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > * Anand Kumria ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060207 04:34]: > > > > I also think volatil

Re: timezone data packaged separately and in volatile?

[ debian-volatile dropped ] Hi Daniel, On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 11:41:26PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 02:30:01PM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > > But that doesn't mean that we can issue an update to a stable package. > > > > Currentl

Re: timezone data packaged separately and in volatile?

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:13:07AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Anand Kumria ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060207 04:34]: > > I also think volatile is precisely the wrong place to put this kind of > > data -- it isn't part of the default apt.sources for one thing; and it > >

Re: timezone data packaged separately and in volatile?

On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 11:42:31PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > Hi, > > I just realised that the timezone data in glibc is taken from an > upstream database (namely ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/). This data > sometimes changes, more rapidly than our release cycle (and than any > release cycle

spohr.debian.org not sending email

Hi, There seems to be a problem, localised to spohr, with the sending of emails. I've uploaded some packages recently and have neither received the acceptance nor rejection emails (as expected) however some packages have been accepted since they are currently auto-building. I've tested various ot

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 03:21:07PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:56:30PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:56:30PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Anand Kumria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'd like to congratulate our ftp-master team on their ability to timely > > process packages progressing through the NEW queue. > > > > &

Re: congratulations to our ftp-master team

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:30:15AM +, David Pashley wrote: > On Dec 14, 2005 at 00:25, Anand Kumria praised the llamas by saying: > > I'd like to congratulate our ftp-master team on their ability to timely > > process packages progressing through the NEW queue.

congratulations to our ftp-master team

I'd like to congratulate our ftp-master team on their ability to timely process packages progressing through the NEW queue. [1] I think you are an excellent example of people who are too busy for Debian. I must say that I am particularly impressed that you

Re: gtk-gnutella

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:34:18PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Anand Kumria ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [051124 04:40]: > > <http://www.progsoc.org/~wildfire/debian/gtk-gnutella/gtk-gnutella-0.95to0.96b.diff> > > > > It's 18MiB of unified diff goodness. > > &

Re: I am still on the keyring. With my old key.

Hi Henning, On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 02:18:02AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > "push aside"? There's no rule that says there can be only one. Yes, > > replacing someone could become ugly, but providing additional hands > > can't be conside

Unidentified subject!

Hi Steve, Thanks for your email. I'd like to say touche but I basically believe you are wrong. Unfortunately I found from past-personal experience that email to busy people is generally ignored unless brought to their attention. Additionally personal personality conflicts between myself and pre

no time for all debian tasks was: interacting with the press

Hi Torsten, Thanks for your comments -- however I don't think anyone should be able afraid to point out when a debian developer is obviously not able to satisfy all the Debian-related demands on their time; let alone their committments. >From http://www.debian.org/intro/organization> you can vari

interacting with the press

Hi Martin, I just read this article[1] in the SMH. I think there are a few points that you should keep when talking to the press in future: - don't "slag" them off / don't complain aobut the press - Just talk about Debian, unless explicitly asked for comments on other t

Re: Introducing pmount in Debian / New plugdev group

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 19:32:38 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Nov 09, Martin Pitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We solved (4) by introducing a new group called 'plugdev'. Every user >> who is a member of this group can access hotpluggable devices (digital >> cameras, USB drives etc.). pmount can

Bug Squashing in Sydney, November 27th to 28th

Folks, we can't let the Debian developers in Germany have all the fun and glory. If you are in or around Sydney, let's beat them to the punch and close out as many bugs as we can. Objectives: --- Close as many RC bugs before the Frankfurt BSP and help get sarge out the door. Much of the

Testing Large File Support (LFS)

Hi, I'm just wondering if there is an automated way that we can test programs and/or packages to determine if they have working large file support? I've stumbled onto problems in this area, in the past, with Apache and Apache2 (fixed upstream but won't be making sarge) and with things like wget

Re: discover or alsa?

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:43:01 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:51:46AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> On Oct 13, Thomas Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Lots of users are reporting that ALSA sound doesn't "just" work when >> > they install it. The cause of the problem

Re: Wanted BTS feature: subscription to individual bug reports

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:37:37 +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > Hello. > > I can't find a way to track more-or-less easilly all bugs in BTS that I am > somewhat involved into. > If by 'involved' you mean submitted, then this might be useful: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian 10th birthday gear

Hi Steve, On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:02:44AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 05:40:26PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > If you, or anyone else, is interested shipping those overseas could be > > arranged (with the caveat that glass might break in t

Re: Debian 10th birthday gear

On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 12:58:01PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > [ forward as required ] > > > > I'm planning on doing some 10th birthday gear. I'm intending to get some > > t-shirts mad

Debian 10th birthday gear

Hi all, [ forward as required ] I'm planning on doing some 10th birthday gear. I'm intending to get some t-shirts made up but if people would like something else instead/as well then let me know. Naturally you'll probably find it simpler to get your own made up if you don't live in Sydney, Austra

Re: Proper Virtual Package Selection for Althea

On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:48:24PM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: > Hi Jimmy! > > > > but I don't have the time right now to remember how to write a procmail > > recipe > > to filter out the list into a separate folder to prevent my inbox from > > getting > > too large. (Any help on this would be

Re: Misclassification of packages; "libs" and "doc" sections

On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 04:29:22AM +0200, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Hi Thomas, > [snip - lengthy email] All of which is fine and dandy. None of which belonged on a public mailing list though. Your email is tangentially related to Debians' effort to determine new categories. In future please

Re: Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user

On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:48:35AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:13:13AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > However, the idea of one UID per daemon is (IMHO) a really horrible > > solution, too, as you end up having more UIDs for daemons then > > users. > > Why is that a prob

[ADMIN] Unsubscription problems

Hi there, A number of people have reported problems with unsubscribing from various lists, principally debian-user and debian-devel. We, the listmaster team, believe we have fixed the underlying problem and you should merrily be able to [un]subscribe as needed. Please inform us if you aren't but

Re: Problems with mail system? [Fwd: Returned mail: User unknown]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 05:16:23PM -0500, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 05:37:25PM -0400, Adam McKenna wrote: > > > My reverse DNS does not match my forward DNS. I have @home. Only > > > > They don't need to "match". Your IP just needs to resolve to something, and > > that some

Re: Bug#70269: automatic build fails for potato

On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 04:49:31PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > I think that since every package using a helper package seems > > to need a versioned dependency, addign debhelper to build essential > > shall not remove the burden from the packages. A

Re: Bug#70269: automatic build fails for potato

On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:10:27PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Richard Braakman wrote: > > I don't know how the decision ended up being made, but the argument > > I presented at the time is that a dependency on debhelper is far more > > likely to be versioned than the others are. A

Re: (Beware helix packages) Re: [CrackMonkey] The right to bare legs

On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 10:02:04PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > No, there is no difference between our apps and the upstream in most > > cases. We do brand gnome-core and gdm, but those are the only packages > > I can think of offhand. Those are only graphics changes, substituting > > some of

Re: Bug#70269: automatic build fails for potato

On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 11:57:32AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hamish> The package could be redone not to use debhelper. At the same time, > Hamish> the package could be rewritten not to use the C compiler. > > Hamish> Lazy prog

Re: Fwd: Re: unable to execute

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Tristan Savatier wrote: > Yes, but I have not received it. > > We have received several email of people reporting that mtv/mtvp > does not work at all on some recent distributions of Corel linux. > Is Corel Linux based on Debian ? yes it is. > In all cases, 'mtvp -h' seg fa

Re: Fwd: Re: unable to execute

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Dushara Jayasinghe wrote: > > > -- Forwarded Message -- > Subject: Re: unable to execute > Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:12:12 -0800 > From: Tristan Savatier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dushara Jayasinghe wrote: > > > > I downloaded mpegtv 1.1.0.20-3 (.deb ver

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote: [snip] I guess I should learn to read faster since it has already been mentioned many times. Anand -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Coming to closure on ae...

On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural" > configuration situations that break the method. How about just checking for the existance of the DISPLAY vari

Re: http mirror (was Re: New APT Version)

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: > On 5 Apr 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > Oh I'm all for switching to HTTP. Can we convince all our mirrors to > > > switch? > > > > I'm going through the mirror list and building a sources.list of all the > > possible sources. I have 8 sites already >

newbie comments

I just recently had the chance to install, and help a few Linux newbie's install Debian. My comments pertain to 0.93R6 available on FTP sites. Overall we liked it, better than Yggdrasil, and slightly better than Slackware (though I put that down to familiarity). The new users I help install D