Re: Survey results: git packaging practices / repository format

2019-07-04 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 05/07/19 09:02, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Fri, 05 Jul 2019 at 01:07:59 +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: >> Our packaging approach is more or less "unapplied" for 3.0(quilt) >> packages, and (I think) pretty much universally using quilt and gbp - >> only for changel

Re: Survey results: git packaging practices / repository format

2019-07-04 Thread Daniel Reurich
ds some light and information into the mix. -- Note: I'm interested in where this discussion is going and will attempt to follow it to it's conclusion. However I'm infrequently looking at debian-devel posts, so if anyone wants to specifically bring my attention to pertinent details in this thread, or wants a more synchronous response, feel free to CC me. Cheers, Daniel -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Debian Policy 3.9.7.0 released

2016-02-02 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 02/02/16 18:18, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Daniel Reurich (2016-02-02 00:46:28) >> On 02/02/16 12:36, Bill Allombert wrote: >>> We have just released Debian Policy 3.9.7.0 to fix a FTBFS. > > Thanks a lot for all the work on maintaining Debian Policy! >

Re: Debian Policy 3.9.7.0 released

2016-02-01 Thread Daniel Reurich
r which requires network access to build the image (may also be true of cdimage, live-installer etc) fails on this policy?? (I found out the hard way when trying to build d-i for devuan in jenkins using pbuilder which by default doesn't allow internet access from the buildenvironment.) Regar

Re: Debian Policy 3.9.7.0 released

2016-02-01 Thread Daniel Reurich
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Re: Hardware detection

2016-01-07 Thread Daniel Reurich
p the modes file for those display's resolutions. (For extra info on the display, you can parse the edid file with parse-edid from the readedid package as well) As far as I can tell the displays Native|best resolution in the modes file is always the first line. -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: support for merged /usr in Debian

2016-01-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
these massive changes. > > And again, this is not related to supporting a merged /usr scheme. > That doesn't make sense given the subject you started this whole thread with... -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: support for merged /usr in Debian

2016-01-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
o btrfs and filesystem versioning to support easy rollbacks? For that you'd need to keep everything except /home and /srv to be able to easily and consistently roll back to a particular state. TBH the only argument I've heard so far that holds some water is the nfs shared /usr and even

Re: support for merged /usr in Debian

2016-01-03 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 03/01/16 22:33, Philip Hands wrote: > Daniel Reurich writes: > > ... >> Because systemd doesn't work without /usr on the root partition isn't a >> good reason either. > > You are right ... it is a poor reason, because it is pure fantasy. Then why is it t

Re: support for merged /usr in Debian

2016-01-02 Thread Daniel Reurich
ficial for some or indeed many use cases. What I'd like to know is what are the real use cases where a merged /usr is absolutely required (- where it isn't the result of a lazy and unprofessional attitude of dis-respecting the environment that exists and ignorance of the hard learne

Re: git, debian/ tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

2015-11-16 Thread Daniel Reurich
are that the source code referenced by the that is what is in the specified distro archive, under the specified version number. "archive" is rather indescript and confusing too. Why not use {quilt,native,gitsrc...}/{debian,ubuntu,devuan}/ thus tying it to the source format. -- Daniel Reurich

Re: How to make Debian more attractive for users, was: Re: The number of popcon.debian.org-submissions is falling

2010-07-25 Thread Daniel Reurich
rnatively we could ask the user what mua they use (provide a list out of the installed mua's) - and use that. -- Daniel Reurich. Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd Mobile 021 797 722 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje