Re: dictd: no activity last 12 months

2006-12-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
wn I myself would use my own formatting to get the full semantic advantages. In my case, www.nomen.at has 133 languages at the moment, and I need some minor multibyte/UTF-8 improvements of the last upstream versions. At least I will have to compile it myself after waiting another few months. H

dictd: no activity last 12 months

2006-12-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
. I already submitted a wishlist-bug 88 days ago, see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386390 but without reaction. What are the usual possibilities to solve this problem? TIA Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

Re: Depends vs. Recommends

2006-07-17 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Frank Küster wrote: Jens Peter Secher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To ease upgrades, transitions, etc., dependencies (Depends) should be kept to the absolute minimum. There's always a tradeoff: The easiest system to upgrade is one that runs, but is barely usable for anything... 'usable' -

Re: Long blurbs repeated in many package descriptions considered harmful

2006-07-09 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly. snap Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to automatically update files on alioth from svn

2005-10-26 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
same machine. Or should I simply put some syncing commands into my crontab on alioth and use anonymous SVN access? Sounds easier for both (the specific files and the authentication). Disadvantages: some time-lag, and maintainance of the cron scripts. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Version tracking in the BTS

2005-08-30 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
submitter, maintainer, upstream or somebody else). Each sort of proposed solution needs an approval (e.g. regression test), if it removes the bug. If not, the bug cannot be closed as 'solved'. Thus I do not understand, why to remove the 'patch' tag. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- T

Re: Please participate in popularity-contest

2005-07-26 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Helmut Wollmersdorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I would not like to have it on 7/24 servers. There could be problems after longer power outages in combination with weak scripts (which use dates as file names). But this "should be the minority"

Re: Please participate in popularity-contest

2005-07-26 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
have it on 7/24 servers. There could be problems after longer power outages in combination with weak scripts (which use dates as file names). But this "should be the minority". And such logic will even have problems without anacron. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Please participate in popularity-contest

2005-07-25 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
all my machines. You should change the description | When you install this package, it sets up a cron job that will | anonymously e-mail the Debian developers ^^ Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Mass-filing bugs based on piuparts?

2005-07-22 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
own convenience. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Drop the minor release number

2005-07-08 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
The releases of Debian could use '9.9.9-9' like it is used for packages. This should give enough flexibility. And if the release manager likes to jump to 7.3.0.21-5 for etch - why not? It's unimportant. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Drop the minor release number

2005-07-08 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.08.1750 +0200]: Counting numbers start at one. Not in the computer world. You confuse counting with addressing. The first byte is always the first byte, but it starts at address zero. Helmut Wollmers

Re: TODO for etch ?

2005-06-21 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Andrew Suffield wrote: Under *no circumstances* should adjtimex be used at the same time as ntpd. The clock will jitter all over the place because they won't agree and will keep slewing it in opposition to each other. That's very true - I experienced this. Helmut Wollmersdorf

Re: TODO for etch ?

2005-06-20 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
a falseticker. Even offsets of some minutes need a long time to be corrected by ntp. Chrony can correct hours very fast. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: graphic installation to debian

2005-06-20 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ve for desktop users. IMHO both is necessary: - improve usability and docs of the non-GUI version - have a GUI version At least I assume to have it choosable, as I (and other purists too) prefer non-GUI on servers and old hardware. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: And now for something completely different... etch!

2005-06-16 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
French, Eastern, Scandinavian and Latinos living here with original diacritics. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New stable version after Sarge

2005-01-20 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ntial difference between volunteers and corporations in the minimum time to reach stable quality. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-12 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ons or waste of time against unnecessary barriers. Compared against average OSS, or OSS where I contribute, debian seems to be on the bad side - IMHO. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rudeness in general

2005-01-12 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
lained what documentation is for in general. Yes, but newbies often need to be pointed to the correct man page or HOWTO. Or even how to interpret what the man page means. Exactly. "RTM" without anything else is worthless, and the only motivation behind such an answer can be provocation. Helmut