Re: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward

2006-10-07 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > On Thursday 05 October 2006 16:12, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > > 2007 join as support team to Debconf > > 2008 propose Japan as Debconf candidate > > 2009 hold Debconf in Japan. > > This timeline won't work :-) At least the debconf-team hopes so: > > From 2007 we want to decide the venue two y

Re: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward

2006-10-07 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Thursday 05 October 2006 16:12, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > 2007 join as support team to Debconf > 2008 propose Japan as Debconf candidate > 2009 hold Debconf in Japan. This timeline won't work :-) At least the debconf-team hopes so: From 2007 we want to decide the venue two years in advance,

Re: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward

2006-10-05 Thread Junichi Uekawa
> Of course, even while that's being organised, people are getting serious > about where DebConf will be held in 2008 [17]. AIUI, the theory is that > DebConf will change continents each year, and there's been interest shown > from Japan [18], Argentina and Venezuela [19], as well a thoughts about

Compiz in Debian (Was: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward)

2006-10-03 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Josselin Mouette] > Maybe it should be mentioned that some ftpmaster has fast-tracked > this package out of NEW - maybe to fullfill his campaign promises? - > despite the copyright file being incorrect (GPL instead of MIT), the > package being in an unreleasable state [1] and the NEW queue being

Re: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward

2006-10-03 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 03 octobre 2006 à 15:39 +1000, Anthony Towns a écrit : > And > that's all the excuse I need to mention the coolness that is compiz, > which has finally made it's way to unstable -- kudos to Thierry Reding, > and his sponsor David Nusinow; it's always nice when someone else does > the work

Re: Bits from the DPL: Looking forward

2006-10-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 03:39:20PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > BSPs in Vienna (Switzerland) [3], I was assuming, of course, that "Switzerland" was some foreign word meaning "snowy place", but apparently it's actually a country all of its own, entirely separate to Austria... On Tue, Oct 03, 200