Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-13 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Robert Millan wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:26:26AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > * Package name: linux-experimental I really don't care either way, but would you consider using kernel-linux-whatever instead? I considered it, but it's redundant and unnecessary. I'll stick with the na

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-13 Thread Robert Millan
retitle 220401 ITP: kernel-linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel thanks I think you're very confused. Unfortunately, I don't have time for discussing this with you. I'll just rename the package. Now back to hacking. On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:02:17PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Robert Milla

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Robert Millan wrote: >Just thought I should give you a better reply. >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you >> believe would be in a freebsd-kernel or netbsd-kernel package? What do >> you believe would

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Clint Adams
> Overly terse answers (and your previous dismissals of questions as > "trivial" despite attempts to explain why they are non-trivial) do not > reassure anyone that you are capable of packaging a critical system > component, especially in an ambitiously different way. I'm reassured.

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Adam Heath
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Robert Millan wrote: > > Just thought I should give you a better reply. > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > Robert Millan wrote: > > > > >There's no consistency in that, since FreeBSD and NetBSD are not kernels. > > > > Robert, your (frankl

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:49:49PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: > > > > Yes. > > Could you elaborate? The obvious interpretation of your "Yes" is that > you do not understand a large part of your target audience (new users > who do not customize their kernels). By and large, that set of users > d

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
Just thought I should give you a better reply. On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > >There's no consistency in that, since FreeBSD and NetBSD are not kernels. > > Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you > believe w

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Michael Poole
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Robert Millan wrote: >> >> >There's no consistency in that, since FreeBSD and NetBSD are not kernels. >> >> Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you >> believe

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:26:26AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: >> > * Package name: linux-experimental >> >> I really don't care either way, but would you consider using >> kernel-linux-whatever instead? Just for consistency's sake. As >>

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:34:32PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Did you consider ease of finding alternative packages through the normal > UI like dselect and aptitude? I, for one, appreciate similar things to > exist next to each other. Well no (I use apt-get), but I think I can assume that (I

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > >There's no consistency in that, since FreeBSD and NetBSD are not kernels. > > Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you > believe would be in a freebsd-kernel or netbsd-kernel pack

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi Robert, On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:23:35PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:26:26AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > > * Package name: linux-experimental > > > > I really don't care either way, but would you consider using > > kernel-linux-whatever instead?

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Matthew Garrett
Robert Millan wrote: >There's no consistency in that, since FreeBSD and NetBSD are not kernels. Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you believe would be in a freebsd-kernel or netbsd-kernel package? What do you believe would be in a linux-kernel package? When someone say

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:26:26AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > * Package name: linux-experimental > > I really don't care either way, but would you consider using > kernel-linux-whatever instead? I considered it, but it's redundant and unnecessary. I'll stick with the name choose

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Chad Walstrom
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:26:26AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > * Package name: linux-experimental > > I really don't care either way, but would you consider using > kernel-linux-whatever instead? Just for consistency's sake. As > someone else said, eventually there will be a ke

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
> * Package name: linux-experimental I really don't care either way, but would you consider using kernel-linux-whatever instead? Just for consistency's sake. As someone else said, eventually there will be a kernel-freebsd or kernel-netbsd, and having an uniform scheme to call these thin

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Jorge Bernal
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:31:17PM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:36:27PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others, see: > > He no longer works for transmeta. Should be changed? s/transmeta.com/osdl.org/ > > J >

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Francesco P. Lovergine
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:31:17PM +0100, Jesus Climent wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:36:27PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others, see: > > He no longer works for transmeta. Should be changed? [EMAIL PROTECTED] is ok now. -- Fr

Re: Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Jesus Climent
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 12:36:27PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others, see: He no longer works for transmeta. Should be changed? J -- Jesus Climent info:www.pumuki.org Unix SysAdm|Linux User #66350

Bug#220401: ITP: linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel [EXPERIMENTAL PACKAGE]

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Millan
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: linux-experimental Version : 2.4.22 Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others, see: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS * URL : http://www.kernel.org/ * License