Re: Redhat not in favor of Qt & KDE - documented?

1997-12-21 Thread bruce
Red Hat doesn't like KDE because Qt because is not free software by _their_ definition, either. They support the GNOME development, and were happy to see Debian doing so as well. Thanks Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTE

Modula-3 packages (Re: Experimental Anon-CVS Access)

1997-12-21 Thread Stuart Lamble
For those on debian-devel: this started with a discussion about various CVS access methods for those on the Gnome mailing list. It then got slightly sidetracked to discuss Modula 3 (CVSup is written in M3.) Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Thomas G. Lockhart" writes: > >> We started using CV

out for a week

1997-12-21 Thread Dale Scheetz
I'll be out of touch for the week starting Sunday 21 December. Have a Happy and a Merry, or vice versa ;-) Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian User's Guide"_-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCr

what is Debian's mailing address?

1997-12-21 Thread John Hasler
I have an envelope on my desk containing a xerox copy of my driver's license. I have been instructed to send it in so that I can finish getting approved as a maintainer. There's just one problem: I need an address to send it to. I've emailed new-maintainer about this and gotten no response. Can so

Re: what is Debian's mailing address?

1997-12-21 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 20, 1997 at 10:49:08PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > I have an envelope on my desk containing a xerox copy of my driver's > license. I have been instructed to send it in so that I can finish getting > approved as a maintainer. There's just one problem: I need an address to > send it to.

Re: Intent to package: `cvsweb-1.0'

1997-12-21 Thread Guy Maor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: > I'm planning to package `cvsweb-1.0'. > > Q: Where does it go? Experimental, or unstable/web? New software should typically go to unstable, unless it's really dangerous or something. Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

Mule trademarked?

1997-12-21 Thread Christian Schwarz
I've just discovered that "The MULE" is a trademark. Check out http://www.hello.co.uk/altek/mule.html Does this mean we could get problems if we distribute emacs20 ? If so, I guess someone should contact RMS about that. Thanks, Chris -- Christian Schwarz [E

Re: ppp & ppp-pam

1997-12-21 Thread Christian Schwarz
On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Philip Hands wrote: > > Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Recommends: ppp-pam > > > > Recommends is for packages "found together in all but unusual > > sitations". > > > > It's certainly not appropriate here. I wouldn't even use Suggests. > > Just mention

Re: Emacs20 and mail file locking.

1997-12-21 Thread Christian Schwarz
On 18 Dec 1997, Rob Browning wrote: > My question is, should I modify emacs to use maillock from liblockdev, > or it the emacs mechanism OK (what about NFS)? Note, that the policy requires you to use "libfilelock" (not "liblockdev" which is just for devices) to lock mail folders--or implement a c

Re: what is Debian's mailing address?

1997-12-21 Thread john
> A scan of it sent to new-maintainer worked for me, if you have access to > a scanner. Make sure you write your PGP fingerprint on it, for > verification. >From the _Debian Developer's Reference_: > 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer > ... > ... > You should also include some mechanism by whi

Is anyone working on COAS?

1997-12-21 Thread Brian Bassett
Hi all, In response to my "Debian Administration Tool" post, I was told that it had been decided that Caldera's COAS was to be the tool of choice. I was wondering if anyone was working on packaging it. If not, I'd like to do it. Thanks, Brian Bassett -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Re: IconPath, menu

1997-12-21 Thread Adam P. Harris
[You (Karl M. Hegbloom)] > I've created a directory "/usr/X11R6/icons" for my own use. > that we need to have something like that, and a keeper of the icons. We already have the location, and it is standard: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/ There are over 300 pixmaps in there, a good deal of wh

Re: IconPath, menu

1997-12-21 Thread bruce
Brian, Please go ahead and package it. When I built it, I left out the Qt support, however you can package the Qt support separately in "contrib" because it's dynamicaly loaded. Thanks Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTE

ldconfig warnings

1997-12-21 Thread Jim Pick
Hi, This is a minor annoyance, but it always bothers me. When upgrading or reconfiguring, I chronically end up with "orphaned" lines in /etc/ld.so.conf. ie. Currently, on my main Pentium system... ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libgtk.so.1.0 (No such file or directory), skippin

Can I take wml and eperl?

1997-12-21 Thread Tommi Virtanen
Current situation: Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> maintains wml and eperl. Last mentions of him in changelogs is Oct/Sep.. There are new versions out, both packages suffer a bug, etc. If no-one protests I'll make new version

Re: ldconfig warnings

1997-12-21 Thread Adam P. Harris
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: [snip] >Currently, on my 386 system... > >ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/local/lib (No such file or directory), >skipping >ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libdb.so.1 (No such file >or direct >ory), skipping >ldconfig: warning: ca

Re: Mule trademarked?

1997-12-21 Thread Mark W. Eichin
At least in the US, trademarks don't work that way. If "The MULE" were software, it would be worth checking if it were editing software, and *then* looking more closely; since the url you sent describes a hardware device, it's simply not a trademark conflict. "different namespaces" as it were. (A

Ethernet Card Driver

1997-12-21 Thread Sinisa Pajevic
I have installed debian linux on my PC (Pentium, MMX) and it works, but I am not able to use my network card. I have EtherExpress Pro/100 PCI card and I have used your driver for this card (Intel EtherExpress Pro 100). However, the driver was written for the processor i82557 while my processor is