Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread Brian May
> "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joey> Yes, you're right. What's happening is that debconf will not Joey> re-ask a question unless you specifically tell it to do Joey> so. This is generally a good thing, in this case it is Joey> obviously not right. libglide2 c

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Sam TH
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 02:47:55AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > You know, kinda like the way I went nuclear on Wichert when he broke > > vim. > > Just use abiword, who's maintainer never updates it(hi gecko). > In gecko's defense, he has upd

Re: dpkg-statoverride vs. suidmanager

2001-01-03 Thread Roland Bauerschmidt
Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > dh_suidregister to have a versioned conflicts, but I guess that's my > > problem, not your problem. :-) > > Automatic adding of a versioned conflict.. I'm suddenly extra glad none > of my packages use debhelper. I think debhelper should just check for the versioned con

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Adam Heath
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Joey Hess wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>dpkg -p dpkg |grep Depends > Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.97), libncurses5, libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 Perl is a required package, there is no need to list the dependency. BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK Version: 3.12 GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
On Wed, 03 Jan 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > I'd sooner killfile you than respect a lame Mail-Followup-To like this: So you o expect people to honor your Mail-Followup-To header, yet o ignore mine on purpose. Yes, please killfile me so I don't have to deal with your replies. > The problem

Re: [Fwd: Bug#63511 acknowledged by developer(Bug#63511: fixed in glibc 2.2-7)]

2001-01-03 Thread Eray Ozkural \(exa\)
Tim Bell wrote: > > Now I'm sure Ben is plenty busy with libc6 and whatever else he does, > and I don't mean to blame him for this slipping through. But the > thought that bugs are getting closed without being fixed is worrying. That's my point. A package like libc6 is burdensome. It would not b

Anybody seen Loic Prylli lately?

2001-01-03 Thread Chuan-kai Lin
Greetings, Does anyone know where Loic has been lately (i.e., for the past two years or so)? AFAIK his last package upload was in November 1998, and the mail I sent him about whether he needs help with mailx has generated no reply. Since mailx is important, if the maintainer is indeed MIA, somebo

Re: libglide2: debconf didn't ask question even for failed answer

2001-01-03 Thread Joey Hess
Brian May wrote: > > "Joey" == Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joey> Yes, you're right. What's happening is that debconf will not > Joey> re-ask a question unless you specifically tell it to do > Joey> so. This is generally a good thing, in this case it is > Joey> obv

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread John Galt
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 04:56:38PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > FYI 28 (aka RFC 1855) is the standard. > > > > There is nothing about honoring X headers at all. > > I didn't say there was. Does "Mail-Copies-To:" begin with an X? RFC 822 this time:

Question/comment re:incoming.debian.org/REPORT

2001-01-03 Thread Gordon Sadler
REPORT shows as of now, stamped 03-Jan-2001 14:58, the following: 1. dpkg_1.8.0_i386.changes BYHAND dpkg-1.8.0.tar.gz byhand dpkg_1.8.0_i386.deb to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.8.0_i386.deb The above says to me I should be able to find that file at that location. However, a search of ftp.debian.org,

Re: Question/comment re:incoming.debian.org/REPORT

2001-01-03 Thread Adam Heath
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Gordon Sadler wrote: > REPORT shows as of now, stamped 03-Jan-2001 14:58, the following: > > 1. > dpkg_1.8.0_i386.changes > BYHAND > dpkg-1.8.0.tar.gz byhand > dpkg_1.8.0_i386.deb > to pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.8.0_i386.deb > [snip] > gcc-2.97_2.97-001230_i386.changes > NEW to

Re: [Fwd: Bug#63511 acknowledged by developer(Bug#63511: fixed in glibc 2.2-7)]

2001-01-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Thursday 04 January 2001 14:54, Eray Ozkural (exa) wrote: > Tim Bell wrote: > > Now I'm sure Ben is plenty busy with libc6 and whatever else he does, > > and I don't mean to blame him for this slipping through. But the > > thought that bugs are getting closed without being fixed is worrying. >

Re: Question/comment re:incoming.debian.org/REPORT

2001-01-03 Thread Gordon Sadler
Thanks for the info, I actually think I understand that file now much better. I was not reading all the way through and made some incorrect conclusions from my incomplete understanding. Gordon Sadler On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:08:00PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Gordon Sadler w

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:26:25AM -0800, Philip Brown wrote: > [ D-Man writes ] > > Try mutt and its "L" command. The "L" command means "list-reply", aka > > only send a message to the list, not to all recepients. It also sets > > a header flag so that other well-behaved MUA's don't send you an

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 02:26:33PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote: > Not exactly. List-reply sends a reply to the list and any other people > listed in Mail-Followup-To. The thing that bugs me about this is that mutt > often adds other list-readers' e-mail addresses to Mail-Followup-To, > effectivel

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Adam McKenna
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 08:36:54PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > > listed in Mail-Followup-To. The thing that bugs me about this is that mutt > > often adds other list-readers' e-mail addresses to Mail-Followup-To, > > effectively rendering this feature useless. > > try reading the FM. in mutt 1

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

2001-01-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 09:53:04PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > > In fact, the only thing the RFC says to do is to honor Reply-To: headers, > > > which I might note you didn't include in your message. > > > > Why should I, when it would be no different from my From: header? > > It would be in your

Re: What's the status of webmin?

2001-01-03 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > but actually I'm going > to do a new set tonight. (I'm working on it as we speak.) > Make that tomorrow. I think I can solve another of the outstanding problems but I'm too tired to do it now. -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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