Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:54, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is so ugly. > > Last I looked, there wasn't much in NIS that wasn't.  I think the amount > of pain we should put other users through on account of NIS is very > small (e.g., no longer asking about non-md5 passwords on ins

Re: sarge release

also sprach Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.11.12.2312 +0100]: > I'd always understood that bugs with a severity of 'serious' or > above (also knows as Release Critical, or RC bugs) should always > be treated with the highest priority, not just when near > a release. also sprach Bria

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > >> 2) Do you have any valid proof of what you claim? Please, avoid being >>a liar, this is a very bad attitude. Keep your personal feeling >>out of this mailing-list, I do not give a toss about it and I t

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > >> I think this is a serious bug: the functionality of the free version >> has been lowered to promote patent emcumbered package. > > Patented software isn't really non-free. That's why I wrote "patent emcumbere

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:08:11AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > Remember that this process has to scale to dozens of new packages > per day. It should be optimized for the common case. Know your tools. -- Rico -mc- Gloeckner | 1024D/61F05B8C | jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ukeer

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder on > debian-devel over and over again. The three hundred odd mails per day > from the new fodder just aren't enough! Yes, but realy a lot of people at any level in Debia

Re: Closing. (Was: Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel)

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 06:38, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:23:44AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > I > > for one _would_ appreciate having a debian-standard linux package. > > kernel-source-*, kernel-image-*, kernel-headers-* And truth be told, since I've been using them s

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Nov/12, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I don't see how making more packages available to our users is > > "lowering the quality of Debian in matter of freedom". > Oh, you think there's a positive correlation between quality and > quantity, do you? ;) Regarding options available to choos

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:08:11AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > I think rejecting it during this process of deliberation is better > than letting it sit there. A rejection alerts the maintainer that > there's something wrong with the package. In most cases, the maintainer > will agree and fi

Re: 3 packages for adoption

Le Mardi 4 Novembre 2003 19:31, Oliver Kurth a écrit : > Hi there, > > I would like to give three of my packages for adoption: [..] > memtester i am interested in this one, i will take it have a nice day -- OpenSides sprl Free Software Specialist Benoit Mortier - Linux Engineer pgp1xM00BLDEf.

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:32, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote: > Regarding options available to choose and women breasts' size, > quantity is always quality ;-) And people wonder why linux doesn't encourage many women ;-) Corrin > > -- > Roberto Suarez Soto Alfa21

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 02:14:18AM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder on > > debian-devel over and over again. The three hundred odd mails per day > > from

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:12:10AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Anyway, on the given topic, are "reverse-suggests" possible? > > Quoth debian-policy, section 7.2: > > |Enhances > | This field is similar to Suggests but works in the opposite >

Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:50:05AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:15, Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > > Or do you have to be root for getpwnam() to work on NIS accou

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: >> No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder on >> debian-devel over and over again. The three hundred odd mails per day >> from the new fodder just aren't enough! > >Yes,

Re: POSIX capabilities patch

On Nov 12, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >And if i enable SETPCAP for init, will init drop that capability? Will it >pass it to all started programs? See http://www.linux.it/~md/ssd.tgz . No kernel hacks needed. -- ciao, | Marco | [3024 laxXsj4w1O.aE]

Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future

Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:15, Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> > Or do you have to be root for getpwnam() to work on NIS accounts? >> In certain NIS configurations you can only access the hashed password >> if your query to the NIS server com

Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future

Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:50:05AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:15, Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: Or do you have to be root for getpwnam() to work on NIS accounts? >>> In certain NIS configurations you can o

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:31:21AM +0100, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > >> 2) Do you have any valid proof of what you claim? Please, avoid being > >>a liar, this is a very bad attitude. Keep your personal feel

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:23:08AM +0100, David Weinehall wrote: > A lot of people believe that Elvis still is alive, a lot of people used > to believe in flogiston rather than oxygen, a lot of people "knew" that > that world was flat... The list goes on for ages. Face it, > that a lot of people

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:40:08AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Sorry, but this is crap. James is doing multiple jobs, several of > which are just about guaranteed to draw criticism and lots of people > not liking him. That's going to be part of the job when you're the > person who says "no".. W

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

* Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-13 05:00]: > As for the DAM, i wander why an AM racommends an applicant, but the > DAM does not accept him. What does this mean? Is AM role relevant or > in effect DAM is the real one who decides? If the latter, why > haveing AM? Of cou

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 19:32, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote: > On Nov/12, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > I don't see how making more packages available to our users is > > > "lowering the quality of Debian in matter of freedom". > > Oh, you think there's a positive correlation between quality and > > qua

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:14, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, but this is crap. James is doing multiple jobs, several of > > which are just about guaranteed to draw criticism and lots of people > > not liking him. That's going to be part of the job when you're the

Re: Bug#202244 Speak-freely Removed from Debian

* Hamish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-14 23:57]: > > This package has been removed from Debian unstable because it is > > orphaned upstream and has reached its end-of-life. > > Speak-freely is not abandoned and should remain in Debian. So is anyone interested in maintaining this? -- Martin Mich

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

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: ITO several packages

* Sebastien J. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-22 22:08]: > I would like to orphan some packages that I can't maintain any longer > due to a lack of time or some which are obsolete today. > > cvs-conf > cwwm > jpegoptim > libfork-perl > metalog > pip These packages still don't have a new maint

Re: ITO several packages

* Jeremy T. Bouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-22 17:35]: > I'll take a look at cvs-conf and see if it's something I would > actually use as I've considered doing something with configurations in > CVS recently for both work and home and this sounds like it might be a > solution... If someone

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:36, Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Oh, you think there's a positive correlation between quality and > > > quantity, do you? ;) > > > > Regarding options available to choose and women breasts' size, > > quantity is always quality ;-) > > I simply disagree

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:02:26PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > Saying "this is crap" in response to something you strongly disagree with is > pretty much standard practise in the Internet community. It is done both > online and off-line. > > Anyone who wants to get involved in email debates o

Bug#219447: undeliverable mail user unknown

** ** WARNING: WinProxy has detected a virus in file attached to this e-mail message! The attachment has been automatically removed to protect your network. WinProxy Administrator: [EMAIL

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:45:09PM +1100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > Also note that the DAM's decision can be overridden. AFAICT, i never sow this to happen, but if you say so i take it for sure (but i'd now like to have an example, just out of curiosity). > Right, just take Eray as an example (an

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:00:07AM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > > Right, just take Eray as an example (and note that the NM committee > > agreed 100% with the DAM's decision; yet the DAM got all the blame). > > Indeed you're right. To me we sohuld make things more open. Let's mak

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

"Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it was probably proven that oxygen was > better thatn flogiston (I don't really know what both are) He, this would be a great signature... (Luca, oxygen is the quite essential stuff you breathe, constitutes about 20% of the air around

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

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]

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

Bug#220602: ITP: configure-thinkpad -- IBM ThinkPad configuration tool for GNOME

Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: configure-thinkpad Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Cheuksan Edward Wang * URL : http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/configure-thinkpad.html * License : GPL Description : IBM ThinkPad configuration tool for GNOME

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:12:50AM +1100, Pascal Hakim wrote: > A da-manager list would be a very bad idea. We do not want > people's rejection from Debian to be archived in a public list which > anyone can see. Imagine if searching for your name in google had "Luca > De Vitis is unsuitable t

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > >> 2) Do you have any valid proof of what you claim? Please, avoid being > >>a liar, this is a very bad attitude. Keep your personal feeling > >>out of th

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder on > > debian-devel over and over again. The three hundred odd mails per day > > from the new fodder just

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Chris Cheney wrote: > Except for the fact that no tool supports Enhances... (or has that > changed?) Well, if we follow Manoj's advice, humans are tools, and they understand enhances, which means policy is allowed to talk about it. If you don't agree with that, talk about i

Re: Bug#212049: {Virus?} Newest Critical Upgrade

Hey can you please remove my email from you r distribution list thank you [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Dennis Castro  (510)238-6977 Office (510)330-5021 Pager     

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

Pascal Hakim dijo [Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:12:50AM +1100]: > A da-manager list would be a very bad idea. We do not want > people's rejection from Debian to be archived in a public list which > anyone can see. Imagine if searching for your name in google had "Luca > De Vitis is unsuitable to j

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

Adam Heath dijo [Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:45:38AM -0600]: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Chris Cheney wrote: > > > Except for the fact that no tool supports Enhances... (or has that > > changed?) > > Well, if we follow Manoj's advice, humans are tools, and they understand > enhances, which means policy i

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:28:02AM -0500, Lukas Geyer wrote: > He, this would be a great signature... (Luca, oxygen is the quite > essential stuff you breathe, constitutes about 20% of the air around > us...) eh, dict.org was down so i could not check them. A quick google search showed too many th

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > But our users should not be expected to look at control files in order > to know what to install, should they? > > Following this reasoning, we might suggest that policy only states the > mandatory fields in control, and any field not covered by policy > s

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:43:51AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder on > > > debian-devel over and over ag

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:19:54AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > But our users should not be expected to look at control files in order > to know what to install, should they? Users do this all the time, with tools like aptitude, apt-cache and dpkg which display [information from] the control file.

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 08:32:21AM +0100, Mathieu Roy wrote: > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a tapoté : > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > >> I think this is a serious bug: the functionality of the free version > >> has been lowered to promote patent emcumbered package. > > > >

Victory Abah

To whom it may concern, I am writing you in response to an E-mail I got from a Mr. Victory Abah. He said he wants to transfer some money to one of my accounts. I looked him up on the web and the only thing I got from him was the request to transfer 152 million dollars to your account. Is this a

Re: apt-get problems

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:25:13AM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > Below are the errors I am getting from apt-get on some machines running > recent unstable. Is this a known bug or have I screwed up something? http://bugs.debian.org/199653 It would be greatly appreciated if you could track this d

Re: radiusd-freeradius history and future

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:52:13PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:54, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is so ugly. > > > > Last I looked, there wasn't much in NIS that wasn't.  I think the amount > > of pain we should put other users through on account of

Re: Bug#219163: ITP: synaptic-touchpad -- Synaptics TouchPad driver for XFree86

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:32:14AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:58:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I think it would be really dumb for a driver author to re-use an > > existing name for a different purpose. > > Well, Synaptics could branch out and start making gr

Re: Bug#155583: radiusd-freeradius history and future

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:59:09PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > You are wrong, unix_chkpwd does NIS (at least in the szenario I just > tested). After changing unix_chkpwd from 4755 root:root to 2755 > root:shadow a NIS user can not unlock the terminal he has just locked > himself with vlock any

Re: ITO several packages

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:20:06PM +1100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > cvs-conf > > cwwm > > jpegoptim > > libfork-perl > > metalog > > pip > > These packages still don't have a new maintainer. Sebastien, which > packages are "obsolete today"? I'll get those removes and properly > orphan the rest

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:23:01AM -0600, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:28:02AM -0500, Lukas Geyer wrote: > > He, this would be a great signature... (Luca, oxygen is the quite > > essential stuff you breathe, constitutes about 20% of the air around > > us...) >

Re: Changes in t1lib.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:29:29PM +0100, Artur R. Czechowski wrote: > Let me make myself clear. > > There is t1lib 1.3.1 package in Debian. This is old and unsupported. My goal > is to remove it from Debian. > > There is t1lib 5.0.0. I would like to have it as an only t1lib in > distribution. >

Re: Changes in t1lib.

Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [t1lib migration] > I suggest the following: > 1. Rename existing t1lib (1.3.1) source package to t1lib-old or > something like that. Alter it to provide *only* the t1lib1 and > t1lib-dev binary packages. Update t1lib-dev's package description to

Re: Bug#155583: radiusd-freeradius history and future

Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:59:09PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> You are wrong, unix_chkpwd does NIS (at least in the szenario I just >> tested). After changing unix_chkpwd from 4755 root:root to 2755 >> root:shadow a NIS user can not unlock the termin

Re: window manager recomendation

> Hello, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none seem > to fit the bill yet. > I don't know if XFCE fits all your requirements but since it's not only a window manager but a light weight desktop I like it.

Re: Bug#155583: radiusd-freeradius history and future

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:26:09PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 05:59:09PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > The code does this: > > > if (strcmp(pwd->pw_passwd, "*NP*") == 0) { /* NIS+ > > */ > [...] > >

Re: Victory Abah

"Quinn, Ryan PO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I am writing you in response to an E-mail I got from a Mr. Victory Abah. > He said he wants to transfer some money to one of my accounts. I looked him > up on the web and the only thing I got from him was the request to transfer > 152 million dolla

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > too many things to be sure (my primary doubt was with flogiston). Try searching for phlogiston instead. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gon

Re: Victory Abah

Aaron M. Ucko schrieb: > The offer is almost certainly a scam; please see > . You really mean he doesn't want to pay 152 million dollars to everyone of us?!? I'm very disappointed! Ciao, Eike

Re: window manager recomendation

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:41:16 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otto Wyss) wrote: Hi, > > Hoping this won't turn into a flame war, I am looking for > > recommendations for a window manager. I tried quiet a few but none > > seem to fit the bill yet. > > > I don't know if XFCE fits all your requirements but

Re: ITO several packages

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:20:06PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > * Sebastien J. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-10-22 22:08]: > > I would like to orphan some packages that I can't maintain any longer > > due to a lack of time or some which are obsolete today. > > > > cvs-conf > > cwwm > > jpeg

Re: window manager recomendation

> But there is one thing to mention: development seems to be stalled > for some time now, I can't complain about bugs though. Take a look at kahakai: http://kahakai.sf.net/ -- Marcelo

Re: Bug#219163: ITP: synaptic-touchpad -- Synaptics TouchPad driver for XFree86

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58:44PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:32:14AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:58:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > I think it would be really dumb for a driver author to re-use an > > > existing name for a di

Uninstallable packages testing/sarge

Hello, If a package is uninstallable on testing, is it appropriate to file a bug report against it, even though it might be OK on unstable? If a bug report is filled, then people can become aware of the problem, preferably before sarge is released.. On the other hand, it could irritate the maint

Re: apt-get problems

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:59, Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something in your login chain is setting SIGCHLD to ignore.  Check your > shell, terminal, etc. Thanks for the information. I am using pam 0.77 that I compiled myself (Debian is still at 0.76). 0.77 changes the code for running

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:24, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A da-manager list would be a very bad idea. We do not want > > people's rejection from Debian to be archived in a public list which > > anyone can see. Imagine if searching for your name in google had "Luc

Re: Uninstallable packages testing/sarge

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:31:59AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > If a package is uninstallable on testing, is it appropriate > to file a bug report against it, even though it might be OK > on unstable? > > If a bug report is filled, then people can become aware of the > problem, preferably before sarg

Re: Bug#155583: radiusd-freeradius history and future

> "Matt" == Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> I think a single "Will you be using NIS?" question would be Matt> justified; this could provide defaults for md5 vs. crypt Matt> passwords and setuid-ness of unix_chkpwd, and so those Matt> questions could be suppress

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:38:25PM +0100, Eike Sauer wrote: > As far as I know(*), the patent is still valid in Europe and Japan > until mid 2004. Shouldn't this matter for an international project? What makes you think sarge will have been released by then? 8-) -- G. Branden Robinson

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:36:56 -0600 (CST), Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> But our users should not be expected to look at control files in >> order to know what to install, should they? >> >> Following this reasoning, we might suggest that policy

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 02:14:18 -0600, "Luca <- De Whiskey's - De Vitis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> said: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 08:59:22PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: >> No way, man. We simply have to have people repeat the same fodder >> on debian-devel over and over again. The three hundred odd mail

Re: ftpmaster accepts packages that have been rejected a few days ago

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:09:43 +1100, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:24, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >A da-manager list would be a very bad idea. We do not want >> > people's rejection from Debian to be archived in a public