Bug#285397: RFP: wmctrl -- Control a EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager

2004-12-12 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: wmctrl Version : 1.05 Upstream Author : Tomas Styblo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL or Web page : http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/ * License : GPL Description : Control a EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager Wmctrl i

Re: dselect survey

2004-12-12 Thread Miles Bader
Florent Rougon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If you don't like dselect and don't fall in one of the cases I have > mentioned, then we have a problem. Ok, I'll be more explicit: I don't like dselect, and I don't fall into any of your cases. dselect is perhaps not as completely awful as some peopl

Re: On the freeness of a BLOB-containing driver

2004-12-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:37:57AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 11:39:30PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > And 4. They're not allowed to by regulations, eg wireless hardware > > whose firmware cannot be distributed by FCC rule. > > I'm pretty sure that FUD got killed las

Re: On the freeness of a BLOB-containing driver

2004-12-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:07:55AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >I'm going to disagree (violently) here. FLASH costs money, which drives > >up costs to consumers directly. > > > Maybe, maybe not. A lot of the processors come with it on board whether > you want it or not, ma

Re: On the freeness of a BLOB-containing driver

2004-12-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 04:09:04AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Depends on what you mean by a "good hardware design". For example, a > > lot of the USB dongles becoming common would be significantly bigger > > and/or more expensive if they had

Re: Linux Core Consortium

2004-12-12 Thread Andreas Metzler
Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Why aren't security uploads for testing done as "testing-security > unstable"? Why leave the bug open in sid when fixing it in testing? [...] It is not possible to target more than one distribution (i.e. testing-security and unstable) in one

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