ITP: antennavis -- antenna visualization software (please advise on togl license)

2005-03-25 Thread Joop Stakenborg
Package: wnpp Owner: Joop Stakenborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Severity: wishlist * Package name: antennavis Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Ken Harker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://n5xu.ae.utexas.edu/antennavis * License : GPL Description : antenna visuali

Re: update-menus runs in the background?

2005-03-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 09:08:10PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > It seems that /usr/bin/update-menus now runs in the background. I ran > sudo apt-et install glade, and after it finished, I ran ps -ef |tail > -5, and the last commands running were update-menus.real, and > install-menu. > > Is it s

Re: update-menus runs in the background?

2005-03-25 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 24 mars 2005 à 21:08 -0500, Justin Pryzby a écrit : > It seems that /usr/bin/update-menus now runs in the background. I ran > sudo apt-et install glade, and after it finished, I ran ps -ef |tail > -5, and the last commands running were update-menus.real, and > install-menu. > > Is it sup

Re: update-menus runs in the background?

2005-03-25 Thread Alban Browaeys
Le Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:08:10 -0500, Justin Pryzby a écrit : > It seems that /usr/bin/update-menus now runs in the background. I ran > sudo apt-et install glade, and after it finished, I ran ps -ef |tail > -5, and the last commands running were update-menus.real, and > install-menu. > > Is it sup

Re: discrepancies between uploaded and source-built .deb

2005-03-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-03-24 01:33:37, schrieb Jeroen van Wolffelaar: > Common problem unfortunately in the open source/Debian world... not that > $what_you_want doesn't exist, but that you just don't know it exists nor > where to find it :(. Realy good spoken... > --Jeroen Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User

Re: Let's stop feeding the NVidia cuckoo

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Hedderly
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 05:33:50PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Paul Hedderly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > What we have is source code (yes code that can be compiled) which is > > unencumbered, we can modify,compile, distribute etc... whether it is > > _harder_ to modify or not because of

Re: Idea: about package installation under chroot.

2005-03-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op do, 24-03-2005 te 20:01 +0100, schreef Daniel Baumann: > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > I don't know whether we have ports without /proc, > > the Hurd has no /proc. Additionally, other kernels (such as the FreeBSD kernel) that do have a /proc do not have it functionally overloaded like the Linux

Bug#301410: ITP: confluence -- language for synchronous reactive hardware system design

2005-03-25 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: confluence Version : 0.10.4 Upstream Author : Tom Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.confluent.org/ * License : GPL Description : language for sync

Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting

2005-03-25 Thread Steve Greenland
On 21-Mar-05, 14:45 (CST), Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HP still produces both workstations and servers with PA-RISK processors. Yeah, we had one of those. I'm surprised they're still making them; the PA-RISC series is lot

Re: Required firewall support

2005-03-25 Thread Steve Greenland
On 21-Mar-05, 12:39 (CST), David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 11:22:48AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > > And that's what we do. But some other OSs (Solaris) do support strict > > multihoming with a config parameter, it would be nice if Linux did. > > netdev

Fwd: Re: Server Hardware

2005-03-25 Thread Daniel Burrows
I just saw the attached email message on a LUG mailing list. It's the first time I've heard of this, and it looks a bit worrying, especially since a lot of newer machines are shipping SATA-only these days. What I'm wondering is: (a) Does the default sarge kernel run afoul of the problem

Re: If Debian's too radical for you... [was: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels]

2005-03-25 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le jeudi 24 mars 2005 à 11:13 +1100, Matthew Palmer a écrit : > "Some would say that this has already happened". Not a fork, per se, > but Ubuntu's licencing policy (and the general level-headedness of the > people I know who are deeply involved in it) suggests that it may be > the refuge you seek

How to detect which user is connected to $DISPLAY

2005-03-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello *, curently I am coding a tool which run from cron (as root) periodicly and if a $USER is loged into X it shows Messages. My Problem is, HOW to find the $USER who is connected to a $DISPLAY. If I start two xserver I have e.g. :0 and :1. I was serching for a command which tell me which use

Our Final Newsletter??? Maybe not!

2005-03-25 Thread Kasket Kyle
Ok, well it looks like some people just can't see progress, or understand bulk email law. well, even though I do include an opt-out mechanism for people who do not wish to receive our newsletter. In any case, I am tired of the harrasment and tired of people sending complaints to our host.

Bug#301408: ITP: ipodder -- an Internet audio program ("podcast") download tool

2005-03-25 Thread Hilko Bengen
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: ipodder Version : 2.0 Upstream Author : Adam Curry et. al. * URL or Web page : http://ipodder.sourceforge.net * License : GPL Description : an Internet audio program ("podcast") download tool iPodder is a Podcasting ap

Re: Let's stop feeding the NVidia cuckoo

2005-03-25 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Friday 04 March 2005 17:47, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Source code is source code. Obfuscated or not does not change that. It > > > fullfills at least the letter of DFSG#2. For it to violate DFSG#2 you > > > would have t

Re: Another load of typos

2005-03-25 Thread Aaron M. Ucko
Florian Zumbiehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> FLTK Please consider this ambiguous (like FAQ), as upstream favors the pronunciation "fulltick" (and makes a point of noting so on the main http://www.fltk.org/ page because a lot of users nevertheless do spell it out). Thanks. -- Aaron M. Ucko,

intend-to-implement: script to obtain Debian Source

2005-03-25 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, I am planning to implement a script to obtain Debian source. Is there anyone who has already done that ? It is planned to have the following features: 1. wrapper to dpkg-source -x 2. heuristically parse debian/rules file to extract and patch the Debian source as dbs/dpatch requires.

Re: intend-to-implement: script to obtain Debian Source

2005-03-25 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 06:54:19AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Optional source patching is non-standard in Debian, and > I would like a standard interface to interact with Debian > source. So would I. Which is why I filed #250202. Be sure to read the whole bug -- there's quite some discussio

Re: How to define a release architecture

2005-03-25 Thread Rob Browning
Peter 'p2' De Schrijver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The arch should still be available, but a big enough collection of > existing machines will do here IMO. Not that this holds for mips as > there are new MIPS based systems available. Both broadcom and PMC > announced new MIPS based chips for ex

Re: intend-to-implement: script to obtain Debian Source

2005-03-25 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Hi, > > Optional source patching is non-standard in Debian, and > > I would like a standard interface to interact with Debian > > source. > > So would I. Which is why I filed #250202 I have had a vague recollection that there was something which had not been implemented yet; thanks for pointi

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels (Was: Re: NEW handling ...)

2005-03-25 Thread Adam McKenna
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:48:14PM -0600, Adam Majer wrote: > Andreas Barth wrote: > > > Actually, I believe the Debian project as whole _wants_ to getting > > > >software released. That was at least the decision in all GRs where > >people didn't hide the intents ("editorial changes"). > > Indeed.

Re: Let's stop feeding the NVidia cuckoo

2005-03-25 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Paul Hedderly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 05:33:50PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: >> Scripsit Paul Hedderly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> What you are showing here is that "code that can be compiled" is not a >> working defintion of "source code". > It not only works, but has

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels

2005-03-25 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) > And one of the reasons for which licensing for documentation has not > been discussed is that most people were not aware of the scope of the > "editorial" changes, so there was no reason to discuss anything. You can keep repeating that lie from now to e

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels (Was: Re: NEW handling ...)

2005-03-25 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Mar 25, Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No matter how you feel about the term "editorial changes", it seems to me > that if these changes were really so bad, and the majority of the project is > now against them, they should be easy enough to roll back. Adam, meet Apathy. Apathy, meet

Re: Getting openswan 2.2.0 back into sarge

2005-03-25 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Mar 24, 2005, at 2:39 AM, Rene Mayrhofer wrote: Hi all, [Please CC me in replies, I am currently not subscribed to this list.] As some have already noticed, openswan has been removed from testing a while ago, most probably because of bug #291274, which did not apply to package version 2.2.0-4

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-25 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:21:39 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Hampson) wrote: >On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:36:52PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:47:22 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >* Marc Haber [Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:03:21 +0100]: >> >> | Version Table: >>

Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels

2005-03-25 Thread Andreas Barth
* Henning Makholm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050326 00:55]: > Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) > > And one of the reasons for which licensing for documentation has not > > been discussed is that most people were not aware of the scope of the > > "editorial" changes, so there was no reason to d

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