Re: Debian Games Team

2006-01-13 Thread Ben Finney
ving the packaging and coordination of free software games. -- \"I took it easy today. I just pretty much layed around in my | `\ underwear all day. ... Got kicked out of quite a few places, | _o__) though." -- Bug-Eyed Earl, _Red Meat_ | Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: cogito_0.10-1 available

2005-05-09 Thread Ben Finney
that /usr/share/can potentially be mounted read-only for multiple machines of different architectures. -- \ "The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a | `\ tragedy, but that it is a bore." -- Henry L. Mencken | _o__)

Re: namespace conflict != package Conflict?

2005-06-09 Thread Ben Finney
Cogito file? It may help those trying to form a solution. -- \ "I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer | `\ thinks he can get me five." -- Steven Wright | _o__) |

Re: Code of Conduct on the Debian mailinglists

2006-08-03 Thread Ben Finney
end the rest | `\ of my life there." -- Charles F. Kettering | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg doing wrong math (0.09 = 0.9) ?-

2006-08-10 Thread Ben Finney
f-Version> -- \ "I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little | `\ children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming. | _o__) They don't know I'm only using blanks." -- Emo Philips | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg doing wrong math (0.09 = 0.9) ?-

2006-08-11 Thread Ben Finney
remains so despite the fact that I have slavishly ignored it | _o__) all my life." -- Douglas Adams | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg doing wrong math (0.09 = 0.9) ?-

2006-08-11 Thread Ben Finney
se digit-sequences. -- \ "Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are | `\ perfect." -- Benny Hill | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dpkg doing wrong math (0.09 = 0.9) ?-

2006-08-11 Thread Ben Finney
ions strings containing more than one '.' character should make this abundantly clear. -- \"The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must | `\ not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true." | _o__)

Re: Thanks for the work

2006-09-03 Thread Ben Finney
to know that problems are not the only thing that can motivate a message to the developers :-) -- \ "God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as | `\ indefensible as infanticide." -- Dame Rebecca West | _o__)

Re: gcc-4.1 [gfdl] documentation packages for non-free

2006-09-16 Thread Ben Finney
-- \"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- | `\ Pablo Picasso | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Media players in Debian

2006-09-22 Thread Ben Finney
at bug, then you can't expect anyone to fix it. -- \ "Time's fun when you're having flies." -- Kermit the Frog | `\ | _o__) | Ben Fi

Re: XS-X-Vcs-XXX field not (yet) announced

2006-09-23 Thread Ben Finney
eedom of speech to make up for the freedom of | `\thought which they avoid." -- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard | _o__) (1813-1855) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: non-free artwork in main

2006-09-26 Thread Ben Finney
e holder, who can then grant license to those rights. -- \"I have one rule to live by: Don't make it worse." -- Hazel | `\ Woodcock | _o__) | Ben

Re: Free flash player for your browser

2006-09-27 Thread Ben Finney
re fighting for this woman's honour; which is | `\probably more than she ever did." -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Entering parameters at the boot prompt

2006-09-27 Thread Ben Finney
seem too much use being anything | `\ else." -- Winston Churchill | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Free flash player for your browser

2006-09-27 Thread Ben Finney
Jonas Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 28/09/2006 Ben Finney wrote: > > Excellent. You're getting more of an understanding of how to > > reproduce this bug in your X server. I hope that soon you can > > submit a bug report against the X server with a

Re: apt-findremovable v0.1 (initial release)

2006-10-06 Thread Ben Finney
"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more | `\ expected." -- Unix Programmer's Manual, 2nd Ed., 12-Jun-1972 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Ben Finney
\ "Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like | `\saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders" | _o__) -- http://bash.org/ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Call for votes for "GR: : Handling source-less firmware in the Linux kernel"

2006-10-11 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If people do not READ THE RESOLUTION, then they get what they > > deserve. > > In a vote, those who do not read the resolution affect others who > do. This is one of

Re: Will IceWeasel be based on a fork or on vanilla FireFox?

2006-10-15 Thread Ben Finney
get the existing Firefox into Debian as free software. -- \ "What you have become is the price you paid to get what you | `\ used to want." -- Mignon McLaughlin | _o__) | Ben Finney -

Re: Will IceWeasel be based on a fork or on vanilla FireFox?

2006-10-16 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Sam Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It is unfortunate because of the user confusion that it will > > cause. IMO, the firefox package should not be renamed to > > iceweasel. > > If it's n

Re: Question regarding maintainer email

2006-10-16 Thread Ben Finney
e, and post it again and again. -- \ "Money is always to be found when men are to be sent to the | `\ frontiers to be destroyed: when the object is to preserve them, | _o__) it is no longer so." -- Voltaire, _Dictionnaire Philosophique_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Thanks!

2006-10-26 Thread Ben Finney
for the | `\ evil conscience of their parents." -- Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian Etch

2006-10-28 Thread Ben Finney
Valentine, senior vice-president of Microsoft Windows | _o__) development | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BTS: Why no "invalid" or "notabug" tag?

2006-12-11 Thread Ben Finney
nnotation would reappear.) I would find this more sensible: - Ben Finney asks BTS to mark bug 123 as blocking bug 789. - BTS updates bug 123 and bug 789 correspondingly - Russ Allberry asks the BTS to mark bug 789 as resolved. - BTS rejects the change, saying that bug 789 can'

Re: Bug is very vague, should I close it?

2006-12-17 Thread Ben Finney
of expression for people we | `\ despise, we don't believe in it at all." -- Noam Chomsky | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug is very vague, should I close it?

2006-12-18 Thread Ben Finney
Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney escribió: > > Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > >> > >> So, should I close this bug? There's a lot of bugs requesting > >> specific features[1

Re: [Debconf-discuss] list of valid documents for KSPs

2006-06-02 Thread Ben Finney
rs." -- John Andrew | _o__) Holmes | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-25 Thread Ben Finney
s in a VCS. NB: IANADD. -- \ "If you go flying back through time and you see somebody else | `\ flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye | _o__)contact." -- Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-25 Thread Ben Finney
against the orig.tar.gz. -- \ "Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little | `\ taste." -- Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-28 Thread Ben Finney
e. This allows examination and > > modification of the source to any package, without needing to know > > the vcs. > > I agree here, but if I understood Ben Finney in > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/01/msg00912.html > > right, others do not. I also agree with Joey

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-29 Thread Ben Finney
t will they let the Cranberry Dutchess stay in the | _o__) Lincoln Bedroom?" -- _Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The 30 most popular packages missing in Debian

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
`\ where will we find an open tattoo parlor at this time of | _o__) night?" -- _Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Specifying where to follow-up (was: List of packages shipping shell scripts with bashisms + MBF proposal)

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
t is not a standard nor widely implemented. -- \ "Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the | `\ evil conscience of their parents." -- Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UN

Re: changing the default syslog daemon for lenny?

2008-01-30 Thread Ben Finney
wk grep perl sed, df du, du-du du-du, vi troff su fsck | `\ rm * halt LART LART LART!" —The Swedish BOFH, | _o__) alt.sysadmin.recovery | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The 30 most popular packages missing in Debian

2008-01-31 Thread Ben Finney
t of Debian; we have to wait for updates from the original vendor. -- \ "For fast acting relief, try slowing down." —Jane Wagner, | `\ via Lily Tomlin | _o__) | Be

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-31 Thread Ben Finney
urce. A big part of the reason for unpacking the source could be to find out what's in there *before* executing any part of it. -- \ "[T]he speed of response of the internet will re-introduce us | `\to that from which our political systems have separated us for | _o__)

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-31 Thread Ben Finney
popular DVCSen; look for packages called '$VCSNAME-buildpackage'. -- \"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no | `\ choreography, and the dancers hit each other." —Jack Handey | _o__)

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-31 Thread Ben Finney
require (nor even default to) executing something from inside that source. -- \"I saw a sign: 'Rest Area 25 Miles'. That's pretty big. Some | `\ people must be really tired." —Steven Wright | _o__)

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-01-31 Thread Ben Finney
recognize a mistake when you make it again." —Franklin P. | _o__) Jones | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-01 Thread Ben Finney
ike git, allow merging *anywhere*, but that's not necessary for this to work well.) -- \ "I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it." | `\ -- Groucho Marx | _o__)

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-01 Thread Ben Finney
Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 01 Feb 2008, Ben Finney wrote: > > Raphael, please follow the Debian Mailing List code of conduct > > http://www.debian.org/MailingLists#codeofconduct>; in > > particular, don't send individual copies of li

Package synopsis: appositive clause, not full sentence (was: Bug#463666: ITP: tomoe -- Tomoe - A handwriting recognition engine)

2008-02-01 Thread Ben Finney
-practices.en.html#s-bpp-pkg-synopsis> -- \ "For fast acting relief, try slowing down." —Jane Wagner, | `\ via Lily Tomlin | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-02 Thread Ben Finney
scheme before even beginning to look at the source. -- \ "No wonder I'm all confused; one of my parents was a woman, the | `\ other was a man." —Ashleigh Brilliant | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-05 Thread Ben Finney
knowledge." —Erwin Knoll | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-05 Thread Ben Finney
orce anyone to use a specific tool or workflow, and with that I would disagree. -- \ "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very | `\important that you do it." —Mahatma Gandhi | _o__)

Re: Copyright question (BSD with advertisement clause)

2008-02-06 Thread Ben Finney
don't know that get us in | `\ trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so.” —Artemus | _o__) Ward (1834-67), U.S. journalist | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-07 Thread Ben Finney
se as it really is than to | `\ persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” | _o__) —Carl Sagan | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Binaries with the same name

2008-02-10 Thread Ben Finney
"implementations"? -- \ “Know what I hate most? Rhetorical questions.” —Henry N. Camp | `\ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: dash bug which is affecting release goal

2008-02-11 Thread Ben Finney
_Timequake_, Kurt Vonnegut | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lintian over sensitivity?

2008-02-20 Thread Ben Finney
by the government of their jurisdiction. -- \ “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” | `\—Vroomfondel, _The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy_, | _o__)Douglas Adams | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: the new style "mass tirage" of bugs

2008-02-20 Thread Ben Finney
s worse than subjecting it to triage to determine if it can be discarded. -- \ "[...] a Microsoft Certified System Engineer is to information | `\ technology as a McDonalds Certified Food Specialist is to the | _o__) culinary arts." —Michael Bacarel

Re: the new style "mass tirage" of bugs

2008-02-20 Thread Ben Finney
Please don't send me copies of messages that are also sent to the list, as I didn't ask for them. John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed February 20 2008 3:43:18 pm Ben Finney wrote: > > What would you put in place of triage? > > I think that the point

Re: the new style "mass tirage" of bugs

2008-02-20 Thread Ben Finney
e to be sufficiently objective about the bugs they've submitted. -- \ "Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country." | `\ -- Steven Wright | _o__)

Re: How to cope with patches sanely

2008-02-24 Thread Ben Finney
the leather | `\ straps." -- Emo Philips | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

2008-02-26 Thread Ben Finney
"Dyslexia means never having to say that you're ysror." -- | `\ Anonymous | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: binary vs "real debian" packages

2008-02-29 Thread Ben Finney
e combination of these three files is a "Debian source package". -- \“To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me | `\an authority myself.” —Albert Einstein, 1930-09-18 | _o__) | Ben Fi

Proposing a new field in the source control data (was: Proposing a new source control header to link to upstream BTSs)

2008-03-17 Thread Ben Finney
"A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown | `\ child." -- Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposing a new field in the source control data

2008-03-17 Thread Ben Finney
"Martín Ferrari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Ben Finney > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Those pieces of data are called "fields". Just like in RFC2822 > > messages or HTTP responses. > > Thanks

BitTorrent and ISP interference (was: What CDs and DVDs should we produce for lenny?)

2008-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
t than theoretical discussion in the absence of significant legitimate use. -- \ "First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing, for verbing | `\weirds language. Then, they arrival for the nouns and I speech | _o__)nothing, for I no verbs." -- Pet

Re: BitTorrent and ISP interference

2008-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Thu, 2008-03-20 at 07:51 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > That is a problem that won't be solved by avoiding use of > > BitTorrent; on the contrary, reducing legitimate use of BitTorrent > > can only result in supporting those who would paint BitTorrent as > > a tool withou

Re: libcwd in Debian unstable

2008-04-13 Thread Ben Finney
iny." | `\ -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package maintenance in $HOME os an NFS share? (best practices survey)

2008-04-20 Thread Ben Finney
ll my bathtub up with water, then turn the shower | `\on and pretend I'm in a submarine that's been hit." -- Steven | _o__) Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#477125: ITP: bugs-everywhere -- distributed bug tracker

2008-04-21 Thread Ben Finney
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: bugs-everywhere Version : 0.0.193 Upstream Author : Chris Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://bugseverywhere.org/ * License : GPL 2+ Programming

Re: Package maintenance in $HOME os an NFS share? (best practices survey)

2008-04-23 Thread Ben Finney
Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:58:26 +1000, Ben Finney > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I choose Bazaar http://bazaar-vcs.org/> where possible for > >version control of my software projects. > > Am I the only one who finds

Re: Please think and test before setting a mailing list as "Maintainer:"

2008-04-24 Thread Ben Finney
lled them 'Sad Meals', kids wouldn't buy | _o__) them!" -- _Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package maintenance in $HOME os an NFS share? (best practices survey)

2008-04-24 Thread Ben Finney
Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:48:26 +1000, Ben Finney > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Or are you saying you find "I choose foo because of reason bar and > >baz" indistinguishable from "Use foo, it's superior anyw

Re: Bug#478689: ITP: getopt -- Command-line parsing for GNU R

2008-04-30 Thread Ben Finney
atist Movement!" -- wiredog, http://kuro5hin.org/ | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#479238: ITP: res -- OCaml library for automatically resizing contiguous data structure

2008-05-03 Thread Ben Finney
es. 'libres-ocaml' would be better. -- \ “The cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of | `\ ignorance.” —Thomas Jefferson | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Bug#479238: ITP: res -- OCaml library for automatically resizing contiguous data structure

2008-05-04 Thread Ben Finney
Please follow http://www.debian.org/MailingLists#codeofconduct> and avoid sending individual copies of messages also sent to the lists, since I haven't asked for that. Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 12:27:29PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:

Re: Bug#479238: ITP: res -- OCaml library for automatically resizing contiguous data structure

2008-05-04 Thread Ben Finney
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 05:08:57PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > Regardless, 'res' is an overly general name. The package should be > > more specific to the fact that it's an OCaml library. The time to > >

Specification for the 'Bugs' field in 'debian/control'

2008-05-13 Thread Ben Finney
ugh the clouds!" Lew: "Did | `\ it look round?" Eccles: "Yes, but I don't think it saw me." | _o__) -- The Goon Show, _Wings Over Dagenham_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Specification for the 'Bugs' field in 'debian/control'

2008-05-13 Thread Ben Finney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron M. Ucko) writes: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I don't want to just guess based on existing packages and hope I > > get it right. Where can I find the specification for this 'Bugs' > > field? > > deb-

Regenerated SSL certificates for debian.org (was: debian infrastructure ssh key logins disabled, passwords reset)

2008-05-13 Thread Ben Finney
sions he is | _o__) allowed to take.” —C. Northcote Parkinson | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

SSH keys: DSA vs RSA (was: Alioth and SSH: restored)

2008-05-14 Thread Ben Finney
the driveway doing 60 MPH." -- | _o__) Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sorting out mail-transport-agent mess

2008-05-15 Thread Ben Finney
- \ "Ice Water? Get some onions - that'll make your eyes water!" | `\ -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sorting out mail-transport-agent mess

2008-05-15 Thread Ben Finney
27; is renamed to 'sensible-mta' to follow the existing convention (evidenced by 'sensible-editor', etc.), I agree. -- \ "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, | `\neat, and wrong." -- Henry L. Mencke

Re: Sorting out mail-transport-agent mess

2008-05-15 Thread Ben Finney
omer! You're late for English!" "Pff! English, who needs | `\ that? I'm never going to England!" -- Barney & Homer, _The | _o__) Simpsons_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Alioth and SSH: restored

2008-05-16 Thread Ben Finney
s I am going to spend the rest | `\ of my life there." -- Charles F. Kettering | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to handle Debian patches

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
orce and so will my wife." -- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Packages using VCS but with no 'Vcs-*' control field (was: How to handle Debian patches)

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
ain causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was | `\that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful | _o__) termination of their C programs." -- Robert Firth | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tracking divergence from upstream as a bug (was: divergence from upstream as a bug)

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
| `\ ask is if they ever press charges." -- Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tracking divergence from upstream as a bug (was: divergence from upstream as a bug)

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
| _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tracking divergence from upstream as a bug (was: divergence from upstream as a bug)

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
better not start writing it." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-17 Thread Ben Finney
em personally, to their faces, and this is what | _o__) annoys me." -- Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Packages using VCS but with no 'Vcs-*' control field

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > su, 2008-05-18 kello 11:42 +1000, Ben Finney kirjoitti: > > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I think it's about time to file mass bugs on whatever packages are > > > left that use versi

Re: Tracking divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
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Re: Packages using VCS but with no 'Vcs-*' control field

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > su, 2008-05-18 kello 18:40 +1000, Ben Finney kirjoitti: > > This would still not meet the stated requirement for the proposed > > mass bug filing, of finding packages that *do* use a VCS but don't > > declare it. > &

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Please follow http://www.debian.org/MailingLists#codeofconduct> and avoid sending messages individually to someone when the message is also sent to the list, unless they ask for it. Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 06:01:19AM +, Ben Finney wr

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 09:26:12AM +0000, Ben Finney wrote: > > So it's already the case that they have a certain number of places > > to look, *including* the Debian BTS if the work is packaged for > > Debian. I don&

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
rites: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 09:57:02AM +, Ben Finney wrote: > > Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > That's why the proposal is bad. It doesn't improve that, and > > > it requires more work from the maintainer. Lose/lose si

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Lucas Nussbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 18/05/08 at 19:57 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > As I understand it, the proposal is to put *new* information (that > > Debian source diverges, and exactly why) into an existing location > > that is already a place we ex

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
;s merely the proposal that we start *tracking* the divergence as a bug that needs resolution, like any other bug report in the BTS. Am I wrong? -- \"I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day, because | `\ that means it's gonna be up all night." -- St

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
omething somehow discreditable to someone." -- Henry | `\L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
s | `\are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats." | _o__) -- Howard Aiken | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: divergence from upstream as a bug

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
s of others (who do have such experience) with interest. -- \ “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more | `\complex... It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage | _o__) – to move in the opposite direction.” —Albert Einstein | Ben Finney -- To

Mailing lsit code of conduct, again (was: divergence from upstream as a bug)

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 01:26:20PM +0000, Ben Finney wrote: > > What I've requested is laid out in the Debian mailing list code of > > conduct as behaviour to be expected in the absence of explicit > > requests. A Mail-

Re: Packages using VCS but with no 'Vcs-*' control field

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
es to enforce. -- \ "That's all very good in practice, but how does it work in | `\ *theory*?" -- Anonymous | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mailing lsit code of conduct, again

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Your mail message individually to me is not wanted, and I have a > > reasonable expectation through the mailing list code of conduct > > *and* through my explicit re

Re: Mailing lsit code of conduct, again

2008-05-18 Thread Ben Finney
en | _o__) reproduced in humans." -- Linus Torvalds | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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