Re: About new source formats for packages without patches

2010-03-28 Thread Ben Finney
kages. -- \ “We jealously reserve the right to be mistaken in our view of | `\ what exists, given that theories often change under pressure | _o__) from further investigation.” —Thomas W. Clark, 2009 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.d

Re: About new source formats for packages without patches

2010-03-30 Thread Ben Finney
Sven Mueller writes: > Ben Finney schrieb: > > Any future formats will be unambiguously distinguishable. Those > > format-undeclared source packages can't be eradicated from the earth > > entirely. So why not simply declare that they are source format 1.0, > >

Re: About new source formats for packages without patches

2010-03-30 Thread Ben Finney
ur way to a time when faith, without evidence, | `\disgraces anyone who would claim it.” —Sam Harris, _The End of | _o__) Faith_, 2004 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &qu

Re: Package description review (in ITP)

2010-04-18 Thread Ben Finney
ption of the Debian package here.) > Voilà, > > Franklin Thanks for pursuing this. -- \“Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind | `\ the human shield of their believers' feelings.” —Richard | _o__)

Re: UPG and the default umask

2010-05-20 Thread Ben Finney
g to fear but fear itself, why does | _o__) Elanore Roosevelt wear that spooky mask?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: UPG and the default umask

2010-05-21 Thread Ben Finney
Michael Banck writes: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:19:02PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > Out of interest […] > Please take this conversation to -project or elsewhere, it does not > belong on -devel. Fair enough, I accept the rebuke gratefully. -- \“The restriction of

Re: How to make Debian more attractive for users

2010-07-21 Thread Ben Finney
and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.” | _o__) —Bertrand Russell | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: How to make Debian more attractive for users

2010-07-22 Thread Ben Finney
"Jesús M. Navarro" writes: > Hi, Ben: > > On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:09:44 Ben Finney wrote: > > Which of the above uses of “stable” refers to stability (“slow rate > > of change”), and which refers to reliability (“high likelihood of > > working when need

Are binary packages required to be built from the corresponding source files? (was: RFH: How to compile swf files from source)

2010-08-04 Thread Ben Finney
Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_, 1906 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87lj8l3mva@benfinney.id.au

Re: Are binary packages required to be built from the corresponding source files?

2010-08-04 Thread Ben Finney
at prompted this thread; but it's still worth considering that issue. -- \ “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do | `\it from religious conviction.” —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), | _o__) Pensées, #894. | Ben

Re: Raw Idea: one more control field for sponsors

2010-08-11 Thread Ben Finney
`\and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.” | _o__) —Bertrand Russell | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: watch file help

2010-08-21 Thread Ben Finney
bout adding years to life, and | `\ more about adding life to years.” —Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 | _o__) | Ben Finney pgp7aoxENsWXf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: For those who care about their packages in Debian

2010-08-25 Thread Ben Finney
organization it is far, far safer to be wrong | `\ with the majority than to be right alone.” —John Kenneth | _o__) Galbraith, 1989-07-28 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: For those who care about their packages in Debian

2010-08-25 Thread Ben Finney
ady replied to Chris in debian-mentors, where IMO his discussion belongs. -- \ “Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except | `\for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand | _o__) knowledge.” —Erwin Knol

Re: Is a bug RC relevant if it has an influence on the health of a person

2010-09-09 Thread Ben Finney
nd leave it to the release managers to decide which ones will delay the release of Debian. -- \ “We are not gonna be great; we are not gonna be amazing; we are | `\ gonna be *amazingly* amazing!” —Zaphod Beeblebrox, _The | _o__)Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy_, Doug

Re: machine-readable debian/copyright and arbitrary comments

2010-09-28 Thread Ben Finney
’ with a filename that makes sense. -- \ “Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are | `\ in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.” | _o__) —Ernestine Rose | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [RFC] disabled root account / distinct group for users with administrative privileges

2010-10-21 Thread Ben Finney
er. Thanks, Christian. -- \ “I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. | `\ But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take | _o__) it seriously.” —Douglas Adams | Ben Finney pgphH5N2aTFAU.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-11 Thread Ben Finney
the ability to | `\ unlearn old falsehoods.” —Robert Anson Heinlein | _o__) | Ben Finney pgpKH2bcp3YnB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-11 Thread Ben Finney
“If we have to give up either religion or education, we should | `\ give up education.” —William Jennings Bryan, 1923-01 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87oc7md8at@benfinney.id.au

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Finney
on accomplishing the maintainer role? -- \ “All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular | `\ positions.” —Adlai Stevenson | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-req

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Finney
s a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. | `\Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole | _o__) one and asked Him to forgive me.” —Emo Philips | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Finney
t laughter was the best medicine, which I | `\guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.” —Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y66pbnua@benfinney.id.au

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-13 Thread Ben Finney
value maintainers are adding when they do so. -- \ “Yesterday I parked my car in a tow-away zone. When I came back | `\ the entire area was missing.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Forwarding bugs upstream

2011-01-13 Thread Ben Finney
eriment.” —Richard | _o__) Buckminster Fuller, 1978-04-30 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87y66o8b4s@benfinney.id.au

Skilled manpower vs. grunt work (was: Why is help so hard to find?)

2011-01-15 Thread Ben Finney
history. | `\ “Don't bother us with politics,” respond those who don't want | _o__) to learn.” —Richard Stallman, 2002 | Ben Finney pgppGsWqHZrj6.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Why is help so hard to find?

2011-01-15 Thread Ben Finney
el | `\ Woodcock | _o__) | Ben Finney pgppQmheaTnyX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Bug#609160: DEP5: CANDIDATE and ready for use in squeeze+1

2011-01-16 Thread Ben Finney
parsers produce data > of which the benefits are widely recognised. +1 to all that. -- \ “Oh, I realize it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at | `\ me: I've worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme | _o__) poverty.

Re: Equivalent packages between Linux distributions

2011-01-18 Thread Ben Finney
CC me on any responses. Done. -- \“Don't fight forces, use them.” —Richard Buckminster Fuller, | `\ _Shelter_, 1932 | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUB

Re: Aren't there any checks in place to prevent a package from becoming uninstallable?

2011-02-27 Thread Ben Finney
ence, | `\disgraces anyone who would claim it.” —Sam Harris, _The End of | _o__) Faith_, 2004 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Aren't there any checks in place to prevent a package from becoming uninstallable?

2011-02-28 Thread Ben Finney
jida...@jidanni.org writes: > >>>>> "BF" == Ben Finney writes: > > BF> Why is Auntie Nelda using the unstable repository? Is she > BF> comfortable running an OS from a repository with no promises about > BF> stability? If not, who a

Re: oops I sent a courtesy copy in violation of the code of conduct

2011-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
ll to believe but the will to find | `\ out, which is the exact opposite.” —Bertrand Russell, _Free | _o__) Thought and Official Propaganda_, 1928 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8762rn4k4w@benfinney.id.au

Re: Needed input from Australian users and developers:; choosing timezones for Australia in D-I

2011-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
e (e.g. “Melbourne” or “Victoria”). -- \ “I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or | `\anything that could be understood as anthropomorphic.” —Albert | _o__)Einstein, unsent letter, 1955 | Ben Finney pgpqbDE3Fc8Y2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cgroup mount point

2009-02-03 Thread Ben Finney
inner | `\ need to complain.” —Jane Wagner, via Lily Tomlin | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: cgroup mount point

2009-02-03 Thread Ben Finney
The pessimist fears it is true.” —J. Robert Oppenheimer | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Python related changes for unstable/squeeze

2009-02-16 Thread Ben Finney
thon core developers too. -- \“There are no significant bugs in our released software that | `\ any significant number of users want fixed.” —Bill Gates, | _o__) 1995-10-23 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-d

Re: Is the FHS dead ?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Finney
—Aahz | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Is the FHS dead ?

2009-02-19 Thread Ben Finney
Guillem Jover writes: > On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 09:32:43 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > What reference do you have for [a Unix-wide scope for the FHS]? My > > recollection of the FHS purpose from its inception was that it was > > limited to GNU/Linux, just as now. > >

Re: Refactoring the Debtags web interface

2009-02-22 Thread Ben Finney
ces, but are still valid users for authenticating in the Debtags system? -- \ “Free thought is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition | `\ for democracy.” —Carl Sagan | _o__) | B

Re: Refactoring the Debtags web interface

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
Enrico Zini writes: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:00:06AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > What of those that use an OpenID provider not on the whitelist? [… > > What of non-DDs who do not necessarily have an account on any of those > > services […]? > > Fair

Re: Refactoring the Debtags web interface

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
ombination one-way round-trip | `\ticket. Leave any Monday, and they bring you back the previous | _o__) Friday. That way you still have the weekend.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Refactoring the Debtags web interface

2009-02-23 Thread Ben Finney
currently used quite happily by people without *any* assurance of identity, let alone security. -- \“If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let | `\ 'em go, because, man, they're gone.” —Jack Handey | _o__)

Re: xcdroast does no longer work with wodim: Who to blame?

2009-02-27 Thread Ben Finney
people to let off steam, find a way to do it that doesn't involve treating anyone as a “target”. -- \ “Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe | `\ or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” —Arthur C. Clarke, | _o__)

Re: Making some tags mandatory

2009-02-27 Thread Ben Finney
role::plugin, role::program). -- \ “I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I | `\consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no | _o__) superhuman authority behind it.” —Albert Einstein, letter, 1953 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debi

Re: Making some tags mandatory

2009-02-28 Thread Ben Finney
long.” —Ogden Nash | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Requirement for a “proper manpage” for every command

2009-03-02 Thread Ben Finney
back on you, I think you should buck him off | _o__) right away.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Requirement for a “proper manpage” for every command

2009-03-02 Thread Ben Finney
er day. I named him Stay. It's fun to | `\ call him. ‘Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!’ He went insane. | _o__) Now he just ignores me and keeps typing.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-03 Thread Ben Finney
e if you were in his place.” —Henry L. | _o__) Mencken | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-03 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > For an example of this approach, see the ‘docutils-manpage-writer’ > package. The package is actually named ‘docutils-writer-manpage’. -- \“The errors of great men are venerable because they are more | `\ fruitful than the truths of little men.” —Fri

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Finney
Cyril Brulebois writes: > Ben Finney (04/03/2009): > > * Invoke the appropriate VCS tool to export the specified revision > > from the VCS repository URL to a temporary directory. > > > > * Pack the temporary directory to an appropriately-named tarball in &g

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Finney
ream VCS, how can I make use of this? -- \ “I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.” —Steven | `\Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Finney
| `\ stuff that works.” —Douglas Adams | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-04 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Debian's policy §4.9 discusses a ‘debian/rules’ target named > ‘get-orig-source’: > > `get-orig-source' (optional) > This target fetches the most recent version of the original > source package from a canoni

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
- \ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, | `\Brain, but if we get Sam Spade, we'll never have any puppies.” | _o__) —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
The morality of those who are having a better | `\ time.” —Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Prefix level in Quilt patches (was: Support of new source packages in squeeze)

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
—_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Wise writes: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Ben Finney > wrote: > > > How can I reliably inform the Debian packaging tools that my quilt > > patches are in ‘patch -p0’ format? > > You don't want to use -p0 otherwise you'll get bugs from bu

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-05 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Wise writes: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > My first impression is that, if buxy can't handle a ‘-p0’ patch, > > that's a bug. My apologies, I thought ‘buxy’ was perhaps the name of some service on the Debian project infrastructure. &g

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
e. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd | _o__) never expect it.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > Raphael Hertzog writes: > > > Quilt make it easy to refresh any patch to the expected format > > with "quilt refresh -p1" (or -pab). > > I'm a complete neophyte at Quilt, and am using it only to apply > patches that I've

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Raphael Hertzog writes: > On Fri, 06 Mar 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > > More specifically, I'm not the one using Quilt *at all*. The patches > > are created from my VCS, stored in the ‘debian/patches/’ directory > > separate from the upstream source, so there isn

Re: Prefix level in Quilt patches

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Finney
Raphael Hertzog writes: > On Fri, 06 Mar 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > > Yes, that could be done. It needs to be done by every user, for > > every patch that they ever create for consumption with > > ‘dpkg-source’. Which is why I was hoping for a way to fix it in > >

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Finney
On 07-Mar-2009, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:03:57AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > === modified file 'policy.sgml' […] > > + for Debian. See the “Original source archive” > > + section, below, for policy details of thi

Re: Support of new source packages in squeeze

2009-03-09 Thread Ben Finney
s happier than a skeptic is no more | `\ to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a | _o__) sober one.” —George Bernard Shaw | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Finney
ons is the actual intent of the ‘get-orig-source’ target when it was inserted into policy? -- \“I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in | `\ only ten minutes.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Finney
On 11-Mar-2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11 2009, Ben Finney wrote: > > It's worth asking, then, what is the original purpose for which the > > ‘get-orig-source’ target specification was inserted into the policy? > > Indeed, the whole rationale for

Re: BDF Considered Harmful?

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Finney
led bytecode ‘foo.pyc’, and the recipient can use either one as a Python module. -- \ “You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown | `\who makes people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has | _o__) severe diarrhea.” —J

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
o remain on vacation | `\unless acted upon by an outside force.” —Carol Reichel | _o__) | Ben Finney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
“With Lisp or Forth, a master programmer has unlimited power | `\ and expressiveness. With Python, even a regular guy can reach | _o__) for the stars.” —Raymond Hettinger | Ben Finney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
e, if for no other reason than to make sure the automated process will get the same source you're working with. -- \ “I was born by Caesarian section. But not so you'd notice. It's | `\ just that when I leave a house, I go out through the window.” | _o__)

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
people like me | `\as members.” —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: RFS: tmux (updated package)

2009-03-12 Thread Ben Finney
e the ‘pbuilder’ package which can make this easier. -- \ “Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he | `\ sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn | _o__) up.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-15 Thread Ben Finney
:-) Thanks, Manoj. -- \ “As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are | `\not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer | _o__) to reality.” —Albert Einstein, 1983 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-15 Thread Ben Finney
icy, but might be done merely because they're slower making a new version tarball than we might like. -- \ “One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, | `\ don't run with a wooden stake.” —Jack Handey | _o__)

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-15 Thread Ben Finney
think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate | `\ revolver. And since he's so busy, you'd probably have to run up | _o__) to him real quick and hand it to him.” —Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.d

Re: Bug#466550: Pristine source from upstream VCS repository

2009-03-15 Thread Ben Finney
though. [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466550#64> -- \ “Oh, I realize it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at | `\ me: I've worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme | _o__) poverty.” —Grouch

Re: DebianWiki migrated

2009-03-16 Thread Ben Finney
Moin 1.7 is OpenID authentication. Could this please be enabled on the Debian wiki? -- \ “An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.” —Mahatma | `\Gandhi | _o__)

Re: DebianWiki migrated

2009-03-16 Thread Ben Finney
Paul Wise writes: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Ben Finney > wrote: > > > One of the new features announced in MoinMoin 1.7 is OpenID > > authentication. Could this please be enabled on the Debian wiki? > > That would likely make it much harder to fix #3857

Re: DebianWiki migrated

2009-03-16 Thread Ben Finney
egistration process re-use the email address they've already got recorded with their OpenID provider. -- \ “Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about | `\them.” —Niels Bohr | _o__)

Re: Missing licenses in upstream source files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
t; > licensecheck says "UNKNOWN" of course... > > Is such reference to external file sufficient for source files to be > packed for Debian? What is needed is an explicit copyright notice and grant of license. An example: Copyright 2009 Ben Finney You have permission to

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
/logic.html#scots -- \ “How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.” | `\ —Emo Philips | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-re

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Neil Williams writes: > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:33:41 +1100 > Ben Finney wrote: > > > I find the structure [in the proposed copyright file format] makes > > it far easier to write and check than the free-form chaos of many > > existing files. What would you have

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney writes: > The page mentions, in several places now, the desire to set up a > discussion forum to continue the discussion away from the page; once > that's set up I'll be happy to pitch in and clear the weeds from > that page. I have cleared away the discussions

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Sune Vuorela writes: > On 2009-03-19, Ben Finney wrote: > >> It is a too complex, overengineered solution to a very minor issue. > > > > I find it very surprising that someone can be a Debian developer and > > consider copyright of works to be ???a very minor i

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
ttoo parlor at this time of | _o__) night?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
alone in the Universe | `\ or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” —Arthur C. Clarke, | _o__) 1999 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: > > I am working from the assumption that we need, at least in > > principle, to maintain an accurate knowledge of the copyright > > status of the works we distribute in Debian. I base that > > assumption on the necessi

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
Russ Allbery writes: > Ben Finney writes: > > > The point is that, since we can predict the need for this > > information, we have the choice of assuming the information is > > there when we distribute and never looking for it until the need > > arises in the fac

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-19 Thread Ben Finney
“Our products just aren't engineered for security.” —Brian | `\ Valentine, senior vice-president of Microsoft Windows | _o__) development | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-20 Thread Ben Finney
Sune Vuorela writes: > On 2009-03-20, Ben Finney wrote: > > All of what you've demonstrated is part of what Mike covered with > > ???one has to go through all of the source files anyway???, is it > > not? The point I got from his message is that, having *already*

Re: net-tools future

2009-03-20 Thread Ben Finney
ntelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… | `\It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in | _o__) the opposite direction.” —Albert Einstein | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-20 Thread Ben Finney
in dispute at all. Yet, by Mike's account, these packages continue to lack sufficient collaborators. -- \ “All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular | `\ positions.” —Adlai Stevenson | _o__)

Re: RFC: Better formatting for long descriptions

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
obviating the need for that listing to bloat the Packages file. Or am I missing something? -- \“I bought a dog the other day. I named him Stay. It's fun to | `\ call him. ‘Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!’ He went insane. | _o__) Now he just ignores me and keeps typin

What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘d ebian/copyright’ file? (was: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files)

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
ack 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 pgptgMzymtfK9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
on making that file machine-parseable. The two issues are orthogonal. -- \ “The best is the enemy of the good.” —Voltaire, _Dictionnaire | `\Philosophique_ | _o__) | Ben Fi

Re: [dissenting]: Proposal: Enhance requirements for General resolutions

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
ly as you say. Yet apparently this has not happened. Why would 25 such developers begin acting that way if 5 have not? -- \ “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his | `\ enemy from oppression.” —Thomas Paine | _o__)

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-22 Thread Ben Finney
Neil Williams writes: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:03:10 +1100 > Ben Finney wrote: > > > * Display of the copyright notices, license grant and terms (in > > e.g. ‘aptitude’) when deciding whether or not to install a > > package. > > I don't see how that

Re: What are the benefits of a machine-parseable ‘debian/copyright’ file?

2009-03-23 Thread Ben Finney
Neil Williams writes: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:59:29 +1100 > Ben Finney wrote: > > > > Are you saying that you don't want any BSD packages or that > > > you're trying to make Debian out of only packages using GNU > > > licences? > > >

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-24 Thread Ben Finney
hing will remain the same.” —Barne's | `\ Law | _o__) | Ben Finney pgp2Zf7ktYiF4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-24 Thread Ben Finney
won't wear the beach | _o__) thong?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Sponsorship requirements and copyright files

2009-03-24 Thread Ben Finney
.” | `\ —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

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