software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-25 Thread martin f krafft
that apt-spy's mirror list and the PCI IDs should be kept in /var, since they are variable data. Looking forward to comments! -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian develope

Re: an idea for next generation APT archive caching

2004-10-25 Thread martin f krafft
sn't proven itself) the "next generation". It's an RFC. It's an idea that I liked. Sorry for claiming it next generation. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

debconf and backing up ... a bug?

2004-10-26 Thread martin f krafft
debconf using the cached or default value instead of asking the user? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better

[solved] debconf and backing up ... a bug?

2004-10-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.10.26.0956 +0200]: > (a) it did not display a question (due to priority or seen status) nevermind. db_input returns this... it's very weird. sometimes, the following echoes 30 in bash 3: db_input ... || true when in fact i

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-26 Thread martin f krafft
programmes will fire alarms. Lastly, the policy promises that /usr can be read-only and guarantees software to be fully functional. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud De

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-26 Thread martin f krafft
Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-26 Thread martin f krafft
just a bug according to policy. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Inval

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-27 Thread martin f krafft
of all installed files and directories must > comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) ... Exactly. > What software writes to /usr ? As noted in the OP, apt-spy, pciutils, and probably others. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .'

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-28 Thread martin f krafft
xed. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invali

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-29 Thread martin f krafft
ork reliably. dpkg is the package manager, thus it is exempt from the FHS. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian -

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-29 Thread martin f krafft
m structure are run-time, not at installation time. It guides the installation, but only such that when the installation phase is complete, the system can switch to run-time and be FHS-compliant from the start onwards. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list!

Re: software updates file in /usr -- policy bug?

2004-10-30 Thread martin f krafft
-divert? Why have a symlink in /usr at all (unless there is another software that hardcodes the path...) -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'

Bug#281695: ITP: pstat -- a simple parser for process status information

2004-11-17 Thread martin f krafft
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: pstat Version : 0.1.0 Upstream Author : martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://madduck.net/~madduck/scratch/pstat * License : Artistic Description : a simple parser for process

Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file

2004-12-07 Thread martin f krafft
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: dpkg-reversion Version : 0.1.5 Upstream Author : martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://madduck.net/~madduck/scratch/dpkg-reversion * License : Artistic Description : change the versio

Re: Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file

2004-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
o dpkg, then reversion should be too. I really think reversion should be available. > Can you please use deb-reversion instead? I could, and I do not have a preference. What do others say? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f.

dpkg-reversion: how about debedit?

2004-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
? Version 0.1.16 is still at deb http://people.debian.org ~madduck/packages/stage/dpkg-reversion/ deb-src http://people.debian.org ~madduck/packages/stage/dpkg-reversion/ Comments, suggestions, patches, improvements welcome. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

attn: matt hope -- your mail bounces

2004-12-08 Thread martin f krafft
This is probably related to your university address, which also bounces with "too many hops". - Forwarded message from Mail Delivery System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Too many hops - End forwarded message - -- martin; (greetings from the heart of th

Re: dpkg-reversion: how about debedit?

2004-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
nd copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys

Re: dpkg-reversion: how about debedit?

2004-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file

2004-12-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.09.1351 +0100]: > | I really think reversion should be available. > > I think it's useless, it's not. I will probably rename it to debedit. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .

Re: Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file

2004-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
tall it) too? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expir

Re: Bug#284642: ITP: dpkg-reversion -- change the version of a DEB file

2004-12-11 Thread martin f krafft
> Repacking and editting then become easy to do. I agree. In the mean time, I will have debedit be part of devscripts. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

strange (or unexplainable) permissions on /var/log/*

2004-12-12 Thread martin f krafft
should be 0640. - why is dmesg 0644? This is not really a problem, but do users need access to the boot messages? I would appreciate comments... -- Please do not CC me on mailing list mail. .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

Re: strange (or unexplainable) permissions on /var/log/*

2004-12-12 Thread martin f krafft
users need no log files. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a

Re: strange (or unexplainable) permissions on /var/log/*

2004-12-12 Thread martin f krafft
120 2004-12-12 17:28 wtmp -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing

Re: strange (or unexplainable) permissions on /var/log/*

2004-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.12.1713 +0100]: > also sprach Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.12.12.1708 +0100]: > > My mail.* files are 640 and I don't remember having done anything > > special for that to happen. > > Judg

/var/log on Debian systems

2004-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
t and using logrotate's defaults seems to solve this. Other than that, however, I do not see any immediate problems. Please contribute your thoughts. PS: maybe we can also flatten news/* or deepen mail.* on the way. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .'&

Re: /var/log on Debian systems

2004-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
ke new homedirectories 775? Sorry, but I truly do not see a "consensus" here. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `

Re: Bug#285625: ITP: expocity -- An enanced Window Manager based on metacity

2004-12-14 Thread martin f krafft
does Exposé do? How does this differ from tabs as provided e.g. by fluxbox. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - w

Re: Bug#285625: ITP: expocity -- An enanced Window Manager based on metacity

2004-12-14 Thread martin f krafft
ething wrong. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system

Re: Bug#285625: ITP: expocity -- An enanced Window Manager based on metacity

2004-12-14 Thread martin f krafft
"i might disagree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -- voltaire You must have had horrible experiences with your computer. I am sorry. -- Please do not send copies of

Re: /var/log on Debian systems

2004-12-14 Thread martin f krafft
sensus that had been reached. I cannot find this consensus. Could someone please shove it in my face? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and auth

Re: shell script sniplets in /usr/bin?

2005-02-01 Thread martin f krafft
n FreeBSD as well as See also #284637 (sorry if this is known...) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - whe

RFC: graph of Debian package cycle

2005-02-12 Thread martin f krafft
. Please send any comments or corrections my way. PS: right now it's really big in size. Sorry about that. If someone tells me how to reliably scale a dia diagram down, I will do so, gladly. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f.

Re: RFC: graph of Debian package cycle

2005-02-12 Thread martin f krafft
able, should add that), the buildds really don't deal with the upstream sources or the unpacked source tree maintained by the developer. I am not sure what you mean. Sorry. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL

Re: RFC: graph of Debian package cycle

2005-02-13 Thread martin f krafft
diff.gz and .orig.tar.gz > files. Right, and incoming also contains them. The "sources" item is really supposed to be the upstream sources or the directory on the developer's machine holding the stuff, but inaccessible as such to the buildds. -- Please do not

Re: mplayer, the time has come

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
he ftpmasters look into NEW at least once, eh, 3/4 months...? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you ha

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
ase do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP

Re: Request for Help: apt 0.6

2005-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
e; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: all new Debian diagram - now with less chaos!

2005-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
the collection, but it sounds weird. That's it for now. To get our graphs onto www.debian.org, I assume we file bugs against that pseudo-package. Let me know when you are ready, then we can submit one bug report together. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list

Re: all new Debian diagram - now with less chaos!

2005-02-15 Thread martin f krafft
ian.org, I assume we file bugs against > > that pseudo-package. > > there is an existing package that could include these? or to make an > ITP? www.debian.org is a pseudo package: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/pseudo-packages -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read t

Re: apt: replace /etc/apt/trusted.gpg with /etc/apt/trusted-keys/

2005-02-16 Thread martin f krafft
I have briefly reviewed the patch, and it looks okay. Thanks! Florian, what's the status now? How do we proceed? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, ad

Re: [SoftwareSuspend-devel] 2.1-final for 2.6.8.1

2005-03-01 Thread martin f krafft
vers to be m as well. > Heck, just let them get a recent kernel and be much better off! > Put the kernel and the swsusp patch into "volatile". I'll consider it. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [SoftwareSuspend-devel] 2.1-final for 2.6.8.1

2005-03-01 Thread martin f krafft
you are the sponsor of hibernate, maybe we should be working closer together anyway. :) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'`

Re: KD-Tree library

2005-03-01 Thread martin f krafft
hing to do with libkdtree++ -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixi

combining fakeroot and distcc/SSH

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
Hi all, I am trying to use distcc to compile Debian packages and kernels, and am failing. The reason is that I need to use distcc-over-SSH, but the Debian compile process is run as (fake)root. Thus, it tries to use /root/.ssh for configuration and node verification, which is not accessible to the

Re: combining fakeroot and distcc/SSH

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
but we'll see... argh. It seems that some people (including myself when I wrote these scripts) think that `fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage` is the same as `dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot`). Thanks; it's too early in the day for me to have thought of this myself. :) -- Please do not send copies

Re: combining fakeroot and distcc/SSH

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.05.1840 +0100]: > ssh -i usualy helps. not if you cannot influence how SSH is called. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: combining fakeroot and distcc/SSH

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: usbmount: udev script to automatically (un)mount USB mass storage devices: include in Debian?

2005-03-07 Thread martin f krafft
ight not good? Also see #286695. > So, the question is: Should usbmount be included in Debian? Since you and Rafael deem it useful, I guess that it should. I am not opposed to the package at all. I just think that there are other ways to do it. But that's just me. -- Please do not send

Re: usbmount: udev script to automatically (un)mount USB mass storage devices: include in Debian?

2005-03-08 Thread martin f krafft
p returns to the shell. Point being: there is no reliable unmounting of USB storage devices short of user sensibilisation. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian d

Re: Switchconf: Orphaning or removing?

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
, but I would be happy to work with anyone wanting to maintain it. I think switchconf is nice because it ties in well with guessnet, and because it's lean and mean and does exactly what it should, no more and no less. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .&#x

Re: Switchconf: Orphaning or removing?

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

automake/autoconf in build-dependencies

2005-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
to be a broken source package... even though it may well build. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have

Re: Switchconf: Orphaning or removing?

2005-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
s to the filesystem (as I have to do in any case) and rely on switchconf to process them all with a single call. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, an

Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
ly not supported cleanly. Am I making sense? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better thin

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

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
professional customers have expressed concerns: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2004/09/msg00014.html -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and auth

Re: Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-17 Thread martin f krafft
d demand... > 2. difficulty with bugs. How do you close a bug, if it doesn't > work on some arches? The open bug count would go even higher. You don't close it, period. Or we introduce arch-dependent bugs and/or fixed-in-i386 etc tags... -- Please do not send copies of lis

Re: Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.17.1827 +0100]: > * martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 17:10]: > > Why can't we have separate sid->testing propagation for each arch, > > then freeze testing as before, get rid of RC bugs, and release? &

Re: Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.18.1021 +0100]: > That said, the chance of a package going out of sync on more than > a few architectures is minimal, so even though your speculation is > correct, it's likely not going to be in effect ever. and

Re: Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
osen the requirement? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system In

Re: Relaxing testing requirements (was: summarising answers to Vancouver critique)

2005-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
ffed *now*, AFAICT; and you want to increase > their workload for etch on the assumption that nothing bad will come of it? No, I said we should stock the security team, which I meant to read as: add more man-power. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .'

Re: dpkg-sig support wanted?

2005-11-22 Thread martin f krafft
t dpkg-sig and do not appreciate having to hear that a decision was made without the giving the collective of developers a chance to voice their opinions before. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PR

Re: Debian and the desktop (was: Re: Complaint about #debian operator)

2005-12-12 Thread martin f krafft
rather than doing it a different way! > Ubuntu's excellence shouldn't be an excuse to sit back and not > make our Desktop the best possible. Very well put. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EM

Reminder: pre-Christmas bug squashing ends Wednesday

2005-12-12 Thread martin f krafft
not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/

RFH: kernel-patch-suspend2

2005-12-22 Thread martin f krafft
an create an alioth project if necessary. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better

Re: RFH: kernel-patch-suspend2

2005-12-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.12.22.1129 +0100]: > Interested parties please reply privately. I'd enjoy working with > others on this. We can create an alioth project if necessary. My latest working tree is at http://madduck.net/~madduck/scr

Re: bits from the release team

2006-01-04 Thread martin f krafft
of potentially untested or buggy hardware support patches in my productive kernels. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `&#x

Re: APT public key updates?

2006-01-07 Thread martin f krafft
ot send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (s

Re: Canonical's business model

2006-01-11 Thread martin f krafft
to backport, consider that we surely don't want everything in Debian that the Canonical folks stuff into Ubuntu... -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and au

Re: Development standards for unstable

2006-01-12 Thread martin f krafft
list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys

OT: quoting (was: Development standards for unstable)

2006-01-12 Thread martin f krafft
EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > * Christoph Berg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060112 16:28]: > > >> >> Re: Thomas Viehmann in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> come on, y'all! no reply necessary. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .

Re: [ad-hominem construct deleted]

2006-01-16 Thread martin f krafft
led "Debian for Humans" :) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better thin

Re: udev naming problems for eth*

2006-01-18 Thread martin f krafft
is what I use on one of my machines, and it works like a charm: KERNEL="eth*", SYSFS{address}="00:10:dc:c8:85:07", NAME="lan" I suggest not using NAME="ethX" because there may be name clashes. Use a completely different name instead. -- Please do not sen

Re: KD-Tree library

2006-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
successfully avoided it for the past 10 years. Sorry. BTW: this has nothing to do with debian-devel, and even if, you don't need to CC me as I read the list. There's a libkdtree-users list on sourceforge. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .'

Re: NEWS.Debian abuse

2006-01-31 Thread martin f krafft
lease do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/ex

Re: Bug#350982: ITP: slimscrobbler -- SlimServer plugin that submits listening data to Last.FM

2006-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
in debian. < peterS> madduck: and that always surprises me. (quoted with permission) -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansys

Re: Bug#351038: ITP: arpoison -- A program to send custom ARP packets

2006-02-02 Thread martin f krafft
the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! "our

Re: MIT License are DFSG complicant ?

2006-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
ead the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!

Re: Type1 fonts in Debian (was: TrueType fonts packages maintenance team proposal)

2006-02-20 Thread martin f krafft
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Re: Type1 fonts in Debian

2006-02-20 Thread martin f krafft
#x27;s instructions were only for replacing these Base35 fonts. Ah, yes. General policy/instructions. Sorry. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http:/

Re: Ubuntu patches

2006-02-21 Thread martin f krafft
list policy and Cc me on replies if you > want my attention. No breaking the policy; you requested it. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://

Re: Ubuntu patches

2006-02-21 Thread martin f krafft
best way to avoid spam (from both sides). Ah, this is new, or at least wasn't supported a year ago. Thanks for the info. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debi

Re: ITP: root -- An object oriented data analysis framework

2006-02-23 Thread martin f krafft
Maybe consider cern-root? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do th

Re: Bug#325306: ITP: root -- An object oriented data analysis framework

2006-02-23 Thread martin f krafft
n-root'. Okay. I just wanted the issue thought over. I have no objections really. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info

Re: For those who care about stable updates

2006-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
e the problem is, and what solutions you see? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: NEW queue backing up again -- ftpmasters, any explanation or comment?

2006-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.13.1101 +0100]: > Has that not been announced in any public place? Not that I know. I got this information in the "hallway track" during FOSDEM. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list!

Re: NEW queue backing up again -- ftpmasters, any explanation or comment?

2006-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
rstood, the NEW queue was put on hold on purpose until the split is complete. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `&#

Re: removal of svenl from the project

2006-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
? Probably no. > Subconcious fear to delivery in time ? Probably yes. Stop thinking > about who you're going to ask to be expelled next and spend some > time considering not my words, but just Etch. Thank you! -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .&#

removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
policy say that log files should be removed? What are the reasons against leaving them around? Thanks for any comments. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian

Re: Bug#355443: please don't

2006-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
/debian-devel/2006/03/msg00688.html Thus, I am closing the bug. Sorry for the noise. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `.

Re: removing logfiles on purge

2006-03-15 Thread martin f krafft
cisely about this issue at FOSDEM. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better thing

advice on a patch set

2005-01-26 Thread martin f krafft
promising, but the approach I tried... 1 + 2 -> A A + 3 -> B B + 4 -> C ... did not work (it can only merge pairs). Thanks for any help. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :&#

Re: advice on a patch set

2005-01-26 Thread martin f krafft
e patch without having to go through the process of patching and diffing the kernel source. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `&#x

Re: advice on a patch set

2005-01-26 Thread martin f krafft
rely not one hundred of them. Sure, I can make a custom kernel patch package without kpatches, but then I'd have to write apply and unapply scripts too. Why bother when kpatches does so already? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin

Re: advice on a patch set

2005-01-26 Thread martin f krafft
f list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#292479: ITP: kernel-patch-swsusp2 -- software suspend 2 for linux kernel patch

2005-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
2 sometime today. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (98, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Re: advice on a patch set

2005-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
patches if one of them fails. Good idea, I will try this. Right now, my custom solution works. But you are right, stupid me not to have thought of this before... -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :

Re: Bug#292479: ITP: kernel-patch-swsusp2 -- software suspend 2 for linux kernel patch

2005-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Bug#292479: ITP: kernel-patch-swsusp2 -- software suspend 2 for linux kernel patch

2005-01-27 Thread martin f krafft
nctionality do you need that isn't present in the > stock kernel? swsusp in the stock kernel is very unstable. I have had better experience with swsusp2. That's all. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL

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