Re: GPL and forking
Ioannis Vranos wrote: Ioannis Vranos wrote: I am writing a GUI front-end for a GPLv2 or later, perl script, I can't find the original author and I need to modify it, so as to work with my front-end. May someone explain when GPL forking can take place and how? To be more precise I am talking about sysv-rc-conf Linux services configuration tool, and my Glass front-end: http://www.cpp-software.net The beauty of the GPL is that you don't need the author's permission if you wish to take code, and fork. If you want to commit your change upstream, that may be a different matter. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Memtest86
Evan wrote: the Ubuntu CD is not meant to be a diagnostic/repair CD. Disagreed. I just used the Ubuntu LiveCD to repair my broken MBR on LVM: http://pthree.org/2009/01/15/rescue-lilo-on-lvm-with-ubuntu/ Sure, I can do this with the alternate CD, but it's labeled alternate to provide an alternate way at installing, or rescuing a system from the GUI. I sure hope the LiveCD keeps the diagnostic tools. The take up very little space on disk anyway. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Thoughts about EXT4 optional in Jaunty Development questions about Plymouth
Colin Watson wrote: ext4 will be available as a partitioning option as of tomorrow's daily builds. I'm looking forward to this. I've been looking forward to ext4 for years. I could do an install from scratch, but I'm hoping that I can upgrade my existing ext3 to ext4 as you can going from ext2 to ext3. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: rc scripts and stderr
Onno Benschop wrote: The script to manage rc scripts is update-rc.d I've always found 'sysv-rc-conf' to be much more intuitive than update-rc.d: sysv-rc-conf --list sysv-rc-conf apache2 on sysv-rc-conf --level 345 apache2 off -- _ Aaron Toponce ( ) ASCII Ribbon Campaign www.aarontoponce.org X www.asciiribbon.org / \ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Python 3?
Chris wrote: Since Python 3 was released, how is Ubuntu going to transition it's PyGTK apps to 3.0? Most GNOME (and Ubuntu-centric) apps are made with Python 2.6, right? No. Most GNOME applications are written in C, although some may be written in Python and other languages. Transitioning shouldn't be difficult. Python 2.6 was released as a transition release to Python 3, so if any code is 2.6-compliant, it will run in 3 without any trouble. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Unmounting SSHFS
Just a thought, but I find it a bit obnoxious. I can mount an SSHFS directory as an unprivileged user, but I can't unmount it without root. Why is this? We've already made progress in unmounting removable media as an unprivileged user, so what would it take to unmount SSHFS as unprivileged? Just a thought, -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Unmounting SSHFS
Chris Coulson wrote: I can unmount a SSHFS volume without being root. How are you trying to do it? I wasn't aware of fuserumount, but I was using the GUI- right-clicking the mounted icon on my desktop, and choosing Unmount volume. The umount command also fails, although succeeds on removable media. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Are file permissions in files on external devices silly?
How would you propose to solve it? Change the permissions on files to the person logged in? Add a user account with the matching UID to match those found on the files, then log that user in? Change world permissions on the file, so everyone can access it? I think you can see the silly-ness behind these options. What your brother doesn't realize, is that when you take files from system to system, OS to OS, you're going to encounter these headaches. It's just the way these things go. What should be expected, is having your brother learn how Linux operates. It's always bothered me that just because Windows dumbed down the computing experience, means everyone else has to too. When Linux starts asking its users to learn a little bit about their operating system, such as files permissions, they throw their arms up in disgust, saying that they aren't a programmer or advanced computer user. While there may be a line to draw on what we should expect from theme, basic file permissions, I think, is well behind that line. -- _ Aaron Toponce ( ) ASCII Ribbon Campaign www.aarontoponce.org X www.asciiribbon.org / \ -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Ubuntu 8.10 significantly slower than previous versions
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 08:03:19AM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: Well, newer gcc's are meant to produce faster code, aren't they? Faster code? No, GCC doesn't rewrite code. Streamline the compiled binary to make efficient use of system calls? Yes. Different GCC versions can have dramatic effects on binaries of the exact same code. -- ,-O Aaron Toponce O } Ubuntu Member `-O http://www.ubuntu.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
