Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread AL13N
Op zaterdag 23 juni 2012 22:37:26 schreef andre999: [...] https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:Educational_Distro_LTS It would help us get a LTS release (for mga3), if we manage to negociate it. i believe that we should look into our own interests and don't mind whatever company's want to base

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread Samuel Verschelde
Le samedi 23 juin 2012 13:50:14, Anne Nicolas a écrit : Hi there I'd like to propose this one: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:RemoveUpgradeInstaller Feel free to comment Cheers This would make a lot of things easier and allow to concentrate on rock-solid upgrade via mgaapplet

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
On Sunday 24 June 2012 05:57, andre999 wrote: It would be a considerable advantage for users in my circumstances, particularly those with fewer computer skills, to have a DVD with non-free firmware where no reliable free equivalent exists. Even thou I'm not going to use the non-free iso-s

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 Installer - Possible License bug

2012-06-24 Thread Barry Jackson
On 22/06/12 18:02, Remco Rijnders wrote: On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:14:55AM +0100, Colin wrote in 4fe4378f.3070...@colin.guthr.ie: 'Twas brillig, and Johnny A. Solbu at 21/06/12 19:35 did gyre and gimble: To me, Mageia and Mageia looks exactly the same, so here it would seem to be a search

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all, On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:50:14 +0200 Anne Nicolas enna...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there I'd like to propose this one: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:RemoveUpgradeInstaller Feel free to comment I personally don't mind because I always do network upgrades using urpmi/etc. I don't

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 Installer - Possible License bug

2012-06-24 Thread Rémi Verschelde
2012/6/24 Johnny A. Solbu coo...@solbu.net: Remember, the original sentence from Mandriva is this:        Mandriva, Mandriva Linux and associated logos are trademarks of Mandriva S.A. [...] The correct sentence for Mageia would be this:        Mageia and associated logos are trademarks of

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread David Walser
Johnny A. Solbu wrote: On Saturday 23 June 2012 15:21, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: The issue with the upgrade function at the end of the installer is: it is not working properly even if a functioning network is available. In all the years I have been running Mandrake, Mandriva and now Mageia,

[Mageia-dev] Streamtuner Streamripper - MIA

2012-06-24 Thread Robert Fox
I just discovered to my dismay that Streamtuner and Streamripper are no longer available as packages in Mageia - These programs, although no longer supported, worked quite well - and I can't seem to find a good alternative yet (for recording Internet radio) under Linux - Is it possible to have

Re: [Mageia-dev] [help] does openmpi works under iurt?

2012-06-24 Thread EatDirt
Ping? Ahem, either it was a trivial question, or a too much non-trivial question May someone managing the bs could simply test if, under iurt, after having installed the package openmpi, those commands work: mpirun --version mpirun -np 2 /usr/bin/pwd the result should be something

Re: [Mageia-dev] [help] does openmpi works under iurt?

2012-06-24 Thread Pascal Terjan
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 4:16 PM, EatDirt dirt...@gmail.com wrote: Ping? Ahem, either it was a trivial question, or a too much non-trivial question May someone managing the bs could simply test if, under iurt, after having installed the package openmpi, those commands work: mpirun

Re: [Mageia-dev] Streamtuner Streamripper - MIA

2012-06-24 Thread AL13N
Op zondag 24 juni 2012 14:39:48 schreef Robert Fox: I just discovered to my dismay that Streamtuner and Streamripper are no longer available as packages in Mageia - These programs, although no longer supported, worked quite well - and I can't seem to find a good alternative yet (for recording

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread Anne nicolas
2012/6/24 David Walser luigiwal...@yahoo.com: Johnny A. Solbu wrote: On Saturday 23 June 2012 15:21, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: The issue with the upgrade function at the end of the installer is: it is not working properly even if a functioning network is available. In all the years I have

Re: [Mageia-dev] Remove upgrade functionnality in installer

2012-06-24 Thread Jeff Robins
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:36 PM, andre999 andre999...@laposte.net wrote: Note also that with upgrade install, even firmware that is missing from the release (and not only the DVD) remains installed.  So there are cases where an upgrade install necessarily produces a better functioning system.