----- Original Message ----- From: "Warly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ben Reser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: [Cooker] the end is inevitable
> Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 06:37:57PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > >> The hope was that it would be implemented per-urpmi-source, so that for > >> example if I was maintaining a bunch of desktops with 3rd-party > >> software, I could associate a company key with the company urpmi source, > >> and packages would be updated automatically (if I run urpmi --update > >> from cron). > >> > >> PLF would also gain from this? > > > > I have the code for this partly done. I haven't been working on it or > > for that matter anything else related to Mandrake because I have little > > time to sit around and argue to get contributions in. So I've found > > other things to do with my time. What I do still do is the stuff I > > actually need and post to my own tree. > > > > My opinion had been changed by Fracios but given recent events. I've > > changed my opinion back. Unfortunately, Mandrakesoft has sat on these > > recent events. As usual, Mandrakesoft sits on the truth of the events > > that swirl around. We ultimately don't get the details. > > > > I suspect we are all wasting our time anymore. I suspect the end is > > inevitable. > > I agree, it is time to change. > > Difference between Mandrake employees or not is nonsense, it should only > exist one community, like debian one. > > I propose to create and contruct MandrakeLinux development on this > community, with strict rules on who is doing what, and the affected > tasks for each, and where anyone which is part of the developers > community have certain power to commit changes. > > The difference must be who is a mandrake developer and who is not, and > forget who is mandrakesoft employee and who is not. > > We can also discuss if we need to change the name, as Mandrake is > likely to have some trouble again because of this copyright on > Mandrake the magician (NewDrakeLinux? DrakeLinux?) > > -- > Warly > Was'nt this what Gael Duval talked about in an interview for a few weeks ago? About "Mandrake Foundation" or something?
