Packaging kernel modules.
I am trying to package compcache. Control.modules.in does not seem to be used by debuild. Other packages of compiled modules in Ubuntu don't seem to use control.modules.in. Am I correct in assuming that control.modules.in is only used when users compile their own modules using the module assistant? Also, is there a recommended way of overriding uname -r in upstream modules? Add a custom path with custom uname executable. Patch the upstream source? -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia -- 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: Packaging kernel modules.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 11:08:00PM +0900, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: I am trying to package compcache. A much better solution is to get it included in linux-ubuntu-modules. What process do I need to follow to get this approved? (I have the source package and http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-update.en.html I can create a linux-ubuntu-modules source package that includes compcache, but will that actually help anyone?) -- John C. McCabe-Dansted PhD Student University of Western Australia -- 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: Data retention reminder on live CD
On Monday 03 March 2008 17:09:19 Evan Dandrea wrote: Perhaps we could write to usplash? There's plenty of empty space for a verbose message and (imho) it's more noticeable than a desktop notification. That might confuse an user who is trying to install (Ed/K/xpto)ubuntu to disk, wouldnt it? Also, with all the bugs with framebuffer, many users wont even be able to see anything until they reach the Desktop. Colin mention a few nice ideas. I'm torn between the watermark and notification balloon. -- BUGabundo :o) (``-_-´´) http://Ubuntu.BUGabundo.net Linux user #443786GPG key 1024D/A1784EBB My new micro-blog @ http://BUGabundo.net ps. My emails tend to sound authority and aggressive. I'm sorry in advance. I'll try to be more assertive as time goes by... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -- 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
False default font Times in OpenOffice.org
Almost a year ago, I reported an issue [1] that appeared in OO.o Witer in Feisty: the default font is set to Times, which does not exist and actually acts as an alias for the former default Nimbus Roman No 9 L (this does not affect users that upgraded from Edgy and older). The problem is, people believe this font exists, but they cannot choose it from the fonts list when they want to use it. This is misleading and does not help to become familiar with Ubuntu's own and good fonts. This was introduced by a patch: openoffice.org (2.2.0-0ubuntu1) feisty * Use Times/Helvetica as the default font for writer documents (calc and impress still pick up the DejaVu screen font). by Matthias Klose (who does great work apart from that) on Thu, 29 Mar 2007. Debian does not use it, nor AFAIK does Fedora. I could not get more explanation of the rationale of this decision. OO.o automatically chooses the right font according to what is installed, so there's no need for hardcoding an alias. Substitution is only needed for e.g. Times New Roman, and can be nicely used with the Liberation Fonts, but it is not needed for the default font. So I raise this point here hoping that some developers can explain/debate on this better (Matthias, more information?) since a bug report is not ideal for that. Cheers 1: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/105906 -- 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
