Re: Upcoming changes to Debian Linux kernel packages

2023-10-05 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bastian" == Bastian Blank writes: Bastian> The same as now: nowhere, because those packages have been Bastian> removed from the archive already. Bastian> And sadly you did not answer the question why a second Bastian> degree error must not be worse then a worked around

Re: Upcoming changes to Debian Linux kernel packages

2023-10-03 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Bastian" == Bastian Blank writes: Bastian> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 04:35:08AM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: >> On 25/09/2023 00.50, Bastian Blank wrote: >> > Already built modules remain until someone deletes it. So you >> can also > switch back to the still installed

Moving netboot debian-installer binaries out of main?

2022-10-05 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Steve" == Steve McIntyre writes: Steve> Hi all! [ I've also blogged about this - see Steve> https://blog.einval.com/2022/10/02#firmware-vote-result ] Steve> I'm assuming that there will be no surprises and Kurt will Steve> shortly confirm the result that devotee reported

Bug#932628: Multiple Issues Installing Buster 10.1R0 DVD 1 onto virtualbox with mac hypervisor

2019-07-21 Thread Sam Hartman
package: installation-report Hi. Figuring out which package a bug belongs on in DI is harder than I had time for. I figure writing up experience is more valuable than simply ignoring the problem. Andy copied because he was interested when I talked to him in person. My friend Matt (copied)

Bug#923091: That merged-usr is mandatory is RC

2019-05-29 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ivo" == Ivo De Decker writes: Ivo> Hi, Given that there is still discussion about the impact of Ivo> merged /usr at this very late point of the freeze, I think Ivo> having merged /usr by default for new installations should be Ivo> reconsidered. What discussion are you

Bug#923091: That merged-usr is mandatory is RC

2019-05-19 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ian" == Ian Jackson writes: Ian> (sending this because I got the release team address wrong) Ian Ian> Jackson writes ("That merged-usr is mandatory is RC"): >> Control: severity -1 serious >> >> In #923091, Guillem (with dpkg maintainer hat on) asks for a >>

Re: bastardizing packages or stepping down

2015-03-30 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. I'm sorry it has taken a while to write back to you. I asked how the TC could help and was confused when I read your message. I provided a couple of options how we might be able to help and you neither selected one of my options nor provided your own. So, I wasn't sure what you were

Re: bastardizing packages or stepping down

2015-03-06 Thread Sam Hartman
However, I still really want to understand that unknown reason why all this happened, why it is so difficult to accept a working package than to do more bastardizing work, why it is smart to reject good stuff and to do absolutely unnecessary work (double work with maintaining 2 version and

Re: bastardizing packages or stepping down

2015-03-05 Thread Sam Hartman
Adam == Adam D Barratt a...@adam-barratt.org.uk writes: Adam Hi, Making no comment on the remainder of the mail: Adam On 2015-03-05 10:38, Michael Tokarev wrote: And since I can't do my work, I'm stepping down from being busybox maintainer, and am kindly asking the release

Bug#673328: live-installer does not preserve /var/log; breaks freeradius

2012-05-17 Thread Sam Hartman
package: live-installer severity: normal If the live system includes the freeradius package, it fails to start freeradius because /var/log/freeradius fails to exist. As best I can tell something in the installer is clobbering /var/log because it's missing a lot of directories and files present

Bug#267428: Reassigning

2004-09-05 Thread Sam Hartman
severity 267428 critical reassign 267428 silo thanks Hi. I don't normally process installation reports, so forgive me if I did something wrong. However since this is a critical bug I wanted to make sure it was tracked in the right place. This bug is critical because sarge has a significant

Re: Status of the shadow package

2004-06-05 Thread Sam Hartman
Christian == Christian Perrier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Christian Quoting Sam Hartman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): If you were annoyed that it took too long to deal with translation NMUs then you probably should have asked for permission to make arbitrary 0-day NMUs for translation

Re: Status of the shadow package

2004-06-04 Thread Sam Hartman
I fail to see the problem here. The shadow package has needed a lot of translation work. You've done that work, you've done the NMUs. Everyone is happy. If you were annoyed that it took too long to deal with translation NMUs then you probably should have asked for permission to make arbitrary

Re: Full Debian install impressions and facts

2004-04-16 Thread Sam Hartman
Speaking both as a user and developer I'd like to thank you for going through this install and writing up your results. Creating a good initial user experience is important for Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Bug#121157: dhcp fails to notice that dhcp failed

2001-11-25 Thread Sam Hartman
package: boot-floppies severity: important version: 3.0.17-2001-11-18 If dhclient fails to get a lease, the boot floppies still assume that the network configured successfully. An error message is printed by dhclient which sleeps, but returns success to the script. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Bug#121160: Network fails to reconfigure after one failed configuration

2001-11-25 Thread Sam Hartman
package: boot-floppies Using PCMCIA networking, if you try to configure the network after having already done so once, you get an error that some modules are already loaded. This was a problem because the DHCP failed to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Still no base tarball

2001-08-21 Thread Sam Hartman
Adam == Adam Di Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:14:55AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: Adding basedebs.tgz to CD#1 would be a flagrant waste of space. Not much more so than having base2_2.tgz,

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Anthony == Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anthony On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 07:32:10PM -0400, Sam Hartman Anthony wrote: So, I think that support in tools besides tasksel is critical to this policy proposal being useful. I don't like the idea of having frontend

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-08 Thread Sam Hartman
Anthony == Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, that was the original point of tasks. However, tasks are also used today by people who want to get a set of software installed after the initial install. [...] Yet I understand we have finite time. Would it be

Re: Tasks policy

2001-05-07 Thread Sam Hartman
Anthony == Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anthony --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; Anthony charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Anthony Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anthony On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Mark Eichin