Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > > Linux/open source developers are usually not interested in fixing bugs if > > they cannot easily reproduce them. This problem plagues virtually all > > Open Source projects. > > Well in proprietary software you are usually required to blindly purchas

Re: node-like file conflicts

2012-11-03 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Ian Jackson , 2012-08-06, 16:15: The following package pairs: 1) are co-installable, 2) both ship binaries with the same name, but in different directories within $PATH (e.g. one in /usr/bin, another in /usr/sbin): sethdlc: ax25-tools dahdi crm: crm114 pacemaker cutter: cutter-testing-framew

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Russ Allbery
Andrey Rahmatullin writes: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 08:53:24PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: >> And if he doesn't like the answers, there are plenty of other operating >> systems to choose from. > This is dangerously close to "if you think these are problems, just use > a different OS, we are fin

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 03:23:06AM +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 08:53:24PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > Don't feed the troll. > > > It's not trolling. > > > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > > > problems. > > He should use

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 08:53:24PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Don't feed the troll. > > It's not trolling. > > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > > problems. > He should use the BTS like everyone else. A lot of things can't be expressed in a form of a bu

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 09:53:53PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > > Don't feed the troll. > > It's not trolling. > > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > > problems. > > It's not. If he was serious, he wouldn't be citing articles from 2007. Do that

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Karol, Karol Szkudlarek wrote: > I'm Debian/Ubuntu/Linux enthusiasts which loves using free operating > systems on my machines, but today in 2012 I'm struggling with many > problems with setup/tunning my Dell Latitude E6510 and Ubuntu and I > have some thoughts general thoughts about Linux lac

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrej N. Gritsenko
Hello! Ben Hutchings has written on Saturday, 3 November, at 19:30: >Don't feed the troll. I believe that was not trolling but rather list of what every good developer should pay attention - especially moments that give biggest inconveniences for the users. At least from my experience I

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrej N. Gritsenko
Hello! Salvo Tomaselli has written on Saturday, 3 November, at 20:36: >> Linux/open source developers are usually not interested in fixing bugs if >> they cannot easily reproduce them. This problem plagues virtually all Open >> Source projects. >Well in proprietary software you are usually re

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 01:56:08AM +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Don't feed the troll. > It's not trolling. > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > problems. It's not. If he was serious, he w

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2012-11-04 at 01:56 +0600, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Don't feed the troll. > It's not trolling. > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > problems. He should use the BTS like everyone else

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sun, Nov 04, 2012 at 12:05:23AM +0400, Игорь Пашев wrote: > These are not *linux* problems. If you mean just the kernel, a large part of the list is comprised of kernel problems. > 2012/11/3 Andrey Rahmatullin > > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > Don't fe

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Игорь Пашев
These are not *linux* problems. 2012/11/3 Andrey Rahmatullin > On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Don't feed the troll. > It's not trolling. > It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as > problems. > > -- > WBR, wRAR >

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 07:30:00PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Don't feed the troll. It's not trolling. It's a honest list of problems which a lot of developers don't view as problems. -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 08:36:51PM +0100, Salvo Tomaselli wrote: > > Distros' repositories do not contain all available open source software > well given that on github there are several toy projects, or projects made > for > courses that are completely useless for the users and abandoned in a fe

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Salvo Tomaselli
Hello, > In my opinion is a objective view of desktop linux problems and I > would like to show it in Debian environment which always was (and is) > a mission to create solid rock > software. That list is quite questionable. For example: > Linux/open source developers are usually not interested

Re: major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
Don't feed the troll. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-11-03 at 19:35 +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote: > ❦ 3 novembre 2012 15:15 CET, Ben Hutchings : > > >> I can now disable DAD, or insert "sleep 10" at the top of > >> /etc/init.d/unbound, but neither is an acceptable solution. > >> > >> IPv6 has been a release goal for years and we are a

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2012-11-03 at 18:29 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ben Hutchings [2012.11.03.1515 +0100]: > > int one = 1; > > setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_FREEBIND, &one, sizeof(one)); > > bind(sock, ...); > > > > Or we set the net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind sysctl globally, but t

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Thomas Goirand > Are the hooks in /etc/network/if-{down,post-down,up,pre-up} only for > ipv4? If so, shouldn't it be extended to also support v6, and unbound > (patched to) use it? I can see that bind9 has: The hooks are just called for ifup-ed interfaces, not when addresses come and go throu

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 3 novembre 2012 15:15 CET, Ben Hutchings  : >> I can now disable DAD, or insert "sleep 10" at the top of >> /etc/init.d/unbound, but neither is an acceptable solution. >> >> IPv6 has been a release goal for years and we are about to release >> another Debian version that does not properly cat

major linux problems summary 2012

2012-11-03 Thread Karol Szkudlarek
Hello All, I'm Debian/Ubuntu/Linux enthusiasts which loves using free operating systems on my machines, but today in 2012 I'm struggling with many problems with setup/tunning my Dell Latitude E6510 and Ubuntu and I have some thoughts general thoughts about Linux lacking and problems. And in the i

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ben Hutchings [2012.11.03.1515 +0100]: > int one = 1; > setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_FREEBIND, &one, sizeof(one)); > bind(sock, ...); > > Or we set the net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind sysctl globally, but this is > probably not a good idea. (Note that 'v4' there is not

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Thomas Goirand [2012.11.03.1714 +0100]: > Are the hooks in /etc/network/if-{down,post-down,up,pre-up} only > for ipv4? They run after bringing IPv6 interfaces up but most of the time before DAD completed. -- .''`. martin f. krafft Related projects: : :' : proud Debian dev

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 11/03/2012 06:24 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > Hey folks, > > wheezy will be the first Debian release to feature dependency-based > booting (insserv). I just finished installing a very simple gateway > (IPv4 and IPv6) for a customer, and unbound is failing to start > during a regular boot. > > Th

Re: IPv6, tentative addresses, bind(), wheezy

2012-11-03 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 23:24 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Hey folks, > > wheezy will be the first Debian release to feature dependency-based > booting (insserv). I just finished installing a very simple gateway > (IPv4 and IPv6) for a customer, and unbound is failing to start > during a regular