Re: Snort: Mass Bug Closing

2003-08-26 Thread Andreas Barth
to update it from a computer with internet access. And daily, untested packages are built automatically on gluck and are aptable from deb http://people.debian.org/~zugschlus/clamav-data/ / Add a debconf-question about adding this to sources.list? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas

Accepted netpbm-free 2:9.25-1 (i386 source)

2003-08-26 Thread Andreas Barth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:25:56 +0200 Source: netpbm-free Binary: netpbm libnetpbm9 libnetpbm9-dev Architecture: source i386 Version: 2:9.25-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Andreas Barth (sponsored by Steve McIntyre

Re: stack protection

2003-08-25 Thread Andreas Barth
. ftp is deprecated. (I do usually recommend WebDAV as non-anon-ftp-replacement and http as anon-replacement.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: stack protection

2003-08-23 Thread Andreas Barth
as possible. A error in a dhcp server should just make dhcp fail, and have no negative impact on security. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-08-22 Thread Andreas Barth
a 3:1 majority. Advantage: This makes the list in 5.2 the authoritative list, which makes it easier later to see which documents are in fact foundation Documents. (Or to speak in computer slang: normalization of data.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5

Re: Patents, gimp-nonfree and LAME

2003-08-22 Thread Andreas Barth
maintainer - -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: stack protection

2003-08-22 Thread Andreas Barth
. According to http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2003_udev_talk/ http://archive.linuxsymposium.org/ols2003/Proceedings/All-Reprints/Reprint-Kroah-Hartman-OLS2003.pdf this is very small. But - I'm not even near a kernel expert. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-07 Thread Andreas Barth
they are being delayed, then the fact that this information is not published on the website does not indicate that the process is broken. According to the mails I get from more than one applicant they're not always informed to the causes of the delays. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
want me I stopped fixing it. Sad. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
in a while, e.g. because of holidays.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
. The danger is already there and should not be ignored. Why is this a danger? This is one of the freedoms provided by free software, which we work hard to promote. Because it would be a waste of work, time and energy. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
of course. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030806 16:20]: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 03:33:38PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Matt Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030806 14:50]: Why is this a danger? This is one of the freedoms provided by free software, which we work hard to promote. Because

Re: NM non-process

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
-a] Yes, I can see the problem. However, it would have helped me much if this policy would have been clearly stated at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/ (should I open a bug, or can it be fixed without?). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85

Re: About NM and Next Release

2003-08-06 Thread Andreas Barth
, as long as anyone volunteers to keep the package in a good state, and it doesn't put burden on debian, it's ok to keep it.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-08-03 Thread Andreas Barth
in the train bistro could get enough juice. :-/ This is still valid, e.g. on Munich - Zürich, as the German goverment declines to electrify this line (and also declines to let the Swiss do it). But we're now heavily off-topic. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024

Re: CUPS should be the default print service in Debian/Sarge

2003-08-02 Thread Andreas Barth
for the text interface was just too bad, I don't know. Printer is a HP Laserjet 4L, and CUPS is that of woody. LPRng did go to working instantly.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: debconf 2005 in Vienna, Austria

2003-07-31 Thread Andreas Barth
://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: lvm2 maintainer needed

2003-07-28 Thread Andreas Barth
first according to reference, and this maintainer is not MIA. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Why back-porting patches to stable instead of releasing a new package.

2003-07-23 Thread Andreas Barth
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Re: Why back-porting patches to stable instead of releasing a new package.

2003-07-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Jesus Climent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030723 18:50]: On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 04:45:54PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: That applies to data-files (or very similar things) like spamassasin. There should be in the README.Debian given a location for the backport by the maintainer. Spamassassin

Re: Bug#200163: ITP: png2ico -- command-line PNG to ICO converter

2003-07-08 Thread Andreas Barth
reports and discussion on d-d. The title of 200332 is ITA: netpbm -- Graphics conversion tools. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Close old RFP/ITPs?

2003-07-07 Thread Andreas Barth
step (that is sending mail asking for other opinions). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Bug#200332: O: netpbm -- Graphics conversion tools

2003-07-07 Thread Andreas Barth
existing) packages). [1] usable means: have usable licences and a manpage. This would also mean that bugs to netbm are usually not fixed, and new versions not integrated in debian. As speaking alone doesn't help I have ITAed netpbm. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024

Anyone to adopt LingoTeach - a language teaching programm?

2003-07-07 Thread Andreas Barth
. There is sound, too. Well, does anyone stand up for this cool application? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-06 Thread Andreas Barth
, and that's not the case. So the recommendation is right, but it doesn't solve the problem Marc spoke of. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
not ftpmaster. So ... If you're too cool to do proper ITPs then don't complain about the debian processing for new packages not working for you. ... is not right. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030705 12:05]: On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 11:08:04AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030705 10:50]: On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 04:51:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: Additionally, I would like to seriously propose establishing

Close old RFP/ITPs?

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Close old RFP/ITPs?

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
* Sam Hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030705 14:50]: On Sat, Jul 05, 2003, Andreas Barth wrote: is it usefull/ok to close old RFP/ITP-entrys? old means for me more than year since the last mail for ITP, and 2 years for RFP. Of course I would write mail first whether the package is still

Re: eicar.com installer in Debian, and pre-upload interface to ftpmaster

2003-07-05 Thread Andreas Barth
saves volunteer time for more usefull things. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: 469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-04 Thread Andreas Barth
used by libapache-mod-dav. (And 1.0.3-6 is also in sarge for a while now.) Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: 469 packages still using dh_undocumented, check if one is yours

2003-07-04 Thread Andreas Barth
no need for a extra tool. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Counter-Proposal: Architecture Versions and Architecture Features

2003-06-29 Thread Andreas Barth
-- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

[proposal] subarchitectures (was: Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore)

2003-06-26 Thread Andreas Barth
* Michael Banck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030626 08:20]: On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 06:50:54PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: What does oppose us to make subarchitectures quite more easy than now? (That would also be useful for the AMD Opteron and the like that could use normal i386-code, but can

subarchitectures? (was: Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore)

2003-06-25 Thread Andreas Barth
that. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Bug#198602: ITP: debbackup -- Backup and restore Debian specifics (package status, conffiles)

2003-06-24 Thread Andreas Barth
. Tell me when you upload this, so I can file an rc bug against it, for modifying other packages conffiles. When did you fill an rc bug against tar for modifiying other packages conffiles? Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B

Re: Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore

2003-06-22 Thread Andreas Barth
, and also add an i386 distribution which does not support C++ at all 5. like 4, but support C++ in a way incompatible with other Linux distributions in the i386 distribution. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1

Re: Proposal: removing libc5, altgcc and all their old-days dependencies

2003-06-22 Thread Andreas Barth
enough reason to me. Sorry, but I can find no RFA/O-entry for this package. That should be done first before kicking it off. And I don't remember to read anything from the current maintainer either. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F

Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore

2003-06-20 Thread Andreas Barth
, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Accepted libapache-mod-dav 1.0.3-6 (i386 source)

2003-06-06 Thread Andreas Barth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 21:17:08 +0200 Source: libapache-mod-dav Binary: libapache-mod-dav Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.0.3-6 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Changed-By: Andreas Barth

Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism echo -e)

2003-06-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030604 08:20]: On Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:50:45 +0200, Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You should really accept the decision of a package maintainer. Why so, if they are not doing the right thing? In real life there a three categories: Right

Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism echo -e)

2003-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
... Perhaps you just shouldn't try to enforce your point of view. That would make it easier. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism echo -e)

2003-06-01 Thread Andreas Barth
, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Bug#193497: marked as done (svtools: svsetup uses bashism echo -e)

2003-06-01 Thread Andreas Barth
, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: Accepted directory-administrator 1.3.5-1 (i386 source)

2003-05-22 Thread Andreas Barth
. The developers references tells that both methods are allowed in 5.11.4 http://www.debian.de/doc/developers-reference/ch-pkgs.en.html#s-ack-nmu I for myself prefer the changelog entry because it shows direct which bugs are closed by the maintainer. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas

Re: Symlinking /usr/share/doc/package is not allowed

2003-05-21 Thread Andreas Barth
* Brian May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030521 02:35]: On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 08:00:21PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: The policy vetoe to symlinking intends (in my interpretation) two goals. One is to ensure that the licences don't change unintendidly. This could e.g. happen if there is a global

Re: Symlinking /usr/share/doc/package is not allowed

2003-05-20 Thread Andreas Barth
bugs. But you really should get a consensus before mass-filling. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-25 Thread Andreas Barth
* Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030424 02:50]: On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Andreas Barth wrote: Can't you understand that as an author you would like that messages like this are not removed without your consent? The internet robustness principle says: Be liberal in what you accept

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-25 Thread Andreas Barth
* Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030424 05:20]: On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 17:41:58 +0200, Andreas Barth [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You can. The _moral_ right is compatible with free software, the _formal_ right not. (And in some, rare cases the moral right is ignored. mkreiserfs could

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-25 Thread Andreas Barth
-devel and not hans-reiser-devel, so I spoke not about Hans Reisers behaviour (what does not mean that I like his behavior). Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des Schienenverkehrs #1 von

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-23 Thread Andreas Barth
very unfriendly. (I'm not speaking formally whether the removal is allowed, and consequences for the freedomsnes of the software in respect to debians guidelines. That's a totally different discussion.) Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-23 Thread Andreas Barth
in making changes against the will of the upstream maintainers. (Formally everytihn is different. But the world doesn't work with only viewing the formal points.) Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe

Re: plagiarism of reiserfs by Debian

2003-04-23 Thread Andreas Barth
://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des Schienenverkehrs #1 von Marc Haber in dasr Alles wird billiger: 50 % Preiserhöhung für Stammkunden.

Re: New project proposal: debian-lex

2003-04-20 Thread Andreas Barth
for an english word when there is a much better international alternative that is understand by jurisprudent people all over the world - the potential users. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des

Re: New project proposal: debian-lex

2003-04-19 Thread Andreas Barth
, but also in most other (roman) Languages for law. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des Schienenverkehrs #1 von Marc Haber in dasr Alles wird billiger: 50 % Preiserhöhung für

Re: New project proposal: debian-lex

2003-04-19 Thread Andreas Barth
. If I ask an only-user with an university graduate, he will probably say law. Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des Schienenverkehrs #1 von Marc Haber in dasr Alles wird billiger: 50

Re: Bug#188564: ITP: exim-mysql -- An MTA (Mail Transport Agent) with mysql backend support.

2003-04-11 Thread Andreas Barth
the backports are really usable and have a _very_ nice configuration setup. I can't say anything about experimental, as I haven't tried them yet.) Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C Fachbegriffe des Schienenverkehrs

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