Bug#1055585: ITP: node-envinfo -- Generate reports of the common details used by Node.js packages

2023-11-08 Thread Bastien Roucariès
: Typescript/javascript Description : Generate reports of the common details used by Node.js packages Generate reports of the common details used by Node.js packages This package generate reports of common software installed on our computer, including browser version, Node.js version, Operating

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2022-06-06 at 16:52 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Maybe the usual suspects which require significant porting work could > start documenting instructions for porters in debian/README.source. Thats a good start, but doesn't provide a standard way to find out which packages contain such instr

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jun 06, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Is this really worth the effort, considering that probably RISC-V is > > going to be our last port for a very long time? > you mean like 640kb should be enough for everyone? :) More like "free ABI is eating the world". I do not see much future for the archite

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2022-06-06 at 10:47 +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Is this really worth the effort, considering that probably RISC-V is > going to be our last port for a very long time? There are at least two or three new architectures in the pipeline already. loongarch64 from Loongson was already mention

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 10:47:38AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Is this really worth the effort, considering that probably RISC-V is > going to be our last port for a very long time? you mean like 640kb should be enough for everyone? :) -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(deb

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 10:47:38AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jun 06, Paul Wise wrote: > > > There are lots of packages that need porting to every new architecture > > that comes along. There are others that don't require porting but > > benefit in some way from porting to some aspect of the

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread 肖盛文
在 2022/6/6 16:47, Marco d'Itri 写道: > Is this really worth the effort, considering that probably RISC-V is > going to be our last port for a very long time? Perhaps loongarch64 will the next port. https://wiki.debian.org/Ports/loongarch64 Some codes of loongarch64 had been added to upstream ke

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jun 06, Paul Wise wrote: > There are lots of packages that need porting to every new architecture > that comes along. There are others that don't require porting but > benefit in some way from porting to some aspect of the architecture. Is this really worth the effort, considering that probabl

Re: how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-05 Thread M. Zhou
I like this idea. I would personally recommend adding negative priority as well. You know, it is completely meaningless to port some high performance scientific computing software to archs like armel... Meanwhile, different packages varies in the difficulty to port as well. A software that heavily

how to convey package porting details?

2022-06-05 Thread Paul Wise
Hi all, There are lots of packages that need porting to every new architecture that comes along. There are others that don't require porting but benefit in some way from porting to some aspect of the architecture. In order to help porters to prioritise those packages and quickly add support for t

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-29 Thread Ian Jackson
Ansgar Burchardt writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]"): > That seems like an horrible maintenance nightmare just to avoid even > talking to upstream... OK, so does someone in Debian, maybe from the Salsa team, have any

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 18:57 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Another way to achieve the effect I want would be to do it post-hoc in > a reverse proxy. I see that salsa is using Apache as a reverse proxy. > So perhaps the right answer is to do this in Apache. It seems quite > hacky, but if it's thought

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]"): > Oh, quite possibly. I don't know anything about gitlab's plugin > system. ... I don't think so, in fact. I found this documentation: https://do

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Jonathan Carter writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]"): > On 25/05/2018 19:16, Ian Jackson wrote: > > Can you please tell me what you think the appropriate path or venue is > > for me to pursue this diagreement ?

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source > code details [and 1 more messages]"): > > It was a decision by the team to disallow any patch that is not > > really really needed for functi

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Jonathan Carter
*rings chimes* On 25/05/2018 19:16, Ian Jackson wrote: > Can you please tell me what you think the appropriate path or venue is > for me to pursue this diagreement ? I notice GitLab has a plugin system, would it be possible to affect that change in a plugin? That way it's at least not a patch to

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]"): > It was a decision by the team to disallow any patch that is not > really really needed for function. Please submit your patch > upstream. I see. I'm af

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Geert Stappers wrote: > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 02:54:17PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote: > > On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > > > > > > But, I find this response worrying. It makes me wonder whether Salsa > > > is in fact really Free Software, for Debian. I d

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source > code details [and 1 more messages]"): > > > Can you point me to the source code for Salsa's gitlab instance, > > > please ? > > ht

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Alexander Wirt writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]"): > > Can you point me to the source code for Salsa's gitlab instance, > > please ? > https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/gitlab-ce I think I see where to

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 17:16 +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Not knowing who is "we", but the thing I want to says is > > Do not ask for a lighter load, > but ask for more shoulders to carry the load. Asking for a lighter load has given us the wheel, washing machines, dishwashers, computers, an

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 02:54:17PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > > > > But, I find this response worrying. It makes me wonder whether Salsa > > is in fact really Free Software, for Debian. I don't want to suck > > energy out of the Salsa team, but:

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Quoting my own other mail for more context: > > Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code > details"): > > Alexander Wirt tells me that that feature is "EE only", ie AIUI >

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details [and 1 more messages]

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Quoting my own other mail for more context: Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details"): > Alexander Wirt tells me that that feature is "EE only", ie AIUI > that the Gitlab company have kept that feature proprietary. >

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Alexander Wirt
On Fri, 25 May 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#864354: Bug #864354 in marked as > pending"): > > Thank you for advocating on behalf of users who are not in a position to > > use the web form, Ian. > > Thanks for your support, Sean. I have submitted: > > https://salsa

Re: Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details"): > https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/support/issues/77 >Please provide web page footer on every page with service information > > In response to the latter, Alexander Wirt writes: > &g

Want to make salsa advertise contact and source code details

2018-05-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Sean Whitton writes ("Re: Bug#864354: Bug #864354 in marked as pending"): > Thank you for advocating on behalf of users who are not in a position to > use the web form, Ian. Thanks for your support, Sean. I have submitted: https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/webhook/merge_requests/7 Improve ema

Bug#894575: ITP: node-tldjs -- JavaScript module that delivers details about domain names

2018-04-01 Thread Michael Meskes
that delivers details about domain names `tld.js` is a Node.js module written in JavaScript to work against complex domain names, subdomains and well-known TLDs. . It answers with accuracy to questions like what is host's (sub)domain, or is its TLD a well-known one? Just anothe

Bug#850125: ITP: node-ci-info -- Get details about the current Continuous Integration environment

2017-01-04 Thread Siddhesh Rane
: Expat Programming Lang: JavaScript Description : Get details about the current Continuous Integration environment

Bug#755072: ITP: iosnoop -- trace disk I/O with details including latency

2014-07-17 Thread Sebastien Delafond
: bash Description : trace disk I/O with details including latency Traces disk I/O at the block device interface, using the block: tracepoints. This can help characterize the I/O requested for the storage devices and their resulting performance. I/O completions can also be studied event-by-event

Bug#753326: ITP: node-errno -- libuv errno details exposed

2014-06-30 Thread Andrew Kelley
: JavaScript Description : libuv errno details exposed - Node.js module errno is a Node.js module which exposes more details of libuv errors. . When you need more details about Node.js errors, errno provides the mappings directly from libuv so you can use them in your code. . Node.js is an event

Bug#743502: ITP: libip2location -- C library to query geolocation and other details of an IP

2014-04-03 Thread Nahar P
other details of an IP IP2Location C library enables the user to find the country, region, city, coordinates, zip code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type, area code, weather, MCC, MNC, mobile brand name, elevation and usage type that any IP address or hostname originates from. It

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2011-10-07 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Le jeudi 06 octobre 2011 à 21:26 -0400, David Prévot a écrit : > Le 06/10/2011 20:43, Peter Samuelson a écrit : > > > > [Olivier Berger] > >> For users, which don't read d-d-a and receive such emails (below), > >> it's a bit unclear what's really happening, IMHO :-/ > > > > Ummm ... don't we

RE: Test & Keep an Apple Apple iPad! - Details Inside

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Bug#531763: ITP: liblatex-driver-perl -- driver module that encapsulates the details of formatting a LaTeX document

2009-06-03 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
: driver module that encapsulates the details of formatting a LaTeX document The LaTeX::Driver module encapsulates the details of invoking the Latex programs to format a LaTeX document. Formatting with LaTeX is complicated; there are potentially many programs to run and the output of those

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Bug#437104: ITP: libdata-integer-perl -- Perl modules handling details of the native integer data type

2007-08-10 Thread gregor herrmann
www.cpan.org/authors/id/Z/ZE/ZEFRAM/Data-Integer-0.001.tar.gz * License : Perl (GPL/Artistic) Programming Lang: Perl Description : Perl modules handling details of the native integer data type This module is about the native integer numerical data type. A native integer is one of

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Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:08:22 -0500, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Peter Samuelson writes: >> There is no need for dumbing down descriptions for things >> non-technical users aren't going to be selecting anyway. > One can be a highly technical user of a package without knowing (or > car

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:16:23 +0200, Benjamin Mesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Especially details like "written in C++" should be left to the > debtags system as there is no use for the end user. I am a potential end user for the vast majority of packages in Deb

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:51:11 -0700, Dustin Harriman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Wouldn't it make sense that debtags and Package Descriptions not do > redundant work of each other? But Debtags information is not yet integrated into the package selection front-ends, like the description

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-05 Thread John Hasler
Peter Samuelson writes: > I meant legible and searchable to ignorant people. Everyone is ignorant in some areas. Many intelligent and highly skilled people know little about programming. > It should go without saying that all package descriptions should be > legible and searchable for their res

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-05 Thread Peter Samuelson
[John Hasler] > > So I'd suggest concentrating on the 3% of packages non-technical users > > might actually want to select manually, and making sure those have > > legible and searchable descriptions. > > Technical users don't deserve legible and searchable descriptions? I meant legible and sear

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-04 Thread John Hasler
Peter Samuelson writes: > There is no need for dumbing down descriptions for things non-technical > users aren't going to be selecting anyway. One can be a highly technical user of a package without knowing (or caring) squat about the language it is implemented in. Descriptions should focus on th

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-04 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Dustin Harriman] > 1) Package descriptions should tend towards readers like grandma by > default (ie. are as general as possible by default), and What about the majority of packages in Debian? You know, the ones your hypothetical ancestor would never wish to install explicitly, under any circum

Re: [Debtags-devel] Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-04 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello, > If the debtags also get searched when she does a simple search, then > great. This will depend on how seamlessly debtags get integrated into > package managers (like Synaptic's) search facilities (for example, a > simple search by default, then an "Advanced" button to expand the searc

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-03 Thread Dustin Harriman
Benjamin Mesing wrote: However I have to say that I disagree with you in some points. You are correct, that the package description should be as non technical as possbile, without underminining the usefullness of it. Yes, I agree. Instead of the "absolutes" I proposed, perhaps it still make

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-03 Thread Benjamin Mesing
some points. You are correct, that the package description should be as non technical as possbile, without underminining the usefullness of it. Especially details like "written in C++" should be left to the debtags system as there is no use for the end user. However not every description

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-08-02 Thread Dustin Harriman
the geek, I think the Package Description should cater to grandma. I think the package desription should state the purpose of the software as it relates to the real world, whenever possible: eg. "helps you easily keep lists of contact information on people along with details like their birthdays&qu

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-23 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 01:30:24AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:33:32 -0300, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> 2. Programs written in obscure languages may prove unmaintainable >>> if the original developer disappears. Besides threatening >>> obsoles

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
sential qualities that help a > typical user decide whether or not they want to try the package. > This is by no means a "dumbing down" of package descriptions. The > process can start now, both with the voluntary removal by > maintainers of non-essential details from their own descriptio

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-23 Thread Ben Armstrong
"dumbing down" of package descriptions. The process can start now, both with the voluntary removal by maintainers of non-essential details from their own descriptions and supporting the development of debtags. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 08:32:50 +0200 (CEST), Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> A 'normal' user doesn't know what C, C++ and Perl are. >> >> The "user" I am creating packages for does. I am not really that >> interested in working for user

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:33:32 -0300, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> 2. Programs written in obscure languages may prove unmaintainable >> if >> the original developer disappears. Besides threatening >> obsolescence, this can be a security issue. > You've furnished a reason *not*

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Manoj Srivastava wrote: A 'normal' user doesn't know what C, C++ and Perl are. The "user" I am creating packages for does. I am not really that interested in working for user who do not know the distinction, personally speaking. So your "personal" target user migh

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:08:43 -0300, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 19:58 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: >> nstead of putting it in the first sentence, the second paragraph >> would be a fine place to mention details like this, satisfyi

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:02:21 +0200, Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 7/21/05, Thaddeus H. Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I see another side to it, however. At least seven reasons occur to >> me why a user might care what language a program is written in. > A 'normal' user d

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 02:47:22PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 20-Jul-05, 10:47 (CDT), "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what do you think about the usefulness of technical (and other > > strange) details in package description? > >

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Enrico Zini
> On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 18:13 +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > > I think one reason could be that some poeple would rather > > install a programm in a language they know and they are able > > to debug. Just a guess. On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 01:41:31PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > Debtags "facets"[0] ar

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 19:58 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > nstead of putting it in the first sentence, the second paragraph would > be a fine place to mention details like this, satisfying both novice and > advanced users. But why bother, when debtags does "implemented-in"

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
y). So it's perfectly ok to mention the programming language, but not at the start of the description. nstead of putting it in the first sentence, the second paragraph would be a fine place to mention details like this, satisfying both novice and advanced users. Regards, Thijs si

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 13:45 +, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > 1. Compiled programs (C, C++, Fortran 77, Ada, ...) usually run leaner > and faster than do interpreted ones (Perl, Python, Ruby, ...). In general, algorithm choice is much more important than language. Also, the language the main prog

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread John Hasler
Jon Dowland writes: > I think you are expecting people to say C++, and on the other hand, Perl: > However, I think perl for both :-) I agree. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: I see another side to it, however. At least seven reasons occur to me why a user might care what language a program is written in. 1. Compiled programs (C, C++, Fortran 77, Ada, ...) usually run leaner and faster than do interpreted ones (Perl, Py

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 01:45:55PM +, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: > 4. With a language come a mindset, an aesthetic and a development > culture. Although one cannot speak in absolutes, generally speaking, > which program would you expect to be more focused and reliable: a > program written in

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Clément Stenac
Hello, I started a page on the Debian wiki for this project http://wiki.debian.net/?PackagesDescriptionsReview Feel free to edit any part of it. If everyone agrees, I intend to add some thoughts about the organization details we could set up (code to track the work and ease the work of the

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Olaf van der Spek
On 7/21/05, Thaddeus H. Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see another side to it, however. At least seven reasons occur to me > why a user might care what language a program is written in. A 'normal' user doesn't know what C, C++ and Perl are.

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-21 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 08:48:46PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, W. Borgert wrote: > > >"Foo is a Perl-based program that..." > > > >"libBar is written in C..." > > > >"libBang is written in only 42 lines of source code..." > > > >"Baz has been written by me..." > > > >Do such

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > But however long it takes, some concerted effort should be able > to improve things a lot. I would be interested to help with this. Just file bugs for the above descriptions, I do that also if i find a description to confusing. Since we have no central

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Jochen Voss
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:12:41AM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: > Especially for cases like where some research is necessary to find out > what the package actually does. Some randomly chosen examples where > the function of the package is not clear to me from reading the > description: I looked thr

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello Steve, On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 05:25:35PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > I think 2 min/pkg for *spotting* problems is reasonable, but not nearly > enough for fixing them. Decent writing is non-trivial. Especially for cases like where some research is necessary to find out what the package

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Steve Greenland
On 20-Jul-05, 15:18 (CDT), Lars Wirzenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ke, 2005-07-20 kello 14:47 -0500, Steve Greenland kirjoitti: > Given 15000 packages, and 20 volunteers, and on average two minutes per > description (given that most descriptions probably only need little or > no tweaking), thi

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Clément Stenac
Hello > Maybe it would be worthwhile to > have a weekend, similar to a bug squashing party, where all descriptions > are proofread and for those that need it, a proposed new description > filed as a wishlist bug? > > Given 15000 packages, and 20 volunteers, and on average two minutes per > descri

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Lars Wirzenius
y package > descriptions are taken verbatim from the upstream website/whatever. > This leads to the irrelevant technical details you noted, as well > as unfounded hyperbola ("Foo is the world's best baz mangler") and > generally bad writing. It seems to me that many pack

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Steve Greenland
On 20-Jul-05, 10:47 (CDT), "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what do you think about the usefulness of technical (and other > strange) details in package description? While mostly agreeing with the other comments ("libbar is a C library" is useful/app

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, W. Borgert wrote: "Foo is a Perl-based program that..." "libBar is written in C..." "libBang is written in only 42 lines of source code..." "Baz has been written by me..." Do such descriptions justify bug reports of severity=minor? Well, I would guess wishlist is the ri

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 08:47 am, W. Borgert wrote: > Do such descriptions justify bug reports of severity=minor? Yes, with perhaps one exception: "libBar is written in C..." This is almost a sensible start to a description, since the language of implementation actually matters for a libr

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 06:13:22PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > I think one reason could be that some poeple would rather > install a programm in a language they know and they are able > to debug. Just a guess. You might want to look into the "implemented-in" debtags facet instead, then; it's probab

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 18:13 +0200, Nico Golde wrote: > [...] > I think one reason could be that some poeple would rather > install a programm in a language they know and they are able > to debug. Just a guess. Debtags "facets"[0] are better for this. Descriptions are supposed to help *ordinary*

Re: Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * W. Borgert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-20 18:08]: > what do you think about the usefulness of technical (and other > strange) details in package description? I think, those are > annoying and should be avoided, but maybe I can learn, why they > are useful. Examples: &

Usability: Technical details in package descriptions?

2005-07-20 Thread W. Borgert
Hi, what do you think about the usefulness of technical (and other strange) details in package description? I think, those are annoying and should be avoided, but maybe I can learn, why they are useful. Examples: "Foo is a Perl-based program that..." "libBar is written in C..

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Re: more details on the recent compromise of debian.org machines

2003-12-08 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * Marc Haber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031128 10:55]: > I would like to know whether the attacker was able to log in to auric, > even as unprivilieged user. Did she actively try to compromise auric? > > What kind of verification of auric's integrity was done / is planned > to be done? > > [more q

Re: [debian-devel] Re: more details on the recent compromise of debian.org machines

2003-12-03 Thread Magosányi Árpád
A levelezőm azt hiszi, hogy Matt Zimmerman a következőeket írta: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:08:45AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > In the final announcement I would add also a statement about reducing the > > number of trust relations between the machines and perhaps limiting shell > > acce

Re: more details on the recent compromise of debian.org machines

2003-12-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:08:45AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In the final announcement I would add also a statement about reducing the > number of trust relations between the machines and perhaps limiting shell > access. It seems fairly clear that this was not an issue because the compromis

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Details of problems caused by Tecra patch required

1997-06-05 Thread Philip Hands
tch to Linus in > the current form then. > Could you please elaborate on which setup these people used? > I would be glad to get in contact with one of these for testing > further patches. > > Jens. So could anyone who experienced the problem with this patch, please contact eith