Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
one use? I wrote an FAQ on that and is currently hosted at
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html
It would be nice if you can include this in the Debian FAQ. Needless to
say, I would be happy to hear comments on the above
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 02:01:48AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
The Debian FAQ [0] has been, unfortunately, unmaintained for quite some time
and needs a thorough review.
True.
I updated information in the FAQ in preparation for the sarge release when I
noticed that it was
Miles Bader wrote:
But the sentence
Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing is nonsensical;
just get rid of it.
-miles
This has been corrected now. The corresponding question and answer are
given below so that
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:52:01AM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
Miles Bader wrote:
But the sentence
Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing is nonsensical;
just get rid of it.
This has been corrected now.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 07:22:44PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
How can I do that? Are there some instructions that I need to follow or
just say in the document that others are free to copy the contents? I am
sorry but I am very new to licensing and stuff like that.
Just add a license
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 10:39:37PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
Well, I said DDs in my mail because i was mailing -devel, but
the document is open to contributions from anyone, just like anything
in Debian :-)
one
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:48:07AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
Note that the document at
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 10:39:37PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
Well, I said DDs in my mail because i was mailing -devel, but
the document is open to contributions from
Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Kamaraju Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I object to the notion that
| Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
| developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
which rather permeates the document.
I read that somewhere in
Kamaraju Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The document does not endorse using unstable. It clearly encourages to
use stable. But if one wants to choose between unstable and testing then
it says to go with unstable.
It's fine to give reasons why unstable might be preferable given such a
Scripsit Kamaraju Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
you would not mind.
Anyone who has relevant points to make are welcome on the -devel
lists. Only DDs can upload packages and vote, but that is about it.
Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
Note that the document at the official URL you quote is probably
obsolete; it identifies itself as
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:48:07AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
Note that the document at
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 03:01, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
--cut--
Yes, I know there are some documents which are better than the FAQ for some
issues (such as the Installation Manual or the Debian reference). But there
are several reasons why I believe this document should be
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I object to the notion that
| Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
| developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
which rather permeates the document.
Yeah I agree, that's pretty wacky notion. Regardless of
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:13:23AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
Henning Makholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I object to the notion that
| Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
| developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
which rather permeates the
[ Note: This mail was originally sent to -doc, as I have only received one
answer so far I'm resending to -devel in order to get more people to help out
with this documentation effort ]
The Debian FAQ [0] has been, unfortunately, unmaintained for quite some time
and needs a thorough review.
I
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
It would be really great if other DDs could review the FAQ fully and
point out:
a- missing FAQ items, that is, things that people commonly ask about Debian
that are not there and we should write about.
I am taking the liberty to write this even
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