Debconf5 -- Voting for Scheduled Talks

2005-06-09 Thread Don Armstrong
25th UTC if you expect your preferences to be taken into account. [In the time it took you to read this sentence, you could have voted already.] Don Armstrong 1: AND VOTE OFTEN -- The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call

Re: BTS down?

2005-11-21 Thread Don Armstrong
if it ever actually reached spohr. Don Armstrong -- When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. -- Emo Philips. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: BTS down?

2005-11-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Bastian Venthur wrote: Don Armstrong wrote: On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Gregor Jasny wrote: Bastian Venthur schrieb: Can somebody confirm that there is a problem with the BTS? I've got the same setup and the same problem. Still no confirmation from bugs.debian.org

Re: finding the number of people subscribed to a bug

2005-11-23 Thread Don Armstrong
indicate the number of people who are interested in a bug or its importance.] Don Armstrong -- Frankly, if ignoring inane opinions and noisy people and not flaming them to crisp is bad behaviour, I have not yet achieved a state of nirvana. -- Manoj Srivastava in [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: BTS down?

2005-11-30 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Gregor Jasny wrote: Don Armstrong schrieb: On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Gregor Jasny wrote: Bastian Venthur schrieb: Can somebody confirm that there is a problem with the BTS? I've got the same setup and the same problem. Still no confirmation from bugs.debian.org

Bug#344903: ITP: libpoe-component-client-ident-perl -- A POE Component that provides non-blocking ident lookups

2005-12-27 Thread Don Armstrong
: A POE component that provides non-blocking ident lookups POE::Component::Client::Ident is a POE component that provides non-blocking Ident lookup services to other POE components and sessions. [This module is needed for the new version of libpoe-component-irc-perl] Don Armstrong

Re: How to Increase Contributions from Volunteers

2006-01-02 Thread Don Armstrong
of Proven Debian Contributor. Operators are standing by. Don Armstrong -- THERE IS NO GRAVITY THE WORLD SUCKS -- Vietnam War Penquin Lighter http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/clippings/vietnam_there_is_no_gravity.jpg http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: not getting CCs from the bugs I reported

2006-01-03 Thread Don Armstrong
. I'd consider this a bug in the software, the principle of least surprise would suggest that one gets copied on updates to bugs one submits. I've seen this on every BTS I've encountered and it makes sense to do so. Of course it should be easy to unsubscribe. See #37078 et al. Don Armstrong

Re: Packet radio and foul language

2006-01-09 Thread Don Armstrong
interested in the message than the way which the message is conveyed. Don Armstrong -- Miracles had become relative common-places since the advent of entheogens; it now took very unusual circumstances to attract public attention to sightings of supernatural entities. The latest miracle had raised

Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-01-19 Thread Don Armstrong
or modification or suspension of the DFSG. The issue here devolves into a question of interpretation; if we can decide to interpret the Foundation Documents in any way we want simply by a majority vote, the requirement to have changes to them meet a 3:1 majority becomes rather pointless. Don Armstrong

Re: klik, loop mounts, and insecurity [was: statement from one of the klik project members]

2006-01-20 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Sam Morris wrote: AFAIK Linux only supports eight loopback mounts at a time. This won't be a problem once FUSE becomes more widespread. The default is 8; by seting the max_loop kernel option, you can increase this to 256. Don Armstrong -- You have many years to live--do

Re: PHP License for PHP Group packages

2006-02-03 Thread Don Armstrong
...] Don Armstrong -- The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. -- Douglas Adams _Mostly Harmless_ http

Re: Change in Katie's messages

2006-02-09 Thread Don Armstrong
this, and it shouldn't pose any further problems. If anyone else has issues with the BTS, please file bugs against the bugs.debian.org pseudopackage (or the debbugs package) as appropriate. Don Armstrong 1: It said X-Debian-PR-Packag instead. Since it seems popular to blame our secretary for everything, I'll

Re: Marking BTS spam

2006-02-21 Thread Don Armstrong
a report that this bug log contains spam. Blars Blarson will then (when he has time) review your report, and clean up the spam and/or modify the filters if necessary. Don Armstrong -- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. -- Aesop http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: Problems found by piuparts

2006-02-23 Thread Don Armstrong
if the directory is empty. rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/local/lib/foo || true So you're suggesting that it's better to fail silently instead of failing loudly? Don Armstrong -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence

Re: Problems found by piuparts

2006-02-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Frank Küster wrote: Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Frank Küster wrote: Adeodato Simó [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correct, so one would put in foo.postrm: rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/local/lib/foo That's

Re: Processed: block 322762 with 355341

2006-03-06 Thread Don Armstrong
the documentation bug. Don Armstrong -- I now know how retro SCOs OSes are. Riotous, riotous stuff. How they had the ya-yas to declare Linux an infant OS in need of their IP is beyond me. Upcoming features? PAM. files larger than 2 gigs. NFS over TCP. The 80's called, they want their features back

Re: Processed: block 322762 with 355341

2006-03-09 Thread Don Armstrong
about blocking.] Don Armstrong -- I now know how retro SCOs OSes are. Riotous, riotous stuff. How they had the ya-yas to declare Linux an infant OS in need of their IP is beyond me. Upcoming features? PAM. files larger than 2 gigs. NFS over TCP. The 80's called, they want their features back

Re: DPL Debate prepared questions list [Debian Policy Sucks]

2006-03-20 Thread Don Armstrong
that need patches, and transitions that need planning. Want to make sure that the next release supports your hardware? Help test your hardware with the newest d-i nightlies and assist the d-i team. Don Armstrong 1: I suppose it may be considered cheating for any of us to declare that something

Re: stop abusing debconf already

2003-04-21 Thread Don Armstrong
who want automated installs stuck with diffing packages whose configurations they wish to change?] Don Armstrong -- People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide. -- John Brown, DEA Chief http://www.donarmstrong.com

Re: security in testing

2003-05-14 Thread Don Armstrong
for selfish reasons first.] Don Armstrong -- I'd sign up in a hot second for any cellular company whose motto was: We're less horrible than a root canal with a cold chisel. -- Cory Doctorow http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu pgpFKvo3hyAJ4.pgp Description

Re: Debian conference in the US?

2003-05-23 Thread Don Armstrong
and 100% humidity isn't warm enough for you? [Temp and Humidity in Ft. AP Hill a few years ago August.] Maybe we should hold a conference in Death Valley? [120F 48C for 43 consecutive days...[1]] Don Armstrong 1: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/MichaelLevin.shtml -- EQUAL

Re: Every spam is sacred: tagging mails because of their content or their supposed origin?

2003-06-16 Thread Don Armstrong
are running statistics on email distributions... Don Armstrong -- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. -- Aesop http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu pgpGEO5lz6saB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to ask Upstream for clarification of under the same terms as Perl itself license

2003-06-18 Thread Don Armstrong
carefully, then read James Troup's more detailed explanation.[2]. Don Armstrong 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200302/msg00039.html 2: http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2003/debian-perl-200302/msg8.html -- My spelling ability, or rather the lack thereof, is one

Re: How to ask Upstream for clarification of under the same terms as Perl itself license

2003-06-18 Thread Don Armstrong
that the license could potentially be a moving target. (For a more detailed explanation, you have to read the -legal thread.) Don Armstrong 1: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=232693 -- We were at a chinese resturant. He was yelling at the waitress because there was a typo in his fortune

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

2003-07-08 Thread Don Armstrong
: No encode delegate for this image format (don_mod1_small.ico). Don Armstrong -- DIE! -- Maritza Campos http://www.crfh.net/d/20020601.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu pgpZWIzB97UCc.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: why mplayer not in Debian

2003-07-22 Thread Don Armstrong
don't want to modify the copyright statements in the codebase itself. Let upstream deal with that, and just clarify the license in the copyright file. Don Armstrong -- I'd never hurt another living thing. But if I did... It would be you. -- Chris Bishop http://www.chrisbishop.com/her/archives

Re: why mplayer not in Debian

2003-07-22 Thread Don Armstrong
this package into Debian. Don Armstrong [Who goes back to trying to get Adaptec to make a license statement about dptutils.] -- Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold

Bug#275133: ITP: libimage-base-bundle-perl

2004-10-06 Thread Don Armstrong
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Package: libimage-base-bundle-perl Description: modules for loading, saving and creating xpm and xbm images A set of perl modules for loading, saving, and creating xpm and xbm images. Contains the following modules: . Image::Base Image::Xpm

Re: possible mass bug filing: spamassassin 3

2004-10-06 Thread Don Armstrong
if it can't find the first.] Don Armstrong 1: I'll grant that score is more logical than hit, but I really don't see the point... -- I'd sign up in a hot second for any cellular company whose motto was: We're less horrible than a root canal with a cold chisel. -- Cory Doctorow http://www.donarmstrong.com

Re: about volatile.d.o/n

2004-10-08 Thread Don Armstrong
the updated debian keyring by pointing gpg at keyring.debian.org. Don Armstrong -- For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. -- Douglas Adams http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Security updates for sarge?

2004-10-23 Thread Don Armstrong
are not these two people can do to help with this, short of not bothering them about it? Don Armstrong -- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that, too. -- W. Somerset

Re: An important lesson

2004-10-28 Thread Don Armstrong
on alioth perhaps. Don Armstrong -- Quite the contrary; they *love* collateral damage. If they can make you miserable enough, maybe you'll stop using email entirely. Once enough people do that, then there'll be no legitimate reason left for anyone to run an SMTP server, and the spam problem

Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activitymonitor

2004-12-06 Thread Don Armstrong
. There is a picture of naked animal there. Ok, I'll bite: which file? Hell, it's even worse. We distribute a picture with a naked animal admonishing impressionable youngsters to imbibe! Upstream doesn't even stoop to our levels of depravity. Don Armstrong [Oh No! My signature may make those

Re: LCC and blobs

2004-12-09 Thread Don Armstrong
. Even putting some in non-free works fine. They'd pretty much have to go into non-free, as I'd imagine most of them wouldn't be able to satisfy DFSG 2 if they were unable to satisfy the GPL's source code requirement. Don Armstrong -- When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new

Re: Are BLOBs source code?

2004-12-12 Thread Don Armstrong
, as this is the conservative path. Let those with high powered council and a willingness to enter into battle with the copyright holders do otherwise if they wish. Don Armstrong -- Three little words. (In decending order of importance.) I love you -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com

Re: murphy is listed on spamcop

2005-01-02 Thread Don Armstrong
why the Army had not provided sufficient armor for his unit's vehicles, Rumsfeld said You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want or wish to have. Don Armstrong 1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25302-2004Dec25.html -- What I can't stand

Re: Bug#288497: ITP: libsnowball-swedish-perl -- Stemming algorithm for Swedish

2005-01-04 Thread Don Armstrong
upstream know that they should consider bundling these together on CPAN, or even distributing them as a single module.] Don Armstrong -- If you wish to strive for peace of soul, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.donarmstrong.com

Re: apt-get should be able to install packages directly

2005-01-06 Thread Don Armstrong
#47379 (yes, an oldie but a goodie) against apt. Don Armstrong -- Personally, I think my choice in the mostest-superlative-computer wars has to be the HP-48 series of calculators. They'll run almost anything. And if they can't, while I'll just plug a Linux box into the serial port and load up

Why does Debian distributed firmware not need to be Depends: upon? [was Re: LCC and blobs]

2005-01-09 Thread Don Armstrong
of reasoning.[1] [Yes, I really have read almost all of the messages in this thread, and I'm still having a hard time figuring out this line of reasoning.] Don Armstrong 1: It would also be useful if the specific cases where Depends: like this were not required when they appear to actually exists could

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-02-02 Thread Don Armstrong
to download and view it, or including actual religious content? Ah, ad hominem and unfounded assumptions, how I love thee! Don Armstrong -- It seems intuitively obvious to me, which means that it might be wrong -- Chris Torek http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: scripts to download porn in Debian?

2005-02-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005, Brian May wrote: Don == Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don 2. Should Debian publish content I disagree with which is Don DFSG free? I really think we need to draw the line somewhere. We do draw the line somewhere currently: 1) Must be DFSG Free

Re: Bug#293669: ITP: xen -- virtual machine monitor

2005-02-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005, Thomas Wana wrote: * Package name: xen xen is already in unstable. xen: (a Virtual Machine Monitor like User-Mode-Linux), section misc, is extra. Version: 1.2-4.1 (sid), Packaged size: 657 kB, Installed size: 716 kB Don Armstrong -- Frankly

Bug#242281: (no subject)

2005-02-16 Thread Don Armstrong
clone 242281 -1 reassign -1 ftp.debian.org retitle -1 Please remove mush from the archive as we do not have permision to distribute it thanks On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Pawel Wiecek wrote: On Dec 28, 2:03am, Don Armstrong wrote: However, waiting for 8

Re: MTA in base system installation

2005-02-17 Thread Don Armstrong
zmailer Don Armstrong -- I'd never hurt another living thing. But if I did... It would be you. -- Chris Bishop http://www.chrisbishop.com/her/archives/her69.html http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: MTA in base system installation

2005-02-17 Thread Don Armstrong
installed by default. It does if you want mail to be deliverable locally on a machine without a network connection at all. It's really a personal decision, and exim is probably a reasonable default. Don Armstrong -- It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory

Re: Let's remove mips, mipsel, s390, ... (Was: [Fwd: Re: GTK+2.0 2.6.2-3 and buildds running out of space])

2005-02-21 Thread Don Armstrong
but are being actively maintained by a maintainer who supposedly uses the package in question.[1] Don Armstrong 1: Hell, I use and maintain a few packages that aren't too terribly popular. -- I don't care how poor and inefficient a little country is; they like to run their own business. I know men

Re: Debian Weekly News - August 19th, 2003

2003-08-22 Thread Don Armstrong
and the DFSG. Don Armstrong 1: Obviously arbitrary percentages -- People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide. -- John Brown, DEA Chief http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu pgpm5QUbyrvW1.pgp

Re: stack protection

2003-08-25 Thread Don Armstrong
of thousands of nodes with hundreds of subnets. Don Armstrong -- When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. -- Emo Philips. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com

Re: stack protection

2003-08-25 Thread Don Armstrong
. Heh. There are bugs in it, but many of them have been characterized, and they are typically fixed fairly rapidly. I can only remember a few really nasty ones, but you'd only run into them in rather strange setups.[1] Don Armstrong 1: Before the pool system got rewritten, the abandoned leases

Re: Bug#207300: tmda: Challenge-response is fundamentally broken

2003-08-27 Thread Don Armstrong
-List: means, though.] Don Armstrong -- It has always been Debian's philosophy in the past to stick to what makes sense, regardless of what crack the rest of the universe is smoking. -- Andrew Suffield in [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: Grsec/PaX and Exec-shield

2003-11-04 Thread Don Armstrong
, I'm pretty sure even you can do it: Why not volunteer to make the .deb, get a sponsor and get it uploaded then? Surely you have more control over where you spend your time than how Russell spends his own? Don Armstrong 1: See the mplayer saga for a relevant example. -- Filing a bug is probably

Re: On linux kernel packaging issue, assuming that user is never right

2003-11-08 Thread Don Armstrong
and measurements, there is no way to distinguish between real change and perceived change. Since we have the tools available to quantitatively measure the change, why not go down that route and actually measure it before making these claims?[2] Don Armstrong 1: Quite obviously, because H_o cannot

Re: Bug#220261: RFP: tnimage -- scientific image analysis software

2003-11-11 Thread Don Armstrong
need filled. Don Armstrong -- [Panama, 1989. The U.S. government called it Operation Just Cause.] I think they misspelled this. Shouldn't it be Operation Just 'Cause? -- TekPolitik http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=59669cid=5664907 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

2003-11-12 Thread Don Armstrong
bludgeoned.) Don Armstrong -- There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. -- Bach http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: gimp1.2: gimp package suggest non-free software

2003-11-12 Thread Don Armstrong
for the package to Suggest: gimp-nonfree.][1] In around a year or so, the non-free portion of the GIMP will move back into main anyway. Don Armstrong 1: Packages like this that are non-Free only because of the decisions of a particular jurisdiction, eg. software patents, don't concern me as much as packages

Re: keysigning at SCALE 2X?

2003-11-18 Thread Don Armstrong
Maintainer process. Southern California Debian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blars Blarson (DD), Matt Kraai (DD), and myself (NM queue) will be there (in the Debian booth.) I know I will have fingerprints and stuff with me, I assume Blars and Matt will as well. Don Armstrong -- If you wish to strive

Re: Bug#221709: ITP: at76c503a-source -- at76c503a driver source

2003-11-19 Thread Don Armstrong
the source to the firmware drivers since they aren't planning on making any more updates to it. Don Armstrong -- A one-question geek test. If you get the joke, you're a geek: Seen on a California license plate on a VW Beetle: 'FEATURE'... -- Joshua D. Wachs - Natural Intelligence, Inc. http

OT: Smartcards and Physical Security [Was: Re: Backport of the integer overflow in the brk system call]

2003-12-02 Thread Don Armstrong
the bar sideways. Don Armstrong -- THERE IS NO GRAVITY THE WORLD SUCKS -- Vietnam War Penquin Lighter http://gallery.donarmstrong.com/clippings/vietnam_there_is_no_gravity.jpg http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: OT: Smartcards and Physical Security [Was: Re: Backport of the integer overflow in the brk system call]

2003-12-03 Thread Don Armstrong
a compromised machine using any means I can forsee today, the attacker can always control the account of the machine logged into, because the attacker effectively become the user of the machine. Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting about yourself. Lie if you have to. -- hugh macleod http

Re: OT: Smartcards and Physical Security [Was: Re: Backport of the integer overflow in the brk system call]

2003-12-03 Thread Don Armstrong
.] On Wed, 03 Dec 2003, Tom wrote: On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 12:20:59AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: the attacker still can control the connection. Not while the smart card isn't inserted. Well, the DD can't log in without the smart card, so that's clearly a prerequisite. the use of a smart card

Re: OT: Smartcards and Physical Security [Was: Re: Backport of the integer overflow in the brk system call]

2003-12-03 Thread Don Armstrong
supporting such an action. Please feel free to produce code and take action to prove me wrong though. Don Armstrong -- UF: What's your favourite coffee blend? PD: Dark Crude with heavy water. You are understandink? If geiger counter does not click, the coffee, she is just not thick. http

Re: Use clisp shiped with source or from Debian?

2006-04-12 Thread Don Armstrong
the code in question will only work with clisp, not any of the other common lisp implementations. [Someone else who is more familiar with lisp will have to answer this aspect, though.] Don Armstrong -- A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote

Re: Debian Light Desktop - meta package

2006-04-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Torsten Marek wrote: - eog As said, Gnome bloat. Use gqview or pornview. Well, don't take pornview or you'll soon have a bug report about politically incorrect package names;-) Try feh. Much, much more powerful, and much, much nicer. Don Armstrong -- The sheer

Re: Debian Light Desktop - meta package

2006-04-17 Thread Don Armstrong
be the case... but it definetly gets rid of the bloat present in other image viewers. [This is probably YA case of the desktop task recommending software that few of us actually use.] Don Armstrong -- A one-question geek test. If you get the joke, you're a geek: Seen on a California license plate

Re: Archiving bugs with version info (Was: Re: Closing a bug vs. tagging wontfix)

2006-04-24 Thread Don Armstrong
? Archiving is currently disabled until the exact mechanism of its operation with versioning is worked out; presumably it will only archive bugs which no longer affect any version in the archive, but there may be some discussion with regards to stable here. Don Armstrong -- Il semble que la perfection

Bug#364848: general: please have package short descriptions say what the package REALLY does

2006-04-26 Thread Don Armstrong
this, please files bugs against the package with a better short description so the maintainer can fix them. Also, be aware that short descriptions are by their very nature short, so they must necessarily omit information. Don Armstrong -- I'd never hurt another living thing. But if I did

Re: Debian BTS down ?

2006-04-29 Thread Don Armstrong
to them. Don Armstrong -- Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p250 http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: python version?

2006-05-11 Thread Don Armstrong
, and I'll give you a slot. Don Armstrong -- You could say she lived on the edge... Well, maybe not exactly on the edge, just close enough to watch other people fall off. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/batch8.htm http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: Bug#366834: ITP: cxxtools -- library of unrelated, but useful C++ classes

2006-05-11 Thread Don Armstrong
license your work under the GPL, or a license which is compatible with the GPL. [It also means that you'll need to provide your source code, but one would hope you were going to do that anyway.] Don Armstrong 1: I'd argue strongly that preserving user freedom is much more than a mere political

reportbug defaults [Re: Bug#367200: ITP: libemail-send-perl -- Simply Sending Email]

2006-05-16 Thread Don Armstrong
not able to send bug reports. reportbug sends mail to wherever it is configured; the default setup should be to send mail to bugs.debian.org, not the ISP's smtp server, since that can't be known in advance. [I don't know if this is the default now, but it should be the default.] Don Armstrong -- I

Re: reportbug defaults [Re: Bug#367200: ITP: libemail-send-perl -- Simply Sending Email]

2006-05-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 16 May 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Don Armstrong wrote: reportbug sends mail to wherever it is configured; the default setup should be to send mail to bugs.debian.org, not the ISP's smtp server, since that can't be known in advance. [I don't know if this is the default now

Re: reportbug defaults [Re: Bug#367200: ITP: libemail-send-perl -- Simply Sending Email]

2006-05-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 17 May 2006, Henning Makholm wrote: Scripsit Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] What about modifying it to work through something like an http POST? I'm personally not too terribly interested in implementing an HTTP access method for the BTS, because it makes it more easy for bug

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-18 Thread Don Armstrong
FAQ, the above clause should put that to rest. Don Armstrong 0: While partaking liberally in the excellent Foreign Hard Liquor BoF at Debconf too... 1: If you happen to be an insane maniac like myself, this may be the default method of reading the license. 2: In other words, if there is a serious

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-18 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Anthony Towns wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:09:30PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: First off, I'm going to completely ignore the FAQ as the FAQ and the license both specifies that the FAQ does not have any legal validity. Repeating frequently asked questions that have

Re: [draft] Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-05-19 Thread Don Armstrong
was placed on the validity of the FAQ as binding on the intentions of Sun than someone outside the process of vetting this license could see. On Fri, 19 May 2006, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:09:30PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: 2. License Grant. Subject to the terms

Re: sending debian-private postings to gmail

2006-05-25 Thread Don Armstrong
that VAC messages will still have headers unencrypted which could leak information... but it's not like it'll be any worse than it is now, and people who care can always shove them into the body. Don Armstrong -- You have many years to live--do things you will be proud to remember when you are old

Bug#369257: remote bug tracking system doesn't look at versions

2006-05-28 Thread Don Armstrong
to the btslink implementer instead, please. [Reassigning to general instead of closing outright in case there is a better place; otherwise it should be closed.] Don Armstrong -- What I can't stand is the feeling that my brain is leaving me for someone more interesting. http

Bug#369257: remote bug tracking system doesn't look at versions

2006-05-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 29 May 2006, Matthias Klose wrote: Don Armstrong writes: On Sun, 28 May 2006, Matthias Klose wrote: this bug is fixed for 4.1; with these changes you invalidate the information kept in the Debian BTS. Please fix it, or stop it. This has nothing to do with bugs.debian.org

Re: Non-DD's in debian-legal

2006-06-06 Thread Don Armstrong
are misrepresenting it; if you care about our community, it behooves you to do this. As far as talking on list, I really don't think it matters whether or not you are a developer;[1] the critical thing is what you have to say and to a lesser extent the way in which you say it.[2] Don Armstrong 1: Anyone

Re: message/rfc822

2006-06-16 Thread Don Armstrong
a proper mbox, not just one message Just one message is a proper mbox with a single message; mutt has no problem opening them and viewing them. If there's a specific bug that's showing a problem, let me know, or file a bug against debbugs or bugs.debian.org. Don Armstrong -- Debian's not really

Re: message/rfc822

2006-06-17 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Ron Johnson wrote: Don Armstrong wrote: If there's a specific bug that's showing a problem, let me know, or file a bug against debbugs or bugs.debian.org. $ file ~/*eml /home/me/message_rfc822.eml: smtp mail text $ file /home/me/download/pgsql-performance.2006-06

Beta version of BTS full text searching available

2006-06-24 Thread Don Armstrong
. Don Armstrong -- More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. -- Woody Allen http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu

Re: make -j in Debian packages

2006-06-28 Thread Don Armstrong
. This has the disadvantage of not automatically using -j for every package and requiring maintainer buy in to see results... but presumably those packages where it actually makes a difference will adopt it just so maintainer builds don't take as long. Don Armstrong -- There is no mechanical problem

Re: make -j in Debian packages

2006-06-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Adam Borowski wrote: On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 02:06:26AM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Adam Borowski wrote: Let's allow maintainers to use make -jX according to their common sense, requiring obeying an env variable to opt out. Why not just have

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-07 Thread Don Armstrong
architecture. Even then, the only kernel we officially support right now is the linux kernel. Don Armstrong -- Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -- Mark Twain http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu signature.asc Description

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-07 Thread Don Armstrong
NB: Please follow Debian list policy and refrain from Cc:'ing me. On Fri, 07 Jul 2006, Erast Benson wrote: On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 08:39 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Fri, 07 Jul 2006, Erast Benson wrote: what? you think if it is non-GPL than it should go to non-free? This is nonsense

Re: Debian Bug Tracking System

2006-07-07 Thread Don Armstrong
it. Don Armstrong -- Our days are precious, but we gladly see them going If in their place we find a thing more precious growing A rare, exotic plant, our gardener's heart delighting A child whom we are teaching, a booklet we are writing -- Frederick Rükert _Wisdom of the Brahmans_ [Hermann

Dual licensing [Was: Re: cdrtools]

2006-07-07 Thread Don Armstrong
in the copyright file as a service to our users, but strictly speaking they are superfluous. [In the cases where they are not, you're not actually dual licensing the work.] Of course, you have to actually own the copyright on the parts that you are (re)licensing but that's probably obvious. ;-) Don

Re: greylisting on debian.org?

2006-07-10 Thread Don Armstrong
into the queue, and catches most of them. Don Armstrong -- For those who understand, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not, none is possible. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: cdrtools

2006-07-10 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Erast Benson wrote: On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 20:15 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: NB: Please follow Debian list policy and refrain from Cc:'ing me. CDDL 3.1 requires that Covered Works made available

Re: dak now supports ~ in version numbers

2006-08-09 Thread Don Armstrong
not to use them. Don Armstrong -- There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Compiling libc4 on Debian unstable

2005-01-14 Thread Don Armstrong
lists raff as down... See http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive with the additional caveat of http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265175 Don Armstrong -- This space for rent. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Is Daniel Lutz MIA?

2005-01-22 Thread Don Armstrong
://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-beyond-pkging.en.html#s-mia-qa for more information on echelon and the mia database. Don Armstrong -- We were at a chinese resturant. He was yelling at the waitress because there was a typo in his fortune cookie. -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com

MAKEDEV Replacement status

2002-08-24 Thread Don Armstrong
of a replacement MAKEDEV if one is in the works? [Or point me to relevant documentation?] If not, I'll just file a bug w/ patch. Don Armstrong 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/debian-devel-200207/threads.html#00270 -- Always try to do things in chronological order. It's less confusing that way

Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?

2002-11-21 Thread Don Armstrong
for gracious behavior in other organisms. Altruism does have it's place in selection. [Although the altruism is necessarily selfish...] I'll stop with the OT now... ;-) Don Armstrong 1: Well, possibly. I'm not willing to take a position one way or the other... [and normally at this point, I'd

Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?

2002-11-25 Thread Don Armstrong
, do something about it. Those of us who aren't bothered by it will continue to ignore it. Don Armstrong -- I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum is thrust at me by a hyperactive girl screaming, Chew more! Do more! The American will to consume more and produce

Re: Are we losing users to Gentoo?

2002-11-25 Thread Don Armstrong
change. Huh? Market dominance is nice if your selling a product, but it isn't one of Debian's goals, and it certainly isn't one of mine. [Who exactly are we competing against?] Don Armstrong -- I leave the show floor, but not before a pack of caffeinated Jolt gum is thrust at me

Re: Who needs libcurl3? (was libcurl3-dev: A development package linked again gnutls needed)

2005-07-17 Thread Don Armstrong
a linking exception. 2) Stop linking with OpenSSL. Nothing more needs to be done. Don Armstrong 1: This has been seriously discussed in hideous detail at least 10 times already. The list archives are your friend. -- Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette

Re: Removal of transitional dummy packages

2005-07-18 Thread Don Armstrong
hand they are (IMHO) one of the sources for which the proper course of action is clearest. In such case, could we please codify that in policy? Surely the release manager's decision on the matter when properly publisized is information enough? Don Armstrong -- Tell me something interesting

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