Re: openexp

2006-08-18 Thread David Welton
Penso che ci saro` per fare una presentazione di Hecl (hecl.org), ma non credo di poter dedicare molto tempo a uno stand Debian (in ogni caso sto piu` o meno passando a Ubuntu...). -- David N. Welton - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/ Linux, Open Source Consulting - http://www.dedasys.com/ --

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-03 Thread David Welton
/sid, with such recent things as debian-arm, so.. I think that's next:- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-04 Thread David Welton
it clear that you are talking about 2.3 or 3 or whaterver. hamm - slink - sid 2.0 - 2.1 - 2.2 For example, those of us doing the arm port are already using Sid. We won't have anything for slink. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-04 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:53:55PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, David Welton wrote: : Debian 2.2, on the FTP site, is called sid. If you guys want to : discuss this, at least make it clear that you are talking about 2.3 or : 3 or whaterver. : : hamm - slink - sid

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-04 Thread David Welton
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 01:59:15PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, David Welton wrote: As far as something to replace them.. hrmm. Geography has been popular lately.. cities, rivers.. Something international would be good. Lakes? Seas? National parks? Drinks

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-05 Thread David Welton
/breed.htm Or we could use the scientific names.. Aptenodytes Pygoscelis Eudyptes Spheniscus Megadyptes Eudyptula Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-06 Thread David Welton
-creative. For logos, names, and other things of that ilk that are fun to discuss, but that we shoudlnt force on people who just want to do tech things. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Contacting authors

1998-10-07 Thread David Welton
for the kernel packages?:P Seems like a decent idea, but I think there are other things to do. Your time though, if you really see the need, go for it:- Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

yagirc bugs - new maintainer or not?

1998-10-08 Thread David Welton
of forwarded message- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw --Debian GNU/Linux--

Re: I2O specs mailed to webmaster

1998-10-08 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 05:18:01PM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: Version 2.0a of the I2O spec (dated 3 Feb 1998) has been sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this the same version that was made available before? Did it come from anyplace interesting, out of curiousity? Ciao, -- David Welton

Consensus on source packages for ports?

1998-10-09 Thread David Welton
So, is there any consensus on how to upload source packages for ports? I have some things like strace that I would like to upload for arm, but the source is fairly different... Hrmm... pondering.. maybe I can get around it.. hrmmm Thanks, -- David Welton http

Re: Does debian have an official standard scripting language ?

1998-10-09 Thread David Welton
we had a bit more minimalistic base, but I don't have much time to work on it. Having Perl as necessary is also kind of ugly, IMO. Oh well.. Back to the netwinder... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Slashdot on the KDE stance

1998-10-09 Thread David Welton
? http://slashdot.org - it's a pretty good source of Linux news. The comments have degraded though, don't bother with them.. Used to be people like Alan Cox occasionally posted.. no more (afaik). -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux

Re: The freeze and IMMINENT 2.2.0p1!!

1998-10-09 Thread David Welton
, but please be aware that it may cause problems with your system, and some packages may not work with it. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: yagirc bugs - new maintainer or not?

1998-10-09 Thread David Welton
in the GUI. Non-gui people are most likely using epic, or something similiar:- Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

xmem ?

1998-10-11 Thread David Welton
to slink. Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Interesting article by Alan Cox

1998-10-13 Thread David Welton
This definitely has some relevancy to us. It's worth reading, IMO. http://slashdot.org/features/98/10/13/1423253.shtml Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

New packages that might cause X to lock up?

1998-10-15 Thread David Welton
quickly. I kind of wonder if the motherboard is wacked... I don't need more stress:-( Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Bug#26065: Removing Packages in Slink for Debian 2.1

1998-10-15 Thread David Welton
, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Slink not installable from CDs

1998-10-15 Thread David Welton
, and then output something based on that. I don't have time for this, so feel free to can the idea of no one is interested in doing it. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Removing Packages in Slink for Debian 2.1

1998-10-15 Thread David Welton
that it is broken, and associate Gnome with being broken and unstable? That said, I don't think that will happen if it is loudly declared to be *ALPHA SOFTWARE*, and I think everyone will benefit from more copies being distributed, and vote in favor of shipping. Ciao, -- David Welton

Re: what's after slink

1998-10-15 Thread David Welton
of the aforementioned Project in such contexts where an Image may be deemed appropriate, and termed proper by the party of the first part (the Developers). /late afternoon silliness Are we going to make a debian-creative list? -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw

Re: Sources consisting of multiple tarballs

1998-10-16 Thread David Welton
, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Bugs with X

1998-10-16 Thread David Welton
source package:-/ Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Bugs with X

1998-10-16 Thread David Welton
back in and do clean reboots). 1.2 megs is big, but nothing compared to the whole source distribution...:- Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: non-free -- non-dfsg

1999-01-18 Thread David Welton
On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 03:13:09PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously David Welton wrote: Well, even if RMS doesn't care for it, you can pull out the Open Source definition, which is definitive and specific, and generally used as the benchmark for what 'free' is. You do know

Re: what about Pine's license?

1999-01-19 Thread David Welton
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 01:40:39PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Pine doesn't want a company making money from Pine/Pico/Pilot... This makes it (paradoxically) non-free. There is no paradox, because we mean 'free' in the sense of liberty. -- David Welton http

Re: Debian goes big business?

1999-01-19 Thread David Welton
Drivers, as well as the Kernel Corner column for the Linux Journal) is one of their employees. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: agreeing with the DFSG (was Re: non-free -- non-dfsg)

1999-01-20 Thread David Welton
. There are a lot of things Debian needs - another flamewar on another silly issue isn't one of them. Go write some code. -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: getting kernel 2.2 into slink

1999-01-21 Thread David Welton
, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Debian-sci-fi :- (seriously off topic)

1999-01-23 Thread David Welton
-devel detours into an sf crit list for a while. Better than, to quote you, the 'legal bullshit' :- Heh, that was fun... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Reality check! [was: Re: Debian goes big business?]

1999-01-23 Thread David Welton
... it should be an interesting couple of years:- Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Reality check! [was: Re: Debian goes big business?]

1999-01-23 Thread David Welton
be interesting to talk about on a debian-business list). -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: filters: Licence problems

1999-01-24 Thread David Welton
people are really going to think we are just a bunch of grumpy party-poopers if we seriously start to get anal about obviously silly licenses like this..:- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Debian history timeline

1999-01-25 Thread David Welton
I recall some interest in generating a debian history timeline sort of thing here - does anyone know the status of that? A friend of mine is interested in putting it on a poster... Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux

Re: DFSG v2 Draft #5

1999-01-25 Thread David Welton
, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: DFSG: list restrictions, not freedoms

1999-01-26 Thread David Welton
look like when fleshed out a bit more... It might be more susceptible to loopholes, though... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Debian booth at linuxworld, volenteers wanted

1999-01-26 Thread David Welton
.. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Debian booth at linuxworld, volenteers wanted

1999-01-26 Thread David Welton
let me know if you'll be attending LinuxWorld. Call me ignorant if you like, but when/where is it? San Jose - www.linuxworldexpo.com Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Getting Slink compatible with Linux-2.2.0

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
, in some ways, because you are utilizing different devices, and, if you can swing it so that you put your main swap on a different disk than the one that gets the most use, you can speed things up... Correct? I think the size should be increased, though. -- David Welton

Re: Call for mascot! :-)

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
... Maybe we should take this debate to debian-publicity. Infact, I have a feeling that the logo debate should probably migrate there, as well. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Intent to package : xmem

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
I think it's kind of silly that we no have this more or less 'elementary' X package, so I'm offering to package it. Is it generated from the X sources (in which case, maybe I'll just limit myself to pestering Branden:-), or proc, or is it its own thing? Thanks, -- David Welton

Re: Intent to package : xmem

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 02:01:09PM -0600, David Welton wrote: I think it's kind of silly that we no have this more or less ^ longer Sorry...:-/ -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Call for mascot! :-)

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
the BSD demon is way cooler than the penguin... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:14:17PM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote: Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. Ants with wings would look like termites. Ick... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: The Debian Logo-team

1999-01-29 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 07:40:28PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: * Nils Lohner [EMAIL PROTECTED] * James Treacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, these guys are obvious... Nils has done a *great* job at getting lots of Debian press releases out there, and James is our webmaster. -- David Welton

Re: stupid stats (was Re: xfree86_3.3.2.3a-9 (source i386 all) uploaded to master)

1999-01-29 Thread David Welton
Srivastava I think you'd win anyways, though:- Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: fixing the wnpp was ITP rx(v)p

1999-05-14 Thread David Welton
On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 02:29:09PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The wnpp has become exceptionally incorrect and out of date. What can we do as a group to fix this? One suggestion I just tossed out on IRC is to use the BTS Good idea! We just have a wnpp

Re: evan leibovitch and the LPI certification tests

1999-05-19 Thread David Welton
RedCrap already has everyone where they want them; in their back pocket, filling their wallet more and more everyday. Alongside VA Research. So, if this really bothers you, do something about it. Make a company and start marketing the hell out of Debian. That's most of what Redhat is -

VA Research and linux.com

1999-05-19 Thread David Welton
Wow... Debian gets *lots* of publicity on linux.com. Very cool! -- David N. Welton Sors immanis - et inanis - rota tu volubilis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] status malus - vana salus - semper dissolubilis, http://www.efn.org/~davidwobumbrata - et velata - michi quoque

Debian, money, marketing

1999-05-21 Thread David Welton
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 05:07:25PM +0930, Ron wrote: Hmm.. I'd have said full time QA staff. If we are gonna have hired guns, let em blast at the bugs, then we *all* get value for our money... Yeah, it's probably more worth it to have hired people do the 'boring' stuff that people are less

Re: Bug o' the week

1999-09-15 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 03:55:43AM +0100, Chris Rutter wrote: I've had another early-morning idea. I think a metric called a bug index should be invented. It would be calculated like this: every severity of bug would be given a weight, say: Sounds like an interesting idea - are you going to

Re: Increasing regularity of build systems

1999-09-15 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:30:20PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: Joey Hess' debhelper scripts are a good API, maybe it would be good to standardize on them to some degree. No. I didn't say make them THE standard What did you mean then? I think that as many packages as

Re: Increasing regularity of build systems

1999-09-16 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 10:30:18PM +0300, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 01:08:22PM -0500, David Welton wrote: I think that as many packages as reasonably possible should migrate towards them. They work pretty well, but I don't believe in forcing them on people

Re: config packages [Was: rm -r * and the default prompt]

1997-05-22 Thread David Welton
, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: S: native english speaker to check some documentation

1997-05-24 Thread David Welton
. | | regards, andreas I'd be willing to do this, or at least some of it, depending on how much material there is. Contact me with further information when you are ready. Ciao, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi

Re: Upcoming Debian Releases

1997-05-27 Thread David Welton
burned onto CD's, as it is stable, *and* has the wrinkles smoothed out. Is this the plan? Once again, pardon my ignorance - I think it's obvious I'm fairly new to all this, but I'm anxious to learn, and to see Debian succeed. Thanks, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Upcoming Debian Releases

1997-05-27 Thread David Welton
, kindly tell me and I'll be quiet:-) David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: long list of give away or orphaned packages

1997-05-28 Thread David Welton
to understand it well, keep it up to date, and release timely bug fixes. Ciao, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Debian GNU/Linux

Re: top and window resizing

1997-06-04 Thread David Welton
1.11 | dpkg -l on procps says 1.11.6 ii procps 1.11.6 The /proc file system utilities. Is it possible that it is a bug in rxvt or xterm? Seems dubious, but I surely don't know. David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e

Re: Tri-Linux's discription

1997-06-12 Thread David Welton
at least have 1.3 on their site. Ciao, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: bazaar model for Debian software development

1997-06-21 Thread David Welton
indeed, thankyou for pointing this out. I find it relevant to Linux, Debian, and also on a much smaller scale, the Linux Incompatibility List that I maintain. Once again, recommended reading for sure:-) Ciao, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se

Re: Looking for New Maintainers

1997-06-22 Thread David Welton
and to be able to start packaging some stuff up:-) Ciao, David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e` in Italiano, mi dispiace per gli errori:-) FORZA PANTANI! --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: Packages available for expert maintainers or newbies

1997-12-02 Thread David Welton
pftp FTP client Got it! -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: libc5 backports problem

1997-12-07 Thread David Welton
packages. -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Maintainer of procps?

1997-12-08 Thread David Welton
I have written a 'tmem' program, similiar to tload, and would like to see if there is interest in including it in procps. So.. since Helmut Geyer seems to have dissappeared (anyone know if he is ok?:-(, I'm curious who I ought to be sending this to... Thanks, -- David Welton

Re: Porting DPKG!

1997-12-09 Thread David Welton
with Mindspring, it is a national level provider in the US with local access in 200+ cities. According to their press release, their total earnings for the 3rd quarter were $13,967,000, with aproximately 224000 subscribers. I'm impressed:-)) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org

Re: Bug#15859: libc6 in stable is horribly broken

1997-12-13 Thread David Welton
packages for bo? Ie, the bo-updates, bo-current or whatever directory that we have been discussing for some time? Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: Bug#15859: libc6 in stable is horribly broken

1997-12-13 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Dec 13, 1997 at 01:11:37AM -0500, Scott K. Ellis wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, David Welton wrote: On Sat, Dec 13, 1997 at 01:44:51PM +1100, Martin Mitchell wrote: Isn't this the whole point of compiling hamm packages for bo? Ie, the bo-updates, bo-current or whatever directory

writev broken in linux?

1997-12-17 Thread David Welton
, (is there *anywhere* on the internet where you can find untarred linux source code suitable for perusing via ftp?) i just had to determine that there was something wrong with writev() on linux and switched to using sprintf() to generate the output. Thanks, -- David Welton

sun_len - what is it and why doesnt it exist?

1997-12-17 Thread David Welton
box, I believe). Could anyone send me a sockaddr_un definition from a BSD box, or shed other light on this problem? Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

writev questions - epic maintainer speaks

1997-12-17 Thread David Welton
dependance on this feature was not conforming to linux's behavior. 2) writev() on linux isnt behaving as it should be with respect to writing all of the iov's in a single atomic write. -- Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian

Re: writev questions - epic maintainer speaks

1997-12-18 Thread David Welton
to forget it because it is being worked on:-) Grumble.. it's frustrating to run into this stuff:-( -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Re: Paranoia, pristine sources, turnkeys, compiling, configuration

1997-12-18 Thread David Welton
as well. I would like to look at their binary package tool as well, but it dumps core on my 2.2-RELEASE Fbsd... Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Redhat not in favor of Qt KDE - documented?

1997-12-20 Thread David Welton
I remember reading here that even Redhat is not really in favor of kde because of it's non free componente - Qt. Is this really documented anywhere? Other than by the fact that it hasn't been included:-)? Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw

Re: Packaging irc clients

1997-12-27 Thread David Welton
Speaking of which, will we be seeing the new ircII 4.4 anytime soon? Happy Vacationing, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED

bo-updates coordination

1998-01-10 Thread David Welton
mutt patch Please look over the relevant section in the policy manual. Pkg-order, for those interested, is a perl script, so it's (tahnkfully), easy to install on bo. Suggestions are very welcome David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.efn.org/~davidw Se quest'email e

was default prompt debate - system defaults

1998-04-07 Thread David Welton
against spoofing attacks. If we are going to go with what we think are reasonable defaults, fine, but let's be consistent. Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: was default prompt debate - system defaults

1998-04-08 Thread David Welton
On Tue, Apr 07, 1998 at 10:24:42PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, David == David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David If we won't even set a default prompt, what business do we have David doing things like: [Setting up IP spoofing protection...] Well, maybe we are closer

Re: How to install editor lisp files?

1998-04-09 Thread David Welton
/usr/doc/emacsen-common has some info.. also take a look at some of the other emacsenified packages, like mailcrypt, to see how they do it. I'm certainly not an exper though, just some leads:- -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux

vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
and there and will but this in frozen. Powered by emacs;-P -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 09:15:01PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Ask the user if it is ok to fool with vimrc ,and script the necessary changes. This strikes me as being ugly and something that we might be stuck with for a long time, in the name

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-12 Thread David Welton
On Sat, Apr 11, 1998 at 10:40:07PM -0400, James R. Van Zandt wrote: David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The debian conffile system has a weakness: there's no simple way to announce what the significance of a changed conffile at administrator decision time. Not to be picky

Re: Processed: reassignment pftp and netscape!?!

1998-04-13 Thread David Welton
does netscape have to do with pftp? Perplexed in Portland, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw --Debian GNU/Linux-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: vim, help files and vimrc

1998-04-15 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 09:40:30AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: On Sat 11 Apr 1998, David Welton wrote: Notwithstanding my dislike for things vi;-), vim is a nice program used by a lot of people, so I though I'd try and fix some of the more serious bugs. Is the vim maintainer

Re: Anyone want to make a Debian XDM login screen?

1998-04-15 Thread David Welton
what the standard for Debian should be. If we have decided that we want ctrl-alt-del to take the system down, then it should do it consistantly. Speaking of systems going down, anyone heard more than what is on Bugtraq about the supposed modified syndrop thing? Ciao, -- David Welton

Re: elvis package

1998-04-17 Thread David Welton
;-) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe

1998-04-22 Thread David Welton
of the things I like about Linux, and Unix in general, is that it doesn't try to be smart where you don't expect it to. I think that if users want to see 'nm' or strings or whatever, they can do those things. nm binary | less, or whatever.. Let's leave the default alone:- Ciao, -- David Welton

Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe

1998-04-22 Thread David Welton
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:15:51PM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: David Welton wrote: One of the things I like about Linux, and Unix in general, is that it doesn't try to be smart where you don't expect it to. But when you say, 'less binfile', what do you expect it to do? Show me

Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
to look at the list, but... one would think that at least RMS would enforce things under the FSF's protection. So are we missing something? Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 08:16:58PM -0700, David Welton wrote: So why haven't we seen this enforced, or has it happend but quietly? I do note that there is no kemacs.., but there are things like krpm.. hrm.. I'd have to look at the list, but... one would think that at least RMS would enforce

Re: Licensing, was elvis package

1998-04-25 Thread David Welton
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 11:49:10PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: David Welton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why haven't we seen this enforced, or has it happend but quietly? I do note that there is no kemacs.., but there are things like krpm.. hrm.. I'd have to look at the list, but... one would

Boot Disks

1998-04-28 Thread David Welton
frustrated that it doesnt work, and I couldnt help a friend install debian, and I'd like to do something about it, other than just whining. Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: why not mingetty??

1998-04-28 Thread David Welton
to do this from inittab, although it *is* a control char, and thus might be less than perfect as far as a variety of systems. I think the man page explains it. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: on forming a new Linux Distribution

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
.. this being Debian, how could you not know that it would start a big long thread?:-) -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Why is dosemu in contrib?

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
Depends: libc6, slang0.99.38, xlib6g (= 3.3-5) ... Does it possibly depend on having a working copy of DOS around? That would put it in contrib. -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: on forming a new Linux Distributionx

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
of a challenge than creating another distribution. Anyway.. ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why is dosemu in contrib?

1998-04-30 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 01:05:19PM -0400, Stephen Carpenter wrote: That might not put it in contrib isn't there a Free version of DOS that someoen other than Micro$loth made? i fsomething like that works with DOSemu... Caldera makes one, but it's not Open Source. Ciao, -- David Welton

Gnome debs?

1998-04-20 Thread David Welton
would like to take a peek at some of the development going on, and maybe have a crack at fixing things here and there... do the rpm's install well with alien? Thanks, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Intent to package 'bezerk'

1998-04-20 Thread David Welton
. Zircon: very very slow Tkirc: still slow K.*irc: not free So I'd like to package this, even if it is still alpha'ish. Ciao, -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

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