Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-06-10 Thread Ian Zimmerman
I do not think this is an improvement. The main goal for menu items is (should be) clarity, not 100% grammatical or spelling correctness. Conservation of screen real estate is an important secondary goal, and should not be sacrificed to linguistic perfection. -- A true pessimist won't be

Re: Debian-Perl-Policy and .packlist?

2002-12-04 Thread Ian Zimmerman
info would break asking about locally installed modules. Are such complications worth it? I think not. I agree with Michael, the .packlist files should be included. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. if (sizeof(signed) sizeof(unsigned) + 4) { delete this; } GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F

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2002-08-20 Thread Ian Zimmerman
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Bug#153704: debian-policy: bordering on gibberish, using lynx (and links)

2002-07-20 Thread Ian Zimmerman
, and built it - the result is fine in lynx -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 EngSoc adopts market economy: cheap is wasteful, efficient is expensive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: RFD: Essential packages, /, and /usr

2002-06-23 Thread Ian Zimmerman
, and that this be a candidate change for TC1. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 EngSoc adopts market economy: cheap is wasteful, efficient is expensive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: RFD: Essential packages, /, and /usr

2002-06-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
the logical parts actually took place. There'll always be wars and war crimes, does that mean we should stop trying to put in place laws forbidding them? -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 EngSoc adopts market economy

Re: command -v in postinsts violating policy

2002-05-26 Thread Ian Zimmerman
/alternatives/sh kronstadt:~$ file /etc/alternatives/sh /etc/alternatives/sh: symbolic link to /bin/ash kronstadt:~$ (I installed my own local alternative for this). -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 EngSoc adopts market

Re: Should debian policy require to use debconf for postinst scripts?

2001-12-10 Thread Ian Zimmerman
not a huge enough amount? Just asking, -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 In his own soul a man bears the source from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. Sophocles.

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-22 Thread Ian Zimmerman
dpkg --extract $deb readreadme$$-$package readme=`ls readreadme$$-$package/usr/share/doc/$package/README.[Dd]ebian* 2/dev/null` if [ x$readme != x ]; then zless $readme fi -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. Hypocrisy, arrogance and manipulation: sure-fire ways to earn hatred. GPG

frontends [Was: debconf dilemma]

2001-09-04 Thread Ian Zimmerman
debconf items (debconf/priority among them) have help text that doesn't fit on my screen (112x40). -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. The easiest way to win an argument: ridicule your opponent's basic assumptions by stating their negation and postfixing it with , right? GPG pub key: 433BA087

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
method of selecting the X server to go for xserver-xfree86. But, with this server (and yes, I tried both 4.[01]) I keep experiencing minor pixel corruption with scrolling. So, I _want_ (and I sure expect to be able) to select xserver-svga. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. The easiest

Re: debconf dilemma

2001-09-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
the _existing_ server). The first time, debconf's answer will be used by the setup script. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. The easiest way to win an argument: ridicule your opponent's basic assumptions by stating their negation and postfixing it with , right? GPG pub key: 433BA087 9C0F 194F