Re: Voting on messages: a way to resolve the mailing list problems

. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...| ..: | Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime

Re: Voting on messages: a way to resolve the mailing list problems

. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 z...@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..| . |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie sempre uno zaino ...| ..: | Je dis tu à tous ceux que j'aime

Re: More frequent dinstall runs and mirror pushes

only on a local OCaml interpreter (available for all Debian archs). What would be more annoying is that the Unison protocol tends to change with releases and you need the same protocol implementation on the two end. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris

Re: Developer Status

thread they can be given @debian.org mail addresses - on the same lines, they can be given commit access rights to the repository of some of our infrastructure (e.g., the PTS, whose committers nowadays need to be DDs, for no evident reason) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer

Re: giving @debian.org mail addresses to voting contributors

a big bucket containing everybody that the Debian project has identified as identifier contributors which share its principles. Hence, @debian.org for Debian Contributors and up. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

, because it is the time frame in which we can expect at least two DPL elections. 6 months seem to few to me though, we can imagine DDs maintaining only a few packages which require relatively low maintenance. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino-- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys at the right time -- J.S.Bach

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

, which are always hidden to the rest of the project. My 0.02€. [1] I'm also convinced this feeling reflects those of most of us, but of course there is no intention of trying being authoritative. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

understaffed MIA team. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino-- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

there. Cheers. PS .oO( joke where are all the people which were shouting at collaborative maintenance because nobody feels responsible when I need them /joke ) :-) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org

giving @debian.org mail addresses to voting contributors

? Ubuntu does something similar and AFAIK it is very appreciated by contributors of that community. I don't see why we shouldn't do that as well (unless people object my same namespace arguments of course...). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL

Re: Developer Status

, for example knowing in which state a proposal was left, and who is responsible for it. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has

Re: Developer Status

. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino-- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys at the right time -- J.S.Bach

Re: Developer Status

boils down to checking that you have an identity and that you share the ideals of the Debian project. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All

Re: NEW queue

processes of the Release and FTP teams is one of the best things which happened to us in the history of core teams. Try to see the positive aspects of things, when they are there, ... at least once in a while. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7

Re: Re-thinking Debian membership

this is with the MIA team, because they do have experience in dealing with these kind of issues, don't you think? -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has

Re: Developer Status

tones. We are expected to have experience in mail communication after all ... Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit

Re: Developer Status

is very interesting for our project. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino

Re: Developer Status

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 09:59:09AM +0200, Bas Wijnen wrote: - Debian Developing Member (DDM) = what's called DD in the proposal. Given how rooted is the acronym DD in the Debian community, I doubt it is a good idea to change it or even to get rid of it. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD

Re: Developer Status

not an answer). The new proposal supports much better non-technical contributors (which Debian badly needs to recognize, really) and is not against the kind of pre-existing support you have mentioned. Cheers. PS thanks to Jan Hauke for the previous you were replying to -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD

Re: Developer Status

DC is the Debian Contributor role we are missing. Of course you can add rights (i.e., columns to the table), and hence add an exponentially growing numbers of roles, the point is which of these roles are the interesting one. IMO DC is one of them. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD

Re: Developer Status

in something like that ... Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino-- A.Bergonzoni \__/ keys

Re: Developer Status

I've posted already). If there is no consensus on that, ... then we have just found a very good reason to have a GR :-) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande

Re: Developer Status

still don't by your argument. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ Dietro un grande uomo c'è sempre /oo\ All one has to do is hit the right uno zaino-- A.Bergonzoni

Re: ssh.upload.debian.org

out a release. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff is so ... simplistic -- Manoj \/ right keys

Re: Addition to DSA team

/ wonderful news!, thanks for the announcement ... and happy suffering^Whacking to the just grown DSA team :) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled

Re: DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review)

^ this should be lowest, I guess FWIW, I'm fine with this proposed wording. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one

Re: DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review)

to the DNS entry in Debian's LDAP, but you can refer directly to the above URL. A license is not yet listed in DEP0, but was agreed upon. I'm quite sure Lars (Cc-ed) remember it. Lars: can you comment on that? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7

Re: Direct commits to packages' VCS (Was: DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads)

building the resulting dbk.) Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff is so ... simplistic -- Manoj

Re: DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review)

even taking over other attempts to do similar communications (e.g. LowNMU), using a more Debianic way of doing that. +1 -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person

Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

appear elsewhere in version numbers. Can you please point (at least me) to where you, or anybody else, explained the reasons of the objection? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack

Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

to in $package_manager. While +nmu jumps to my eyes, an extra .1 does not. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff

Re: Deprecating (and deactivation) of an archive feature?!

at best. We have source packages located, say, under /debian/dists/unstable/main/source/ which can possibly generated binaries belonging to contrib/. A user can be rightfully puzzled by such a situation: is the _source_ package she is downloading part of Debian or not? Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: debian/copyright for files not part of the binary packages?

to achieve archive content screening. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff is so ... simplistic

Re: debian/copyright for files not part of the binary packages? [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: freetds_0.82-2_amd64.changes REJECTED]

not state «we will reject any source package with at least one file not accounted for by debian/changelog»). But still it is a good start. I guess that it should just be better advertised (pointer from developers-reference?) and clarified as soon as cases like this one arise. Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: debian/copyright for files not part of the binary packages?

/CopyrightFormat is way better than the status quo, and I really hope that someone with time and energy take it up again to reach a definitive syntax and semantics for debian/copyright -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr

Re: DEP1: how to do an NMU

on the bug log, well, I still have the time to fix the mess that *I*, as the silent package maintainer, have contributed in producing. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48

Re: DEP1: Clarifying policies and workflows for Non Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)

if the NMUer (rightful or not) forgot to inform me. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED],pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ I'm still an SGML person,this newfangled /\ All one has to do is hit the XML stuff is so

Re: DEP1: how to do an NMU

which is being proposed, while not active teams will see NMUs, as they should. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do

Re: DEP licenses

. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys at the right time

Re: DEP1: Clarifying policies and workflows for Non Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)

out? What has the active maintainer type of DD to loose? Cheers. [1] yes, there are technical issues here, like who can delete stuff from delayed, and how long the delays should be. AFAIR they have been discussed in other threads related to DEP1 -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer

Re: DEP1: Clarifying policies and workflows for Non Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)

, not each passing day ...). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema

Re: DEP licenses

if there's a consensus on which license to pick for all DEPs. Comments on that are welcome. I think that DFSG free is the obvious licensing criterion we can/should all agree. Hence I'm find with your change. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL

Re: DEP licenses

requiring the distribution in patch format (or maybe we can directly go for one of them?). Note that this is not a requirement, as the official DEP document will always be available from dep.debian.net, but as a default it would make sense. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer

Re: Updated Debian Developers Keyring

-keys.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 troup root 366193 Apr 17 19:13 removed-keys.pgp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ groups joerg noodles joerg : Debian webwml nm newmaint qa debadmin planet ftpteam noodles : Debian keyring .oO( what's the purpose of keyring group if files are troup:root ? ) SCNR -- Stefano

Re: Updated Debian Developers Keyring

nothing to do with keyring ) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right

Re: Updated Debian Developers Keyring

to keyring management. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys

Re: infrastructure team procedures (fifth edit)

same rule). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys

Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

authoritative these days), while a mascot is IMO something which should be more fun and attractive. Nothing prevents the mascot to have the logo somewhere, but this is something I should really leave to people knowledgeable in graphics, which I'm not. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer

Re: RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 01:10:50PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: Thoughts? No objections, and thanks for the prose. Overall, I think we are now in a consensus reached situation, we just need to implement the missing technicalities and then move on with DEP0 status. Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)

to be immediate to grasp for the occasional surfer. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la

Re: State of the project - input needed

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 09:40:47AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: I am thus hoping that you can help me a bit to compile a list of current topics in Debian, so quick responses are especially appreciated. I would look at http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews and its past issues. -- Stefano

Re: RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)

it before submitting without any harm done. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo

Re: RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)

-a to a RSS feed of the DEP page or something like that, but maybe is too early for this. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one

Re: Update #1 [RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)]

think we can take the next step and take this to debian-devel-announce. I think we should wait at least a week from the last relevant change to the proposal before doing so, not everyone is reading daily -project. I also plan to SPAM^Wblog on planet to gather future comments. Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: Update #1 [RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)]

have a number in advance or not? Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],cs.unibo.it,debian.org} -%- http://upsilon.cc/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema

[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: Update #1 [RFC: Introducing Debian Enhancement Proposals (DEPs)]]

Forwarding a mail from Sven Luther on the topic of how to get unique numbers assigned. I've tried to keep thread references proper ... - Forwarded message from Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:41:01 +0100 To: Stefano Zacchiroli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian

Re: Updated Debian Maintainers Keyring

. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema\/right keys at the right time

Re: Making Debian work: a question of trust indeed

the above paragraph, but maybe you need to better explain what was your point ... -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit

Re: Unidentified subject!

On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 10:11:14AM +0100, Joey Schulze wrote: This is so rediculous. I would rather say a clever reply to a ridiculously childish GR seconds request. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http

Re: infrastructure team rules

is something like: the developer body resolves that whatever team is under the authority of the DPL. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema

Re: infrastructure team rules

if today Debian should start a DSA team from scratch, it would probably start as a group of people delegated by the DPL. We are not in that fortunate condition just because DSA is really old. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: soc-ctte discussion at DebConf7 [was Re: Social committee proposal]

of resulting soc-ctte :-) Something to be looked for before the election though, or maybe Manoj can enlighten all us out of the box. ( Sorry I can't look for the answer of the above by myself, but I'm writing offline ) -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL

Re: Social committee proposal

is involved in a matter to be decided upon. Don't know if the TC has faced similar issues, but I think here is compelling. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la

Re: Deficiencies in Debian

(if any) Thanks for the idea, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- PhD in Computer Science ... now what? [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do is hit the (15:57:15) Bac: no, la demo scema

Re: Google Summer of Code

me the details please and I'll add you to the list. Here it is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me know if you need something more ... -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la

Re: Bits from the DPL: DSA and buildds and DAM, oh my!

don't see a valid reason for *not* trying. It's probably worst than other solutions I imagined when I read the subject of AJ's mail, but is probably better than nothing. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http

Re: Google Summer of Code

). Nonetheless I can step back if you're interested as well or even share the duties. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has to do

Re: Google Summer of Code

Please post there your ideas as it will be (I guess) used for coordination of projects. Beware of editing the new part of the page. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48

Re: Social Committee proposal text (diff)

that this is the cause, but I'm confident enough in it to prefer not to write down such a rule. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ (15:56:48) Zack: e la demo dema ?/\All one has

Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware

allowed to do so, and the firmware is | distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG. ` Seconded. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real

Re: New website layout / design contest?

involved (what the contest should be about for example: it can be enough to do it just for a CSS or it may require more deep changes) than we---or at least me---are. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http

Re: How to best reach the users of a package?

the packages he is interested in. Once we have this part (which will probably be enough for many users), we can think about how to deliver news to end-user machines. I can imagine several: rss2email (just name your favorite tool), rss2motd, rss2avian_carriers, ... Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli

Re: How to best reach the users of a package?

. Setting up an opt-in way to get notified is far better than the nothing at all we have right now. Moving from an opt-in to an opt-out policy is just a matter of how we deliver the RSS feed to end user workstations. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna

Re: Branding for Debian derivatives -- Debian Distilled

, but a real life logo is a serious issue, better leave it to skilled people. What about proposing the bottled unrough swirl idea to the creative geeks folks? [1] Cheers. [1] http://www.creative-geeks.org/ -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: package ownership in Debian

/~adeodato/code/packages/taglib I don't know if we should fear to add too many headers, if we don't I would rather prefer: X-Vcs-Type: bzr X-Vcs-Url: http://people.debian.org/~adeodato/code/packages/taglib BTW, that's wonderful! /me going to add the headers to packages of mine ... -- Stefano

Re: Fundamental flaw in bug reporting system

for that kind of bug reports (and I believe we have some). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity

summer of code: what's next?

projects? Some people mailed me about the proposal I made, I answered about clarification on the proposal, but I frankly do not know what should happen next? I guess other people are in the very same position. A public answer could help all of us :-) TIA, Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer

Re: summer of code: what's next?

, I'll try to research it more and come back with more details if/when I have them. To be even more frank: even if I registered as a mentor, I haven't yet had the time to look at the FAQ (it's huge!), thus I asked hoping someone else did :) So, many thanks for your time! Cheers. -- Stefano

Re: help

at the $ prompt. By the way, the $ sign is indeed the prompt, a character that denotes that the system is waiting for some textual command from you. Hope this helps. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http

Re: Experiment: poll on switching to vim-tiny for standard vi?

for decisions which fall in the realm of personal taste and in which you can hardly satisfy all users (e.g. default settings). Having a poll mechanisms, opened to users as well (maybe registered in some way?, don't know ...) would help maintainer taking that kind of decisions. Great idea! -- Stefano

Re: Experiment: poll on switching to vim-tiny for standard vi?

. Or am I confusing the boot image with base? I asked Joey, as one of the installer maintainer, and for him the size increase is not a problem. If it is a problem for the CD builders, they can speak in this thread. If it is not a problem for these people, why is it a problem for you? -- Stefano

Re: Automated testing - design and interfaces

, comparison - triples: expected output files, file descriptor, format + per-format comparison tools in other stanza fields - ... Just choose your favorite one. My 0.02 EUR. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it

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