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2004-08-22 Thread Maude Fitch
Not sure if I got the right address or not, but check this out. http://www.downloadhangout.com/ref44.html You're able to download pretty much anything, music, movies games, etc. I managed to download 8 CD's so far. You're going to pass out when you see how many movies and games and music CD's

apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread martin f krafft
I've been giving APT 0.6 a lot of thought lately and have come to the conclusion that it is a whole lot of snake oil in the context of the Debian project as we have it. Bear with me for a second... I am not about to take the piss out of the APT 0.6 people, who have done an outstanding job. The

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
martin f krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So I guess this email isn't about APT 0.6, which does what it should and does so well. It's more about the dangers of having 1000 keys allowing write access to the archive, and noone capable of playing sheriff with the size of the project anymore. I

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Geoff
martin f krafft wrote: Debian did not have package signatures for years, and it's been rarely a problem. Now we are going to add them, but the sole effect is that of a false security feeling. To me, APT 0.6 is snake oil, which is *not* an offence to the guys behind apt-secure. It's a criticism

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:34, Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an elaborate system to maintain quality in new Debian developers (which seems like a good idea to me). Why not have some sort of system for ensuring the quality in continuing DD? If a DD didn't meet the criteria they would go

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Removing developers who don't meet certain criteria (EG no package uploads for 6 months) from active status makes a lot of sense. Anyone care to propose a GR? Careful about terminology here. I wouldn't say remove, just we drop them from the list of

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:07, Thomas Bushnell BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Removing developers who don't meet certain criteria (EG no package uploads for 6 months) from active status makes a lot of sense. Anyone care to propose a GR? Careful about

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Russell Coker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Removing from active status seems appropriate to me. But that's a totally different subject. If you want to remove Debian developers from the list of developers, because they haven't uploaded in six months (what about packages that don't have bugs?!)

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Bron Gondwana
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 12:59:59PM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:34, Geoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an elaborate system to maintain quality in new Debian developers (which seems like a good idea to me). Why not have some sort of system for ensuring the quality

Re: apt 0.6 and how it does *not* solve the problem

2004-08-22 Thread Russell Coker
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:46, Bron Gondwana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Removing developers who don't meet certain criteria (EG no package uploads for 6 months) from active status makes a lot of sense. Anyone care to propose a GR? This doesn't work. The problem is basically: a) what about a