Re: Internal server error 500 for bugs.debian.org pkgreport of apt-listchanges

2021-08-14 Thread Brian Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, 2021-08-14 at 22:42 -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > Would Developers *very recently* flipping the release switch for > buster/bullseye/bookworm affect that? > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/08/msg1.html > > Maybe

Internal server error 500 for bugs.debian.org pkgreport of apt-listchanges

2021-08-14 Thread Brian Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello everyone, I'm getting a 500 error when trying to access the apt-listchanges, apt, and apt-listdifferences pkgreports on bugs.debian.org. It looks like there is a problem with all of the pkgreports. Here is one of the URLs: https://bugs.debia

Re: On improving mailing list [was: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian]

2021-08-08 Thread Brian Thompson
On 0808, Andy Smith wrote: >On Sun, Aug 08, 2021 at 11:35:15AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> any ideas on how to make the situation better? > >To be honest I don't think that mailing lists are a very good venue >for user support and I would these days prefer to direct people to a >Stack Overflo

Re: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian

2021-08-08 Thread Brian Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, 2021-08-08 at 07:57 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 05:08:18PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: > > [...] > > > The debian-user mailing list is a joke [...] > > You would expect some conflict

Re: How to Boot Linux ISO Images Directly From Your Hard Drive Debian

2021-08-07 Thread Brian Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, 2021-08-07 at 23:01 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 07 Aug 2021 at 23:24:31 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 07, 2021 at 02:26:41PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Accusing people of trolling is general

Re: Working for free [was: Offensive variable names]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Thompson
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 08:01:58AM -0400, Celejar wrote: >If you maintain a local copy of your code and just push it to Github >for serving it publicly (which is what I do, and what I assume most >developers do), you haven't lost control of your code - if / when the >host does anything you don't li

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Thompson
On 0713, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >and I feel annoyed by the size of your belly >button, you seem pretty much thinking life is centered around yourself. That's a funny statement coming from you. >Don't want to be a dream breaker but it's not the case, same as the way >America's empi

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-13 Thread Brian Thompson
On 0713, Borden wrote: > "I don't care what anybody else's experience is," which is the > reasoning of antisocial personality disorders (per the DSM). Didn't know you were a doctor. Good one there. -- Best regards, Brian T Coronavirus is a scam. 9/11 was an inside job. signature.asc Descrip

Re: APT Sources.list Line Format for Security Updates

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Thompson
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 06:55:30PM +, Gregory McPherran wrote: >Is one of"http://security.debian.org/debian-security";or >"http://security.debian.org"; the correct format ? > >Or is the "debian-security" portion optional ? I don't think `debian-security` in the URL suffix is optio

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Thompson
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 04:45:51PM +0200, Alexandre Garreau wrote: > >I think it is bad policy of morally judging the frustration, anger or tone >of people because of their oppressors. Oppression has come a long weigh. Apparently, in my country, it is considered oppressive to be a minority who

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Thompson
On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 08:25:22PM +, ghe2001 wrote: >Master/slave my be less than optimal when describing humans, but they're very >useful when working with DNS. > >And blacklist is useful in SMTP, among others. IIRC, the word refers to >voting in classical Athens, not humans. > >Offensive

Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

2021-07-12 Thread Brian Thompson
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 05:39:43PM +0300, Kevin N. wrote: >>Right, and I myself have lodged a ticket to ban bar after foo because it >>might lead to blithe attitudes concerning alcohol in our vulnerable >>youth. > >Don't get me wrong: like many other things, offensive languages is a serious >one. >

Re: Un/Safe mixtures for Debian releases and suites [was: Re: Vulkan with Radeon RX 5700 XT]

2021-07-10 Thread Brian Thompson
Thank you for the detailed response, Andrei. On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 21:18 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >    Testing doesn't have any direct security support Is that 100% true? I was originally referring to http://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/testing-security when I was talking about

Re: Didn't mean to derail (Vulkan with Radeon RX 5700 XT)

2021-07-10 Thread Brian Thompson
On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 14:57 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > > This is not the point of the OP message, so let's not derail I apologize for accidentally derailing. I should have started a new thread. I'm still relatively new to the Debian community. -- Best regards, Brian signature.

Re: Vulkan with Radeon RX 5700 XT

2021-07-10 Thread Brian Thompson
On Sat, 2021-07-10 at 13:43 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hi, Debian unstable with bits of experimental here Is it (usually) wise to intermix different suites? I guess it wouldn't matter that much for bits and pieces of experimental in unstable since you are already in agreeance with

Re: Messed up Email

2021-06-23 Thread Brian Thompson
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 08:22:25PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Wed 23 Jun 2021 at 07:52:02 -0400, Michael Grant wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 07:36:33PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > gmail is a mail reader (like as Thunderbird, Mutt, Pine, or Outlook (the > > program) + a mail server + domain n