Pat Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just from the point of view of a typical user, eg, me just doing
> a quick scan of the debian-user archives doesn't take all that long.
> They're very up-to-date, usually just a day or so behind. Browsing
> the archives with navigator presents a nice thr
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
-- M.C. Escher
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Raul Miller wrote:
> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
> > > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have
gt;
>Cc: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org,
> debian-user@lists.debian.org, debian-policy@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: Bug reporting proceedure, was Re: Bug#24066: libc6: rsh
segfaults as , a result of new li
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
> > newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a
> > responsibility to those new users to "train" them to be "free" users.
> > They can only do that if they become
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Suggesting, even strongly, that it is proper proceedure when submitting a
> bug, to research the bug reporting system first, and provide useful
> information second, doesn't seem onerous to me, and has several practical
> uses for the bug submitter, as we
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well, I disagree with this point of view. Yes, Debian wishes to support
> newcomers to Linux. That is why we have debian-user. We have a
> responsibility to those new users to "train" them to be "free" users.
> They can only do that if they become familia
Larry Walewski wrote:
>
> I think your ideas are great. I too am a newbie to Linux. First tried
> installing
> Caldera's OpenLinux Lite, but couldn't get it to work on my machine with
> only 5 megs (probably could've with a little more work). Someone then
> pointed me, thankfully, to Debian!
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Dale> I never said "demand" anything. I am talking about "higher
> Dale> education" for users, not binding them to a post in the town
> Dale> square and giving them 20 lashes.
>
> ;-
Hi,
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> I never said "demand" anything. I am talking about "higher
Dale> education" for users, not binding them to a post in the town
Dale> square and giving them 20 lashes.
;-) Well said. I agree with this post, completely. (If yo
On 30 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Dale> On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> >> Umm, no. It would be nice if they did it, but a novce user is
> >> perfectly free to just file a bug report. I know I often do. I find
Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > >>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Rob> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >> What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
> > >> exchange for the time the
Geeze, the crossposting is horrendous. I don't see this as a policy
issue, so followups to debian-devel or debian-user only please.
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole
> > merely sto
Hi,
>>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dale> On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Umm, no. It would be nice if they did it, but a novce user is
>> perfectly free to just file a bug report. I know I often do. I find
>> an error, usually that by itself is a frustrating e
On 29 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Rob> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
> >> exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and veri
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Make bug reporting any more onerous than it is, and peole
> merely stop filing reports.
I suppose there is something to that.
> For the most part the maintainer knows the bugs on a package
> better than anyone else, and the maintainers
Hi,
>>"Rob" == Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
>> exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the
>> bug has not been reported already. If
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What I am requesting is that the submitter of a bug take some time, in
> exchange for the time they expect from the maintainer, and verify that the
> bug has not been reported already. If it has, it is appropriate to send
> the maintainer a confirmation t
Before I start whining ;-) I want to thank Steve for the useful
information in his bug report, and although his bug report is a duplicate
report, and that is what I am here to complain about, I appreciate his
report and am not directing this at him specifically.
I have never experienced this probe
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