Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 09:49:02PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:00:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: They do (IRC, anyway), but it's just not as effective. Face-to-face communication and the ability to look over at somebody's screen in real time and say oh, *that's*

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:31:25AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: Can't you file a bug report about where you got stuck? The thing is, I'm not entirely sure what's going on to be able to properly describe it. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson [EMAIL

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
%% Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: pj On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 11:31:25AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: Can't you file a bug report about where you got stuck? pj The thing is, I'm not entirely sure what's going on to be able to pj properly describe it. Is there a howto or other

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:37:02AM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: Is there a howto or other step-by-step instructions on testing the installer using VMWare? Can you get VMWare to boot from an ISO image on the disk (virtual CD) or do you need to actually

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
%% Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: pj Either way, it hangs in boot. Just a thought, but are you using the latest VMWare? I'm pretty sure you need VMWare 4, which was just released in April, to use newer Linux kernels: 2.4.18 etc. won't work with VMWare 3 IIRC. --

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Smith
%% Smith, Paul [BL60:SB10:EXCH][EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: %% Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: pj Either way, it hangs in boot. sp Just a thought, but are you using the latest VMWare? I'm pretty sure sp you need VMWare 4, which was just released in April, to use newer Linux sp

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-22 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 12:37:09PM -0400, Paul Smith wrote: Just a thought, but are you using the latest VMWare? I'm pretty sure you need VMWare 4, which was just released in April, to use newer Linux kernels: 2.4.18 etc. won't work with VMWare 3

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:09:01PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html I would love to hear

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:41:48AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: If the results of September's hackathon are anything like those of the d-i sessions at debcamp, that should clear up most of the remaining issues. Well, people could coordinate via IRC

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Matt Price
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:09:01PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html I would love to hear

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 03:45:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:41:48AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: If the results of September's hackathon are anything like those of the d-i sessions at debcamp, that should clear up most of the remaining issues. Well, people

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:15PM -0400, Matt Price wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:09:01PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html If the question

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-21 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:00:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: They do (IRC, anyway), but it's just not as effective. Face-to-face communication and the ability to look over at somebody's screen in real time and say oh, *that's* what's wrong are

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-20 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html I would love to hear some comments :)

Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-19 Thread Stephane
Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html I would love to hear some comments :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-19 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: | Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: | | http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html | | I would love to hear some comments :) Here's the comments: It's about time.

Re: Debian policy, major change ?

2003-08-19 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 04:51:42PM +0200, Stephane wrote: Next debian stable to be released on 1st december: I would love to hear some comments :) Coool. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to