On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:00:02 +0100
Richard Owlett wrote:
> >What is a SIG?
>
> "Special Interest Group"
> Is it an Americanism?
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> > Tom H wrote:
>> >> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> >>> What is a SIG?
>> >>
>> >> It's a Fedora-ism: special interest group.
>> >>
>> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs
>> >
>> > Sorry. Term preda
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 06:53:26AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >But the underlying problem is lack of manpower. How do you[1] expect to
> >solve it without getting involved?
> >
> >[1] and I mean you personally, the Debian
Tom H wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Tom H wrote:
> >> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >>> What is a SIG?
> >>
> >> It's a Fedora-ism: special interest group.
> >>
> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs
> >
> > Sorry. Term predates Linus Torvalds let alone Fedora ;)
> > IIRC I came across it
On Ma, 18 dec 12, 14:08:08, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 December 2012 12:12:01 Brad Rogers wrote:
> > >True. But I suspected that I I was being gently chided for
> > >assuming everybody had the same same background as I.
> >
> > I didn't get that impression. But hey, it's not my rep that on t
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 18:30:35, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>
> >>The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for
> >>documentation which you can contact at ...".
> >
> >What is a SIG?
>
> "Special Interest
On Tuesday 18 December 2012 14:36:49 Brad Rogers wrote:
> >I did, I'm afraid! After all, it is easy enough to look SIG up on
> >acronymfinder and find out what it means. Andrei knows this perfectly
>
> True, but even within context, it's sometimes tricky pinpointing the
> right meaning. Possibly
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:08:08 +
Lisi Reisz wrote:
Hello Lisi,
>I did, I'm afraid! After all, it is easy enough to look SIG up on
>acronymfinder and find out what it means. Andrei knows this perfectly
True, but even within context, it's sometimes tricky pinpointing the
right meaning. Poss
On Tuesday 18 December 2012 12:12:01 Brad Rogers wrote:
> >True. But I suspected that I I was being gently chided for
> >assuming everybody had the same same background as I.
>
> I didn't get that impression. But hey, it's not my rep that on the line,
> potentially. :-)
I did, I'm afraid! After
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Andrei POPESCU
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> What is a SIG?
>>
>> It's a Fedora-ism: special interest group.
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs
>
> Sorry. Term predates Linus Torvalds
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:15:55 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
Hello Richard,
>True. But I suspected that I I was being gently chided for
>assuming everybody had the same same background as I.
I didn't get that impression. But hey, it's not my rep that on the line,
potentially. :-)
--
Regards
Tom H wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote:
The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for
documentation which you can contact at ...".
What is a SIG?
It's a Fedora-ism: special interest group.
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
> On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>> The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for
>> documentation which you can contact at ...".
>
> What is a SIG?
It's a Fedora-ism: special interest group.
http
Brad Rogers wrote:
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:30:35 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
Hello Richard,
"Special Interest Group"
Is it an Americanism?
It's a TLA, or Three Letter Acronym.
True. But I suspected that I I was being gently chided for
assuming everybody had the same same background as I.
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:30:35 -0600
Richard Owlett wrote:
Hello Richard,
>"Special Interest Group"
>Is it an Americanism?
It's a TLA, or Three Letter Acronym.
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/ ) "The blindingly obvious is
/ _)radnever immediately apparent"
It's becoming an ob
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote:
The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for
documentation which you can contact at ...".
What is a SIG?
"Special Interest Group"
Is it an Americanism?
If one does not exist I've some ideas,
On Du, 16 dec 12, 06:53:26, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> The response I had hoped for was on the lines of "there's a SIG for
> documentation which you can contact at ...".
What is a SIG?
> If one does not exist I've some ideas, but I hate reinventing the
> wheel if it already exists.
AFAIK (but
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Vi, 14 dec 12, 07:50:29, Richard Owlett wrote:
If by "raising the issue" you mean do the proof-reading yourself and
then report problems, by all means, just go ahead. Or, even better, you
could submit patches.
I see a bug report as treating an individual symptom rathe
On Vi, 14 dec 12, 07:50:29, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> >If by "raising the issue" you mean do the proof-reading yourself and
> >then report problems, by all means, just go ahead. Or, even better, you
> >could submit patches.
>
> I see a bug report as treating an individual symptom rather than
> s
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 07:50:29AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> I see a bug report as treating an individual symptom rather than
> solving the underlying problem.
So just leave it for someone else to suffer through as well?
You could treat "the underlying problem." as a different bug, and of
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Vi, 14 dec 12, 05:39:56, Richard Owlett wrote:
I think I see a common thread in the preseed related problems I've
been having.
Who proofreads the Debian documentation? I suspect it tends to be
the author {as should happen} and other Debian *EXPERTS* {which is a
too narr
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