Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-23 Thread Dave Cinege
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:15:00 +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: I find it very hard to believe that Bruce is acting on himself. I firmly believe that his decisions are based upon serious discussions between many No developer has yet to post that the new 'policy' of backlogging rev numbers was

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-23 Thread Dave Cinege
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 08:48:30 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote: Sorry, Bruce, but this is baloney! I have private email from you on both occasions when the archive changed without a release number change. The first time you said it was bad release engineering and would look into it. The second

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-23 Thread Dave Cinege
On 22 Aug 1997 12:03:43 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, For the record: The official CD is not an independent action on part of Bruce Perenes, all the developers (which is another way of saying Debian) decided that it was a Good Thing. I am getting tired of people singling out Bruce

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-23 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:15:00 +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: I find it very hard to believe that Bruce is acting on himself. I firmly believe that his decisions are based upon serious discussions between many No developer has yet to post that the new

Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-22 Thread Paul Wade
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: Paul Wade: Hey, users who are listening - Debian 1.3.3 is out but it's still called 1.3.1 so nobody who buys those CD sets will feel inferior? Why am I taking so much guff from you when I work for free as a volunteer and you take my work and

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-22 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Paul Wade wrote: It's time to face the music. Your Official CD program will not work. After all, if I press 2000 sets tomorrow will you hold the release numbers for another month? Do you have to check in with multiple vendors and get

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-22 Thread Joost Kooij
Paul Wade wrote: You are way out of line. I only sell Debian and I only use Debian in my 'small' business. I'm beginning to think your resignation is what will be essential to Debian's survival, but maybe a public apology to *all* the Debian users is enough. You owe it to them because you

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

1997-08-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, For the record: The official CD is not an independent action on part of Bruce Perenes, all the developers (which is another way of saying Debian) decided that it was a Good Thing. I am getting tired of people singling out Bruce for their ranting, and annoyed at people who have not