Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Michael Scherer wrote: > Le mardi 07 décembre 2010 à 00:10 +0100, Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > >> I find it strange that the most heavy threads here are naming issues... > > http://bikeshed.com/ ? > > -- > Michael Scherer > > " ... a metaphor indicating that you nee

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Le mardi 07 décembre 2010 à 00:10 +0100, Maarten Vanraes a écrit : > I find it strange that the most heavy threads here are naming issues... http://bikeshed.com/ ? -- Michael Scherer

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Op dinsdag 07 december 2010 00:15:54 schreef Hoyt Duff: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Maarten Vanraes > > wrote: > > I find it strange that the most heavy threads here are naming issues... > > All the arguments of substance have been settled? You're a funny guy... but don't quit your dayjo

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > > I find it strange that the most heavy threads here are naming issues... > All the arguments of substance have been settled? -- Hoyt

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Op dinsdag 07 december 2010 00:06:06 schreef Anssi Hannula: > On 07.12.2010 00:30, Nex6 wrote: > > On 12/6/2010 2:13 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > >> Op maandag 06 december 2010 22:57:23 schreef Hoyt Duff: > >>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Maarten Vanraes > >>> > >>> wrote: > no negative

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On 07.12.2010 00:30, Nex6 wrote: > On 12/6/2010 2:13 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: >> Op maandag 06 december 2010 22:57:23 schreef Hoyt Duff: >>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Maarten Vanraes >>> >>> wrote: no negative meaning??? Paris Hilton anyone??? afaik any word has n

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On 12/6/2010 2:13 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: Op maandag 06 december 2010 22:57:23 schreef Hoyt Duff: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: no negative meaning??? Paris Hilton anyone??? afaik any word has negative meaning... Snooki makes her look like a nun. http://en.wi

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Op maandag 06 december 2010 22:57:23 schreef Hoyt Duff: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Maarten Vanraes > > wrote: > > no negative meaning??? > > > > Paris Hilton anyone??? > > > > afaik any word has negative meaning... > > Snooki makes her look like a nun. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > no negative meaning??? > > Paris Hilton anyone??? > > afaik any word has negative meaning... > Snooki makes her look like a nun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Polizzi -- Hoyt

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Op maandag 06 december 2010 16:30:00 schreef Hoyt Duff: > >> Again, a good argument for a name with no conflicts and no negative >> meanings: "paris". >> > no negative meaning??? > > Paris Hilton anyone??? > Hoyt is obviously not a subscriber to "The Reg" :-)

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Op maandag 06 december 2010 16:30:00 schreef Hoyt Duff: > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Michael Scherer wrote: > > And that's not the question, this is a basic usability issue, if a > > rather important portion of the users associate a word with something, > > this sound sane to no reuse the sam

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

On 6 December 2010 23:00, Nex6 wrote: > On 12/6/2010 12:55 PM, Oliver Burger wrote: >> >> Could you please NOT write HTML mails using full quotes? > > was accident > No problem :) -- Ahmad Samir

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

On 12/6/2010 12:55 PM, Oliver Burger wrote: Could you please NOT write HTML mails using full quotes? was accident

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

Could you please NOT write HTML mails using full quotes?

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

On 12/6/2010 8:39 AM, Daniel Kreuter wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wolfgang Bornath mailto:molc...@googlemail.com>> wrote: 2010/12/6 Maurice Batey mailto:maur...@bcs.org.uk>>: > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only > via BitTorrent. N

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

On 12/6/2010 8:39 AM, Daniel Kreuter wrote: On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wolfgang Bornath mailto:molc...@googlemail.com>> wrote: 2010/12/6 Maurice Batey mailto:maur...@bcs.org.uk>>: > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only > via BitTorrent. N

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > 2010/12/6 Maurice Batey : > > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only > > via BitTorrent. > > Not true. Including current version it was/is available via BitTorrent > AND FTP download from the mirrors. > > > Wil

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

2010/12/6 Maurice Batey : > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only > via BitTorrent. Not true. Including current version it was/is available via BitTorrent AND FTP download from the mirrors. > Will Mageia's .iso file be  downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols > (e.

Re: [Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

Le 06/12/2010 17:26, Maurice Batey a e'crit : > Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only > via BitTorrent. > > That doesn't suit some people's situation. > > Will Mageia's .iso file be downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols > (e.g. FTP)? > Maybe we can tell you when w

[Mageia-dev] Downloading the .iso file: Hopefully BitTorrent not mandated...

Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only via BitTorrent. That doesn't suit some people's situation. Will Mageia's .iso file be downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols (e.g. FTP)? -- /\/\aurice (Retired in Surrey, UK) Registered Linux User #487649

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Michael Scherer wrote: > And that's not the question, this is a basic usability issue, if a > rather important portion of the users associate a word with something, > this sound sane to no reuse the same word to hold a different meaning in > a very similar context,

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Le lundi 06 décembre 2010 à 13:10 +0100, Daniel Kreuter a écrit : > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > > > > > Because Ubuntu already has a repo called "universal"? that's a similar > > reason to why it wasn't called "restricted", because restricted is > > used by distros that of

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On 06.12.2010 14:10, Daniel Kreuter wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Ahmad Samir > wrote: > > > Because Ubuntu already has a repo called "universal"? that's a similar > reason to why it wasn't called "restricted", because restricted is >

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > > Because Ubuntu already has a repo called "universal"? that's a similar > reason to why it wasn't called "restricted", because restricted is > used by distros that offer a commercial repo as in "pay to use some > more stuff". > > -- > Ahmad Sam

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On 6 December 2010 12:37, Daniel Kreuter wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Ahmad Samir > wrote: >> >> On 6 December 2010 09:29, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: >> > With regard to the naming of the repository dediocated to software >> > tainted >> > with a patent, etc., How about "non-GP

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Ahmad Samir wrote: > On 6 December 2010 09:29, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > > With regard to the naming of the repository dediocated to software > tainted > > with a patent, etc., How about "non-GPL"? I think that such a name should > be > > well understood by us

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

On 6 December 2010 09:29, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > With regard to the naming of the repository dediocated to software tainted > with a patent, etc., How about "non-GPL"? I think that such a name should be > well understood by users of nearly any language, particularly if they are > familiar w