Re: [Debconf-discuss] US laptop ban and DebConf

2017-03-22 Thread Steve Langasek
's threat model based on the parameters of the ban; but the truth is that this doesn't matter. Even if that analysis was spot on, the threat model could change between now and DebConf, and the parameters of the ban with it. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US laptop ban and DebConf

2017-03-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 06:36:12AM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > Hi Steve > On 21/03/2017 20:02, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 09:29:17AM +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > There has been no indication that this is in any way driven by the Trump > >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US laptop ban and DebConf

2017-03-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:34:10PM +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 03/21/2017 07:02 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > The Trump administration has a genuinely racist agenda > Respectfully... > Could we please keep politics out of any Debian list? No. Have a nice day. --

Re: [Debconf-discuss] US laptop ban and DebConf

2017-03-21 Thread Steve Langasek
rosion of civil liberties with respect to air travel is frustrating, but please don't conflate targeted - if opaque and inexplicable - air safety measures, with political posturing and immigration policy. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

[Debconf-discuss] Auf Wiedersehen, und danke für den Fisch

2015-08-19 Thread Steve Langasek
and seen no steamrollers. This is very disappointing. - They're bees, not wasps, so don't worry! - Rakia is still rakia, in Banja Luka, Portland, or Heidelberg - Is the best sauce for a DebConf a g++ ABI transition? Maybe so! Hope to see you all again next year in Cape Town! -- Steve

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Key Signing at Debconf: Attend the BoF for Checksum reading!

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Langasek
checksums for non-overlapping audiences. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-14 Thread Steve Langasek
organizers. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-12 Thread Steve Langasek
to find this information on the registration form (arguably, the same thing). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-11 Thread Steve Langasek
of discussion. If you want to not be videoed, in a session where we are recording both the speaker and the audience interactions, you should bear the burden of making sure you're seated in the designated no film area. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-10 Thread Steve Langasek
shouldn't be reaching for the microphone either.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-09 Thread Steve Langasek
, *or* make use of it in some meaningful way. Perhaps the sensible thing to do here for now is to hide the field in summit, and if someone does come up with a plan for using it in the future, we can reverse that. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Do not photograph checkbox in registration

2014-09-09 Thread Steve Langasek
remember the details and wouldn't mention them here anyway. If this is in regards to something that happened at DebConf, the team would certainly appreciate knowing about it: feedb...@debconf.org. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] [Debconf-announce] First videos are now online

2014-09-04 Thread Steve Langasek
video files), it would be far preferable for the file name to encode *only* the event ID, and not the name at all. Would it be possible to provide these as compatibility links on the server? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] First videos are now online

2014-09-04 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Alberto, On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 07:45:51PM +0200, alberto fuentes wrote: On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: One of the things I wanted to address post-DebConf14 is to make sure the event pages in summit.debconf.org include direct links to the video

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Code of Conduct violations handling process

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
in approach to dealing with a violation after the fact, where the offender is no longer at the conference, further that goal? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] First videos are now online

2014-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Lost yubikey

2014-09-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 09:10:24PM -0700, Alexander Wirt wrote: if someone found a yubikey (neo) that is looking after me, please tell me. It seems I lost mine. It was in the frontdesk lost and found, and has been returned! -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough

Re: [Debconf-discuss] check-out hints

2014-08-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:16:51AM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: * Steve Langasek (vor...@debian.org) wrote: As DebConf comes to a close and the masses prepare to depart, some brief notes about leaving. * Check-out time from the PSU dorms is 10am on your scheduled day of departure

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Summit discussion on Thursday, 11:00am (18:00 UTC)

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Langasek
confusing (and not so much used). We need to improve this, so to delegate more. What other roles are you looking for here? And IMHO we disclose too much information in schedule. Fix in progress :) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Coffee tomorrow

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 01:27:00PM -0700, Matthew Vernon wrote: Last Sunday, the Ola Latte cart was open by special arrangement, and it was good. Is it going to be open tomorrow, does anyone know? Yes, it is. The hours I've been told they'll be open are 9am to 1:30pm. -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf14: Last call for keys for keysigning in Portland, Oregon, USA

2014-08-30 Thread Steve Langasek
to leverage the work done on producing small and auditable tools for KSP protocols instead of relying on excessive and unacceptable amounts of manual and error-prone work on the part of KSP participants. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Any papers for sponsorship?

2014-08-29 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 04:50:18PM -0700, Hideki Yamane wrote: For sponsorship, probably we need to sign some papers, right? Then, where should I go to do so? http://lists.debconf.org/lurker/message/20140822.080312.3082e0d6.en.html Sorry for the suboptimal email title :) -- Steve

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf - how to run a packaging workshop

2014-08-28 Thread Steve Langasek
and will probably try and schedule it for Friday. https://summit.debconf.org/debconf14/meeting/153/running-a-debian-packaging-workshop/ Just to know, are you familiar with the packaging-tutorial package? Will your talk be in any way related to it? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long

[Debconf-discuss] early departure and leaving keys

2014-08-26 Thread Steve Langasek
If you have an early morning departure from the dorms, you might want to know that there is an after-hours key drop on the 2nd floor of the Broadway (just outside the main 210 office). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] lunch for day trip?

2014-08-26 Thread Steve Langasek
for the day trip. Is that correct? We are bringing enough lunches for everyone attending the day trip. If you have any special dietary needs that are not documented in summit, you may want to bring your own lunch anyway, but you don't have to worry about there not being food. -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Cheese Wine Party

2014-08-25 Thread Steve Langasek
guess.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Let's talk about cheese!

2014-08-24 Thread Steve Langasek
is tomorrow already, there's not much time left in which to organize this. Can our cheesemeisters please explain ASAP when and where we should deliver these aromatic foodstuffs into your care? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] caffeine service

2014-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:22:01PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 02:15:18PM -0700, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Le samedi, 23 août 2014, 01.56:04 Steve Langasek a écrit : the DebConf team has arranged a package deal for attendees with a local vendor, Olé Latte. Thank

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Conflict in address for Broadway; where should I go?

2014-08-22 Thread Steve Langasek
. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Conflict in address for Broadway; where should I go?

2014-08-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:09:09PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: So, I want the 6th avenue address for the taxi? Correct. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] About calling SHC if we arrive past 22.00

2014-08-21 Thread Steve Langasek
of the team on site and we can discuss it. But as far as PSU's procedures for late-night check-in, yes - it is what it is, and they're not going to change it for us on the spot. We'll make this work, I'm sure nobody will have to sleep on the street. -- Steve Langasek Give me

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] About calling SHC if we arrive past 22.00

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
in this email. Thanks a lot. ___ Debconf-team mailing list debconf-t...@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] About calling SHC if we arrive past 22.00

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 09:56:22AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: The mail that PSU seems to be sending out to all attendees says: 2. If you are planning to arrive after 10:00pm, you must let us know in advance by responding to this e-mail. We want to make sure we notify staff of your

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Bouldering

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
will be open through the weekend, and available free of charge to anyone staying in the PSU dorms. http://www.pdx.edu/recreation/ -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] About calling SHC if we arrive past 22.00

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 08:25:19PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: El 20/08/14 19:36, Steve Langasek escribió: Also, I just noticed that in your mail exchange with them you said you *may* arrive after 10pm. I think it's better to tell them you *will* arrive after 10pm, to keep it simple

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf14: Last call for keys for keysigning in Portland, Oregon, USA

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Langasek
a print-ready file for this, or if someone would improve gpgparticipants in the keysigning-party package to let users do this in a standardized way given the main file. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set

Re: [Debconf-discuss] yoga classes in the morning at PSU

2014-08-18 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 04:33:08PM +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: On 2014-08-17 05:00, Steve Langasek wrote: Patty and I have arranged for a local certified yoga instructor to come in to PSU on the weekdays during the conference (not counting the day trip day) and run classes in the morning

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] DebConf event sign-ups: Cheese Wine, Day Trip

2014-08-18 Thread Steve Langasek
/lurker/message/20140816.061618.4b064f56.en.html Are you not receiving debconf-announce mail? Your preferences in summit say you should be. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu

Re: [Debconf-discuss] tai chi

2014-08-18 Thread Steve Langasek
out some nice locations. :) I would suggest http://www.lansugarden.org/, but they're not open at 6am. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] DebConf event sign-ups: Cheese Wine, Day Trip

2014-08-17 Thread Steve Langasek
/boots. If you don't know what good hiking shoes/boots means, then you are welcome to check out REI while you're in Portland - they have a store in downtown just a short MAX ride away from PSU, and there is no sales tax (AKA VAT) in Oregon. ;-) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] DebConf event sign-ups: Cheese Wine, Day Trip

2014-08-17 Thread Steve Langasek
. This is merely a reminder, to help people pack appropriately... I don't believe we will actually turn people away for not wearing hats. (And in fact, most of this hike is fairly well shaded by the trees. But the recommendation stands.) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long

[Debconf-discuss] yoga classes in the morning at PSU

2014-08-16 Thread Steve Langasek
(not counting the day trip day) and run classes in the morning before breakfast. Details can be found here: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf14/Yoga It's not the worst thing to do with your time if you're jet lagged and involuntarily waking up at 5am ;) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf day trip

2014-08-12 Thread Steve Langasek
an announcement with more details so that people can decide / plan, I'm hoping we'll get this done in the next couple of days. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Regarding Travel grant for DebConf14 [from AMEY/India]

2014-06-11 Thread Steve Langasek
have been distributed to someone else. ;) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Prices?

2014-06-05 Thread Steve Langasek
DebConf14 budget for this, and unless it can be done very cheaply, it seems unlikely to me that we would be able to add it in at this late stage of planning. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Possible Two Color Debian Logo White Vinyl Sticker Group Buy

2014-05-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 02:18:40PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 06 May 2014, Steve Langasek wrote: What would really be nice would be if someone would make another run of the shaped swirl vinyl stickers. I think I last saw these for sale back in ~2006, and I've gone through enough

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DC14 non-sponsored details

2014-05-04 Thread Steve Langasek
team no longer has to maintain a parallel account database. The fact that the signup also sets DebConf attendees up for contributing to the project is a side benefit... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebCamp14 before DebConf14?

2014-04-10 Thread Steve Langasek
for the advanced setup team on campus at PSU, starting from the evening of the 20th. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Food serving for vegetarians und vegans

2013-08-21 Thread Steve Langasek
they've eaten before opening things up to the omnivores; but we can still take steps to set the dial a little more towards the vegetable end. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Java Meeting at debconf

2013-08-15 Thread Steve Langasek
- and the questions I had regarding the necessary interfaces - and discuss how this could be moved forward? In light of the debhelper comaintainers topic earlier in the week, this seems like a good time for us to put our heads together. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough

Re: [Debconf-discuss] x strike force bof?

2013-08-15 Thread Steve Langasek
saturday morning (sometime between 10:30 and lunch) work for you, say in bof room 2? (I don't know how to check if that room's available though) WFM! -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move

Re: [Debconf-discuss] X Strike Force BoF: main talk room, Aug 16 09:30

2013-08-15 Thread Steve Langasek
to make it at this hour on such short notice, but I'll try. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga

Re: [Debconf-discuss] sbd want to give a gpg skills-exchange session?

2013-08-11 Thread Steve Langasek
? :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Swiss power connector

2013-08-07 Thread Steve Langasek
/person on adapters when the problem can probably be solved centrally for half that. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Swiss power connector

2013-08-07 Thread Steve Langasek
before I leave, so I'm picking up a pack. Would anybody like me to order additional for them? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Swiss power connector

2013-08-07 Thread Steve Langasek
. They work in all the 26 cantons of Switzerland. [0] Really the Swiss plugs are so weird: the ISO standard based them for standardization (with small change, but only Brazil will use them). Which puts your plug on an equal footing with Microsoft's OOXML format, then. ;) -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Accomodation for families at Le Camp ?

2013-05-04 Thread Steve Langasek
. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org

[Debconf-discuss] shopping in Managua?

2012-06-23 Thread Steve Langasek
if there are particular shops that are better choices for English-only attendees, I guess there may be others on the mailing list who would be interested in this information too. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set

Re: [Debconf-discuss] shopping in Managua?

2012-06-23 Thread Steve Langasek
places where you can buy cheaper clothes, souvenirs, rum, or whatever you want nearby UCA (10-15min by car). So it sounds like there are definitely some options here. Thanks all for the answers. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Nice place to be at: Banj brdo

2011-07-21 Thread Steve Langasek
are good that this part of the translation is correct. But my Serbian is worse than my Italian[1] Green bridge. South is... Jugo, as in the slavia of yesteryear ;) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I

Re: [Debconf-discuss] SIM cards for DebConf11 attendees

2011-07-19 Thread Steve Langasek
service from there, they may be willing and able to get you the unlock code. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp

Re: [Debconf-discuss] V Pay cards at ATMs in Bosnia and Croatia

2011-07-19 Thread Steve Langasek
. This is implemented by way of a service such as Maestro (or Cirrus, or Visa Electron). It works ubiquitously because there is a fairly small number of networks which all the banks choose to participate in. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Telephone number

2011-07-11 Thread Steve Langasek
*does* worry about in advance. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-team] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes

2010-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
.) There's a lot of work to be done to flesh out such a plan, obviously. If there's support for this in principle, I would be willing to put some effort in to help turn this into something viable. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] takeover frontdesk

2010-08-07 Thread Steve Langasek
care of closing up the frontdesk. BTW, if anyone sees Vagrant, please send him in Patty's direction, I believe he still wants us to courier a laptop back to Portland and we're leaving at 5pm sharp today. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian

Re: [Debconf-discuss] List of attendees?

2010-08-02 Thread Steve Langasek
arrived, you can query the 'DCschedule' bot on the #debconf IRC channel on OFTC; for people who have not yet arrived (which represents a rapidly diminishing proportion as the week wears on), or to see a whole list of attendees, you're SOL. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough

Re: [Debconf-discuss] it is chilly in the hack lab

2010-07-28 Thread Steve Langasek
. It is not horribly freezing but perhaps more chilly than expected. I'm planning to bring my oven of a laptop and 100 of my closest friends to help keep the hacklab warm. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Going to buy typical Extremaduran products at 17:00

2009-07-30 Thread Steve Langasek
is high quality and even hand-made by the owner. Those wishing to go could join me at the exit of MT at 17:00. Since you've been there, do you happen to know if they sell high-quality olive oil? That's one of my must-have's for this trip to Spain. -- Steve Langasek Give me

Re: [Debconf-discuss] (Mobile) IP Connectivity in Spain

2009-07-23 Thread Steve Langasek
for the recommendation. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration for DebConf9 opened

2009-03-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:38:27AM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: On Samstag, 14. März 2009, Steve Langasek wrote: I would be very happy if there were some way to make DebConf itself more DebCamp-y. what would more DebCamp-y be? No talks? Half the the people? Anything else? No, more

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration for DebConf9 opened

2009-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
and accomodations? My impression from what I read was that it does not, which is why it seems unreasonable to me that late registrants would have to pay such a sum for registration in addition to paying their own room and board, when AFAICS the venue costs are largely fixed. -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration for DebConf9 opened

2009-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
like something I would enjoy a lot but I find it difficult to justify taking two weeks off for both and I give priority to DebConf due to the greater attendance. I would be very happy if there were some way to make DebConf itself more DebCamp-y. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Registration for DebConf9 opened

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Langasek
plane ticket prices and ineligibility for sponsorship; is there some inherent reason that it's less possible to permit free attendance for those who plan later? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Steve Langasek
that Oregon has no sales tax) though certain convenience/food stores include the tax in the price for efficiency's sake. Heh, must be a New York thing. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf10 to take place in New York City, USA

2009-02-25 Thread Steve Langasek
, no, that's use tax, and I think foreigners who receive the laptop and carry it out of the country immediately might be exempt. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer

Re: [Debconf-discuss] hyphenation

2009-02-17 Thread Steve Langasek
conference - it has nothing to do with package bugs. For a list of user support mailing lists in Debian, please see http://lists.debian.org/users.html. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move

Re: [Debconf-discuss] ThinkPad links

2008-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
to a wider audience on debian-devel, rather than just on debconf-discuss? Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp

Re: [Debconf-discuss] CheeseWine project progress report

2008-08-11 Thread Steve Langasek
of Argentinian (and some chilean) wines, as well as a good assortment of liquors. If this is the same supermarket that we visited: turn left out of the hotel, turn left again at the first street (Rivadavia), and walk down about one block, you'll find the supermarket on your left. -- Steve Langasek

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Bus from EZE to MDQ

2008-07-31 Thread Steve Langasek
are actively being moved around... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developerhttp://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Debconf-discuss] please upload your debconf7 photos

2007-06-26 Thread Steve Langasek
to: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf7/Photos Done. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Re: Please revoke your signatures from Martin Kraff's keys

2006-05-29 Thread Steve Langasek
practising his art. How is it cracking to use Bubba's documents? People who do not know and trust Bubba should not accept the ID, period. Heh, I think you missed the subtext of Manoj's hypothetical, which is that Bubba sells fake IDs to underage students. -- Steve Langasek Give

Re: [Debconf-discuss] KSP post-mortem: why I won't be able to sign some keys

2006-05-25 Thread Steve Langasek
, they pretty much get away with it with only the cost of a throw-away identity. As always, this comes down to doing what we reasonably can to raise barriers to attackers to make attacks cost-prohibitive, without spending more time/money/effort on it than is justified by the returns. -- Steve

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Re: Please revoke your signatures from Martin Kraff's keys

2006-05-25 Thread Steve Langasek
think we should abolish such KSPs from future Debian events, instead of criticizing people who've shown up their flawed nature. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Debconf-discuss] Follow-up: additional checks you can do [was: KSP post-mortem: why I won't be able to sign some keys]

2006-05-24 Thread Steve Langasek
one that was pre-filled on the photocopies that were distributed. If your fingerprint in ksp-dc6.txt is incorrect, or if the checksum of this file does not match the checksum listed above and on your photocopy, please let us know. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long

Re: [Debconf-discuss] KSP post-mortem: why I won't be able to sign some keys

2006-05-24 Thread Steve Langasek
. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[Debconf-discuss] KSP post-mortem: why I won't be able to sign some keys

2006-05-23 Thread Steve Langasek
whether they trust Anibal's signatures, instead of having to implicitly trust Anibal by trusting my signatures. So if you don't get a signature from me this year, come to DebConf again next year and this time don't let Anibal fill out the checksum for you. :) -- Steve Langasek