Re: bugs in MC (was Why Debian)

2014-04-15 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:40:00 Thorsten Glaser wrote: • even if I disagree with maintainers (things like bugs in mc), I can mostly live with it (although, when I was m68k porter, some pissed me *seriously* off) […] I see that all bugs in MC

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-15 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
On 14/04/14 17:40, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Alberto Salvia Novella dixit: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? First of: why “instead”? Many developers are active in other distributions and/or operating systems. So am I. I came to Debian for a number of reasons:

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-15 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Pirate Praveen pravi.a at gmail.com writes: I love democracy, where everyone has a say and have a chance to make the changes they want This sentence is *so* wrong… bye, //mirabilos (usually part of the minority, no matter where) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-14 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:16:22 Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? I've chosen to develop because it allows me to improve Debian which is already the greatest tool and asset in my work. Developing for Debian is a great way to learn and

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-14 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Alberto Salvia Novella dixit: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? First of: why “instead”? Many developers are active in other distributions and/or operating systems. So am I. I came to Debian for a number of reasons: • it was the last GNU/Linux I used before

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-14 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014, at 09:46 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? - Debian Social Contract. - Debian's long lasting history aligning itself with Free Software philosophy. - The community. I have had friends I never met, travelling

Re: bugs in MC (was Why Debian)

2014-04-14 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:40:00 Thorsten Glaser wrote: • even if I disagree with maintainers (things like bugs in mc), I can mostly live with it (although, when I was m68k porter, some pissed me *seriously* off) Easy mate, I'm the only active MC maintainer and we had no disagreement

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:43:29AM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: I love democracy, where everyone has a say and have a chance to make the changes they want rather than depending on someone. Just remember that Democracy is where 13 lions and 5 sheep vote for what to have for dinner. :( -- If

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
El 12/04/14 20:50, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez escribió: For me, Debian is the best distro. That's my main reason. Also: (...) * There isn't one big company making decision based on 'the market'. (...) Thanks for sharing your comments with me. I asked this question because I have three

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Pirate Praveen
2014-04-13 16:58 GMT+05:30, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz: On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:43:29AM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: I love democracy, where everyone has a say and have a chance to make the changes they want rather than depending on someone. Just remember that Democracy is

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
On 13/04/14 07:13, Pirate Praveen wrote: Because my contributions are respected equally, in most other distributions my contributions will be treated second class, subject to wishes of managers, even those who don't contribute technically in that area. During the last month I found myself, as

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:15:54 +0530 Pirate Praveen prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-04-13 16:58 GMT+05:30, Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz: On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:43:29AM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote: I love democracy, where everyone has a say and have a chance to make the

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 02:30:26PM +0200, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: On 13/04/14 07:13, Pirate Praveen wrote: Because my contributions are respected equally, in most other distributions my contributions will be treated second class, subject to wishes of managers, even those who don't

Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Alberto Salvia Novella
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Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Neil Williams
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 18:16:22 +0200 Alberto Salvia Novella es204904...@gmail.com wrote: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? My reasons are personal - I tried lots and lots of other distributions before finding that Debian suits the way I want a distribution to work

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
On 12 April 2014 18:16, Alberto Salvia Novella es204904...@gmail.com wrote: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? For me, Debian is the best distro. That's my main reason. Also: * I use Debian for all (from netbooks, laptops, desktop, to high-demand servers). *

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Wookey
+++ Alberto Salvia Novella [2014-04-12 18:16 +0200]: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? Because of the wide architecture support. That what was what got me involved in the first place. And I also really liked the regularity of it as a distro, from an admin/user

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Alberto Salvia Novella es204904...@gmail.com writes: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? Because I have some control over my work, some say in the policies that affect me, and the freedom to do things the right way, as opposed to having some manager or company

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, Apr 12 2014, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? Because I could contribute. I looked at other UNIX like operating systems, and Linux, and then Debian, had the least barriers to entry for contribution. Why is being

Re: Why Debian

2014-04-12 Thread Pirate Praveen
2014-04-12 21:46 GMT+05:30, Alberto Salvia Novella es204904...@gmail.com: Why you choose to develop in Debian over any other distribution? Because my contributions are respected equally, in most other distributions my contributions will be treated second class, subject to wishes of managers,

Re: why debian

2004-11-12 Thread Brendan
On Friday 12 November 2004 09:03, Robert Parker wrote: the MPAA / RIAA don't want you to do. Mandrake being more or less the most Windows like distro stomps on any attempts to configure it the way you I am confused. How does it stomp on these attempts? On the desktops at my school, we have a