Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread martin f krafft
Dear Branden, in the spirit of a recent email reminding us of this: Thank you. i am myself a recipient of a lot of hate mail and questions on why woody sucks simply because i've converted a *very large* number of people to debian. thanks you for writing to slashdot and for the email you just

Re: PGI installer [Was: Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody]

2002-04-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:49:58PM +0200, Grzegorz Prokopski wrote: After that introduction (sorry, just wanted You to know the situation) let me ask You a few questions: First, main one: 0. Is PGI good enough to be used as basic installer for Debian magazine edition which will be pressed

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What the fuck is going on! When in this insane world did Branden become the polite well mannered one, and I become the asshole! Uh oh, if we elect Branden DPL, is he going to switch back? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Sean Middleditch
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 15:05, Ben Collins wrote: On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 07:01:06AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: A couple of people on a recent thread in debian-devel linked to a message I recently posted on Slashdot on this subject. I had thought about posting this information to

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Stephen Zander
Ben == Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ben What the fuck is going on! When in this insane world did Ben Branden become the polite well mannered one, and I become the Ben asshole! That's ok. If Branden is going to be polite someone has to assume his former flame-from-the-hip

Re: PGI installer [Was: Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody]

2002-04-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, Branden, On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 06:40:05PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: 3. What else should I know ? ;-) Some mailing list? (I can't find anything about PGI on debian-boot) You can read more at http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/. Short question:

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Seems that 4.1.0-16 fixed at last the old problem with garbage-on-screen in kicker and in nedit scrollbars on r128 card. Great work ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Seems that 4.1.0-16 fixed at last the old problem with garbage-on-screen in kicker and in nedit scrollbars on r128 card. Oh no, the bug is still there :-(. But not as often as before :-). Anyway, it is not really harmful. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 04:44:31PM +0400, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: Seems that 4.1.0-16 fixed at last the old problem with garbage-on-screen in kicker and in nedit scrollbars on r128 card. Oh no, the bug is still there :-(. But not as often as before :-). Anyway, it is not really

Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-16 Thread Branden Robinson
to, and thus just live with whatever whopper bugs happen to be in the release that day.) So, that's why XFree86 4.2 isn't in woody. I'll also add that some of my time (some of it paid for by my employer) has being going towards trying to solve a problem that people have been complaining about

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-16 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 07:01:06AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: A couple of people on a recent thread in debian-devel linked to a message I recently posted on Slashdot on this subject. I had thought about posting this information to Debian's lists as well, but at the time, didn't see a

PGI installer [Was: Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody]

2002-04-16 Thread Grzegorz Prokopski
W licie z wto, 16-04-2002, godz. 14:01, Branden Robinson pisze: I'll also add that some of my time (some of it paid for by my employer) has being going towards trying to solve a problem that people have been complaining about even more loudly -- and for a greater duration -- than the absence

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-16 Thread Craig Dickson
begin Branden Robinson quotation: A couple of people on a recent thread in debian-devel linked to a message I recently posted on Slashdot on this subject. I had thought about posting this information to Debian's lists as well, but at the time, didn't see a need. Thanks to that recent

Re: Why XFree86 4.2 Isn't in Woody

2002-04-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 07:01:06AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: A couple of people on a recent thread in debian-devel linked to a message I recently posted on Slashdot on this subject. I had thought about posting this information to Debian's lists as well, but at the time, didn't see a