Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:27:48PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: please talk to Mark Shuttleworth about this. This has been rehashed a lot of times. I don't think this is the right list to propose to Ubuntu to change how it works. Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 11:54:21AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: * confused as to why one would want to insert a package into Ubuntu but not Debian (other than the needing a DD sponsor reason). Canonical employees inserting a new package into Ubuntu usually are too busy already to

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-08 Thread Michael Banck
on DebianScienceSponsoring) of DDs willing to sponsor scientific packages. We get so much from the Debian community that it would great for Ubuntu community to be able to give something back. I you have any suggestions of things we can do don't hesitate to email the ubuntu-science list. I am happy

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Chris Walker
Jordan Mantha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everybody! My name is Jordan Mantha (LaserJock on irc, etc.) and I am a PhD grad student in Physical Chemistry. For the last few months I have been working with the Ubuntu universe repository maintainers (MOTU) [1] trying to make sure that

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Jan Groenewald
Hi On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:22:50PM -0800, Jordan Mantha wrote: Ok, so the reason I sent this rather long email is that I think it would be a benefit to both the Debian and Ubuntu communities if we keep each other informed at least and work together where possible. I am encouraging the

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Jordan Mantha
not trying to split debian-science, I am just trying to compliment it. Right now ubuntu-science is just for us to use for internal communication. of course, just my 2 cents Regards, Daniel Thanks for your thoughts, Jordan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 7 January 2006 at 18:16, Daniel Leidert wrote: | Am Freitag, den 06.01.2006, 23:22 -0800 schrieb Jordan Mantha: | I am | encouraging the MOTUScience team members to at least email this list | when a new science package has been added to Ubuntu so that we don't get | a lot of duplication

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Jordan Mantha
Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: On 7 January 2006 at 18:16, Daniel Leidert wrote: | Am Freitag, den 06.01.2006, 23:22 -0800 schrieb Jordan Mantha: | I am | encouraging the MOTUScience team members to at least email this list | when a new science package has been added to Ubuntu so that we don't

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Gilbert
I really don't want to be confrontational, or start another useless flame war. But given Debian and debian-science, how can we achieve the best outcomes with the least amount of duplication and waste? I agree. That is why I started this discussion. For me it comes down to this, we have

Re: ubuntu-science

2006-01-07 Thread JD Rogers
Hello everybody! Hi! [snip] Ok, so the reason I sent this rather long email is that I think it would be a benefit to both the Debian and Ubuntu communities if we keep each other informed at least and work together where possible. I am encouraging the MOTUScience team members to at least