Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2007-04-02 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Mike Hommey schreef:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:45:06AM -0500, alfredo diega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> 
>>On 9/21/06, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>-
>>>I can see you're frustrated.  You've invested a lot of energy into
>>>writing this note to us about a problem you see in Debian.  Now, if it
>>>really does pain you to write it, the least you could do is tell us
>>>what your hardware is.  Otherwise, how do you expect us to make things
>>>better for you?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Ben
>>>
>>
>>Okay:  Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.  According to this message at
>>bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363967 it isn't packaged because:
> 
> 
> Note that this driver requires a "binary user space regulatory
> daemon", and thus will never be in debian. At most, in non-free.

There is a new driver what does not need the daemon:
http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi
http://kerneltrap.org/node/7704

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Paul van der Vlis.




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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-25 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-09-21 16:42:27, schrieb alfredo diega:

> What is the best community distro based on free software that isn't 
> so free that it doesn't work.  I guess that right now is Ubuntu.

No Debian ;-)

I have tried to run Ubunto as Server (for testing) and failed...
So the best community distro based on free software is Debian.

Do you get this?  Ubuntu is for hobby Computer users which do not care
about stability but in features...  like under those CS-OS from R.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-23 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 11:28:02PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> and reverse engineering.  The out-of-tree patches at the
> time of 2.6.17 result in much faster transfers to SDHCI
> devices.  I don't know if dapper has these, and I don't
> know if they made 2.6.18.
 
I think that was one of the biggest changes in 2.6.18, the better SDHCI
support. So yes, they made it :)

Reference: 

http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Linux/Drivers/sdhci: Download 2.6.18-rc1 or
newer to get that version of the driver. 

Greetings

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-22 Thread George Danchev
On Friday 22 September 2006 00:42, alfredo diega wrote:
> On 9/21/06, Thaddeus H. Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >   I ask you, is that
> > fair?
>
> Well, I guess it isn't fair.  Look, have any of you ever sent an email out
> of
> frustration, then wish you could take it back?  I am sorry, I hope somebody
> will forgive me.
>
> I just need to loose my pride and switch to Ubuntu.  I haven't and I know
> the
> LUG here will laugh at me and tell me "We told you so" but what you say is
> true.  Different goals.  What I was telling my friends was I wanted to use
> the best community distro based on free software out there.  I thought it 

If you think it is community based distro, and you want more frequent stable 
releases (say, one release per year, i.e. every December before the Christmas 
holidays ;-) then you might want to help to keep testing (resp. unstable) as 
close as possible to a reasonable releaseable state. This means sending 
decent bugreports, patches, etc. ... that should be community-made I belive, 
and not just shouting out 'oh, can't wait, your old software doesn't not 
support my new hardware'.

> was Debian and maybe it still is but I guess I need to ask myself:  What is 
> the best community distro based on free software that isn't so free that it 
> doesn't work.  I guess that right now is Ubuntu.

Will you approach ubuntu's mailing lists the same way when next Debian Stable 
got released with much more current software than the latest Ubuntu Stable 
release ?

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Steve Langasek
\ Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 04:42:27PM -0500, alfredo diega wrote:
> I just need to loose my pride and switch to Ubuntu.  I haven't and I know
> the LUG here will laugh at me and tell me "We told you so" but what you
> say is true.  Different goals.  What I was telling my friends was I wanted
> to use the best community distro based on free software out there.

It's an indispensable trait of community distros that problems get solved
when someone "scratches an itch" because they /need/ the problem to be
solved.  In either Ubuntu or in Debian there are certainly developers who
care about supporting as much hardware as possible, but none of them will
ever care about *your* computer as much as *you* do personally -- so the
truly great thing about community distros is that even if you're not a
programmer, you have more options than passively accepting the limitations
or switching distros: you can scratch your own itch by filing bug reports,
to help the developers help you.

> I thought it was Debian and maybe it still is but I guess I need to ask
> myself:  What is the best community distro based on free software that
> isn't so free that it doesn't work.  I guess that right now is Ubuntu.

Well, it's certainly the case that not everyone agrees with the particular
balance that Debian chooses between utility and freeness, but I also think
that some of the problems you're running into are simply bugs, not
ideological conflicts.  You may be right that this means Ubuntu is a better
fit for your needs than Debian is today, anyway; even in Free Software, "one
size fits all" doesn't always fit well, no matter how much we'd love for
everyone to be wearing Debian.

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Donnerstag 21 September 2006 23:58 schrieb Amaya:
> I guess you were "blessed" with an ugly piece of hardware with freedom
> issues in its support. It is going to take some time until it is ready,
> probably in a part of our archive that is labeled as non-free, and
> maybe, as you own this hardware, you might even be interested in helping
> out, if you are not so angry anymore, at least at the later testing
> stages. Both distros would benefit from this work, btw.

With every distribution or OS (name any) you get to a point where not 
everything works with the shipped set of utilities and drivers.

After all, the current situation is not worse than it was ten years ago when 
patching and self-compiling kernels was the only way to go.

I still find it questionable to change distribution because they have _that_ 
package and another doesn't. So what?
It's about the same issue like all those non-sense test that compare 
distribution by looking at the installation process.

I agree though that there is no major difference between e.g. the madwifi 
driver and that utility for the 3945ABG. I wouldn't care though if none of 
the two are in Debian, even though I own an Atheros card. Sure, installing 
the firmware for bcm43xx like with the debian package is very easy but doing 
it without it is a manageable task.

It should be no major problem to install that piece of non-free software. It 
is already there. And if installing something beyond using aptitude or even 
dpkg is too heavy for a user, he should ask someone who knows. Oh wait, he 
could learn something but many do not want to learn anything. It must be 
pre-chewed and reading some short installation instruction is surely no way 
to go, is it?
Changing to another distribution does not change the cause of insufficient 
knowledge about the system. And the next problem will come.

Personally, I like it that Debian tries hard to keep it a place for free 
software (although sometimes it gets absurd). And if it implies some 
restrictions or upstream authors that do not want to understand (guess who), 
well, everything has ups and downs. However, there are times when this POV 
results in better solutions (loadable instead of driver-embedded firmware is 
such a case).

Let nomads go their way...

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Jon Dowland
At 1158835506 past the epoch, alfredo diega wrote:
> Next:  SD drive, works with Ubuntu with their "free
> stuuf."  Probably isn't supported by policy either.

Without more specifics I can't be sure, but if it's an sdhci
device, the driver was merged into mainline starting with
2.6.17. I believe dapper carries 2.6.16, and I think one of
their kernel gurus backported the sdhci driver patches to
that kernel[1] so that hardware support would be present for
the release, prior to it being officially in the kernel.

Again I'm not 100% sure here but I think the default kernel
in Etch will be 2.6.17 or greater so the odds are that your
driver should work out-of-the-box by the time we actually
release.

Either way, 2.6.17 is available in etch to apt-get right
now.


[1] Actually, the sdhci people rewrote the driver a great
deal shortly after 2.6.17 came out because they got
ahold of a spec for the device, finally. They had
previously written everything based on very scant info
and reverse engineering.  The out-of-tree patches at the
time of 2.6.17 result in much faster transfers to SDHCI
devices.  I don't know if dapper has these, and I don't
know if they made 2.6.18.


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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Amaya
alfredo diega wrote:
> Well, I guess it isn't fair.  Look, have any of you ever sent an email
> out of frustration, then wish you could take it back?  I am sorry, I
> hope somebody will forgive me.

We all have, no big deal.

> I just need to loose my pride and switch to Ubuntu.

No, you just need to have a good laugh about this all. I suggest:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Debian
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu

I think humor comes in handy to deal with hardware pain ;)

I have a tshirt that says: 
  "Debian: Good things come to those who...  wait". 
I love it beacuse it is both fun and true. Things may work a bit
differently here, but we do care about our users. I think freedom is
important to our users, and while I also understand your fustration, we
do emphazise freedom. 

I guess you were "blessed" with an ugly piece of hardware with freedom
issues in its support. It is going to take some time until it is ready,
probably in a part of our archive that is labeled as non-free, and
maybe, as you own this hardware, you might even be interested in helping
out, if you are not so angry anymore, at least at the later testing
stages. Both distros would benefit from this work, btw.

Have fun!

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread alfredo diega
On 9/21/06, Thaddeus H. Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  I ask you, is thatfair?

Well, I guess it isn't fair.  Look, have any of you ever sent an email out of
frustration, then wish you could take it back?  I am sorry, I hope somebody
will forgive me.

I just need to loose my pride and switch to Ubuntu.  I haven't and I know the
LUG here will laugh at me and tell me "We told you so" but what you say is
true.  Different goals.  What I was telling my friends was I wanted to use the
best community distro based on free software out there.  I thought it was
Debian and maybe it still is but I guess I need to ask myself:  What is the
best community distro based on free software that isn't so free that it
doesn't work.  I guess that right now is Ubuntu.



Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:45:06 -0500
"alfredo diega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Lastly, suspend doesn't work with Debian but does with Dapper.

What kind of suspend? suspend-to-ram (S3), (user space) software
suspend to disk? How do you trigger it?

FWIW, the kernels in dapper and unstable both have the possibility to
suspend (to ram and disk). Suspend to disk should mostly works on
PC-hardware. Suspend to ram is a bit more tricky, but I think ubuntu
has the same software as debian, in this case.
I could be however, that ubuntu installs packages by default
which debian doesn't.

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:45:06AM -0500, alfredo diega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On 9/21/06, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >-
> >I can see you're frustrated.  You've invested a lot of energy into
> >writing this note to us about a problem you see in Debian.  Now, if it
> >really does pain you to write it, the least you could do is tell us
> >what your hardware is.  Otherwise, how do you expect us to make things
> >better for you?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Ben
> >
> 
> Okay:  Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.  According to this message at
> bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363967 it isn't packaged because:

Note that this driver requires a "binary user space regulatory
daemon", and thus will never be in debian. At most, in non-free.

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Ben Armstrong
alfredo diega wrote:
> Okay:  Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.  According to this message at
> bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363967 it isn't packaged
> because:
>
> "there is still an official statement of -release and -kernel about the
> policy for oot-modules in etch missing."
>
> showing it just isn't in Debian because policy.

Please read down to the bottom of the whole bug you cited above.  Two
developers are actively working on this, and there are technical
problems with the package.

Furthermore, you appear to be mistaken about Debian policy.  Perhaps
this is simply a matter of language.  See:

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/

This key document is the technical foundation upon which the entire
Debian distribution is built.  Without it, you would not have the
quality distribution you now enjoy.

> Next:  SD drive, works with Ubuntu with their "free stuuf."  Probably
> isn't
> supported by policy either.

I can't comment, as you have not given details.

> Lastly, suspend doesn't work with Debian but does with Dapper.

Again, without even a bug# reference, this is hard for me to check.

> I am not an expert with all the technical specifics, but when I see
> messages
> like this from the release manager:
> lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2006/09/msg00453.html

I don't see the connection between this and the one concrete example you
gave above.

> I conclude, why am I trying to wait patiently?  Is Debian ever going to
> support hardware where there is "free software" out there for it? 
> Because
> of
> a pios loyalty to a docoument and not to mankind I conclude not.

The bug report that *you* cited above indicates otherwise.  I see
developers who are concerned about working on the problems you are so
passionate about having fixed.  I see a Debian that cares about its users.

Regards,
Ben


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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread alfredo diega
On 9/21/06, Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
-I can see you're frustrated.  You've invested a lot of energy intowriting this note to us about a problem you see in Debian.  Now, if itreally does pain you to write it, the least you could do is tell us
what your hardware is.  Otherwise, how do you expect us to make things
better for you?Regards,Ben
Okay:  Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG.  According to this message at
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=363967 it isn't packaged because:

"there is still an official statement of -release and -kernel about the
policy for oot-modules in etch missing."

showing it just isn't in Debian because policy.

Next:  SD drive, works with Ubuntu with their "free stuuf."  Probably isn't
supported by policy either.


Lastly, suspend doesn't work with Debian but does with Dapper.

I am not an expert with all the technical specifics, but when I see messages
like this from the release manager:
lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2006/09/msg00453.html

I conclude, why am I trying to wait patiently?  Is Debian ever going to
support hardware where there is "free software" out there for it?  Because of
a pios loyalty to a docoument and not to mankind I conclude not.

   
Alfredo Diega



Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Ron Johnson
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On 09/21/06 08:46, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> Alfredo,
> 
> alfredo diega wrote:
>>> It really pains me to write this since I have used stable for a long
>>> time.
>>> Unfortunately, I think you could use a wakeup call.
>>>
>>>   Much of my hardware is never supported by you guys
> 
> I can see you're frustrated.  You've invested a lot of energy into
> writing this note to us about a problem you see in Debian.  Now, if it
> really does pain you to write it, the least you could do is tell us
> what your hardware is.  Otherwise, how do you expect us to make things
> better for you?

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Re: Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread Ben Armstrong
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Alfredo,

alfredo diega wrote:
> It really pains me to write this since I have used stable for a long
> time.
> Unfortunately, I think you could use a wakeup call.
>
>   Much of my hardware is never supported by you guys

I can see you're frustrated.  You've invested a lot of energy into
writing this note to us about a problem you see in Debian.  Now, if it
really does pain you to write it, the least you could do is tell us
what your hardware is.  Otherwise, how do you expect us to make things
better for you?

Regards,
Ben

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Debian cares more about documents than people

2006-09-21 Thread alfredo diega
It really pains me to write this since I have used stable for a long time.
Unfortunately, I think you could use a wakeup call.

   Much of my hardware is never supported by you guys even though it is "free
enough" to be supported by the linux kernel and other community groups like
Ubuntu.  Dapper has supported all my hardware "out of the box" without third
party or unsupported stuff which are *really* nonfree.

   Even though Dapper's "out of the box software" is "free enough" to be able
to modify and redistribute, you guys still refuse to support much of it because
of some document, which I am beginning to believe you care more about than
people.

   If you cared about people why would you not want them to be able to use
software?  *HOW MUCH FREEDOM CAN PEOPLE REALLY HAVE IF THEY CANNOT EVEN RUN
THE SOFTWARE*?  The real reason Ubuntu is more popular is somebody had the
ingenious idea that people should have software that works.  You have software
that doesn't work in that people can't use it, yet who cares about the people,
you have your documents which are more important. :)

  As for the documents, you pick and choose which ones to follow.  Like you
guys really pay attention to the social contract on these mailing lists?  I
think not.  Documents which force you to care about people(Social Contract)
you freely ignore whereas documents which get you out of supporting your users
hardware, you hold to.  Obviously, people are not what matter to you guys.

   
Alfredo Diega