Re: jabber field on db.debian.org?
hi, On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 06:24:44PM +0100, Andreas Fuchs wrote: Today, Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -) Or, during a short period (say, 2 months or so?) both fields could be there, and icq should really be dropped. Or, they could both be there (if space permits) with the ICQ field output as [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Talking about encouragement... (-: Well, there can also be icq.jabber.at, so i wouldn't preset it to jabber.org/.com :). but a jabber field in db would be great *g* so long Othmar
Re: jabber field on db.debian.org?
[Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about dropping icq field] Jason said he won't decide - I really understand that. But maybe if some of the other 113 people that are currently using the icq field (or also others, that might use the jabber field) could comment on this it would be greatly encouraged to express your feelings :-) I'm one of the other 113. I just filled in the blank because it was there. Supporting, encouraging a free system is the Right Thing to do and has my vote. That said, if we're going to reorganize the contact details, how about rolling irc into the mix. I don't really use irc or icq that much but fill in the blanks because I stop by from time to time. What might be better is a list box of common (or uncommon) systems and a space to enter specific details. Thus you might have primary/secondary, each one being icq/aim/jabber/irc/whatever with a suitable length field to enter the data But ... to just remove ICQ with Jabber id would be a great way to start the ball rolling. Dave -- - Dave Baker : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://dsb3.com/ GnuPG: 1024D/D7BCA55D / 09CD D148 57DE 711E 6708 B772 0DD4 51D5 D7BC A55D pgpO1V8iOyAln.pgp Description: PGP signature
jabber field on db.debian.org?
Hi! I was just wondering - there is this icq-field on http://db.debian.org/, which I have to say I'm not really happy with. It's not the kind of thing that seems the right thing[tm] for Debian. I would rather like to have a jabber field instead of that jabber, you might ask? From the jabber.org FAQ: Jabber is an XML-based, open-source system and protocol for real-time messaging and presence notification. You might say: Hey, that's the same as icq, so why bother? But I say: Hey, it's open-source, and that's what Debian is all about, right? So, instead of supporting (and even encouraging the developers!) the usage of a closed-source (but reverse engineered?) protocol we should state once again what Debian is all about, right? I see that there might be problems due to the translation: Current icq-field can't simply be turned into a jabber-field which would produce some problems. On the other hand, another field might take lots of space on the disk. So I thought a little about it and came up with the following: -) The current field could be used for either one, and on display it could be decided that it is a icq-field if it contains only of numbers. -) Or, during a short period (say, 2 months or so?) both fields could be there, and icq should really be dropped. -) Finally, icq field could simply be dropped. Last point isn't really the best way to go - though there are currently only 115 people using the icq field, according to Jason Gunthorpe, including me. And I think I'm not the only one of those people (at least I know also that Othmar Pasteka would encourage this change). Jason said he won't decide - I really understand that. But maybe if some of the other 113 people that are currently using the icq field (or also others, that might use the jabber field) could comment on this it would be greatly encouraged to express your feelings :-) So, comments are welcome, Cc: from messages to the list NOT! Alfie
Re: jabber field on db.debian.org?
On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 08:44:38AM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: I was just wondering - there is this icq-field on http://db.debian.org/, which I have to say I'm not really happy with. It's not the kind of thing that seems the right thing[tm] for Debian. I would rather like to have a jabber field instead of that I second you idea. Jabber is an interesting free project and we could help to spread it. Christian -- Christian Surchi | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] FLUG: http://www.firenze.linux.it | Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org - http://www.firenze.linux.it/~csurchi -- The only intuitive interface is the nipple. After that, it's all learned.
Re: jabber field on db.debian.org?
Today, Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -) Or, during a short period (say, 2 months or so?) both fields could be there, and icq should really be dropped. Or, they could both be there (if space permits) with the ICQ field output as [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Talking about encouragement... (-: -- Andreas Fuchs, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], antifuchs Hail RMS! Hail Cthulhu! Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
