Re: DPL Debates [Re: Debian Project Leader Election 2009]
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009, Joerg Jaspert wrote: If someone can't set up a poll, I'll send another message asking for DDs to privately mail me (or maybe me-too to -vote) if they find the debates useful. http://doodle.com/nmpesn9t5fwv6ewe Having this run for 7 days now, we had 72 participants. The question asked was Are the Debian DPL IRC Debates useful and should we keep them? and people could chose Yes, No, I don't care, never looked at one. and we have Yes 34 No 32 Don't care 12 Based on these results, my own personal thoughts, and some brief discussion with the candidates, I'm leaning heavily towards not expending the effort on a debate this time around. I think much more could be gained from good discussions about the platforms here in -vote, and followups with the candidates on IRC (Sledge [Steve] and zack [Stefano] are highly active on IRC) than the debate itself. Also, since Stefano and Steve are in similar timezones, odds are good that you all can get them to engage each other on #debian-devel on an ad-hoc basis about the specific questions that bother you specifically, without having to wait for the rigamarole of an IRC debate. Don Armstrong -- People selling drug paraphernalia ... are as much a part of drug trafficking as silencers are a part of criminal homicide. -- John Brown, DEA Chief http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Debian packages
Dear Debian Package Maintainers, Is there a definitive way to download packages for a machine that, due to it's remote location, does not have an internet connection? What I'm looking for is a complete file that would contain all the packages that a specific application is dependant upon whether or not a given operating system already included said packages in it's makeup. If something like that is not available, would there be a way to create files full of packages that would cover a large range of basic packages in an index such as a pool? This would allow users to download and burn a CD full of the latest packages for specific uses such as Multimedia, games, development, or perhaps entire desktops that could be added to existing operating systems. For example, I cannot install a second desktop environment such as Xfce or Kde on a machine that has Gnome installed without using a package manager and an internet connection. However, if I were able to download a set of package files which came with thier dependencies neatly bundled in an index that could be read by something like synaptic; I could then install the alternate desktop environment without the need for an internet connection. Simpler yet would be a multimedia bundle, or perhaps a networking bundle. If I simply wanted a media player installed on my system and could download a package bundle which contained everything needed to install that specific media player it would be much easier than trying to download each individual package and install them all as individual binary packages. Please help me understand why this is not something that is easliy found. Thank you for your time Gabriel (hellion_darkl...@inbox.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Debian packages
Gabriel McCall hellion_darkl...@inbox.com wrote: Hi, Is there a definitive way to download packages for a machine that, due to it's remote location, does not have an internet connection? What I'm looking for is a complete file that would contain all the packages that a specific application is dependant upon whether or not a given operating system already included said packages in it's makeup. apt-zip might be what you're looking for. JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian GNU/Linux Developer - jbla...@debian.org Public key available on http://www.jblache.org - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
