Printing Bug

2011-12-20 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hi,

I have a bug report against UMLet [1] which states that printing to a
shared SMB printer using CUPS with authentication-requirement does not
work. I had the reporter test printing with freemind too, where he has
the same problem.

A superficial web search does not reveal a solution for this problem and
I am not so much into the Java-Printing stuff that I can do a lot here.

Since UMLet uses standard java mechanism for printing I suspect it is
not really an UMLet bug, but one within Java (he uses OpenJDK 6):

import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;

[...]

PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this.getDrawPanel());
if (printJob.printDialog()) try {
printJob.print();
} catch (PrinterException pe) {
Main.displayError(Constants.ERROR_PRINTING);
}

Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards

Ben

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651533


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Re: Concerns with Open/OS Corporate Linux ads?

2006-08-29 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello,

 It calls our distro reliable and secure and states that they add
 maturity and corporate readiness. Then they go on to state that
 Debian is
 
   - reliable
   - secure
   - upgradeable
   - integrateable
   - preconfigured
   - remotely administratable
 
 and that they add support and maintenance, which adds the features
 
   - reliable release cycle
   - newest packages
   - security team
   - preselected packages
   - security administration
   - certification
   - software tests
[..]
  - we have our own security team
That isn't negated by their add, in fact they state that Debian is
secure. And Debian has lacked security support for new software for a
long time (I believe testing is supported now).

   - we have preselected packages (tasks)
Well, but they probably have others, focused on the business domain.

   - we are definitely ready for the business world
 (I know what they mean, I guess)
I would debate that. Sometimes companies simply need to pay money for a
product to have someone to blame. Debian is volunteer driven, and thus
noone can be put under any real pressure. For companies it is sometimes
better to pay for the service and thus have someone who is responsible
for that. In fact I would see the security team statement in that light,
they provide security support for money and thus probably guarantee that
updates are prepared in a certain time frame. 


 and since their ad is entitled Debian of full age, it kind of
 suggests that Debian per se is immature, a child, an assertion I'd
 strongly oppose.
Well, I would be to hard on that. Being young does also have its
benefits :-)


 Should we do anything about this? If so, what?
I do not think that Debian as a whole should take action, but you could
sent an email to them and tell them that they've hurt your feelings (and
you, as opposed to me, form a part of Debian). Perhaps they'll act on
your criticism.

Best regards 

Ben

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Re: Concerns with Open/OS Corporate Linux ads?

2006-08-29 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello,

 And Debian has lacked security support for new software for a
 long time (I believe testing is supported now).
What I meant to say here is, that testing with the latest relatively
stable software in it, had no security support in the past.


  and since their ad is entitled Debian of full age, it kind of
  suggests that Debian per se is immature, a child, an assertion I'd
  strongly oppose.
 Well, I would be to hard on that. Being young does also have its
 benefits :-)
Of course that should read would _not_.

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Re: No more bugreports from me.

2006-08-15 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello


  The report you can see was a ordinary e-mail sent to the maintainer of 
 Aptitude. He saw it as a Dpkg thing and asked me if he could send it to the 
 public dpkg list. I said O.K. Now you can think I have to blame myself but I 
 could never thought about that he would include my personal information, 
 including my main e-mail address, then he send it further to the public dpkg 
 list. But he did.
It sounds to me that there was a misunderstanding and this is most
unfortunate. However, misunderstanding happens, especially in written
language. Please do not blame the Aptitude maintainer for this, since he
probably thought, that your consent to forward your mail, covered the
full email.
However, in such a case it would be in my opinion most desirable, if the
BTS administrator could act quickly to remedy the situation (even though
the BTS is probably mirrored at various locations..).

Best regards 

Ben

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Re: Debian GNU / Linux 3.1 r0a für AMD 64

2006-04-17 Thread Benjamin Mesing
[Robert Werner is complaining about Debian being unusable and
old-fashioned. I point him to the debian-user-german list.]

Dies is eine englischsprachige Liste. Bitte senden Sie deutsche Beiträge
an [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mit freundlichen Grüßen 

Benjamin Mesing


On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 13:06 +0200, Robert Werner wrote:
 Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
 
 anch jahrelanger Nutzung von Suse-Linux und seit
 kurzer Zeit auch von KANOTIX beschaffte ich mir mit
 großen Erwartungen Debian GNU / Linux 3.1 r0a. 
 Leider schaffte dieses System mehr Probleme als es
 löste, angefangen von der völlig unkomfortablen
 Installationssoftware bis hin zur nicht mehr
 zeitgemäßen Konfiguration der Grafik- und
 Bildschirmeinstellungen im Kontrollzentrum. Der
 Monitor sollte auf eine höhere Auflösung eingestellt
 werden, eine Tortur für den normalen Anwender.
 Dieses System ist vielleicht für Programmierer gut, 
 der PC-Anwender, der alltägliche Arbeiten am Rechner
 erledigt, kann damit wenig anfangen.
 Auch in bezug auf den Bedienkomfort gehört dieses
 System eher in die 90iger Jahre des vergangenen
 Jahrtausends. 
 Dies mit Bedauern feststellen zu müssen verbleibe ich 
 
 mit freundlichen Grüßen
 Robert Werner
 D-04683 Naunhof.
 
 
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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-13 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello

 like your studies (beeing in a computer science PhD/MSC helps), 
Well this might be interesting for the Debian project, but applicants
might not want this to become public knowledge. Please do not assume,
that this is for any particular reason, but merely for keeping ones
privacy. 

Debian is about diversity, and I think you have to understand, that
there are people who are trying to dispose as little information about
themselves as possible. You may call it paranoia, but others might say
that this is merely protecting their privacy.

And please don't argue that you are making some things already public by
entering NM/Debian. This is right, but this is information commonly
accepted to be necessary for keeping Debian transparent. So it is
necessary if you want to participate.

 I don't see why oh why the position 
 of an applicant that want to become a DD would be protected in any 
 mean.
Again, you make your general point of view available by being an DD, but
there is no need to do so for your specific comments. 

Best regards 

Benjamin

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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-12 Thread Benjamin Mesing
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 02:09 +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
 On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 06:59:44PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
  For 2.2, I'd recommend that NM's maintain a page about them on 
  wiki.d.org (my current applicant did that, and I found that rather 
  useful). In a glance you can see applicants that are not comited 
  enough.
 
 Probably it's a good idea to maintain wiki.debian.org/YourName anyway,
 whether you're a DD, a DM, an NM or a prospective NM.
 
 But I guess it makes most sense for prospective NMs - document your
 contributions to Debian there (maybe with some small paragraph about
 your motivation) and Front Desk (and later your AM) will have it much
 easier to match an AM and/or check your contributions.
 
I would strongly suggest, allowing to restrict access to such a site to
DDs. This is because not everyone feels comfortable having personal
information (like your specific view on free software) world-accessable.
Debian developers need to know, since you are about to become part of
their community, but no one else needs to know more than is exposed by
your membership in the Debian community anyways.

Best regards
Ben


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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-12 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello

  I would strongly suggest, allowing to restrict access to such a site
  to DDs. This is because not everyone feels comfortable having
  personal information (like your specific view on free software)
  world-accessable. Debian developers need to know, since you are about
  to become part of their community, but no one else needs to know more
  than is exposed by your membership in the Debian community anyways.
 
 then you shouldn't apply for becoming a DD because your so called 
 personnal views on free software are a requirement for beeing a DD. Oh 
 and btw, the application is public anyway.
 
 So to my eyes, the so called problem you raise is irrelevant. Not to 
 mention that I would feel concerned and surprised (in a bad sense) if 
 an applicant would have such issues. e.g.: if you have an issue with 
 your company knowing that you want to become a DD, then, *don't ask for 
 beeing one*, because that's a public matter. Debian is about 
 transparency.
I disagree with you. All that people need to know outside Debian, is
that you conceed with the Debian guidelines on freedom, nothing more. I
have strong feeling about preserving privacy as far as possible, but
this is OT here. 
But after rereading Marc's and Michael's post, I noticed, that they were
not advocating putting your _specific_ views on such a page (Michael
merely mentioned a small paragraph on your motivation). 
So my concerns are in fact irrelevant, as long as this page is not
extended.

Best regards 

Ben



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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-11 Thread Benjamin Mesing
Hello,

my comments as someone planning to enter NM during the next couple of
month follow. 
Overall I find your analysis enlightening. I agree with those points I
do not discuss here.


 1.2.1 Add more people
[Marc argues that this is not a long solution]
I disagree here up to a certain point. I think having more people doing
the job does help the problem even in the long term. The work is
distributed on more shoulders, and people get less frustrated. Let me
put it this way: I can imagine working at a conveyer belt for 1 hour a
day, but I can't doing it a whole day.
However, this assumes that more people are willing to do the job.



 2.1 Multiple advocates
 2.2 Requiring (more) work before applying
I totally agree.

 2.3 Separate upload permissions, system accounts and voting rights
Unless you are not planning to have long term second class
developers (i.e. developers with restricted rights), I don't think it
is a good idea. The additional overhead IMO is not worth the effort for
a few month. After all the goal of the proposal is that applicatants are
not stuck in NM for so long any more.

Best regards 

Ben



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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-11 Thread Benjamin Mesing
 Unless you are not planning to have long term second class
 developers 
Make this: Unless you are planning to have long term second class
developers

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Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-11 Thread Benjamin Mesing
On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 15:07 -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote:
 On 4/11/06, Benjamin Mesing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Unless you are not planning to have long term second class
   developers
  Make this: Unless you are planning to have long term second class
  developers
 
 No, no, no. Give someone the rights to vote or upload something for
 Debian isn't consider him second class developer,
This was not intended as a rant. It might be useful to have different
types of participants with different access rights. I was merely
arguing, that I think it is not worth the effort to do this for people
in NM, which they should leave sooner or later (rather sooner than
later). 
If it is implemented as a long term membership (like, e.g. a doc-member
who has no packaging rights) that's a different issue.
Sorry that I was unclear about this.

Best regards 

Ben

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