Re: Anfrage: Merchandise || Request: Merchandise
Hi Markus, this mailing list is English, so let me answer in this language... Am 17.04.24 um 05:22 schrieb Markus Hiersche: In the near future (summer 2024) I plan to share my knowledge (Debian, Wordpress and Python) in German and ÖGS (Austrian Sign Language) via YouTube and blog. Great! Have fun producing these and feel free to send links to https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/ and share among the deaf community to gain some initial momentum on your videos. Do you perhaps have a merchandise shop page to make Debian even more present? If so, may I ask you for the link? Please check https://www.debian.org/events/merchandise.en.html Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Donations
Hi Peter, Am 03.04.24 um 15:09 schrieb Peter Valentin: I'd like to continue to support you BUT I do NOT want to continue to support Paypal ! @ https://www.debian.org/donations.en.html one is mislead to assume it is possible to donate withOUT using Paypal if one goes via »Click & Pledge« BUT »Click & Pledge« is done via Paypal - in a shadow-manner !!! - it's not clear before one can read the transaction at ones bank account Debian France has its bank details published at https://france.debian.net/soutenir/#compte linked from https://www.debian.org/donations.en.html Please feel free to wire transfer a donation. That way we do not have to pay a intermediary fee either. Good for Debian, too. Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Brief update about software freedom and artificial intelligence
From Paul Wise: I note that fair use isn't a worldwide concept and other parts of the world have the more varied and restricted concept of "fair dealing". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Influence_internationally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing So, as much as possible, we should try not to rely on fair use. The Wikimedia Foundation fellow and legal counsel Valentina Vera-Quiroz (CC) has documented her current expertise around ChatGPT and Copyright at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilegal/Copyright_Analysis_of_ChatGPT I just wanted to drop the link on this thread as it starts to be a good collection of references. We may need that some time in the future.
Re: Reimbursement rules for people traveling to a BSP
Am 21.01.23 um 22:34 schrieb Louis-Philippe Véronneau: It used to be one could get an "automatic" (by this I mean, without having to ask for pre-approval) budget of up to 100 USD for traveling to a BSP. That process has been suspended by . There is a system development in progress to streamline the process as requested by Sam at the time*: https://salsa.debian.org/stefanor/debian-reimbursement Currently please ask for pre-approval as with any other expense request: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/Reimbursement * there are other reasons for this system development, too, as per https://salsa.debian.org/freexian-team/project-funding/-/blob/master/accepted/2022-11-debian-reimbursements.md
Re: Insanely frustrating finding older distributions
I find
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/archive/
useful as these have the Free and non-free (i.e. including proprietary firmware
and drivers) installers for older Debian versions.
Additionally
https://www.debian.org/releases/${CODENAME}/debian-installer/ has media links
and errata per distribution.
${CODENAME} can be obtained from https://www.debian.org/releases/ .
Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events
Am 27.06.22 um 17:34 schrieb Jonathan Carter: I don't think this needs to be a GR per sé, but I'd like to hear the views of others on this, and I hope that we can garner enough consensus so that we can just go ahead and implement this in our future bursary policies. I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense. We had cases in the past that go (far) beyond just the official Visa fees though. E.g. a person wanted to fly LA <-> NY to pick up a Visa sticker. They asked for the flights plus a hotel night in NY. The team - at the time - recommended to use FedEx instead. Thus I suggest a maximum fee for any Visa related activities, e.g. a default of USD 200, adjusted to inflation and (if necessary) relative Visa-cost insanity of DebConf hosting countries*. Because sometimes travel is required to just get a Visa, e.g. going to a larger city to apply in person. Of course - as with all our reimbursement - only the actual cost can be claimed with receipts. * Visa fees are often reciprocal between countries. They are a political means much more than an administrative.
Re: 回覆: Debian boot entry won't generated after flash BIOS.
Hi Alvin, thank you very much for reaching out to Debian with this issue. Am 07.10.21 um 11:18 schrieb Alvin Huang: Beside the generate boot entry by manual. Does Debian will generate the boot entry automatic when the original boot entry disappeared? Because I’m confused the problem is cause by BIOS or Debian. Kibi (Cyril Brulebois) mentioned https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path during a discussion on IRC we had about your mail. I assume this wiki page details the issue you are seeing. Windows installs a fallback EFI executable and Debian doesn't. The rationale is that every OS would overwrite each others "removable" EFI executable. Best would be if your BIOS was preserving boot entries across upgrades (BIOS flashing). Please do not hesitate to reach out if we can help you test things. Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Bug#273323: scripting solution
This works reasonably well:
curl "https://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html; |\
sed '/^/,/^<\/div> /{//!b};d' |\
pandoc -f html -t latex -V geometry:a4paper,margin=2cm -o social_contract.pdf
Statements from the FSF board and Richard Stallman
The board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) have issued a statement regarding the election of Richard Stallman: https://www.fsf.org/news/statement-of-fsf-board-on-election-of-richard-stallman Richard Stallman has issued a statement as well: https://www.fsf.org/news/rms-addresses-the-free-software-community
Re: Cancel "culture" is a threat to Debian
Am 30.03.21 um 20:19 schrieb Steve Langasek: On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 06:56:49PM +1100, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: Cancel "culture" arrived in Debian and it threatens the project: https://davidblixtauthor.medium.com/cancel-culture-and-responsibility-b5b8065c3cbd https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/t-magazine/cancel-culture-history.html for a much better piece on why cancel culture exists, where it comes from and what it does.
Re: How to Fix the apt-get install error: “Media change: please insert the disc labeled ...” in Debian 10.
Hi Edgar, Am 19.11.20 um 09:04 schrieb Edgar Villanueva Jr: I was amazed by the description that Debian is robust and reliable etc. So I decided to install it. But when I try to install from terminal "Fix the apt-get install error: “Media change: please insert the disc labeled ...” appears. I can't also install software thru discover. The better mailing list for such requests is debian-user (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/) or a non-English version of it (https://lists.debian.org/users.html) if you prefer. Debian-project is meant to discuss non-technical issues around the Debian project, e.g. organization or policy changes. That said, you likely have a line starting with deb cdrom: ... in your /etc/apt/sources.list comment that line out (as root) by prefixing it with a hash (#) mark: # deb cdrom: ... Save the file and that should fix things. Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Creating a Salsa account
Hi Shachar, Am 08.07.20 um 18:05 schrieb Shachar Shemesh: On 08/07/2020 18:58, Daniel Lange wrote: Salsa support is alternatively available via https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/support/-/issues as well. Guess what I need to do in order to open a new ticket. No, go on. Guess. Creating another user with a working email or asking a friend? Best regards, Daniel
Re: Creating a Salsa account
Hi Shachar, Am 08.07.20 um 17:50 schrieb Shachar Shemesh: On 08/07/2020 15:07, Daniel Lange wrote: I think the process has not changed since. Except it isn't working for me :-( I've tried clicking "forgot my password", but no mail arrives. May be you can join #salsa on IRC (OFTC) and get more iterative help there? (Update: I see you already joined there a few minutes ago :)) Salsa support is alternatively available via https://salsa.debian.org/salsa/support/-/issues as well. Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Creating a Salsa account
Hi Shachar, Am 08.07.20 um 07:21 schrieb Shachar Shemesh: With that said, I verified I still know that password by logging in to db.debian.org. That password does not work on the Salsa server. I've tried both "shachar" and "shac...@debian.org" as the username. The Salsa password is not related to any other. When this syncing was set up (January 2018), every DD was asked to send themselves a password reset email to set an initial password. I think the process has not changed since. Best regards, Daniel
Re: Question to all: Outreach
Hi 朱晟菁, Am 18.03.20 um 09:43 schrieb Shengjing Zhu: It's still not clear to me the difference between GSoC and Outreachy program. GSoC is a Google program: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ Outreachy is a SFC program (originally founded at GNOME): https://www.outreachy.org Both are unrelated except for Outreachy not accepting interns that have already had a GSoC assignment and Debian choosing to run them both via the Debian Outreach team, cf. https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Outreach . IIUC, GSoC interns are paid by Google, which I appreciate their generosity. Correct. But who pays Outreachy interns? Is this the same that some companies pay for it? like the companies logo on https://www.outreachy.org/. However I'm confused that Debian is listed as sponsor on https://www.outreachy.org. Why Debian sponsors other programs while Debian needs others' sponsors? Outreachy internships can be paid for by the sponsoring organization that also hosts the interns (i.e. Debian), by other organizations paying for specific assignments (i.e. the United Nations) or by sourcing from Outreachy's general fund. As Debian can afford paying for its interns itself, we do. Other organizations cannot and they are partially supported from our "share" that Outreachy.org takes ($500 per intern)* and donations that Outreachy.org gets awarded by other donors for granting internships and/or supporting its own charitable mission. See https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/ for details. * this also pays for the administrative work Outreachy.org staff are doing for the projects, managing the internships Kind regards, Daniel
Re: Re: Announcing miniDebConf Montreal 2020 -- August 6th to August 9th 2020
Hi Jonathan I haven't publicly said this before, but I believe it was a big mistake: * Not having a bid committee for that vote * Making it a private vote * Not announcing the the DCC would be the bid committee nor that it would be a private vote You have been part of the DCC at the time, just sayin' in case you forgot. I've brought these up in various private discussions before, and unfortunately it's too late to change that decision without further, possibly worse consequences, but I think the current DebConf committee should strongly consider setting up a bid committee again (even if it largely or mostly overlaps with the DCC, that might just be natural) and keep the bid decision public as it was in prior DebConfs. I've seen people express this on IRC before and I hope they speak up on more formal channels too. Translation: I did not get the result I wanted, so I'd like a "bid committee" next time in the hope that decisions will be more in line with my personal convictions. We held public review meetings for the DC21 bids. You did not care to show up for either of them. On a purely personal note, I find it in rather poor taste to talk about diversity in the context of having DC in a country with an active apartheid regime. Roberto gave you an answer to this already. "active apartheid regime" is politically loaded lingo and shows where you stand. Employing it disqualifies rational arguments, if you had any. Daniel
