Re: Bugs/server-request doesn't mention usertags
[Apologies for the delay in replying, I'm catching up on mail after having been out-of-action for a few weeks] On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 17:53 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote: Hi, I just noticed that Bugs/server-request doesn't mention usertags at all. Since mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the only way to add usertags after the bug was filled it should really mention how to add them. Well, [EMAIL PROTECTED] works too... :-) Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a problem with http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/n/nut ?
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 12:46:24PM +0100, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: BinNMUs don't have a source upload and thus are not really accompanied by a changelog. I'm not sure if that would be doable with some redirect magic on packages.debian.org or should be catched by aptitude directly already. Propably both ... For the record, it is an issue already tracked by #422074. -- Simon Paillard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a problem with http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/n/nut ?
Hi! Am Dienstag, den 25.12.2007, 10:33 -0800 schrieb e2xbegqsdyt21hfc: Is there a problem with http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/n/nut: $ apt-show-versions -a -b nut nut 2.2.0-2 install ok installed nut 2.2.0-2+b1 testing nut 2.2.0-2+b1 unstable nut/testing $ aptitude changelog nut Ign ChangeLog of nut E: Couldn't fetch URL http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/n/nut/nut_2.2.0-2+b1/changelog E: Couldn't find a changelog for nut BinNMUs don't have a source upload and thus are not really accompanied by a changelog. I'm not sure if that would be doable with some redirect magic on packages.debian.org or should be catched by aptitude directly already. Propably both ... http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/n/nut/nut_2.2.0-2/changelog is what you were looking for. So long, Rhonda signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil
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downloading Debian 3.1 r2 dvd for i386 and amd64
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Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
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As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains
Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude
(or
apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's
many FTP or HTTP mirrors.
This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one
can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced
Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...].
You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use.
Regards.
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Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception.
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#438787: marked as done (/devel/debian-installer/ links to outdated weekly and daily images)
Your message dated Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:33:06 -0500 with message-id [EMAIL PROTECTED] and subject line Out of date has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I am talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) ---BeginMessage--- Package: www.debian.org Severity: normal http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ links to http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/ on current weekly snapshot of Debian testing, but these images aren't current currently, dating from May. There are current netinst and businesscard images for testing which are linked from the same page - the problem is that the outdated images appear first. Similarly, daily multi-arch CD images are not current. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- The current weekly images are now current. The multi-arch links are now broken. ---End Message---
Bug#457994: broken links on /devel/debian-installer/ to multi-arch images
Package: www.debian.org Severity: normal The 2 links to multi-arch CD images on http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ are broken, yielding Forbidden You don't have permission to access /cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/multi-arch/iso-cd/ on this server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: downloading Debian 3.1 r2 dvd for i386 and amd64
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 10:10 -0600, Mike Kryskow wrote: Help: I have a customer who is running Debian 3.1 r2 on both intel and amd platforms. I need to get a DVD download of that release As usually, you probably want to use netinst or jigdo images.. http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/ He is also running with the 2.6.19.7 kernel AFAIK, Dbian has never shipped such kernel in stable (sarge=2.6.18 ; etch=2.6.19) check http://packages.debian.org Could you point me to a location I can download this version of Debian Hope this helps. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows.
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows. No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Sorry, but you're wrong. Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#176407: See this
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Bug#207094: Nice gift ideas
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Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows. No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Quoting English Wikipedia: APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by front-end programs for dealing with packages [...] As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use aptitude without using apt is misleading.
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows. No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Quoting English Wikipedia: APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by front-end programs for dealing with packages [...] As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use aptitude without using apt is misleading. Last time: For *end users* apt is a package manager. We recommend to use aptitude or apt as package manager to upgrade... Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Le December 27, 2007 04:39:34 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows. No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Quoting English Wikipedia: APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by front-end programs for dealing with packages [...] As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use aptitude without using apt is misleading. Last time: For *end users* apt is a package manager. You mean a libapt front-end? If so, which one is it?
Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
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Philippe Cloutier wrote:
Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit :
Philippe Cloutier wrote:
Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit :
Philippe Cloutier wrote:
Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez
écrit :
Philippe Cloutier wrote:
Package: www.debian.org
Severity: minor
As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227
contains
Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the
aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual
page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors.
This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are,
suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably
read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the
sources.list(5) manual page) to [...].
You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to
use.
Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem
is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not
use APT, which is already a common misconception.
No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever
package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt).
I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem.
The announcement says this:
You can use A or B.
B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only
choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end
to use.
It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager
(such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're
pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager
to a source indirectly.
The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or
Linux to replace Windows.
No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library.
Quoting English Wikipedia:
APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by
front-end programs for dealing with packages [...]
As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be
considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt
either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use
aptitude without using apt is misleading.
Last time: For *end users* apt is a package manager.
You mean a libapt front-end? If so, which one is it?
Ok, check the description of the apt package:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt
Advanced front-end for dpkg!! And does aptitude depends on the apt
package? No! Depends on libapt! Which is not apt.
Regards.
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Bug#457995: new update/revision announcement pages confusing about aptitude/apt
Le December 27, 2007 06:36:31 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 04:39:34 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:47:40 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:26:11 pm Luk Claes, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Le December 27, 2007 03:12:22 pm Jose Luis Rivas Contreras, vous avez écrit : Philippe Cloutier wrote: Package: www.debian.org Severity: minor As its predecessor, http://www.us.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 contains Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. This can confuse readers about what apt and aptitude are, suggesting that one can use one or the other. This should probably read by pointing the Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to [...]. You can use one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to use. Actually, you have to use APT, since aptitude uses APT. The problem is precisely that the announcement suggests that aptitude does not use APT, which is already a common misconception. No, aptitude uses libapt... For an enduser he can choose whatever package manager to use, though we recommend aptitude (or apt). I guess I have not been clear enough about the problem. The announcement says this: You can use A or B. B being a library used by A, users have to use B anyway, the only choice is to use A or not. Actually, the choice is which APT front-end to use. It could also be changed to pointing your favorite package manager (such as aptitude and Synaptic) to [...] though in reality, you're pointing APT to a source, and you're only pointing your package manager to a source indirectly. The current sentence is a bit like saying that you can use Debian or Linux to replace Windows. No, it's not, apt is a package manager, it's libapt that is a library. Quoting English Wikipedia: APT is a C++ library of functions (known as libapt) which are used by front-end programs for dealing with packages [...] As you can see, APT can be considered as libapt. apt can also be considered as the apt package, but it still contains libapt, so apt either is or contains libapt. Therefore, suggesting that one can use aptitude without using apt is misleading. Last time: For *end users* apt is a package manager. You mean a libapt front-end? If so, which one is it? Ok, check the description of the apt package: http://packages.debian.org/sid/apt Advanced front-end for dpkg!! Yes, it's not clear. I opened #458029 about that. And does aptitude depends on the apt package? No! Depends on libapt! Which is not apt. It doesn't directly depend on apt, but it does effectively depend on it.
Debian WWW CVS commit by tolimar: webwml/english/News/2007 20071227.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: tolimar 07/12/27 05:05:54 Added files: english/News/2007: 20071227.wml Log message: Adding announcement for 4.0r2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: luk 07/12/27 15:01:43 Modified files: english/releases/etch: errata.wml Log message: Update for 4.0r2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: jta 07/12/27 16:24:09 Modified files: finnish/releases/etch: errata.wml Log message: Sync -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by joy: webwml/english/mirror Mirrors.masterlist
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: joy 07/12/27 18:29:46 Modified files: english/mirror : Mirrors.masterlist Log message: some updates for ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: joy 07/12/27 18:45:25 Modified files: english/mirror : Mirrors.masterlist Log message: an update for monash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by demitel: webwml/russian/distrib index.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: demitel 07/12/27 20:16:11 Modified files: russian/distrib: index.wml Log message: fix typo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by peterk: webwml/english/News/2007 20070407.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:08:42 Modified files: english/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:13:35 Modified files: finnish/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:13:35 Modified files: danish/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by peterk: webwml/french/News/2007 20070407.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:13:35 Modified files: french/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by peterk: webwml/german/News/2007 20070407.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:13:35 Modified files: german/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian WWW CVS commit by peterk: webwml/italian/News/2007 20070407.wml
CVSROOT:/cvs/webwml Module name:webwml Changes by: peterk 07/12/27 23:13:35 Modified files: italian/News/2007: 20070407.wml Log message: Fixed quotes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
