Re: How to join Google Summer of Code 2007?
"Joel Bryan Juliano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm really really would like to join the Google SoC 2007, I have a lot > of proposals in mind, and I have a strong confidence that I can prove > them technically*. After 1 year of waiting, I can't elaborate how > enthusiastically dead serious I'am. Anyone can help me how to join? Have you seen the timeline?[1] IIRC Google starts accepting applications by March 14th up to the 24th, so I think you'll have a headstart in getting all your rad project ideas into writing now :D > What are the mechanics of an Ubuntu SoC 2007 student, do I need to be > a MOTU? Just sign up to the main SoC site, wait until Google starts accepting proposals, then submit, then wait again. :P If and when you do get accepted, you will have to prepare your transcript of records for later submission (as that's the only way for students outside the US to validate with Google IIRC.) I don't think you even need to be a Ubuntu Member to participate, as long as you can really show your stuff to your would-be mentors. Which brings up the question: who in the community will be mentors for Ubuntu on this SoC? Cheers, Zakame (who is keen to join again :D) Footnotes: [1] http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60325&topic=10729 -- Zak B. Elep [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Preconfiguring Emacs.
"Joel Bryan Juliano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would it be nice to have an emacs package create a preconfigured > configurations for common tasks in programming like editing > changelogs. I'm not a MOTU, but I guess most of the MOTU's use emacs, > what about create an emacs package that is preconfigured for MOTU's? Haven't you seen the dpkg-dev-el, debian-el, and emacs-goodies-el packages? As for changelogs, Emacs has had the GNU-style changelog ever since, while the Debian-style changelog is available as another mode in dpkg-dev-el. You should really be using debchange(1) in devscripts to edit changelogs though (which debian-changelog-mode assists...) Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: firefox and bad ssl certificates
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 16:24 -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: >> No, they won't, and shouldn't. Why pay some idiot corporation an >> extortion fee just because they bribed the browser manufacturers to >> include their certs by default? There is NO added security to having a >> paid for cert. See the several incidents where bank web sites have been >> spoofed on a slightly misspelled version of the domain name and issued a >> "valid" cert from a CA "proving" they are the bank you thought you were >> visiting. > > http://cacert.org, which has its certs included in Ubuntu by default, is > free. Be advised however to use the new OpenSSL[0] to generate your CSR and private key pair, in light of DSA-1571[1]. [0] http://packages.ubuntu.com/openssl [1] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-1 It may also be worth considering putting off submitting CSRs to CAs (CACert included) until those CAs can confirm that they are not (or no longer) affected by the issue. Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
