Back again

2008-01-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Just a FYI that I'm back now (I was away over Christmas) but still 474 emails behind so I'm not likely to get fully caught up until the weekend. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)

2008-01-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Florian Weimer writes ("Re: Bug#412976 repoened - reassign tech-ctte (mixmaster /etc/default/*)"): > The manpage also says: > | System administrators are not encouraged to use update-rc.d to manage > | runlevels. > > My experience with update-rc.d has been mixed at best. Removing the S > links m

Re: Processed: destruction of round-robin functionality is fucking up our mirrors and making Debian suck for many people, hence fixing this is a release-critical "wish"

2008-01-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes ("Re: Processed: destruction of round-robin functionality is fucking up our mirrors and making Debian suck for many people, hence fixing this is a release-critical "wish""): > [stuff] I've been skimreading this subthread and I have to say I'm not quite clear about

Re: Package-created usernames

2008-01-10 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes ("Re: Package-created usernames"): > After digesting the replies here and some off-list discussions, I > now agree that while it is desireable for packages to be flexible about > usernames to support the kinds of situations I described, requiring all > Debian packages to be f