Re: [Fwd: major problem with gnome-games dependency]

2005-10-11 Thread Brian Kimball
Ben Armstrong wrote: > This property of metapackages has always irked me. If I install > gnome and then remove gnome-games, I won't automatically benefit in > the next release from any other goodies the gnome maintainers have > added to "gnome" package. Amen brother. Why aren't metapackages usi

Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)

2004-10-07 Thread Brian Kimball
On Wednesday 06 October 2004 04:12 pm, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > For example, a new set of virus definitions, we are told, may include > a new library and a new strategy for catching viruses. Makes sense > to me. But when you add that, are you just going to add in the > latest upstream versio

Re: Should MUA only Recommend mail-transfer-agent?

2003-08-06 Thread Brian Kimball
Eduard Bloch wrote: > It is allowing _few_ users to work around a dependency > which makes sence for everybody else, but is not really useful for > _those_ few users in their special environment. What few users? What special environment? Can anyone provide a real world example of a

Re: Bug#60399: crashes on installation

2000-03-18 Thread Brian Kimball
ack and reproduce it. Any clean install would have the problem though, I guess. (BTW, at what point should we trim To: and Cc:? If I had sent this to just the bug database and debian-devel would that have been enough to have it propogate to the right people?) -- Brian Kimball

Re: The nature of unstable (was: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!)

2000-03-16 Thread Brian Kimball
e. You seem like a smart guy, so I can only assume you were being dishonest, and not just incompetent. Combine that with your selfishness, your arrogance, and your excessive, unnecessary, and juvenile obscenity, and here's what you get: *plonk* -- Brian Kimball

Re: Becoming a developer

2000-03-14 Thread Brian Kimball
lic Licence. Read this licence carefully before using, > distributing or modifying this program. Included with this > distribution is the QPL licence, a copy is also available at > www.troll.no -- Brian Kimball