Re: Improper NMU (Re: NMU for libquota-perl)

2002-09-03 Thread The Doctor What
a hammer, you tend to treat everything as if it were a nail. -- Abraham Maslow The Doctor What: Un-Humble http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] KF6VNC pgp6CY8dl5wiH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-17 Thread The Doctor What
* Branden Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020417 14:28]: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:26:30AM -0500, The Doctor What wrote: > > I would like to ask you to offer an apology to Brandon, saying that > > you didn't know that it was a difficult task and maybe say thank you > >

Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-17 Thread The Doctor What
done already. But that's your choice. Ciao! -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound. The Doctor What: http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] KF6VNC pgpt13gb9iLM8.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Why why why!!???

2001-05-04 Thread The Doctor What
yndrome, but who knows..) That's exactly what it is: Debian Apache Default Page Syndrome for i in *everydebiansystem* do http://$i/icons/ done Examples: http://gerf.org/icons/ http://debian.org/icons/ etc. etc. Ciao! -- Little children, keep yourselves from idols -- St John, Ist c

Re: Why why why!!???

2001-05-04 Thread The Doctor What
iao! -- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro... -- Hunter S. Thompson The Doctor What: http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] KF6VNC pgpvy7aqlFdCL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What to do about /etc/debian_version

2001-01-05 Thread The Doctor What
y.." -- Henry Kissinger The Doctor What: "What, Doctor What" http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] KF6VNC

Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?

2000-12-27 Thread The Doctor What
le plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing 'Subtle Plans Are Here Again.'" --Edmund Blackadder II The Doctor What: Not that 'who' guy http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] KF6VNC

Re: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

2000-03-12 Thread The Doctor What
e debian dpkg/debhelper, etc. tools are more flexible and less prone to this breakage, so maybe Debian can run with this idea. You'd need to make sure you had complete dependency checking for source, though. Well, I'm out of ideas and comments. Ciao! -- "No matter where you go,

Re: How not to be a nice person (Was: Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality)

1999-10-02 Thread The Doctor What
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 03:53:43PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 11:53:19PM -0500, The Doctor What wrote: > > The idea was not to say that "since I work for *a company* I'm an > > authority". My point was that I work in the "real wo

Re: How not to be a nice person (Was: Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality)

1999-10-02 Thread The Doctor What
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 12:46:46PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 09:06:39PM -0500, The Doctor What wrote: > > I took care in my message above to remove anything offensive towards > > Craig. Unfortunately Craig didn't do the same. > > garbage. y

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality

1999-10-02 Thread The Doctor What
and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. -- Wernher von Braun The Doctor What: A Holtje Production http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED](finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key) KF6VNC

How not to be a nice person (Was: Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality)

1999-10-02 Thread The Doctor What
ks about what he has done and why. Till then I am Christian Holtje (aka [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Nobody said computers were going to be polite. The Doctor What: A Holtje Production http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED](finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key) KF6VNC

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality

1999-10-01 Thread The Doctor What
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 01:02:44AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > The Doctor What wrote: > > Why shouldn't *all* daemon packages ask these questions, and whether to even > > run *upon install*? > > Because we need to decrease the number of questions asked at install time, >

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality

1999-10-01 Thread The Doctor What
ary software world. No kidding. Security isn't the only issue here, but it part of this discussion. Ciao! -- "I'm not a god, I was misquoted." -- Lister (Red Dwarf) The Doctor What: Un-Humble http://docwhat.gerf.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED](finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key) KF6VNC

Re: Packages should not Conflict on the basis of duplicate functionality

1999-09-25 Thread The Doctor What
sonable and expected in a production environment and *even* in the home of an enterprising user. The real question is not "why not" by "how". Ciao! -- We is confronted with insurmountable opportunities. -- Walt Kelly, "Pogo"

gdm MIT-COOKIE problem

1999-09-17 Thread The Doctor What
ne point me at something to explain what is going on so I can fix this? I'm not an official developer, just someone who wants it to work! Ciao! -- "Boarding this vessel is an act of war. Ergo we surrender." --Rimmer (Red Dwarf episode: Gunmen of the Apocal