On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 02:01:48AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
>
> The Debian FAQ [0] has been, unfortunately, unmaintained for quite some time
> and needs a thorough review.
True.
> I updated information in the FAQ in preparation for the sarge release when I
> noticed that it
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
one use? I wrote an FAQ on that and is currently hosted at
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/debian_choosing_distribution.html
It would be nice if you can include this in the Debian FAQ. Needless to
say, I would be happy to hear comments on the above d
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 07:22:44PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> How can I do that? Are there some instructions that I need to follow or
> just say in the document that others are free to copy the contents? I am
> sorry but I am very new to licensing and stuff like that.
Just add a license
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:52:01AM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> Miles Bader wrote:
> >But the sentence
> >"Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
> >developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing" is nonsensical;
> >just get rid of it.
> This has been cor
Miles Bader wrote:
But the sentence
"Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing" is nonsensical;
just get rid of it.
-miles
This has been corrected now. The corresponding question and answer are
given below so that
Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The document does not endorse using unstable. It clearly encourages to
> use stable. But if one wants to choose between unstable and testing then
> it says to go with unstable.
It's fine to give reasons why unstable might be preferable given such
Henning Makholm wrote:
Scripsit Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I object to the notion that
| Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
| developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
which rather permeates the document.
I read that somewhere in o
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 10:39:37PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
Well, I said DDs in my mail because i was mailing -devel, but
the document is open to contributions from any
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:48:07AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
> > the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
>
> Note that the docum
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 10:39:37PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
Well, I said DDs in my mail because i was mailing -devel, but
the document is open to contributions from anyone, just like anything
in Debian :-)
> one us
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 11:13:23AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I object to the notion that
> > | Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
> > | developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
> > which rather permea
Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I object to the notion that
>
> | Testing is intended for Debian developers. If you are not a Debian
> | developer, then install unstable as opposed to testing.
>
> which rather permeates the document.
Yeah I agree, that's pretty wacky notion. Regardl
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 03:01, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
--cut--
> Yes, I know there are some documents which are better than the FAQ for some
> issues (such as the Installation Manual or the Debian reference). But there
> are several reasons why I believe this document should be
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:48:07AM +0200, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
> > the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
>
> Note that the docum
Scripsit Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I've fixed some of a), b) or c) with the help of Santiago Vila who is doing
> the Spanish translation but more peer review is needed here.
Note that the document at the official URL you quote is probably
obsolete; it identifies itself
Scripsit Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I am taking the liberty to write this even though I am not a DD. Hope
> you would not mind.
Anyone who has relevant points to make are welcome on the -devel
lists. Only DDs can upload packages and vote, but that is about it.
> http://people.corn
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
It would be really great if other DDs could review the FAQ fully and
point out:
a- missing FAQ items, that is, things that people commonly ask about Debian
that are not there and we should write about.
I am taking the liberty to write this even though
[ Note: This mail was originally sent to -doc, as I have only received one
answer so far I'm resending to -devel in order to get more people to help out
with this documentation effort ]
The Debian FAQ [0] has been, unfortunately, unmaintained for quite some time
and needs a thorough review.
I u
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