Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:00:47AM -0500, Duncan Findlay wrote: > 2) It is now widely accepted that you should only use one space > between sentences. Although many sources say that either one or two is > fine, most recommend only one space. The Modern Language Association's > FAQ http://www.mla.or

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Josip Rodin
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 08:42:46AM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > Ian has been keen on getting feedback from the bug tracking system > administrators, and has asked a couple of times now. So far I haven't > tried to respond with that hat on because: > > * there doesn't seem to be anywhere near to

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:00:47AM -0500, Duncan Findlay wrote: > Many of my modifications have been grammar related. I agree with > Branden's comments (although I think he may have phrased them a little > harshly) regarding personal idiosyncrasies in your writing. Read the > diff to see my suggest

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:39:25PM -0600, Chris Lawrence wrote: > IMHO this is much more likely to be effective if you first get a > consensus that there is, in fact, a problem that needs to be dealt > with. The posts in the other thread suggest you haven't got such an > agreement. Frankly, I thi

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Martin Schulze
Oohara Yuuma wrote: > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:00:47 -0500, > Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) It is now widely accepted that you should only use one space > > between sentences. Although many sources say that either one or two is > > fine, most recommend only one space. The Modern Lan

Re: Disputes between developers - content, draft #4

2002-11-07 Thread Oohara Yuuma
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:00:47 -0500, Duncan Findlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) It is now widely accepted that you should only use one space > between sentences. Although many sources say that either one or two is > fine, most recommend only one space. The Modern Language Association's > FAQ http

Re: debian advocacy suggestions, anyone?

2002-11-07 Thread Peter Karlsson
Robert Lemmen: > i am currently working in vietnam, and me and some people here want to > start a bit of a linux advocacy campaign because open software is really > not very popular here. You might want to have a look at http://www.debian.org/events/material> and see if there is anything there th

Re: debian advocacy suggestions, anyone?

2002-11-07 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Robert! You wrote: > it would be two parts actually, one series of linux flyers targeted at > anyone with a computer, and a debian-specific flyer for people in the it > business or people who have already been exposed to unix-like systems > before, and should show debians benefits relative to

debian advocacy suggestions, anyone?

2002-11-07 Thread Robert Lemmen
hi folks, sorry for crossposting this to debian-project but a quick look at the archive showed that the signal/noise ratio in debian-publicity, where this mail should go to, is 0. sad btw. i am currently working in vietnam, and me and some people here want to start a bit of a linux advocacy campa

Processed: reassign 168122 to alsa-xmms

2002-11-07 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > reassign 168122 alsa-xmms Bug#168122: project: alsa-xmms Bug reassigned from package `project' to `alsa-xmms'. > End of message, stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrat

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:09:44AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: >> No. That is improbable enough to be funny. It takes a tongue >> in cheek swipe at the mother of all geeky religious wars, that you >> ar

diff between Ian Jackson's Disputes Draft 4 and Draft 5

2002-11-07 Thread Branden Robinson
A unified diff of the changes Ian made to reflect people's feedback on draft 4 of his proposed disputes resolution document is MIME-attached. -- G. Branden Robinson| When dogma enters the brain, all Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual activity ceases. [EMAI

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:40:51PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > It'd be really nice if people didn't follow this pattern: > > * I believe doing is bad. > * Other people don't seem to realise this self-evident truth. > * Therefore I will do . Well, except, of course, where equ

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:09:44AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: > No. That is improbable enough to be funny. It takes a tongue > in cheek swipe at the mother of all geeky religious wars, that you > are too bured out from fighting your holy wars to e

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:21:01PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:38:36PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >> Since they are not derived from the one true editor. Apart

Re: All vi and clone to be removed from unstable

2002-11-07 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:21:01PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: > Anthony> On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:38:36PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Since they are not derived from the one true editor. Apart from > >> being a name calling moron, you have no