New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Tobias Toedter
Hi, back in November 2004, Noèl Köthe came up with a suggestion for a policy regarding the addition of entries to the Debian consultants list [1]. There has been a discussion about his proposal, and quite a few people contributed valuable additions to the policy. We, the team sitting behind

Re: wxmaxima is a need

2005-01-16 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Rafael, * Rafael Fernández López [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-01-16 15:29]: I suggest to put into debian repositories wxmaxima, what is a need for lots of students. xmaxima is not enough for our needs. Please submit a RFP with the reportbug tool. Regards Nico -- Nico Golde - [EMAIL

Re: Dealing with drivers that need firmware on the filesystem

2005-01-16 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:01:22PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: In many cases, the firmware may be provided by the hardware vendor in some form, so we can just use the existing media for install purposes. It's probably not reasonable to expect them to provide Debian installer modules as well,

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Sonntag, den 16.01.2005, 17:24 +0100 schrieb Marc Haber: On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:41:06PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote: 3. Website If an URL is provided, the consultant must mention their Debian-related work on the website. The Debian distribution must be mentioned

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:28:33PM +0100, Noèl Köthe wrote: Am Sonntag, den 16.01.2005, 17:24 +0100 schrieb Marc Haber: On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:41:06PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote: 3. Website If an URL is provided, the consultant must mention their Debian-related work on the

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Marc Haber wrote: Because we are not in a position to influence our consultant's web site policy. Companies might do general Linux stuff, and wouldn't want Yes, we are, if we want to. In fact, it could be argued that if you want to be listed on the Debian consultants list,

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:30:37PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:28:33PM +0100, Noèl Köthe wrote: Am Sonntag, den 16.01.2005, 17:24 +0100 schrieb Marc Haber: On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:41:06PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote: 3. Website If an URL is provided, the

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Martin Schulze
Marc Haber wrote: On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:41:06PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote: 3. Website    If an URL is provided, the consultant must mention their Debian-related    work on the website. The Debian distribution must be mentioned    explicitly, together with a link to www.debian.org.

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Noèl Köthe
Am Sonntag, den 16.01.2005, 17:30 +0100 schrieb Marc Haber: If an URL is provided, the consultant must mention their Debian-related work on the website. The Debian distribution must be mentioned explicitly, together with a link to www.debian.org. I do not like

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Marc Haber
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:35:32PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: If you want to be listed on www.debian.org it's only fair to require that a link to www.debian.org is somewhere on your website as well. You can't force things. If we politely ask people to link back, that's ok. But I don't think

Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/

2005-01-16 Thread Luk Claes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marc Haber wrote: | On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:35:32PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: | |If you want to be listed on www.debian.org it's only fair to require |that a link to www.debian.org is somewhere on your website as well. | | | You can't force