Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-22 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Panu Kalliokoski] > Now seriously, the reasons why a package in Debian is quite different > from a Debian package outside of Debian should be well-known enough: > ease of search and use for users and infrastructure for packaging > (such as the BTS). Those are minor things compared to the reputat

Re: Just a second of your time

2006-04-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 22 May 2006 13:59, Michael wrote: > Being totally ignorant of any type of Linux based OS, I'm going to ask a > stupid question. Does Debain use a GUI or does it use a DOSesk black screen > and typing in commands to get things cooking ? Yes. > Yes I was raised on GUI ala > "Windows" but

Re: Just a second of your time

2006-04-22 Thread Christoph Haas
Hello, Michael... On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 04:59:45PM -0400, Michael wrote: > Being totally ignorant of any type of Linux based OS, I'm going to ask a > stupid > question. Does Debain use a GUI or does it use a DOSesk black screen and > typing > in commands to get things cooking ? There are seve

Just a second of your time

2006-04-22 Thread Michael
Being totally ignorant of any type of Linux based OS, I'm going to ask a stupid question. Does Debain use a GUI or does it use a DOSesk black screen and typing in commands to get things cooking ? Yes I was raised on GUI ala "Windows" but I'm interested in trying to move away from the jugerna

Re: Reforming the NM process

2006-04-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 21 Apr 2006, Panu Kalliokoski uttered the following: > My main point is: we would do well to follow the same principle of > openness everywhere that we do on our mailing lists and BTS. I > don't think it would hurt Debian. Voting is also a way to make > contribution, and a much less dangerous