Re: [OT] time machine | was Debian Etch Stable.

2007-06-25 Thread Hans-Georg Bork
On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 15:50 +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Hans-Georg Bork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked in a PS months ago: > > [...] did anyone ask FSF > > for the reason they paid Ian in the first year of debian (IIRC) ? > > "We are distributing it as an interim measure until the GNU kernel (the > Hurd) i

soc-ctte discussion at DebConf7 [was Re: Social committee proposal]

2007-06-25 Thread Josip Rodin
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:42:52PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > Well, I don't think it is the best idea to discuss those issues > > via mail. I just hope that many people will join > > > > https://penta.debconf.org/~joerg/events/93.en.html > > > > which I registered for an open discussion a

Re: curl dependency problem in unstable

2007-06-25 Thread Andreas Barth
* Michael Banck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070625 18:35]: > There's always tons of problems with packages in unstable not installing > etc. Unless you mean something else with `the unstable archive' I don't > see how asking here about every apt-get install failing will work > out - We've got dozens of

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 03:57:39PM +0200, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > I would to see some kind of statement, too. How about "To the best of our knowledge, Debian is free of patent encumberance. We will, however, happily accept patent indeminfications for our users, upstream developers, and derived

Re: curl dependency problem in unstable

2007-06-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all, On 6/25/07, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 25-Jun-07, 08:33 (CDT), Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 02:07:05PM +0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm having this probl

Re: curl dependency problem in unstable

2007-06-25 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:06:49AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 25-Jun-07, 08:33 (CDT), Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 02:07:05PM +0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm having this problem in unstable for a week now: > > > > I'm sorry, but I don't th

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-25 Thread Alexander Schmehl
Hi! * Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070621 09:40]: > > Actually, it's totally unthinkable that a non-profit organization could do > > this kind of deal, in which Microsoft pays you to perform hara-kiri by > > losing the right to distribute GPLv3 software. This is exactly what a > > positio

Re: Micros*ft deal

2007-06-25 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007, Robert Millan wrote: > Since every GNU/Linux distributor seems to be positioning with regards to > possible patent deals with Microsoft, I thought we could do the same. > > Actually, it's totally unthinkable that a non-profit organization could do > this kind of deal, in whi