Re: Who uses @packages.d.o mail?

2009-05-24 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:30:03PM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > Hello all, > > So I've looked through a few weeks of mail logs to packages.debian.org, > and it looks like it collects some useful mail from automated scripts > on various debian.org machines (primarily ries), and about 1000 spams a >

Re: Use of tokens for access to Debian resources?

2006-11-12 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 03:05:33PM +0100, Mario Lang wrote: > Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm inclined to agree with Russell Coker[1], in that Debian should use > > something like RSA tokens to control access to Debian resources. > > >

Use of tokens for access to Debian resources?

2006-11-10 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I'm inclined to agree with Russell Coker[1], in that Debian should use something like RSA tokens to control access to Debian resources. Given that use of project funds for something like Dunc-Tank was already demed inappropriate, maybe the project will consider this a more suitable use of som

misleading use of d-d-a (was Re: Position Statement to the Dunc-Tanc "experiment")

2006-10-26 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 07:46:00PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi, > > After a long and ambivalent discussion during the last weeks the project > "Dunc Tank" (short DT from now on) has recently started. We consider > that to be a major change to the Debian project culture: For the first > time

Re: Screenshots

2005-07-04 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:25:38PM +0200, Alexander Wirt wrote: > Nico Golde schrieb am Montag, den 04. Juli 2005: > > > Hello Andrew, > > > > * Andrew Karppinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-04 21:47]: > > > Why are there are no screen shots on the Debian site? I think some screen > > > shots wo

Re: snapshot.debian.net

2005-05-01 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:37:48PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > > I wonder if snapshot shouldn't be promoted to an official debian.*org* > > service in recognition of its value to the project. > > Summarizing the discussion so far: > > (1) drain of funds / should Debian really purchase disk

Re: Thinking about (mis)use of -private

2005-04-06 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:43:13PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Daniel Ruoso ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On the other side, d-d-a is a list which has a very low traffic, and > > certainly almost every developer see the posts in d-d-a, but... not > > every email that intends to reach all devel

Re: New Maintainers

2005-03-03 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 08:58:34PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > > Neil McGovern > >He maintains drivel. > No pun intended, I'm sure, but it made me laugh :-) regards Andrew -- linux.conf.au 2005 - http://linux.conf.au/ - Birthplace of Tux April 18th to 23rd - http://l

Re: Theo de Raadt On Firmware Activism

2004-11-03 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 10:30:10PM +, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader wrote: > http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/4118 > Kudos to Theo for OpenBSD getting out and poking the vendors. My concern is that for all their effort, and potential flow on benefits to Linux, it won't be considere

Re: GUADEC report

2004-07-07 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 06:31:34PM -0400, David Nusinow wrote: > > This smacks of arrogance. Most -legal participants aren't lawyers, and as such > have no formal training in actual legal matters. Believe it or not, such > training does count for something. The point should be to cooperate with th

Re: can you answer these questions?

2004-05-02 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 01:27:11PM +1200, Richard Cook wrote: > Hi there, Hi Richard, > I am interested in installing debian again after not using it for a while > because I had problems with trying to use it. I read on your news pages > about the break-in and this is a small concern to me as