Re: A bit of history

1999. And apt was only > created in 1998. Yeah, but "dpkg -iGROEB ." was still MUCH cooler than swapping all of those floppies full of tar files like Slackware had then ;-) Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://the-martins.org/~dmartin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: documentation x executable code

people, but it has always been regarded as not > important enough to quibble about. this was the case when we debated and > wrote the DFSG years ago, and has been the case since, but now some > zealots are trying to change that and impose their own insane > interpretation. I don't think this is a fair representation. If invariants are allowed, I think they need to be addressed in the DFSG. If they're not, they're not. I don't find this to be "insane" in any way. Reasonable people can disagree of course. Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://the-martins.org/~dmartin

Re: documentation x executable code

sense here: > [1] practical reasons including: we wouldn't be able to distribute GPL > software at all, and nobody really needs to be able to change the GPL > text - same as nobody really needs to be able to plagiarise or put words > in people's mouths. You can modify GPL text all you want. But you can't relicense software that you don't hold copyright for, so you legally have no right to modify license text. I think you already know that though. Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://the-martins.org/~dmartin

Re: When are u realising the next stable Debian Version?

". However, the base system is now mostly frozen and the hope is that Sarge will be releasable in the fall or early winter. Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc. Senior Computer Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cliftonlabs.com pgp key available

Re: Boot Floppy

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 02:39:57AM -0700, melborg wrote: > I know you are mostly volunteers, and so I know that you're all extremely > busy, but I was hoping for a favor if you happen to get a free few minutes. I'm taking this up off-list - I'll help him out. Take care,

Re: handling Mozilla with kid gloves [was: GUADEC report]

rs. Even so we clearly need to resolve the MPL issues that have come up. Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc. Senior Computer Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cliftonlabs.com pgp key available signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: comment on "User Review of Debian GNU/Linux"

will tell you which official mirror is the fastest from the site you run it on. Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc. Senior Computer Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cliftonlabs.com pgp key available pgpC4ZWV0jMGv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: comment on "User Review of Debian GNU/Linux"

these packages up, which is slightly frustrating. Fortunately there are unofficial apt sources of these packages available, but technically "no version of Debian has a complete edition of KDE 3.x". Take care, Dale -- Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc. Senior Computer Engineer [EMA