Permission to distribute

2024-04-04 Thread John Lee
appreciated! Thanks! Sincerely, John Lee

Debian 12

2023-10-14 Thread John Gardner
Your FAQ do not address the following problem: After successfully installing Debian 12 I am encountering a repeated and important problem with installing software (packages) from third party providers. When using the Terminal prompter (sudo apt install) I am prompted: 'unable to locate packa

Re: The copyright checking question

2019-12-31 Thread John Goerzen
rly if a package is already in sid), but we have this one-time thing. I agree with Russ; maybe it's needed, but it's high time we give it careful consideration again. John > > -Steve > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2019/12/msg00188.html

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-25 Thread John Goerzen
laced on >> people's contributions. > > Hi Scott, John, everybody, > > In the past I proposed a system of peer review to pre-screen the > packages that are in the NEW queue. > > https://wiki.debian.org/CopyrightReview > > It never took off but maybe some process along t

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Wed, Dec 25 2019, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2019/12/24 20:08, John Goerzen wrote: > >> But at the same time, I feel that the project as a whole isn't really >> taking this problem very seriously. > > That is true, probably mostly because many people don't

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Dec 24 2019, Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Tuesday, December 24, 2019 10:51:04 AM EST John Goerzen wrote: > ... >> pygopherd was removed from testing. That makes sense. But also from >> sid, hours after I replied to the bug about this explaining that I was >> ac

Re: Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Dec 24 2019, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > Le mardi 24 décembre 2019 à 09:51:04-0600, John Goerzen a écrit: >> Hi, >> >> I mean this post as a challenge, but not as blame. I know many teams do >> hard work that can be thankless, and my intent is not to blam

Do we still value contributions?

2019-12-24 Thread John Goerzen
ture. I have been a Debian Developer for something like 23 years and still am. The flamewars are regrettable and sad, but don't represent a decline over where we were 23 years ago. The bureaucratic silence, however, is different. It really has me questioning whether contributing to Debian is still worth it. John [1] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-12-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! On 9/28/19 11:44 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I'm posting here on behalf the Debian Ports team as we're seeking support > to finance an important development task in gcc. In particular, I'm talking > about the one-time job to modernize the m68k backend by po

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-10-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Richard! On 9/29/19 11:26 PM, Richard Z wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 11:44:26AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> As m68k is the oldest port of both the Linux kernel and Debian after i386, >> it would be a shame to see it go as there is still very good upst

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-10-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 9/30/19 4:53 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:14 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> Having said that, I'm going to unsubscribe from this list now as I realize >> that what we do in Debian Ports is still not considered useful many others, >> so

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-10-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
t-can-be-kept-in-future-releases -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-10-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
ant and that the m68k GCC task is a >> good idea. I only dislike using Debian funds to pay people for their >> time. I think that crowdfunding the m68k GCC task could work. > > I absolutely agree with this. > > John, please let us know if you (or someone else) tries to do

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
his thread. Having said that, I'm going to unsubscribe from this list now as I realize that what we do in Debian Ports is still not considered useful many others, so I think it's not possible to find an agreement. Thanks, Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' :

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
of significant new support, there is not > sufficient interest in spending Debian funds on m68k gcc development. I don't think we have heard enough voices yet to be able to answer that question. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub..

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 9/29/19 12:48 PM, Hector Oron wrote: > Missatge de John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > del dia dg., 29 de set. 2019 a les 12:20: > >> I communicated the issue to multiple mailing lists, so I assume the active >> m68k people have received my mail. But I haven't heard back fro

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Debian volunteers time and Debian resources. > Debian does not get any share of that work. If the work is being paid, it's not volunteers time. That doesn't make sense. You could argue about Debian resources being used without paying Debian. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
dishonest as well when it asks "Are machines available to buy for the general public?" while I don't think an IBM Z mainframe is available to buy for the general public. I don't think anyone outside banks, goverments and very large companies can buy an IBM Z mainframe, yet Debia

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
gt; found myself being pretty unhappy that one time I had to do some of > that for a native package, which would have had a very weird release > history otherwise. :/ Not sure what the problem with LTS is. I thought companies pay for the extra effort. I think it's a perfectly fine busin

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-29 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 9/29/19 3:14 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> Since Debian is also supporting projects for a good cause using their funds, > > Do you have any examples of this? AFAIK we don't support development > nor exte

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Sep 28, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > ]] John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > >> I don’t know what “m-f-t” stands for in this context, sorry. I’m on >> mobile at the moment though so my phone might be messing up >> things. Sorry for that. > >

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Sep 28, 2019, at 7:19 PM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > >  > Please respect m-f-t, as is the custom on Debian lists? I don’t know what “m-f-t” stands for in this context, sorry. I’m on mobile at the moment though so my phone might be messing up things. Sorry for that. &g

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Sep 28, 2019, at 6:19 PM, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: >> >> No, it just means that the current gcc maintainer [1] for m68k backend hasn't >> worked on this particular task yet because his employer wouldn't pay for >> this particular work. Unlike the other ports like amd64, ppc64el, arm* >> and

Re: Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
that's ok. There is a very active community around the port so there are people using it, although it's not for commercial purposes, of course. Thanks, Adrian > [1] https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/MAINTAINERS#L80 -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :'

Using Debian funds to support a gcc development task

2019-09-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
c.gnu.org/wiki/CC0Transition > [2] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91851 > [3] > https://www.bountysource.com/issues/80706251-m68k-convert-the-backend-to-mode_cc-so-it-can-be-kept-in-future-releases > [4] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/24/993 -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glau

Re: Debian supports pridemonth?

2019-07-02 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Jul 02 2019, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2019/07/02 11:26, Marc Haber wrote: >> I do feel significantly less welcome in Debian since diversity / >> antiharassment / policitcal correctnes / CoC came around the corner. > > How so regarding diversity/antiharassment/CoC? They do nothing to > t

Re: Further inquiry regarding data privacy (for packages installed in Debian)

2019-05-21 Thread John Scott
I don't know if many packages have them, but there is a privacy:: debtag that for potential privacy concerns and other anti-features. Synaptic should be able to show them. On May 21, 2019 9:16:53 AM EDT, npdflr wrote: >Hi, > >Would you recommend me or debian users to go through privacy policy f

How to install on imac

2019-05-03 Thread John Hammack
I would like info on how to install Debian on imac, (24-inch, Early 2009). mailto:retar...@linuxmail.org>> or mailto:j...@cahammack.com>>

Obtaining Debian Install PKG

2017-01-23 Thread John Klinvex
download the package suitable for this. Could you confirm which of the many downloads match my criteria? Thank you so much!!! You do a wonderful job! John Klinvex Electrical Engineer profjo...@gmail.com

SOS

2016-06-02 Thread john borley
Hi my grandson downloaded your product and now can’t get it back to normal use can you help me please. thanking you mr j borley

Re: [Debian-ports-devel] [lfili...@debian.org: scheduled downtime for Debian services at UBC (2016-01-09T16:00Z/20:00Z)]

2016-01-10 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
on > > > > ___ > Debian-ports-devel mailing list > debian-ports-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org > https://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-ports-devel > - -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubit

Re: Renaming the Debian Project

2015-12-30 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
Hello, Your email is highly insensitive due to impeccable timing. At the present moment Debian project mourns the passing of Ian Murdock. https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html A lot of Debian Developers and the wider Debian community have great respect for the amazing things

Debian clothing

2015-04-17 Thread John Simmons
Hi, I was thinking about making some hats with the debian logo on them, and selling them to some friends, and possibly putting them on my website for sale. I found this page https://www.debian.org/logos/#open-use and the open-use logo looked right for me. I also saw that it linked to the GNU lice

Source code

2014-09-29 Thread John
Hey, just for curiosity, do you guys read all the source code before make it available on repos? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1531700.RKdeuiGA8D

Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux,

2014-09-19 Thread John Smith
Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux, its too heavy. Rewrite this Operating System in C language and make it smaller than one GB. Just distribute one ISO file instead of so many torrents and make it easy for down-loaders. Thanks. John Smith

Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux

2014-09-19 Thread John Smith
Downloading and installation of 8 CDs and 3 DVDs for just one debian GNU/Linux, its too heavy. Rewrite this Operating System in C language and make it smaller than one GB. Thanks. John Smith

Re: Cooperation with the FSF?

2014-09-05 Thread John Sullivan
o I think there will be activity again. -john -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87lhpyhxu5@myles.wjsullivan.net

Re: open source or free software?

2014-09-04 Thread John Sullivan
ome back majority No. I suspect the same would be true if we used "libre." The problem we face isn't a simple language one; it's that in more than one culture, commercial activity in the sense of selling "someone else's" work is not expected as a right. The

ECCN for OS

2014-09-04 Thread Archuleta, John A
We have a Silicon Mechanics Server with Debian OS that we are shipping to Brazil for a climate experiment. Do you have an Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for your OS so we can get export documents issued by our company. Thanks-John

Jessie will still boot.

2014-03-07 Thread John Goerzen
Dear folks, I wise man once told me, years ago, that he had unsubscribed from debian-devel because of all the noise. I had thought that rather odd at the time, but have come to appreciate it since. Like many, I have my opinion in the init system (my choice: sysvinit - it ain't broke, and I alrea

Re: Debian hardware certification

2011-06-03 Thread John Sullivan
Ben Hutchings writes: > On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 11:42 -0400, John Sullivan wrote: >> Thomas Goirand writes: >> >> > The point is to have a system so that manufacturers can write "this >> > system supports Debian". If they don't want to do the work

Re: Debian hardware certification

2011-06-03 Thread John Sullivan
generated now at http://h-node.com. The FSF is also consolidating its former compatible hardware database there. Since h-node lists hardware that works without proprietary drivers or proprietary firmware, it should be a good fit for Debian main from Squeeze on. -john -- -John Sullivan -http://wj

re-install apache2 on Debian 6

2011-03-31 Thread John Larysz
Hi: I have corrupted my apache2 server and deleted a key directory - /etc/apache2. Nothing I do with dpkg or apt-get seems to put this directory back. How do I re-install apache2?

Re: Please draft a policy for planet.debian.org

2010-11-11 Thread John Goerzen
ta to the non-Debian server it's on. To me, this is a point where we go, "life sucks, but at some point we take it and move on because images in feeds are nice to have." -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &quo

Re: No general political content on Planet

2010-11-05 Thread John Goerzen
list. But I am not in favor of restrictions banning non-Debian-related (or, for that matter, Debian-related) material. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.or

Re: Debian Facilitators

2010-08-20 Thread John Goerzen
aling with poisonous people on mailing lists, have had a long-term problem with it. Moreover, if everyone understands that the DF can ban people from the list, it can lend their attempts to defuse the situation some additional measure of credibility and authority. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: What is preventing Debian from being fully free at this moment?

2009-07-30 Thread John Sullivan
#x27;t offer me gNewSense, it's based on Ubuntu 8.04 and I'd prefer > Debian above Ubuntu. The MIPS port of gNewSense (used on the Lemote netbook for example) is based on Debian. -- -John Sullivan -Debian Maintainer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.deb

Re: Twittering on planet.d.o?

2009-04-07 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw) wrote: > > I was wondering if maybe people would be interested in > microplanet.debian.org ? moon.debian.org Or, perhaps, dwarfplanet.debian.org -- John H. Robinson, IV jaq...@d

Re: The Unofficial (and Very Simple) Lenny GR: call for votes

2008-12-15 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
of a Debian Developer to run a poll on a topic associatied with Debian. I support this specific poll. Keep up the work. - -- John H. Robinson, IV jaq...@debian.org http WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the

Re: FSF not considering Debian as Free (Re: Debian and non-free)

2008-09-20 Thread John Sullivan
t suggests getting non-free software from there. > > I'm very curious what part of the website or Debian would be doing this for > years, but I guess someone could ask Richard. I haven't been following this thread super-close, so sorry if I missed someone already throwing this

Re: Debian and non-free

2008-09-17 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
ware non-free It would be nice if non-free was a simple umbrella for non-free-*. Possibly non-free/documentation and non-free/firmware? While the decision of what is firmware, documentation, or other should be policy-guided, it would be left to the developer to decide which

Re: Debian and non-free

2008-09-16 Thread John Goerzen
as also a vote in 2004 on a different resolution: http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_002 I guess this means that it's about time for another once-every-4-years vote :-) -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and non-free

2008-09-16 Thread John Goerzen
I think. Now we are talking flash. There's already a lot of stuff people use over at debian-multimedia.org and it's not stopping people from getting to it. Nor should it. A simple line in a config file and you've got access to flash, even if it's on suspiciousserver.ru.

ECCN number?

2008-03-10 Thread John Eric Clark
Hi; Does Debian have an ECCN number for exporting? I am trying to get one for the OS itself. Thank you, John Clark -- John Eric Clark Jet Propulsion Laboratory Office: 11-107 Phone: 818-393-5994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Bits from the DPL: FTP assistants, marketing team, init scripts, elections

2008-02-25 Thread John Goerzen
ance, the result is not likely to be positive for the project. This is, I believe, why the USA changed from having the vice-president be the presidential candidate with the second most votes to having the VP be tied to the presidential candidate. -- John

Re: why privacy is mandatory

2008-01-31 Thread John Goerzen
lon or anyone else. Frankly that was a huge log, I skimmed it, and didn't find the interesting bits. And I suspect vorlon based the kickban on other criteria. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian e-mail and UUCP

2007-12-14 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri December 14 2007 8:00:10 am Martin Schulze wrote: > The "official" way for this would be to use the bsmtp service on gluck. > Having a private UUCP installation on master is... interesting. Where can we find documentation on this bsmtp service? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Planet policy?

2007-08-06 Thread John Goerzen
for the *non-Debian* posts. What somebody's apartment in Japan looks like, what the trip to Berlin was like, etc. Maybe what their Debian development area looks like... It's good to get to know our fellow developers as whole people, where Debian is part -- but not all -- of their liv

Re: message from Sven Luther

2007-06-29 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
e okay. NB: I have not followed the Sven saga, though I have sampled a bit at some of the threads. -- John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] http WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above, sb

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-13 Thread John Goerzen
nstance). I don't think any of them are active anymore, though. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
meone other than Bruce maintained the keyring and saw the new-maint mail. So I guess the precise date at which I started to be able to upload packages, via chiark, is unknown but was likely in Dec 1996 or Jan 1997. This has been interesting. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 03:44:08PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to find out exactly when I joined Debian. > [...] > > 1) The date of my first upload > > Oldest signature block claiming you to be a DD s

A bit of history

2007-06-12 Thread John Goerzen
earch some lists for my name over a specific time period. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
ey is allocated if debian recieves investment. Regards, Bart Martens John.

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
endent project however aimed for the Debian system. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. John Watson.

Re: ideas....

2007-04-07 Thread John Watson
ow or as a initial investment. It would then be up to the project leader to encourage the investor to make the payment as an initial investment. Thanks. John

ideas....

2007-04-06 Thread John Watson
r. - The would be the projects leaders responsibility to share the contribution accordingly. - The project is only completed so long its agreed upon by the investor and the project leader. So those are the ideas, now flame me. John.

Re: Expulsion process: Sven Luther (aka: why I'm now convinced he needs therapy)

2007-03-28 Thread John Goerzen
ow can we trust a developer who acts in a responsible way only when convenient to him personally? One other comment. You said one time that not one single other person questioned the actions of the "expulsers". That is quite clearly not true. But if it were, wouldn't that suggest t

Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

2007-01-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:20:00PM +0100, Piotr Dziubinski wrote: > I'm very irritated and disappointed with your policy! Why? > > I've used various Linux distributions for 8 years. I've been using Debian > for the last 6 months, but today I changed my mind! > > After updating Firefox in Debian I

fantastic

2006-11-15 Thread John Kish
worked flawlessly. It took about 1.5 hours to connect to the internet and download package software but it was worth it. I will test this for a month and if all works well I will install on all 5 computers.   Kudos’ to Debian, and thank you for your hard work and service.   John Kish  

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/SvenLutherAndDI (Was: Open Letter to Anthony Towns about the d-i mediation ...)

2006-10-31 Thread John Goerzen
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:54:38PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > Surely we have passed this point a month or two ago. We are wasting > > everyone's time. > > > > Sven, please just live and let live. > > John, what do you think this is all about ? I would

Re: http://wiki.debian.org/SvenLutherAndDI (Was: Open Letter to Anthony Towns about the d-i mediation ...)

2006-10-31 Thread John Goerzen
only that). There has to be some time where we all let bygones be bygones. Surely we have passed this point a month or two ago. We are wasting everyone's time. Sven, please just live and let live. I don't want to see a single piece of mail about the d-i team unless it relates to the Debian installer itself. -- John

Take a deep breath...

2006-10-27 Thread John Goerzen
and yes, it seemed that they were inching closer towards agreement.) Let's give peace a chance[2]. [1] http://changelog.complete.org/posts/555-We-need-to-follow-the-Amish-example.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-28 Thread John Goerzen
s small compared to the cost of being uninstallable on modern hardware. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
TO provides some at http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ > > And when you see my SVN repository and sources, > you'll find how hard to use newer Debian kernel on current > Sarge installer, John. > > If new kernel has perfect compatibilities with older kernel > (such as using de

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-26 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 08:43:53AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: > > Examples of things that should happen in stable, but haven't been > > happening reliably: > > > > * Kernel updates with more broad hardware support > > This requires

Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-25 Thread John Goerzen
Hello, The Debian stable distribution has been a thorn in our side for a long time. We tend to go a long time between releases, which means that stable grows less and less useful as time goes on. We also have a strict policy on what is allowed into stable. This policy has many merits, especiall

Re: Why does Ubuntu have all the ideas?

2006-07-29 Thread John Goerzen
an NMU. After all, it's one less thing I have to do to it, right? I do get extremely irritated when someone NMUs my package and breaks it and disappears. But that's only happened a couple of times to me. -- John Goerzen Author, Foundations of Python Network Programming http://www.a

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
tuff discussed there actually gets out > to everyone else when it should. That is an *excellent* suggestion, and would surely help mutual understanding between Debian and SPI. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
t; considerations only apply to Debian, and not to SPI? I'd say you could probably count this in weeks, if not days. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-24 Thread John Goerzen
at proper documents and records are retained, and that proper documents are filed with the government. I think SPI's less-than-perfect track record on these things is well known, as is the fact that SPI has been really improving on all this -- but still needs to improve more. -- John -- To

Re: Private copies of list replies (Was: Re: buildd and experimental)

2006-03-01 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
ers, nor *Spam* headers. They are completely uninteresting. I will happily comply with wishes, but they have to be communicated in a way I can understand. I don't think I am alone in this, either. -- John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 04:35:31PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:23:41AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > I don't see what that has to do with the simple fact of what the vote > > was about and how it turned out. > > So, you think that the vote

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 03:57:01PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:35:02AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > > That's not correct. The project simply voted not to removed it at that > > time, by defeating the GR. There was no affirmative vote to keep >

Re: Honesty in Debian (was Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-13 Thread John Goerzen
s, but we are > also not being honest with ourselves and our users, as this is in > contradiction with the spirit of the social contract, even if some like to > play with words. I agree with that. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-26 Thread John Hasler
ike Web forums and use them only when there is no alternative. > Would people want it? Some might. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-25 Thread John Hasler
ere. The terms may or may not be the same as last time, so you should read (and save!) the contract every time. That's one of the reasons I prefer to avoid such things. > I couldn't find the source code to their server, either. Another reason to avoid it. -- John Hasler --

Re: Linux Forums

2006-01-25 Thread John Hasler
Will L writes: > For exmaple, suppose a user just wants to ask a question, is it > reasonable to require him to subscribe, receive unrelated emails, then > unsubscribe? Subscription is not required. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

Re: For those who care about their packages in Ubuntu

2006-01-23 Thread John Hasler
is, or is it just libel? > ...what's stopping us from officially discouraging Ubuntu's existence? The fact that most of us are interested in cooperation or at least peaceful coexistence. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Debian derivatives and the Maintainer: field (again)

2006-01-18 Thread John Hasler
Hamish writes: > ...special requirements with regard to attribution. The only _requirements_ we can have with respect to attribution are fully satsified by compliance with copyright law and the terms of the relevant licenses. Anything else is a request. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Debian on one dvd?

2005-12-16 Thread John Hasler
the copyright owner can easily show that you could have hired the job done for a few cents a copy. Note that you only get to charge for the cost of physically performing source distribution. You do not get to charge for the cost of preparing the source for distribution. -- John Hasler --

Re: DCC (Debian Confusion Core) trademark negotiation status

2005-11-01 Thread John Hasler
> They need to be asked to change their FAQ to remove more trademark > infringements. Careful. While I agree that all the changes you suggest are desireable, I think that most are nominative and so do not infringe the trademark. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Debain Questions...

2005-10-24 Thread John Goerzen
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:42:29AM -0700, Patrick Mccall wrote: > I downloaded the first debian cd to install the os and > try it out. After going through the install process > and rebooting with no errors I get a dos-like system.. > Is this all debain is?? I didnt even get a gui!!!. No, it's not.

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2005-09-13 Thread John Smith
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Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread John Hasler
onesia I will, of course, do nothing regardless of the presence or absence of a choice of venue clause in my license: suing him in the US would be a complete waste of time and I have no money for international ventures. > ...Or get him extradited somehow. Extradition has nothing to do with civi

Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...

2005-09-09 Thread John Hasler
Henning Makholm writes: > A bicycle trip to my local courthouse: DKK 2, including write-offs on the > bicycle. A trip to some court in America: Tens of thousands of DKKs. If I were to sue you for infringing the copyright on my GPL software I would file in US district court. -- John

Re: Debian UK

2005-09-05 Thread John Hasler
he same as charitable. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Request for Advertising information

2005-08-24 Thread John Lockmer
d you more information if this seems interesting to you and/or would like to know more. I look forward to hearing from you soon.  If this is something you are not currently interested in I want to thank you for your time and to keep me in mind for the future.   Kind Regards,   John Lockmer  

Re: Delegation for trademark negotiatons with the DCCA

2005-08-22 Thread John Hasler
Peter Vandenabeele writes: > ... or just stick to the original "DCC" as "Debian Commercial Consortium". Excellent suggestion. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please stop the Andrew Suffield spam

2005-08-13 Thread John Hasler
x27;s posts are making it easier for others to rationalize there own appalling behavior. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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