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2002-09-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
unsubscribe -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/

Re: irc.debian.org

2002-08-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
by neither OPN nor OFTC...? Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/

Re: Copying and distributing Debian

2002-08-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
about free software is available at http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/ Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/

Re: kernel-* package names

2002-02-07 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: Project name

2001-08-09 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 04:17:27PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: No, the Hurd is only the user-extensible operating system and as such potentially universal (but in that even more so then Linux ever will be). Nevermind

Re: Project name

2001-08-09 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:48:22AM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:30:38PM +0200, Lars Bahner wrote: From http://www.debian.org/index.html TITLEDebian GNU/Linux -- The Universal Operating System/TITLE Like I said. That's one of the OSes we produce. It's our

Re: [platform] My little self-pumping/ego-trip/self-righteous speech :)

2001-02-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
you think about the situation nowadays. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: [platform] My little self-pumping/ego-trip/self-righteous speech :)

2001-02-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
-master and the confusion that arose with our sponsor of master (novare) was a jolly mess and should have been handled more carefully? Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RFC: Changing the NM system

2000-12-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
new maintainers at all for one year. There are plenty of technical solutions to our maintenance problems, no need to panic about new maintainers. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL

Re: RFC: Changing the NM system

2000-12-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
is expelled annually and has to reapply. This would make sure that everyone is still live and interested. And of course, I would love to see Branden Robinsons answers to the quiz test. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann

Re: RFC: Changing the NM system

2000-12-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
(or real) problems. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: [PROPOSAL] Full text of GPL must be included

2000-11-30 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
this) whenever you want. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcus Brinkmann writes: On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal Narayanan wrote: Membership is a privilege, The privilege to work, or what? IMO the privilege to be trusted to contribute

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:21:37PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I am rather scared by a statement that effectively assumes that being part of Debian is a "privilege" that needs to be protected by people who probably want to abuse it.[1] The only privileges you have as a Debian

Re: [nm-admin] Identification step in the current scheme (Re: Fear the new maintainer process)

2000-08-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hello, On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:53:36PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcus Brinkmann writes: On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 08:06:55PM +0200, Nils Lohner wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcus Brinkmann writes: On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:07:24PM -0400, Gopal

Re: Fear the new maintainer process

2000-07-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Am Mit, 26 Jul 2000 15:56:10 Mark Brown Sie: On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 03:23:06PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Am Mit, 26 Jul 2000 15:11:08 Mark Brown Sie: It's not about the entry in the queue - it's about the time it takes the application manager to work this out when they try

Re: Fear the new maintainer process

2000-07-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
I am answering both replies in one mail. On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 11:13:26AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 09:08:23AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I want to repeat: The applicant wants to help US. WE require

Mind the new maintainer process

2000-07-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 12:57:40PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I can't help to be extremly worried about the new maintainer procedure. I am still, but in this particular case I obviously overreacted. I was projecting my grief with the projects social development on a single point of failure

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Am Mit, 19 Jul 2000 12:36:39 Hamish Moffatt Sie: On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 02:49:11AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: For the same reason that the existing Debian mob dictates why you may not upload certain packages to main. What the Project decides to do, we do. Perhaps GR supporters could

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Am Mit, 19 Jul 2000 16:04:57 Hamish Moffatt Sie: I personally see two goals for Debian: 1. Produce a high quality, open source UNIX system. 2. Introduce people to open source ideals. Debian was founded long before the Open Source movement hit the market. Personally, I value freedom over

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
against me. In this case it will not work. There are so many better (=real) arguments for keeping non-free, why don't you just stick to those? It would make this discussion so much less inflammatory. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key serv

Re: On the lets-remove-nonfree-proposal

2000-07-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Am Mon, 03 Jul 2000 11:17:45 David N. Welton Sie: On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 11:49:07PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: In short, I think you are underestimating the intelligence of our users. A few people at LinuxTag asked me if the updates to the kernel that shipped with whatever

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 10:01:32AM +0100, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I am not sure about BSD. It depends if you really are going to use FreeBSDs libc or glibc. What I said applies mostly to the latter case. If you are going with a different libc

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
still my idea. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.orgfor public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Re: Debian FreeBSD

1999-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
, and use it natively. You still need syscall emulation, which is what the BSD linux-compat stuff does. For many software, you won't, I think. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 09:05:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 02:41:13PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: syscalls are a different issue. Software using syscalls can be declared as such, and only installed on systems that provide such syscalls or an emulation

Re: Stop Debian/FreeBSD

1999-11-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.orgfor public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian Law... come to Debian country!

1999-11-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, Constitution, Immigrant restriction (new maintainer), Usage Policy, ... ... is this where it leads to? Are we going to tight ourselve in a magnitude of rules and laws, to be enforced by soldiers who work under the regime of a king (beheaded annually)? Are we constantly fixing things which

Re: Proposed change to Debian constitution

1999-11-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
. -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.orgfor public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: incremental release process (the package pool)

1999-11-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
already. Instead patching it, we should consider changing it drastically internally. I think the advantages in future maintaining are worth the one time pain resulting from a change. -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann

Re: Proposal: incremental release process (the package pool)

1999-10-29 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
is Free Software. The End and the Means are the same. -- Craig Sanders Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proposal: incremental release process (the package pool)

1999-10-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
would have one pool for all packages, and a bunch of files describing which package/version belongs to a certain distribution. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.orgfor public PGP Key