On 22/12/2008, at 9:42 PM, MJ Ray wrote:
George Danchev wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2008 21:33:27 MJ Ray wrote:
So, people who remain on the debian mailing lists have a poor
understanding of what should appear a good mailing list,
What makes you think that "vocal minority" is larger tha
On 21/08/2008, at 8:56 PM, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
My concept of the package changelog is to give a chronological
account of
the changes that happened to the package.
Right...
What is the problem with documenting which versions were actually
present
in the archive?
That it conflicts wi
On 13/06/2007, at 8:35 PM, Linas Žvirblis wrote:
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Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
I guess that depends on what you consider "joined". You might also
consider your first posting to a Debian mailing list. Or
possible, your
first contribution (e.g., b
Craig Sanders wrote:
> IMO, if you need a 'stable' system with some newer packages, you're
> better off learning how apt's pinning stuff works than bothering with
> backports. it's not hard.
The big difference is that with backports, they will be built with
stable libs etc. as far as possible --
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Indeed, all the references I have found tell me that firmware
> is computer programs.
>
Interesting, as I note that *none* of those you quoted do so -- although
some do say that it is "software" that is stored in less-volatile
storage than RAM.
Given the sca
Henning Makholm wrote:
>
>> Okay, so this is just my idea. Add grains of salt to taste, etc.
>>
>> The idea is to take the Debian "official use" logo [0] which we've
>> never really made much use of, and declare it the logo for derivatives
>> instead. Add the word "distilled" [1] underneath, and yo
On 24/07/2006, at 9:46 AM, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
So not giving the SPI board oversight on how Debian conducts
it's internal affairs is sending an unfortunate message? Perhaps I do
think we should send such a message; and indeed, we should consider
the creation of a Debian Foundation,
On 24/07/2006, at 8:41 AM, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
A GR should wait - within reasonable time - until developers can
have the information they need for a informed decision.
The constitution specifies the time that the GR needs to be in
discussion, and the period determined is a minimu
MJ Ray wrote:
>
> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution. This had
> >> been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and discussion
> >> have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this proposal at
> >> this time.
>
> I
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 05:37:15PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote:
> There has been much discussion about the requirement of a link back to
> www.d.o on the consultant's website. Just to make this absolutely clear: No
> consultant will be required to *operate* a website and to link back to
> Debia
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:11:36AM +, MJR wrote:
> I'm tired of this crusade against the English from our resident
> sexists, grounded only in the Sapir-Whorf *hypothesis*.
>
> If you would like some example genders switched to make a bit
> more of a mix, or avoided entirely, then fine, but p
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:17:34PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > Requiring that distributors of a piece of software refrain from making
> > accusations of patent infringement regarding the software itself is
> > consistent with the goal of upholding the freedoms of users over that
> > software.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 02:57:21AM +, MJ Ray wrote:
> Start with something uncontroversial and then build to:
>
> [...]
> > > In the light of the threat that software patents pose to Free
> > > Software, we believe that it is likewise acceptable for software
> > > licenses to plac
On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 12:32:29AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> I think that's a discussion that belongs on -project.
Probably :-)
> > So. The proposition to discuss would appear to be along the lines of:
>
> > Debian accepts that it may in certain circumstances be desirable
> > (or a
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:02:51AM -0500, Todd Troxell wrote:
> > Where in the Social Contract does it say anything about "seeking publicity"
> > or "winning over new users"? If and when those aims get in the way of
> > helping our users and/or free software (as they would here), then they
> > are
On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 05:24:25PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:41:06PM +0100, Tobias Toedter wrote:
> > 3. Website
> > If an URL is provided, the consultant must mention their Debian-related
> > work on the website. The Debian distribution must be mentioned
> > ex
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