Re: [Mageia-dev] unable to install cauldron in a vmware vm

2012-12-03 Thread Lee Forest
I had the same error in the partition editor when booting from usb. Not even in a vbox.

Re: [Mageia-dev] [RFC] renaming -debug packages as -debuginfo

2012-12-01 Thread Lee Forest
Sounds like less patching. Hard to argue with that. Unless there was a way to make it easier to do the patching. Saves a mass rebuild and makes the job easier.

Re: [Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

2011-06-14 Thread Lee Forest
I agree. Mailing lists are messy and hard to follow. And sometimes the only response you get is about how you sent the message wrong. I bet more people would use the forums. Only a couple people so far are hooked on mailing lists. Im seeing more and more comments coming in about this. forums would

Re: [Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

2011-06-14 Thread Lee Forest
And keeping one golden rule of software development in mind, don't let your system do redundant tasks. Look how many times a conversation is repeated throughout its life time in a mailing list. Thats alot of redundant data using up server traffic. In a forum everything is more central. A lot less

Re: [Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

2011-06-14 Thread Lee Forest
On 06/14/2011 10:03 AM, Frank Griffin wrote: On 06/14/2011 09:38 AM, Lee Forest wrote: And keeping one golden rule of software development in mind, don't let your system do redundant tasks. Look how many times a conversation is repeated throughout its life time in a mailing list. Thats alot

[Mageia-dev] forum/mailing list project

2011-06-14 Thread Lee Forest
Mailing lists and forums I guess both have drawbacks and advantages. I am sorry if I sounded biased, and was off topic. I still think some kind of innovative new messaging/forum/blog/mailing list reimagining sounds like a fun project. But I do understand its not a feasible option right now for

Re: [Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

2011-06-13 Thread Lee Forest
I like the idea of releasing when ready. Its done when the team thinks its ready and not because its being demanded by end users. In Linux Mint this does alot of good because of having to clean up after ubuntu so much. The releases are much more stable and polished. The way clement lefabre likes