Re: packaging question: binary-without-manpage

2009-01-07 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ti, 2009-01-06 kello 00:10 +0100, Khashayar Naderehvandi kirjoitti: [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/SupplementaryFiles#Man%20Pages Thanks, that's exactly what I needed! I'm gonna start off with some really basic man page then, just to get it to the next step. Excellent! The

Nomachine down for NX Server, does ubuntu have the server component?

2009-01-07 Thread Bryan Tanoue
Hi, I'm looking for the NX server component. Does ubuntu 8.10 have a version? Seems Nomachine has been down since the New Year, and I have a bad feeling they went out of business or something. Bryan. _ Windows LiveTM: Keep your

Re: Nomachine down for NX Server, does ubuntu have the server component?

2009-01-07 Thread Steven Harms
Nomachine's website is up, and has been up. They are in business and my company has frequent correspondence. I would check your ISP or DNS. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Bryan Tanoue btan...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm looking for the NX server component. Does ubuntu 8.10 have a

New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody, some of you will have noticed that the application processes of the MOTU Council have been taking several weeks, even months in extreme cases and we have been very unhappy with this status quo. We identified a number of reasons for

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Adilson Oliveira
Em 07-01-2009 16:07, Dustin Kirkland escreveu: But, please, please, please let's add some minority element of objectivity to the processes. +1 That was my first complain when I first tried be a Motu (which I failed) and never bothered to try again because of that and different sponsors

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Dustin Kirkland
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Daniel Holbach daniel.holb...@ubuntu.com wrote: We feel that these changes are going to be a notable improvement and we would like to hear your thoughts on them, so we can move to the new format real soon now. Hi Daniel (and MOTU Council)- Thank you very much

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective criteria will not be sufficient, alone,

Thierry Carrez (Koon) is a MOTU

2009-01-07 Thread Emmet Hikory
All, I'm pleased to announce that after far too long a wait, Thierry Carrez (Koon) is now a MOTU. Thierry has been working with the Server and Java teams, and describes his goals as I am interested in making Ubuntu Server a market-leader solution for servers in large companies, by supporting

Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective criteria will not be

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 12:14, Daniel Holbach wrote: 3) Use the wiki Applications and endorsements shall be drafted on wiki pages, and presented for review when complete. This will give you the chance to use a template for the application, where we can make sure that most areas for the

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 02:18:09PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be

Gnomesword and Biblememorizer update needed

2009-01-07 Thread Colin McKay
Could an update to Gnomesword be included in the repositories? Gnomesword on their website is up to version 2.4.1 and includes many features not included in the version 2.2.3. Note that an update to Biblememorizer will also be needed as Biblememorizer version 0.5.2 seems to have some errors with

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 14:18 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: People like quantitative criteria because they can be applied without judgement and with no perception of bias. Everyone has to wait 6 months, so it's not unfair we say you need to wait too. I really think that our process is

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Collins
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: For improving the process just for the skill-level consideration, what I would like to see is sort of a self-directed exercise workbook, with sets of packaging, bug triage, testing, documentation, etc. tasks. For sponsorees with

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:24, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: For improving the process just for the skill-level consideration, what I would like to see is sort of a

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Nick Ellery
Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 13:22, Daniel Holbach wrote: Dustin Kirkland schrieb: I really believe the MOTU and Core-Dev application processes would greatly benefit from some minimal, objective criteria. It should be perfectly clear that meeting these objective

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:59:24PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 20:46, Bryce Harrington wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:24, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 13:46 -0800, Bryce

Re: Developer Application Criteria - Was Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman schrieb: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 20:46, Bryce Harrington wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:44:16PM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: Here's a good list of questions for the workbook:

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Ellery schrieb: On the four points made by Daniel, I can agree with all but the fourth being beneficial. The reason that different Membership Boards were created was to allow those that are unable to attend CC meetings to still apply for

Re: New Application processes

2009-01-07 Thread Daniel Holbach
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott Kitterman schrieb: I would prefer that sponsors still send in their comments via mail. I think that makes it clearer where the application stops and the sponsors words start. Emails can (and should) be signed too. We can make it clear in