Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Mathias Gug
stallation. Once the -server seeds are ready, we can move w3m to one of the new server seeds when/if w3m is removed from the standard seed. [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20080617 -- Mathias Gug Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubunt

Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Bud Roth
I agree with Dustin's point. When an install goes flawlessly, a text web browser may be superfluous, but when things go crunch and your laptop is not handy, a text web browser is a quick way to find solutions on the Internet. Sometimes, it can be as simple a need as looking up a VMWARE key or mak

Server Team 20080617 meeting minutes

2008-06-17 Thread Mathias Gug
Hi, Here are the minutes of the meeting. They can also be found online with the irc logs here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20080617. Openldap 2.4 SRU mathiaz announced that openldap 2.4.9 had been uploaded to hardy-proposed. Testing and reporting on the

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread James Dinkel
> > I also like having a text-based web browser on a server, as others > have said, for reading documentation (especially when the server is > offline and you're trying to get it back online) and for local web > admin tasks. > > Space constraints don't seem that big an issue on the server CD. >

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Cody A.W. Somerville
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * w3m# we need some text-based html presenter > > I'd like to formally cast doubt on this statement from the standard seed. > This was originally added a long time ago in order to provide a text-based > brow

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Neal McBurnett
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 05:00:06PM +0200, Ante Karamatic wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:15:17 -0500 > Rick Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think that Matt meant to remove it from standard, so it would free > > up space on the desktop cd's, we could still put it in the server > > seed. >

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Ante Karamatic
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:15:17 -0500 Rick Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that Matt meant to remove it from standard, so it would free > up space on the desktop cd's, we could still put it in the server > seed. Right, sorry. I got lost in conversation... -- ubuntu-server mailing list u

Re: Recommended SATA card?

2008-06-17 Thread David Abrahams
on Tue Jun 17 2008, wrote: >>on Mon Jun 16 2008, "Owen Townend" wrote: >> >>> On 17/06/2008, James Dinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> then I'd suggest the Silicon Image SiL3114/3124 chipset cards (SATA >>> I/II, four ports). They're supported natively by the kernel, so no >>> third pa

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 09:38:41PM -0700, Steve Beattie wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 03:31:46PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > > * w3m# we need some text-based html presenter > > > > I'd like to formally cast doubt on this statement from the standard seed. > > This was originally

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Martin Pitt
Matt Zimmerman [2008-06-16 15:31 +0100]: > * w3m# we need some text-based html presenter > [...] > Now that this is becoming possible with the new server seed[1], I'd like to > propose that it move to the server seed instead (or even be removed, if the > server team doesn't feel it's a

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:30:01AM -0500, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > But I do see a distinct difference between w3m/lynx/elinks and > wget/curl. The latter are useful for scripting the downloading of > files/content and then acting on it. The former are more interactive, > and allow for web searchi

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Rick Clark
On Tuesday 17 June 2008 09:07:11 Ante Karamatic wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:04:35 -0400 > > "Brian McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm all for removing cruft - but a text based browser is a small > > package with big benefits to many of us. > > I agree with Brian. I think that Matt mean

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Ante Karamatic
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:04:35 -0400 "Brian McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm all for removing cruft - but a text based browser is a small > package with big benefits to many of us. I agree with Brian. -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mai

Re: Moving w3m out of standard

2008-06-17 Thread Brian McKee
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * w3m# we need some text-based html presenter > > I'd like to formally cast doubt on this statement from the standard seed. > This was originally added a long time ago in order to provide a text-based > brows

You should put this on your radar - cli trashcan

2008-06-17 Thread James Dinkel
Here is a new project that might become a useful tool for server admins: http://www.linux.com/feature/138331 It's a trashcan that can be used from the commandline. So basically, you would use the "trash" command to delete files and directories, instead of the "rm" command. It's pretty new and im

Re: Re: Recommended SATA card?

2008-06-17 Thread n2vip
>From: David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/06/16 Mon PM 08:00:03 EDT >To: ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com >Subject: Re: Recommended SATA card? >on Mon Jun 16 2008, "Owen Townend" wrote: > >> On 17/06/2008, James Dinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> then I'd suggest the Silicon Image