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If somebody wants help me on mentoring process I'll be very glad!<br> +<br>Thanks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mageia-dev-request@mageia.org">mageia-dev-request@mageia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> +Send Mageia-dev mailing list submissions to<br> + <a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a><br> +<br> +To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> + <a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev" target="_blank">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev</a><br> +or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> + <a href="mailto:mageia-dev-request@mageia.org">mageia-dev-request@mageia.org</a><br> +<br> +You can reach the person managing the list at<br> + <a href="mailto:mageia-dev-owner@mageia.org">mageia-dev-owner@mageia.org</a><br> +<br> +When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br> +than "Re: Contents of Mageia-dev digest..."<br> +<br> +<br> +Today's Topics:<br> +<br> + 1. Re: [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release<br> + perl-SOAP-Lite-0.714.0-1.mga2 (D.Morgan)<br> + 2. Re: Please test: initscripts+systemd in updates_testing<br> + (Johnny A. Solbu)<br> + 3. Re: Please test: initscripts+systemd in updates_testing (andre999)<br> + 4. mentors + apprentices (andre999)<br> + 5. i18n corrections in drak tools (Oliver Burger)<br> +<br> +<br> +----------------------------------------------------------------------<br> +<br> +Message: 1<br> +Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 01:40:07 +0100<br> +From: "D.Morgan" <<a href="mailto:dmorganec@gmail.com">dmorganec@gmail.com</a>><br> +To: Mageia development mailing-list <<a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a>><br> +Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release<br> + perl-SOAP-Lite-0.714.0-1.mga2<br> +Message-ID:<br> + <CAL+dqvDutg406MXZVTzaAsyYeO2JXQpbprQHjrpx9CXp=<a href="mailto:vbRmw@mail.gmail.com">vbRmw@mail.gmail.com</a>><br> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br> +<br> +On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Thierry Vignaud<br> +<<a href="mailto:thierry.vignaud@gmail.com">thierry.vignaud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> +> On 27 October 2011 17:11, Mageia Team <<a href="mailto:buildsystem-daemon@mageia.org">buildsystem-daemon@mageia.org</a>> wrote:<br> +>> takashi <takashi> 0.714.0-1.mga2:<br> +>> + Revision: 158214<br> +>> - update to 0.714<br> +><br> +> A requested package cannot be installed:<br> +> perl-SOAP-Lite-0.714.0-1.mga2.noarch (due to unsatisfied<br> +> perl(SOAP::Transport::FTP)[>= 0.712.0])<br> +> Continue installation anyway? (Y/n)<br> +><br> +<br> +still broken.<br> +<br> +The main issue is that i don't see perl(SOAP::Transport::FTP)[>=<br> +0.712.0]) see : <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/SOAP-Transport-FTP/" target="_blank">http://search.cpan.org/dist/SOAP-Transport-FTP/</a><br> +<br> +<br> +------------------------------<br> +<br> +Message: 2<br> +Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 03:49:02 +0100<br> +From: "Johnny A. Solbu" <<a href="mailto:cooker@solbu.net">cooker@solbu.net</a>><br> +To: <a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a><br> +Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] Please test: initscripts+systemd in<br> + updates_testing<br> +Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:201111020349.05223.cooker@solbu.net">201111020349.05223.cooker@solbu.net</a>><br> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br> +<br> +On Wednesday 02 November 2011 01:05, andre999 wrote:<br> +> No offense intended<br> +<br> +None detected. ;-)=<br> +<br> +> but you don't see a slight advantage of not having<br> +> to mount a separate partition, and of sharing the space available on the<br> +> otherwise 2 separate partitions, particularly if the disk space is<br> +> somewhat limited ?<br> +<br> +If the diskspace is limited, there often is no available space to host a separate /usr.<br> +The old drive in my gateway was a 4G drive. There was One partition. ;-)=<br> +I do see the need to have all in one partition in many cases.<br> +<br> +But there is a diffenrece in having a need and require it. :-)=<br> +<br> +> Since you have read the reference, you didn't notice that the option of<br> +> separate partitions is _not_ precluded ?<br> +<br> +Some of the answers I got here suggested otherwize. if /usr needs to be mounted in order for the system to boot normally. Then have systemd mount it.<br> +I do see that there might be some problems involved in solving it.<br> +<br> +> However if one has / and /usr on the same partition, combining /bin,<br> +> /sbin, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin would certainly be a lot simpler than it<br> +> is now.<br> +<br> +Yes. I see that, and I see that it can be agood idea to merge /*bin with /usr/*bin<br> +<br> +> I never could understand why the complication of separate /bin and /sbin,<br> +<br> +I still feel that the daemon's executeable's belongs in sbin rather than bin.<br> +<br> +> and never appreciated the gymnastics of different commands with<br> +> the same name to handle root/non-root permissions for certain commands.<br> +<br> +I haven't noticed that. do you have an example?<br> +<br> +> To me, avoiding unnecessary complication by design is a big plus.<br> +<br> +Agreed. But don't throw the baby out with the water. ;-)=<br> +<br> +--<br> +Johnny A. Solbu<br> +PGP key ID: 0xFA687324<br> +-------------- next part --------------<br> +A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br> +Name: not available<br> +Type: application/pgp-signature<br> +Size: 189 bytes<br> +Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.<br> +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20111102/60ae76e7/attachment-0001.asc><br> +<br> +------------------------------<br> +<br> +Message: 3<br> +Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:47:21 -0400<br> +From: andre999 <<a href="mailto:andre999mga@laposte.net">andre999mga@laposte.net</a>><br> +To: Mageia development mailing-list <<a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a>><br> +Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] Please test: initscripts+systemd in<br> + updates_testing<br> +Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4EB0E779.5020101@laposte.net">4EB0E779.5020101@laposte.net</a>><br> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"<br> +<br> +Johnny A. Solbu a ?crit :<br> +> On Wednesday 02 November 2011 01:05, andre999 wrote:<br> +><br> +[...]<br> +>> Since you have read the reference, you didn't notice that the option of<br> +>> separate partitions is _not_ precluded ?<br> +>><br> +> Some of the answers I got here suggested otherwize. if /usr needs to be mounted in order for the system to boot normally. Then have systemd mount it.<br> +> I do see that there might be some problems involved in solving it.<br> +><br> +<br> +I think it is better to mount any separate /usr as early in the boot<br> +process as possible.<br> +<br> +[...]<br> +>> and never appreciated the gymnastics of different commands with<br> +>> the same name to handle root/non-root permissions for certain commands.<br> +>><br> +> I haven't noticed that. do you have an example?<br> +><br> +<br> +See the attached file of duplications of names on my computer.<br> +There are 76 duplications in the 4 directories.<br> +Those ending in @ are symbolic links. Such duplications will disappear<br> +with the merging.<br> +The others are mostly (if not all) scripts which link to a routine which<br> +asks for the root password for certain commands, according to enabled<br> +permissions. If the permissions are enabled and the password correctly<br> +entered, the user is rerouted to the initial command. A less obscure<br> +way of dealing with it would be better.<br> +(I forget the details, but someone like tv or misc would know.)<br> +<br> +>> To me, avoiding unnecessary complication by design is a big plus.<br> +>><br> +> Agreed. But don't throw the baby out with the water. ;-)=<br> +><br> +<br> +If just changing initramfs to load any separate /usr partition will fix<br> +it, I don't see that we are losing anything.<br> +Although if someone like tmb can initially misunderstand the impact, I<br> +guess anyone can. (It took me a while.)<br> +<br> +Maybe it will be more trouble to make such an initramfs, but once it is<br> +made, it should work nicely. Without a special reason to have a<br> +separate /usr, I would say that it is better to avoid it.<br> +I see that ensuring that everything necessary to fully boot being<br> +guaranteed to be available very early in the boot process is a big plus.<br> +If /home isn't available, one can always login to root. As well,<br> +keeping /home on a separate partition has advantages for ensuring the<br> +persistance of personal data and configuration in the event of<br> +reformatting /.<br> +<br> +--<br> +Andr?<br> +<br> +-------------- next part --------------<br> +An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...<br> +Name: bin_dup.txt<br> +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20111102/0f52d042/attachment-0001.txt><br> +<br> +------------------------------<br> +<br> +Message: 4<br> +Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:54:38 -0400<br> +From: andre999 <<a href="mailto:andre999mga@laposte.net">andre999mga@laposte.net</a>><br> +To: Mageia development mailing-list <<a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a>><br> +Subject: [Mageia-dev] mentors + apprentices<br> +Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:4EB0F73E.9060108@laposte.net">4EB0F73E.9060108@laposte.net</a>><br> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed<br> +<br> +Hi everyone,<br> +<br> +We have a new packager, takashi, who has successfully mentored with jquelin.<br> +<br> +We now have 2 apprentice candidates with .rpm packaging experience, waiting for<br> +a mentor.<br> +<br> +mcb30 (Michael Brown), who I introduced last week,<br> +is a longtime Mandrake/Mandriva and now Mageia user who has maintained several<br> +private RPM repos, and while waiting for a mentor has been making spec files<br> +for some python applications.<br> +<br> +We also have<br> +neocrust (Alexander Scherbakov),<br> +who has experience maintaining packages for openSuse and Lunar Linux, as well<br> +as translating to Russion, and doing documentation with the Gentoo Russion team.<br> +<br> +You can find more details at:<br> +<a href="http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#packager_apprentice_candidates" target="_blank">http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#packager_apprentice_candidates</a><br> +<br> +Mentors, let me know who you take on, and I'll update the tables for you.<br> +<br> +Thanks :-)<br> +<br> +----<br> +<br> +We now have 49 active packagers (maintaining at least one package), with<br> +several who have yet to take a package.<br> +We currently have about 40 apprentices.<br> +Over 75% of packages have a maintainer.<br> +<br> +----<br> +<br> +Anyone else looking for a mentor, let me know so I can add your name as an<br> +apprentice candidate -- or you can do it yourself.<br> +<a href="http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#packager_apprentice_candidates" target="_blank">http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#packager_apprentice_candidates</a><br> +<br> +<br> +See also the section just above, on becoming a Mageia packager :<br> +<a href="http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#becoming_a_mageia_packager" target="_blank">http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=packages_mentoring#becoming_a_mageia_packager</a><br> +<br> +To find a mentor, you can also post to this list, or on IRC at freenode<br> +#mageia-mentoring.<br> +<br> +Regards :-)<br> +<br> +--<br> +Andr?<br> +(Packager mentoring program coordinator)<br> +<br> +<br> +<br> +------------------------------<br> +<br> +Message: 5<br> +Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:45:10 +0100<br> +From: Oliver Burger <<a href="mailto:oliver.bgr@googlemail.com">oliver.bgr@googlemail.com</a>><br> +To: <a href="mailto:mageia-dev@mageia.org">mageia-dev@mageia.org</a><br> +Subject: [Mageia-dev] i18n corrections in drak tools<br> +Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:201111020945.10325.oliver.bgr@googlemail.com">201111020945.10325.oliver.bgr@googlemail.com</a>><br> +Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii"<br> +<br> +Hi there,<br> +<br> +I'd like to get all corrections made by i18n teams since the Mga1 release into<br> +the distribution. Imho that is important because not all teams managed to<br> +finish their translation work for the Mga1 freeze, and we were told at that<br> +time, that we would be able to get our work into Mga1 via an update later on<br> +and thus I told the teams to set a priority on the translation of the<br> +installer po files, which couldn't be updated later.<br> +<br> +<br> +As I mentioned in <a href="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1784" target="_blank">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1784</a> I would propose<br> +a "i18n bug hunting day". We could do a blog post calling people to actively<br> +look for translation errors and file bug reports about them. I18n teams could<br> +then fix as many of those as possible and commit the corrections to the "1"<br> +branch of the drak tools svn (and also to cauldron if they are still present<br> +there).<br> +<br> +What do you think?<br> +Let's say "i18n bug hunting day" somewhen in the middle of next week and an<br> +update of the drak tools for Mga1 arround december 1st?<br> +<br> +Oliver<br> +<br> +<br> +End of Mageia-dev Digest, Vol 15, Issue 5<br> +*****************************************<br> +</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Marco Antonio Benatto<br>Linux user ID:<font size="2"> #506236</font><br> |