if you have documentation: check that and then the source
if you don't have documentation: check the source
if you don't have the source: change project and choose a sourceful one
if you change project: prefer those with documentation
in other news, this blog comments are now powered by recaptha, a very cool project.
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... looking at your computer clock which reads "Jan 1" you think the clock has been mistakenly reset, or the battery is gone.
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Its been quite some time since my last entry but this time is well worth writing. Back in September when Italian Debconf took place, Zack offered me a room in his place in Bologna, I happily accepted and since 19 October there's an house packed with DDs (yes, actually two). Are there any other experiences about DDs sharing the same flat? This is going to productive for both, the first product in fact is a nice trick to add a little automation if you are versioning /etc with bzr, see Zack's post for more infos.
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I wondered for some time since DC6 about having an RSS feed for packages in the NEW queue, finally I have found some time to put together a python script to generate two RSS feeds, one for packages landing in NEW and one for packages leaving NEW.
Caveats: a package leaving NEW doesn't mean it will hit the archive, it could be rejected. Packages by buildds are included. The feeds are generated once an hour.
as usual, comments/ideas/fixes are welcome: filippo (at) debian (dot) org
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today #370045 has been filed against the (in)famous netselect. The postinst was not setting the setuid bit even the user said otherwise, after a bit of investigation it turned out that chown (or better, the kernel) clears the setuid bit as a security measure as explained by Mike Stone.
Nice security measure, oddly enough I've never noticed that effect (that is, netselect's postinst was correctly working for me) so it must be new or I was being hitted by some bug or it's been there for years and I'm the last one to know. Or all the previous options.
Anyhow, netselect -8 is on its way with two postinst lines swapped.
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It appears that I managed to get added to planet. Sadly, my first post starts with an end, namely debconf6 has just ended. I would like to thank everyone, from orga people that made this possible, to everyone who has been able to attend this great event.
This has been my first debconf but I'm sure not the last! don't forget to visit the debconf photo gallery. don't forget also that now you can trash your toilet paper in the toilet (and yes, in madrid airport I was looking around for TEH toilet paper basket)
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