I’ve updated gconf2-rpm-macros in GNOME:Community in preparation for adding a new target repository, openSUSE_10.2+GNOME_STABLE. The update tests the %suse_version macro and %_repository to determine whether the package needs to be populated. If it doesn’t, a dummy package is generated which makes life easier for maintainers of packages which have it in their BuildRequires lines. This …
Yearly Archive: 2007
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Dec 07 2007
Favourite Developer Environment…
Stephan: It’s worth bearing in mind that most of the people who said Mono will be using Gtk# making a possible total of 19.9%. Ultimately, who cares so long as they’re developing [decent] apps for Linux?
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Dec 05 2007
GNOME:Community
You may not have noticed this as it happened without announcement but, as a result of a conversation on #openSUSE-GNOME, there are now versions of GNOME:Community available for the following arrangements: 10.3 + GNOME:STABLE 10.3 + GNOME:UNSTABLE Factory + GNOME:UNSTABLE Not all packages are building in them and we need to sort out extra-rpm-macros and …
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Dec 03 2007
Russian “Democracy”
Does anyone believe that this election was remotely fair and free? When is the international community going to start treating Russia like what it is: a de facto dictatorship and stop fawning over them because they have oil and gas and don’t like Muslims any more than the US or UK governments?
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Dec 02 2007
How long…
…until this moves beyond simply being wanted for a crime? Those of us who are vocal in pointing out that the current US President is a war criminal and must be held accountable may start being silenced at some point. Don’t think it can’t happen.
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Nov 29 2007
Attention all recruitment consultants…
I no longer work in IT. I am no longer paid to be a UNIX System Administrator. I am not looking for a new role. No matter how much money you offer me, I am not interested. Please stop phoning me!
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Nov 28 2007
That’s a lot of hits!
About twenty days ago, I started logging on individual sites on my server. Today, I ran logs for Planet SUSE through Webalizer. You can see the full stats here but interesting things to note are that over 80% of the site’s hits are on the RSS feeds, not the site itself meaning that the vast …
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Nov 28 2007
Podcast me baby!
Well, not just me. The parish sermon podcast went live this morning with sermons dating back to the start of September and our Nehemiah series available. Download individual sermons (MP3 or Ogg Vorbis) Subscribe to the Podcast (MP3 only)
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Nov 27 2007
So much pap!
Today I received an order from my favourite Christian bookshop. I won’t mention the company name as it wouldn’t be fair given the nature of this post. On the whole I really respect the company in question – their profits go to charity and one of our best friends is a senior manager there. Anyway, …
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