Category Archives: General

Spam from companies who should know better

Posted on February 8, 2010 by ovitters

Had to approve a email message to foundation-list. Noticed a spam message in the queue from WebEx. Already knew that company, but apparently it is (now?) owned by Cisco. Anyway, there is no excuse for sending this to foundation-list. The … Continue reading →

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FOSDEM

Posted on January 28, 2010 by ovitters
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Bugzilla changes

Posted on September 14, 2009 by ovitters

So, after the GNOME Bugzilla upgrade done by Max Kanat-Alexander / Everythingsolved, a few more changes have been made: Stock Responses, by Frédéric Péters. Patch report, by Frédéric Péters (not linked yet from browse.cgi, an example). Describeuser, by Frédéric Péters … Continue reading →

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GUADEC

Posted on June 10, 2009 by ovitters

Not attending GUADEC as it happens at the same time as some personal stuff. Nice to see development improvements thanks to Git. Are there any more? Wonder if we should/could request a gnome.gitorious.org. Meaning: hosting by gitorious (so not official), … Continue reading →

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Piracy

Posted on April 8, 2009 by ovitters

Read today about the following (shortened quote): This morning, at around 05.00 UTC, Maersk Alabama, a 1,100 TEU container vessel, was attacked by pirates and presumed hijacked. The US flagged vessel has a crew of 20 US nationals and is … Continue reading →

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BHV’er / appointed safety person

Posted on March 4, 2009 by ovitters

Not sure of the best way to translate BHV’er, but I volunteered to be one where I work. This means I’ll be responsible to perform First Aid, tackle small fires (only when just starting) and alarm/ evacuate people during emergencies … Continue reading →

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FOSDEM 2009

Posted on February 9, 2009 by ovitters

Thoughts and so on regarding FOSDEM: Booking the first hotel solely based on price, overall review figure (didn’t read the review themselves), location (city centre) and free wifi availability resulted in a nice hotel and ensured I didn’t spend too … Continue reading →

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Obligatory

Posted on February 4, 2009 by ovitters
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Upgrade of SVN server, viewvc

Posted on November 3, 2008 by ovitters

I’ve upgraded the following things: SVN serverUses version 1.5.4 on the server plus all the repositories have been dumped & loaded to ensure every module uses the latest repository format ViewVC has been upgraded to latest trunk (as of today … Continue reading →

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SSH keys and bzr-playground

Posted on September 14, 2008 by ovitters

Since last week the bzr-playground machine has been setup as a syncrepl consumer. This means that all SSH key changes (plus new accounts) will automatically be able to use bzr-playground. Note: I mean to host private branches, of course people … Continue reading →

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