Debian bug report logs - #1005 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1005: Display Current System Clock Reply-To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 05:03:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 05:03:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 061604571422857; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 04:57:14 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sMTRT-0005z9C; Thu, 15 Jun 95 21:55 PDT Received: from netcom17.netcom.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27245 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:13 -0700 Received: from [192.0.2.1] by netcom17.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id VAA05405; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:53 -0700 X-Sender: grantbow@netcom17.netcom.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:08 -0700 To: debian-bugs@pixar.com From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Package: base Version: 93R5 During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-tz script) when setting the time zone, the current clock time is not displayed. This would reduce the need for people to reconfigure if they guess wrongly. The current time should be displayed by this script before setting a timezone. The default of accepting the system clock as set to GMT may not be the right choice either, at least it isn't in the US that I am aware. I am using Debian 0.93R5 alpha, kernel version 1.2.1 and libc 4.6.27. I have installed ONLY the base system for testing purposes. Cheers, -- -- Grant R. Bowman AdvoTech -- Computer and Software Asset Manaagement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Subject: Bug#1005: Acknowledgement (was: Display Current System Clock) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1005" or "Re: Bug#1005" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1005: Display Current System Clock Reply-To: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 08:33:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 08:33:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 061608203328766; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 08:20:33 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sMWcS-0005z9C; Fri, 16 Jun 95 01:19 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07480 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 16 Jun 1995 01:17:40 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Fri, 16 Jun 95 16:18 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) To: grantbow@netcom.com, debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 16:18:47 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Grant R. Bowman" at Jun 15, 95 09:54:08 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1199 > > Package: base > Version: 93R5 > > During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-tz script) when setting the > time zone, the current clock time is not displayed. This would reduce the > need for people to reconfigure if they guess wrongly. > > The current time should be displayed by this script before setting a > timezone. The default of accepting the system clock as set to GMT may not > be the right choice either, at least it isn't in the US that I am aware. > > I am using Debian 0.93R5 alpha, kernel version 1.2.1 and libc 4.6.27. I > have installed ONLY the base system for testing purposes. It's the standard for UNIX systems to run their clock's at GMT and then set your timezone according. I think it's correct to be the default setting. Andrew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Bug#1005: Info received (was Bug#1005: Display Current System Clock) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1005" or "Re: Bug#1005" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1005: Display Current System Clock Reply-To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 06:03:09 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 06:03:09 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 06170552089683; Sat, 17 Jun 1995 05:52:08 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sMqlh-0005z9C; Fri, 16 Jun 95 22:50 PDT Received: from netcom13.netcom.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA08841 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 16 Jun 1995 22:48:37 -0700 Received: from [192.0.2.1] by netcom13.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id WAA26815; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 22:48:03 -0700 X-Sender: grantbow@netcom13.netcom.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 22:47:18 -0700 To: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell), debian-bugs@pixar.com From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) At 1:18 AM 6/16/95, Andrew Howell wrote: >> >> Package: base >> Version: 93R5 >> >> During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-tz script) when setting the >> time zone, the current clock time is not displayed. This would reduce the >> need for people to reconfigure if they guess wrongly. >> >> The current time should be displayed by this script before setting a >> timezone. The default of accepting the system clock as set to GMT may not >> be the right choice either, at least it isn't in the US that I am aware. >> >> I am using Debian 0.93R5 alpha, kernel version 1.2.1 and libc 4.6.27. I >> have installed ONLY the base system for testing purposes. > >It's the standard for UNIX systems to run their clock's at GMT and then >set your timezone according. I think it's correct to be the default >setting. Andrew, OK, but can you add a line to display the clock before setting it? I believe this would help users know if they are making the correct choice as they are prompted. As for the default, Is the default audience one that is primarily unix people or PC people? It's an interesting (possibly lengthy) side-discussion that I am sure has been raised before, so if someone could send me a note summarizing the conclusion that was reached by the Debian group, I will try to avoid bringing it up again. Regards, -- -- Grant R. Bowman AdvoTech -- Computer and Software Asset Manaagement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Subject: Bug#1005: Info received (was Bug#1005: Display Current System Clock) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1005" or "Re: Bug#1005" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Bug#1005: marked as done (was: Display Current System Clock) Your message dated Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:34 EST with message-id and subject line Bug#1005: has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 061604571422857; Fri, 16 Jun 1995 04:57:14 GMT From netcom.com!grantbow Thu Jun 15 21:55:40 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sMTRT-0005z9C; Thu, 15 Jun 95 21:55 PDT Received: from netcom17.netcom.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27245 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:13 -0700 Received: from [192.0.2.1] by netcom17.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id VAA05405; Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:53 -0700 X-Sender: grantbow@netcom17.netcom.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:54:08 -0700 To: debian-bugs@pixar.com From: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Subject: Display Current System Clock Package: base Version: 93R5 During the base configuration (/sbin/dsetup-tz script) when setting the time zone, the current clock time is not displayed. This would reduce the need for people to reconfigure if they guess wrongly. The current time should be displayed by this script before setting a timezone. The default of accepting the system clock as set to GMT may not be the right choice either, at least it isn't in the US that I am aware. I am using Debian 0.93R5 alpha, kernel version 1.2.1 and libc 4.6.27. I have installed ONLY the base system for testing purposes. Cheers, -- -- Grant R. Bowman AdvoTech -- Computer and Software Asset Manaagement ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: grantbow@netcom.com (Grant R. Bowman) Subject: Bug#1005 acknowledged by developer (was: Display Current System Clock) References: In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov