Debian has handled major release updates this way for as long as I remember. Most sane option is to always refer to the release name in your apt sources.list and switch over when it is convenient for you, but if you don't you probably only notice that you update is bigger than usual when upgrading to the new release.
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RE: Re: Debian 9
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RE: Re: Debian 9
Debian has handled major release updates this way for as long as I remember. Most sane option is to always refer to the release name in your apt sources.list and switch over when it is convenient for you, but if you don't you probably only notice that you update is bigger than usual when upgrading to the new release.
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RE: .NET Setup for Mac front end
My first advice would be not to assume anything about favourite or familiar tools, but ask them about how they work (or better watch them work) and setup the VM together with them so they know from the start how things are done, and why it is done that way.
Of course, you still want to prepare, so having Windows installed and and a list of useful tools with download links ready is useful.
If you use VMware or Parallels you can setup the system to share the user directory, that might be a useful way to seamlessly integrate the Windows toolchain with the Mac desktop.
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RE: Is that even possible o_O
Nothing special, many universities experimented with wide area wifi networks and have directional antennas on the roof of buildings. Probably you're living in between two university buildings.
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RE: Secure API - Best place to put the username/password?
It depends a bit on your use case, depnding on how public your public API is I would either use:
- SSL/TLS with client certificates
- SSL/TLS with digest authentication
- SSL/TLS with a pre-shared key
I would try to avoid putting the credentials in the URL or in the payload, too many ways to get them logged somewhere in plain text on your server.
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RE: Someone over here might know the answer to this!
OAuth does not provide authorisation it only does the Authentication* part of AAA, so you have to do the other part of AAA (authorisation and auditing) yourself.
- as long as you accept some source on the internet that probably never has seen the person or let alone verified the identity as a legit source for Authentication
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RE: Top priority
First of all, having a list of things without a timeframe for each of them isn't very helpful. "Any other bug assigned to you in the issue tracker" is of course a no-go.
I would take the list, try to order them in a way that you can get the best leverage by working on related items at the same time and make an estimate. Then you multiply your estimates with some factor (we use Pi) and go back to the PM with the schedule for his okay. Of course he will not like it that feature B or Bug Y will take so much time to get fixed, but it will force him to either properly prioritize or involve more people (or force you to work 120hrs a week (or more)). -
RE: The path to extra work.
@blakeyrat said:
@Cassidy said:
Admittedly, if you own example.com then adding staging.example.com and dev.example.com to DNS to host testbeds (which is what I do) incurs no extra cost. Makes cookie testing easier, too.
Maybe they also saved money by not buying a wildcard cert.Even that is not an issue, a domain validated certificate can be obtained for free from startssl or you can use a self-signed certificate. It's not necessary to have an EV certificate for staging or dev.
Only if you still have to support IE on Windows XP you cannot have more than one vhost per IP address using SSL (unless you use non-standard ports). -
RE: Why don't people just read my mails?
So the real WTF is that you can't make the link to the terms and conditions work on your staging server...
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RE: App to transfer text to an Android phone
Forget about Kies, it is one of the worst pieces of software ever written. I would look for a memo application that also has a companion app on Windows/Linux/OS X and syncs it data through Dropbox or a cloud solution. Then you can just write your shopping list on whatever is at hand. Some suggestions: Evernote, Remember the Milk, Wunderlist.
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RE: Chevy vs. Ford
@mott555 said:
So finally I walked behind my truck to find out how bad the damage was on my end. There was none! No dents, no scratches, not even a scuff! I'm impressed that my taillight was strong enough to severely deform his hood without shattering. (I have a 3-inch lift kit, so the middle of my taillight was about even with the top of his hood.)
Still you should have ask a repair company to have a look at it. Sometimes there is structural damage that isn't visible at first sight. I once had someone hitting my car while waiting at a red light. It looked like the tow bar just ruined his car while there was no visible damage to my car, I had it checked any way and they discovered that there was some structural damage after all. Having it checked saved me from paying a very expensive repair at the annual check-up.