Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Simon == Simon Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I Simon think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal Simon because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Even an

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:00:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Even an otherwise empty package contains metadata files (or else what good does it do?), and these metadata files need a copyright file giving the license under which they are distributable, So I don't think

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Simon == Simon Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I Simon think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal Simon because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Even an

Re: lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:00:18AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Even an otherwise empty package contains metadata files (or else what good does it do?), and these metadata files need a copyright file giving the license under which they are distributable, So I don't think

lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
Package: lintian Severity: normal Hi, lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Simon -- GPG public key available from

lintian: empty (transition) packages shouldn't need a copyright file

2001-06-18 Thread Simon Richter
Package: lintian Severity: normal Hi, lintian complains about empty packages not having a copyright file. I think it should silently accept empty packages (Severity set to normal because it might actually stop packages from being installed). Simon -- GPG public key available from