Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Hi,
I really like the idea of documenting special things about a source
package in debian/README.source. However, I think that section 4.14
could be improved a lot.
First, section 4.14 should list things that one does not need to
describe in
(Further discussion should happen on [EMAIL PROTECTED], but please
CC me.)
During Manoj's policy talk at DebConf8, Gerfried opened the subject
of the policy's stand on relative and absolute symlinks, which
currently is absolute if going through top-level, relative
otherwise.
I wanted to give
Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
First, section 4.14 should list things that one does not need to
describe in debian/README.source. For example, the use of one of the
standard patch systems (quilt, dpatch, simple-patchsys) doesn't need
to be documented, since every NMUer should be able to work with
Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
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CC me.)
During Manoj's policy talk at DebConf8, Gerfried opened the subject
of the policy's stand on relative and absolute symlinks, which
currently is absolute if going through top-level, relative
* Lionel Elie Mamane [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-08-15 16:47:41 CEST]:
(Further discussion should happen on [EMAIL PROTECTED], but please
CC me.)
Same with me, I plan to scan the archives of the list, but am not
subscribed.
During Manoj's policy talk at DebConf8, Gerfried opened the subject
of
Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
First, section 4.14 should list things that one does not need to
describe in debian/README.source. For example, the use of one of the
standard patch systems (quilt, dpatch, simple-patchsys) doesn't need
to be documented, since
Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Lionel Elie Mamane [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-08-15 16:47:41 CEST]:
So, is there any reason at all to use relative symlinks?
Quite some times I experienced them to be more pain than gain, too. It
might be useful if people shift around complete
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 07:49:14PM +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
* Lionel Elie Mamane [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-08-15 16:47:41 CEST]:
During Manoj's policy talk at DebConf8, Gerfried opened the
subject of the policy's stand on relative and absolute symlinks,
which currently is absolute if going
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:42:23AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Lionel Elie Mamane [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-08-15 16:47:41 CEST]:
So, is there any reason at all to use relative symlinks?
Quite some times I experienced them to be more pain than gain,
Lionel Elie Mamane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:42:23AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Gerfried Fuchs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Quite some times I experienced them to be more pain than gain,
too. It might be useful if people shift around complete hierarchies,
but we are
Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 15/08/08 at 11:01 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think the better way is do it similar to copyright: for common
patch/build system we should include only a link to the relative
document. Maybe on a common
On 15/08/08 at 11:01 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Giacomo Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
First, section 4.14 should list things that one does not need to
describe in debian/README.source. For example, the use of one of the
standard patch systems (quilt, dpatch,
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Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
Charles Plessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think that Russ is very pessimistic on the quality of the XDG
desktop
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On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Second: XDG has less features than
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Subject: Comparison between Destkop entry and Debian menu
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Le Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 12:12:23AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
XDG has less features than
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Le Sat, Jul 05, 2008 at 12:35:34PM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit :
I think that writing a policy is the first
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To: William Pitcock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Daniel Dickinson [EMAIL PROTECTED],
debian-policy@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:
Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
On Sat,
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From: Sune Vuorela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cc: debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
On 2008-07-06, Loïc Minier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
of Debian KDE/Gnome
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:43:32 +0200
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Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
Le dimanche 06 juillet 2008 à 21:01 +0200, Loïc Minier a écrit :
There are only 47 desktop files with
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On Sun, Jul 06, 2008, Sune Vuorela wrote:
On 2008-07-06, Mikhail Gusarov [EMAIL
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Cc: debian-policy@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
On 2008-07-06, Mikhail Gusarov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
fd.o menus are
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From: Gunnar Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cc: William Pitcock [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Dickinson
[EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-policy@lists.debian.org,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use
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Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:51:16 +0200
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Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
Le lundi 07 juillet 2008 à 02:48 -0400, Daniel Dickinson a écrit :
And depends on
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Subject: Re: gnome, kde, xfce use non-policy main menu
Hello Josselin,
Am 2008-07-06 14:28:15, schrieb Josselin Mouette:
the
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On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 01:08:40PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
Josselin Mouette wrote:
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