Quoting Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Branden Robinson wrote: > > > If I understood the proposal correctly, bible-kjv and verse would both > go > > > into the new data section. "verse" because it's designed to work only > with > > > only one data file -- bible-kjv. > > > > That's silly. 'passwd' is a program designed to work with only 1 data > file, > > I don't think that puts it in data. > > > > I'm opposed to putting any binaries in data. > > But wouldn't be in the data section. if it would, what would be the > point of passwd in main? > > Anything in main that depends on something in data shoulbe eigther be > moved to data or the data should be moved to main.
Although I agree with you, in the spirit of my original draft, this choice should not be write in the Policy because we can't really make a clear line between what's need to be in main, and what's not. Astronomical data are clearly big enough to be in data. lg issues are also good candidates. But a small package like verses is more blured. Removing it will also remove fortunes, and, BTW, gl-screensavers and games for irrelevance from being parts of a workable Unix System. But people don't wan't this. So don't make it a policy and let's decide it on a per package basis, just like the sections field. As for dependencies, consider data to be like a lesser priority than extra or optional (don't remember which one is the lowest). The Policy already that no packages should depends on priority lesser than itself. I thinks it's should make things right. > > May the Source be with you. > Goswin > > Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fabien Ninoles Chevalier servant de la Dame Catherine des Rosiers aka Corbeau aka le Veneur Debian GNU/Linux maintainer E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WebPage: http://www.tzone.org/~fabien RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
