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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.7.2.2
Severity: minor
Hi!
While reading the Debian policy I found some minor things I'd like to see
improved. I'm refering to the PDF dated 2006-10-02, so page numbers might be
slightly inaccurate, please bear with me.
- Page 8, 2.5 Priorities, Paragraph on "required": s/Removing an
required/Removing a required/
- Page 9, 2.5 Priorities, Paragraph on "extra": This is not too nice read, I'd
suggest the following wording:
extra For one, this contains all packages that conflict with others of
priority
required, important, standard or optional. Furthermore it is used for packages
that are only likely to be useful if you already know what they are or
packages that have specialized requirements.
- Page 39, 6.1, second paragraph: ... and must not be not world-writable; either
this is a major error as it means that the files _must be_ world-writable, or
it should be reworded to must be world-writable. Then it would deserve some
explanation because usually one would never want world-writable scripts.
- Page 39, 6.1, third paragraph, first line: ... exit status from these scripts.
... should read ... exit status of these scripts. ...
- Page 39, 6.1, fourth paragraph: ... (this is usually true when writing shell
scripts, in fact). - This is the Debian policy, I think this is not the point
for giving general advice (or even opinions of the authors, even though I do
agree here). Rather, the reader should be referred to 10.4, Scripts, where
this is discussed appropriately.
- Page 40, 6.1, first paragraph of page 40: ... These considerations really
apply to all shell scripts. - Again, this is the Debian policy, not the point
for general advice, refer to 10.4.
- Page 40, 6.2, heading: Maintainer scripts Idempotency - idempotency should be
lowercase here.
- Page 40, 6.3: ... redirected into a pipe for ... ; this should be ...
redirected
to a pipe for ...
- Page 40, 64: ... system looks for the exit status ... ; this should be ...
system looks at the exit status ...
- Page 41, 6.6, 1, 2: ... If this does not work, the error unwind: -- so - what,
there seems to be some part of the sentence missing.
Ok, finally, that's it for now. If some of my points are valid, minor may not be
an appropriate severity anymore...
Best regards,
Michael
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.8.0.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.8.0.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.8.0.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.8.0.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.0.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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pp.
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.8.0.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 65577 186700 209008 250202 291460 367984 379150 392362 403391 422552
430649 431813 440420 442070 452105 455602 458910 473761 475731 480551 481640
481954
Changes:
debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
* Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
* Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
Millan (Closes: #209008).
* Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
(Closes: #430649).
* Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
(Closes: #379150).
* Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
(Closes: #431813).
* Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
* Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
* Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
(Closes: #442070).
* Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
/usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
* Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
(Closes: #65577).
* Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
Küster (Closes: #403391).
* Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
* Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
* Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
Wording: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Seconded: Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Closes: #186700, #458910
* Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
Wording: Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Closes: #480551
* Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
* Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
* Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
* Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
Wording: Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
Closes: #481640
* Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
Wording: Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Closes: #481954
* Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
* Add an md5sums control file.
* Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
* Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
* Remove more temporary files created by the build.
* Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
currently part of policy.
* Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
* Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
* Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
and debian/rules.
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