Opsss ... wait a minute ...
A strange thing has happened. Ignore my previous comment until I review the
subject again.

El vie., 28 ago. 2020 a las 18:52, J.M. Garcia (<jmgard...@gmail.com>)
escribió:

> I just downloaded
> http://linuxcnc.org/dists/stretch/2.8-rtpreempt/source/linuxcnc_2.8.0~pre3.tar.xz.
> for a RIP compilation.
> The ./src directory already contains a configure shell script (./configure
> --help gives a mix of Spanish / English, I suspect what is the reason) so
> that script is not generated by ./autogen.sh
>
> El jue., 27 ago. 2020 a las 19:39, andy pugh (<bodge...@gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 at 16:31, Sebastian Kuzminsky
>> <seb.kuzmin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > No.  Changing the Standards-Version in the control file signals that
>> > your package adheres to the new Standards-Version, so we would need
>> > significant work on our packages in order to do that.
>> >
>> > Here are the changes between Standards-Versions.  This is a huge task.
>> >
>> > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html
>>
>> I already linked to that page, and the task did not appear that huge.
>>
>> In fact I decided that we probably already comply with 3.9.8, but with
>> questions:
>>
>> Std 3.9.4 section 7.8:
>>     I am not clear if "Built Using:" is needed for any package
>> included as a binary, or just for those where no source is included.
>>
>> Std 3.9.6 section 10.1
>>     I don't know how to be sure that we don't statially link in to Gnu
>> C libraries.
>>
>> Std 3.9.6 section 4.4
>>   says that I should use my name in the debian/changelog. I have done
>> this but am concerned that this implies I should also update the
>> "Origin" in the InRelease file to be my name rather than Seb's. But if
>> I do that then the upgrade will fail in synaptic and in apt-get. This
>> caused problems with Google Chrome:
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090676/how-to-update-google-chrome-70-after-change-in-origin-value
>>
>> Std 3.9.8 section 9.6
>>    says that menus should use freedsktop.org standards. We do this for
>> the "CNC" menu, but I am unclear if this also applies to the
>> individual GUIs? If so then that would be a big job.
>> --
>> atp
>> "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is
>> designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and
>> lunatics."
>> — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912
>>
>>
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