Re: Ports page - about to be reset - patches weclome!

2011-03-27 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Mark A. Stratman, Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:13:09PM -0500 |=- > Can somebody briefly explain the criteria for appending a '+patches' to > the Perl version? e.g. as far as I can tell, every Debian perl > package has patches (from looking at the debian package Changelog > files), but only one is fl

Re: CMSP 16. Binary Package Dependencies

2009-10-22 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| David Cantrell, Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 02:03:50PM +0100 |=- > lib > header (this should probably be renamed to inc, with an alias for > sdrawkcab compatibility) > > Note that as well as having a library, you need to have the C header > file so you can build stuff against it. A

Re: CMSP 07. Enhance granularity of prerequisites

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Chris Weyl, Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 01:19:00PM -0700 |=- > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > > Speaking as part of the group that dedicates its time on packaging > > CPAN dists for Debian, I'd say that we don't make difference between > >

Re: CMSP 33. Install Meta files and make them queryable

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Tim Bunce, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 04:48:24PM +0100 |=- > On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:21:14AM -0400, Ricardo Signes wrote: > > * David Golden [2009-10-09T07:56:24] > > > 33. Install Meta files and make them queryable > > > > > > Proposal: Using something like .packlist or File::ShareDir, the Meta

Re: CMSP 23. Have a "development version" flag

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Graham Barr, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:20:37AM -0500 |=- > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Ricardo Signes wrote: > > >* David Golden [2009-10-09T07:52:45] > >>23. Have a "development version" flag > > > >Agreed. > > > >>* Con: Development version'ness would not be determinable post- > >>installa

Re: CMSP 20. Make bugtracker resource a hash

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| David Golden, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 04:22:02PM -0400 |=- > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Hans Dieter Pearcey wrote: > > Excerpts from David Golden's message of Fri Oct 09 07:51:29 -0400 2009: > >> 20. Make bugtracker resource a hash > >> > >> Proposal: > >> > >> The bugtracker resource shoudl

Re: CMSP 17. Better formalization of license field

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Chris Weyl, Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 08:15:12PM -0700 |=- > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:10 PM, David Golden wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Chris Weyl wrote: > >> we ought to > >> give authors a clear, easy way to unambiguously specify the terms > >> their software is under... > > > > A

Re: CMSP 09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests'

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| Graham Barr, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:43:42AM -0500 |=- > On Oct 9, 2009, at 6:46 AM, David Golden wrote: > >09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests' > > > >Proposal: > > > >The 'recommends' flag is not equivalent to Debian recommends. The > >intent > >should be made clear for auth

Re: CMSP 09. Clarify intent of 'recommends' and add 'suggests'

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| David Golden, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 05:28:23PM -0400 |=- > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote: > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:46 AM, David Golden wrote: > > > >> * 'recommends' or 'suggests' they both imply (to me) they list optional > >>  dependencies. Perhaps we could have both,

Re: CMSP 07. Enhance granularity of prerequisites

2009-10-13 Thread Damyan Ivanov
-=| David Golden, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:45:22AM -0400 |=- > 07. Enhance granularity of prerequisites > > Proposal: > > Add "test_requires" distinct from "build_requires". (Adam Kennedy) > > This proposal is driven by the needs of the downstream distribution > packagers. At Oslo, they requeste