Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2012-02-15 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 at 19:17:59 -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: Note that /etc/lsb-release is not specified by the Linux Standard Base; only the lsb_release command is See also #659853, requesting /etc/os-release, which basically exists because the LSB doesn't specify /etc/lsb_release as API. Its

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2010-05-15 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: If you add /etc/lsb_release to base-files, please give us in the Debian Edu a early warning, as our debian-edu-config package already include the file. I'm thinking about adding lsb_release to base-files, but that will be in either case after the

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2010-05-15 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Santiago Vila] I'm thinking about adding lsb_release to base-files, but that will be in either case after the dust of umask has settle down... Why? I fail to see the advantage, and only see problems for those needing/wanting one like Debian Edu. It is obviously not needed at the moment, as

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2010-04-09 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: If you add /etc/lsb_release to base-files, please give us in the Debian Edu a early warning, as our debian-edu-config package already include the file. I'd appreciate some input on this bug. Why do we need the file? What it is used for? It is

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2010-04-08 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
If you add /etc/lsb_release to base-files, please give us in the Debian Edu a early warning, as our debian-edu-config package already include the file. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2008-06-18 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Robert Millan wrote: On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 07:17:59PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: On 9/30/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: base-files Version: 4.0.1 Severity: normal lsb-release README.Debian says: Distribution-specific

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2008-06-18 Thread Robert Millan
I don't remember well about the context of this discussion, but ... On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:11:32PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: IMHO, if the only benefit for this is to backport packages from derived distributions, we might instead backport the same package from Debian, if it's a free

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2007-10-02 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 07:17:59PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: On 9/30/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: base-files Version: 4.0.1 Severity: normal lsb-release README.Debian says: Distribution-specific information should be *separately provided* in

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2007-09-30 Thread Robert Millan
Package: base-files Version: 4.0.1 Severity: normal lsb-release README.Debian says: Distribution-specific information should be *separately provided* in /etc/lsb-release; it is no longer provided in this package. It is my hope that in Debian, this will be managed by the base-files

Bug#444678: /etc/lsb_release

2007-09-30 Thread Chris Lawrence
On 9/30/07, Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: base-files Version: 4.0.1 Severity: normal lsb-release README.Debian says: Distribution-specific information should be *separately provided* in /etc/lsb-release; it is no longer provided in this package. It is my hope that