Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: The Debian Policy Manual should state what the preferred date on manual pages should be, or wishes upstream would make it. There is no need. This is documented in man-pages(7). It is the date the manpage was last revised. Also mention if

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-26 Thread jidanni
H == Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org writes: H There is no need. This is documented in man-pages(7). Ah, maybe the policy doc should just mention See also man-pages(7). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread jidanni
X-debbugs-Cc: man...@packages.debian.org, rad...@cox.net Package: debian-policy Version: 3.9.1.0 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.html/ch-docs.html The Debian Policy Manual should state what the preferred date on manual pages should be, or wishes upstream would make

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread Russ Allbery
jida...@jidanni.org writes: The Debian Policy Manual should state what the preferred date on manual pages should be, or wishes upstream would make it. No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is something that we need to make technical Policy about. I'll leave this bug open for

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread jidanni
RA == Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: RA No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is something that RA we need to make technical Policy about. RA I'll leave this bug open for a bit before closing in case someone else RA disagrees. Well then please add in the manual that

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread Ben Finney
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy as well. jida...@jidanni.org writes: RA == Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: RA No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is RA something that we need to make

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread Russ Allbery
jida...@jidanni.org writes: RA == Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: RA No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is something that RA we need to make technical Policy about. RA I'll leave this bug open for a bit before closing in case someone else RA disagrees. Well then

Bug#604990: clarify man page dates policy

2010-11-25 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 22:29 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: jida...@jidanni.org writes: RA == Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: RA No, I don't believe that it should. I don't think this is something that RA we need to make technical Policy about. RA I'll leave this bug open for a