Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-12 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:17:29AM +0800, gustavo panizzo wrote: > When I package something I usually have > less /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.txt.gz > running in another shell ok, I see your use case now. :) Maybe it helps to show you my usage: I usually just run schroot

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread gustavo panizzo
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 09:04:16AM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: Hello, On Sun, Feb 11 2018, gustavo panizzo wrote: I've never done a backport myself, but if you policy folks don't see any problem with the idea I'm willing to do the backport myself. You are welcome to try, but I think the

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread gustavo panizzo
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 06:54:57PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi Gustavo, frankly, and really just curious, but… what's the point of this backport? you can always read the latest version at https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ (ok, I see this needs network, but…) When I package

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 06:54:57PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi Gustavo, > > frankly, and really just curious, but… what's the point of this > backport? you can always read the latest version at > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ (ok, I see this needs network, > but…) You can also

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Gustavo, frankly, and really just curious, but… what's the point of this backport? you can always read the latest version at https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ (ok, I see this needs network, but…) -- cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun, Feb 11 2018, gustavo panizzo wrote: > I've never done a backport myself, but if you policy folks don't see > any problem with the idea I'm willing to do the backport myself. You are welcome to try, but I think the build dependencies will make this non-trivial... In particular:

Bug#890142: debian-policy: Please provide a backport of the package

2018-02-11 Thread gustavo panizzo
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.1.3.0 Severity: wishlist Hello The machines I use to develop Debian run stable, with unstable schroots/pbuilders. While I can configure /etc/apt/preferences to install debian-policy from unstable (and I've done it for every previous machine I had) it will be a