CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
I like Andrew's version: brevity is the soul of wit. In Policy,
main, contrib, and non-free are in italics and so I presume that italics
are more appropriate than quotes ('). But that's probably a technical
matter for the committer.
It is probably
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:34:52AM +1200, Andrew McMillan wrote:
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 12:05 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:38:14AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
2.2.1 The main archive area
The main archive area
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:38:14AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
2.2.1 The main archive area
The main archive area comprises the Debian GNU/Linux distribution;
only the packages in this area are considered part of the
distribution. None
On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 12:05 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:38:14AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
2.2.1 The main archive area
The main archive area comprises the Debian GNU/Linux distribution;
only the packages in
Hi!
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 18:16:21 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org writes:
Actually, with the release of GNU/kFreeBSD variants for Squeeze, this
paragraph is not totally accurate.
That's a very good point.
Yeah, I was about to comment on just that but then I
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 09:20:42PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
Andrew McMillan and...@morphoss.com writes:
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 18:06 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
The DFSG defines freedom in software licenses, but doesn't provide a
statement of assurance to users. Maybe a statement that
On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 07:35 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
I don't think CJ is advocating changing the DFSG, but rather is concerned
that the way the DFSG is worded may not make it clear to people what the
motivation is and what the implications are for users. In other words, a
rephrasing
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
Especially since the main, contrib, and non-free archive areas are not
described anywhere else (as far as I can tell), it would be helpful if
some descriptive text were added to explain the intent of policy. I
suggest the following in the hopes that
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
However, I do wish that we could figure out how to write a
minefield-avoiding third sentence for your paragraph on the main archive
area that definitively asserts (what I believe we all know to be true)
that Debian main is more or less a guarantee that
Russ,
Your text accommodates almost all of my ideas while being simpler,
clearer and minefield-avoiding. So I enthusiastically endorse it.
However, I do wish that we could figure out how to write a
minefield-avoiding third sentence for your paragraph on the main archive
area that definitively
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:17:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
However, I do wish that we could figure out how to write a
minefield-avoiding third sentence for your paragraph on the main archive
area that definitively asserts (what I believe we all
Le Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:38:14AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écrit :
I think we need to say explicitly that only main is part of the Debian
distribution. I'd also rather not add any mentions of legal vetting other
than referring to the DFSG, since this is a bit of a minefield. How
about:
Charles Plessy ple...@debian.org writes:
Actually, with the release of GNU/kFreeBSD variants for Squeeze, this
paragraph is not totally accurate.
That's a very good point.
How about ‘Debian operating system’ ? The other advantage I see is that
it avoids the paradox that the non-free
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au writes:
For another data point, I have the opposite preference to Russ. I refer
to the “Debian operating system”, in part because of the confusion over
“distribution”.
Like Russ, I'm not going to get upset if that preference isn't followed
by others. In
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 18:06 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:17:16PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
CJ Fearnley c...@cjfearnley.com writes:
However, I do wish that we could figure out how to write a
minefield-avoiding third sentence for your paragraph on the main
Andrew McMillan and...@morphoss.com writes:
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 18:06 -0400, CJ Fearnley wrote:
The DFSG defines freedom in software licenses, but doesn't provide a
statement of assurance to users. Maybe a statement that Debian main
supports the Four Freedoms[1][2] would turn the
Package: debian-policy
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Especially since the main, contrib, and non-free archive areas are not
described anywhere else (as far as I can tell), it would be helpful
if some descriptive text were added to explain the intent of policy.
I suggest the following in
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