Re: task-spanish exists: expansion proposal (was Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish))

2002-09-04 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Joey == Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the changelog of Debian policy package: debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low [...] * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a special field in the control file (and these should be added only

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-03 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:43:25AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: | | Excerpt from the changelog: | * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a | special field in the control file (and these should be added only | after discussion on the mailing lists)

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-03 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:43:25AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: | | Excerpt from the changelog: | * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a | special field in the control file (and these should

Re: task-spanish exists: expansion proposal (was Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish))

2002-09-03 Thread Joey Hess
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: Thanks. Then is everyone ok if I include (or submit bug against the packages that don't) Task: spanish to the control files for No, that's not how it works. File a bug against tasksel if you are not seeing the spanish task, which it already has. Try

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled?

2002-09-03 Thread Erich Schubert
Then the policy document is wrong? Shouldn't it be bugged? I guess the policy document describes how this is to be done _now_. (That is after woody ;) Whereas the override file was they way this was handled for woody. Maybe ask on debian-policy on this issue? Greetings, Erich --

Re: task-spanish exists: expansion proposal (was Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish))

2002-09-03 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi Joey, Joey Hess wrote: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: Thanks. Then is everyone ok if I include (or submit bug against the packages that don't) Task: spanish to the control files for No, that's not how it works. File a bug against tasksel if you are not seeing the spanish

Re: task-spanish exists: expansion proposal (was Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish))

2002-09-03 Thread Joey Hess
Rene Engelhard wrote: Hmm. According to the latest policy the Task: method should be used which I think is not the best thing... From the changelog of Debian policy package: debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low [...] * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define

Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-02 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
(I have skimmed this year's debian-devel-announce as well as the developer's policy and haven't found this explained) One simple question: how are tasks managed? what policy is there for creation/addition of packages to it? Aj[1] seems to say that this is managed by override files. But I wonder

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-02 Thread Erich Schubert
One simple question: how are tasks managed? what policy is there for creation/addition of packages to it? See debian-policy... Excerpt from the changelog: * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a special field in the control file (and these should be added only

task-spanish exists: expansion proposal (was Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish))

2002-09-02 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:00:40PM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: Excerpt from the changelog: * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a special field in the control file (and these should be added only after discussion on the mailing lists)

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-02 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Erich Schubert | One simple question: how are tasks managed? what policy is there for | creation/addition of packages to it? | | See debian-policy... | | Excerpt from the changelog: | * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a | special field in the control

Re: Where are tasks now and how are they handled? (Woody sucks because there is no Task: Spanish)

2002-09-02 Thread Philip Charles
On 2 Sep 2002, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: * Erich Schubert | One simple question: how are tasks managed? what policy is there for | creation/addition of packages to it? | | See debian-policy... | | Excerpt from the changelog: | * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks