Re: Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases

1999-01-16 Thread Steve Greenland
On 14-Jan-99, 08:03 (CST), Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Santiago Vila writes (Bug#29770: Policy contradicts itself about /etc/aliases): ... Policy says: A package may not modify a configuration file of another package. Why don't we change this to: A package may not

Bug#30036: debian-policy could include emacs policy

1999-01-16 Thread Joey Hess
Santiago Vila wrote: I think this is an absolutely dreadful idea. Technical decisions should be made by the relevant experts, according to their own views, and matching the code that they have written or plan to write. So, in this example, the menu policy should remain with the

Processed: debian-policy should ship version.ent, if it doesn't

1999-01-16 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: reassign 30897 debian-policy Bug#30897: debiandoc-sgml: debiandoc2xxx does not work Bug reassigned from package `debiandoc-sgml' to `debian-policy'. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Ian Jackson

Bug#31961: packaging-manual: editorial fixes

1999-01-16 Thread jrv
Package: packaging-manual Version: 2.5.0.0 I suggest these changes: --- packaging.sgml.orig Fri Jan 15 15:35:20 1999 +++ packaging.sgml Fri Jan 15 16:05:28 1999 @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ This manual describes the technical aspects of creating Debian binary packages (tt.deb/tt

Re: Comments on Debian packages and installation

1999-01-16 Thread Zephaniah E, Hull
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 02:37:30AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: snip And, to put things in perspective: keeping track of those is trivial compared to the effort that would be involved in doing a complete rewrite of zip, to enable the use of that functionality as an official part of Debian. I

How are proposals processed?

1999-01-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, Is the following correct: * I report a wishlist bug against the debian-policy package, which contains my proposal. * I wait to get two seconders. * Then the proposal is raised to severity normal, and the discussion period begins. The proposal is turned in to an amendment. * After the

Bug#31946: Patch files and dpkg-architecture

1999-01-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Here are the promised files I forgot to attach. Sorry. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key

Bug#30148: seconded

1999-01-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
I second Adams proposal, that the list of current policy editors (or debian-policy maintainers or however you'd like to call them) should be public. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org

Bug#31645: PROPOSED] Explicitly making the Packaging Manual a Policy Document

1999-01-16 Thread David Frey
seconded. David Frey