Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Grant Bowman
* Craig Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020505 20:19]: I have got bug #138251 which talks about the init.d script and how it is missing some nices things etc. Should Debian scripts be following the LSB and if so, why doesn't the policy either mention the LSB or have the same standards? This is

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Re: Working on debian developer's reference and best packaging practices

2002-05-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:02:24PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Adam == Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam We(Wichert and I) implement features that users want, when we Adam have time. We implement those that are interesting to us when Adam we have free time. I don't think either

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Grant Bowman wrote: As I've argued late last year [1] Debian should take the necessary Policy steps to move forward with LSB adoption. I agree, but I would like to add we should wait until woody is released. Wichert. --

Re: The Serious severity

2002-05-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:08:51AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I don't care about now, I care about the next release, or the release after that. Then how about you spend a moment thinking about it from _my_ perspective and stop whining until the next release or the release after that. Yeesh.

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Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:16:09PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: Hello, I have got bug #138251 which talks about the init.d script and how it is missing some nices things etc. Should Debian scripts be following the LSB and if so, why doesn't the policy either mention the LSB or have the same

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Jeroen Dekkers wrote: Debian is more than GNU/Linux. I see no reason why Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian *BSD should follow the LSB. This is a discussion we should be having after the release on a forum like debian-project. FWIW, I think we should try to use the LSB as much as possible

Re: The Serious severity

2002-05-06 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:12:16AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:08:51AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I don't care about now, I care about the next release, or the release after that. Then how about you spend a moment thinking about it from _my_ perspective and

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Grant Bowman
* Wichert Akkerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020506 08:25]: Previously Jeroen Dekkers wrote: Debian is more than GNU/Linux. I see no reason why Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian *BSD should follow the LSB. This is a discussion we should be having after the release on a forum like debian-project.

Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting libexec, or current custom on use of lib for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-06 Thread Junichi Uekawa
Package: debian-policy Severity: wishlist I think this was discussed enough in -devel already, but some good points about /libexec was given. I've noticed that some known good practice is not documented in policy, and I propose the following patch: diff -u policy.sgml{.orig,} ---

Re: The Serious severity

2002-05-06 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:12:16AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:08:51AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: I don't care about now, I care about the next release, or the release after that. Then how about you spend a moment thinking about it from _my_ perspective and

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and best packaging practices

2002-05-06 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:34:58PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:09:11AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: Part I: The Debian Archive 1: DFSG and the sections of the archive (free, non-free, contrib, non-us) Components is a much better word

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and best packaging practices

2002-05-06 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:02:50PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: If the dpkg authors would like to hand off some of their design decisions to -policy on a generalised basis, I'm sure they'd say so. It seems a bit, well, wrong-headed for -policy to be trying to take control of dpkg though. Quite:

Re: Working on debian developer's reference and best packaging practices

2002-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Anthony == Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au writes: Anthony On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:02:24PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Adam == Adam Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Adam We(Wichert and I) implement features that users want, when we Adam have time. We implement those that are

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Chris Lawrence
On May 06, Craig Small wrote: I have got bug #138251 which talks about the init.d script and how it is missing some nices things etc. Should Debian scripts be following the LSB and if so, why doesn't the policy either mention the LSB or have the same standards? FWIW, the current edition

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Craig == Craig Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Craig Should Debian scripts be following the LSB and if so, why Craig doesn't the policy either mention the LSB or have the same Craig standards? Why on earth should debian init scripts follow the requirements for distribution agnostic

Re: Bug#146023: suggested patch against policy, documenting libexec, or current custom on use of lib for binaries in lib* packages

2002-05-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Junichi == Junichi Uekawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Junichi I think this was discussed enough in -devel already, but Junichi some good points about /libexec was given. I've noticed Junichi that some known good practice is not documented in policy, Firstly, there is no such consensus

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:19:07PM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Jeroen Dekkers wrote: Debian is more than GNU/Linux. I see no reason why Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian *BSD should follow the LSB. This is a discussion we should be having after the release on a forum like

Re: init.d scripts and LSB

2002-05-06 Thread Grant Bowman
* Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020506 15:47]: Grant == Grant Bowman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Grant As I've argued late last year [1] Debian should take the necessary Grant Policy steps to move forward with LSB adoption. If LSB adoption means that LSB packages shuold be able