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

2002-05-13 Thread Junichi Uekawa
On Mon, 13 May 2002 07:47:35 +0100 Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sounds better than my patch, and it seems to convey much of the information > > that I tried to convey. > > Although sometimes this is not correct, for example if multiple > co-operating packages use the same /usr/lib

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-13 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Andrew" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andrew> seems to forbid both code with native parts, and Java code Andrew> compiled to machine binaries with gcj. It seems reasonable to Andrew> me to allow both of these. Does this really need to be part of the java policy? I thought

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

2002-05-13 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:17:04AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > > > How about simply: > > > > > > If your package includes run-time support programs that don't need to > > > be invoked manually by the users, or named in a way that

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

2002-05-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 10:42:02AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: > Anthony> There is _absolutely_ no call for other packaging tools, and > Anthony> absolutely _no_ need for a standard to make this easy or > Yeah, right. There is never any need for co

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

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> Julian, please note the above: this is "who's talking about Anthony> dpkg anyway". This is getting no where fast. Anthony> There is _absolutely_ no call for other packaging tools, and Anthony> absolutely _no_ need for a standard to make

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

2002-05-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:45:33AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: > >> *Sigh*. Let me see if I can dot the i's and cross the t's. A > >> package should be buildable using the bits mentioned in policy. Any > >> package may, however, choose to add any extra

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

2002-05-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:29:59AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: > Anthony> The documentation should be found wherever the dpkg > Anthony> maintainers want it, not wherever the -policy maintainers > Anthony> think might be fun. > What policy contai

Re: Free Java specifications (was Re: Java Policy.)

2002-05-13 Thread Rick Lutowski
Jim Pick wrote: > > Because the set of Java APIs is so large, trying to develop a set of > class libraries that works as a drop in replacement for Sun's libraries > is a very large task. In reality, it's going to be a long time before > the free java class library projects manage to reimplement 1

Re: Free Java specifications (was Re: Java Policy.)

2002-05-13 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:15:31PM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: > I think the Debian Java policy, as currently stated, is slightly flawed, > as it tries to satisfy two goals that aren't completely orthogonal: > > 1) To get as much free Java software into Debian as possible, that runs > without non-

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

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 05:19:09PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> >>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> The real question is whether maintainers are meant to build Anthony> using the features of dpkg, or the ones listed in >> *Sigh*.

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

2002-05-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Anthony" == Anthony Towns writes: Anthony> The documentation should be found wherever the dpkg Anthony> maintainers want it, not wherever the -policy maintainers Anthony> think might be fun. What policy contains won't be documentation. It shall be a standard interface that must be

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-13 Thread Ola Lundqvist
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 06:22:30PM -0700, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that thi

Re: Java Policy.

2002-05-13 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Monday 13 May 2002 03:22, Jim Pick wrote: > Sounds like Debian could use the same solution for gcj that Debian uses > for emacs -> just distribute the .java files and do the ahead-of-time > compilation (.java to .so) at install time. Is this automatic enough > under gcj so that this could that