Bug#562506: init scripts should not use set -e

2010-02-28 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org [2010.02.27.1320 +0100]: set -e produces problems like this: #546743. lsb-base should not get away with because we write shitty shell code and don't do proper error handling, we expect everyone else to do alike. If set -e is causing problems, remember

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Julien Cristau
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:34:50 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.4.0 Severity: wishlist AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so I think it is time we loosen the requirement for shlibs files when symbols files are present.

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Mike Hommey mh+report...@glandium.org [100227 23:53]: AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so I think it is time we loosen the requirement for shlibs files when symbols files are present. Requiring shlibs when there is a symbols file also is error-prone, as

Re: Removing the manpage requirement for GUI programs?

2010-02-28 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 08:06:37PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: Hi, Therefore I propose that we drop the requirement of a manual page if these conditions are met: * the program requires graphical interaction with the user, and is not meant to be used from a script;

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Bernhard R. Link brl...@debian.org writes: * Mike Hommey mh+report...@glandium.org [100227 23:53]: AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so I think it is time we loosen the requirement for shlibs files when symbols files are present. Requiring shlibs when

Bug#562506: init scripts should not use set -e

2010-02-28 Thread Russ Allbery
martin f krafft madd...@debian.org writes: also sprach Bastian Blank wa...@debian.org [2010.02.27.1320 +0100]: set -e produces problems like this: #546743. lsb-base should not get away with because we write shitty shell code and don't do proper error handling, we expect everyone else to do

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 01:52:15PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Mike Hommey mh+report...@glandium.org [100227 23:53]: AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so I think it is time we loosen the requirement for shlibs files when symbols files are present.

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:29:52AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:34:50 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.4.0 Severity: wishlist AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so I think it is time we loosen

Bug#571776: debian-policy: Libraries should be allowed to not provide shlibs when they provide symbols file

2010-02-28 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010, Mike Hommey wrote: On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:29:52AM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:34:50 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.4.0 Severity: wishlist AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports