Re: Bug#97755: PROPOSAL] eliminating task packages; new task system

2001-05-21 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Mon, 21 May 2001 18:04:42 +1000 Anthony Towns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:55:21AM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: Upgrading from potato to woody and beyond works fine, nothing breaks, you merely don't get your tasks to upgrade cleanly by simply using apt. Isn't that

Re: .text or .txt

2001-04-13 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:06:22 -0500 Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:55:51AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: Most of the text versions of manuals on the ftp site seem to use the .txt suffix. All files generated from the policy package use .text, though.

Re: .text or .txt

2001-04-13 Thread Alexander Hvostov
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 23:00:22 -0700 Seth Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Alexander Hvostov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010412 22:47]: I'd frankly prefer some sort of strong typing mechanism on the filesystem (like in MacOS), but that wouldn't be altogether helpful here. Just a thought I had

Re: the math section should really be science

2001-03-11 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Don't forget that you can have subsections (eg science/math, science/biology). This is already used for non-US/{contrib,non-free}; why not use it for things like this? Regards, Alex. On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Brian Russo wrote: On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 05:20:31PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: The

Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile

2001-02-28 Thread Alexander Hvostov
CODE BLOCK-- On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Julian Gilbey wrote: On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 05:28:33PM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote: Julian, Makefiles can be just as cryptic and difficult to maintain. For this reason, I don't really agree that using arbitrary code in debian/rules will make life

Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile

2001-02-28 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Julian, What about Perl, interpreted Java, Pike, BASIC, et al? My point: Using interpreted languages in rules files should be avoided. Otherwise thou canst not build eg python without already having python installed... and you get a chicken-and-egg problem. Ouch. Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG

Re: Bug#88045: Policy is contradictory (I think)

2001-02-28 Thread Alexander Hvostov
Edward, I like how you think. That sounds like a fantastic idea! Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS/CMCC/IT d- s:+ a16 C++()$ UL$ P--- L$ E+ W+(-) N+ o? K? w---() !O !M !V

Re: Bug#88029: allow rules file to be non-makefile

2001-02-28 Thread Alexander Hvostov
-(--) Y++ PGP t+++ !5 X-- R++ tv(+) b+(++) DI(+) D++ G+++ e-- h! !r y+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- On 1 Mar 2001, Brian May wrote: Alexander == Alexander Hvostov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alexander My point: Using interpreted languages in rules files Alexander should be avoided