Hi,
Raphaël Hertzog writes:
We should thus modify the policy to say:
[...]
3/ that programs that want to retrieve the changelog and/or copyright
file of a .deb file should use dpkg-deb -I file
changelog|copyrigh (or look for the changelog/copyright file in
the directory extracted
Raphaël Hertzog hert...@debian.org (12/07/2012):
Additionnaly it also solves a problem that we have with multi-arch
same packages and bin-nmu. Such a bin-nmu means that the changelog
on the bin-nmued architecture will be different from the other
arches and the package is thus no longer
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 23:29:48 +0200, Carsten Hey wrote:
* Raphael Hertzog [2012-07-13 09:00 +0200]:
Guillem introduced the --control-list and --control-show interfaces …
If … , we should IMO create a new package that will hook into dpkg
--post-invoke and …
… should create dpkg
Guillem Jover guil...@debian.org writes:
Also although my initial motivation was to solve the binNMU+multiarch
case, I consider it now it's a worthwhile change by itself, regardless
of how the binNMU+multiarch problem ends up being solved.
I'm inclined to agree, particularly with an eye to
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
Hi,
* Raphaël Hertzog hert...@debian.org [2012-07-12 08:46:03 CEST]:
Both the changelog and the copyright files are stored with a package's
normal data (within data.tar in the .deb) but they are really package
metadata (that should be part of
On Thu, 12 Jul 2012, Russ Allbery wrote:
HOWEVER, I think putting those files in a clear place on the file system
so that they can be easily read via a pager by the end user without using
dpkg-query commands is not only mandatory for the transition period but
mandatory permanently. I would
* Raphael Hertzog [2012-07-13 09:00 +0200]:
Guillem introduced the --control-list and --control-show interfaces …
If … , we should IMO create a new package that will hook into dpkg
--post-invoke and …
… should create dpkg --changelog and dpkg --copyright …
Le Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:46:03AM +0200, Raphaël Hertzog a écrit :
We should thus modify the policy to say:
1/ that the changelog and copyright files ought to be installed in the
DEBIAN directory along with the other control files
(this will require changes in dh_installdocs and
Package: debian-policy
Severity: wishlist
User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: changelog
Both the changelog and the copyright files are stored with a package's
normal data (within data.tar in the .deb) but they are really package
metadata (that should be part of control.tar in the .deb).
Hi,
* Raphaël Hertzog hert...@debian.org [2012-07-12 08:46:03 CEST]:
Both the changelog and the copyright files are stored with a package's
normal data (within data.tar in the .deb) but they are really package
metadata (that should be part of control.tar in the .deb).
Are they? I
Raphaël Hertzog hert...@debian.org writes:
We should thus modify the policy to say:
1/ that the changelog and copyright files ought to be installed in the
DEBIAN directory along with the other control files
(this will require changes in dh_installdocs and dh_installchangelogs)
2/
Le jeudi 12 juillet 2012 17:09:46, Gerfried Fuchs a écrit :
Did I miss a thread on debian-devel about this?
There was a thread indeed. See this one:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2012/06/msg00232.html
Best regards,
Thomas Preud'homme
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* Thomas Preud'homme robo...@celest.fr [2012-07-12 17:59:19 CEST]:
Le jeudi 12 juillet 2012 17:09:46, Gerfried Fuchs a écrit :
Did I miss a thread on debian-devel about this?
There was a thread indeed. See this one:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2012/06/msg00232.html
Well,
Hello,
Gerfried Fuchs rho...@deb.at (12/07/2012):
Well, that's debian-release, not debian-devel. Thanks for the pointer
though!
dd@ and dr@ got most of those mails. I count 32 of them to dd@. (One can
see dd@ in To on the link Thomas gave.)
Mraw,
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