Bug#905453: debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files

2020-01-29 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 02:32PM -07, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > One thing I'm not sure about is what Policy section it would go in. > Would it be appended to §4 as §4.18, or something else? A new section of ch. 4 sounds good to me. -- Sean Whitton signature.asc Description: PGP

Bug#905453: debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files

2020-01-27 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
On Sun, Aug 05, 2018 at 12:02:11AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Elana, > > Elana Hashman wrote: > > > NEWS.Debian files are listed in the "unofficial policy"[1] but not in > > the official policy. > > > > It seems this was proposed in 2002[2], but in 2003, folks were > > hesitant to "[get]

Bug#905453: debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files

2018-08-05 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Elana, Elana Hashman wrote: > NEWS.Debian files are listed in the "unofficial policy"[1] but not in > the official policy. > > It seems this was proposed in 2002[2], but in 2003, folks were > hesitant to "[get] this into policy until enough stuff uses it that we > can tell it works well". > >

Bug#905453: debian-policy: Policy does not include a section on NEWS.Debian files

2018-08-04 Thread Elana Hashman
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.2.0.0 Severity: normal NEWS.Debian files are listed in the "unofficial policy"[1] but not in the official policy. It seems this was proposed in 2002[2], but in 2003, folks were hesitant to "[get] this into policy until enough stuff uses it that we can tell it